soulmate || creek

[8]

tweek left the room, determined to find craig and discuss their situation. he was craigs soulmate, something that shouldn't be taken lightly. this whole situation made him nervous and was a major anxiety-fest of inner turmoils. he hadn't felt this anxious over anything in years.

he was at the top of the stairs and before he walked down he took a deep breath, bracing himself. he rushed down the stairs and once down there he seen everyone but craig. stan and kyle were tidying up the house and he approached them.

"hey, guys, how are you?" he fiddled his hands, never quite staying still.

"oh, hey tweek... how's butters? you were with him right?" stan asked.

"hey, tweek," kyle gave a small wave before picking up rubbish and putting it in a bag.

"yeah i was with him, he's okay. just, um, a little shaken. well actually a lot shaken. his dad is such an asshole."

"i'll drink to that!" a voice somewhere in the house shouted.

"that really sucks. i'm glad kenny did something and hopefully he won't touch butters ever again," stan said.

kyle piped up, "or else kenny won't be the only one he has to worry about."

stan nodded, "right! i never really knew just how bad he was treating him, otherwise i definitely would have done something..." he trailed off.

"yeah-yeah, i only really had a small gist of it too... by the way do you know where craig is?"

stan shook his head but kyle spoke, "i seen him looking around for something, maybe he's in one of the rooms? i never seen him go upstairs though."

"okay, thanks!" tweek continued looking for craig and went into the kitchen.

as he walked over he heard talking in the kitchen; his heart rate speed up. he entered the kitchen and seen wendy talking with bebe, nichole and red.

"hey, tweek!" she gave him a sincere smile and came over to him to hug him. "congratulations!"

"wha- oh-oh, thank you, wendy!" he smiled back, he noticed craig wasn't in here. "have you seen craig?"

"no, i haven't sorry. he was in here though."

"oh. thanks anyway, wendy, girls," he waved at them as he left the room.

he didn't know where craig could be. he felt like maybe he left and didn't want to see him, maybe he ran away so he wouldn't have to see tweek-

tweek crashed into someone and was knocked back into reality.

"oh, shit, sorry!" tweek looked at the person with wide eyes, like a deer in headlights. "craig!"

craig looked at tweek and smiled softly, "sorry, tweek."

tweek shook his head, "i came looking for- to talk- the soulmate thing?"

"oh, right..." craig frowned.

the look on craig's face made tweek's stomach twist. he felt sick and that, if craig had a choice, he would have chosen someone better to be his soulmate. he felt sick and wanted to run away from craig.

"i was going to find you, actually," craig spoke up. "i got distracted when someone started talking to me and i couldn't leave."

"oh... who were you talking to?" tweek was still feeling nervous but being in craig's presence calmed him down a little.

"it was pip, he was a little drunk i think? which was weird. he was crying and singing and his mood was all over the place. i left when damien found him and took him somewhere else..."

"oh, pip. yeah i seen him with damien but he was just sitting with him."

"so, this soulmate thing huh?" craig nodded vaguely. "i don't think we should talk about it here, is that okay? sorry. i just don't want people to... hear."

tweek smiled understandingly, "okay, craig. we can go to the coffee shop, i have a shift later if you want? since bare-barely anyone comes in much."

"that'd be cool-"

craig was interrupted by someone putting a hand on his shoulder while yelling his name.

craig rolled his eyes and looked at the person beside him, "what?"

stan grinned, "i'd hate to break up this touching lovey-dovey moment between you two, but would it be too much to ask for help to clean? it'd be way quicker, dude."

craig thought it over, "hm, what's in it for me?"

"what?! c'mon dude!" stan groaned. "fine, fine, i'll give..." he rummage through his pockets and pulled out a rumpled ten dollar note. "this. i'll give you ten bucks."

"yeah, i'll help," craig smirked. "thanks, dude."

craig took the money and put it in his own pocket.

"okay, well can you do the kitchen? me and kyle are almost done here in the lounge, since it's fucking trashed in here..."

craig nodded, "sure, dude."

craig headed into the kitchen with tweek on his heel. of what craig found out while walking around the house was that most of the mess in here was his own fault, since he had almost no recollection of the previous nights events. they began to clean the mess of the kitchen in almost silence.

while tweek cleaned up the benches, throwing all rubbish into bags and wiping down spilt drinks and food, he hummed a tune to a song craig had thought he heard before. the humming made craig smile though, and when tweek caught glances of him doing so it made his heart skip a beat, in turn making him grin.

they both finished up what they were doing, tweek taking out the rubbish and craig sweeping up the floors, and then went to see stan and kyle laying on the couch talking about random things.

"it's done, dude, your kitchen is clean."

stan gave a small thumbs up, "thanks for your help! i really appreciate it, man."

"i have to get going now, guys," tweek spoke up. "see you guys later. and i'll see you at work craig?"

"yeah, i'll see you there," craig's expression soften while looking at tweek, a small smile forming.

tweek began walking out of the house but not before waving and saying another goodbye. craig sat beside kyle and sighed deeply.

"i can't believe how whipped you are for him, dude," kyle turned to look at him and grinned.

"oh, shut up..." craig rested his arm on the couch and placed his head in his hand, turning away from his friends with a slightly red face.

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so... Speaking of music tastes kinda., i hc tweek to like punk music,, which is maybe just me projecting onto him,, and craig to like softer music? (i was thinking classical but probably not lol) but idk

and!!!!! i finally got tfbw and i love it so so so much!!!! bless up