One night Kenny lies awake overwhelmed with his own thoughts, he has come to the realization he might have a crush on Butters. "That's crazy!" he thought, "it can't be". Kenny has always felt like love was kinda useless, just something else to get hurt by, and especially something that he maybe doesn't deserve.
In truth, more than what he likes to admit to himself, the thought of falling in love with someone and them liking him back was very frightening. Having to remember their reaction every time he dies, the pain and suffering he'd have caused in the face of his loved one every time he dies is a thought Kenny can't shake off.
But Butters, oh, Butters is too pure for any of this, he shouldn't have to experience the hell on earth that Kenny lives - "…on top of that there's no way Butters would like me back" - Kenny thinks as he screams into his pillow.
The next days Kenny didn't really know how to face Butters so he kept avoiding him. Butters, however, noticed it and he felt a knot forming in his stomach as time passed and his best friend kept ignoring him and felt their friendship drifting apart, maybe he did something wrong again, maybe, Kenny is usually so kind towards him he couldn't understand why he'd ignore him, maybe he was mad at him, so he pulled him aside.
-"H-Hey Kenny, did I do something wrong?" Kenny didn't know what to say
-"No.. it's nothing." Butters tightened slightly his grip on him
-"Are you sure? You've been avoiding me, I don't want you to be mad at me, I don't even know what I did." Butters looked at him with such a sad questioning face, Kenny felt bad about lying to him.
-"... I'll tell you some other time ok..."
-"...Tell me after school then! See you later"
During classes, Kenny could only think of Butters grip on his arm, calm but sure, he had never seen that look on Butters, maybe, just maybe, he meant something to Butters too... "No no no no..." He shook that thought away from his mind and hid his embarrassment in his hands, but now it's time to think how to avoid Butters after school, maybe he could just make a run for it, maybe Butters will forget it in the meantime, yeah let's count on that.