AN: Last one tonight. Hope you all enjoy!

Period

/Noun/ A length or portion of time.

Kyle: I really thought it was gonna last.

Cartman: I guess the only thing that doesn't change in life... is that things change.

- Kyle and Cartman, Faith Hilling.

Things change. It's the one thing that's constant. Maybe Kyle should have thought about that before he had sucked Cartman off or before Cartman had stuck his dick in him or before they had suddenly been pulled forward by an invisible force and made out in just complete frustration with the other and themselves. The point here was that things change over a portion of time and Kyle should have known somehow that his 'relationship' with Cartman would someday change too.

Not that it hadn't already. They had matured over the years and though they still fought more often than they probably should, things had settled more between them and they had become tentative friends. Kyle had even liked that. That change, but not much, in their dynamic hadn't been so bad. Kyle, looking back, probably could have predicted it. Not so much with what had just happened twenty-four hours ago, though. That had come as a surprise.

Maybe they had been bored? Things had been nice, but something had been missing. Something had been nagging at the back of their brains and maybe they had both noticed it, but had both ignored it, set on what they thought was good.

It was probably just a matter of time before they couldn't take it anymore and did something. Kyle just hadn't expected that something to be quite so huge. They could never go back. The change was too big, too wild, too amazing for anything to one day become what they had thought before was normal.

Well, it was all normal for them. The fighting, the strange friendship they had created and now the sex. He should have seen this coming. It was the next step to their now constantly changing relationship, it seemed. Either way, it's not like he could have prevented it from happening.

Not that he really wanted to now...

He wondered how long he should wait before discussing this with Cartman. Was twenty-four hours long enough? How long do you wait to tell your enemy/friend/I-don't-even-know-anymore that you might, maybe, not quite, but yeah, probably loved the little fucker? Kyle had no fucking idea, but the thoughts of yesterday was making him sick and nervous and frustrated and why did things have to change like this? It was so easy before. Too easy, maybe. One thing that didn't seem to change was how not easy they were. Maybe that would change one day too? Who knew? Everything changed at some point. Things didn't stay forever.

Kyle sighed, suddenly giving up and pulling his phone reluctantly from his pocket and dialling Cartman's number, putting it to his ear and waiting.

It picked up on the first ring.

"Hello?" Cartman spoke, sounding distracted and like he hadn't checked who had called and didn't know Kyle was even on the other line. He seemed too relaxed. Distracted, but relaxed. It made Kyle uncomfortable.

Kyle swallowed thickly and closed his eyes, trying to calm down. He supposed it was finally time to let the next chapter in his life start. He was ready for it. He opened his eyes and nodded once to himself for a last reassurance.

Then spoke with no more lasting hesitation.

"Hey, Fatass, how are you doing? I just wanted to see..."

Things would be alright between them.

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