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The Dare
All in Kenny P.O.V.
"I dare you to ask out Stan, if you say no then you have to suck my balls," Cartman exclaims.
As I heard Cartman say those words, I felt horrible but it was truth or dare, I can't say no. I do like Stan but I don't know how he feels about me. Why is Cartman like this? I always act like I am only attracted to girls, I say I love just women's books. To be completely honest I like both, girls, boys, I don't care.
"Do I have to do it right away, or can I plan it first," I question through the fabric of my hood. It comes out sounding more like, "Mr phm mm ph hm mrm rmm rfm mrrrrpm"
"What did you say, Kenny? I honestly can't understand, man," Cartman asks me. I hardly take down my hood but I feel like I have to right now. I put my hood down and repeat what I had said.
"Ohhhh, yeah dude that's fine, you can have three days to plan it. When Stan finds out it was a dare it's going to be so funny. He's with Wendy anyways. He's actually going to think that you like him. He'll be so weirded out by it because you're poor, embarrassing, hey Kenny," he teases me. Cartman is such an asshole, just because I'm poor doesn't mean it'll be more embarrassing.
"Cartman, what the fuck is wrong with you? It's somehow more embarrassing because I have less money? Why don't you ever care about people's feelings?! You suck," I shout. He just looks at me with his eyes widened.
"Well… See you tomorrow Kenny, it's getting late, my mom probably worried," Cartman lies. I'm glad he decided to go home though, I can't deal with him right now.
What am I supposed to do about this dare? I don't want to ruin my and Stan's friendship. I have to come up with a plan, just so I don't get hurt.
I get an idea but then immediately get the thought interrupted by my parents screaming at each other again. I hate when they do this, all the arguing makes me crazy.
Tears start to threaten to fall but I hold them in. 'Goddammit Kenny, you can't cry, real men, don't cry.' I can't help it, the tears fall, at least it's silent. Why won't they just stop, I get an idea. It's probably a bad one, but I'm going to come out to them, so at least they won't be yelling at each other. If I get kicked out then I have an excuse to ask Stan if I can stay at his house.
I knock on their bedroom door. It was too quiet of a knock so I knocked again, this time I heard them go quiet. My father opens the door.
"What do you want, Kenny?! Your mother and I are busy," he yells. I flinch, which is actually pretty frequent when he yells. My mom shoots him a dirty look.
"WE'RE NOT BUSY, YOU’RE AN IDIOT! YOU'RE BUSY BEING AN ASSHOLE, " My mom shrieks. God this is so annoying.
"YOU'RE TOO BUSY TO LISTEN TO YOUR SON TELL YOU HE LIKES BOTH GIRLS AND BOYS," I snap, oh fuck.
"KENNY MCCORMICK! YOU WHAT?! GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE, YOU CAN'T LIVE HERE IF YOU LIKE BOTH," Mom shrieks again.
I listen and leave, crying more than ever grabbing my very few belongings. I walk to Stan's house and knock on his door. I've done a lot of knocking tonight. As the door opens I see Randy Marsh, Stan's father. He just looks at my tear-filled eyes and yells for his wife, Sharon.
She comes out to the door and looks at me, "Kenny, what's wrong, come in, I'll make you a hot cocoa." I go inside, then I see him, it's Stan. How will I explain why I'm at his house.
"Kenny what are you doing at my house, and why are crying,” Stan asks, confused. I just keep crying. He pulls me into a hug and just shushes me. Why is Stan so nice, getting rejected is going to hurt more because of it. My tears slowly stop falling and I feel my chest stop hurting.
"I-I got kicked out of my house because I'm bisexual," I respond, giving him a sad smile, "You're the only one I can trust because I know you won't judge me," I finish.
"Kenny… I'm so sorry, that must suck, you can stay here for as long as you want," Stan gives me a small reassuring smile. I feel my face get a bit red. "You can sleep with me in my room."
"I-in your room? Really," I ask. Stan looks at me like he's confused. I've slept here plenty of times but why does this feel different. I remember the dare Cartman gave me, oh right.
"Where else would you sleep? On the couch? You know I wouldn't want that," he teases me. My face gets more red. Stan grabs my hand and takes me to his room. I give him a genuine smile.
I think I'm going to do the dare tomorrow. I take a seat on his floor. Then he looks at me and puts his hand out, "You're sleeping on the bed with me." I smile again and get up laying in the bed. Stan gets in bed next to me, I wish this could be our future. I feel my eyes get heavy and I fall asleep.
"I wish you could know I love you, Kenny," I'm sure I hear Stan say. It could be my brain playing tricks on me though. Thinking about what Stan might have said I fall into a deep slumber.
In the morning
I wake up to feel warmth around me, then I look beside me and see Stan's arms around me. Then I see Stan wake up, so I pretend to be sleeping.
"Kenny… You're so cute, you don't deserve this," he mumbles. I smile, I hope he doesn't notice. He pets my head and I decide that's the time to 'get up.'
"Stan? What did you say? Did you just call me cute? It's okay if you did," I begin, this might be easier than I thought. I smile at him and look at him.
"Uh- well yeah. You are cute, Kenny, I'm sorry. Um… I'm with Wendy, I shouldn't be speaking like this to you," his cheeks are showing a pink tint. I decide to lean in and kiss him. His dad walks in and sees us kissing. He just walks out and I hear him yell, "SHARON, YOU OWE ME TEN BUCKS!"
"If you like me Stan, then leave Wendy, you can't keep living like this. So Stan will you be my boyfriend," I ask, there I did it, I asked out Stan.
"Kenny, you're right! I like you! I want to be with you, not Wendy! Yes, I'll be your boyfriend, let's go to school," Stan agrees. He said yes! IN YOUR FACE CARTMAN!! I text Cartman, saying, 'I did it.'
"Okay, baby," I smile. Stan kisses me on the cheek and takes my hand. Stan's dad walks us to the bus stop.
"Bye, boys, have fun at school," Mr. Marsh grins. He's so nice, Stan's lucky to have him.
Cartman is just looking at our hands that are intertwined. Then he bursts out laughing, pointing at our hands. Kyle is looking at him annoyed, but also seems surprised.
"KYLE, OH MY GOD KYLE! THEY'RE HOLDING HANDS! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! KENNY AND STAN ARE ACTUALLY GAY!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO SKEWL AND EVERYONE SEE THIS," Cartman jokes. Why is Cartman such an asshole? I feel tears welling up in my eyes and my heart starts beating fast.
"WHAT THE FUCK CARTMAN!! KENNY CAME OUT AS BISEXUAL TO HIS PARENTS AND THEY DIDN'T ACCEPT HIM, HE WAS KICKED OUT OF HIS OWN HOME! YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO TALK SHIT ABOUT HIM NOW??? HE'S GOING THROUGH SO MUCH AND YOU ARE JUST LAUGHING AT HIM FOR BEING 'GAY' WHICH HE'S NOT, HE'S BI, IT IS IT'S OWN SEXUALITY," Stan shouts, making me flinch a bit. Cartman looks shocked.
"He did all that for a dare…? Why are you playing with Stan's feelings Kenny," Kyle demands. Oh shit, Cartman told Kyle.
"I'm not playing with his feelings, I really like him and the dare just helped me get motivated to finally ask him out," I explain. Stan looks at me confused again.
"Dare? You got motivated by a dare? Oh, Kenny you shouldn't have let Cartman manipulate you if you weren't ready," Stan tells me.
The bus comes and interrupts our conversation.
"Thank you, Stan, I love you," I smile, kissing him.
"I love you too, Kenny," he says, kissing me back.
"Awwww, look cupid me, we did it," Cartman says to what seems like air. Does he have an imaginary friend? That's a problem for another time.
We get on the bus and see Wendy crying, oops.
"Stan, you should've told me you liked Kenny earlier, I would've understood," she says.
"I was going to break up with you today, but you're right, I'm sorry, I hope we can still be friends," Stan replies.
"I hope we can too, I hope your relationship goes well, and you're happy," she gives a sad smile.
"Thank you for being understanding, Wendy," Stan thanks her.
The day goes pretty well, Tweek and Craig are happy that they're not the only gay couple in the school. The principal is supportive and everyone is handling it well.
I'm happy that Cartman gave me that dare or I would've never come out of my shell.
"Hey! Cartman wait up," I yell.
"Um, yes Kenny? What do you need," he queries.
"Thank you for that dare, it really helped me get more confident and got me in a great relationship," I exclaim.
"Oh, uh, you're welcome Kenny," he says.
"Well, that's all, see you tomorrow, bye, " I leave.
That dare was amazing.