Junior year and Stan was waiting by the school entrance for his friends, trying to ignore his once again ex as she walked past with Tolken. He was blasting music through his headphones as he closed his eyes hoping the music would help take his mind off her, but almost as if the world had something against him today, Bulletproof Love started playing.
“Oh you have to be fucking kidding me" Stan took a deep breath and started singing along.
As he sang along in almost a whisper Craig and his friends walked by, Craig noticed Stan and stopped.
“This isn't fair! Don't you try to blame this on me! My love for you was bulletproof but you're the one who shot me! And goddammit I can barely say your name, so I'm trying to write it and fill the pen with blood from the sink!" Craig jumped a little and Stan looked up to see the boy staring at him, his face immediately growing red, pulling out his phone and sending a quick text to his friend's group chat before rushing inside.
“Craig, are you ok?" Tweek asked as he tried not to twitch. Craig looks over at his friend and nods.
“Yeah I'm fine, but I think Stan is officially done with Wendy now"
“What do you mean? He's always chasing after her"
“Yeah but the song he was just singing didn't sound like he wanted her back."
“Maybe you're right- ack" Tweek twitched and looked down, "But it's possible that they'll get together again soon"
“Maybe, and don't worry about twitching, it's not something you can really control you know."
“I know, but I really want it to stop." Craig placed a hand on Tweek's shoulder, Tweek looked up at him and smiled. Just then the other boys ran inside.
“AGAIN!?"
“Why is it such a shock to you!?"
“Because it's Tolkien again!"
“You think he's going to go emo again?" Kenny Laughed as he was the last one to go inside the building. Craig and Tweek followed in pursuit to catch up with the others.
“Stan, you really need to drop Wendy, permanently. Your relationship with her isn't going to ever go well, it's been YEARS and it's still on and off!" Kyle scolded Stan as he just leaned against his locker, he noticed Craig walk by again and he immediately looked away.
“Dude are you ok?" Kenny asked looking around and immediately spotting Craig, he couldn't help but smirk.
“I know Kyle, but you know how I feel about her."
“And you're an idiot for not realizing she doesn't feel the same anymore"
“Kyle, I know. It's been a while now that they've been together"
“And you're just now telling us!?"
“I knew how you'd react if I told you again."
“Stan, listen, maybe you should be gay." Eric snickered
“That's not funny fatass!"
“Hey don't call me fat you fucking jew!"
“Shut up! This is serious!" Kyle shouted again. Kenny poked Stan, and pointed over to Craig. Stan looked up and immediately looked away again, his face red as could be. Kenny leaned closer to Stan and whispered.
“Do you happen to have a thing for Craig?"
“What!? NO!" the sudden outburst caught the attention of almost everyone in the hallways. "He just caught me singing and it's embarrassing!"
“Dude many people have seen you singing, what's the difference?"
“Well this one was more personal!" Stan shoved Kenny aside and went to class.
Kenny looked at Kyle and Eric and simply shrugged.
“What did you tell him?"
“Nothing important" Kenny smiled and walked away whistling.
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Craig followed Stan with his eyes, only to see Tolken and Wendy walk past them. Stan looked over at them and started walking with a much faster pace. Tolkien bowed and kissed Wendy's hand before she went off to join her group, Tolken headed over to his.
“Hey guys."
“Hi Tolken! ACK!" Tweek covered his mouth, Tolken simply patted his head.
“Dude, everyone is talking about you and wendy being the dream couple"
“Why did you decide to date Wendy again?" Craig asked, finally focusing on Tolkien again.
“Well I like her, and she just so happens to like me as well. She cut it off with Stan, why is that an issue?"
“It's not, it's just odd, don't be the same as they were. That's my only warning."
“If we break up again, we're breaking up for good. I'm not going to be toyed like Stan has been since we were 10." Clyde looked at the two and the bell rang. Craig looked at Clyde.
“I'm not going to be mean, but it's hella funny seeing you trying to be intimidating when you're short."
“I'm not even that short compared to you." Craig flipped Clyde off and made his way to class.
“Get going now you two, or you'll be late." Tolken commented, looking at both Tweek and Clyde.
“Let's go Tweek, we don't want to upset mama Tolken."
“Right" Tweek made his way to class as Clyde followed behind.
Craig entered his class, probably his only favorite class. Art. Not because he could draw, though he did like doodling red racer every now and then, but when there's these portrait assignments, he would see how focused Stan is. There was something about Stan that Craig just admired, maybe his focus? Maybe his skills? He isn't sure, but he's been catching himself staring at Stan for a while now. Stan was currently drawing hunched over and drawing a whale. Craig got up and walked over leaning over Stan's shoulder. Stan looked up and he quickly laid his head down on the desk as his face once again began to heat up.
“Nice drawing there" Stan looked up and smiled,
“Thanks.. It's a Sei whale"
“Sei whale? I thought it was a humpback whale"
“They look similar so I can see how that can be confusing, especially without color" Stan looked back down at his drawing.
“What do you know about the Sei whale?"
“You.. you actually want to talk about that?" Stan looked back at Craig as his face lit up
“Yeah, it seems cool" Craig sat down next to Stan.
“Ok! Where to begin!? Well the sei whales are the 3rd largest after the blue whale and the fin whale,"
“Fin whale?"
“I'll tell you about that one some other time, Sei whales don't like really warm or cold temperature water, I also say they're claustrophobic because they avoid enclosed bodies of water." Craig chuckled a little as Stan looked back at his drawing and continued.
“They have a lifespan of 70 years and when they migrate they go from somewhat cold waters to warm tropical waters, they can grow up to 64 ft and can weigh about 28 tons. They eat copepods and krill and some other zooplankton as well. They can swim up to 50 miles per hour which is pretty quick actually their name is after the pollock, a fish commonly found in Norwegian territory!" Stan put his pencil down and opened up his bag, he pulled out some markers and placed them on his desk.
“Oh you seem to know your stuff"
“Of course I do! I love studying sea life! It's really cool and there's so many animals!" Craig couldn't help but laugh, "What's so funny?"
“Nothing at all, it's just cute how you can go on about sea life for days"
“What?" Craig realized what he said and his face started to go red
“Nothing nothing! It's great that you have something you're so into and can talk about! That's what I mean, hahah" Craig looked away and continued to laugh, Stan couldn't help but laugh at the now flustered boy.
“Well now we're both embarrassed about something"
“Huh?"
“You caught me singing, and not one of my originals but a song that was relatable for my situation, was embarrassing to be seen singing that out there"
“You have a great singing voice though, it being an original or not, you shouldn't get embarrassed"
“You think so?"
“I don't think, I know," Craig smiled and patted Stan's head, as well as taking his hat.
“Hey!" Craig took his own off and tossed it over to Stan, "what are you-?"
“Just put it on, I'll give your hat back once I catch you singing again." Stan took Craig's hat and put it on
“Then get comfortable, cause that's not happening" Stan laughed, earning a smile from the other.
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Polar Opposites | Staig
Fanfiction⊹₊ ⋆Badly written & rushed⊹₊ ⋆ After Stan and Wendy break up yet again, Stan starts hanging out with Craig. As their friendship continues to bloom, so do their feelings for each other. Craig realizes it early on, as he enjoys having Stan around for...
