Craig Tucker slammed his locker shut, checking his phone. It read 3:37 pm. He wasn't that late. The noirette walked quickly down the school hallways and out the front doors. Hurrying toward his desired destination.
You see, a few weeks ago while Clyde and Token were at soccer practice. Craig had decided to stop by a local coffee shop on his way home from school. He'd seen the shop around before, run by the Tweak family, practically everyone in town did.
What he did not expect to find though, was a sweet, nervous little blonde that had sparked Craig's interest. After he had finished his coffee he nodded to the boy whom he then recognized as Tweek Tweak, son of the Tweak family. He left after about half an hour, but found himself back the next time his friends had practice, and again after that. Until it became apart of his weekly routine.
After a week or so, Craig had started talking to the blonde, seeing as he was the only one their age who actually came to a coffee shop after school. Tweek didn't seem to mind too much, after a little while he seemed to enjoy the conversations as well.
After at least a month of coming to the shop every Tuesday and Thursday after school, and staying until it closed to keep Tweek company, he wasn't even ashamed to hide it. Clyde and Token had often asked what he'd been doing, and he didn't care if they knew.
It wasn't as if his parents minded either, they seemed to assume Craig was going there with friends, instead of to visit one, twitchy, nervous blonde.
Craig checked his phone again once he made it to the street of the coffee shop, 3:55 pm. He was late, they usually met at 3:40 and hung out until 6 or 7 before heading back home.
He pushed open the door, feeling more relieved when his eyes landed on a jittery boy trying desperately not to spill a customers mug of coffee. He smiled to himself, before walking up to the counter.
"Sorry I'm late, got caught up in class." He apologized. Tweek looked up in surprise, jumping slightly before realizing it was just him. He smiled.
"That's ok, I've been pretty busy here. Lots of customers." He replied. Craig looked around the shop. A few tables were occupied, mostly by adults or old people. "Would you l-like your usual?" He snapped his attention back to the blonde.
"Yeah, I'll be at the table." He said, before walking to the far corner. A small table sat with one chair on each end, Craig always sat here until most of the customers were gone. Which was around 4:30, sometimes 5:00. Then Tweek would join him until closing time.
They would goof around and talk for what felt like hours.
Craig pulled out his phone, scrolling through Instagram, glancing back at the boy behind the counter every few minutes.
It was 6:00, outside was already pretty dark, Tweek was sitting across from Craig, sipping his coffee.
"Hey, c-can I ask you something..?" Tweek said, breaking the silence that had been going for a good 10 minutes. Craig looked up from his phone.
"Sure."
"Why.. w-why do you come here? I-I'm not saying I don't want you to! I was just- I was w-wondering what made you start coming here, and.. Keep coming here." He stared down at his coffee. The question surprised Craig, he didn't think it was gonna be something so deep. He thought for a moment.
"I like you."
Tweek looked up, his face turning red. Craig then realized what that sounded like, his cheeks gaining some red as well. "Er- I didn't mean- uh.. Look. I know you have work right after school, so you wouldn't be able to come hang out with me, Clyde and Token. But when they have practice, I'd rather come hang out with you, since we don't get to very often." Craig stared down at the table. He hated talking about these sorts of things, even if they were just the simple truth.
When he looked up again, Tweek was smiling at him, "Thanks Craig. Hey uh.. This weekend I'm off work, maybe all four of us could hang out?" He asked, turning to stare down at his coffee once more.
"Yeah, of course. We were planning on heading into town, maybe stop by the mall. I'm sure they wouldn't care." Even if they did, Craig didn't care. This was finally his chance to hang out with the blonde somewhere other than this coffee shop.
"O-okay." Tweek smiled at him again, Craig couldn't help but smile back.
"So we finally get to hang out with your boy toy huh?"
"Shut up Clyde. If you're gonna be like this all day I'm uninviting you." Craig was currently walking down the street with Clyde and Token, on their way to Tweeks house.
"You can't do that!" He protested. "We need to give Tweek our blessing, as your best friends." Clyde gave Craig a teasing look.
"Alright Clyde that's enough, We don't want to embarass Craig on his first date."
"I said shut up!" Craig shouted, face turning slightly red. "We're all just hanging out as friends alright?"
"Alright" They said in unison.
By now they had reached Tweek's house, Craig walked up to the door, not surprised when Clyde and Token chose to wait at the end of the driveway. Bastards. He knocked on the door, taking a step back in surprise when it opened almost immediately.
"Gah! Uh- hi." The blonde exclaimed nervously. He held a thermos of what the noirette assumed was coffee in his hands. "A-are you sure it's really ok that I come along?" He asked, glancing over Craig's shoulder at his friends.
"What? Of course, Clyde's been practically squealing like a teenage girl about a new addition to our group the whole way here." The brunette jock had been especially excited to officially meet Tweek. Almost as if Tweek were a puppy.
"Okay.."
Craig waited a few seconds before realizing the blonde was waiting for him to lead the way. He quickly turned around, walking back over to his friends.
"So this is the famous Tweek!" Clyde shoved past Craig, and held out his hand. "I'm Clyde, but you probably already knew that." He had an arrogant smile plastered on his face. Craig couldn't hide his grin when Tweek just stared at Clyde, obviously confused.
"I haven't.. Actually.. S-sorry." Tweek replied. Token practically burst out laughing at Clyde's crestfallen face. Craig's grin grew wider.
"Oh I think this one will fit in just fine." Craig said affectionately. He gave Clyde a pat on the back before leading Tweek down the street towards the mall. Clyde and Token caught up a few seconds afterward.
Making an effort to be polite, Token asked, "So Tweek, what's it like working at a coffee shop?"
"Oh, uh, it's ok, not the greatest job in the world."
Clyde cut in, "Well I can't wait to get a job!"
"Probably at a strip club." Craig muttered, feeling satisfied as Tweek laughed a little.
"Hey! That's so mean!" The brunette pouted. They proceeded to laugh and make conversation the rest of the way there.
It was 6:30 in the evening, the snow was falling lightly. Clyde and Token had decided to catch a ride home together from the mall. Leaving Craig and Tweek to walk home, but Craig didn't mind. He hoped Tweek didn't either.
They had spent the day fooling around the mall, Clyde had convinced Token to buy him something called a "bath bomb" it looked like something for a girl if you asked Craig, but according to Clyde they were cool. They had gone out for smoothies afterward, and saw the latest Star Wars in the theatre. It had been an overall good day, why have it end now?
"Hey uh.. If you want, it's a Saturday, my parents wouldn't care if you wanted to stay over. Maybe play some video games." He tried to sound casual, despite being nervous the blonde would turn him down.
"Oh, sure! I- I doubt my parents would care either. Are you sure?"
"Definitely, I could finally show you Stripe." Craig smiled at him, hoping he wasn't coming off weird.
Tweek borrowed a pair of Craig's pajamas, that Craig was happy to lend him. Not that he would ever admit it, but the blonde looked adorable in Craig's oversized shirt. They spent the rest of the night playing video games in Craig's room and seeing his guinea pig.
It was 12:17 am when Craig felt a weight on his shoulder, they had made a comfortable setting on the floor, covered in pillows and blankets. The only light came from the TV, chip bags were scattered around the room. He looked down in surprise to see Tweek had fallen asleep on his shoulder. The blonde had put down his controller half hour ago, watching Craig play. He smiled to himself, glad they were alone. He would be way too embarrassed if Clyde and Token had stuck around.
Tweek seemed to still twitch in his sleep, definitely not as much, but every few minutes or so. They sat like that for a good 20 minutes, before Craig delicately lay his head against Tweeks. He didn't even care if the blonde woke up, today had just been so great.
Little did Craig know the blonde had been awake, well he had fallen asleep for a little bit. But he woke up a few minutes before Craig gently pressed his head against his. Today was the most fun he'd had in months. Craig was so kind to him, and so were his friends. Craig had invited him to sleep over, let him borrow his clothes and now was being so sweet. It was now or never, he would never get a chance as good as this.
Tweek slowly reached out his hand, gently grasping Craig's in his. He felt the boy tense, after what seemed like hours (but was really 3 minutes) Craig shifted his hand to hold the blonde's more comfortably, and the two just stayed like that. Hand in hand, shoulders pressed together, even after they fell asleep.
{ A/N: Hello! This is my first fanfiction on here, as well as my first Creek one, I plan to make a second chapter one day, thanks for reading! :3 }