It was a cool winter morning, even more annoying for the boy asleep in bed cuddling with his blankets and anything that exuded heat. It was his least favorite time of year because this was of course when the underwear gnomes would grow even braver and steal his underwear. Of course it was crazy, that much he knew, but he seen them damn it! His parents just smiled at him and handed him coffee whenever he got too crazy with his conspiracies and such. Regardless, he sneezed and immediately twitched afterwards, a habit that was almost gone save for a few here and there. He climbed out of the bed and wrapped himself with the thickest blanket he could find.
"It's so cold…" He mumbled to himself.
Tweek was already in his junior year of high school, it didn't exactly look like it unfortunately he looked more along the lines of a pre-pubescent girl. He was slender and short, but despite his lack of control over his emotions he was fairly good at keeping secrets, well his own anyways. His friends always treated him like something they had to protect and although it was flattering, it was also really annoying. His feminine voice and figure didn't seem to help his case much though.
Pushing back his annoyances he got dressed in his black graphic t-shirt that read: FML his shakiness somewhat went away but not completely, which showed in his difficulty in pulling his blue sweatpants up, he quickly put on his plain black sneakers once he heard the beep of his parent's car. With a sigh he grabbed his oversized coat and backpack and ran out the door of his house. He was greeted with a painstakingly annoying smile from his mother. Great, she's driving me... He thought with disappointment. The drive to school was fairly short and silent, after reaching his school she didn't give him so much as of an 'I love you'. Not that he expected it or anything, when his father died she became more distant and nearly threw herself into work, sometimes forgetting to feed him. He managed though, he'd go over Clyde's or Token's to bum off of them or something.
This brought him to the situation at hand: Craig. He was the douche that ditched the gang that he practically created, to go out with the chick Wendy Testaburger, who happened to be going out with the jock Stan Marsh. Going behind her boyfriend's back just to get laid, it never made much sense to Tweek, and she was on the fast lane. If she stayed with Stan she could have a pro football player as a husband, and she was the second smartest kid, behind Kyle Brovlowski anyway.
He made his way up the stairs of the school, keeping his head down and suppressing all of the anxiety which came with his school day. His stomach grumbled and he realized that he hadn't eaten this morning; he shrugged and began to walk to his locker while thinking of ways to avoid everybody. Without warning, he ran into a tall wall of flesh, he mumbled an apology and looked up at the person he had bumped into: Craig Tucker.
Of course it wouldn't have bothered him much if it were anyone except from Craig; he was violent and would hit anyone that so much as looked at him in the wrong way. The whole hallway seemed to go on a standstill, all waiting for Craig's next move. Tweek winced a bit as Craig raised his arm to hit him, but he seemed to have registered the small hamster-like boy and recognized the face. He lowered his hand, looked back at Tweek once more then began to walk away; everyone cleared a path for the tall icy male, all held incredulous stares as they gathered what happened. Before Tweek could react he was grabbed by a large hand and spun around to face his best friends Clyde and Token, they had disbelieving faces as well.
"Holy shit dude, how'd you manage get Tucker off of ya?" That was Clyde he looked awe-struck and utterly amazed.
"I thought for sure he would hit you," Token added with a hint of amazement as well.
"I-I don't know…I guess he was t-tired…" Tweek replied sheepishly, his face turning red at the questions and praises by his friends. "I didn't really d-do anything..."
The both of them exchanged looks before nodding at each other, giving an 'I thought so' glance to each other. Tweek was annoyed by the silent exchange between them but the brushed it off.
"You'll understand when you're older Tweek, don't worry about it." Clyde gave a smile at him, and then dragged the both of them along. "C'mon! I wanna get this dumb school day over with!"
Tweek spoke up in protest but was immediately shoved into the one of the only classes he had with Craig: Biology.