Power Over Me [1]

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Double-D sighs as he finishes getting dressed, hearing his two friends enter his home a little too loudly for his liking. Today is the day that he will start showing clue marks for his soulmate, it's one week after his 15th birthday. Only if his soulmate is already 15 though. Edd is anxious beyond belief, terrified of who it could be. His first and only guess is Marie Kanker but he's worried since they tried to date and it just didn't work out, they're good friends though which is nice. Rationally, he knows it can't be her. She's had two clue marks for a month now. That leaves him with no ideas. Ed already has May and Eddy was just matched with Lee so four are already out. The genius knows who he wants it to be though, and even that is more improbable than his ex-girlfriend. Edd is taken from his thoughts by Ed opening his bedroom door loudly.

"DOUBLE D! WE NEED TO SEE YOUR ARM!" "Why, may i ask, would you need me to reveal my arm?" "Just in case you're already showing signs, sockhead. Speaking of which, might want to put on that beanie. Your scars are staring at me." "Humorous, Eddy. Humorous." "C'mon, we gotta get to school." Edd puts his beanie on and grabs his bag, guiding his friends downstairs. Eddy tries to grab Edd's right forearm to expose it and the smartest of the three stops him before putting his shoes on. The other two put theirs back on and leave the house, Edd locking it before the tallest unlocks his truck. The three friends get in and drive to school, unaware of another teen in their neighborhood seeing his first clue mark.

Nazz sits on her best friend's bed and watches him get dressed, stopping him when she sees a symbol on his right forearm.

"KEVIN!" "What?!" "Your arm! Look at your arm!" The redhead looks down as the blonde teen bounces up and down. A clue mark. His soulmate is of age now to be located. Kevin lets out a shakey breath and examines the mark. It's a clock but instead of hands telling a time, there is a '-1' in the middle of it.

"What does it mean?" "Oh! That one means that your soulmate is a year younger than you, which you already know. This means that whoever it is will have the same thing but with a plus instead of a minus so they know that you're sixteen and a year older than them." "Woah." "Right?! Now, c'mon! We need to get to school!" "Alright, let me tie my shoes." Kevin quickly ties his converse and grabs his bag, getting into his car with Nazz getting into the passenger seat. He's internally freaking out, but in a good way. He's excited and nervous to meet his soulmate. He knows that he won't know for sure who it is until all clue marks are visible but he's still borderline vibrating.

"Don't tell Nat or anyone, not until the third clue mark appears. That's when I know I'll be closer to them." "Deal. I'm so excited for you, Kev! I hope we know the person, they say that clue marks appear faster if you're around the person a lot." "Fingers crossed." Kevin pulls into the parking lot a bit later, parking beside a familiar truck. The three Eds get out and Edd looks ready to break his pacifist ways and punch someone. Nazz giggles.

"Woah, dude. What has you so mad?" "He's being a brat and not showing us his arm. Let us check for a mark!" "Eddy, please cease this before I take physical action which you know I don't enjoy partaking in." "Wow, never heard you threaten violence before." "As you can tell, Kevin, i am quite irritated." "I get it. It's a private thing, you don't need to show it if you don't want to." Edd smiles at the redhead, blue eyes meeting green. Eddy groans and grabs his bag, leading Ed into the building while Marie approached the other three by the cars. She hip-checks her nerd of a best friend and grins at the blonde with him before turning her attention back to the taller male.

"Hey, dweeb. C'mon, we got class." "I'll walk with you guys, we have the same first." "Keep up, carrot dick." "Could you possibly tone down the vulgarity?" "Nope, that's no fun." Kevin grins and walks with the two inside. Marie stands on Edd's left while Kevin is on his right, the trio walking to their first class.

"What did I miss?" "I have my first clue mark." "Ooo, same age or different? The first clue mark is always age." "A year older. So my soulmate is sixteen." "Wait, why tell us when you wouldn't tell Eddy or Ed?" "Because Marie already has two clue marks adorning her right forearm so she understands me currently and you showed me respect earlier plus assisted in quieting Eddy, you deserve to know as well." "I feel honored, Double Dork." Edd gives a gap-toothed smile with a slight flush on his cheeks as they enter the classroom, Kevin sitting in his spot two seats behind Edd and Marie's seats in the front row. The blunette smiles teasingly at her friend and bumps shoulders with him.

"You know you want shovelchin." "Whom I desire and whom I shall receive as my soulmate do not correlate. If that were the case, you know where I would be. Not to mention that I'm sure if that were the case, he would be very displeased." "I don't think so. You didn't see the way he looked at you." "Marie, dearest, he's so painfully straight." "Didn't seem like it when he looked at you." Edd sighs and gets his things out for class, allowing Marie to shoulder bump him again before class begins. Marie has known for quite a while about the crush that Edd has on Kevin, she loves it. She's their #1 shipper. She glances back at Kevin and finds herself suppressing a cheer when she sees him examining his mark that wasn't there yesterday. Marie notices that it connects with how Edd's mark is and she uses every ounce of willpower not to tell her nerd beside her.

By the end of class, Marie makes it her mission to make sure that these two stay as close together as possible to increase mark manifestation. She goes as far as to 'accidentally' bump Edd into Kevin, causing both teens to blush as the taller of the two holds the other. The redhead makes sure that his friend is standing stable before clearing his throat.

"You okay?" "Yes, i am quite alright. My apologies for needing your assistance." "Don't apologize. Here, I'll walk you to your next class." "Alright, thank you." Marie watches them walk down the hall without her, spotting Nazz watching them as well. She sneaks up on the blonde and hip-checks her.

"Hey, kitten." "Don't call me that, I'm not your kitten." "Not yet." "I don't want to get my hopes up, Marie." "I know. Let's focus on our other couple in the making then. Edd and Kevin have marks that are connected if you look, plus think of when they appeared." "You don't think-" "I don't think, I know. Plus those two undress each other with their eyes all the time, there is a spark." "Let's wait until the third mark, or they hear their song." "The song? That never works, I don't even think it's real. None of my sisters heard a song and they had all six marks each." "You never know. Maybe they will." "The next one they get is the gender mark, then the interest mark. We just need to look. I'll keep you updated on Edd and you tell me about Kevin." Nazz nods as they walk to their next class. The girls take their seats and sigh, looking at their own marks. Both have identical clocks with a 0 in the face of it and the female symbol. Marie and Nazz know that they're meant to be, but their marks are manifesting too slow so it worries them. Both girls kiss their marks before they focus on class.

As Kevin and Edd continue their day, they don't leave each other's minds.  The duo even sit beside each other at the lunch table. Nat sits on Kevin's other side and shoulder bumps him.

"Sup, Kev? Double Cutie?" "Please do cease calling me such names." "Aww, you wound me. Anyways, rumor has it someone has marks forming!" "Indeed I do, though it is none of your business." "I wanna see! Please?" "No." Kevin snorts a bit and Edd smiles at the sound. Nat pouts playfully before taking a bite from his sandwich. The group eats with casual conversation between everyone, people seeming to forget about Edd's marks which he is thankful for. The smartest of the Ed trio cannot help but glance at the redhead to his right a few times, his feelings for the taller male affecting him stronger than usual. He finds his right hand resting on his chest directly over his pounding heart. He exhales deeply and goes to throw his trash away before noticing a new mark as his sleeve pulls back.

Male symbol.

Male.

His soulmate is male.

Edd smiles to himself and grabs his bag to head to his next class as Kevin notices a mark near his age mark.

A male symbol standing out shockingly against his pale skin.

Though the two are shocked that two symbols have appears as quickly as they did, one thing is certain in both of their minds.

They can't wait for their third to appear.