Kyle's POV
Ok, Sunday morning, two things on my mind right now. First thing, Charlie. It's obvious that she can't stay here forever. I think I've come up with a plan, maybe I can give Dr. Nixon a call. From what I saw when I met her, she seems genuinely concerned about her niece's wellbeing and she seems like the kind of nice and protective guardian Charlie needs right now. I'll need to talk about this with her.
I walk down to the kitchen after getting myself cleaned and dressed for the day. Charlie, Sue and the guys are all downstairs eating breakfast, it smells amazing. Tweek must have made breakfast today.
"Morning Kyle." Kenny greets me, the others stop their small talks to give me a few nods and smiles.
"Hey guys, what's going on?" I ask as I take an empty seat and Stan pushes me a serving of French toast.
"Nothing much, Stan's just bugging Tweek for boxing lesson."
"Boxing?" I look to Stan, confused. "You never cared about fighting before."
"It's not for me, it's for a friend of mine." Stan explains. "His stepbrother's been giving him a hard time, he's got guts for trying to fight back, but I just wish he has the power to back it up too."
"Stan, I can't teach someone! I mean I just do it for fun and exercise now."
From the side of the table I heard Sue whispering to Charlie, "With how jumpy he is, I'm surprised he knows boxing to start with." To which Charlie giggles at Sue's remark.
If she thinks that, then she either didn't notice Tweek and Stan's fight that night at Styx or she was way too drunk to remember it.
"Who is this friend of yours anyways Stan?" Kenny asks.
"His name is Zac, but he prefers Z. He's a kid I met back 2 years ago at a gig. He came to hang with me after my session at a local café shop and we became friends."
"He likes to be called Z?" I raise an eyebrow.
"Yeah, like the letter 'Z'."
Huh, Ok then. "Well, Stan. Maybe bring the kid over one day and we can see what we can do for him." I tell him and Stan seems satisfied by that
"Ok, I'll ask him then."
After that, we drop the topic and finish our breakfast with some light chit chat and a calm mood, we regroup back in the living room to start discussing.
"How are you feeling today, Charlie?" I ask her.
"A lot better, I still feel sore but it'll pass." She smiles and moves her shoulders to show it. "Thank you guys so much for letting me stay the night."
"Our pleasure, princess." Kenny says to her with a smile.
Since when did Kenny start calling her princess?
"So what's now?" Tweek asks, bringing us into thought.
She looks down at her feet in contemplation. "I'm not too sure, I'm never going back to that town for as long as I breathe so I'll have to find somewhere else to live." Her fist clenching slighting on the clothes we lent her.
"What about your aunt?" I bring up my idea.
"You know about her?" She raise her head and looks at me. "I haven't seen or heard from her after she got married and moved out."
"Yeah, Francisca Nixon, right?" I ask to verify and she nods in confirmation. "She works in the hospital you were admitted in. She tried to stop your mom from taking you that day and that's how we met."
"Wow, I must've been so out of it that I didn't even notice. I'll go to the hospital today and see if I can find her, maybe I can ask her to let me live with her."
"I'm sure she'll take you in, kiddo." Stan reassures her.
"You gonna be ok going there alone?" I ask her, I know she can take care of herself but I can't help but worry a little, she's like my little sister at this point.
"My family don't know I'm here and they definitely wouldn't think that I'd go back to the same hospital I got admitted to." She reasons, she adds after she notices my unchanged worried expression. "I'll be fine, I'm gonna learn how to take care for myself." Only then do I relax a little.
"You know what?" Kenny suddenly says brightly. "We never gave Stan a formal welcoming and now with you and your life coming back together, this called for celebration!"
"Kenny..." I look at him warningly. Kenny just smirks at my reaction and laughs
"Chill, Mr. Oxford." Kenny chuckles as he reassures me. "No keg parties, no alcohol, it will just be the 6 of us hanging out and spending the night like dumb teenagers."
"I'd like that." Charlie being the first on to speak up.
"Seconded." Sue continues with her hand raised, Tweek nodding quickly after Sue.
"I'm in." Even Stan too?
"We all cool?" Kenny looks at me hopefully and suddenly my opinion became a lot less important. I shrug in response.
If you can't beat them, join them I guess.
"Then it's settled." Kenny claps his hands together in delight. "We'll get the food and set the place up."
Sue and Stan have gone off for Stan's bi-weekly radio session, leaving the 3 of us at the house. Tweek seems antsy, I think he's having a minor breakdown from seeing his drunken crush again. I'm not worried, he's gotten a lot better than he was before and I've learned the difference between an attack and your typical Tweek freak-outs.
"So… I didn't know that the girl was Sue." I say as we clean up the living room.
"Wait, you knew her too?!" Tweek turns to me in shock.
"Yeah, she works at BC Live. I met her when I did that podcast."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I didn't know, man. Silver eyes was all I had to go on and I didn't pay attention to her eye colour when she told me we were going live in 5 minutes, I never really met up with her since."
Tweek mumbles something about silver eyes and her light blue hair as he goes back upstairs. After he leaves, Kenny approaches me as I clean the coffee table.
"Hey, Kyle. I know I should have asked you this a long time ago but are you Ok?"
"In what sense?"
"You know, between you and Stan."
"Oh…" I should have known I guess, it's only a matter of time before he asked me this. "Well I'm not sure, I know I've been acting distant and there's a reason." I contemplate on whether to tell Kenny about it but I decide it's probably better if Kenny knew. "It's because… I caught him drinking again."
"Oh." Kenny echoes with a blank expression but I can tell he's shocked.
"I wasn't sure if I could deal with him that way again, I didn't want to abandon him after making up." I continue explaining. "But now I know what to do."
"Well what are you gonna-" Kenny starts asking before a loud tone cuts him off
It's my phone, I excuse myself and answer the call.
"Hello?"
"Hey, bro."
"Ike! Hey buddy. How's 10th grade?" I say with a bright tone, I missed him and I haven't heard much from him since the guys and I left South Park.
"Meh, it's nothing I can't handle." Lucky son of a bitch, he manages to make it to high school at the age of 13. He gets to skip so many grades for being a genius and even though he never says it, I know he's rubbing it in my face.
"Hey, don't get smart Ike, you didn't have Mr. Garrison for most of your entire fucking school life." I shudder at the thought.
After his presidency ended, he came back to South Park and some dumbass thought that he was capable enough to teach high school, I still wonder how he's even allowed to teach to begin with. If he somehow followed us to Boulder, I'd be ready to shoot myself.
"Ha, fair enough I guess. So how's Boulder? I haven't really talked to you since mom has been hogging the phone those rare times you've bothered calling home."
"I'm sorry I haven't been calling much, a lot has happened within these few weeks."
"Do tell."
I tell him about Boulder, the classes, moving into the house, that night out in town, meeting Charlie, and lastly about the podcast. I hesitate about telling him about Stan since after he moved, Ike has been my hearing ear to all my problems. I know how he'll respond, but I say it anyways.
"Ike, Stan's back."
"… Are you Ok?" I know I took it bad when Stan didn't come back to South Park but was I that concerning?
"I'm been dealing with it pretty fine so far. I want to fix our friendship."
"Has he explained himself for that time yet?" Again, I should have known Ike would ask this, he's the only other person who knows about it.
"… No." I answer. "I don't know if he even remembers it."
"Let's say he doesn't, do you still want closure from it? It was the reason you stopped after all."
"I don't know anymore." I reply honestly. "If he really doesn't, I'll just try to let it go."
"Kyle if you've been able to do that, you'd done it years ago."
Damn it, I hate how smart he is. I want to forget it, I really do. But maybe Stan doesn't even know that he's not the only one hurting ever since he left. We talk a bit more before I tell Ike to say hi to mom and dad for me and hang up.
Stan's POV
I finish the last song on my playlist for this session and start saying. "My time's almost up. Here's my song of the day, it's from a good friend of mine to his little crush. This one's for you, Z."
I tune my guitar which I purposely bring with me to this session, I start strumming the tune that I've been practicing and start singing the words Z showed me
Ooh, you make me live
Whatever this world can give to me
It's you, you're all I see
Ooh, you make me live now honey
Ooh, you make me live
Oh, you're the best friend
That I ever had
I've been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine
And I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
Oh, you're my best friend
Ooh, you make me live
Ooh, I've been wandering round
But I still come back to you
In rain or shine
You've stood by me girl
I'm happy at home
You're my best friend
Ooh, you make me live
Whenever this world is cruel to me
I got you, to help me forgive
Ooh, you make me live now honey
Ooh, you make me live
Oh, you're the first one
When things turn out bad
You know I'll never be lonely
You're my only one
And I love the thing
I really love the things that you do
Oh, you're my best friend
Oh, ooh, you make me live
I'm happy (happy at home)
You're my best friend
After I finish singing, I put down my guitar and I say to the microphone with a smile "That's the end of my set, I'm Stan Marsh and I wish you all good day and good night." Sue gives me a thumbs up to let me know we're off air.
"Well done, rookie." She pats me on the back once I exit the booth. "Eric is right. You've been getting better since your first session."
"Well we've gotta give the people what they want."
"Now that's the kinda attitude I'm looking for. I'll see you back at your place tonight."
Well, I've got a few hours to kill. I might as well go see Wendy. It's been almost 2 weeks since I've seen her and it is kinda my fault for that, but something inside me just doesn't care enough to want to see her. Do I still love her? The past few months have been nothing but us arguing and I'm sick of it. Maybe… I'll go see her and make up my mind. If I still feel nothing then maybe its best we take a break.
I start my car and leave for Bebe and Clyde's place, thankfully I kept the address Wendy gave me. They live in a small apartment in the centre of Denver, great for living the nightlife but horrible in terms of parking. As I drive around and scan for a spot, I notice a red hummer in the apartment parking lot. Wait a minute, that's Cartman's car. What's he doing here?
I give up looking for a place inside and settled for a spot outside. I dump a few quarters into the parking meter and head up to the apartment. I knock on their door to see Bebe answer the door. I haven't seen her since 4th grade and she looks a lot different than she did when she was 10, she kinda looks like that time where all the girls but Wendy went slutty. She seems shocked, I'm not surprised seeing how this is supposed to be a surprise.
"Stan! H-hey, it's been forever." She starts stuttering a little before asking, did I scare her that much? "How have you been? What are you doing here?"
"Hey Bebe." I give her a small wave. "It has been awhile, I'm here to see Wendy."
Her shock now seemingly replaced with nervousness. "Umm…Wendy's not in. I don't know where she is." She stutters as she slowly tries to close the door.
"Oh, her car's here so she should be back soon." I take a few steps closer to try and enter. "Can I just come in and wait for her then?"
"NO!" She shrieks before clearing her throat, much to my shock and confusion. "She's-uh- not coming home for the night! She's staying over at a friend's place."
"I thought you didn't know where she is."
"Uhh…" I see her grip on the doorknob tighten as her eyes start darting a little.
Suddenly, I hear a guy's voice making his way to the door. I realize that it's Clyde, Bebe's boyfriend. "Babe, who's at the do- STAN?!" His expression mirrors Bebe's when he sees me at the door.
"Clyde, dude." I greet him for the first time in 8 years. "Great to see you again. Do you know where Wendy is?"
My question meets with silence again from the couple who just keep looking at each other, seemingly at their wits' end.
Ok this is ridiculous.
"Ok, I know that she's here." I cross my arms in annoyance. "What's up?"
I get no answer again and it gets me thinking. Silence from her friends, Cartman's car, and lack of Wendy bugging me for a date... No… It can't be…
My eyes widen from my reasoning and it seems even more plausible with Clyde and Bebe's jittery reactions. I clench my fist and grit my teeth, I really want to be wrong on this and I hate myself for asking this question.
"Is fat-ass here?"
Their eyes shoot open in shock for a second before they regain composure but that's all the proof I need.
I take a deep breath before turning to Bebe. "Bebe, let me in."
Maybe she was intimidated or guilt ridden but she opened the door and I walk into the apartment to Wendy's room, the only locked door in this apartment. I give it 3 hard knocks, I'm kinda surprised I didn't break a hole in the piece of wood with how loud those knocks are.
"Wendy, its Stan." I say with a dry, serious tone. "We need to talk."
A/N: Yup, who saw that one coming? You get a free cookie if you did and if you ask how could he do that to Stan, refer back to South Park. He's a complete piece of shit if you remember. But yeah, that happened and Kenny and Ike are both worried about how Stan and Kyle are getting along and I'd say it's going for the better so far c:
The song that Stan sings is You're My Best Friend by The Once, one of my personal favorites in the soundtrack due to a particular scene. Those who might have seen the show would know which one and you better believe that scene is gonna show up. :D
Link to the song: watch?v=I8aUHv0Newo
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As always, feel free to check out the drama this story is based on, "It's Okay That's Love" by SBS.
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