17 Crimes [discontinued **read desc]

Let's Love, Like 17

After the day's events, Kenny decided to return to his dorm. Huffing, he flopped onto the bed closest to the door, not caring if it was his or not. One of them was, but by all things damned, he just couldn't bring himself to care.
'Today was just way too stressful.. Craig is such a heartless bitch sometimes...' Kenny glared at the ceiling. Letting out a load groan, he threw the soft pillow he was laying on across the room, knocking miscelaneous things off the center desk. Even though he was mad at Craig at the time, he knew he couldn't be mad for long. He never was able to. Craig had some kind of spell on Kenny to have him so easily wrapped around his stupid finger. He hated how easily he forgave Craig, even for small things like this.
It frustrated him to seemingly no end how he didn't understand why he did. It was just something he couldn't help doing. He wasn't a very forgiving with Eric's little group, or with Craig's other friends like Tweek and Clyde, but Craig himself was somehow so fucking precious and special. Then, a knock on the door..
"Who and what?" Kenny's voice came out a bit harsher than he'd admit, but again, he couldn't bring himself to care much.
"Hey, Kenn. It's Eric." Oh. He wasn't expecting him of all people. Nonetheless, Eric let himself in as he spoke. His voice unusually soft.
"Oh. What do you want?" Kenny sat up now, suddenly very serious as Eric never normally acted like this unless something was wrong.
"Nothing bad, don't worry," Kenny's shoulders suddenly went lax "I heard about what happened with Craig and wanted to make sure you were ok??" Eric was obviously tredding very lightly. Kenny sighed then. Obviously Tweek must've blown the entire thing out of proportion.
"Ok.. what did Tweek say?" Propping his head onto his hand, which was leaning against his knee.
"Tweek told me that Clyde had followed you when you went to look for Craig, and.." Kenny subconsciously droned him out. Eric of all people worrying about him? It seemed almost like a joke after all the shit he'd put him through. He took this time however to really take a look at Eric himself. He was pretty tall now, and he ended up doing a whole weight loss journey from fat to muscle, so he was kinda toned. He'd never say it, but he admitted that Eric had become more attractive with age. On the other hand, refferencing to himself, he'd gotten thinner; lanky almost. If Eric really wanted to, he could throw him across campus. A small smirk formed on his face at the funny thought, but hid it behind his hand, pretending to take Eric's words into consideration.
"...then Tweek said he'd seen you limping when you came back, Craig seemed rather pissed off too, but he told me you guys got into a fight-"
"Wait, wait.. hold on, go back. Tweek told you what now?" Kenny shook his head in disbelief. What a dumb misunderstanding..
"Yeah, he said you guys got in a fight, but Clyde kept laughing at him for some reason?? I mainly came to ask what really went on, but yeah, that's about what was told to me." Eric explained as Kenny gave him a deadpanned look. Shaking his head again, Kenny decided to tell the truth for once in his life. Letting out a much needed breath, and spoke finally.
"Look, Craig and I never got in a fight. A physical one I mean.. I... tripped.. and fell.. then Craig showed up, bitched at me, got into a bit of an argument, then that was about the end of it." He shrugged at the end, finally getting it off his chest ever so slightly. Eric gave out a long 'oh' in understand and slowly shook his head. Kenny could see him hesitate with his words again, so he waved his hand as to say 'out with it'. Thankfully, Eric understood.
"So.. how come you forgave him?" Kenny's heart skipped a bit, eyes fluttering, as he sat up a bit straighter. Eric saw that Kenny usually did this as a defense mechanism, so he prepared himself for whatever thing he was about to say. Kenny narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms, "I never forgave that asshole. What are you on about!?" Eric gave him a small smirk, clearly understanding where this was going now.
"Look, Kenny.. I may be a bit of an airhead at times, but I can read you better than you think I can." Eric gave him a knowing look as his face flushed over, not because he was embarassed to admit his feelings, stupid, but because he wouldn't back down to Eric fucking Cartman of all people.
"Hop off my dick, dude. You don't know what I do or don't feel, got it? Stop acting like you do.." He stumbled over his words ever so subtly, but Eric, being the oh so observant smartass he was, picked up on it. He decided to see how far this would go..
"Oh, sure Kenneth. Whatever you say." His words were playful and mocking. Kenny, as expected, put up his means of defense; which was just backing up to the wall and curling his arms around his knees. Kenny was never one to openly admit to vulnerability, so he'd defend himself in subtle body language cues that meant various things. He heavily relied on it when they were younger, but Eric wasn't as observant of the behaviour then as he is now. He understood Kenny on a whole new level him. He in fact admired Kenny for the use of his body language skills, but, much like the thinner boy, would never openly admit it.
Kenny crossed his arms even tighter, if that was even possible, and turned his face away. Eric got up from the other bed and went to sit by Kenny. He pulled the smaller boy towards him with his arm, who just let it happen. Eric was a sweet guy when he could be, so he just allowed it to happen. Eric rubbed his hand through Kenny's soft, dusty hair, a motion that he realized Kenny enjoyed. Their other friends would make fun of them and assume they were together if they were here, which caused him to give out a small chuckle, but Eric decided that he didn't much care what anyone thought. Kenny made him a better person, so he showed his appreciation in.. strange ways. Almost acting like a couple with Kenny made him feel.. weird, but a good kind of weird he thought. Kenny didn't seem to mind the affection Eric showed to him, so he'd take what he'd get..

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-As we experience these troubling times for Kenny, we see that he's not the only one who's struggling with his feelings and emotions, but Eric as well-
A/N: So, it's been awhile. Haha, but we're back for good until this is finished. (: I decided to include some affectionate Eric, as I think it's a really cute concept, and I view kenman as a really fluff relationship, so for those who like that ship, enjoy this little snippit of cutesy fluff between them.
This is kind of a filler chapter, showing the inner turmoil of what Kenny feels, but I hope you liked it anyways <3