The Creature He Is

CHAPTER 10

Song: Paramore - Decode

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As the day, Saturday now, passes by, Craig mostly lounges around his house until he has to meet up with his friends at the set time at the fair.

By the time he arrives, Jimmy, Token and Clyde are already there. They decide to wait a bit, until Kenny and Tweek make it. Tweek arrives 5 minutes later, but Kenny is still nowhere to be seen and Craig starts to think he may not show, as more minutes go by.

"Let's just meet him inside," Clyde says, heading for the entrance with a turn.

"He might not be able to find us if we go in though," Token tells him.

"No, it's fine," Craig says, "you guys go on ahead, and I'll meet up with you all when he gets here."

Clyde frowns at that, "Come on man, you—"

"Oh!" Tweek exclaims, "I-I think I see him!"

Craig looks to where Tweek's gaze is, and his eyes quickly find Kenny's orange clad figure walking towards them.

"I'm late. Sorry," Kenny says as he reaches them.

"O-oh, that's q-quite al-alright!" Jimmy tells him, "L-let's g-get go-going g-guys."

"Finally," Clyde says and heads for the ticket booth.

"Do you have any money for admission?" Craig asks Kenny, as they walk over to it.

"I..." Kenny trails off.

"It's okay, I got it," Craig tells him. He had a feeling things might turn out like this, so he made sure to have some extra cash on hand just in case.

After everyone pays their admissions, which are bright green wristbands with the words 'South Park Spring Fair' written in bold black letters on them, they head in.

There's quite a large number of people attending the fair Craig notes, as he and his friends make their way through it, trying to pick what to do first and what rides to go on.

"I'm guessing this is your first time at a fair, right?" Craig asks Kenny, as his group of friends rush over to play a booth game.

"Being in one, yes. Seeing one... no." Kenny replies.

"You've seen one before?"

"When I was young. Couldn't go in it, even though I was curious about it, I wasn't allowed."

"Wait, is it okay for you to be here now then?" Craig asks, looking at him.

"It's alright. No one has taken notice of me yet, so I think it's okay."

"That's good," Craig says relieved. He didn't like the idea of Kenny being in some sort of trouble because of him.

"It took me a while to get here though, because of... well, you can probably figure it out."

"Your brother..." Craig trails off.

"Yeah."

"Does that mean he's around?" Craig asks and Kenny nods.

"He knows I'm here. It's not hard for him to figure out," Kenny tells him then glances at him. "But he also knows that I'm here because you're here as well."

"...Did you agree to come because I was going?"

"That's part of it," Kenny replies and a small subtle beat skips in Craig at it. "You did say being close was best," he adds, "and also, I was curious to be able to go to one."