Best Friend {Kenny McCormick x Reader}

Five: She's totally out of your league

Word Count: 3,342

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Kenny yawns, his teacher currently putting him to sleep with the boring lecture. He hadn't been getting proper sleep since Y/n started ignoring him. It's been a week without having an actual conversation with her. She's never been mad at him for this long before. And it's slowly killing him.

The bell rings, signaling the end of the last class of the day. Kenny gathers his stuff and heads to his locker. Spinning the combination lock, he opens his locker to grab his backpack. He turns around to leave but freezes when he sees someone standing behind him.

"Hey, Ken."

Kenny's eyes snap to look into the eyes of the girl who has overtaken his thoughts since last Friday. At least, more so than normal. She's got a guilty look on her face, making him feel bad. Though, he feels more relieved that Y/n is talking to him again. He smiles at her. "Hey."

Y/n's eyes jump from spot to spot, not being able to hold eye contact. "Listen, we need to talk about something important."

Kenny's mind races. 'What could she want to talk about? Does she not want to be my friend anymore? Did she get a boyfriend? Holy shit, please no-'

"Kenny?" Y/n waves a hand in front of Kenny's face, feeling worried. Usually, he doesn't zone out like this and always actively listens to her. "You okay?"

Kenny shakes his head, trying to get rid of his racing thoughts. "Sorry. Uh, yeah, did you want to go to my place?"

"That works for me." Y/n gives him a smile that doesn't quite reach her eyes. Kenny can see it but doesn't comment on it. "I'll meet you there. I know you have to pick up Karen from school first."

"Sounds good." Kenny nods in agreement, and the two go their separate ways. Kenny glances back once to see the back of Y/ns body. 'Whatever it is, please let it be good.'

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"You can do this," Y/n says, giving herself a mini pep talk. She is about to have a conversation with her best friend that could either ruin their friendship entirely or turn it into something new and exciting. Part of her is excited, hoping for the best. The other part is ready to run home and pretend like she never asked Kenny to talk.

She spent the last week thinking about everything and what she truly wants. Her biggest discovery was just how much she missed Kenny in the short number of days. It was almost torture not speaking to him and seeing the hurt expression on his face whenever she ignored him. She just knows that she won't be able to act the same around Kenny with these newfound feelings. That's why she has to confess and get it over with, even if it ends with rejection. God, she hopes he doesn't reject her. She doesn't want to lose him.

'Yes Wendy said Kenny likes me, but what if she is wrong? What if it was a joke? Wendy wouldn't do that to me. Right?'

A knock on the driver's side window snaps Y/n out of her thoughts. Her eyes glance to the blond standing outside her car door, giving her an obviously fake smile.

Kenny had been watching through the window of his house for her to arrive and saw she had been sitting in her car, deep in thought, for the last ten minutes. He was beginning to worry about her. "You comin' in?"