Chapter 10
Kyle watched how Kenny and Butters interacted and thought they were both idiots. They were obviously in love with each other but neither of them realized that. Kyle unlocked the car after Karen yelled at him too. He rolled his eyes as he and Stan made their way into the car. They pulled away from the house and rolled all the windows down. Kyle grabbed a cigarette and passed the box to Stan.
“Karen, you're coming to my house, I have homework to do,” Kyle said. He heard Karen groan and laughed.
“What, you don’t wanna spend time with Ikeee,” Kyle said teasingly. He looked back and saw Karen give him a deadpan stare.
“You guys have some classes together, do your homework,” Kyle said. Karen just rolled her eyes and looked out the window. Soon enough they pulled up to Kyle's house. They made their way inside and saw Ike doing homework in the living room. Karen joined him and the boys headed up to Kyle's room.
After work, Kenny and Butters headed to Kyles to get Karen. They pulled up and honked. They saw Ike opening the door and saying bye to Karen. They headed home and chilled before going to bed. Walking into school the next day was weird. People kept looking over at Karen while they made their way to the office. The Tuckers were already there sitting by the receptionist's desk. Karen ran in and sat down right to Trica, much to Craig's dismay. They all greeted one another and waited for the principal. The bell for the first class had long since rang when they were called in. After getting fired from the elementary school, Principal Victoria got a job as the high school's new principal, and she most likely remembers all the trouble Kenny used to get into when he was younger.
“Hello, now I heard what happened from Eric Cartman, but him being him, I want to hear your side of the story before I decide anything final,” Principal Victoria said. Karen and Trica started explaining what happened. She called Kyle, Stan, and Tweek in as well. After hearing what happened principal victoria looked over to Kenny and Butters.
“First I want to say congrats on becoming Karen's guardians boys. It's not easy taking care of a child but if anyone at this school could it would most likely be you boys. Now onto what happened, I know that Mr. Cartman is mostly to blame for this, however, we have a no-violence policy at this school. I don’t want to but I do have to suspend Karen and Trica for three days, they will be able to come back to school on Tuesday.” Mr. and Mrs. Tucker thought that was a good enough punishment for the girls. Kenny and Butters agreed. They thanked the principal and apologized for what happened and made their way to the lobby.
“Boys, I can take Karen to our house with Trica, I know you boys have missed a bit of school recently and are going to miss more. I want both of you to get your diplomas so head to class,” Mrs Tucker said.
“Thank you, Mrs Tucker,” Butters replied. Karen hugged them and headed out with Trica. All of the boys had a gym in about 20 minutes and decided to drive up the road to Stark's Pond to smoke. All six boys crammed into Kenny's truck and headed up the road. Kenny took out two joints and passed one to the back. They were just hanging out and talking about random things.
“Hey Kenny, what time should we be at your place on Sunday?” Craig asked. It took a few seconds for Kenny's brain to compute the question.
“Uh, like nine. It's gonna take a few trips to bring everything to the new place. Stan takes Randy’s truck so we can have three trucks and one car,” Kenny replied.
“He’s not gonna let me take it,” Stan said.
“I’ll ask, he never says no to me,” Kenny bragged back. Stan flipped him off in response. Soon enough they headed back to school. The rest of the day went without incident and Cartman wouldn’t be at school for a week. Butters made it to the truck before Kenny did and just sat on the hood waiting. Kenny walked out of the school and headed for his truck. He saw Butters sitting on it and lost his breath. The sun was hitting Butters in a way that made him look like an angel. His golden blonde hair shined in the light and his sky blue eyes glittered. Kyle walked up behind Kenny and slapped the back of his head. He saw him staring at Butters and smirked.
“Ask him out, he’ll say yes,” Kyle said. Kenny looked at him with his mouth open. He tried to deny it but Kyle already knew he liked Butters.
“It doesn’t matter if he says yes, he’s too good for me. I don’t want him to settle for me and be unhappy forever,” Kenny said solemnly. Kyle was shocked, he had never seen Kenny so sad and down. It was like he had given up even trying to go after Butters. He grabbed Kenny and forced him to look into his eyes.
“He wouldn’t be settling Kenny, you work two jobs to support you and Karen and you go to school. That boy is in love with you and would follow you to the ends of the earth if he could. I know you love him too so don’t stop yourself from having something great,” Kyle said seriously. Kenny blushed and was speechless. He didn’t know Kyle had been paying attention to everything going on. He pulled Kyle into a hug and thanked him. He pulled away and grabbed his phone. He texted Karen telling her to stay over at the Tuckers tonight. Kenny had something to do. He said bye to Kyle and ran to his truck. Neither of them had work tonight and Kenny had an amazing idea.
“Buttercup, get your cute ass off my truck and get in,” Kenny said. Butters was spooked and almost fell off the truck. He blushed a little and got in. They left school and headed to their apartment. They got back and smoked quickly before starting their homework. They worked on it till about five, then Kenny started on his plan. He quickly looked through the kitchen to see if he needed to get anything other than what he was planning on getting.
“Butters I’m headed to the store, need anything?” Kenny asked as he grabbed his keys.
“No, thanks though. Drive safe,” Butters replied while still focusing on his work. Keny quickly made his way out of the apartment and to his truck. His leg kept bouncing as he made his way to the store. He was nervous, what if this didn’t go right and Butters hated him? He doesn’t think he could stay in South Park if Butters hated him. He shook himself out of those thoughts and pulled into the parking lot. He made his way inside and started grabbing ingredients. He was gonna make lasagna, but it takes too long. He decided on making chicken, salad, and pasta. He grabbed all the food and then headed to get flowers. Any great love confession needed flowers and candles. Kenny had a few at home but grabbed some nice ones and a bottle of Merlot. He checked out and made his way back to the apartment. He went over to the old lady who had all the cats to hide the flowers, candles, and wine. She loved Kenny and could see by the roses and wine that it was a special night. Kenny made his way into his apartment.
“Leooooo, I’m home,” Kenny yelled as soon as he opened the door.
“Hi Kenny, I’m in the shower,” Buttes replied. That image alone made Kenny's dick twitch.
“Okay, I’m starting on dinner,” Kenny said quickly. He lit up a cigarette and got to work. Butters came out in a towel about ten minutes later. He grabbed a cig off the counter and went to get clothes. He got dressed in short shorts and a t-shirt. The sight of Butters thighs almost made Kenny pass out. When he was just about done cooking he walked over to Butters on the couch.
“Butters, can you do me a favor?” Kenny asked. Butters looked up at him.
“Can you run to the gas station and get more cigarettes? Please," Kenny said.
“Yeah sure,” Butters responded. Kenny grabbed his keys from his pocket and passed them to Butters. He got up and grabbed his wallet and left. Kenny waited until he couldn’t hear his truck anymore and quickly started clearing the coffee table. He had about 10 minutes before Butters came back. He ran to his neighbors and grabbed the rest of the stuff. He set up the rest of the stuff and changed into nicer clothes. He heard his truck pulling up and quickly lit the candles and turned off the big lights. It was good mood lighting. He poured two glasses of wine into plastic cups and sat back on the couch. He grabbed another cigarette and lit it. It was the only thing calming him down and he didn’t want to be high if he was going to do this. He heard the door open and knew it was now or never. He saw Butters coming towards the couch and sat up. Butters finally saw why everything was dark. There were candles and roses on the table next to their dinner which looked amazing. Butters knows what this looked like and didn’t know how to proceed. Kenny saw that and did it for him.
“I- uh wanted to make you dinner as a thank you for helping with Karen,” Kenny said. It wasn’t a lie but it wasn’t the whole truth. He didn’t want to do that until after they ate.
“Kenny, you didn’t have to. I love taking care of Karen,” Butters said. Kenny just told him to sit down. His face was a little flushed considering what he was going to do. They started eating and too soon for Kenny they were almost done. Kenny put his silverware down and sat still next to Butters. He took a deep breath before tapping Butters shoulder. Butters looked at him after putting his silverware down. It's now or never you idiot, Kenny thought.
“Um, Leo, I need to tell you something. It’s not anything bad, at least I don’t think, but um,” Kenny trailed off. Butters grabbed his hand and looked into his eyes.
“Kenny, you can tell me anything,” Butters replied with a small smile.
“Okay, ya, um. Here we go. You are the best person in this entire town and stronger than anyone else and I know you're too good for me or anyone in this stupid town but I have to say this, even if you don't feel the same way. I’m in love with you. I have been for a long time, but I didn’t want you to have to settle for someone like me if you happened to like me back. You don’t have to even respond to this confession but I just wanted to tell you,” Kenny said. He blushed bright red as he started talking and it just got worse until he stopped. Kenny looked up at Butters and saw tears in his eyes. He went to ask what was wrong but Butters ran away into the bathroom. Kenny sat there and realized Butters didn’t love him back.