Creek - Crush

Chapter 35

"Craig..." Thomas says in a low voice. "Can we talk?"

I sigh. "Anything you have to say to me, you can say in front of him. Plus, none of us are in a position to relocate."

"... you know I really like you... And I guess I can understand why you would avoid me, but... haven't you ever had a huge crush before? It's hard to..."

"Yes, Thomas. I have had a 'huge crush' before. For four years, I was helplessly in love with Tweek."

Thomas looks down. I think he finally understands he doesn't have a chance.

Tweek, on the other hand, looks very proud.

The school speakers come back on. "Lockdown over. Thank you."

We all stand up. I stretch out my back because laying on the floor for that long did a number on my back.

Tweek and I pack our things.

I say one last thing to Thomas. "I assume you won't be needing me to tutor you from now on?"

He slowly nods.

"Goodbye, Thomas."

With that, I take Tweek by the hand and we walk out of the school together. There are still police cars parked in the front of the school.

"Shit..." I mumble as I feel around in my pockets.

"What's wrong?" Tweek turns to look at me.

"I left my phone in the library. Go ahead to my car. I'll be there in a minute."

He nods and walks off to the parking lot.

It's not like me to forget things. That conversation must've scrambled my mind.

I return to the library, where my phone sits untouched on the table.

"I'm going out for a moment. Don't cause any trouble." The librarian briefly calls out before walking through the double doors.

I'm not going to watch the library for her. Tweek is waiting for me. I should get back.

Just before I'm able to wrap my fingers around the doorknob fully, I'm hit in the ribs with a sharp kick.

I'm sent tumbling back until I fall to the floor. All of the air was knocked out of me.

Thomas has tears in his eyes. "Stop playing with me..."

I get words out softly, my breath still not recovered. "What the fuck..?"

"You were doing that on purpose." He kicks me as I try to get back on my feet, effectively knocking me back down.

Was he always this strong?

"I held back when I fought your boyfriend, my -FUCK- Craig. But you decided to play with my emotions and flaunt him in front of me. I thought you were better than that. I won't hold back this time. You are going to regret this, love."

"Don't call me that, psycho." 

"Ha... That's funny coming from you. You are so obviously on the spectrum. You might be more mentally ill than I am."

"Excuse me?"

"Face it. You won't be able to keep him. Your lack of emotion will eventually push him away. The way you overanalyze things, the cold responses. I would've be- SHIT BALLS- been able to handle you, but an emotional person like him? Yeah right."

Woah. He really just called out all my internal doubts. I guess he has been watching me.

He kicks me again. I let him continue to take his anger out on me. I used to be more confrontational as a kid but now I would prefer to just let him get his anger out. I'm not against taking a beating if it means things will be over faster.

"You really not gonna fight back? I thought you were better."

His shoe slams into my shin. That fucking hurts.

"This is lame, Criag. Maybe I'll have to beat up Tweek too. Since y-"

Before I could even finish processing what he said, my fist was flying into his face. 

I didn't even try to hit him that hard but he went tumbling back. The next few moments were a blur.

Eventually, I found myself in Tweek's arms as he fixed up a few cuts on my face and ribs.

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Thomas ended up getting transferred out of South Park the next week. From there, everything seemed to calm down.

Tweek and I graduated and moved to the next town over to run the new coffee shop together. 

To think this all started with me failing to convey my feelings.

A future like this almost seemed impossible. 

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Thank you for reading Creek - Crush

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