Kyle and Stan were near Stark Pond talking about the pictures on Facebook
"What are we going to do man? Are we going to admit to them or keep avoiding it?" Stan questioned to his boyfriend.
"I don't know. I want to tell people, but I don't want certain ones to find out. Either way, I think everyone thinks we're gay so there is no point in hiding it," Kyle said back and Stan let out a sigh.
"We should figure out who posted them so we can kick their ass," Stan said. "Any ideas on who posted them? I bet it was Cartman."
"No, it wasn't Cartman, he would have gladly taken the pride in posting those pictures. Anyone you have quarrels with?" Kyle asked him back.
"Not that I know of." Stan started to think, "Do you think, maybe, Wendy? Since I basically turned her down."
"Maybe, does she have lunch with us? Who sits behind us that could have taken the picture?"
Stan thought for another moment, "Bebe! Bebe sits behind us, along with all those other girls. I bet they did this, they love getting dirt on people. Text Bebe ask her, maybe she will confess. It's worth a shot."
Kyle took out his phone and sent a quick text to Bebe, like Stan said, it was worth a shot.
"You know what. Remember when Cartman told me he was hanging out with Wendy? What if we made a rumor with that to get Wendy back," Stan said starting to plot.
"You sure? We don't even know if he was being truthful," Kyle started to question Stan's real motive. "What are you so worried about?"
Stan was quiet for a moment. "I just. I don't want to be made fun of for liking somebody. It's so stupid how these kids at school act. I just want them to feel bad too."
Kyle slightly smiled at Stan's first words, but quickly put his arm around the other boy. "Hey dude it's okay. We will figure out who did this." Almost if on cue Kyle's phone beeped from a text. "She said 'No way! I would never do that to you. Winky face.' So I'm going to take that as she did do it," Kyle nodded to himself. "Your Wendy plan sounds good," Kyle smiled at Stan, who was glad he agreed.
The following day at lunch, once everyone had been seated Stan quickly brought up his topic. "So Eric, what did you and Wendy do that one day you hung out?"
"The fuck you talking about," Cartman started, but quickly realized what Stan was talking about. "Oh uh, you know, normal shit."
"Oh yeah? She told me, you and her totally fucked." Stan wasn't sure if he took it too far with that, but went with it anyways. At the point a few other kids were listening, which is exactly what he wanted.
Cartman also noticed this and tried to change the subject," I heard you and Jew boy butt fucked over the weekend."
"Don't you want to talk about Wendy though? She told me all about what you guys did, is it true?"
Cartman hesitated on responding. He knew he had to be the cooler one here, "Yeah. Yeah we did fuck. I did her so hard with my massive dick."
Stan just smiled this is exactly what he wanted. Now everyone will think Cartman and Wendy had some hot night or at least acknowledge that they hung out. At this point Stan stopped listening to the conversation and basking in the satisfaction of out doing Wendy.
Kyle, however, was still listening to Cartman and what he was saying was making Kyle pissed.
"Kyle, I can only imagine what you and Stan do. Oh wait, I don't want to imagine all that gay crap. I bet you guys have mass orgies, don't you?"
This was the breaking point for Kyle. He got up, walked to the other side of the table, made Cartman stand up, and punched him right in the face. Now Stan was watching and wanted to congratulate Kyle for what he just did, but also sort of help his somewhat friend, Cartman, nearly crying on the floor. "Dude! You can't just punch people!" Stan yelled at Kyle.
"Well I did," Kyle said starting to walk out of the lunchroom. One of the advisors tried to grab his arm and he moved it out if the way and yelled," Fuck off!" Everyone in the lunchroom was staring at the door in astonishment. Even Stan was a bit surprised since that was so out of Kyle's behavior.
Kyle simply walked home since he didn't want to stay in school after that. He knew punching Cartman wasn't the best idea. This time though he really deserved a punch right in the face and was lucky Kyle never did it earlier. Walking up to his house he saw his mom's car which he forgot she had today off. Sighing he walked inside anyways.
"Who is it?" Kyle's mom asked walking out of the kitchen. "Oh Kyle, what are you doing home at noon?" Kyle didn't even bother to answer. He just walked straight up to his room. Before his mom could follow him the phone started to ring and she picked it up.
Kyle was lying on his bed almost crying. He was strong enough to keep them back. Deep down he regretted hitting Cartman because that was rude, but he kept reminding himself Cartman is a dick. Also Kyle had no idea how he was supposed to explain this to his parents.
"You punched your friend and then just left school?" Kyle's mom yelled at him. Kyle didn't even notice her opening his door. He remained quiet though, because he didn't want to start up an argument that she wouldn't understand.
"Kyle Brosolvski, answer me right now!" She told him.
"Don't worry about it mom," he said back.
"Why did you feel the need to punch Eric and then leave? Do you know how much trouble you are in at school? You have a three day suspension and two hours of detention," she explained to him. Kyle didn't even care other than the fact he couldn't see Stan. School was shit anyways not going for a couple of days seemed fine to him. "Kyle are you listening?"
"Yeah, yeah, mom. Whatever," he simply said.
"Why did you punch your friend?" She asked again. Kyle figured he couldn't keep avoiding these questions and that he had to answer.
"He was making mean jokes about stuff that I didn't appreciate," Kyle said.
"What kind of jokes?"
Kyle didn't answer right away because he was thinking of Ike. How he was treated by their parents for coming out and how Kyle wasn't much help at the time. Kyle knew his parents would be heartbroken if they found out, but he needed them to stop acting like it's a bad thing. "Mom, I am in a relationship with Stan." Kyle's mom was silent. She didn't know what to say. "Cartman was making fun of us so I got mad and punched him in the face. That's a pretty good reason if you asked me."
Kyle's mom barely got the words out when she spoke, "Kyle you aren't... aren't gay too are you? How did you both end up like this?"
Kyle just frowned, "Mom, you have to realize it's not a bad thing. Ike and I are doing nothing wrong, we are with the ones we love and if that happens to be a guy you should be able to accept us."
His mom just frowned. "It's just not something me and your father are used to that's all." They stayed there in the silence for a while until his mom spoke up again," Well, we will have to discuss this again when your father comes home. You aren't allowed to go anywhere until you've made up all your detention got it?"
"Yeah," Kyle nodded to her and she left his room closing his door. At this point he couldn't really hold back the tears anymore. As much as he tried to stop them they just kept streaming out. Kyle didn't know why he was crying, maybe because he came out to his mom or maybe he just needed to cry. Then it hit him that Stan didn't want his parents to know, and Kyle's might call to ask if they know anything about this. Now Kyle just felt worse, last thing he wanted was for Stan to go through this too today.
For Stan is was a normal night, except he wishes he could talk to Kyle and ask how he was doing. Stan was glad Kyle punched Cartman, not only was it funny, it really taught Cartman something for once. Stan was about to take a shower when he heard his dad call him downstairs. "Yeah?" He asked when he got the bottom of the stairs.
"Come sit down Stan," his father said to him. Stan knew that this meant it was going to be a long, painful talk. "So, your friend, Kyle's dad called." This didn't really surprise Stan. "And well, he told us a few things, like how he punched a kid today and how he's, well, your... boyfriend." This surprised Stan, in fact surprised him so much he felt his whole mood change from a high to a low. Stan didn't say anything though, because he had no idea what he would say. He hadn't prepaid himself for this talk yet.
"Son, are you really dating him?" his mom asked.
"Uh, I mean, I guess. Maybe, like, I don't really know, well I do know. I just," Stan was losing all the words he was trying to say. He never wanted this conversation with his parents and couldn't figure out why Kyle told his parents. Kyle may have just explained the whole situation with his parents, which was cool with Stan, just the fact that his parents were now involved bothered him.
"Are you sure you don't just have a close relationship? You two are best friends," Stan's dad added. Stan wasn't sure what to say. He felt no matter what he said they wouldn't understand.
"I am dating Kyle," Stan said with a deep breath. "We are dating, I... I love him." Those were tough words to say, but they were true. Stan did care about Kyle and he wasn't going to lie about it now. His parents were now completely silent. They did not know how to react to their son being a homosexual.
His dad was first to speak again, "Well Stanley, this is quite some news for us. I'm glad you are dating a nice boy and not some bitch at least." Stan gave him a quizzical look. Was his dad really okay with this? This shocked Stan, he was not expecting this at the slightest. "But, it still seems a bit unnatural. You might grow out of it, I hope at least," his dad continued.
Stan just gave up at this point, he didn't want to talk to his parents anymore. Ignoring his parents, Stan went to his room. He heard his parents say something else but his mind tuned them out. Right before he was about to close his door his sister walked in front of it.
"Going to go cry faggot?"
Stan wanted to punch her, he really did, but he had self-control and didn't do it. Though, he did slam the door in her face which hit her nose hard.
"Stan! You hit my nose!" She yelled at the door. Stan just ignored her, until she whipped open the door. Shelly went up to him and punched him straight in the face for payback. Now this was the final straw for Stan and he tried to punch her back, but only hit part of her arm. She nearly tackled him and he was wailing on her the best he could. Their parents ran upstairs to separate the two kids who were now on the floor fighting.
"What is going on here!" their father yelled.
"Stan hit my nose!" Shelly said just as loud. Stan didn't say anything. He didn't want to say anything. Everything had fallen apart once again. He thought maybe now that he was dating Kyle everything would be better, but no, it doesn't work out that easily. His parents and sister were yelling about something, but Stan tuned them out completely just standing their emotionless. After five minutes everyone left his room, Stan's father closed the door as he left. Stan laid on his bed and started to cry. Why did this have to happen to him? Why did any of this have to happen? The only thing he truly wanted was to hug Kyle and know it was going to be okay.