Disclaimer: I do not own South Park, it belongs to Matt Stone and Trey Parker
"Hello, welcome to Shitty Wok! May I take your order please?" Said Mr. Kim.
The last customers of the night were being taken care of while Kenny started mopping the floors.
Since Spring Break was just starting, Kenny thought it would be a good opportunity to work at City Wok again to earn some extra cash. With SoDoSoPa no longer functioning, City Wok was able to have enough business to stay in South Park. The McCormick family was still as poor as ever. With the only other income coming from Carol; Kenny's mom, washing dishes at the Olive Garden and three people renting out the garage.
A little while after Mr. Kim closed the doors to the restaurant, Kenny finished with the floors and met with Mr. Kim before heading home.
"It looks nice Dennis, business is way up now," Mr. Kim said as he finished locking up the cash register.
"(Good to here,)" Kenny replied.
"(Thanks for letting me come back.)"
"It's no problem Dennis. I needed the extra child labor anyway," Mr. Kim replied.
Even though he was "child labor" and Mr. Kim always got his name wrong. Kenny adapted to City Wok fine, and the soon to be ten year old was able to provide more for not just himself, but his younger sister as well.
Mr. Kim handed Kenny a bag as he got ready to lock up the rest of the restaurant.
"Those are chicken and shrimp egg rolls, they really good," Mr. Kim said.
Kenny gave him a thumbs up as he walked out the door.
"(It certainly beats having to eat frozen waffles,)" Kenny thought to himself.
It was already past 10:00pm as Kenny walked home, putting the eggrolls in his backpack. The walk around the city was fairly quiet for the most part, with most of the noise coming from places like Skeeter's Bar.
"Will you lighten up already you stupid bitch!" Kenny heard his father Stuart shout.
That was until Kenny got closer to his house.
"Your stupid ass left the pop-tarts out for the rats to get into you asshole," Kenny's mother retorted.
Kenny sighed. He was hoping after spending a good amount of his first day of Spring Break busting his ass that he would be able to have a night where the two would not be at each other's throats. Sadly, with his luck, that wasn't going to happen, and by the sounds of things, the food for the night was now lost to the rats. Kenny ignored the now physical fighting that was going on between the two, he had something more important to worry about.
Kenny cracked open the door to his brother and sister's room. His older brother Kevin was nowhere to be seen. Probably out somewhere in the town to avoid the fighting. He could see Karen was under the covers of her bed, trying to hide herself from the fighting going on in the living room.
"(You okay?)" Kenny asked as he approached her bed.
Karen lifted her head out of the covers with a sad look on her face.
While Kenny had gotten used to the arguments that had gone on between his parents, Karen was still frightened when they would erupt.
"It would be nice if the two of you could go one night without bitching at each other!" Kenny overheard one of the renters shout.
"Why don't you mind your own damn business!?" Stuart shouted back.
Seeing as how his dad was probably going to start fighting with the other intoxicated man; David he remembered his name was, who was renting out their garage. Kenny decided it was best to get out for a bit, till the fighting died down.
"(Come on,)" Kenny told Karen as she followed behind him to the window.
The two siblings made their way out the window and towards the ruins of SoDoSoPa.
One of the benefits to SoDoSoPa being abandoned was having more space for when fights around the house started to become more serious. Kenny helped Karen up to the second floor of the Steed building where Kenny held the ninja headquarters during the PC fiasco. Kenny and Karen were finding themselves coming up here more and more as of late, so they had somewhere to go when the fighting would last for hours.
The two sat near the ledge of the building where Kenny pulled the eggrolls from his backpack.
"(Here,)" Kenny said as he handed one over to Karen.
"(I overheard the argument about the pop-tarts, so I'm guessing you haven't eaten yet?)
Karen shook her head.
"Thank you!" Karen said as she took a bite of the eggroll.
"(My job at City Wok will make sure we have food and money over the course of the break, so don't worry about going hungry. Alright?)" Kenny responded as he gave her another eggroll.
"You're going to be spending most of the break working, aren't you?" Karen asked shyly.
"(I have to Karen,)" said Kenny.
The two could hear their father's old truck starting up and driving into the town. Apparently the arguments he had with their mom and David ended on a really bad note. Kenny could tell Karen was getting scared as he pulled her closer to him.
"(You know I'll still be here for you right?)"
"(And tomorrow is my birthday, so I made sure I'm not working. When we wake up, we'll go out for some ice cream, just the two of us,)" said Kenny.
"But what about your friends?" Karen asked.
"(Stan is going to be going away for the break, and there is no way in hell I am spending my tenth birthday listening to Cartman and Kyle bitch at each other the whole day. So I'm spending the day with my favorite sister)" Kenny said.
Kenny could see the big smile forming on Karen's face with the compliment.
"(We should probably head inside soon, it's late enough as it is,)" said Kenny.
"Okay best brother!" Karen said excitedly.
"(Anything for my favorite sister,)" Kenny responded.
"That sounds fucking gay!" A loud obnoxious voice shouted from outside the house.
"(Cartman shut the fuck up! Why are you even out here?)" Kenny responded.
"I'm out here, because I can hear your gayness with your sister from a mile away!" Cartman shouted.
Angered that his fat friend had to ruin the moment. Kenny gave Karen a quick silent notion as he grabbed a small piece of rubble from the building and tried to aim it where he heard Cartman's voice. The lack of lights made it hard to see, but Kenny trusted his ears as he threw the piece of rubble from the building.
"Ow, that hit my shoulder you dick" Cartman responded.
"(Sorry Cartman, I'll make sure to hit your head next time,)" Kenny said.
"Fuck you Kenny," Cartman said as he scurried off.
Kenny heard a small giggle from Karen as he was getting ready to head back inside.
"(Let's get to bed,)" Kenny said.
The two siblings made it back to their respective rooms in the house and were finally able to get ready for bed. It would be a big day for Kenny tomorrow. It was the day he would turn ten and start his live in his double digit years. He would be the second of his group friends to turn ten.
AN: Hello! This is my first attempt at a Fan Fiction. Feel free to leave any comments or criticisms you may have and I hope to intrigue some of you with this story.