Dirty Little Secret
By: esmtz
Not even bothering to chase after Kyle, Cartman just stood there completely in shock not having the slightest idea about what just happened. He slowly turned around to face Kenny and Stan who also had surprised looks on their faces.
"Uh, Kenny? You pay attention to everything that's going on around you don't you? What the fuck is going on with Khal?" Cartman asked expecting Kenny to at least know something.
Kenny sighed shaking his head.
"I have no idea dude. I'll go and see what's up." Kenny told him before running to catch up with Kyle.
Cartman watched Kenny leave before turning his full attention to Stan who had a split lip and a slight bruise on his right cheek.
"You ok, Stan?" Cartman asked looking at him worriedly.
Stan sighed a little shaken up from the fact that Kyle had literally ran at him and started to beat the crap out of him.
"I'm fine Eric just a little shaken up that's all. I didn't expect Kyle to all of a sudden attack me. I thought for sure he was going to go after you instead." Stan replied.
Cartman didn't say anything as even he thought that it was weird that Kyle didn't start attacking him instead since he was the one who was accusing him of manipulating Stan.
"It's weird because I know for a fact that I haven't done anything to make him THAT upset and even then he was really just angry at you so why on earth would he start attacking me for no reason?" Stan asked as he bit his lip slightly wincing as he did so before putting his hand to his lip and pulled back to see that blood was coming out of his lip.
Cartman frowned thinking about it for a few seconds and ending up coming to only one conclusion.
"That's not possible…" Cartman muttered to himself.
Stan frowned looking at him.
"What?" Stan asked.
Cartman shook his head as he looked at Stan.
"Nothing. Let's just get you to the nurse's office. Your lip is bleeding and you're starting to bruise on your cheek." Cartman told him before grabbing Stan's hand and leading him all the way back inside the school.
Once again neither of the guys had noticed that they had been followed by a couple of kids from their school who were keeping a close eye on the both of them. As soon as they made their way towards the nurse's office they ended up running into Butters who looked like he was looking for something. Noticing that Cartman and Stan were heading his way Butters started to blush slightly trying hard to not look too suspicious.
"Why hey there fellas. What brings you all the way out here?" Butters asked frowning as soon as he saw the bruise and the cut lip on Stan.
Cartman sighed.
"Nothing, Butters. Stan here just got his ass kicked by Wendy's new boyfriend."
Stan was about to say something but quickly stopped thinking that it was better for Cartman to lie about what really happened to him. Butters simply looked at them for a few seconds before replying.
"It was Kyle wasn't it?"
Cartman gaped at him while Stan simply looked surprised that Butters knew.
"How did you know, Butters?" Stan asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well it was kinda obvious. Kyle likes Eric and all of a sudden Eric is hanging out with you and ignoring him. I wonder why he attacked you though cause I don't think he would have attacked you if it was simply a case of you two hanging out. I figure he would have attacked Eric instead." Butters replied.
Cartman had turned completely white while Stan turned his gaze towards Cartman.
"What makes you think Kyle likes Eric, Butters?" Stan asked not taking his eyes off of Cartman.
"Aw shucks you know they're always fighting and everything and yet they still manage to stay friends. Heck even when we were kids Kyle's always tried to get Eric to stop whatever bad thing it was that Eric was going to do."
"Butters, me and Khal are NOT friends!" Cartman growled at him.
"Really? Then why did you have us go save him when he was in San Francisco during that smug storm?" Butters asked.
Cartman was starting to grow red with anger and Stan looked at him in complete shock.
"Dude, that was you who saved Kyle?" Stan asked completely surprised.
"Goddammit, Butters." Cartman growled making Butters shiver in terror.
"W-Well hey how was I supposed to know that you haven't told them yet?" Butters asked wincing at the look Cartman was giving him.
Stan raised an eyebrow.
"You weren't going to tell us, Eric? Why?" Stan asked.
"Because you guys hated me remember? ESPECIALLY Khal. I only did it because I had no one else to rip on for being Jewish!" Cartman replied.
Butters was about to open his mouth but one look from Cartman sent Butters cowering in fear as he quickly ran off. Cartman sighed cursing Butters under his breath before opening the door to the nurse's office.
"Eric, wait." Stan said.
Cartman frowned before turning to look at Stan who had a sad look on his face.
"What?" Cartman asked.
Stan waited a few seconds before asking.
"Did you have feelings for Kyle?"
This made Cartman wince the moment those words came out of Stan's mouth. He was paralyzed not even wanting to think about if he had liked Kyle that way before or not. From the look on Stan's face it seemed as if he wasn't going to go inside until Cartman told him the truth. Cartman took a deep breath in then let it out before looking at Stan with a serious look on his face.
"Honestly? I don't know. I never really gave it much thought about it before. Not really sure if I wanted to and as for now," Cartman added figuring Stan was going to ask, "The idea of being with him is different than being with you I'm not going to lie. With him I feel like there would definitely be more passion, but at the same time having a relationship with Kyle would be just too much for me. I mean you saw how he was talking about me to my face. I don't think we could ever have a relationship that wouldn't be based on fighting."
Stan had a hurt look on his face.
"So then am I your second option?" Stan asked.
Cartman looked at him sadly as he approached him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"No. You can believe me or not but between you and Kyle do you know who got my attention first? You. That was the whole reason why I stayed and put up with Kyle and Wendy otherwise I most likely would have just found someone else to hang out with." Cartman told him.
Stan looked at him trying to think of a way to show that Cartman might be lying. He didn't think he was because even back when they were in kindergarten Stan could remember that one little boy who went up to him to talk to him, but was cut off when another kid had shown up to talk to Stan first. Stan was surprised to find that the look on the little boy's face was completely hurt which made Stan's face grow red when he realized that Cartman truly had wanted to be Stan's friend. He just couldn't because Kyle was in the way.
"Ok well let's get the nurse to put some ice on that cheek of yours. It looks like it's going to swell." Cartman said breaking Stan out of his thoughts.
Not sure why his heart was thumping hard against his chest Stan nodded as he headed inside. Just as Cartman was about to follow him inside in the corner of his eye he saw someone staring at him. He turned to see who that person was but they were already gone. Cartman frowned.
'Was I imagining that or was someone watching us just now?' Cartman thought to himself a little worried that something might be up as he followed after Stan.
"Kyle! Hey, Kyle where are you going?" Kenny yelled out as soon as he caught sight of Kyle.
Kyle didn't answer as he tried to find a place where he could be alone. He kept on running until he eventually hid right behind Tom's Rhinoplasty. Kyle struggled to catch his breath hoping that he out ran Kenny, but unfortunately Kenny managed to keep up.
"Kyle, seriously what are you doing? Are you really just going to skip school for today?" Kenny asked surprised knowing that Kyle was not the type of person to just skip school.
Kyle sighed as he leaned against the wall of Tom's Rhinoplasty.
"What are you doing here, Kenny?" Kyle asked already knowing the answer.
Kenny rolled his eyes as he looked at him.
"Dude, we both know why I'm here so just tell me what that was back at the school. Why did you attack Stan and not Cartman?" Kenny asked.
Kyle gritted his teeth not really sure what to tell Kenny especially since he had absolutely no idea what came over him.
"I don't know. Cartman was just getting to me and then suddenly…"
Kyle shook his head trying to get rid of the image of Stan kissing Cartman.
"So you attacked Stan because…" Kenny started to say.
"I told you I don't know. Cartman was pissing me off and suddenly Cartman yells out the reasons why he hates me then Stan kisses him and I don't know I just sort of flipped. I was prepared to attack Cartman, but I don't know what came over me and instead I ran at Stan." Kyle replied running his hands through his hair clearly getting irritated trying to figure out why he didn't attack Cartman.
Kenny waited a few seconds before sighing realizing that he was the only one who was obviously getting what other people were thinking and feeling.
"Kyle just listen to me alright. Maybe it's not hate that you feel towards Cartman." Kenny told him.
Kyle looked up at him with a confused and slight horrified look on his face.
"What are you talking about Kenny?" Kyle asked.
Kenny simply looked at him.
"I think you know what I'm talking about, Kyle."
It took a few seconds for Kyle to process what he meant. His face turned red not sure if it was out of embarrassment or anger.
"DUDE!" Kyle yelled out, "I DO NOT LIKE THAT FUCKING FATASS LIKE THAT! Out of all people why would you insinuate…"
"Because it's the truth Kyle. Think about it." Kenny told him.
Kyle shook his head growing angrier by the second.
"No…NO! I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT FUCKING ASSHOLE! There is no way on earth that I would even consider him a friend let alone…"
"And yet you do. Kyle you're just in too much denial to see it but you do care for Cartman even if you don't want to." Kenny told him.
"How do you know that huh, Kenny?" Kyle asked shaking in anger.
"Because I've grown up with you guys remember? It's how I found out about Cartman liking both you and Stan."
Kyle's eyes grew wide in horror as he tried so hard to stop himself from feeling how happy he really was to hear that.
"WHAT?!" Kyle yelled.
Kenny sighed not sure who was more stubborn Kyle or Cartman.
"You can believe me or not, but either way I think Cartman likes Stan a lot more than he thinks he does." Kenny said before turning around to head back to school.
"What does that mean? Kenny?!" Kyle yelled out as soon as he saw Kenny start to leave.
Kenny stopped and turned to face him.
"I mean if what he's feeling for Stan right now is lust I just have a feeling that it's going to end up a lot deeper than that so just do everyone a favor and don't screw it up for him. Not that you would considering the fact that you're most likely still trying to deny what you're really feeling to yourself so…"
Kenny watched as Kyle clenched and unclenched his fists.
"I don't like him, Kenny. I just don't want Stan to be with someone like him. He's my super best friend. I can't just watch as Cartman…"
"Cartman's not going to do anything to him. Kyle really just think about how you really feel instead of coming up with excuses to try to hide how you really feel and besides after that whole beating up Stan thing I'm pretty sure Stan and Cartman had to of figured it out by now about how you feel." Kenny said watching as Kyle's face turned red before turning and heading back towards the school.
Author's note: I am so dying to write a certain scene for this story that I think that's why I haven't stopped writing yet. Anyway thanks to everyone who reads this story as always I really appreciate it and a special thanks once again to Suhamakitten and Technical Technicalities for reviewing my last chapter. I always enjoy reading your feedback. I guess that's it for now so until next time I hope you guys enjoy my latest chapter.
