He was excited.
For the first time, Tweek wasn't twitching from nerves, but from pure excitement.
Today was Friday.
That meant tomorrow was Saturday.
Saturday was his one year anniversary with Craig.
He'd worked hard on his gifts. He'd bought chocolate and a card and flowers, and then he got rid of the flowers, because what if Craig didn't like flowers and thought they were girly?
Oh god, what if he thought the chocolate was girly too?
Okay, now he was twitching from nerves.
No. It was fine. He had the chocolate and that drawing that he'd spent so much time on – Craig always told him how artistic he was. So Tweek drew their names in a nice font that curled and intertwined, and draw spaceships and constellations and hearts and other doodles that had meaning for them. He'd slaved over the picture, then framed it, then wrapped it. It was perfect. Tomorrow was going to be perfect.
He sat next to Craig at the cafeteria table, smiling just from thinking about it. He wondered what he and Craig were going to do. Maybe they could go back to the amusement park? It still scared Tweek to go, but it would be okay with Craig. He might enjoy it more this time around.
'Craig, are you free tomorrow?' Stan asked. 'I put together a scavenger hunt and I need someone to test it to see if it's too easy or hard.'
'No, I'm busy.' Craig munched on his fries.
Damn straight he was busy, Tweek thought, feeling pleased.
'Oh? What are you up to?'
'I have to head out of town for the weekend,' Craig said in his usual monotone voice. 'My parents are dragging me to this thing, for my aunt or something. I dunno.'
Oh.
Tweek thought he'd stressed about every possible thing that could go wrong, from Craig not liking his presents through to them having a fight and not speaking on their anniversary. But one thing he hadn't even considered was that Craig would forget.
'You're going away?' Tweek asked hesitantly.
'Yeah. I'll be back on Sunday night though.'
'Oh. Okay.'
'What about you Tweek?' Stan asked. 'Can you test out my scavenger hunt? Please?'
It wasn't exactly how he'd been hoped to spend his Saturday, nor was it his ideal company. But with Craig out of town, he couldn't bear the thought of being alone on a day he'd been secretly so excited for.
'Sure, I guess,' Tweek said, trying to hide his disappointment.
'Great, thanks man! Kyle, you'll help too, right?'
'Sure,' Kyle said with a shrug. 'I got nothing better to do.'
