After four days of going to school and coming straight home to spend time with my parents I was going insane. My dad kept asking me annoying questions about me and Kyle's relationship (usually about making sure we were having safe gay sex) while my mom tried to make him stop and failed.

The weekend wasn't any better because Kyle was grounded, Kenny was gone, and there was no way in hell I was going to hang out with Cartman. I had been officially ungrounded on Saturday but I didn't have anything to do. I just laid around and watched Netflix all day.

On Sunday evening there was a knock on the front door. I groaned as I pulled myself off the couch to answer it. I wasn't even surprised to find Kenny standing on my porch. He grinned, "What happened while I was gone?"

"Where the hell did you go?" I asked, letting him in.

"I was in hell." Kenny answered simply, like that was a fucking answer.

I shook my head, "Cartman told Kyle's parents we were dating."

"And?"

"Kyle's mom is mad." I replied sighing.

"Jesus, I always miss the best parts." Kenny shook his head. "Anyways, how mad was Kyle's mom?"

"I don't know. I got my ass grilled for sneaking out though, but I'm not grounded anymore." I told him, waking back over to the couch and sitting down.

Kenny say down next to me, "When are Kyle and Cartman coming back to school?"

"Tomorrow. I can ask Kyle about his parents then."

"Yeah, and Kyle and I can kick Cartman's ass." Kenny grumbled.

"Why are you mad at him?" I questioned.

"I was on the fucking ladder as it was falling, dude! The ladder didn't just fall on its own, Cartman pushed it." Kenny explained in an annoyed tone.

"Oh come on Kenny, there's no way you were on the ladder when it fell. You wouldn't be able to survive a fall that far." I pointed out.

"I didn't survive a fall that far!" Kenny exclaimed. I gave him a weird look then he shook his head. "Whatever dude. I'll just kick Cartman's ass for being a dick."

"Well he definitely is a dick." I agreed, "I doubt him and Kyle will even talk tomorrow."

"Probably not. If I was Kyle I'd be fucking pissed." Kenny laughed.

My mom walked into the room and glanced between us smiling. "Are you staying the night Kenny?" She asked.

Kenny smiled sweetly, "If it's not a problem, Mrs. Marsh." I rolled my eyes at Kenny's fakeness.

My mom smiled anyways, "I'm going to get dinner started."

"Why do you kiss my mom's ass so much?" I asked him.

"Well she does have nice tits." Kenny grinned.

"Oh Jesus, are you saying my mom's a milf?" I questioned, disgusted by the thought that Kenny found my mom attractive at all.

Kenny shrugged, "I guess so, but milfs in porn don't look at hot as her."

I rolled my eyes, "You would know. I bet you just sit around and watch milf porn all day."

"Nah, I have the link to my favorite porn memorized, it's 174545."

When he got to the last number I laughed, "Why the fuck do you have that memorized?"

Kenny shrugged, "Why the fuck not?" I guess he had a point.

We ended up playing video games for the rest of the night, only taking a break to eat dinner. Once it got late enough my dad told us to go bed. I made him and Kenny promise not to draw dicks on my face.

After giving Kenny blankets and pillows and stuff I went upstairs to go to sleep. I slept really good because I was exhausted from the week before. When I woke up I actually didn't feel tired of once, and I was happy Kenny and my dad didn't draw dicks all over my face.

I went downstairs to get a bowl of cereal and Kenny and my mom were talking and laughing. I tried to tune them out as I ate breakfast because I didn't know if I could stand anymore of Kenny kissing her ass.

After getting ready I drove to school with Kenny. "Do you think Cartman and Kyle will try to kill each other?" Kenny asked me.

"Nah dude. Kyle won't want to get suspended again." I pointed out.

"Yeah that's true. Cartman's an asshole for outing Kyle though."

"Yeah, I feel bad for him. Since his mom is insane." I sighed.

"Yeah, but his dad turned into a dolphin once. That's pretty fucking insane too." Kenny laughed as we got to school.

"I forgot about that. Yeah he's pretty weird too." I laughed with him as I parked.

We walked into school together and almost instantly Butters was by Kenny's side. I still didn't understand how their relationship worked but I didn't care enough to find out. Soon the hallways began to fill up with people.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and I turned around to see Kyle standing there. He smiled, "Hey dude." He greeted then he glanced at Kenny and Butters. "Hey guys."

Kenny grinned, "How was your suspension?"

Kyle laughed, "Literal hell." He shrugged like it was no big deal but then he glanced downwards and shuffled his feet.

Kenny glanced between us, notice the awkward tension in the air, "Well guys Butters and I have to go do something, come on Butters." He smiled and grabbed Butters hand to lead him away.

After they left I looked at Kyle. "What did your parents say?" I questioned.

Kyle sighed, "They want to talk to us both. They haven't really said much to me so I don't know what to expect." He explained.

"Jesus Christ, all my dad has done is tease me about being gay for the past week." I rolled my eyes and stuck my hands in my pocket.

Kyle laughed, "I wish my dad was more like yours."

"No you don't."

Kyle smiled slightly and looked at me. "If you say so."

"What are you going to do about Cartman dude?" I asked him.

"Nothing." He answered simply as the first bell rang.

"Well, are you just going to ignore him or something? Kenny and I want to kick his ass."

Kyle shook his head, "No, I'm just not going to do anything about Cartman. He can't be changed and I just have to learn to accept that."

"So are you still mad at him?" I asked Kyle as we bag a to walk to class.

"I honestly don't know, Stan." Was his response. Before he walked into class he gave me a quick peck on the cheek. I stood in the hallway for a few moments before going to my class.

The rest of the morning went by painfully slow. I was tapping my pencil on my desk and checking the clock most of the time. Since Cartman was back almost all my classes were filled with snarky remarks from him.

On the way to lunch I stopped at my locker to put my books away and Cartman came with me. "Is Kahl still mad?" He asked me nonchalantly.

I slammed my locker and turned to him. "I don't know, fatass." I began walking towards the cafeteria, "If I were him you'd be dead."

Cartman chuckled, "But here I am, Stan. I look pretty alive to me."

I just rolled my eyes as I walked to our usual lunch table. Kenny and Kyle were already there talking to each other. When I got there I sat down next to Kyle and Cartman looked at us for a moment, hesitating almost. "Are you still mad, Kahl?" He questioned after a moment.

Kyle glanced at Cartman almost in disbelief that he was asking him this question. "Cartman," He started then he debated what to say, "You went to far this time. I was okay with you grounding Scotts parents into chili, i was even chill a about you ripping on me for being Jewish since you could talk basically, it was even alright when you told everyone we were gay and dating in fourth grade but this is too far. Listen, I know we don't really consider each other friends but we're definitely something and whatever we are consider that over."

Cartman stood there dumbfounded and Kenny glanced at me and I shrugged at him. Kyle took a bite of his sandwich as if none of that had just happened. "Well, fuck you, you stupid Jew." Cartman mumbled as he left.

I glanced at Kyle, "Are you alright dude?" I questioned.

Kyle nodded, "I'm just fed up with Cartman's shit."

"Aren't we all?" Kenny asked with a slight annoyance in his voice.

"Why are you mad at him?" Kyle asked.

"He fucking killed me!" Kenny exclaimed.

Kyle and I glanced at each other, Kenny had been telling us stories like this for years. "Sure he did, Ken." Kyle replied, Kenny rolled his eyes.

After school I stood by my car waiting for Kyle. We had to go talk with his parents after school. I was nervous because Kyle's parents and I hadn't been on the best terms. When Kyle walked up he looked down and smiled at me, "Are you ready to go?"

I shrugged, "I'm ready." We got in my car and I started to head to Kyle's house.

"Don't be nervous Stan, I'm sure everything will be fine." Kyle rested a reassuring hand on my thigh.

"What if they just want to pray for us of some shit?" I questioned, I didn't want Kyle's parents to become suddenly more religious than they already were.

"I don't think they will. They just want to be accepting, at least that's what my dad tells me. Me and my mom got in a fight and we haven't talked much." Kyle shrugged and pulled his hand away.

"So, she's mad then?"

"I think she's just disappointed. She said that me being gay with her fault and she was going to 'fix' it, but my dad said that he'd talk to her about it. Then this morning they said I should bring you home because they want to talk to both of us, I'm not really sure what they're going to say but it'll probably be alright." Kyle explained.

I parked in front of the Broflovski's house and turned to Kyle. "If you say so, I hope you're right."

Kyle smiled as he met my eyes. "Don't worry about it dude." He leaned over and kissed me softly. My eyes fluttered shut as I returned the kiss. There was a knock on my window and pulled away and saw Ike standing outside the car laughing. Kyle and I got out, "You little prick."

Ike grinned, "It's just so funny that you two are a thing now."

Kyle rolled his eyes as Ike left, going inside the house. Then he turned to me, "I'm sure everything will be fine." He reassured again. Then he pressed a kiss to my lips. I still got butterflies from kissing him, but the good kind. I finally felt like I wasn't going to throw up when I kissed someone, it just felt so right.

Kyle motioned for me to follow him and we started walking to the house. We stepped inside and Kyle called out, "I'm home!" Before realizing his parents were already in the front room.

Sheila looked at us with an expressionless face, "Why don't you two boys have a seat on the couch?" Kyle and I sat on the couch as Gerald made Ike go upstairs.

"Dad I wanted to watch Kyle get his ass roasted." Ike complained as he reluctantly walked towards the stairs.

"There will be no add roasting here." Gerald told him as he left.

I glanced around the living room, I'd probably spent half of my childhood in this room but now the air was uneasy. Sheila glanced between us, "Now we all need to have a little talk."

"Stan we thought it was fitting to have you here because we've known you your whole life, you're basically like another son to us." Gerald stated. I smiled sightly at this but that didn't erase the nervousness I was feeling.

"Really we were just happy Kyle isn't dating Eric or Kenny. Those are two, um, strange boys." Sheila said with a laugh.

Gerald smiled, "Me and Sheila have talked about this a lot and we feel the only way for us to get along is if we accept you guys."

I felt relief wash over me, it was like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. "We know this might be against god's way, but we want to love and support you." Sheila explained, "Nothing good comes from a hateful household."

Kyle cracked a smile and turned to me as if to say I told you so. Sheila looked between us, "I hope you can forgive me, Kyle."

"Aw ma, you know I still love you." Kyle replied.

Sheila looked between us and smiled contently. I was surprised by hey calmness about the situation now, I figured Gerald had talked some sense into her. Talking things out with her usually solved the problem, but most conversations with Sheila about sensitive subjects turned into yelling.

Kyle glanced at his parents and then at me, "Is that all you wanted to tell us?" He asked.

"I think that's all." Gerald said, glancing look his wife.

She nodded, "We just want you to know we accept this."

"Thanks guys." Kyle stood up and hugged both his parents. "Can Stan and I have some time alone to talk?" He asked. His parents nodded and left the room, then Kyle turned to me. "That went better than expected."

"It did." I agreed, "I was actually surprised."

"If my dad wasn't here then we would've been screwed." He sat down next to me on the couch.

"I'll have to thank him later." I rested my head on Kyle's shoulder and closed my eyes.

Kyle put an arm around me. "Does it surprise you that we turned out like this?" He asked out of the blue.

"You mean gay?" I laughed softly.

Kyle laughed too, "No I just meant me and you, together."

I thought about it for a moment. "Well if you'd told ten year old me that I'd be dating you one day I would've laughed, so I guess so."

Kyle rubbed my shoulder, "I would've been surprised but only because you were the straightest kid in our group."

"Well Cartman is the only one of us who turned out straight." I pointed out with a laugh.

"It's kind of funny actually." Kyle said, "I don't think anyone is one hundred percent straight though."

"You're probably right." We sat in silence for a moment.

"I've had a crush on you for a long time." Kyle admitted, turning away from me.

"Really?" I sat up, "How did I never know?"

Kyle shrugged, "I never told anyone. No one even knew I was gay until like two months ago." He laughed and ran his hands up and under his hat.

I felt bad that I hadn't even know Kyle had a crush on me for all these years. "You should've told me sooner."

Kyle shrugged and smiled at me, "I didn't want to break up you and Wendy. Besides, it all worked out in the end." He looked into my eyes and I smiled back.

"You know what, Kyle?" I asked.

"Hmm?" He raised an eyebrow.

"I want to stop drinking. I actually mean it this time." I told him, he rested a hand on my shoulder.

"I think it would definitely be better for you that way, dude." He smiled sweetly.

"I do too, but it will be hard. Will you help me?" I asked. I wanted to give up drinking, I really did. I didn't want to turn out like my dad, but I was still scared. I didn't want the world to become shitty like when I was a kid.

"I'll be there for you every step of the way." Kyle leaned forward and pressed a kiss to my lips. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him close as I kissed him back. We kissed for a moment before Kyle pulled away, "I don't want my parents to flip out." He explained, pressing a quick kiss to my nose.

Kyle and I cuddled up and watched a movie until it got late and I needed to go home. He walked me out to my cat and gave me a hug before I got in. I was barely tall enough to look over Kyle's shoulders but I still wrapped my arms around his neck to hug him. I pulled him down to my level to give him a kiss. "I'm still pissed as fuck that you got taller than me."

Kyle laughed, "I'm happy. You're adorable." He told me, kissing me again.

I smiled as I looked up at him. "I love you, Kyle."

"I love you too, Stan."

I got in my car and started driving home. I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. When I got home I walked inside and found Kenny and my mom standing in the living room talking. Kenny turned to me and grinned, he had a bandaid covering something on his face so I figured things were bad at home for him again. "Dude, Cartman is so sad." He gushed.

"What? Why?" I asked, setting my backpack on the floor. My mom left the room.

"Well I was going to come over here, because it's my go to place when things get bad, but then no one was home so I went to Cartman's house and his mom said he was sad and I should I go talk to him." Kenny explained.

I nodded, "And then?"

"Well I got up there and he was just laying in bed facing the wall and he said it was because him and Kyle weren't friends anymore."

I snorted, "That's a lie."

Kenny shook his head, "We're his only friends. If he loses Kyle he loses us all." He pointed out.

"I never thought about that. Well he can be sad for a day and we can try and get him and Kyle on better terms tomorrow." I wasn't too worried about it. I just wanted to do my homework and go to bed.

"Hey Stan?" Kenny said, putting his hands in his pockets. I looked at him, "I just wanted to thank you for letting me stay here all the time."

I laughed, "I'm pretty sure my dad likes you more than he likes me. But really, it's chill dude, you don't have worry about it."

Kenny smiled, "It really means a lot to me."

"You're welcome." I replied with a smile. "I have to do my homework, want to come do yours too?" I asked. He nodded and we headed upstairs to get our work done.


The next morning we drove to school together and when we got there Kenny left me when he saw Butters. I walked inside and Cartman was standing just inside the doors, "Stan!" He exclaimed, "Do you think you can get the guys to all agree to come to Stark's Pond after school today? I need to talk to you all."

"I'll try, but I can't promise anything." I shrugged and left. It was funny to see Cartman so torn up about something. I walked to Kyle's locker, he was there grabbing out his books. "Good morning dude," I greeted.

Kyle closed his locker and smiled. "Hey." He kissed me quickly, "What's up?"

"Cartman wants to talk to the squad after school at Stark's pond, but nothing else."

"What does that fat asshole want now?" Kyle asked angrily.

"I think he wants to apologize." I told Kyle.

"If he doesn't apologize then I don't know what I'll do." Kyle crossed his arms. I didn't understand why he got so worked up over Cartman's antics and I guess I never would.

Heidi Turner approached us, camera in hand. "Can I please take a picture of you guys now?" She questioned.

"Sure." Kyle said, he set his books down and then put his arm around me, we smiled as Heidi took the picture.

She smiled, "Thank you so much." She said cheerily as she turned down the hall and left.

I turned to Kyle. "I guess we're officially gay now, it'll be documented in the year book forever." I said.

Kyle laughed, "It just how I would've wanted it to be."

The first bell rang and we hugged before we went our separate ways for classes. The day went by slowly. Kenny was no where to be found at lunch, he was probably making out with Butters in a closet somewhere. At the end of the day Kyle and I walked out to my car together.

"Are you ready to go talk to Cartman?" I asked as I opened the door to my car.

"As ready as I'll ever be." Kyle shrugged.

Kenny and Butters ran up hand in hand. "Can you drive us all to see Cartman?" Kenny asked, I nodded and they hopped in the back.

We drove to the pond and Kenny and Butters stared into each other's eyes the whole way there. I didn't understand their relationship and I never would, they were happy and that was all that mattered though.

When we got to the pond we walked over to the bench and Cartman was sitting on. "We're here dude." Kyle said.

Cartman turned around and looked at us. "I'm glad you could all make it." He stood up.

"Look, I know I haven't been the best you guys, mostly Kyle and Butters, but you guys are my friends." Cartman stated, he sounded sincere too. "I love you guys," he paused and glanced at Kyle, "Even you, Jew."

"Cartman, you can't expect to just apologize and make everything go back to normal." I pointed out.

Kyle sighed, "I always have to be the bigger person, and this time I have to do the same thing. Everything worked out fine, Cartman. I forgive you. Just don't do any shit like that again or I will murder you."

"Well Cartman will make you eat your parents." Kenny chimed in.

Cartman laughed and then pulled us all into a group hug. "Thanks guys."

Butters smiled, "You don't have to thank us, Eric, this is what friends are for."

"Indeed Butters." Cartman agreed.

We stood in silence and looked out at the pond. "Remember when we used to skate on this?" I asked, walking over to the edge.

"Sure do." Kyle walked over too, "In a few months I'll be frozen enough that even Cartman can put his fat ass on it and it wouldn't break."

Stan laughed, "That's true."

Cartman walked over to us, "Remember when we had that bonfire here? So much has changed."

"Changed for the better." Kyle said, looking at me and smiling.

"Fags." Cartman mumbled under his breath.

"Of course." I said then I stood on my tiptoes to give Kyle a kiss. I saw Cartman roll his eyes.

"It's freezing as balls out here." I commented.

Soon I was pelted in the back with a snowball. I turned around and Kenny was holding another snowball in his hand. "You son of a bitch." I called out laughing as I made a snowball to throw back at him.

Soon everyone was engaged in an all out snowball war. Cartman got hit the most because he took up the most room and we were all secretly out to get him. Cartman got me back by shaking a tree and making a pile of snow fall on me and Kenny.

It was good to be hanging out with the old squad again, it was like we were still kids having fun without the stress of life.

When the fight was over we all laid down in the snow and looked up at the sky. "It's a beautiful day, fellas." Butters commented.

We all nodded in agreement as a chilly breeze blew past us. We laid there until Cartman wouldn't stop complaining about not being able to feel his toes, then we all piled into my car so I could take them all home.

We went to Butters house and Kenny got out with him. "See you two later." I said, waving as then stood hand in hand.

Next we went to Cartman's house. "I had fun with you two fags." He commented as he got out of the car.

Kyle turned to me after he was gone. "He's never going to stop calling us fags, you know?"

I rolled my eyes, "That's Cartman for you."

"We can never stop being his friend though." Kyle said as I drove towards his house.

"Yeah, I wonder why?" I questioned out loud. When we got to Kyle's house he turned to me.

"I guess we'll never know." He shrugged and smiled at me. His hair was peaking out from under his hat and his freckles were adorable as ever. "I love you Stan."

"I know, I love you too."

We kissed across the car and I pulled off his hat and ran my hands through his silky hair. I was so happy, I never thought I could be this happy. I guess the only thing I had been missing in my life was Kyle, and I wasn't going to let him get away.

The porch lights on Kyle's house flashed on and off. Kyle pulled away. "I have to go, I love you Stan."

"I love you too." I smiled has he got of the car. He turned to look at me again.

"I'll see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow, dude." I watched as he walked up to his house. I started to drive away, I had the biggest smile ever.

This is basically the end of they story. I've been working on it for eight months and I'm so happy with how it came out. Thank you to everyone that read it, it means a lot to me!