Chapter 2: "I'm NOT gay, fatass! Grr…" ~Creek~
Still The First Day
I'm breaking up with you...
Those were the words that stuck with the Tweaker boy all day.
"Errr... Stupid Craig..." he muttered. "Uugh. Why did he have to break up with me?! It was going so well! What went wrong?! Did I say something? Do something? Why didn't he tell me?!"
The poor boy was going through it alone. He wondered what he did wrong to end what he thought was a great relationship; he needed closure. Tweek was determined to confront Craig in order to obtain the truth.
All of the high school students were eventually assigned new lockers so they could place their belongings inside. All of them took the opportunity to do so before the bell rang. Eric, Kyle, and Stan all got lockers right beside one another while Kenny's was literally right across from theirs. Once a good portion of time passed by, there was only a handful were almost done.
Kyle was one of those few people still finishing up. He sat there on his knees and was observed placing his photos into a green portfolio and tucked it underneath the loose bottom inside his locker. Kyle had this one in the past so it always served as a great spot to hide things.
Little did Kyle know: a snoop was peeping around the corner at the end of the hall. That spy was none other than nosey Cartman.
'Look at him. All alone unsuspecting that a certain me is suspecting him. He thinks he can hide from me?! That Jew is hiding something and I'll be damned if I don't find out what!'
"What're you doin', Eric?"
"Gah, Butters!" Cartman jumped at the sound of Butters' voice, as he was not expecting him.
Cartman faced the blonde-haired boy adorned with a green sweater, all zipped up, and dark brown jeans. Butters also had a minor scar on his left eyelids from an unknown source.
"Oh, hey Butters. Just uh... tryin' to find the old bathroom; need to go real bad, oof," he hunched over and grasped his belly and played it up like he needed to go badly.
"Oh. Why it's down the hall the way you came, remember? You sure are forgetful."
"Get off my back, okay? Ju-just... fuck off. See you around, Butters."
"Well, okay, Eric." Butters began walking but soon pivoted right back for a quick moment. "And hey, have you seen all the pictures Kyle has lately?"
"No I have not; now stop invading my space and leave me alon— wait a minute... What pictures?" Cartman followed behind so Butters could explain.
"Oh, I don't know. I just glanced at some of them on the bus. A few of 'em were of him and Stan. Mainly Stan."
"Just Stan and him? No one else? Just them?" The chunky boy then turned away and thought to himself out loud. 'Interesting stuff. The Jew has secrets, huh? I knew it! He's totally gay. Now it's time to make my move.'
Cartman immediately rushed away from Butters, who in turn simply gave a quick "Oh, bye, Eric!" before he carried on.
The first bell soon rang, indicating it was time to head to class before the late bell went. Kyle was about to close his locker only for it to be suddenly slammed back open by Cartman.
"What are you doing, dumbass?" Understandably, Kyle was puzzled on why he did that.
"Don't act like I don't know, Kyhal!" he replied.
"Don't know what?"
"You know damn well."
"Thaaat you're a dumbass? Well established," Kyle rolled his eyes.
When the redhead thought this was over, he made his way down the hall so he would not be late for Data Management on the first day of school. Unfortunately, Cartman stepped in front at the right moment and thwarted him.
"Stawp!" he glared.
"Get out of the way!" Kyle then heard the late bell. It was official: he was late on the first day. Kyle groaned. "See? Now we're late. On the first day; thanks a lot."
"Oh, okay, Kyle. Oh, and don't worry. I won't tell anyone about those photos of Stan; I wouldn't want a rumor to spread that the Jew is gay."
"Who told—" he jumped and turned back on a dime; surprised at first but resorted to playing it cool, "I mean, I have no photos on me, dumbass, what're you talking about?"
The photos he secretly kept (in the portfolio) dated all the way back to when he and Stan were eight-years-old. They served as a way for Kyle to reflect on the past and remember everything they did together. As they grew older, the more moments he captured. Kyle never wanted Stan to know about them because he was afraid Stan would find him weird, considering most of them were of Stan. Thus why Kyle always dismissed the comments Cartman made... afraid he might find out the truth and wield it against him.
"Don't act dumb, Jew! Butters glanced at them on the bus. Now, I'm gonna find out one way or another, so just make it easy for all of us and admit it: you're gay for him, aren't you?"
Kyle got up close to his face, "I swear to you: if you keep insinuating that I am gay for my best friend, I will not hesitate to break every bone in your body!" Anger fueled the Jewish boy's threat so much that he quickly pinned the nuisance up against his locker, strength all on Kyle's side, meaning Cartman cannot escape. "You think it's funny to keep pushing and pushing, but it is not a joke anymore, Cartman! I'm NOT gay, fatass, and neither is he! So quit saying it or else!"
"Okay, okay! Okay! I'll lay off! I'm sorry!" Cartman said.
With that mess straightened out, Kyle backed away from him and proceeded on to his class that he was five minutes late for now.
"Good."
"Just... know, Kyle. You don't have to tell me. I know it's not my place. I just think, to be honest, it's sweet if you—by some chance' do like him that way..."
"Cartman..." Kyle balled his hand so it formed a fist, crossed by the fact he continued to dig.
"I know, I know. It's not my business. We're rivals, I get it; you think I'd most likely blab about it if it were true. But, I'm just saying. How long do you plan to keep it inside, Kyle? If I were in your shoes, it would just eat me alive to know I wasn't accepting who I was... I'll see you around," he wandered away from Kyle.
Kyle processed what he said and released a deep sigh as a result. 'It's not that I'm not accepting, fatass... I know what I feel. I'm just afraid how Stan would feel if he found out...'
My notes
Okay. I think I'll end it here and pick up in the next chapter.
If you are enjoying this story, I would really appreciate your feedback.
Also, so you guys know in terms of schedule. From this chapter on, I will be working under a one chapter per week basis. I will work under this because I do have a life and other things I'd also like to balance along with this.
And again, the chapters will shift focuses so Chapter 3 will go back to focus more on Creek; so expect not the next one but the following one after to continue on with Kyle x Stan stuff. Okay. Enjoy guys! :)
Edited Dec. 11th, 2018