Chapter six: A little friendship

*My POV*

Kenny stood in the closed bathroom, gazing at himself into mirror, at his actual self. The brunette had woken up earlier than everyone else, surprisingly. He stared back into the hazel eyes, and glanced at his dark chestnut hair. Kenny's eyes wondered towards the blonde wig and his eye contact case laying on the toilet seat, wondering if he should put them on. Last night's events replayed back in his mind. He told Craig everything about him, and the raven accepted it. The Tucker boy revealed why he hated him and apologized for accusing such things. He also remembered that Craig told him that he wasn't ugly, that he should be proud of his face. Kenny stared back at the mirror again, and couldn't help but flinch and avert his gaze. I look so vulnerable and hideous… He thought sheepishly. Maybe I should just put on the wig and contacts… Just then, the door came open. Kenny's scream deafen as he realized it was just his sister.

"Calm down, it's me." Karen stated yawning. "You shoulda locked the door if you wanted privacy." Her deep violet eyes caught the items that rested on the toilet. Kenny grinned timidly.

"I-I'm was just wondering if I shouldn't wear them. I think I am t-though so…" Kare laid a hand on her brother's shoulder.

"Trust me Kenny, you're very adorable looking. You're a McCormick for Christ sakes! But I guess not wearing the fake hair and eye contacts is too much. Here's a tip. Start with the contacts first, a lot of people would love to see those hazel eyes." Kenny fidgeted with his feet at the compliment.

"A-are you sure? You're lying. My eyes are vulgar looking. They've seen such terrible sights." Karen shook her head.

"Have you seen you're orbs? Do you even know that hazel eyes look like they change colors? Like right now, they're a golden light brown, flecked with green. It's very unique." The younger sister brushed some of her brother's hair away from his eyes.

"…Unique?" He looked a bit hopeful.

"Of course. Like my violet eyes. They're rare in people. So I show em' off! Now," Karen snatched away the contact case, causing Kenny to make a grab for them. "Ah-ah. I'm forcing you to wear your real eyes. No buts." With that she dashed out of the bathroom.

The brunette stood there blinking in shock. Did she just took my contacts? Ok. Maybe I could just walk around today with my eyes closed…yea that'll work. Unfortunately, and obviously, he couldn't have done that. So he got ready for school, ate breakfast, and left for school before Craig could even brush his teeth.

*Craig's POV*

"So Craig, Ken came back yesterday night?" Clyde said, through a mouth full of hamburger they had during lunch. The bastard has no kind of table manners.

"Eww, yea he did."

"D-do you k-know-ngh-where he was?" Tweek asked. I shook my head no. I don't think it would be in my right to tell them where and what exactly to Kenny. They probably wouldn't believe me anyway.

"Speak of the devil." Token commented. The boy we was talking about was walking past us, the first thing I noticed was that he had his hazel eyes. When he glanced my way and smiled friendly, I flipped him off, slightly blushing. I have hated him for so long, I really don't know how to act around him anymore. Should I completely rush in and be like I was his best friend forever, or just start it off slow and- wait, I'm talking about this like we're fucking dating or something! Before I could ponder more, I saw that my gang's faces were shocked, gawking at me. I raised a brow.

"Why the hell y'all looking like that?"

"Dude…you just flipped Kenny off…" Token answered, still gawking.

"So? I flip everyone off." To set an example, I gave him the bird.

"That's just it. You only flip people off you like. That's like, how you show affection man, a weird way, but that's how you do it." Clyde went on explaining.

"A-and you hate K-Kenny. You s-said you w-would never-ugh-waste you middle f-finger o-on someone unimportant." Tweek added. My eyes widen, they were right. I slammed my hand on my face, I just displayed my likings for the fake blonde in front of them. Crap.

"You like him now, don't you?" Token guessed cleverly. "Something must have happened yesterday, because you was just about to start a 'I Hate Kenny Fan Club' a few days ago."

I kept silent, averting my gaze from them. Clyde shrugged.

"Oh well, he doesn't wanna talk. And when Craig Tucker doesn't wanna talk, he won't." The brunette patted my back. "At least you don't despise him no more! I'm so proud of you."

"H-Hey g-guys. I don't k-know If I-I'm right, but, d-did K-Kenny's eyes l-look different to y-you?" All of them turned to his table and gasped.

"You're right Tweek! You think he's wearing eye contacts?" Token questioned, I knew the answer but didn't know if I should say something. Man this is hard. If he showed his real orbs, should I affirm Token's guess? Or keep quiet?

"OH MY GOD! The rumors were right!" Clyde exclaimed with delight. "That's his real eye color! Eeek, I'm so excited. So that means that his hair is fake too!"

"Shut the hell up Clyde, don't want the whole entire school hearing." I ordered. Again, they all gawked at me. I groaned, I just showed that I cared about him.

"Wow, n-now I r-really w-w-wanna know what h-happen yesterday." Tweek stuttered.

*Kenny's POV*

I sat down next to Cartman at the table. I feel so exposed, everyone could see my eyes. 10 people already double-take when they saw me. They're surely to see how disgusting I am. Before I could even get an hello from my friends, I got interrogated.

"Dude where's your contacts!"

"Why did Craig just flip you off?"

"Guys…"

"Are you better?"

"Guys…"

"Are you going to reveal your full identity now?"

"Are you really stopping what you're doing?"

"GUYS!" I yelled. They all stopped their yammering and listened. "Good, now to answer your many many questions. Karen took my contacts, Craig flipped me off because he likes me now, yes I am better, I'm not going to reveal my identity all at once, and…I am stopping this."

"Oh Kenny, I'm so relieved." Kyle reached over the table and snaked his arms around my neck. "This is all for the best."

"Yeah, Kenny. And taking off your contacts is a good start. You look better this way." Stan said, studying my eyes. I blushed and turned my attention on my hamburger.

"Wait, you said Craig likes you now? Why all of a sudden?" Cartman asked. I took a deep breath and said,

"I told him everything about me, my past, my problems, my identity, my prostitution, my deaths…everything. Kevin the Turd made me. He told me it was step one of me stopping this. Trusting and bonding with someone else. I guess me and him 'broke up'." Stan instantly held my hand, understanding what's it liked to be dumped. He had an on and off relationship with Bebe before he started hanging out with Wendy.

"Was it hard for you?"

"It still is, but I have to learn to love him more as a brother." It hurts in my heart like crap. I can never forget how much I loved Kevin and what he gave me.

"However like you said, it's for the best. Plus, I think my attractions turned over to Craig…hehe." I giggled timidly as they stared surprised at me.

"Why would you like him? Out of all the people you could fall for besides Kevin, you pick Cold Corpse Craig?" Stan flabbergasted, using the name we called him back in middle school, when he first started showing no emotions.

"I thought at least you'd go for Kyle!"

"H-Hey!" The smart kid's face shaded a color that almost matched his hair. He punched Stan on the arm.

"You finally accepted it uh? I knew all along." Cartman scoffed. "I tell ya, I was getting sick of you ogling him." I quickly got defensive.

"What! I was not ogling him! Besides I could have done nothing but ogled him."

"Ok, ok, back up a second. You confessed everything to Craig, and what was his response? Was it pity?" Kyle inquired.

"Well, I can't say pity. I don't have a word for it. He just told me that I'm the most caring person he knows, and that I'm not ugly and stuff. Craig also told me why he hated me."

"WHY HE HATES YOU!" All 3 got in my face. The reason the raven doesn't like me was like the number one mystery in our lives.

"Damn, calm down guys. He told me that he thought I was arrogant, living life regardless, being happy all the time, he said he was jealous of me. He also told me that he thought to love life, you need to go through pain and move. That's one thing he thought I never went through. Craig thought I did nothing to be useful for my family, but now he knows." I smiled, remembering what else he confessed.

"He told me that something did happen in 7th grade. But he won't tell me yet. That's why I like him, I feel like we're the same, he makes me feel not alone. Whatever happened in 7th grade caused him to not show his emotions well."

"Oh, I could understand that." Kyle nodded.

"So…you two…are..friends?" Stan asked slowly, just like I did yesterday.

"Nah, we're associates." I chuckled. "Hey, it's a good start!"

"Well congratulations Ken. You're freeing yourself from these chains that kept you locked away from the bright sun shining through the clouds, the breeze that sweeps from the lake waters." Cartman said solemnly. I stared at him.

"Kyle, quit teaching him poetry, it's scaring me."

"Pfft, the fat ass is getting smarter though! Anyway we're glad that you're changing your ways Kenny." Kyle replied.

"Yea, and if Craig does anything to hurt you, we'll get Eric to beat him up." Stan promised.

*My POV*

"Yo mama so dumb, she thought a roman candle was from Italy and lit it in the house!" Karen retaliated at her brother. The four (Craig, Kenny, Mad, Karen) were walking home. Mads was there this time since her tutoring was canceled. The two McCormick siblings were arguing again with the rants of yo mama's. The insults started when Kare showed Kenny her cheer-leading uniform.

"Well Yo mama so stupid, that when you were born and saw the umbilical cord, she said 'Sweet, it comes with cable too!' " Kenny said. Mad turned to her brother.

"Do they always do this?"

"Yhup." Craig said, smiling. Their relationship was pretty interesting.

"Hey Mads and Craig, wanna join us?" Kare invited, glancing at the other siblings. The raven cringed and the curly haired girl brighten.

"I'll join! Ok, Kenny, yo mama so ugly that she gave Freddy Kreuger nightmares!" Mad chirped.

"Haha, good one." Karen praised. "Are you gonna join Craig?"

"I'm way too mature to play such childish games." The silver eyed boy said arrogantly. Kenny smirked mischievously, knowing how to provoke him.

"Ok, if you're so mature as you say you are, ignore this insult. Craig, yo mama so fat, when she jumped in the air, she got stuck." The brunette teased, that popped a vein in the raven's head.

"Kenny you bastard! Yo mama so fucking dumb that she hears that it's chilly outside and grabs a bowl!" He snapped. The blonde imposer just chuckled lightly.

"That's the boy I once knew in 6th grade." Ken smiled relieved, knowing that somewhere inside, there's still the same old wise cracking Craig. The raven turned away, scorning from the comment.

"S-shut up…idiot."

"Oh yea, the 7th grade dance is coming up. Who're you're going with Karen?" Mads asked her friend. The girl brunette twiddled with her hair timidly.

"U-uhm, I-I don't know…who are y-you going with?"

"I don't know either! Eek, I'm so excited. Probably Brad, he seems good." Mad squealed. Kare looked doubtful for a split second.

"T-That's g-good. I-I hope he says y-yes.."

*Kenny's POV*

I knew straight away what was happening. Drawing my face near my little sister's ear, I whispered (or more like demanded in a hiss),

"Tell her how you feel, now!". I hesitantly grabbed Craig's arm and jerked him more up ahead than the girls.

"You know, I'm getting really tired of being dragged around by people. Why the hell did you pull me away?" He grunted irritated.

"My sister likes your sister. Your sister doesn't realized this. My sister wants to ask your sister on a date, but is uneasy about doing it. Since it seems like your sister wants to date this Brad guy. So, I told my sister to confess to your sister." I answered. My associate stared blankly at me. However I tried taking his advice about what he said yesterday, telling me that if I look closely enough into eyes, I could see the emotion. I did, the emotion told me, 'What the hell?'

"Oh yea, I remember that. But dude, I don't even know if Mad go that way with girls, what if she…rejects her?" Craig questioned. Something flickered in his silver orbs when he said rejected, that I couldn't read.

"I'm that sort of person who likes to take chances. If in Madeleine doesn't accept Kare that way, then at least she's sure of it. She wouldn't have to live the rest of her life thinking 'What if..' There's only one problem though."

"What?" I grinned.

"My sister is the strongest and bravest, but when it comes to someone she has a crush on, she's the most pansy and wimpiest girl I know. That's why me and you need to make a plan for Kare to confess."

"The crap? Why can't you just ask your brother for this kind of help?" He demanded me.

"Be-because I w-want to get c-closer to you." I stuttered, averting my eyes from him. "Besides, Madeleine is YOUR sister. You're involved in this as much as anyone else."

'Fine. But don't expect me to pep talk Karen about telling Mad how she feels. By the way, why you're the only one who calls my sister by her full name?" Craig questioned, noticing I kept calling her Madeleine. I shrugged lightly.

"I like her name. It's pretty." After a few seconds, the said girls walked up. Karen gave me an apologizing glance, which meant she didn't tell her. I rolled my eyes at her playfully, she stuck her tongue out.

"Ok, where were we? Oh yea, Craig, yo mama so bright that when she walked outside the sun said, 'Damn, it's morning already?' " Mad giggled at her brother's furious face. The boy flipped her off.

"Mads, yo mama so dirty that she has to creep up on bath water." We only quieted on our insults when we reached home. We didn't think our moms would like to hear our jokes.

A/N: I know my mom didn't like it when I told her a yo mama joke...REVIEW PLEASEEE!