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"Mom. D-Dad.." Butters says, stuttering a bit as he rubs his knuckles together, a nervous habit of his. "We..er.." He looks at New Kid briefly before looking back down at his hands. "..have something important to tell you."
"Yes Butters, what is it?" Stephen asks, looking up from his newspaper. Linda has her hands on her lap as she waits for Butters to continue.
"Um, first off.." He lightly bumps his knuckles together as he thinks over his words. New Kid places his hand on Butters' shoulder. Butters looks back to him, flashing a small smile. With a deep breath, he says, "I'm pansexual."
Linda and Stephen look at each other. "And what's that?" Stephen says cautiously.
"B-basically it means that I don't see, uh well, gender or sex in someone? L-like I suppose you could say that I'm gender-blind. I can like someone despite of what they are or have. At least, that's what New Kid here explained to me." A cautious smile etches itself onto Butters' face again which New Kid reciprocates. "Oh, and.." Butters extends his hand out and New Kid takes it immediately, interlocking their fingers with the blond's. "We're dating."
"Aww!" "What!?" Both parents exclaimed. Butters is taken aback from his father's outburst.
"You're with this kid?" Stephen angrily asks.
"Waaa!" His hand squeezes New Kid's tighter as the whitish haired kid glares daggers at the father. "Y-y-yes! I really really-!"
"How long!?"
"I-i-it's been a few months..."
"God, I knew this was gonna happen..." Stephen stands up and throws his hands up in the air, exasperated. "It wasn't enough that you made him ungroundable, but now you're fucking him!?"
"What's fucking-?"
"That's it mister! I may not be able to ground you anymore but I can for sure forbid you from whatever relationship you have with this boy!"
"H-he's not really a boy, he's-" Butters tries to correct.
"I don't care what he is! You're not dating him and that's that!"
"But..."
"Stephen." Linda gets up and places her hands on his shoulders to calm him. "You're too angry. I'll deal with this."
"What are you going to do?"
"Just leave it to me."
He sighs. "OK. Fine. I'll be at the bar..." He heads to the door and leaves. She sighs and turns to the kids.
"...Mom before you punish me, let me just say this..." He squeezes their hand. "I love him. Very much. I may not have known them as long as my other friends but I can say for sure that our bond is the strongest out there! He makes me feel safe, never judges me and just all around is such a neat guy! I hope that we'll stay strong when we're well off when we're adults." He looks at his mate, cheeks dusted a light pink. New Kid on the other hand is red and does his best to keep from just pinning the boy and covering him in kisses. Instead he squeezes back.
"I love you too, Leo.." Both blondes were taken aback from New Kid's voice, Linda more so.
"I'm not gonna punish you." She says with a tear in her eye.
"Huh? You're not?"
"No." She wipes it away. "I can see how much you both mean to each other." She bends down to get to eye level with them. "I've seen when you play and hang out together that you make the other incredibly happy."
"I wish dad could see that." Butters looks down.
"I'm sure he'll come around eventually."
"You think so?"
"When he comes back, I'll talk to him and we'll sort it out."
"So does this mean I'm not in trouble and can keep dating New Kid?"
"Yes dear."
"Whoopee!" Butters says, twirling around. Grabbing New Kid's hand again, he takes them outside to play.
"That went a whole lot better than I thought it would!"
New Kid nods. He expected his father would take issue but was surprised that his mom didn't just agree with him like she usually does. That makes this a whole lot easier.
"Hey New Kid?" They look at Butters. "What's 'fucking'"?
New Kid blinks a bit as a smile stretches itself across the white haired kid. Putting an arm around his boyfriend, he guides him over to a private area then pulls out his phone.