Kenny's POV
During the remainder of the day,I tried several times to get Butters attention. Which turned out more difficult than I anticipated. He had become a master of not crossing paths with me in the hallway, the classroom, and the cafeteria. On the off chance where I was in Butters crosshairs, it was a common occurrence that some girl would be going above and beyond to flirt with me. Not what I wanted for Butters to see. Just my luck. It hasn't dawned on them that my flirting days are long gone. I'm still holding on to hope that Butters will take me back. This might be my only chance. Butters made it crystal clear that he didn't want me in his life if I held a grudge over Kyle, which boiled down to not having Tweek's back. I was stupid to think that Butters wasn't a man of his word. That's one of his best qualities; integrity. He's the one guy who you can trust with anything and expect nothing in return. Tweek was the smart one to realize this before anyone else and claim Butters as a best friend.
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It's crunch time, I have to confront Butters and warn him about a vengeful Craig. Any minute the office will do an announcement to release both teams. This would be my last chance before I had to board the bus for our away game at North Park. Currently he's been idly talking to Tweek instead of working on his wood shop project. He obviously doesn't find the teacher too intimidating to call him out for 'screwing around'. I hesitantly approach the two and hope for the best. "Butters, I've been trying to talk to you all day. Can we maybe talk somewhere more private?" Tweek attempts to move away from the table but Butters locks his arm with Tweek's.
"Whatever you want to say to me, you can say in front of Tweek. I would rather not put myself in that type of scenario." Tweek was in an uncomfortable stance, looking down at his shoes. This put me in quite the predicament. If I bring up Kyle's prom in front of Tweek, I'll be chewed out for ruining the surprise. On the other hand if I mention Craig right now, which is a sore subject for Tweek I'll come off as being insensitive. I'm in a no-win situation.
"Uh, it has to do with Tweek. I would rather have him not know about the details though." That made much more sense but sounded awful out loud. Tweek looked more confused than ever and Butters was beyond frustrated. It was at this moment, where I knew, I had royally screwed up.
"Wow that sounds real nice Ken. I don't want to hear it! I'm not going to let you talk about Twe-." Butters got interrupted by the loud speaker. "PLEASE RELEASE THE BOYS BASEBALL TEAM AND THE GIRLS FASTPITCH TEAM FOR THEIR AWAY GAME AGAINST NORTH PARK. GOOD LUCK COWS!" I stood there in shock from once again being talked down to by Butters while half of the class was gathering their school items to leave the class. A few of my team mates nudged me making stupid comments about me needing to check my hearing or my personal favorite; your parka is tied too tight. I only wear that thing in the winter season and we're getting close to summer time. Everyone thinks they're funny enough to be the next Jerry Seinfeld. Butters is not so subtle motioning towards the door, jumping at any opportunity to get me as far away from him and Tweek. I sigh in defeat and trudge my way out of the tech building.
*Time skip to end of the baseball game*
We lost, not by much but we could have easily won if I hadn't dropped the ball several times or made bad throws. It was safe to say that my head wasn't in the game. Most of the team was going towards the bus but a few stuck around to watch the ending of the girls game. The atmosphere around my team mates was still a bit tense so I thought it would be smart to keep my distance from most of the team for the time being. The only guys who were hanging around the field was Clyde and Token, who I was assuming were watching their girlfriends; Wendy and Nicole. Speaking of girlfriends I happened to notice another guy who had showed up to watch his; David. This guy could be my saving grace. I have to get all of this guilt off of my chest. I discretely sat beside him on the wooden bleachers. It didn't take long for him to notice me and I was relieved that he didn't get up to move to another seat. That small action or lack of action gave me enough reassurance to tell him my side of the story.
"So I kind of, accidently gave Craig the idea that Kyle was going to ask Tweek to his prom and surprise-surprise, Craig didn't like that idea at all. It slipped out because I was mad about Butters ignoring me the class before. I just wanted to apologize for my big mouth and let you know to keep an eye on Craig. That guy is relentless when it comes to making Kyle look bad or stupid." He looked at me, taken aback with my sudden confession. Also looking around with a slight chance that I could possibly be talking to someone else.
"And you decided to become a saint over night? Why are you telling me all of this and not helping Craig?" Doubt, I should have seen that coming. My pride is definitely going to take a hit today after all is said and done.
"Look, I've come to the conclusion that Kyle isn't that bad. Ever since I've known him he's come off as an arrogant guy who thinks he's better than everyone in this hick town-"
"So you're jealous? Honestly I don't know why it's such a hassle for you guys to acknowledge him as a hard working guy. He didn't get everything handed to him, he had to work hard to accomplish anything, just like everyone else." He couldn't drop it with me just hinting that Kyle isn't the most horrible person in the world. David had to be persistent and is making me explain myself more than I planned on doing.
"That's part of the reason, the whole jealousy thing. Long story short, Craig had hyped him up as the worst guy on the planet since the whole Valentine's day fiasco, he didn't like Kyle much before that either. To top it off he was pissed when he was wrong about Kyle only pursuing Tweek to get under his skin. Basically the guy only thinks of himself and is totally disregarding Tweek's feelings about Kyle, even though they seem to be genuine. They are genuine right? If so, I feel like a complete idiot for not seeing what Butters has been trying to tell me all along; If Tweek is head over heals for the guy he must have some redeeming qualities that have yet to resurface and I shouldn't 'jump the gun' about him being bad." The last few sentences David had eased up a lot more. I think I'm in the clear, finally! It must have been a nice change of pace to hear Kyle being praised instead of torn down from someone besides Tweek and Butters.
"Oh it's real my friend and Kyle has it bad. There isn't anything or anyone who can keep him away from 'the apple of his eye' and honestly Craig is a big dummy for taking Tweek for granted. That little guy is the most loyal person I know. If I were you I would apologize to him because he's a really good friend to have in your back pocket."
Once again, everything comes full circle to what Butters has been saying all along.
Sorry for using any and all phrases 'under the sun'. If a sentence sounds funny or totally 'out of the blue' that's why. OK I'm done, two in a row is a bit much haha.
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