Style - Experimentation

Chapter 2

Kyle reads the web results quietly to himself, trying to sort them out in his mind. "Okay so... start by touching his thigh, rub upward, and squeeze? Weird. Then it says to make eye contact and smile softly, try biting your lip. This will make any teen boy forget about his worries and think only about the present moment... Weird as shit. I guess I can try it though." Kyle puts down his phone and resumes his lunch.

After school Kyle decides to stop by Stan's house to try and cheer him up. He knocks on the door and Stan's mother welcomes him inside. Kyle walks upstairs and opens stans door. Stan is laying down flat on his bed, staring at the ceiling.

"Stan?" Kyle asks as he turns the light on. 

"Oh, hey Kyle, what do you want?" Stan responds coldly.

"I'm here to cheer you up."

"How do you plan on doing that."

Kyle takes a deep breath and sits next to Stan on his bed. He positions himself on his knees, leaning slightly over Stan so he could see his face. Stan looks confused, "Kyle? Are you okay?". Kyle doesn't respond, he just focuses on repeating the instructions online. He places his hand on Stan's thigh, making Stan flinch. He moves slowly up his thigh, gently squeezing as he gets towards the top. He makes eye contact with stan, brushing his curly bangs behind his ear to see better. He smiles at him, then slowly bites his lip.

Stan's face turns red, and he cups his hands over his mouth, staring at Kyle with wide eyes. Kyle stares back, switching his gaze between both of Stan's eyes. Stan slowly exhales and sits up. He grabs kyles chin and stares into him.

Kyle's face gets hot, he jumps back. "What are you doing?!"

Stan tuts in confusion, "What were YOU doing?!"

"I was trying to cheer you up!!"

"By making moves on me?!"

"No! I was just doing that the internet said! It said this would cheer you up and make you focus on the present!"

"What did you look up?!"

"How to please a teen boy? Tweek and Craig said that's what I should do so I searched it up."

"KYLE YOU IDIOT!"

"WHAT?!"

Stan brings his palm to his forehead. "Kyle, go home."

"I don't understand."

"Leave."

Kyle scoffs and walks out of the room, "I was just trying to help."

When Kyle gets home he calls Craig to ask what he did wrong. When Craig hears what Kyle did, he starts laughing.

"HAHA!!! You did WHAT?!"

"You guys told me to please him! Google said that was the best way to do it!"

"Oh man, Ok. Tweek phrased that a little suggestively. What you did was sexual, he probably thought you were trying to fuck him."

"WHAT?"

"Kyle, you're an idiot. Imagine if he did that to you what would you think? Use your brain next time."

Craig hangs up, leaving kyle to think in silence. "I really fucked up." Kyle decides to call Stan. The phone rings for a while but it eventually goes to voicemail so Kyle leaves a message.

"Hey Stan, It's Kyle. I just realized what I did, and what it meant. I swear that's not what I was going for, I just didn't know the implications. I just want to make you feel good again. Let me know if I can do anything to cheer you up."

Kyle sighs and lays down on his bed, "What a mess."