Wanting Something Real (A Twyle Story)

Chapter 27

Tweek's POV

To go from being liked by everyone to instantly shunned was a lot to take in. With a small school like South Park most of our extra curricular activities after school was sports. The students who took band class mostly consisted of the same group of kids who played sports. Which meant there was less than ten people who could play in the pep band during any games. There wasn't enough students interested in anything outside of the regular sporting teams. With each graduating class having less than forty kids. Am I getting my point across of how small my school really is? 

Kyle wasn't having any problem with his classmates. Nobody at his school seemed to care that he was dating someone from a 'rival' school. Obviously his school doesn't find my school as competition since we haven't been able to beat their school at anything. Also Kyle going out with me doesn't seem to distract him from all of his sporting events. If anything Kyle has never played this well until he was purposely going out of his way to impress me. He told me that since his team found out yesterday they've referred to me as Kyle's good luck charm but then decided to include all of Kyle's sport team and not just him. So now his whole school thinks I'm the best thing that's happened to their teams. It's all superstition but still low key hilarious how everyone drew that conclusion so quickly. 

I had been dreading this morning. I was worried that Butters would be mad at me like the rest of the school. In my eyes he should be. I was a horrible friend for keeping Butters in the dark about an important person in my life. I wasn't in the mood to talk or return any text or calls I got after the game. I had a feeling most of them would be from Butters. I was too afraid to read anything negative coming from him or anyone else. On the car ride back to South Park my phone kept going off with one notification after another. It got to the point where I put almost all of the conversations in my texts on mute. The only person who could actually get a hold of me was Kyle and my parents of course.

I didn't know if Butters would pick me up like he normally does for school so I had planned on walking to school today. In my head that seemed like the best option to avoid everyone on the bus and Kenny who accompanies Butters in his car. So to say I wasn't surprised when the first thing I saw when I opened my front door was Butters who looked relieved that I actually left my house would be an understatement. I stayed silent. This is what I had been waiting for. Butters was going to chew me out for liking someone who is universally hated our school. He was going to give me a piece of his mind about the whole ordeal. Instead he brought me in close for a hug.

"Tweek!! Oh my gosh, why did you blow me off after the game yesterday?  I was looking for you and had no idea where you disappeared to. I had no idea if you made it home in one piece. I was worried sick about you. You didn't answer any texts from anybody including me. That's a big no-no mister!" He was talking so fast about my well being it took me a hot second to realize during all of his rambling he had not brought up Kyle once.

"So, you're not mad at me for going out with Kyle?" Way to go Tweek, ignore all of Butters concerns and bring up the one person only you seem to care about.

"Look Tweek.... I was just really surprised, that's all. It was really obvious that you and Craig weren't actually into each other. It was a kind act of you to stick it out for the sake of the town. You having the hots for Kyle is actually pretty interesting. Don't get me wrong, Kyle is really good looking. The way he seems to carry himself is the total opposite from you. You guys are like apples and oranges, you know?" He is giving off the vibe that he approves of Kyle. In my mind I was visualizing myself doing backflips. I couldn't believe it. I had a possible ally, I had to make sure it wasn't too good to be true. 

"But... He goes to a different school than me. You don't feel the same way that Kenny does?" I've been afraid to bring up the elephant in the room. He's the main reason why I didn't tell Butters anything in the first place. Butters must have known that I was going to address that eventually because he pulled away to face me with a *sigh* and a big eye roll.

"Sure, Kenny is pissed but I'm dealing with him." How Butters can get Kenny to change his mind on anything will always remain a mystery. "It wasn't too long ago when my parents didn't like him just because of his bad reputation. My parents gave him a chance and now I'm asking him to return the favor to Kyle. He's still on the fence though and I'm having a difficult time to get him to budge." Seeing Butters looking so worried about his relationship with Kenny because of my whole relationship with Kyle was making me feel more guilty. I'm wondering if the outcome would be different if I had told Butters about Kyle when I first met him in December.

"I'm not throwing Kenny under the bus or anything but he's the reason why I didn't tell you. I knew how he felt about Kyle and I didn't want you picking sides. There's been so many chances when I cou- should have told you. The one time that sticks out is when you covered for me at my families coffee shop before we went to the first home baseball game in town. I felt like a horrible friend for not telling you the real reason for my 'out of nowhere' interest in sports. Can you forgive me?" Butters worried face slowly turned to a happy one with a big smile.

"Of course buddy. You're going to need all the support you can. Let's go get some coffee first so there's just the right amount of time to head straight to first period without anybody to bother you before class starts." I had the urge to pull on my hair. Was I really that predictable?

"Thanks. Also, how did you know about me trying to avoid everyone today?" I mumbled out. I know Butters is my best friend and his answer will most likely be along the lines of; I've known you my whole life, we've been best friends for years, yada yada yada.

"I had a hunch. I felt the same way when people were judging the beginning part of Kenny's and my relationship At first I wanted to hide but that ended up making me look like I was ashamed of Kenny and that gave everyone the satisfaction of them being right." That wasn't the response I was expecting. Butters had paused realizing that he basically called me out for thinking my relationship with Kyle was a bad thing, just like everyone else is saying. "It's OK if you need more time though. I had Kenny for back up, whereas I feel I'm not as threatening as Kenny was." He tried to lighten the mood with a small chuckle. Butters was still worried about my well being though. It was obvious with his hand movements of rubbing his knuckles together. This only occurs when he's nervous. I would rather have that habit instead of my stuttering.

"It's ok Butters, in a way you're right. I'm done trying to hide my affection towards Kyle and I refuse to be 'iced out' by my peers for liking who I like. They don't have to agree with the choices I've made but overall they're MY choices and nobody should influence them." 

Big breath, here it comes....

"Especially Kenny and Craig."

Ok, so when I first started writing the chapters where Kyle and Tweek went out I was trying to think of different scents that each boy would carry well. I took inspiration from the many lotions, candles, body wash, and spray that I've accumulated over the years. Tweek's apple smell came from the Body Shop spiced apple body wash that I love. Kyle's orange smell came from the Bath and Body Works white citrus spray that I also love. A few chapters later I realized their scents were literally apples and oranges, much like their characters are to each other. I've kind of explained this before in a comment but thought it would be a nice tidbit of information.