"Oh."
"Oh?" Cartman asks from beside Kyle. Kyle glances over and shrugs.
"It's Valentine's day."
"Oh."
They're silent for a few moments as Kyle continues to scroll down his tumblr dashboard and Edgar the llama munches some carrots at the side of their bed. "How did we forget Valentine's day?" Cartman wonders out loud, climbing out of their oversized waterbed with a bit of difficulty.
"Well. You've been so busy with that shipment order for the new strip club downtown, and then there's this fucker." Kyle motions to Edgar absently. Cartman doesn't spare the creature a glance, knowing very well that Kyle can complain all he wants, but he loves the stupid thing. Edgar makes a noise that can only be classified as a 'disgruntled llama noise'.
"I know, but, I feel bad now. I could've at least got you flowers or something. I feel like a dick." Kyle sighs and closes his laptop and faces his boyfriend as he paces through their bedroom.
"You are a dick, Cartman." he says, which earns him a glare in response. "Besides, you know I'm not into that romantic stuff. Maybe it's a good thing you were too busy to notice." Kyle was lying of course. He fucking hated how busy Cartman was all the time, it drove him nuts. Especially since he was so insistent on Kyle staying home all day and night. The words 'abusive and controlling' swirled in his mind if he thought about it too long, so he tried not to, because this wasn't abuse. Cartman was just protecting him and maybe a little possessive. Anyway, of course he had wanted to do something, anything for Valentine's day, but it was true that romance wasn't really his thing, so it was better not to make a big fuss about it.
"No, I definitely need to do something. What would you want? I could get that new hot tub installed early?"
Kyle bites his lip and stares down at the comforter wrapped around his tiny frame. He pulls at a loose thread before answering quietly. "Well, maybe you could take next weekend off and take me out on a date or something."
Cartman barks out a laugh and flops down on the bed beside Kyle. "You know I can't do that. Kenny has been working on these people for weeks now, and we'll finally be sealing the deal. Distributing fake IDs is such easy money, I'll be able to get you a nice diamond ring if you want?"
Kyle sighs before putting on a fake smile and looking up into his boyfriend's warm eyes. "Yeah, that sounds great." And after a moment, "I love you."
"Okay so it's settled." Cartman says, pulling out his phone, presumably to call the constructors about the hot tub. "And Happy Valentine's day, babe."
Kyle doesn't answer.
A.N.: oh, oh no, i wrote angst for valentine's day. noooooo. D: yeah sorry about that guys. i had a cute valentine's day fic in mind, but then some things happened and i was offline for a bit (if you follow me on tumblr you already know about that) so i didnt finish it in time. luckily though, im not giving up on it, so i can edit it and just upload it as a non-holiday themed fic in the near future. also, i had a mighty need to add more to my born to die verse, because im in love with it, regardless of whether anyone else is enjoying the angst or not. so, review if you'd like! have a happy valentine's day! xx