Had trouble uploading this chapter, so I had to delete and upload again. Not sure what the error is about. So I apologize for double email for chapter 4.
Craig
Craig woke up to the roar of his digital alarm clock. He turned to Alexa, who was on the built in nightstand connect to his wooden bed frame and asked for her to turn it off, afterwards he asked about the weather.
"It's 7 degree with snow, blizzard warning in effect from 8:00 am to 10 am Wednesday morning."
Craig stretched out in his king size bed, before pushing off the heavy covers.
"Alexa, open blinds," he asked, to brighten up his room that was pretty much pitch black.
After the blinds open, Craig while in bed could see huge snowflakes falling out of the sky. The sight of them made him smiled. He loved the snow, but loved to watch it fall from behind windows. Craig got up to go look outside; there was so much snow on the ground and despite the snowplows running back to back the roads never seemed clear fully.
After a few minutes, he went to his computer to checked his emails. There he learned that his Professors were canceling class today, but no email on if the campus was closed.
Not caring, he went and checked his phone for messages which he received a bunch from his group chat that included Clyde, Token, Butters, Kenny, Eric, Stan, Kyle, Jimmy, Bradley— pretty much everyone he consider a friend. There was so much going on that he had to scrolled up to read the messages from the beginning. Pretty much everyone was excited to not have class.
When he saw that Red had texted him, he opened it.
"Hey, I wanted to apologize for last night. I want you to know that I had a great evening."
Craig wasn't sure how to respond, but he did have a good evening and he do kind of like hers. After debating whether to respond or not, he finally text her.
"Me too, stay warm," Craig said in a message back.
When another message came in from Clyde Craig checked the message.
"Yo, you think he's dead or did he find an abandoned building to stay in????????????????????? Lol!" Clyde asked..
"Are you fucking kidding me right now?" Token replied.
"Who?" Kyle finally responded to the group.
"Homeless, I am assuming. Yeah I just looked outside and can confirm is dead! LOL!" Eric replied.
"Weak! LOL!" Clyde replied.
"That's fucked up," Kyle replied.
"So fucked up," Token messaged.
"No, what's fucked up is that you have an extra room and not once offered to let Tweek stay. So Token, STFU with your guilty conscience!" Clyde replied.
"Unlike you, I have a girlfriend who lives with me and Nichole doesn't want him here. I've tried, wtf have you done?"
"Yawn!" Eric texted.
"Stfu Eric!" Token replied.
"It doesn't matter, because if he is out there he already dead," Kenny finally replied.
When Craig was tired of reading the conversation he wrote:
"Nope, Tweek's is sleeping. So unless you can die from being warm. I'm sure he is ok, " Craig text then threw his phone on the bed.
Craig's phone exploded with text messages. When he didn't message back, the phone started to ring. Craig ignored the call and went to brushed his teeth. As he was about to walk of his bedroom with just boxer on, he hissed when he remembered Tweek. He went and put on blue sweatpants and a black muscle shirt that had red racer across it.
Craig left his room to go clean up the mess he and Red had made from last tonight, maybe disinfect the leather couch.
When he entered the living room, it was spotless. The popcorn left in the bowl was now in a ziplock bags by the sink. When Craig look for the cups and bowl and they were in the dishwasher.
hmm, Craig thought. He went into the cabinet and pulled out the box of lucky charms cereal. After pouring himself a bowl he sat where he could face Tweek's door.
After breakfast he sprayed down the leather and wipe it before turning on the large screen and laying to watch tv. When it was close to noon and no sign of Tweek, Craig worried that he was dead. Craig got up and headed to check on him.
Tweek
Tweek could feel his heart racing, his anxiety rising from the moment he heard footsteps walk down the hall this morning. Tweek couldn't sleep, his mind had been racing since Craig found him last night. Tweek was waiting fearfully for Craig to say that all of this was a joke and to get out.
Tweek was up when the snow started to fall, he watched it for a little bit before setting the bed and sitting in the floor. He was certainly that if he was out there, he didn't think he would be alive right now. Last night at the gas station Tweek told himself not to sleep, he knew there was a chance that if he did he probably would have never woke up. And the snow would have buried him and no one would have found him in days.
Now he was in a room with a door, a space in Craig's apartment. It was too good to be true. Too good. So he was grateful to not be outside right now, but he was afraid of not knowing when he will be forced back outside.
He didn't want to get use to any of this, because anything could happen with Craig. One minute he's your friend and next minutes he is ruining your life.
Tweek spent the early morning cleaning up after Craig as a thank you, while also washing his shirt sweater and pants. When he was done he took of the clothes Craig grave him. Washed it, then left it folded on the dresser.
Tweek was on the floor sitting cross legs doing his homework when he heard a knock on the door open. Tweek held his breath as he stared at the door. This is it, he thought.
Craig was halfway through the door, and the first thing Tweek saw was his frosted blue eyes, and the strands of black hair that tried to covered them. Tweek observes him from head to toe, stopping at the name on his tee. Craig loved that show and must still do. Tweek looked down at his text book after realizing there was a limited to starring. Craig on the other hand looked confused to find Tweek on the floor.
"I thought maybe you died, it's so quietly in here."
Tweek looked up and shook his head.
"Why are you on the floor?" Craig asked now kind of in the room, he saw that Tweek had neatly set the bed.
Tweek shrugged his shoulders as he watch Craig look around the room. Tweek hopes he didn't think it was messy.
"Did you have breakfast?—well it's lunch time."
Tweek shook his head.
"There cereal and there's food you can put together. My mom normally comes and makes food for the week, I doubt she is coming today," Craig said slightly irritated.
"Do you need a desk in here?" Craig asked. "You know, you can do your homework in the dining room?"
There was so many things Tweek wanted to say but he was shy and worried it would not come out clear.
"I know you are not mute. So are you going to say anything?" Craig said annoyed. Tweek could tell that he was getting irritable.
"I'm trying to be invisible," Tweek said, in a low voice. "Like you said, the less you see or hear of me the better," Tweek added, closing his textbook before staring up at him and at his eyes.
Craig eyes were mesmerizing. The blue seem to glow, in contrast to his black hair— like a halo. Tweek was never oblivious to what the ladies saw in Craig, he was a very attractive guy.
Tweek wasn't sure if his response anger Craig, but he knew Craig was thinking about it.
"I meant what I said, however you still need to eat and you can do your homework on the bed. You don't need to be on the floor in a corner," Craig snarled.
Tweek frowned, he realized that Craig was not fond of his reply, and wished he hadn't spoke at all.
Craig sighed after realizing how uncomfortable Tweek became, so he changed his tone. "I am in the mood for pizza and I am about to see who is willing to drive in this weather. Any preference? Or is cheese still your thing?" Craig said narrowing his eyes at Tweek.
Tweek only liked cheese pizza, and was surprised Craig knew that. Tweek thought back to the last time he might have ate pizza around Craig. It had to have been after baseball in the 4 grade.
Tweek nodded.
"I will take the nod as a yes," Craig said rolling his eyes before leaving the room, closing the door behind him.
"Did the nod upset him?" Tweek muttered, he was unsure.
Tweek gathered his books and put them on the bed. He was starving. It took all of his control not to eat a popcorn as he was cleaning up the living room last night.
The bed made a crank noise as he climb into it. At first he sat, legs crossed on the bed face towards the door, but he later realized how creepy it would be if Craig reentered. After all the space was still his and he could enter as he pleases. Tweek turned away from the door and he continued his school work.
Craig
That was awkward, Craig thought, unsure of Tweek. Craig was never going to be clear with word, but the one thing he didn't want to have to do is explain it's okay to be in the bed. It was so strange. Everything about Tweek was strange. He wasn't like the spazzy kid he remembered in elementary school, in fact he hasn't spaz in a long time, he was just distant and quiet—a loner.
Craig was happy he clean up. Tweek blond hair didn't look matted or flirty the way it did yesterday. Instead it was silky, comb back with just a few strand that fell over. Plus his clothes looked washed. 'He is going to need new clothes,' Craig thought. Then Craig paused when he realized he was observing him.
Confused, Craig walked into the bedroom and closed the door. 'Wtf?' He thought. Craig shook away the thought of Tweek and went to his phone. He had so many miss calls and so many text messages. Red had responded.
"When are you free?" Red asked.
Unsure of what to say, he ignored the message on to the group chat. He scrolling up to catch up.
"Wait a minute, Tweek's with you?" Token responded.
"Wtf?!" Clyde replied.
"Yo what if he is a murderer?" Eric said.
"How the fuck you let that weird asshole live with you but you refused to rent a room for someone who can actually afford it? Like your fucking best friend."
"Someone feeling jealous right now lol!"Token replied.
"LOL! Weak!" Eric replied
"Craig! Wtf?" Clyde text.
"Yo lock your doors at night, he might rape you," Eric said.
"Nah, Tweek actually has a crush on Bradley, he use to stare endless at him in high school." Kenny added.
"Wtf? Too much information," Bradley replied, his first message to the group today. So Craig knew he was just reading the messages.
"Tweek's not gay, right?" Kyle added. "The Yaoi thing was just some horny girls fantasizing about Craig and Tweek."
"No Tweek's so gay, caught him sketching Bradley face once,"Eric added
"Or it could just be that Tweek was sketching just another face. Is work from what I remember is really good," Butters replied.
"Naw he gay," Eric replied.
"Wendy is like tearing up right now," Stan said.
"She is always crying, what you do now?" Clyde replied.
"1 lies, 2 fuck you, 3 she is just happy for Tweek,"
"Weak!" Eric replied.
"Look if you start missing underpants, you know who stole them!" Kenny texted.
"CRAIG PICK UP THE PHONE!" Clyde said in caps.
"Weak lol!"
Craig after reading, sent a middle finger emoji and his phone erupted once again with messages.
After Craig was done reading newer comments he went down his list of pizza shops to see who would deliver and to his surprise he found a pizza shop.
Tweek
45 minutes later, Craig knocked on the door and said pizza is here. Even though Tweek had an idea that either it was the pizza or Craig's friends that rang the bell. Tweek prayed that it wasn't his friends.
Tweek open the door slightly, looking out at Craig who was sitting at the bar side of his kitchen island facing the TV and watching the news. Tweek felt embarrassed without being embarrassed as he walked over to Craig who didn't budge from the news. Tweek was so hungry, he was salivating at the sight of the cheese half of the pizza, the other half was pepperoni.
Craig finally turned to Tweek and handed him a paper plate, before opening the box for him and turning back to the news.
"Thank you," Tweek said sitting next to him. Craig turned and just stared before turning back to the tv. Even though the tv was on it was an sense of silence in the room. Tweek nibbled on the pizza to make it last longer. Tweek watch Craig eat 3 slices of just pepperoni. When Craig finally looked at him, his plate and the box of pizza he looked confused.
"Dude you have been working in that slice for 15-20 minutes now," Craig said and Tweek looked down at his plate. "I don't like plain cheese so know that those slices are yours," Craig said getting up slightly irritated.
Tweek paused from eating watching as Craig grabbed a cup and went to the fridge door to fill it up with water. Tweek could never tell if he was upset or just being himself. When Tweek realized he had been staring to long he quickly ate the pizza and took another one.
"I'm going down to gym," Craig told Tweek.
Tweek paused and looked out the window, then back at Craig.
"In the snow?" Tweek asked, concerned.
Craig shook his head. "We have recreation floors in the building. Pool, gym etc. Foil is where you found the ziplock bags. Freeze whatever you can't eat," Craig said after putting his cup in the dishwasher and then a few minutes later he was changed and he left the apartment.
Tweek couldn't eat more than the two slices, so he did as Craig's said putting it away in the freezer. He threw away the plate to tidy up and realized there wasn't a place to put the empty pizza box.
Afraid to leave it there, Tweek wondered if there was a place in the hall for garbage. How else would Craig get rid of trash?
Tweek peeked down the gray and black hall and saw a skinny door at the end of the hall that had trash recycle symbol on it. Tweek went and grabbed the pizza box to take it outside. Tweek heard when the door closed but didn't think too much of it. It wasn't until he realized that he was lock out that he started to panic.
An even worse thought was that Tweek wasn't sure if Craig had his keys. Tweek sat down by the door pressing his face into his knees. He work so hard not to cry but he did. "I can't do anything right," Tweek cried. Craig was going to be upset, and Tweek was going to be back on the streets.