Stan's POV
I hum a little tune that I've been working on as I walk into the communications building. Another day, another job. At least I have the memory of Kyle and I cuddling on the beach to keep that goofy grin Kenny always said I have on my face. Just then, that bubble pops and suddenly Kate is right in front of me.
"Hey Stan, Sue wants me to remind you to come up with something this week. It's your turn for theme week." Kate says.
"Got it." I nod as I head towards to booth before Kate stops me again.
"Wait up, can I talk to you for a bit?" Kate said with a more hushed tone.
"Sure Kate, what's up?"
Kate sighs and frowns, "It's about Sue. She's getting worse. She'll pulling all-nighters and I haven't seen her smile ever since you and the guys walked out of that club. If she keeps doing this to herself, forget the internship she got, I don't know if we'll get the old Sue back."
"Well she's not gonna talk to me. I barely see her outside of her giving orders and she doesn't come monitor my sessions anymore."
"Look, I know this isn't that Tweek guy's fault. Jake's a manipulative son of a gun, he always knew how to push people's buttons." She grits her teeth at the memory of that scumbag, "Tweek's a sweet guy from what I saw, neither of them deserves this."
"What's your plan, cupid?" I smile, finally understanding what Kate wants.
"Get Tweek to meet up with me. There's someone I need him to talk to, hopefully he can sort this out after he gets the full story." Kate said
"Sure, when do you wanna do it?"
"Some point next week, she'll be visiting Sue and I gotta convince her to tell before she heads back to San Francisco."
"Who is she?" I ask.
"Sue's mom." With that, Kate turns and walks away with purpose.
Damn, she really is turning into Sue with that kind of flair and attitude. Regardless, I head into the booth and start my session.
After a few days, I get the text from Kate. Even though he's just as confused about it as I am, Tweek agrees to hear them out. We agree to meet at Harbucks. Tweek's been so on edge that I actually had to ask the barista to cut him off.
"I-I don't get it, Stan. Why w-would Kate want to see me? And with S-Sue's mom of all people?!" Tweek shakes in his seat, fidgeting around with a little cube thing that Kyle gave him.
"I don't know, Tweek. But Kate thinks you need to hear this."
As I say that, I see Kate and another older woman walk into the café. Kate notices us and walks over to our table, "Hey guys, thanks for coming." She says to us before gesturing to the woman next to her, "This is Sue's mom."
I can definitely tell that this woman is Sue's mom. She isn't very tall, standing at 5'7", but her stance and the power she exudes feels as if she's towering over me. Her facial feature matching Sue's, but with a softer curve as most Asian usually have. The one thing that stands out about her, much like her daughter, are her silver eyes.
"Hi, Mrs. Andrews. I'm Stan." I stand up to introduce myself.
"Hello boys, and please call me Marsha" She replies and both her and Kate take a seat.
"N-nice to meet you, Marsha." Tweek greets with a softer, meeker voice than I'm used to. Not that I could blame him, he is technically meeting the parent and those two aren't even dating anymore.
God knows how I'd react if I haven't known Mrs Broflovski before dating Kyle.
"You're Tweek." She says with warm eyes and a simple smile, "Sue told me about you, you are such a sweet looking boy."
Tweek blushes at the praise, "Umm… thanks, Mrs- Marsha."
Marsha nods before her smile drops and she addresses the elephant in the room, "I know what happened between you and Sue, my poor little girl is in so pain right now."
Tweek looks heartbroken again, having to look at the mother of the girl he loves and hurt, "I'm sorry-"
"No. Don't" Marsha stops him before continuing, "It's not your fault. She never really felt like she belonged anywhere. Not with the people in her schools, not with her cousins during family get-togethers. She always felt like a part of her won't fit no matter who she was with. That kind of feeling doesn't build a lot of self-esteem. When she decided to study at Boulder, I thought she was just trying to get away from San Francisco. But the next time I saw her when she visited us, she had blue hair and a burning determination in those silver eyes of hers." She finishes with a bittersweet smile and a gaze that belongs to someone lost in their memories.
Kate fills in where Marsha left off, "She changed herself after that year, she got ditched by Jake and she said she wanted to upgrade. First, it was fashion. Then, her confidence got boosted and with that so did people's respect for her."
"She was comfortable with herself, I can see it. She found herself here." Marsha says with a sense of pride that only a mother could.
"Yeah, it stopped being a mask and it became a part of her that she embraced. Soon, everyone said that Sue was the one Jake let get away. It's for the best if you ask me." Kate scoffs at the mention of that dick but recovers quickly and calmly continues on, "But just because it's a part of her identity now doesn't mean it stops becoming a mask. Poke enough holes in it and it'll tear and break like anything else."
Kate looks right at Tweek with sad eyes, "That doubt that Jake put in her all those years ago, all that leftover pain and mistrust… Your bet with him was the last tear it needed to fall apart."
Looking at Tweek sinking into his seat, I can't help but stand up for him, "Hey! I didn't bring Tweek here for you to rag on him. I'm sorry for what happened to Sue, but he doesn't have to take this."
Marsha, the understanding mom she is, just lets me finish before apologizing, "I am sorry, Stan. I don't want to hurt your friend. I just want him to know the truth." She turns back to Tweek, "Sue has been happier since she met you boys and I think you are part of the reason, Tweek. I want my daughter happy."
"M-Marsha, I do care about Sue. But she doesn't want me anymore. I-I broke her trust. I don't think she'll ever wanna see me a-again."
Marsha smiled fondly with a hint of exasperation, "My silly girl can be stubborn, but she is not stupid. She needs someone to set things right for her."
"Well, then we need one hell of a plan because right now Tweek can't even get into the communications building while Sue's in there. How are we gonna get her to listen?" Kate speaks up. I smile, it's nice to get some action back into the conversation.
I look over to Tweek and notice that he's deep in thought, barely moving a muscle, "You got something?"
Tweek snaps out of whatever trance he was in, now with all eyes at the table on him. "Ugh! It's a l-long shot at best.", Tweek mutters, sounding like the nervous wreak version of his old self.
"As long as it comes from the heart." Marsha smiles warmly, a comforting and motherly gesture.
That vote of confidence seems to be what Tweek needs as he turns to us with a slightly unsure tune but fire in his eyes, "How long can you keep Sue from coming into the studio?"
Kyle's POV
"Sue, your mom is awesome!" Charlie beams with a wide bubbly smile, slipping at her cup of ice tea. Charlie's joy is clearly contagious as Sue soon smiles too, Sue looking much happier than the last time I saw her.
It's not often that we get a day out as a group anymore with all the drama involved. But we really needed this. I was starting to get twitchy too with all the remaining tension around the place, now we have a chance to resolve everything.
Too bad I'm just waiting at the sidelines for now…
Yeah… When Stan told us the plan Tweek came up with, I was a little skeptical. Not because I doubt Tweek, but because I'm not sure if Sue will be willing to listen to us.
Still, I'm so proud of Tweek for trying this at now.
We managed to get her away from the radio station and back to our usual table at Harbucks, I swear we've been spent so much time here that they should give us a loyalty card or something. Anyways, Sue didn't seem that surprised when I showed up with Charlie but I feel like a puzzle piece in the wrong set.
"She's really sweet, I felt bad that I haven't seen them in a while. Things got crazy after that jackass I had for a host quit on me." Sue looks a little down, probably thinking about how things went down after Jake pretty much shattered everything as he picked up his ass and left. It doesn't take long for her to put on a smirk and her carefree façade, as she turns back to Charlie with a knowing look, "Enough about me and my bitching, Stan mentioned that you and Kenny got back together."
Charlie blushes a little as her finger lightly scratches her cheek, "Yeah…It was a really confusing time for both of us then. All we wanted to do was impress each other by being the version we thought the other wanted us to be, that tore us apart and nearly broke us." Charlie's face becomes sullen, recounting painful memories, "It felt like so long ago, I can't even remember why we tried so bad. Kyle was right, I was letting that 'perfect' image control and destroy me."
"Red's smart. He's gonna be a great psychiatrist someday." Sue actually has the audacity to wink at me.
"I know I will actually punch you one of these days." I growl at her with no real malice, if anything it helps me relax knowing that Sue is chill enough to poke fun at me.
"You know, I'm not mad. Right?" Sue hesitates, "I get it, just because Tweek and I ended on bad terms doesn't mean I don't miss you guys still."
"Are you still mad at him?"
With a weak somber smile, she answers, "I'm not mad, but I don't know if I can trust him anymore."
"It's hard to trust people with your heart, I get that. It took me a long while before I even gave Stan a chance." God knows how much of a hypocrite I would be if I didn't understand where she's coming from. Trust is a hard thing to gain and something even harder to earn back. That's why I can never hold it against her for being mad at us.
"I'm glad you two got together in the end." Sue said with sincerity, "God knows you both have been happier since then."
"You deserve to be happy too, Sue." I respond, "Tweek felt so bad after he disappointed you at the party."
"And this is when I sign off." Stan's voice from the Harbuck's speaker says, "I know it's earlier than we're all used to, but we have a special guest today. Show him some love and support, guys. See you all tomorrow."
I look over at Sue and she looks confused, obviously not seeing it coming. That confusion slowly melting into frustration and rage until she hears a very familiar voice coming on air.
"Hello, Boulder."
Sue's eyes widen, clear shock on her face. Charlie and I share a quick look as I take a deep breath and send a text under the table. We've done our part.
Now it's up to him.
Kenny's POV
"He's doing a great job, I've never seen him this calm." Kate said, visibly impressed.
"That was 'I wanna dance with somebody', from one of the most fun movies I've seen in a while. Believe me, trying to find a crazy romcom that a group of guys to enjoy was hard enough." Tweek continues to talk about that romcom that Charlie got us to watch.
I can't help but smile like the proud daddy I am, my little angels are going out and finding love in all the right places. Seeing Tweek in that booth and talking about our old lives in South Park and pretty much anything he wants, I haven't seen him this relax in front of a microphone since we were kids.
I get brought out of my thoughts when I feel the constant buzzing on my phone, group text problems, it's a good thing I silenced it then.
"Sue's listening" I inform Kate, before my phone goes crazy again. I check my phone and start chuckling, "Team Style is going text crazy"
"Team Style?" Kate muses.
"You didn't watch them growing up the way I did, even Stan's dad noticed and he was worried about him and Kyle 'being funny'."
Kate just shakes her head in amusement before we both turn our attention back to Tweek, "The one interesting thing about the movie is the message of not relying on someone to complete you, they should compliment you and your flaws. But you are no lesser of a person with someone by your side." Tweek pauses for a moment, complementing I guess, before he starts, "Really that's the reason why I'm here. If you've seen me around campus, you'd know me as that twitchy caffeine kid with a stutter. But after meeting Sue, she helped me improve and gain some confidence. The funny thing was that even if she is the reason why I'm here, our time apart didn't turn me back. It just showed me how much I changed after our time together."
In a very earnest and heartbreaking tone, he said, "Sue, you're the strongest person I've ever met. The one thing I learned was that I don't need you and you don't need me. But I want to be with you again and I hope you still want me too."
Kate, keeping time on her watch, gives Tweek the signal to end it. Tweek, with a small breath of relief, finishes his first time on air, "With that my time is up, thank you all for the support. I'll leave you all with this song."
"Tweek, my dear." I cried out, hugging the guy and petting his hair, "That was the sweetest thing I've hear."
"S-Shut up, Kenny!" He laughs as he pushes himself out of my grasp. I mock gasp at him and Tweek just rolls his eyes at my antics.
"You were awesome, Tweek" Kate chimes in, "Sue would be so proud of you."
"Was she listening?" Tweek wings his hands nervously.
"See for yourself." I said, handling the phone with the group text on it.
Tweek scans through the text, biting his lip with a nervous aura around him.
"It's up to Sue now." Stan says, walking into the room now. He and Tweek share a high five.
Kate smiles as she looks at her phone, "Tweek, Marsha has a message for you." She then reads the message, "You were wonderful, Tweek. I hope you and Sue will come see us, and let me cook you a nice dinner."
Hours pass by after the broadcast, Tweek has been an even winded up ball of nerves. All three of us are in the house with Tweek to have another movie night, even Charlie decides to join us. Then Kyle gets a call from an unknown number, we all look at him with surprised before he answers the phone. "Hello?" I hear a muffled flat voice from the call, not enough to tell who it is or if it is someone I even know. Apparently, Kyle does as his mouth gasps open like a fish, stunning looking at Tweek and passing the phone to him. "It's for you."
Tweek's POV
Kyle's reaction scares me.
It's not Sue, she would've just come or called me.
Who is it?
Why are they asking for me?
Kyle's hand lingers in the air, waiting for me to take the phone. I calm my nerves down and I take it.
There's no going back.
I'm different now.
I'm stronger.
"Hello?" I mumble into the phone, waiting for the person to respond.
"Hey Tweek." The monotone voice on the other side sends a shock down my spine and the familiar warmth in my heart.
"Craig?" I gasp, "What's going on?"
"I know it's been a while since I talked to you and all but listen, I heard your broadcast."
"What?"
"Yeah, your parents made a big deal about it and they even told me about it." He chuckles, then in a tone I've only heard him use on me, he compliments, "You were amazing."
I don't even need to sneak at Kyle or Kenny to know that they're worried about me now. I probably have that bittersweet grin on my face. "Thanks, Craig."
"I know it didn't work out for us and I don't know what we couldn't do differently as kids. But I just wanted to let you know that as someone who still cares about you, I'm so proud of how far you've changed since the days in South Park. If that Sue has any common sense, she'll come back for you. Don't let that mind of yours tell you otherwise."
You were always the voice of reason, you did so much to help me grow. Even after we grow and fall apart, you're still by my side. I can't help but feel that comfort I used to get with him, "Craig…"
.Just then, I hear the doorbell going off, I know it's Sue.
Craig seems to know too, "I think its your cue. Maybe I'll come see you someday."
"Yeah, I'll see you then Craig." I promise him as I hang up the call.
Craig has always been someone special to me. Even after we broke up, the memories I had with him are something I needed to become who I am today. Craig taught me that people are willing to accept me for me.
The world had different plans and now I'm going to fight for my happiness, for someone who keeps pushing me out of my comfort zone to be someone better.
Thank you, Craig. For being the first to believe in me. That call gave me the strength I needed.
I look back at the encouraging faces of my friends before stepping out the door to face the girl I'd been missing for so long, "Sue."
I can't tell what Sue is thinking. She has this stone cold expression, no smile, no frown, nothing. Then she smirk a little as she walks towards me, "I will admit, you never cease to amaze me. You and the guys went behind my back to use my equipment and my crew, and met my mom without letting me know. Honestly, I'm a little impressed."
"Everything I said on air was true. If you're mad that I went behind your back again, I'm sorry about that but I needed to say my piece."
Her smirk drops off her face, a more wary and pensive expression takes over as she continues, "I am still mad about what you and Jake did, and I'm mad you thought you knew who I am or decide what's best for me. It will take me a while for me to forgive you for that." She gives me a small grin as she steps even closer to me, entering my personal space, "But what you did today was a start."
Before I could even say anything else, I just her lean in towards me. Suddenly, a flash of blue passes my face and the feeling of her lips on mine. It was quick, barely noticeable. But I felt it. I felt it.
Oh God.
Oh God!
"T-That was the f-first time a g-girl k-kissed me." I hear my voice quiver, my hands shaking, my heart racing faster than I remember.
Am I having a panic attack?
OH GOD!
Not when she's here!
Not when we just had our first kiss!
Not… No…
Suddenly a soft melody surrounds me, my vision refocuses on Sue.
"Tweek." Sue calmly whispers, "Shh…"
The weight of her hands touching my face and the song slowly drain out all the shouting in my head. She didn't leave. After all this, she's still here.
I muster up whatever courage I had, and draw myself closer to her again. The kiss we share this time is much slower, easing me into a peace I haven't experienced in it well. I let myself go and enjoy the moment.
Kenny's POV
Stan and Kyle are cuddling and looking over lovingly as Tweek and Sue are having their moment. I can't blame him, I text Charlie the great news with the biggest grin on my smile.
Damn, those proud parent feelings are coming back.
As I check my phone for any replies, I notice that I got some missed calls and all of them are from Cartman.
That's really weird. Cartman never calls me unless it's something serious What does he want?
I decide to call him to get some answers, I head down to my room for some privacy before dialing. Not a minute passes before Cartman picks up the call. "Hey fatass, what's up?"
Cartman, in a much more distressed tone than I imagine, trembles, "Listen Kinny, something's wrong and I need your help."
A/N: Needless to say, don't actually touch someone who might be having a panic attack. You might be doing more harm than good.
First of all, this chapter was much longer than I intended it to be. Almost twice the length of my normal chapters. But I couldn't really break it up so you guys are getting an extra treat this week.
Also, Tweek's POV. Definitely a gamble since I wasn't really sure about how to write for him. Sorry if you are expecting more of his POV because this is probably the only time you'll see it. Managing 4 POVs is hard enough. Sorry.
Craig was also a sudden inclusion. I've had people ask me to bring him in but I can't without disrupting the story. Craig is still someone important in Tweek's life so I figure he'd give him the final boost Tweek needed. In my mind, they dated for a few years (now that I like the ship) but broke up as time grew them apart.
We're nearing the endgame now. Shit's about to go down. If you've seen the drama, you know where this is going.
Hope you're all ready.
Anyways, as always feel free to check out the drama this story is based on, "It's Okay That's Love" by SBS. Please let me know what you think, reviews and comments make my day.
Thank you all again, and take care, Loves.