The next few days went by for the new couple without too many issues after Craig outed them. The only thing that changed was the constant whispers from classmates while they were in the halls or the fact that Fatass would make jokes directed at them every lunch period. The following Friday the two were hanging out at Tweek's house after school.
"Hey Tweek?"
"Y-yeah?"
"I was thinking that we should go on a date."
Tweek sat up from his spot on his bed to stare at Craig. His shaking visibly worsening. All of his paranoid thoughts of what could go wrong running through his mind vividly. "I don't know man! That's so much pressure! What if people from school see us and then we get bullied in town? They already keep whispering about us when we walk by. If I start getting bullied around town my parents will find out and then I will get sold into slavery for sure!"
Craig glared at Tweek in annoyance, "Really? One date will not kill you. Besides those assholes from school probably won't even notice us. We don't have to kiss in public."
"Well what GAH would you want to do?"
"Movie. After that we would go get some ice cream. You can pick the movie."
Tweek laid back down next to Craig, "Ok but no PDA!"
"Ok. Come here."
Craig pulled Tweek closer to him. He managed to get the smaller boy to cuddle on him with his head nuzzled into his neck. The noise from the TV show that was playing in the back ground began to fade as the couple fell asleep.
The next day Craig drove his dad's old truck to the Tweaks' house. He parked the truck in the drive way and began taking a couple of slow breaths to calm his nerves. When he got out of the car he smooth out his dark gray t-shirt and black skinny jeans. Craig rang the doorbell and waiting nervously.
Mrs. Tweak opened the door and smiled when she saw who it was, "Well hello Craig! Tweek is still getting dressed. Come in." Craig followed her into the kitchen and sat at the table. Mrs. Tweak grabbed a cup of coffee before joining him.
"So where are the two of you going for your date?"
Craig's face reddened, "What?"
"No need to be embarrassed! I'm just curious where your date will be. I'm glad Tweek is finally starting to show an interest in the love department. Besides, I saw you two cuddled up in bed last night. It was awfully cute."
Craig dropped his head to the table, "Did he tell you about us or are you just basing this off of what you saw?"
"Oh honey, Tweek doesn't need to tell me for me to see the signs. We've grown much closer since he was little. Any time you are mentioned I can tell by the way he talks that he likes you."
Craig looked back up to Tweek's mom, "Oh. Well we don't want to be open about it. Tweek doesn't want it to be spread around town so fast."
At that moment Tweek stumbled into the room, "GAH h-hey Craig. I'm ready."
The three walked to the door together, "Alright have fun boys."
Tweek waved goodbye to his mom while Craig went around and opened the passenger side door for him. Getting into his own seat he buckled up and pointed to the middle console that had a fresh coffee in the cup holder.
"You got me coffee?"
"Yeah. This is a first date. That's what the guy is supposed to do. I just didn't want to get you flowers. I figured that would make you feel like a girl."
"Well thanks." Tweek replied with a smile.
"So what movie are we seeing?" Craig questioned.
"How about Fairy Tail? It's supposed to be a series that has superhero type of action in it."
"Sounds good to me."
The rest of the car ride was spent in silence between the two. Craig was focused on the road while Tweek was preoccupied with his coffee.
The date went smoothly with no unwanted run in's with kids from school. Craig dropped Tweek off at his house and walked him to the door.
"I had fun Craig."
"Me too."
"Well…um good night Craig."
"Have a good night Tweek."
Craig leaned in to give Tweek a short kiss on the lips before turning around and walking back to his truck.
It didn't take Craig long to get home but once he arrived he noticed something was off. All the lights in the house were off except for the one in the living room. He decided to walk in cautiously.
"Mom? Dad? Ruby?"
"In here."
Craig walked into the kitchen to find his mother sitting alone and visibly nervous. She looked up when he walked in and flipped him off. Craig returning the gesture before sitting down across from her.
"So where is everybody? What's wrong?"
"I uh wanted to talk to you before your dad got home with Ruby."
"What about?"
His mom sighed before continuing, "Are you…how do I say this? Are you into boys?"
Craig was shocked by his mom's question. He had hoped they would never find out about his interests or about his relationship with Tweek.
"I…uh yes. I like both I guess. Why?"
"Well honey you know how your dad is. I heard a rumor from Sheila while at the grocery store. She said that you went to Bebe's house with all your classmates and kissed Tweek in front of everyone. I don't want your father to get the wrong idea. I mean it's not like you're dating him right? It was just a bet?"
Craig ran his hands through his hair, "No mom it wasn't a bet. I am with Tweek. I was just on a date with him. I didn't want to tell you."
His mom stood to exit the room, "You need to talk to your father when he gets home. I don't know what he will think about this. You know as well as I do that you should be the one to tell him before he hears it at Skeeter's Bar.
Craig sat at the table utterly confused on what to do or what to say. He never wanted his parents to find out. They could be very open people at times but for the most part were very old fashioned. The last thing he wanted was to get kicked out of his house. He was far too young to make it on his own. Making the occasional free-lance videos and commercials for the stores around town wouldn't be enough to live off of.
Craig pushed himself out of his seat at the table and walked into the living room. He was dreading the moment his dad would walk into the house. But as fate would have it that day that's exactly what happened.
"Hey Craig. Where's your mother?"
"She's upstairs…but I need to talk to you."
"Daddy I'm going upstairs to show Mommy my new badge!"
Thomas sat down in his armchair across next to his son, "What do you want to talk about?"
"I uh…well I just wanted to tell you that I'm dating someone."
"Great! That's good news. What's her name?"
Craig looked down to his lap, "Well that's the thing…it's not a girl."
Thomas sat up straighter giving his son a confused look, "What do you mean?"
"It's Tweek." Craig sighed out finally looking up at his dad.
He sat with a dumbfounded expression, "When did this happen?"
"We were at this party at Bebe's house. The most of our class was there. That's when her and Wendy decided to force all the guys to play 7 minutes in heaven with them. They said if the bottle landed on someone of the same gender you still had to at least kiss. When it was Tweek's turn to spin it landed on me. We went in the closet and just kind of stood there for a second. He was freaking out, then I suggested we kiss real quick to get it over with and well it didn't go exactly to plan…"
"Wow…just wow."
"I just hope you aren't too mad."
"Mad? You damn right I'm mad! Who the hell gave you permission to go to that party? I sure didn't! I think it's safe to say that you're grounded…let's say for a week. No truck privileges. Anyway it's getting late. We all need to go to bed."
"Wait what?" Craig couldn't believe what he just heard his dad say. He completely ignored the fact that he had a boyfriend and grounded him for going to a party.
"Well you did break the rules. You snuck to that party."
Craig stood at the foot of the stairs to follow his dad, "So you're not mad that I have a boyfriend?"
Thomas turned around when he reached the top of the stairs, "No Craig. Now go to bed."
That night Craig fell asleep to the idea that he could date Tweek freely without having to sneak around his parents.
I just want to say thanks to all the people who have read this story so far. I promise in the future that I will update sooner than every 2 months.
