Eric Cartman lay on on his couch completely bored. Though he had been bored almost the entire summer, for he hadn't been allowed to go to camp and all his friends had been. He normally hated his friends but he had to admit he was lonely without them. Especially his best friend.

However Cartman hadn't seen Butters for a few months, since the incident where he had almost ruined the relationship between him and Heidi.

"Damn Her."

Just the thought of that girl made Cartman cringe. It was her fault why Butters wasn't his, her fault why they weren't friends anymore. It was her fault for everything. He wanted them, desperately to break up. But he knew that Butters would just hate him even more, if he tried another scheme.

Liane Cartman, Eric's mom, and Justin Stoves entered the house. Justin was Liane's newest boyfriend. Liane was giggling at something that Justin had said as they entered the living room, where Eric was in. Liane told Justin something then went into the kitchen, so he sat down on the couch besides Cartman.

"Hey Eric," He grinned watching Cartman as the boy watched television.

Cartman ignored him and kept eating his bag of chips. Justin got a little annoyed and nudged him.

"What?" Cartman asked rudely "Can't you see I'm busy?" Though the was doing absolutely nothing.

"What's wrong gayboy? Don't have time for me?" Justin teased.

"Fuck off Justin," Cartman growled pushing him away.

"Aww come on. Don't be like that," Justin said.

Cartman rolled his eyes and flipped him off.

"Now you don't mean that, and put that finger down before your mother comes into the room gay boy," He smirked.

Cartman flushed from anger and tried to ignore him. He ate some more chips and stared at the screen.

"So.......how's being gay?" Justin asked jokingly.

"How's being an asshole?!?" Cartman growled "Because I really couldn't give a shit."

Justin laughed "Well you have anger issues, don't you fag?"

Cartman clenched his fists but tried desperately to ignore Justin. He absolutely hated Justin more than anything. He always made fun of him and even bullied him physically at times.

"Go away Justin," Cartman said feeling as if he was going to blow up.

Justin shook his head and relaxed more on the couch.

"Nah I'm comfortable here," He grinned "Plus my sexy straight self needs time to just relax," He explained closing his eyes.

Cartman glared at Justin "Would you just shut up about that?!" He yelled starting to lose it "Can you just stop being such a fucking asshole and shut up about me being gay?!"

Justin smirked.

"Why? What's wrong faggot? Embarrassed about your sexuality?"

Cartman didn't want to admit it, but he was.

"I'm not embarrassed you're just rubbing in," He said biting his lip.

He wanted to cry but he knew Justin would be a whole lot worse if he did. He wanted to call his mom for help but she had just left the house. The only thing Cartman could do was sit there and take it. For he had no friends to go to and no secret place to hide from the torment.

"Please just leave me alone," Cartman said biting his lip even harder trying to hide his tears.

Justin shook his head. "I need to become friends with you," He laughed "You are my girlfriend son anyways."

Cartman hated how his mom was so blind when she picked out her boyfriends, all she wanted was to have sex, and didn't care about their personalities.

"Just leave me alone." Cartman said "Or.......Or...." He trailed off, he tried to think of some way that could blackmail Justin but ever since Butters stopped talking to him, his scheme ideas had gone down drastically and whenever he did have one, it sucked horribly.

"You're gonna what?" He teased "Because to me, all you look like is a faggot."

"Shut up!" Cartman yelled tears pouring out of his eyes "Shut up!"

Justin laughed "Oh are you crying? That's not very man like little faggot."

Cartman cried harder and punched Justin in the face before running out of the living room.

"Fuck!" I'll get you back for that you little no good faggot!" Justin yelled at Cartman and put his hand to his nose. He pulled it away and saw blood.

Cartman just ignored Justin's warnings and ran upstairs to his room. He slammed the door and then plopped down onto his bed, crying.

"I hate it here!" He cried "I hate being alone! Why Butters..."

Butters had been the only thing on Cartman's mind for months. He missed the blonde so much, it hurt. He missed his smile, his hair and everything else he loved about him. He knew deep down it was his fault why they weren't friends anymore. It made him cry even harder.

"I need to see him again, I just need to."

Cartman sat up and wiped his his tears with the back of his hands. He walked to his desk and picked up the picture he had of Butters. It made him smile.

He folded the picture and placed it in his pocket, then quietly opened his bedroom door. He slowly crept downstairs and looked around, making sure that the coast was clear of Justin who was in bathroom cleaning his wound.

"God fucking damn it!" Justin could be heard from the bathroom, Cartman chuckled then walked out of the house.

He didn't really have an exact clue of where he was going. He couldn't exactly just walk to Butters's house and expect full welcome. He knew Butters was mad at him, so going there unannounced wasn't a good idea. Cartman thought for a moment of what to do before sighing. He took out his cell phone and slowly dialed Butters's number before holding the phone to his ear.

Butters was in his room, drawing a picture of kittens, when he heard his phone ring.

"Hello?" He answered it.

"Hi, ummm Butters.....this is Eric," Cartman said slowly "Can I come over?"

Butters momentarily froze. The boy who almost made him and his girlfriend break up was calling and wanted to come over? He couldn't believe it! But Butters did feel lonely. Since his friends were at camp and he was stuck at home, grounded for the summer.

"Why?" Butters asked coldly.

He wasn't just going to let Cartman come because he wanted to. The brunette had caused a lot of pain to Butters and letting him just waltz through wasn't the thing to do.

However Butters did miss Cartman a lot. He'd think about him from time to time and oddly blushed when doing so. Butters was awfully confused by this and was also confused to why he was blushing just talking to Cartman.

"I need to talk....to someone," Cartman said slowly.

"So?" Butters asked. "Why me? Isn't there someone else you could talk to?" Butters didn't mean to sound so harsh, but then again, Cartman did hurt him a lot.

"I.....You know that everyone is at camp or visiting family or some kind of shit like that." Cartman told him.

Butters sighed knowing Cartman was right "But why should I let you come? You really hurt me earlier Eric, and it still stings."

"I know...." Cartman said not really knowing what to say "Butters I'm sorry."

"Yeah you should be," Butters said he didn't want to be so mean but Cartman's words still hurt "I mean you can't just expect me to be all forgiving after everything."

"I don't expect you to forgive me," Cartman said thinking "I just want you to hear me out.....please."

Butters started pacing back and forth thinking. Did he really trust Cartman? Did he even want to see him? He sighed. He felt lonely but would that overpower his anger he felt towards Cartman?

"Fine," Butters said eventually said with a sigh "You can come over."

Cartman couldn't help but smile widely. "Thank you Butters! I'll be right over." He said then hung up.

Butters looked down at his feet.

Hope that wasn't a mistake He thought to himself But I do miss him.

He felt a small blush form on his face and he felt warm inside. After awhile of just standing like a idiot, he heard a knocking on the door and ran downstairs.

He walked slowly to the door and opened it. His eyes at the sight of Eric Cartman.

Cartman smiled at Butters.

"Hey Butters I'm so glad to see you!" He said then blushed slightly, realizing what he said.

Butters couldn't help himself, he smiled a little and stared at Cartman for a few minutes. Cartman had lost a few pounds and gained more muscle along with a new haircut.

"Umm...Can I come in?" Cartman asked and looked a little nervous.

"Oh yeah," Butters said snapping out of it. He moved out of the way, so that Cartman could walk in. Butters couldn't help but look at Cartman as he walked inside.

Am I checking him out? He thought blushing a little What's wrong with me?"

Cartman turned to Butters and smiled slightly.
"Um so I guess I should tell why I wanted to come."

Butters nodded slowly, not really listening to him, he was too distracted by Cartman's appearance.

"Ummm...So I came to tell you that I'm sorry.....and uhh..." Cartman looked at Butters who seemed distracted.

Butters was staring at Cartman's chest, not really paying attention to what Cartman was telling him. He bit his bottom lip gently, blushing slightly.

Cartman looked around "Umm, Butters maybe we should go somewhere more private?" He suggested.

"Uh where?" Butters asked moving his eyes down to Cartman's legs.

He's kinda hot....." Butters thought shaking his head.

Cartman thought for a moment. He wanted to tell Butters so badly that he was in love him. Though he knew Butters was straight and would never go for him. However he was going to explode if he didn't say it.

"Let's go to the roof," Cartman suggested "It's very private up there."

"Ummm okay sounds good!" Butters said and then quickly turned around, leading Cartman up to the roof.

Damn it, what's wrong with me?' Butters asked himself.

Cartman followed Butters, fidgeting slightly. Thinking about what he was going to say once they were up on the roof.
Butters opened a door that revealed an old looking staircase.

"Umm.....nobody's been there in awhile though." He said "So things might not be so safe."

"It will be alright," Cartman assured him walking up to the stairs.

Butters sighed and followed him. He had no idea why he was checking Cartman out and feeling so....strange about him. Butters had thought of himself as straight and always wanted to be that way. He was told his whole life that being attracted to males was wrong.

However this never really bothered Butters because he always had crushes on girls but Cartman looked good to him, and not the right kind of good.

Oh hamburgers do I have a crush on Eric?' He thought to himself.

Butters shook his head at the thought. Then he saw the door and opened it for them. He let Cartman go outside before he closed the door behind them.

Cartman walked around the roof a little, trying to find a relatively clean and nice place to sit. He finally found a place it near the edge and sat down.

Butters saw him and then quickly sat down next to him, but left room in between them.

Cartman cleared his throat and sighed. Butters wasn't looking at him, he was trying to get the "bad" thoughts out.

"So how have you been?" Cartman asked trying to ask.

"Okay," Butters said rubbing his knuckles together nervously.

"Um is Heidi okay?" Cartman asked though he didn't want to.

"Oh well I don't know," Butters said getting a little angry at the mention of that name.

"What do you mean you don't know?" Cartman asked him, a little confused to why that was.

"Well....She hasn't been sending me letters lately...." Butters informed him.

"Really?" Cartman said, his spirits lifting a bit more and a smile was trying to fight itself into his mouth.

Butters nodded sadly "Yeah and I don't know why."

Cartman wanted so badly to scream and hug Butters but calmed himself.

Butters sighed once more. The truth was he did know why. After Cartman and Butters had the huge fight, Heidi kept insulting Cartman. At first Butters didn't blame her but eventually he got very sick of it and broke up with her. He still wanted to be friends but he supposed she didn't.

"We broke up," He admitted.

Cartman's eyes widened "You did? I'm so sorry," He smiled widely.

Butters looked down at his hands, not noticing Cartman smile.

"Yeah," He said sadly. He didn't want to tell him why though.

Cartman couldn't hold it in anymore, he hugged Butters tightly and kissed him on the lips.

Butters eyes widened in surprise.

Cartman closed his eyes tightly, he never wanted to let go. Butters's eyes widened so much he started to tear up. He felt himself wanting to kiss back but something was stopping him. He placed his hands on Cartman's arms and pushed him away.

"Eric?" He asked extremely confused "Why did you do that?"

"I....I.." Cartman said blushing "Butters I need to explain something to you, explain why I hated Heidi."

Butters nodded "I'm listening," He said, shaking a bit.

Cartman told Butters the truth. That he was jealous of Heidi because she was with him. That he loved him and had for awhile.

"So...." Butters said, everything started to click into place. "That rumor you started....was only to get me to break up with Heidi because you were jealous?"

Cartman nodded. He didn't want to say anything else because he just felt bad.

Butters looked down and took a deep breath, closing his eyes. He felt himself blush at the thought that Cartman loved him. He glanced over at the brunette, resisting the temptation to kiss him again.

"Well Eric," Butters giggled "I honestly don't know what to say."

Cartman smiled at him. "You can kiss me again?" He suggested with a smirk.

Butters blushed. He shook his head, he felt confused. He didn't know what to say to that and looked away from Cartman.

"I...l..." He started.

Cartman sighed and touched Butters's hand. Butters jumped at the contact but didn't pull away. He stared at their hands for a moment before interwinding their fingers.

"Do you like that?" Cartman asked trying to be confident but he was blushing madly.

"I...I...I.." Butters stuttered but nodded. He took a deep breath and looked into Cartman's eyes.

They were beautiful to him and he felt himself falling in love with his best friend as they looked into eachothers eyes.

It wasn't right, but he honestly didn't care and scooted closer to him.

Cartman smiled at Butters then leaned forward and kissed the blonde again.

This time, Butters didn't pull away or hesitate, he gently kissed Cartman back, and blushed madly.

Cartman squeezed Butters's hand as they kissed. Butters felt his heart beating very fast and he just melted into the kiss. It felt amazing, more amazing than kissing Heidi, or any other girl. They kissed for a moments before Cartman pulled away and smiled.

"Will you go out with me?"

Butters blushed and answered that question simply, with a kiss.