Dirty Little Secret

By: esmtz

During class Cartman still felt very nervous about how he had reacted when Stan had talked to him earlier. He wasn't really paying attention to the teacher since he kept fidgeting and tightening his fists knowing that Stan was obviously not going to leave him alone so easily especially since Cartman just ran away from him.

'Jesus christ couldn't you have just acted like it wasn't a big deal? All you had to do was tell him how much of a wuss he was being and then leave but instead all you said was I gotta go.' Cartman thought to himself sighing as he tried to get himself to calm down.

Kyle obviously knew something was wrong with Cartman since he kept glancing at him all through class.

'What the hell is wrong with him? He hardly fights with me anymore or at least in the way where we actually continue to argue for awhile and he's even acting strange around Stan. Is he plotting something?' Kyle thought to himself frowning slightly knowing that if he was why would Stan be a part of it? Wouldn't it involve Kyle instead?

The more Kyle thought about it the more confused he was especially with how he was feeling about all of this. Just the idea of Cartman fighting more with Stan was disturbing to him and he had no idea why until a random thought popped into his head.

'He doesn't like Stan does he?'

This made Kyle freeze in shock with a horrified look on his face as the more he thought about it the more it became clear.

'Fuck is that why Cartman has been acting weird lately?' Kyle thought as he looked over at Cartman who still looked nervous.

Kyle felt himself start to get jealous at the idea of Cartman and Stan hanging out despite the fact that he knew Stan didn't like Cartman that way…Did he? Stan hadn't exactly talked about Wendy like the way he used to in elementary school but that didn't mean that his and Wendy's relationship was bad. It probably just meant that Stan wanted to keep his relationship with Wendy a secret or at least to himself. Kyle knew that Wendy had never exactly been faithful to Stan all these years but that never stopped Stan from loving her this entire time did it? This really made him wonder about Stan's relationship with Wendy. Kyle hadn't realized that the bell just rang signaling the end of class until he saw that everyone was starting to leave. He hurriedly put his stuff back in his backpack and hurried after Cartman.

"Cartman!" Kyle yelled out as he ran after him and quickly grabbed Cartman's arm making him jump slightly and turn to face him.

Cartman sighed hoping that Kyle hadn't noticed how nervous he was, but already knowing full well that he most likely did.

"What do you want, Khal? Next class starts in like ten minutes." Cartman said not wanting to look him in the eye.

Kyle gritted his teeth already feeling angry that Cartman didn't want to talk to him.

"We need to talk. Now." Kyle told him as he forcefully pulled him towards the closest bathroom and locked the door.

"What is it now you stupid jew? Last time I checked I haven't done anything to you so what's this all about?" Cartman asked trying to look and sound annoyed but felt his face start to heat up as Kyle turned around and glared at him.

"What do you mean 'what's this all about?' Cartman you've been acting really weird lately in case you hadn't noticed!" Kyle yelled making Cartman wince slightly.

Cartman started feeling nervous trying to figure out what he was going to say to him.

"No I haven't, Khal. You're just imagining things." Cartman replied trying hard to convince both Kyle and himself that he wasn't acting strange.

Kyle obviously saw right through his lie as he grabbed Cartman by his shirt and pulled him closer to him.

"Yes you are fatass! You're acting weird even now since for some reason you wont even look me in the eye and every time we've gotten into an argument you would suddenly drop it and change the subject! WHY AREN'T YOU TRYING TO FIGHT BACK AND INSULT ME?!" Kyle yelled so loud that he wouldn't be surprised if someone knocked on the door and asked if he was ok.

Cartman didn't know how to respond since even he could see that the way he was acting was way off from how he acted before. He didn't even know why he was suddenly feeling this way, but he wasn't angry anymore like he was when he was a kid and this was starting to freak him out possibly more than finding out he liked Stan and Kyle. Kyle started shaking with anger as he realized that Cartman wasn't going to respond to him as he tightened his hold on Cartman's shirt.

"What the fuck is wrong with you, Cartman?!" Kyle asked.

Cartman waited a few seconds before responding trying to sound as harsh as he could.

"Just fuck off you fucking jew! You've never cared about me before so why start now? If I were you I'd be glad that this 'fucking fatass' as you call me doesn't want to hang around you anymore."

Kyle's eyes went wide unable to grasp what he just heard as he felt himself start to feel hurt at what Cartman just said. Cartman just looked at him with a serious expression on his face but in his eyes it showed that he was hurt and obviously lying about the fact that he didn't want to hang out with him anymore. Cartman knew Kyle didn't care, but that didn't stop Cartman from feeling hurt and even if Kyle were to like him the way Cartman likes him their relationship would be nothing but constant fighting and arguing. At least with Stan he had a chance so in a way this was his way of choosing one over the other. Cartman moved past Kyle and was about to unlock and open the door, but Kyle grabbed his wrist and turned him around to face him.

"No." Kyle said seriously growing more angry each second, "NO!"

Cartman frowned as he raised an eyebrow wondering what on earth Kyle was going on about.

"Let go of me, Khal." Cartman said trying to yank his arm away but Kyle held tightly.

"NO! You're probably just plotting something either against me, my religion or some other person or group of people you don't like and I'm not going to fall for your tricks!"

"What tricks?" Cartman asked, "Khal I'm being serious here."

"No you're not! Your only saying that you don't want to hang out with me because you got something big going on and you don't want me finding out about it, but guess what? I'm on to you already fat boy!" Kyle yelled before letting go of Cartman's wrist and unlocking and opening the door.

Cartman sighed as he watched Kyle head off towards their next class.

"Stubborn little jew!" Cartman whispered to himself completely surprised that Kyle didn't believe him or didn't want to believe him as he followed after him.

For the last two classes before lunch Kyle kept glancing in Cartman's direction making sure he wasn't doing anything funny. Cartman sighed feeling annoyed and yet at the same time felt himself turning red at the fact that Kyle wouldn't stop staring at him. Of course once lunch came around he'd have another thing to worry about since he knew that Stan was obviously still expecting him to show up in front of the classroom that they were both in. Once the bell rang Cartman sighed as he collected his things and put them in his backpack.

'It might be easier to just move to a different city instead of having to deal with Kyle and Stan.' Cartman thought already feeling tired from being in school, mostly due to Kyle.

As he was making his way out the door Kenny was already waiting for him outside his classroom having finished with his class five minutes earlier and decided to wait for Kyle and Cartman, but mostly Cartman.

"Hey there, dude. You doing alright?" Kenny asked once he saw Cartman leave the classroom.

"Oh hey, Kenny. Yeah I'm just a little stressed is all." Cartman replied as they made their way towards the cafeteria.

"Is it Stan or Kyle that's stressing you out?" Kenny asked making Cartman go bright red.

"Ay! It could be schoolwork you know."

Kenny snorted shaking his head.

"Yeah right one look at you and I can already tell it's both of them."

Cartman looked at him annoyed.

"What makes you so sure you poor piece of crap?"

Kenny shrugged.

"Call it an educated guess?"

Cartman looked at him for a few seconds before sighing knowing that Kenny most likely spied on him. Just as they entered the cafeteria Cartman automatically spotted Stan who had also seen him and was walking in his direction. Kenny put a hand on Cartman's shoulder and looked at him.

"Let me know how this goes. I'm dying to know." Kenny laughed as Cartman glared at him before making his way to get food.

Cartman tried to remain calm as Stan finally reached him.

"Well I'm surprised you're still here, Cartman. I thought for sure I would have to stop by your house just to get a chance to actually talk to you." Stan said crossing his arms.

Cartman turned bright red as he barely managed to get out.

"I'm here ain't I?" Cartman said very nervously.

Stan gave Cartman a small smile and nodded.

"Yeah dude let's head over to the classroom so we can talk in private. No one is in there right now so it's perfect." Stan told him as they both made their way towards the classroom.

As soon as they arrived Stan opened the door and shut it as soon as Cartman entered. Cartman sat down on the nearest desk and watched as Stan just leaned against the wall next to the door looking at him with a curious look on his face.

"So…about earlier…" Stan started to say.

Cartman swallowed as he forced himself to speak.

"I would've continued talking to you, but we were going to be late for class so…" Cartman replied trying to convince Stan that, that's all that was.

Stan however didn't buy it.

"We had like ten minutes dude and then you ran off like I was about to say or do something you didn't like."

Cartman's whole face turned red and was glad that the room was at least a little bit dark since the curtains to the windows were down and the lights were off.

"I-It wasn't like that. I just forgot that I borrowed Butters notes on some homework and I needed to return them to him." Cartman said coming up with an excuse that he thought would work on Stan.

Unfortunately it didn't. Stan sighed and took a seat next to Cartman making Cartman turn to face him. Stan waited a few seconds before asking.

"Do you hate me, Cartman?"

Cartman looked at him for a few seconds before answering.

"I don't hate you, Stan."

Stan frowned already knowing that when they were kids Cartman always openly admitted that he hated both Stan and Kyle so this confused Stan because he couldn't tell if Cartman was lying or not.

"But when we were kids you always said…"

"I know and I'm sorry. You and Kyle were always hanging out and calling each other 'super best friends' so I assumed there was more there considering how much time you guys spent with each other." Cartman admitted, "I didn't hate you, Stan. I was just jealous."

Stan's eyes grew wide unable to believe he heard what he heard. Did Eric Cartman just apologize to him? Stan blinked before asking another question.

"Well, what about Wendy?" Stan asked making Cartman frown.

"What about her?"

"Did you always hate her or…"

Cartman sighed as he stood up and made his way to the front of the room making Stan follow him. He took a deep breath in then let it out before turning to face Stan.

"I didn't always hate her. I just never thought much of her to begin with then you had to go and have a crush on her and I guess that's when it started."

Stan couldn't be more surprised than he was right now. Eric Cartman was actually opening up and coming clean about how he really felt. It took a minute for Stan to register what he had been told so far before asking again.

"But the way you're acting now you said it had nothing to do with her so is this about…"

Stan's look was a look of surprise the moment he figured out what was going on and he felt himself turn bright red. The way Cartman kept messing with Kyle and Wendy it just made sense. Stan struggled to ask another question.

"S-So then your fights with Kyle and Wendy…"

Cartman didn't say anything. He just looked at Stan with a sad look on his face.

"I have to go." Cartman said as he walked past Stan putting a hand on Stan's shoulder and gently squeezed it before leaving.

Stan just stood there completely taken aback with his entire face still completely red.

Author's note: Ok so this chapter came out a little longer than I planned sort of, but I am glad that I managed to put in the scene with Cartman and Stan in here. I was tempted to wait until next chapter but I said aw forget it I can make this chapter a little longer. Anyway once again thanks for the support it really helps. Also no there isn't going to be any StanxKyle in this fic for one I'm not exactly a fan of the couple so this is strictly an Eric Cartman centered fic mostly. Anyway I hope you like the story so far and I'll continue to be thinking about how I want to continue with this story until then later.