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Kenny to say the least was.. a whore. Yeah, that’s a good word to describe him. He’d get money from different boys in his highschool to see if their girlfriends would cheat on them with him, which they did.
He was hypersexual, a sex addict if you must. Who knew he’d end up getting romantically involved with the most shielded and misogynistic person of the school, Butters?
They had always been friends, they hung out together a lot and Butters would always attend Kenny’s soccer games. When they won the championships, Kenny ended up kissing Butters right then and there, which shocked Butters but he kissed back ultimately. It was a struggle but surprisingly, Butters kept up with Kenny’s sex drive at first but soon was tired all the time, always focusing on exams or something, and Kenny couldn’t cope.
This was when Kenny for the first time in around.. 3 months, messaged a girl to hook up. Butters didn’t find out, he didn’t find out until Kenny came to their date at Bennigan’s disheveled, his hair a mess, his clothes obviously stained with sweat. He even smelt like sex.
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1 Year Ago — Bennigan’s
Butters had been waiting for a bit, he was pliant in his seat as he fiddled with his fingers. He was wearing dark blue jorts that were a bit big on him with a plain white shirt that was also a bit big. His silky smoothie face ruined by the scar over his eye that was completely blue, he was blinded from that one eye.
His hair was messy, almost in the state of Tweek’s since he’d been too busy to get a haircut.
Waiting and waiting, he almost lost hope before he saw Kenny run in the restaurant. He looked around before finding Butters and rushing over and sitting in front of him at their booth. “ Shit- Buttercup!” He said with a lazy smile.
It didn’t take Butters long to stare at him with sad eyes before seeing his state. His shirt was wrinkled, his hair was extra messy, his face looked sweaty and he smelled. He didn’t have much of a reaction besides sighing to himself and got up, walking out of the place, apologizing to the waiters first that he waited just to leave.
Kenny only widened his eyes and watched him walk out before chasing behind him, grabbing his shoulder which was quickly yanked away from his hands. “Buttercup! What’s up? Why’d you walk outta there like that?” He spoke while Butters turned around and looked at him, his eyes watery as he looked down.
“You’re cheating on me.” Is all Butters said before sniffling and looking up at him, looking him straight in the eyes.
“What? Where’d you get that from?” Kenny asked, faking confusion. A bit too exaggerated though. He was soon taken by the collar of his shirt which was yanked down, showing a series of red and blue lovemarks.
“You smell like— you smell like sex! I haven’t slept with you in weeks because I’ve been busy, so you go out and sleep with someone else?!” Butters said, his usual soft and low voice becoming a bit louder.
“No no, baby, you’ve got it all wrong—“
“Do I?! Kenny— you can’t- you can’t lie to me! I love you, I love you so much and you do this to me?” He said softly and wiped his eyes as his body trembled. He was cold but also fueled with all types of emotions, the heavy feeling in his chest not leaving as he felt like just screaming and crying right then and there.
How could this happen to him?
From a young age, he witnessed his father cheat on his mother, he was a victim of her pain and insanity. Yet, no one saved him. He’d never think he’d feel that way again after his parents getting arrested for abuse when he was in middle school. After being adopted by Strong Woman and PC Principal and their children. He felt loved for the first time in ages, now he’s back at square one, he felt.
“Butters..”
“I don’t want to.. I don’t wanna do this anymore. It hurts, Ken. It hurts really bad and I don’t wanna feel this way anymore.” He sobbed out while Kenny only looked at him. His eyes didn’t tell anything, or show anything.
Kenny pulled him in his arms and hugged him tightly. “I’m sorry, baby. I won’t ever do this again. I’ll never hurt you again, but you can’t leave me, please don’t fucking leave me, Butters.” Kenny said, his voice cracking slowly.
“You’re so busy all the time, baby. I just couldn’t handle it anymore, I’m so sorry, Buttercup. I promise I’ll change. Just please, don’t leave.” Kenny said while hugging Butters even tighter.
In his chest, he felt immense pain, but he couldn’t leave Kenny when he was vulnerable like this, hugging him so tight and loving him. God, he longed for this. Thinking about it now, it was his fault for being so busy. He should’ve prioritized Kenny more, he was always striving so hard to be high in academics, he completely forgot he had a boyfriend. Even if Kenny was always there, they weren’t having sex. It was his fault.
He slowly nodded and looked up at him. “You promise..? You won’t do it again?” He asked softly while Kenny nodded and kissed his forehead.
“I promise, buttercup. I won’t do it again, I’ll change.” He said as Butters nodded and smiled softly.
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A year later and Butters occasionally catches himself regretting ever forgiving him for the first time, because it just kept happening. Mind you, they were Juniors now. This happened in the beginning of their Sophomore year, it felt almost unreal that this was happening to him so young. He didn’t tell his parents because he knew they’d ban him from seeing Kenny, almost kill him too probably.
He loved Kenny too much to let him go. He was in denial everytime someone told him they saw Kenny visibly cheating, but all he’d say is that “he’s changing” or “that’s not him, he’s changed!”. It got so bad even his own friends had to tell him to his face.
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7 Months Ago — Beginning of Junior Year
Butters was in the library, he was busy doing an essay project for his geography world history class until he heard footsteps come up to him, a tap on his shoulder being felt. He looked back and saw Kyle, Stan, and surprisingly, Eric. He smiled and spoke in a low tone. “Hey, fellas!”
“Butters, can you come outside the library real quick? Like to the halls. We gotta talk.” Stan said as Butters tilted his head but nodded, walking out with them. Once they were out, he noticed the empty halls and the serious looks on their faces.
“Gee.. What's up guys? You don’t look so good.” He said nervously.
“You gotta open your eyes, man. Kenny isn’t good for you, Butters.” Kyle said which made Butters widen his eyes and soon shake his head
“What do you mean? He’s perfect for me. He loves me and treats me well.” Butters said while a frown formed on his face, his eyebrows furrowing.
“No he fucking does not, guys a slut.” Cartman said while Stan added, “You know he’s cheating on you right?”
Butters shook his head even more. “No he’s not, stop lying! He loves me just as much as he loves everybody n’ he said he was changing.” Butters refuted back as Kyle pinched the bridge of his nose. “Dude, you gotta get a grip. He’s not who you think he is. He’s a dick.” Kyle said.
“You’re just jealous. He’d never cheat on me again. You guys just wanna see me unhappy because you’re jealous he loves me.” Butters said and marched back into the library as all of them looked stunned.
“Holy fuck. Again?” Cartman said while they all looked at eachother. “Fucking Kenny, man. He’s manipulating the shit out of Butters.” Kyle said and tsk’d.
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Sometimes, he wishes he believed them instead of going into denial. But then he stops himself and shakes his head.
Kenny loves me. All of them are just jealous, they don’t have anybody like Kenny and they’re jealous.
With this delusion, he’s lost nearly all his friends. They’re all gone. He shunned them all out of anger from the bad talk about Kenny he heard from then. Soon, he heard a small knock on his room door.
Turning away from the desk in his room, he slowly spoke. “It’s open!”
Soon, one of his siblings walked in. “Hey, Emory. What’s up?” He asked.
“Kenny’s here to pick you up.” He said while Butters nodded. “Thanks, tell mom and dad I’m out, okay?” He said softly and smiled.
“Leo..? Are you okay? Me and the rest don’t think you look so good. You look a lot more tired and sad lately.” He said while Butters only shook his head.
“Aww, I’m completely fine, Em. Make sure to let the rest know. I’m doing perfect.” He said and ruffled his hair before leaving the house. While leaving he did have some thoughts.
His hair is a lot more messy nowadays, he’s lost a bit or maybe a lot of weight too. His eye bags are worse, they look like he had bruises under his eyes sometimes. He visibly looked a lot more tired and unhappy, he felt it too. He always felt drained mentally and even worse, he never got a break.
While entering Kenny’s car, he smiled at the sight of his boyfriend. Kenny kissed his cheek and held his hand.
“You look so good today, Buttercup.” Kenny said which made Butters lighten up a bit, flushing.
“You know I love you so much, right baby? No one could ever love you the way I do, Buttercup.” Kenny said while Butters nodded. That’s why he hasn’t left.
Nobody will ever love him like Kenny does.
Nobody will put up with him like Kenny.
Nobody will ever see him like Kenny sees him.
“I know, Ken. I love you too.” He said and smiled.
“No one will ever take you from me. If anybody tells you otherwise, I’ll kick their asses.” He said and kissed his cheek one more time before driving off.
That’s right. Nobody will ever love Butters more than Kenny does. That’s it.