Schizophrenia
This is the long-awaited(?) sequel to Paranoia! This is the second in the trilogy of Craig x Tweek stories I'm doing. I might also write a one-shot prequel describing Craig and Tweek's relationship up until the beginning of Paranoia. If you want that, tell me.
But for now, you get this. This starts when the group is about to enter twelfth grade. A little cliché, I know, but senior year is important. Plus, I can get more fluff/smut in. I already have the first two chapters written, I just have to go back and edit them. So, enjoy!
Chapter 1 – Five Years Later
It had been five years since Tweek confessed his love for Craig. They were seventeen now, and about to enter their senior year of high school. The two had been dating for seven years now, and in those seven years, they had only broken up once. But they didn't really like to talk about that time.
Tweek hadn't changed much in that time. He was still skinny and rather short, well short for a guy. He was still addicted to coffee. His hair had grown even longer and unrulier. When he hit puberty, he had expected his voice to finally get lower, but if anything it got higher. All of his shirts were too big for him. He still couldn't properly button them. He still shook and twitched and stuttered. He still suffered from schizophrenia. He still had a healthy fear of nearly everything. He was still deeply in love with Craig.
Craig was handsome before, but as he grew older, he got even more so. His hair was long enough that it stuck out from the bottom of his hat and fell into his eyes. He had gotten a new blue chullo hat that looked exactly like the old one, only it was bigger to fit his head. He kept the old one in his room. After Stripe #4 died, Tweek got him another guinea pig, which Craig decided to name Creek as a joke. He was slim and well-toned without even trying. His grey eyes could pierce through the soul. He still had the scar under his left eye where a bully had cut him when he was twelve. Nearly every girl in school desperately wished he wasn't dating Tweek so they could be all over him.
Tweek and Craig spent nearly all their time together. They would always spend the night with each other, whether they were at Craig's house or Tweek's house. There had only been two times when they didn't spend the night together. The first time was about a month after Tweek confessed his love for Craig. Tweek had gotten sick and had to be quarantined. That meant no visits from Craig. The second time was when Craig's parents spontaneously decided to take the family on a "fun" road trip for a weekend. Neither of them slept at all during either of these times.
In Tweek's opinion, he had a great relationship. Craig was probably his best friend, and he was in love with him. Craig could ward off Tweek's fears and anxieties just by being near him. Tweek loved it when Craig would hold him in his arms and kiss him deeply, letting him know everything was ok. Craig supported Tweek, and Tweek supported Craig. There was only one thing that bothered Tweek.
In the seven years that they've been dating, Craig never once said he loved Tweek back.
Not to say that Craig didn't care about Tweek, or acted as if he was tired of him. Craig cared about Tweek dearly; he tried his best to make sure nothing would hurt or scare him. But he had trouble expressing his feelings. He kept saying that he wasn't in love with Tweek. Every night before they fell asleep Tweek would tell Craig he loved him.
Craig never said it back.
But Tweek didn't hold it against him. Surely Craig showed that he loved him in his own way. Every time he told Craig he loved him, Craig would kiss him in return. He didn't need Craig to say it aloud to know how he felt. Right?
Two weeks before summer was over found Tweek and Craig asleep in each other's arms at Tweek's house. Except that Tweek wasn't asleep. He was wide awake. He had his face tucked into Craig's neck, while Craig had his arms wrapped around him.
Whenever Tweek couldn't sleep, he often found himself wondering if Craig was somehow unhappy with their relationship. Maybe it was because of the way he was so insistent on dating girls when they were younger, or how he was unable to tell Tweek he loved him back. Tweek wondered if he was doing something wrong.
He suddenly felt Craig shift next to him, and it made Tweek shiver. Craig's arms had been keeping him warm, but he had suddenly moved them away. Tweek didn't want to wake him for something so trivial, but his shivering body didn't agree.
"Tweek?" Craig murmured, his voice full of tiredness, "What's wrong? Were you having another nightmare?"
"N-No," Tweek muttered, "AGH! It's nothing. Hah! Go back to sleep."
Concerned, Craig moved closer and wrapped his arms around the blond. He pulled him close and buried his face in his neck. Tweek felt himself filling with warmth. Maybe Craig didn't love him, but whenever he showed his affection for him, Tweek felt maybe he did love him. He knew Craig sometimes had trouble expressing his feelings. Maybe this was enough.
Tweek sighed with content as he felt Craig start to kiss his neck. Craig always knew how to make Tweek feel better. Whenever he got really frightened, Craig would kiss him and hold him, and make it feel like he was the only one who mattered to Craig.
In no time, Tweek had fallen back asleep, and Craig soon followed suite.
…
In order to celebrate the last two weeks of summer, Token had rented a cabin out in a nearby camping site for the four friends to share for a week. Tweek didn't really like the thought of being sequestered out in the middle of nowhere (there could be serial killers!) but he knew Craig really wanted him to come with them, so he relented.
The drive out to the grounds was rather uneventful. All that happened was a wormhole opened up and swallowed them, taking them to an alternate dimension that they had to escape before the portal closed, trapping them. It involved saving an entire continent full of really hot people and afterwards the princess proposed to Clyde (he respectfully declined.) So, you know, nothing special.
The campgrounds were quite spacious and green. Trees covered the hills around them and the cabins were scattered all throughout the area. The cabin Token had rented rested on a small hill at the edge of a patch of trees. At the bottom of the hill was the road, and another hill that had a cabin resting directly across from theirs.
When they pulled up to their cabin, another vehicle pulled up to the cabin across from theirs at the exact same moment from the other direction. Token smiled as he put his car in park.
"Oh look," he said gesturing, "Looks like we'll be having neighbors this week."
"Great," Craig muttered sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
"GAH! What if they're a family full of inbred cannibals?!" Tweek worried, his hands reaching up to grab a fistful of hair, "I can't handle that! I don't want my eyes gauged out in some horrible, gruesome fashion!"
"I told you guys we shouldn't have marathoned the Wrong Turn series last week!" Craig scolded Token and Clyde as he tried to calm down Tweek, "He's been like this every day since then!"
Token looked guilty, but Clyde was staring out the window. "Huh, you know, that car looks sort of familiar," he noted.
At that moment, the other car's doors opened and Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman all hopped out. Craig looked over, saw them, and groaned. "God damn it!" he hissed, "They just never stop following us!"
Craig and his friends got out of their own car, Craig gently taking Tweek's hands so he wouldn't rip his own hair out. Token went around to the trunk to start pulling out their luggage and Clyde went to help him. Craig was glad Stan and his friends hadn't noticed them yet, as he took Tweek gently in his arms to comfort him and whisper to him that there were no inbred cannibals. Maybe they could actually avoid each other all week…
"Hey look!" Kenny suddenly exclaimed from the other cabin, "It's Craig and those guys! Hi!" He waved wildly over at them.
"Damn it, Kenny," Craig hissed, pressing Tweek closer.
Stan, Kyle, and Cartman looked over and spotted them. Stan leaned over and said something to Kyle, but because they were too far away, Craig couldn't hear them. Craig just went ahead and assumed it was insulting, and flipped them off. Stan looked affronted.
Snickering, Craig took Tweek's hand and led him into the cabin. It was a cozy little cabin, much like one would expect in fairy tales. The front room was around average size, with a nice throw rug on the floor. There was a table with two chairs on each side, a small kitchen (that really only had a sink, a counter, and a refrigerator) and a fire stove. There were two doors on the other side, one leading to a bathroom, and the other leading to the bedroom.
"Oh God," Tweek muttered under his breath, "This place is a fire hazard! It's one big matchstick!"
Craig put an arm around him and pressed him close. "It'll be all right, Tweek," he assured the twitchy blond, "These cabins are perfectly safe. Hundreds of people have stayed in them before us."
Tweek trembled a little and pressed against Craig's side. "Agh. Erg. If you say so," he murmured. He was glad the little kitchen had a coffee maker. He had a feeling he would need it this week.
Clyde and Token came in after them with all the luggage. Clyde dragged his armful of luggage to the bedroom to set it down, but came out a moment later looking just a bit irked. He walked over and stood directly in front of Token.
"What?" Token asked, looking a little nervous.
"Really, Token? Only two beds?" Clyde asked, annoyance clear in his voice, "You couldn't have found just one cabin with at least three beds?"
Token gave him a stupid grin. "Sorry," he said, not sounding sorry at all.
"Tweek and I don't mind sharing a bed," Craig pointed out.
"Well, yeah, but I don't care about you two!" Clyde replied, "I don't want to sleep in a bed with Token! He's a pervert!"
"Only around you, Clyde," Token snickered, putting an arm around his friend. Clyde rolled his eyes and pushed Token's arm off him.
"Besides," he added, "I wanted to share a bed with Craig."
"Yeah, well, I wanted to share a bed with Tweek," Token countered, "But we can't all get what we want."
Tweek and Craig stared at their two friends with wide eyes.
I find that a funny line to end it on. This and the next chapter are a little short for my liking, but I couldn't really think of much to add. Oh well. Let me know what you think of the new story! Feel free to leave a comment telling me what you think will happen in this story. I'll have the next chapter up soon after this one.
