"Mysterion?" Craig asked after quite a while. He'd been too shocked to know what to say. Don't act like you wouldn't be a little surprised if some boy in a dark cloak outside your window was speaking to you like you actually know each other. It's pretty fucked up, when you think about it.
"Yes, that's my name." Craig suddenly came to his senses and gripped the true reality of the situation. This was just some kid playing a prank for fun, because he had nothing better to do on a school night.
"Why don't you just go home, kid? I'm not in the mood for pranks. Piss off." 'Mysterion' glared, not saying anything.
"It's not a prank, Craig. I'm here to talk to you." Craig instantly jumped off his chair and ran to the corner of the room, shakily pointing at the 'super hero'.
"How the hell do you know my name! Are you a fucking stalker!"
"No." Craig glared, still shook up. Know that you think about it, it was actually sort of weird that he was scared by some kid in a costume, but he wasn't afraid of falling for a ghost. Craig Tucker, everybody.
"Then how did you know my name?"
"By day, I am just an ordinary fourth grader, but by night, I am Mysterio-
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. So you're saying that you're in my class at school?" Mysterion slowly nodded, giving Craig an irritated stare, clearly annoyed from being interrupted. He jumped from the window sill onto the floor, looking around the room cautiously.
"So what the hell are you doing here, 'Mysterion'?"
"Can you not say my name like it's made up?" Craig nodded, patting his shoulder like he was a little kid. Well, he was essentially.
"Yeah, whatever. What you doing here?" Mysterion rolled his eyes, making Craig feel like an idiot.
"I said before, to talk to you." Craig face palmed. Even Butters wasn't that dumb.
"I knowthat. I meant what about?" Mysterion decided not to give Craig the satisfaction of responding to the way he spoke to make him look dumb.
"So you had a fight with Tweek." Craig jumped, clearly surprised at how he knew that. He immediately took back thinking this kid was dumb. He was pretty smart. Kinda like Kenny.
"Yeah, I did. I'm not gonna even bother to ask how you knew that. What about it?" Craig sat on his bed, and then shortly noticed Mysterion standing there. Deciding to be polite for once, Craig motioned for Mysterion to sit down, even though he was itching for him to leave.
"I saw him earlier." Craig eyes widened, only by about a millimetre, but still noticeably. Even though he was furious at him, something in his heart still jumped whenever Tweek was mentioned. Plus, there was the fact that Mysterion was indeed too, a medium.
"Oh yeah? Where was that?"
"He was walking with some guy. I think he was a ghost too. Tweek looked really upset. I'm not sure, but I think he was crying." There was an uncomfortable silence. Mysterion shuffled while watching Craig, waiting for him to say something. He didn't.
"You must feel guilty." Craig's head snapped up to glare at Mysterion, who purposely avoided his look.
"Why the hell would you think that?"
"Don't act dumb, Craig. You must feel horrible for what you said to him."
Craig finally had enough and grabbed Mysterion, shaking him violently.
"Stop acting like you know everything! You don't know anything about how we feel! You should just go! I don't need someone to talk to! I don't need you here!"
Mysterion calmly waited for Craig to calm down, which took pretty long. When Craig finally had calmed down, Mysterion spoke.
"Then I might as well leave. I'll be seeing you at school tomorrow." Mysterion swiftly walked to the window, but just as he was about to jump out, Craig grabbed him, once again.
"Wait! Tell me, who the hell are you!" Mysterion narrowed his eyes.
"I'm not going to tell you. You'll find out one day!" Just as he was about to leap out and magically disappear, Craig yelled at him.
"FUCK THAT!" Craig pulled Mysterion into the room so roughly that he almost fell over, if not for Craig's arms holding him up. Before Mysterion could stop him, Craig ripped his mask off. Crap.
The dark haired boy stared at the blond in front of him, who stared back, just as shocked.
"Kenny… what… the fuck… are you doing?" Kenny flinched as Craig put lots of emphasis on the 'fuck'.
"I…uh…um…" Kenny looked down, having nothing really to say.
"Kenny… why the hell are you dressing up in a super hero costume and running around at night!"
"It's… it's none of your business what I do Craig." Kenny stared at the floor.
"Of course it's my business! It was mewho found out Butters was Marjorine and tried to help him with his love life, it was mewho saw you reject Butters and it was me who you came to talk to tonight!" Craig puffed, glaring at Kenny, who was shaking his head at him almost mockingly.
"This is why Tweek's mad at you Craig. You shout too much and overreact at everything."
"That's bull! He's mad at me because of the things I said! I remember what I said! You weren't even there! How would you know what happened!" Kenny rolled his eyes.
"There you go again, shouting at everything." Craig realised what he was doing and tensed.
"Look, you need to work on your anger problems, or else you won't be able to apologize without creating a scene-
"Who said I was going to apologize!" Craig looked at Kenny, astonished.
"Shouting, Craig, shouting. You're gonna haveto apologize, because I'm sure as hell Tweek is notgonna say sorry to you."
"And why the hell not?"
"…Craig, don't be dumb. After what you said to him, I'm surprised he's even gonna come back."
"He is…?" Craig asked hopefully.
"Yeah, I heard him talking to that ghost friend of his." Craig grimaced at the thought. Josh. Kenny watched Craig as he mentioned Tweek's friend. Interesting.
"He said he was all upset 'bout what you said, then that guy asked him to leave your house and share a house to haunt with him, but Tweek refused." Craig looked at Kenny in a surprised way.
"Really?" Kenny smiled reassuringly at him, for the first time in quite a while.
"Yeah. He said to him 'No way, I'm never gonna leave Craig! Where did you even get such a dumb idea?'. And his friend was hell confused, right? He asked Tweek why not, and Tweek didn't answer, but I have an indication of what he was thinking." Kenny smirked as he remembered reading Tweek's mind like a book, due to his great mass of intelligence.
"What's that?"
"What?"
"What an 'indication'?" Kenny raised an eyebrow at the question.
"It's like another word for idea, dumbass." Craig flipped him off for making him sound stupid.
"Bite me, Kenny. So why were you spying on Tweek anyway?"
"I wasn't spying! I was simply walking by, saw him without you, which is really strange, followed him a bit, and simply overheard their conversation." Craig gave him a look, making Kenny sigh in defeat.
"Ok, it wasn't coincidence. I was sorta worried about you two since all of the drama with me rejecting Butters this morning, so I dressed as Mysterion, which I do almost every night, and hid in your closet while you weren't looking," Kenny pointed to Craig's walk-in closet. "And then I eavesdropped on your conversation…which soon turned into a fight… yeah, anyway, I followed him after he left the room 'caus I was curious to see where he was going. As you thought, he went to that friend of his and told him what happened. Like I said earlier, Tweek absolutely refusedto go live with him. His friend then got all defensive and yelled at him. He said something about you being an evil human and Tweek being a fucked up ghost, then ran off. I dunno where he went, but Tweek walked off somewhere."
Craig felt outraged.
"Why didn't you follow him!" Kenny put his hands up defensively.
"Hey, this shit isn't my problem. I was just curious to see what you two were thinking."
"… You said earlier you were worried about us."
"That too." Craig sighed. There was no use in reasoning with this guy.
"Ok fine. I'll have to look for him tomorrow after school." Kenny chuckled.
"Hah! Good luck with that. You'll never find him, he can go anywhere in the world he wants, so why would he stay in this city?" Craig nodded in understanding. That was true. Tweek could go wherever he wanted.
"That's true." Kenny watched him sigh and look down hopelessly.
"You like him, don't cha?" Craig jumped up like he'd been struck by lightning.
"He's a freaking ghost, Kenny!"
"Yeah, so what? Doesn't matter, love is love."
"That's bull! If 'love is love' and it doesn't matter, then why did you reject Butters?" Kenny face palmed.
"Craig, we've been over this. I'm not in love with Butters!"
"That's bull too-
Kenny finally lost his cool. "Everything is bull to you, isn't it, Craig!" Kenny shrieked to Craig's shocked face.
"You're always the one that knows everything! You always know what's best! Well, I've got news for you, Craig! I'm smarter than you'll ever hope to be!" Craig glared, trying hard not to shout back, for that would cause more trouble.
"What makes you so special, Kenny?" Kenny opened his mouth to say something, but stopped and looked away, becoming seemingly interested in the closet door.
"I… I can't tell you."
"Why the hell not!"
"Shouting, Craig, shouting. You'll never believe me anyway."
"Try me. I'm pretty experienced with bizarre things, what with the falling for the ghost and all." Craig remarked casually. Kenny smiled at what he said.
"Well… I die once almost every week." Craig nodded sincerely.
"Ok, but how does that help you know stuff?" Kenny's head snapped up.
"You… YOU FREAKING BELIEVE ME!"
"Yeah, why wouldn't I?" Kenny stared at Craig for a second like he was crazy, but then finally regained his cool.
"Ok. Thanks for believing me, caus you're the first." The two boys smiled genuinely at each other for probably the first time ever.
"So how do you know so much stuff, like how you knew my number, and Stripe, and my feelings for Tweek, and… and stuff like that?"
"It's… sorta hard to explain…"
"Go on… I'm in no rush."
"Well… God sorta knows me…"
"…He knows everyone, Kenny."
"Yeah, I know, but he… knows me in particular… since I die a lot." Craig raised his eyebrows.
"I thought someone like you would go to hell." Kenny nodded in understanding.
"That's nice of you, Craig." Craig shrugged.
"Just saying…"
"Well, I actually do sometimes go to hell, but most of the time its heaven."
"… so since God knows you 'in particular', does he tell stuff to you?" Kenny nodded proudly.
"Yeah, he likes me a lot. We've really gotten to know each ther, so he tells me all sorts of stuff from the future and the present, even sometimes from the past. Like when he told me that when we were all four, Cartman knocked Kyle's block tower over, and the whole class thought it was Stan, but it was actually the fatass who did it. Then I remember Butters gave Kyle his own blocks to make a new one. Good times, good times." Kenny smiled and nodded at the memories, then caught Craig staring at him. He coughed.
"Sorry, just nostalgia. Anyway, that's how I know lots of stuff. I have a good relationship with God, even though everyone actually thinks I'm a total dick."
"… You're not a dick, Kenny."
"Thanks Craig, but honestly, I am most of the time… oh well, at least I'm not a total douche like Clyde." Craig laughed and hi-fived him.
"Yeah, you're right."
xXxXx
"Kenny…we're going to Pip's house tomorrow."
"What!" Kenny looked up from the magazine he was reading. He'd stayed with Craig for about two hours, making it about 9.00pm.
"We have to go talk to him 'bout Butters."
"Why? I rejected him, the end!"
"Kenny, don't try to bull shit me. You're not the only one who's smart."
"Uh huh." Kenny rolled his eyes.
"Look, we need to sort this out so Butters isn't so depressed anymore. Maybe Pip can help us set him up with a girl or something, since you don't want him." Kenny gave Craig a sort of frightened look.
"I-I don't think he's ready for someone else. I mean, I just rejected him. Knowing Butters, that would take a while to get over…" Craig studied Kenny up and down and smiled.
"Sorry Kenny, but you had your shot. He has to go for someone else now."
"WHA-
"Kenny, but I think its best you leave now, your parents will be worried."
"My parents? Worried? That's absolute bull-
Craig slammed the door in Kenny's face. He'd finally got rid of the bastard.
xXxXx
Tweek carefully climbed through the window, taking care not to wake the sleeping Craig. He flinched and turned around when Craig rolled over in his sleep, mumbling something about Kenny being a smartass. He sighed in relief when Craig didn't awaken and turned back around, only to almost walk straight into Josh, who was sitting at the desk waiting for him.
"WHA-
Josh covered Tweek's mouth to prevent him from shouting out and waking Craig. Tweek tried to shove him away, but Josh had a firm grip on him.
"Don't speak, Tweek. You wouldn't want to wake Craig, would you?" Tweek shook his head quickly and immediately stopped struggling.
"I still don't understand it, Tweek. You wanting to stay with this… piece of shit." Josh looked at Craig in a way that meant what he'd just said. Tweek death glared him for doing it.
"You may think you like this guy, Tweek, but I know you're just confused. You just think you like him because you've never really been with people before. But you don't, Tweek. You don't, and you never will. I know someone that can make you happy."
"W-who?" Tweek said after Josh took his hand from his mouth.
"Me. I love you like no one ever could. I know you like me that way deep down too. Don't deny it." Tweek gathered all his strength and courage, then punched Josh right in the face, making him release Tweek.
"That's not true! I know I like him in that way! I'm not confused! And I sure as h-hell don't like you that way!" Tweek hissed, trying to be as quiet as possible. Too late. It had woken Craig, who was now listening to their conversation.
"You do! I know you do! Come on. Come live with me. I can make you happy. I'll make you happier than you've ever been here, Tweekers." Both Craig and Tweek winced at him using the nickname. Tweek had never heard anyone call him that except Craig. Craig was about to get up and do something, but Tweek, for once, beat him to it.
"…no." he said darkly.
"What was that?"
"NO! I'll neverlive with someone like you, who takes pleasure in scaring the ones that live in their own house! I knowI love Craig, and I definitelyknow I don't love you! At least not in thatway! And there's nothing you can do about it! No amount of convincing is ever going to change that!"
Craig stiffened at what Tweek said. Tweek… lovesme…thatway…
Josh stood still, trying to process Tweek's words in his mind. When he'd finally done it, he scowled at Tweek and left through the window without another word.
Tweek watched him leave, then sighed, sliding down the wall onto the floor. He sat in the darkness, thinking about what he'd just said, and how he was ever going to be able to face Craig again.
God decided to mess with him.
Tweek twitched when he heard someone walk across the room and sit next to him. He then felt someone grab his hand and hold it in theirs.
"…hey Tweek…?"
Of course it was Craig.
"…y-yeah?"
"I'm sorry." Tweek knew Craig was, and he was too. He just didn't realize it yet.
"I know you are, Craig." Craig sighed. Kenny was right.
Tweek was never gonna apologize to him.
A/N: Sorry I took forever to update. I'll update way more now cause I'm on holidays. I'm sorry, but in the last chapter I accidently put Stenny instead of Stendy. I fixed that, so sorry. XD