That was around fifth grade when Kenny made that deal with Death. Immediately, the next day, just like always, Kenny woke up in his bed. He rushed out of his house, ignoring the calls from his bum parents and lazy older brother. He ran to Butters's house and banged on the front door.

When Butters answered it, Kenny almost broke into tears again and hugged Butters tightly to him. Later, Butters took Kenny up to his room to explain what was going on. They sat on Butters's bed as Kenny tried to explain.

"I don't know if you remember, but I saved your life, Butters. We were by the old train tracks, and a train was coming and you were stuck. I tried to get you out but it was too late. Then, uh, Death came and I made a deal with him, so now you're back. And yeah..."

Butters stared at Kenny and Kenny waited for the reaction he knew was coming. Butters wouldn't remember anything and think that Kenny was crazy. He would probably politely chuckle and pat Kenny's back, saying something like, "Gee Kenny, did you eat somethin' weird last night? 'Cause that sounds like a nightmare."

"So..." Butters started and Kenny cringed, waiting.

"So...that wasn't a dream?" Butters whispered.

Kenny looked up, surprised. Butters looked at him with a disbelieving and sullen look on his sweet face. Kenny scooted closer to Butters and held his hand. "You remember?"

"W-Well, I remember being near to this very bright and shiny light. A-And I was gettin' real close to it but then s-somethin' grabbed me and pulled me away from it. N-Next thing I knew, why I'm back at my house and it's like n-nothin' bad happened."

"Do you remember the train?"

"...Y-Yes, I do."

Butters looked into Kenny's eyes, squeezing Kenny's hand. "How do you get, u-um, Death to agree to make me come back, Ken?"

Kenny sighed and gently rubbed the knuckles of Butters's hand. "I had to give you something. Half of my...my power."

"You have powers, Kenny? What is it?" Butters asked.

Kenny explained his strange immortality. How no matter how many times he faced death, he always came back to life. How no one would remember him dying. He explained that Butters now has the same powers. Butters looked slightly frightened at the news but he gently smiled and leaned in to hug Kenny.

"W-Well, gee Kenny. For you t-to that for me? Well, I'm really grateful."

Kenny hugged back, rubbing Butters's back. "I promise to keep you safe, Butters. I don't want you facing anything like that ever again."

"T-Thank you, Kenny..."

It was now seventh grade, and Kenny was waiting for Butters outside of the school by the bike racks. Since that day, Kenny kept his word and was always with Butters. His friends would question about it but they soon stopped caring and let Kenny do whatever he wanted.

Kenny made sure to keep Butters out of harm's way. He even stopped Cartman from bullying Butters. A little punch and Cartman would always back off, and whine and start those ridiculous crocodile tears.

They both grew more attached to each other. As much as Kenny loved his friends, well maybe except Cartman, his feelings for Butters seem to expend much more. Sure, Butters wasn't a hot girl with a huge tits, but that didn't bother Kenny at all.

Although, Butters's parents didn't accept their friendship. Butters's parents always had problems with Butters being around anyone and it always bothered Kenny. They were almost entering high school and Butters needs to learn that he shouldn't always listen to what his parents tell him to do.

"You got a brain, Butters. You don't need your mom or dad telling you what to think." Kenny says.

"I-I know, Kenny. But t-they're my parents and gee, I-I don't want them sore on me..." Butters answers.

"I don't know why they don't want me hanging out with you though." Kenny muttered, annoyed.

"Oh, t-they think y-you're a bad influence, but I know you ain't, Kenny! Why, you're my bestest friend ever!" Butters said and smiled at Kenny.

Kenny lightly blushed and just smiled back, ruffling Butters's hair. Kenny has done his best to keep Butters safe. Butters never faced anything near death and Kenny would like to keep it that way. He wasn't entirely sure if Butters really did have his powers. Chaotic disorders had calmed down around South Park for a while and Kenny hasn't died for a long time.

He knew, though, that something bad was going to happen and he was most likely to die again. As long as Butters was okay, Kenny actually didn't mind. He never got answers about his powers, and never knew what his stupid parents did at that cult meeting, but he wasn't sure if Death really kept it's end of the bargain. Kenny just didn't want to find out.

For now, he'll enjoy being in the comfort of Butters's room as they both read comic books together on Butters's bed with a flashlight because Butters's parents thought Butters was asleep. Butters kept muffling his giggles over the corny jokes the comics would crack and Kenny would try to skim through to find something dirty.

"Hey, Kenny?" Butters whispered.

"What's up, Butters?" Kenny whispered back.

"I just thought of somethin'." Butters whispered.

"What?" Kenny asked.

"Well, it's just, we're best friends, right? So, I was thinkin', you know sometimes after a while, y-you would get a girlfriend?" Butters asked as he nervously rubbed his knuckles together.

"Yeah..." Kenny said, wondering where this was going.

"Well, I-I was wonderin' why you ain't got a girlfriend yet." Butters stammered out.

"Why are you worried about something like that?" Kenny asked, putting his comic book down.

"I was o-overhearin' the girls talkin' and they were wonderin' why so it got me w-wonderin' too." Butters quietly said, blushing.

Kenny sighed and pulled Butters in his arms. "Butters, it's no big deal. So I don't have a girlfriend at the moment. So what? I think I would rather keep it like that for a while."

"You would? D-Don't you want a gal to hold hands with a-and kiss and all that other stuffs?" Butters asked.

Kenny silently chuckled and ruffled Butters's hair. "I hold hands with you."

Butters blushed and shyly whispered, "Yeah but you d-don't kiss me..."

Kenny stared at Butters and scooted closer to him. Butters's bed creaked a bit at the movement. "Do you want me to?" Kenny asked.

Butters's face turned a bright red and he shyly looked away. Kenny felt his heart beat a bit faster and he reached out to gently grab Butters's chin. He made him look back at him, staring into his eyes. Kenny felt himself blush and he tugged down his hood a bit. He leaned in close to Butters, making the boy flutter his eyes.

He closed the gap between them and kissed Butters softly. They both had their eyes closed as they kissed. It felt new and innocent to Kenny, and he liked that. They continued kissing like that until Kenny decided to try to add some tongue. The gesture made Butters gasp a bit and Kenny managed to sneak his tongue in. Butters moaned and it sent sparks down Kenny's stomach.

Kenny gently pushed Butters down on his bed as he kept kissing him. The wet smacks of their tongues were heard and the quiet moaning of Butters. They both continued on until they finally broke away to breathe. They were both staring at each other, lightly panting and flushed red. Their hearts were beating fast and they felt dizzy.

"Kenny..." Butters whispered.

Suddenly, Butters's bedroom door was slammed open. Both boys jumped and Kenny sprawled out of the bed. Butters sat up straight and looked scared. It was Butters's father and he looked very pissed.

"Butters! Just what do you think you were doing! Why is that boy here! You are so grounded, mister!"

"A-Aw hamburgers..." Butters said as Kenny climbed out of Butters's window.

After that, the next few days had been hectic. Butters wasn't showing up for school and Kenny felt jittery. He didn't like it when he didn't know where Butters was. He tried to go to his house, but Kenny would see Mr. Stotch glaring at him through the living room window, so that route wasn't going to work.

He tried sneaking up to Butters's room but it seems Mr. Stotch installed some kind of home security because an alarm would go off. Kenny sat on the curb of a sidewalk, annoyed and worried. He wanted to see Butters. He needed to see Butters, something wasn't right.

After almost a week, Kenny decided enough was enough and asked his friends to help him out. Stan and Kyle were willing to but Cartman told Kenny to go fuck himself and went home. After planning out a perfect plan, the boys went into action. Kyle was able to rewire the home security and Stan was look out as Kenny sneaked up to Butters's bedroom window.

Butters was there, looking tired, depressed and hungry. When he saw Kenny climbing into his bedroom window, a wave of joy hit him and he ran up to Kenny to hug him. Kenny happily returned the hug.

"I'm busting you out of here, Butters. C'mon." Kenny whispered.

"R-Really? Oh boy. B-But my parents..." Butters said worriedly.

"Forget them, they're being a bunch of assholes. Grab my hand and c'mon." Kenny said.

"Thank you s-so much, Kenny." Butters whispered and kissed Kenny's cheek.

Kenny lightly blushed but brushed it off, trying to look more manly and heroic as he helped Butters climb out of the window. When they successively were on the ground, the boys ran to Kyle's house.

At Kyle's, Butters was happily eating as Kenny was thinking over what to do now. "He can always stay at my place." Kenny offered.

"Yeah, but your place kinda sucks, dude." Stan said.

"He can stay at my place too." Kyle added.

"Or you can get some money and Butters could rent a room in one of the motels here. I guess." Stan said.

"Fuck that. Butters can stay at my place. I know it sucks, but it's for the best now. Besides, my parents won't question anything." Kenny said.

"You sure this is okay? I mean, I know we're not close to Butters like you are, Kenny. But, everyone knows his parents are, well, not right in the head." Kyle said, frowning.

"All the parents here in South Park aren't right in head, Kyle." Kenny said, rolling his eyes.

"I know that, dude. But you know what I mean, right?" Kyle said.

"Yeah, I know. Don't worry though, I'll keep Butters safe." Kenny said seriously.

"That's right! Kenny a-always keeps me safe!" Butters said, smiling.

"Well, okay. If you're sure..." Kyle said.

"I'm sure nothing will go wrong anyway." Stan said as he sat down and grabbed some fries off of Butters's plate.

But this was South Park. Something always goes wrong. As days rolled by, the Stotches convinced everyone into thinking Kenny kidnapped their son. Cartman happily helped out this propaganda as payback to Kenny for always beating him up when he tried to make Butters go along in one of his schemes.

As always, things got out of hand and soon the whole town was going on about poor Butters and evil Kenny. How they should "drive Kenny out of town" and all that nonsense. Kenny and Butters found themselves in this predicament and tried to find a way to escape.

Stan and Kyle helped them out but they didn't know Cartman knew of their plans and told the Stotches. Soon, they all found themselves on top of a building. The same building Butters was on back when the boys were planning on disguising Butters to sneak him in the girls' slumber party.

Kenny had Butters in his arms as Mr. Stotch was threatening Kenny with a handgun. Mrs. Stotch was sobbing and only wanting her precious baby boy back. Stan and Kyle were arguing with Cartman for being a backstabbing asshole.

Kenny wanted to roll his eyes over all this. He was so sick of these kind of things, here in South Park. He swore, someday, he'll get out of this fucking town and it's insanity. He'll get out and take Butters with him. Speaking of Butters, he was shaking in Kenny's arms. He was scared and Kenny was doing his best to calm him down.

"Give me my son back, you little bastard!" Mr. Stotch growled, pointing his gun.

"You're fucking crazy, dude!" Kenny spat at the man, glaring.

Butters whimpered whenever Mr. Stotch raised his voice and Mrs. Stotch sobbed more. Kenny glared at both of them for being a bunch of drama queens. He could hear police sirens from the bottom of the building. They were pretty much trapped. Kenny didn't want to give Butters to them. He knew they would do something bad to him. He could feel it in his gut. If only they could go back a couple of days, before all of this got out of hand.

An idea came to Kenny. It was risky and it was something he's been trying to avoid but it was probably the best he can do now. He tightened his grip around Butters.

"Butters," Kenny whispered in Butters's ear, "Do you remember me telling you that I gave you half of my powers a long time ago?"

"Y-Yes, Kenny." Butters whispered back.

"You trust me, right?" Kenny asked.

"O-Of course, Kenny. I always d-do." Butters said.

"Good. I want you to close your eyes and don't let me go, okay?" Kenny whispered.

Butters nodded and did what Kenny told him. Kenny smiled and kissed the top of Butters's head, ignoring the angered look on Mr. Stotch's face. He glared at the man and the sobbing woman. He took a step back and made he and Butters climb up on the ledge of the building. The move made everyone freeze and Mrs. Stotch sobbed more.

"He's gonna kill our boy!" She sobbed uncontrollably.

"Don't you dare! Or else I'll shoot you!" Mr. Stotch yelled and cocked his handgun.

"Kenny, dude! Don't do it!" Stan yelled.

"Yeah! Think about what you're doing!" Kyle screamed.

"Great, some kind of lover suicide thing." Cartman grumbled, glaring at Kenny and Butters.

The wind blew and Butters shivered in Kenny's arms. Kenny wrapped his arms around Butters more, trying to keep him warm. Kenny kept his cold hard glare on everyone. The sound of the people on the streets were heard along with the police sirens and ambulances.

"Don't worry, you guys. We'll be back." Kenny said. 'Hopefully.' Kenny added in his thoughts.

He took a step back. Mr. Stotch tried to aim his gun. Mrs. Stotch screamed. Kenny held on to Butters and fell backwards. The wind blew on their faces as they fell. It felt like they would keep on falling because for some reason, time felt slow. It was all quiet and it was peaceful. Butters opened his eyes and looked up at Kenny.

"KENNY!"

He looked down at Butters.

"KENNY, I-I LOVE-"

They both hit the ground, hard.

Kenny woke up with a start this time. He was in his room, like always. He checked himself to make sure he was okay. He stopped though. He hasn't done that since the first time he died and woke up in his room. He shook his head though and rushed out of his room. He had to make sure Butters was okay. He just had to.

He ran out of his house, ignoring his stupid parents and lazy brother. He ran down the street, over a corner and jumped over the icy puddle. He was about to run to the front door of Butters's house but he stopped himself. Instead, he ran around the house and started climbing up to Butters's bedroom window.

He opened the window and climbed inside the room. He panted, wiping away the sweat on his forehead. The room was quiet and Kenny felt a knot in his stomach. He checked Butters's bed but he wasn't in it. Afraid, Kenny looked all around the room, but Butters was no where in sight.

Kenny slid down to the floor and his throat felt dry. He wanted to scream but he didn't want to alarm Butters's parents. It didn't work. Kenny took off his hood and held his head tightly, pulling his hair. He was an idiot to think it was going to work. A large tear streamed down his face and Kenny sniffled.

"Kenny...?"

Kenny's head shot up and he saw Butters standing in the doorway of his bedroom. They both were silent at first, just stared at each other. Butters closed the door behind him and locked it. He fidgeted with his knuckles and then ran into Kenny's arms. Kenny was shocked but he hugged Butters and held him tighter when he heard Butters sob on his shoulder.

"K-Kenny, I-I was so scared!" Butters whimpered, wiping his face.

"I know. I'm sorry." Kenny whispered.

"I-It's so weird! I woke up like I j-just had a bad dream and I went downstairs. B-But my folks were lookin' at me all weird, Ken! They d-don't remember the building or nothin'!" Butters whispered to Kenny.

"I know. It's always like this." Kenny told Butters.

"S-So, no one remembers? Not e-even Stan or Kyle or even Eric?" Butters asked.

"No one ever remembers." Kenny said.

"T-That's so scary." Butters whispered and hugged Kenny again.

They both held each other in the dark of Butters's bedroom. Feeling Butters's heartbeat was calming Kenny down, but he couldn't believe it. It really did work. Butters really was like him. Death really gave Butters half of his curse.

"Kenny? T-This happened because y-you said you gave h-half of your powers to me, right?" Butters asked.

"Yeah, that's right." Kenny said quietly.

"So, that means...have you died before, Kenny?" Butters asked, looking at Kenny.

"Yes, I have. Countless times before, but no one ever remembers." Kenny said, looking down.

"I wanted you to avoid that, Butters. It's not fun to die all of the time. I-It's painful."

"It's f-funny. I can remember us hittin' the ground but I-I don't remember f-feelin' anythin'." Butters said.

"Usually when you jump off a building, you don't feel anything unless you survived it, then later you feel the pain." Kenny explained.

"Oh, Kenny..." Butters whispered and kissed Kenny's cheek.

"Y-You know, Butters. I gave you something that's gonna be very hard to live with. You and I now can't die. We're immortal." Kenny said. "Do you think you can live with something like that?"

Butters looked into Kenny's eyes, thinking. He smiled and kissed Kenny innocently on the lips. Kenny slightly blushed and Butters rested his head on Kenny's shoulder.

"I think I can, K-Kenny. As long as I got you. We can be t-together forever and I kinda like that thought. Um, d-do you?"

Kenny blushed and looked down at Butters, who was looking up at him. He remembered Butters trying to tell him something before they hit the ground, and the kiss that started the whole mess. Kenny smiled and kissed Butters's forehead.

"Yeah, yeah I do."

The End.

Author's Notes: Argh, so tired. Here's part dos and it's awesomeness.

R/R please.

-goes to bed-