Fic inspired by the song "Could It Be" by Christy Carlson Romano. Yeah, this is that song from the end of the Kim Possible movie. Don't Judge Me! Haha anyways, a short KenEric fic.

I do NOT nor probably ever will own South Park. The wonderful Matt and Trey do! And they do fine with what they do, so don't criticize!

And FYI: Text messages are single quoted and thoughts are italicized.~ much love….AVBB!

Normal POV!

Eric Cartman was sitting in detention. It was him, Craig, and Wendy. Craig was there for flipping one of his teachers off again. Wendy was there because her clothes were to inappropriate for school and not changing when she was asked to. After she and Stan broke up permanently, she turned into a total whore. But this story isn't about Wendy, it's about Eric.

So where were we? Oh yes, I remember! Eric was sitting in detention staring at the clock. He was waiting for the little hand to be on the three and the big hand to be on the twelve. For all the slow people out there, detention ended at 3:00. Cartman was giddy. He didn't even know what he did to deserve such torture. All he did was tell the teacher to go fuck herself, rip his test up into tiny pieces, then throw his home-made confetti into the teachers face. I mean, come on, he didn't do anything wrong!

He felt a fierce vibration in his left pants pocket. A text message? He pulled his book bag onto the table and put his phone into the bag, as if he were looking for something. He opened his phone and looked at the text message.

1 New Message From: Kenny McCormick.

Hmm, what could that perky blonde be in need of?

'Hey dude, I need you here, like right now!' was the message displayed on Eric's phone.

What is this? Kenny needs Eric? Right now? Doesn't he know Eric is in detention? Eric secretly had feelings for his poor blonde best friend. But then again, who didn't? He was one nice piece of ass, that McCormick boy was. But Eric knew damn well such a fine teenager would never, could never, be in love with him, or even like him as more than a best friend.

Well I better tell him that I'll be over as soon as possible, Eric thought.

He hit reply and stared at the bright blank screen for a couple seconds. Then his fingers began moving across the keyboard at the speed of light.

'I can't come over now Kenny, I'm in detention. But I promise I'll be over as soon as I get out. J' Eric replied to Kenny's desperate call for help.

'Dammit! I need someone now! Maybe I'll just call Kyle or Stan?' Kenny replied.

Eric wasn't about to pass up an opportunity to be with the boy he secretly liked.

He quickly hit reply and wrote:

'No! I'll ditch and be over A.S.A.P.! No need to call those two lovebirds over.'

Did I forget to mention that Stan and Kyle were gay for each other? Oh, sorry, well, now you know!

Eric stared at his phone and waited to see if Kenny would reply. Sure enough, he did.

'Thanks man J' the smiley face at the end warmed the fat boys ice cold heart.

Eric came up with the excuse that he felt sick. Mr. Mackey, the detention proctor, let him go home. Wendy just scoffed and Craig flipped him off as he left the room.

He arrived at the McCormick residence in about four minutes flat. The things a bike and a downward hill will do for you. He knocked on the door and Kenny answered it. Kenny looked as though he had been crying. His eyes were moist and red his cheeks were slightly blushed from embarrassment with tear stains running down the middle. His lips were curved down into a frown and he clenched a tissue in his right hand. It wasn't very often people saw this side of Kenny, unless, of course you're Eric Cartman, who saw this Kenny at least twice a week.

Kenny let Eric inside and they sat down on the couch.

"Dude, what happened?" Eric announced through the sheer silence of the room.

"Rachel broke up with me." he said as his tears came back

"Dude, that's the seventh girlfriend this month!" Eric teased, which Kenny did not find very amusing.

His wasn't the first time Eric was rushed to the McCormick residence for relationship issues. This situation occurred once a week, twice if Kenny was having a bad week with the ladies.

"I know, but I though she would be the one." Kenny mumbled through the tears that were running down his face like rain on a window.

This wasn't new to Eric either. At least one in every four girls Kenny dated has been "the one."

Cartman was contemplating his next move. Should he make more small talk and hide his feelings? Or should he go with his gut and tell Kenny how he feels? Just lay it all out on the table? Eric knew Kenny had a history of bisexuality. Eric wouldn't be the first male Kenny would have been with. He made his decision. He would ease Kenny into his feelings with more small talk. (A/N: See what I did there? Yes, I know you did. Oh, you didn't? Well, what I did there was take both ideas and make them one! Yes, I know what you're thinking! Evil genius! I know.)

"Well, maybe girls just aren't working out in general." Eric said as he laid a hand on Kenny's shoulder.

"Or maybe I'm no looking hard enough." Kenny began naming the girls at South Park High School.

Every girl on his list he either slept with or dated. Kenny had a strong policy about not dating a girl he slept with or sleeping with a girl he dated. He also never dated the same girl twice or fucked the same girl twice. After about a half an hour of listing girls from school, Kenny gave up.

"Well, that's every girl in the school. Maybe you should try a guy, instead." Eric suggested seductively.

"What!" Kenny sounded shocked.

"Well, I don't know. Maybe you could put vaginas on hold for a while and try some dick?" he said, avoiding any eye contact with the blonde sitting next to him.

Even though Eric didn't see it, Kenny looked surprisingly happy. He had never though of his tubby best friend as anything more than that…his tubby best friend. But Kenny now saw Eric's feelings. Eric was no longer an opaque body of lost emotions. Kenny was reading him like a book and loving every word.

Kenny wiped the remained of his tears away with the tissue. He tapped Eric on the shoulder. Once he had Eric's attention, he leaned in towards Eric's lips and gently laid his lips on Eric's. Eric was pleased, he didn't feel so alone anymore. Kenny forgot about how shitty Rachel made him feel and eased into the feel of Eric's lips on his. Both tongues had become one, moving around each others mouths in synchronization with each other. The kiss lasted about two minutes.

When the kiss broke off, Eric smiled as Kenny blushed. Having received what he had been oh so longing for, he moved in toward Kenny's lips again.

"faggot." he whispered before closing the space between their lips with a mouth watering kiss.

fin