A/N: I am so sorry for not doing as many updates as I said that I would. Spring break was actually quite busy, and this past few days has been school. Which was stressful. But I felt as if I needed to do this. I want to finish this story soon so that I can start on my next one. My next one will be a Kyou/Yuki from Fruits Basket. Anyway, this story is only going to have a few more chapters in it. Please do enjoy this new chapter!

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The walk to school was the longest but shortest walk of Kenny's life. It was as if time had escaped him just by staring at Butters.

The day before had been awkward after the fact. Before Kenny knew it, he had been pouring his heart out to Butters. About hoe he wasn't sleeping with girls every night. About how much he liked him. About how awful it was to die, but this time it actually helped him. About how he died last time with the knife. About how angry Cartman had made him. About how sad it made Kenny to hit him.

And finally, about his mother.

Kenny was reluctant to tell Butters about this. It wasn't that he didn't trust Butters, but it was the fact of actually telling someone for the first time. Butters just nodded and held him and told him that everything would be ok. That Butters wouldn't let it happen again. But Kenny knew that was impossible, even coming from Butters. Nevertheless, Butters had insisted that he stay the night, and Kenny gratefully accepted his offer.

Kenny looked at Butters, feeling their warm hands together. He thought about how lucky he was to have him there. And how for the first time in a long time Kenny wasn't ashamed to come to school and face everyone. Kenny smiled to himself, turning his head away from Butters.

"W-we're here." Butters awkwardly said, his hand twitching a little. But Kenny just held it tighter. He wasn't going to let Butters go. He was going to show the world just how lucky he was. Maybe it was the wrong day to decide to be honest, since Kenny knew that Cartman would be here with a bruised face. But that didn't faze him one little bit.

They walked up to the steps of South Park High where a large group of kids were hanging out. They walked past them, Kenny keeping his head held high. He noticed some of them looking at the pair, and he felt Butters tense a little bit. It only made Kenny squeeze it a little. They both walked up the steps, a look of pure determination on Kenny and a looks of pure nerves on Butters.

Almost immediately, Kenny saw his friends. Cartman was black and blue all around his face. His nose and eyes got the worst of it. He felt a stab of guilt as he walked up to them, keeping his gaze away from Cartman.

"Hey…" Kenny mumbled, suddenly becoming very shy. He could practically hear the angry rising in Cartman.

"You have the fucking nerve to come and talk to me?! Who the hell do you think you are?!" Cartman screamed, spitting on Kenny as he talked.

"I'm sorry." Kenny quietly said. He heard Cartman snort at this.

"I don't want your apology! And what's this?! Now you're holding hands with that little gay-shit?! Are you going after guys now, too?!" Cartman spat. Kenny finally looked him in the eye, remembering why he had hit him in the first place. Now he didn't regret a thing.

"Don't talk about him like that ever again. I mean it this time. And I'm not going after guys. I never 'went after' anybody in the first place. I'm not a slut that sleeps with every person that I see. Get to know the people around you." Kenny replied in a rush of words. It was probably the most he had said to his friends in a long time. Stan and Kyle just stood behind Cartman, a look of shock on both of their faces.

With that, Kenny turned around, pulling Butters hand in close as he did so. He started to walk away, practically dragging Butters behind him. Once they were around the corner, Kenny stopped, his breathing almost erratic.

"M-maybe we should go back. He'll take it out on Stan and Kyle." Butters nervously said. The stares from every other person was making him self-conscious. Kenny looked at Butters, his face suddenly going blank.

"No, they'll be fine. They don't really like Cartman, anyway." Kenny replied. Butters looked down, nervously playing with the end of his shirt. Kenny slowly reached up to his face, cupping his cheek and forcing Butters to look at him.

"Hey, don't be so nervous." Kenny softly said with a smile. Butters blushed a light shade of pink. It almost made Kenny laugh. Instead he leaned forward, closing the already small space between them at the lips. It was a soft and innocent kiss. It hardly lasted a few seconds. But that was long enough for people walking by to notice. Which was fine by Kenny.

He pulled away, giving Butters a bright and warm smile. He moved his hand up to Butters head, ruffling his hair. Butters let out a giggle and playfully pushed Kenny away. All Kenny could do was smile back.

"See? Don't think about it and you'll be fine." Kenny said in a teasing voice. Butters just laughed slightly, moving back over to Kenny and burying his head in his shoulder. It was quite a cute sight to people walking by.

"Ok, ok." Butters mumbled, a hint of a laugh still there. Butters pulled away and gave Kenny a smile.

"Ready for class?" Butters questioned. Kenny looked him in the eye, repeating this in his head to make sure it didn't sound too cheesy or cliché.

"I'm ready for anything."

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That was a pretty cheesy way to end that. But as I was typing this, I was thinking that this will be my last chapter. I know this was a short fan fiction, but it just feels right to end it here. There will be an epilogue though. I can promise that. I do hope that you guys enjoyed this fan fiction. Be on the look out for my Kyou/Yuki. I don't know when I'll start that. I'm going to a convention tomorrow for a few days, so probably not for a week or so. I thank everyone that left a review!

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