Finally got around to writing this one, done during my study hall. I'm always really distracted at home, and I'm sleepy at the moment. I'd actually take a nap right now if it wasn't for the fact that this is a short period.
For my beta. Je taime, mon ami. In a sisterly kind of way. But you know that already XD Also for my reviewers and heck, even those of you who just read it. Also, thanks to Ecroneux for totally distracting me. But you're awesome anyway.
As requested by a reviewer, this is a semi-sequel to chapter three, though I suppose it could be a stand alone fic.
Category: South Park
Genre: Angst, angst, ANGST! One little fluffy bit.
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Creek; Craig x Tweek
Summary: What if you just can't handle life anymore? Does that make death okay? What if you and your best friend die together? Is that better?
~~~~ Those Nights- Skillet ~~~~
I remember when
We used to laugh
About nothing at all
It was better than going mad
They were laughing, the two of them. Tweek's laugh was squeaky and broken thanks to his spastic twitching. Craig's laugh was quiet, but it was laughter. Something unheard of when speaking about the dark haired boy.
It was nice that they could laugh about absolutely nothing. It was nice that Craig could help take Tweek's mind off, well, everything for awhile. And though neither noticed, the blond did the same for Craig.
From trying to solve all the problems we're going through
Forget 'em all
It was so easy to just pretend the world was okay. That the gnomes weren't still stealing Tweek's underpants or that Craig's dysfunctional family was kind of drifting. It was easy to ignore those problems when it was just them. Just Craig and Tweek. In those fleeting moments, they didn't really need to worry.
Cause on those nights we would stand and never fall
Together we faced it all
Remember when we'd
Stay up late and we'd talk all night
In a dark room lit by the tv light
"Sh-she kept staring at you. Y-you'd think the –ack!- teachers would g-get used to it." Tweek smiled tentatively. He and Craig were discussing today's incident that got Craig sent to the counselor's office. Really, their English teacher should have been used to the dark haired boy's compulsive middle finger usage.
"Exactly. It's kind of repetitive." Craig agreed, glancing at the single little desk light that fought weakly to keep the dark of Tweek's room away. They did this a lot. Tweek would be having insomnia problems and Craig… he didn't care. He was willing to saty up with the blond if it meant both of them could just relax.
Through all the hard times in my life
Those nights kept me alive
listen to the radio play all night
Didn't want to go home to another fight
Tweek hummed softly, leaning lightly against Craig as the two sat there. Craig's eyes were half lidded as he quietly listened to Tweek's humming of some song or other.
"You can go home, Craig.Y-you don't need to –ack!- stay up 'c-cause of me." Tweek stuttered. Craig glanced at the text from his sister. Their parents were fighting.
"Naw, it's cool, Tweek. Besides, I don't think I'm awake enough to find my way home." Craig's version of a joke. Tweek smiled, despite how serious Craig sounded with his nasally monotone.
Through all the hard times in my life
Those nights kept me alive
Tweek stared down at the loaded hand gun. He clicked off the safety and pressed th muzzle to his temple. Trembling, shaking and whimpering softly, his index finger trembled on the trigger. He dropped the gun and screamed when his phone rang.
"H-hello?" he stuttered, picking the gun up in trembling hands.
"Hey, Tweek. Mind if I come over." Tweek smiled. The way Craig said it, he was more saying he was coming over than asking if he could.
"S-sure." The blond returned the gun to his closet. Not tonight.
I remember when
We used to drive
Anywhere but here
As long as we'd forget our lives
Tweek got in the car as Craig pulled up. The noirette had taken to driving Tweek to school, seeing as the blond's parents, psychiatrist, and doctor all thought it a bad idea to let the blond behind the wheel of a vehicle.
The two exchanged a small smile, Craig briefly giving Tweek a one armed hug. Tweek was the only person to receive any amount of affection from Craig. And Tweek liked it that way. But Craig didn't head for the school, he drove up toward the mountains, past the ski lodges and cabins.
We were so young and confused that we didn't know
To laugh or cry
Craig didn't tell Tweek where they were going and Tweek didn't ask. But pretty soon Craig put the car in park, about as far from human life as they could get, at the top of the mountain, a clearing bordering a ravine.
"I saw your gun, Tweek." The coffee addict gaped.
"You shoulda told me. If you're going down, I'm going with you." Tweek gaped more as his eyes bugged out.
Those nights were ours
They will live and never die
"We're in this together, Tweek. You and me." Craig leaned across the seat, kissing the blond. Light and dark hair brushed and tangled as the two kissed roughly, both thinking on those nights. More than just sitting had happened. Sheet tangling, kissing, sweat, and euphoric sounds. But not once had something happened during the day.
Together we'd stand forever
Remember when we'd
Those nights belong to us
They broke away from each other, panting. Silently understanding, Tweek and Craig got out of the car, standing at the top of the ravine. They clasped hands and exchanged a look.
"I-is this goodbye?" Tweek asked, tightening his grip as he peered at the hugs drop into the dry creek bed of the ravine.
"No, Tweek. This is more like the beginning."
There's nothing wrong with us
I remember when
"Does th-this make us –gah!- bad people, Craig?" Tweek couldn't help but ask.
"No, Tweek. There's nothing bad. We deserve a little freedom. My parents are assholes and yours are always trying to drug you up. We deserve this." Craig pursed his lips, looking like he was trying to assure himself. Tweek just nodded.
We used to laugh
And now I wish those nights would last
They took a deep breath, tightened their grips on each other's hands. Both of them laughing like when they were alone, they jumped.
~~~~ End ~~~~
I don't know what's up with me and killing people :P This one is way angsty-er than intended. I wanted this one to be cute and fluffy but it turned out… like this. I'm in such a funk . Oh well. Did you guys like it anyway? Let me know ^^