"Do I have to do this?" Craig sighed at Kenny. He was being a total pain. It was stressful enough with Tweek around, who still refused to apologize and forgive him. He didn't need Kenny to be a dick too.
"Yeah, you do, Kenny. Hell, if you'd just sucked it up and gotten together with Butters, we wouldn't even need to be going!"
"Craig, I don't LIKE him!" Kenny glared at Craig, looking like he wanted to punch him.
"That's not true. Face it-
"YOU SHUT THE HELL UP! WHY I OUGHT TO-
"HEY, DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT YOU SON OF A-
"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP! Y-you're giving me a headache!" Tweek stated, rubbing his forehead, looking stressed.
"How the heck did you get a headache? I thought ghosts couldn't feel anythi-
Craig stopped talking in mid-sentence when Tweek gave him the look of doom. Kenny watched Craig look away almost sadly, suddenly trying to concentrate on the colours of the houses in the neighbourhood around them.
"…Hey Tweek?" Kenny finally asked, keeping his eyes on Craig.
"W-what?" the ghost replied, sounding slightly annoyed.
"Tell me, why're you still mad at Craig, even though he said sorry?" Craig twitched, while Tweek frowned at him.
"W-why the hell should I tell you!" Kenny put his hands up defensively.
"Hey, I'm just trying to help." Tweek stared at Kenny hopelessly.
"I… know he's sorry, and I'm sorry too, but… I don't want to forgive him for what he said… at least… at least not yet." Craig tensed, walking faster so he was ahead of them. Kenny got Craig's silent message and waited for him to be way ahead, before speaking.
"Tweek, you love Craig, right?" Tweek jumped, almost spilling the coffee in his hands.
"W-why the h-hell did you ask thatso suddenly!" Kenny shrugged.
"Seemed like an appropriate time." Tweek shook his head at Kenny's arrogance.
"You're not scared of anything, are you Kenny?"
"No, I'm not a pussy. Unlike Stan." Kenny smiled, thinking of Stan puking every time Wendy talked to him.. "Now back to the subject, you like him… that way, right?" Tweek hesitantly nodded.
"So then forgive him." Tweek glared, gripping the cup of coffee in his hands so hard that he almost broke it.
"Why! No matter how much I care for him, that doesn't change what he said yesterday!"
"… Tweek… Craig loves you." Tweek immediately fell over, the cup of coffee in his hands falling out and smashing on the sidewalk, spilling brown liquid everywhere.
"W-w-wha-
"TWEEK! ARE YOU OKAY!"
Craig came running over to where they were. He glared at Kenny for just standing there, then tried to help Tweek up, who refused reluctantly. He crouched down and grabbed Tweek, frantically looking him up and down, checking for small injuries.
"Are you alright!" Tweek shakily nodded.
"I'm fine… I just… I just tripped…"
"Are you sure?"
"Y-yeah." Craig let out a small, barely noticeable, sigh of relief, then turned and continued walking, muttering unknown things to himself.
Kenny started to follow, making Tweek scramble up and trail him. Making sure Craig couldn't hear them again, Kenny spoke quietly.
"I told you he loved you."
"… that didn't prove anything Kenny!"
"Tweek, did you see his face! He was so worried! You can try to lie to me, but you'll fail miserably." Kenny patted Tweek's shoulder.
"Face it buddy; Cupid's cast a spell on you two." Kenny gave the blond a knowing look, before running forward to catch up with Craig.
xXxXx
ding dong
…
Ding dong
"Coming!"
Ding dong ding dong
"I'M COMING!"
DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG
"WHAT!" Pip finally opened the door to see Craig staring at him impatiently.
"…Oh, I'm dreadfully sorry, Craig. I was just getting awfully annoyed since you kept ringing the bell."
"Yeah, whatever Pip. Where's Butters? Neither of you showed up to school today." Pip's face immediately turned from curious to confused.
"What do you mean? He left early this morning and said he was going to school; I couldn't come with him since I didn't feel well today. He hasn't come home yet, so I assumed he was with you, since you're one of his best friends."
Kenny, Tweek and Craig all exchanged glances, also looking confused.
"Pip… he wasn't there. He's not with Cartman and company either caus' I walked home with Cartman and Kyle."
"That's strange…" Pip looked up thoughtfully. He then realised they were all still standing in the doorway.
"Oh! I'm sorry, please come in." he gestured for all the boys to walk inside. Once they were all in the living room, Tweek suddenly yelled to Craig.
"GEEZUS CRAIG! WHAT IF HE'S BEEN KIDNAPPED!"
"I highly doubt that, Tweek." Pip stared at the two of them. Craig realised Pip couldn't see Tweek and was about to explain, but Pip spoke before he could.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't notice you. Who's this?" Craig's eyes widened. Pip was a medium too.
"…t-this is Tweek. He's sort of a… ghost." Craig cringed and waited for Pip to freak out. He didn't.
"Oh. Well, it's nice to meet you, Tweek." Pip smiled kindly and shook the confused Tweek's hand. Kenny broke out of his temporary silence and spoke.
"Aren't you a little surprised? A ghost is sitting in front of you."
"No. Why would I be? I talk to ghosts anddemons all the time. I know almost all of the ones in this city." Craig tore his eyes from Tweek and looked at Pip.
"Then, you must have known the one that was in my house."
"You're house is that big blue beach house, right? Near Kyle and Eric?" Craig, not knowing who Pip meant by 'Eric' looked at Kenny inquiringly, who mouthed 'Cartman'. Craig silently 'ohed' and gave Kenny a small thumbs-up in thanks.
"Yeah, it is." Pip smiled and nodded.
"Yes, I know him. He's-
"What do you mean you know him? He's dead." Pip shook his head.
"No he's not. I saw him just recently. His name is Damien." Tweek flinched.
"Y-you mean he's still alive!"
"Yes, he is Tweek." Tweek started shaking violently. Pip noticed and started to try and comfort him.
"There's nothing to worry about, Tweek. He's very nice to me." Craig laughed almost bitterly.
"Nice! Are you fucking kidding me? He almost killed me, knocked my sister unconscious, and just about scarred Tweek for… for ghost life."
Pip looked confused.
"I don't understand, he's so kind to me."
"That's not possible! He's horrible. He put negative energy around my house just to make my family fight."
"That's funny, there's none in my home."
"That's 'caus he doesn't live in your house, dumbass."
"Why, yes he does! He's right there." Pip pointed to the hallway that lead upstairs. Everyone turned. Craig and Kenny caught a glimpse of a black haired kid about their age, peeking inside, rush away quickly.
"Jesus Christ! Tweek, let's get out of here! Come on, Kenny! Pip's crazy!" Craig grabbed a motionless Tweek and ran out of the room as fast as possible, shortly followed by Kenny. Kenny ran ahead of Craig and yanked open the door. He then continued running out, only to instantly crash into someone, making them both crash on the ground. Tweek and Craig immediately stopped running and watched Kenny sit up and shake his head, in a daze.
"You okay, Kenny?" Craig asked, looking behind him alarmingly, still afraid that Damien was inside, coming after them.
"Yeah." Kenny faced him, looking almost dizzy, suffering from the shock of the sudden fall.
"G-get off me!" The three boys looked at who Kenny crashed into. Pip came running out.
"Oh my goodness, what happened! Butters are you alright?" the British kid ran over and stood beside Butters and Kenny.
"I will be, once hegets off of me." Butters glared at Kenny. Kenny took the message and scrambled off him, almost running into the wall, since he was still a little dizzy. Pip tried to help Butters up, who gently pushed him away.
"I'm fine, Pip." Butters limped to the door. Kenny tried to help him. Butters shrugged his hand away.
"Leave me alone." He then walked inside, trying not to limp so obviously.
"Ouch." Craig said in a monotone voice, making Kenny give him a death glare, then walk off. Craig watched him, looking concerned… in a way.
"Come on, Tweek, we need to go talk to him. Tweek?" Tweek was looking at Pip's doorway like it was the gate to hell.
"It's ok, Tweekers, he's not there." Tweek chose that moment to faint. Nice.
"Just… just help him." Craig said to Pip, before rushing after Kenny.
xXxXx
"…ny… Kennnnnnyyy!" Kenny stopped walking and turned around. Once he saw it was Craig, he glared, turned back around, and continued walking.
"Kenny, don't give up! Butters is just mad, that's all!" Kenny immediately stopped walking, making Craig almost crash into him.
"Face it, Craig. You failed. There's no chance for me and Butters now. He hates me."
"He doesn't hate you! He's just upset because of your rejection and Tammy, and… and stuff like that. He's just frustrated, okay?" Kenny shook his head almost sadly and started to walk away.
"I can't freaking believe you and Mysterion are the same person." Kenny suddenly turned around and hugged Craig.
"OH MY GOD, CRAIG! YOU'RE A GENIUS! I'LL DRESS AS MYSTERION AND GO TALK TO BUTTERS! YES!" he released Craig and skipped off singing the 'I've got a Golden Ticket' song.
Cartman much?
xXxXx
Craig opened the door to Pip's bedroom, where Pip was trying to wake up the still unconscious Tweek. Butters was sitting on a chair watching, and judging by his face, he was in a really pissed mood. Pip looked up when Craig walked in, feeling stressed.
"Craig! There you are! Is Kenny alright?" Since Butters was sitting there, Craig decided to be a total dick and lie.
"No, he's not. I think he's going all depressed. He was crying like crazy." Butters' head immediately snapped up.
"Oh, that's terrible, Craig! I hope he'll be alright. Isn't that horrible Butters?" Butters nodded slowly, eyes fixed on the floor. Craig smirked. Muahahahahaha!
He suddenly remembered Tweek.
"Is Tweek ok?" Pip nodded, smiling reassuringly.
"He'll be fine. He just fainted, that's all." Craig sighed in relief. He shook Tweek awake, doing a much better job than Pip did. Once Tweek finally opened his eyes, Craig gave Pip and Butters a small goodbye wave.
"I'd love to stay and chat, but I have to get Tweek home before he realizes he's still in your house." Craig helped the stumbling Tweek out of the room. Once they were outside the house, Tweek came to his senses and shoved Craig away roughly. Craig gave him a 'wtf' look.
"Leave me alone! I can walk by myself." Tweek took a step and immediately fell. He heard Craig's shoes walk in front of him. He opened his eyes to see the black haired boy staring at him impassively. He held out a hand for Tweek.
"I can see that." Tweek glared, then took Craig's hand and allowed himself to be helped up.
"Come on, I need to help you. You can't walk alone." Tweek glared, but then sighed, giving up.
"Ok then, let's go home." Tweek allowed Craig to take his arm and wrap is around his shoulders. As they were walking slowly, Craig said something so quietly that Tweek didn't ear him.
"W-what was that?" Craig spoke again in a barely audible voice.
"Will you everforgive me?" Tweek took a while to answer.
"I think I will soon."
xXxXx
Kenny stopped outside Pip's house. He was standing in the middle of the backyard, dressed as Mysterion, staring at the bedroom window where he knew Butters slept. It was about 7.00pm, so Butters was definitely awake.
Kenny sighed to himself.
"Better get this over with…"
He climbed up the wall pipe cautiously and was just about to jump in the room, when he hesitated.
What if he somehow recognizes me?
I'll look like an idiot! Wait, Kenny, don't be dumb. He'll never recognize you with a mask on. But what if he does?
Shit, maybe I should go home… no, I have to do this. I've come this far. Ok, yeah, let's do it!
Kenny froze when he heard the sound of people walking in the room. He leaned towards the window so he could hear better. He heard Butters' voice first.
"But Pip! What if he's really depressed and won't forgive me!" Kenny then heard Pip sigh irritably.
"Butters, I told you, he's not depressed. I'm absolutely positive that Craig was lying. Though I'm not sure why." 'Mysterion' looked at the ground confusingly. What the hell had Craig told them now?
"Yeah, but even if Craig islying, how do you know Kenny will forgive me? Did you see the way he walked off? He looked really upset; and most of all… he looked really…" Butters mind tried to search for a word that was the G-rated version of 'pissed' "… mad. He looked really mad."
Kenny hoped Pip would leave soon. He really wanted to tell Butters and how he reallyfelt about all this… and there was the fact that he was losing his grip on the pipe.
"Hurry up! Hurry up!" he hissed almost desperately. His gloved hands were starting slide down.
"Well, I don't know how he feels, Butters, but being a worry-wart won't help anything. Just calm down and go to school tomorrow. I can't come because I'm still a bit under the weather, but you need to go." Kenny heard Pip walk out of the room. Yes!
He climbed onto the windowsill and looked inside. Butters was banging his head on the wall, but once he saw Kenny's shadow he gasped and turned around frantically, trying to see who it was. He almost screamed when he saw Kenny dressed in a super hero outfit, but 'Mysterion' leapt forward and covered his mouth.
"Be silent. I want to talk to you about Kenny McCormick." Butters' eyes widened. Mysterion let go of him so he would be able to speak.
"What is it? Is he ok?" Mysterion nodded.
"Yes. He's fine. But he told me to tell you something."
"W-what?" Kenny took a deep breath, not really prepared for what he was going to say.
"He… likes you a lot, but he's not completely sure if it's that way."
"It's not that hard to tell if you like someone!"
"It is!" Mysterion snapped. He immediately felt guilty from the hurt look on Butters' face.
"What I'm saying is he's confused, and you'll have to wait for him."
"I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOUR YEARS!" Kenny almost fell over at hearing Butters yell so harshly. He fumbled with his mask, making sure it didn't fall off. He turned to Butters and eyed him up and down, then shakily spoke.
"Be that as it may, Kenny is confused, and you'll have to wait a little longer…" Butters watched him unsteadily walk to the window, before jumping out. Butters watched with a curious look on his face. He reminds me of someone… of…
Butters' eyes widened. Pip came into the room and shook his shoulder.
"Are you alright? I thought I just heard you shout at someone." Butter nodded slowly, in a state of shock, eying the window where Mysterion had just jumped out of.
"Yeah… I did just holler at someone…" Pip looked at him questioningly.
"Who?"
"I…I think it was Kenny…"
xXxXx
"Hey, can ghosts sleep?"
Tweek rolled his eyes and nodded, looking irritated. Craig felt a bit hurt that Tweek was acting so coldly to him, though he definitely didn't show it.
"Good. Then you're gonna sleep, while I do my shit-load of homework." Tweek instantly blushed at the thought of lying in Craig's bed. He took a step back, regaining his earlier shakiness.
"W-what!" Craig realized what he'd said and blushed as well. The two boys stared at the floor, creating an awkward silence.
"…well… you're…uh…you're sick, so…" Tweek's head snapped up when Craig spoke. Their eyes connected, making the situation even more awkward.
"I-I-I'll be…fine… I'm just a ghost… so…" Craig unconsciously took a step towards Tweek, but neither of the boys noticed. He was now standing right in front of Tweek. He hesitantly took Tweek's hand.
"So what… if you're just a ghost…?"
Little did both the boys know, Kenny was spying on them through the window…with Cartman's video camera. He watched as the boys' faces inched closer to each other. Come on! Come on!
The boys' lips were just about to connect, when the door opened, making them automatically spring apart. Craig crashed into his desk, Tweek pounced on the bed, and Kenny almost lost his grip on the windowsill. Everyone looked at the culprit.
"Ruby… what the hell do you want?" Craig said venomously. The small girl flinched at his dark tone.
"… I just wanted to say hi…" she looked between Tweek and Craig, then adopted an evil grin on her face. She spoke in a sickly sweet voice.
"Oh… did I interrupt something?" Tweek, as well as Craig, death glared her.
"PAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" She started laughing like a maniac, pointing at the two of them mockingly.
"HAHAHAH! YOU BOTH LOOK SO MAD! I'M SORRY I INTERUPPTED YOUR MAKE-OUT SESSION! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" she continued pointing and laughing at the two still blushing boys. Kenny fought the urge to join Ruby and laugh as well.
"RUBY…GET… THE FUCK… OUT. NOW!" Craig pointed to the door, shaking in anger.
"PAHAHAHAHAHA!" she continued laughing in a scarily similar way to Cartman. Craig grabbed her by the shoulders, marched her to the door, and slammed it in her face. Kenny smirked at how pissed Craig was.
"God, I hate that little bitch sometimes." Craig muttered, turning towards Tweek.
"Tweek, I'm-
Craig froze and topped talking when he saw Tweek fast asleep on the bed. Kenny decided this was the best moment to leave. Godammit! They didn't even kiss!
Craig forgot about his homework. He turned the light off, then climbed into bed with Tweek. He didn't give a shit if it was corny or dumb, he was just tired.
When he was just about to drift off to sleep, Tweek spoke, instantly making him wide awake again.
"A-are you awake, Craig?" Craig was about to nod, but realized Tweek couldn't see him.
"Yeah." He said in his dull voice.
"You know about that fight we had?"
"Mmhm."
"I forgive you for it."
A/N: Muahahahahahahaha! I'm so evil. I wasactually gonna put a kiss scene, but I'm not really good at them so I decided not to. I tried to puts lots of romance in this chapter. I think this is the worst chapter so far because of how rushed it is, but oh well.
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