IX: Food and Love
The next day they awoke to find that the television was emitting a blue light. It had turned itself on when the power flickered on after the storm. Kenny put it to the weather channel and waited to see what the weather had to say today.
"Dude." Stan said bitterly. "Complete opposite of what we had to deal with last night. Seriously!" he shouted as he saw the temperature.
"Dude this is gonna be the worst day ever!" Kenny shouted as he saw the sun streaming through the window. "Look. It's already starting." He said as he glared at the sun and threw a shoe at it.
"Don't break the window, Ken." Stan said bitterly. "It's just not worth it." he said with a sigh.
"So?" Kenny asked after a while. "What do we wanna do?"
"I was thinking we could go into Denver and visit the mall." Stan said as he got out of bed. "There's a little shop that I wanna go see." He said as he started gathering his stuff.
"Is it the one that sells really nice blades?" Kenny asked looking hopeful.
"No. The sword store's on my agenda, but I really wanted to go see the tiny shop that's on main." Stan said as he put his jacket on.
"I'll go to my place and get ready." Stan said as he walked towards the bedroom door. "Meet me there in an hour. We'll go see if I can get the keys to Shelly's car back, and then we can go to the mall and get some food." He said as he looked back at his friend.
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The pair of friends were driving down the road an hour and a half later. Stan looked very comfortable, and Kenny was glad to be on Stan's good side again. Maybe if they both forgot what had happened, things could go back to the way they were. It seemed to be working.
"It should be illegal to be this hot in Colorado." Stan said as sweat poured down his brow.
"Wasn't it just yesterday that it was really…, really…, fucking dangerously rainy?" Kenny asked trying to make sense of the weather. "Wasn't it just yesterday that the power everywhere had gone out?" he asked confused.
"Global warming." Stan said as he pulled into a parking spot. "It's really happening."
They both got out of the car, and went into the mall. Stan had about two-hundred bucks with him, and Kenny had about thirty. Kevin was kind enough to give him some spending money before he left.
"Food!" Stan shouted as they went up to the third floor and made it to the food court. Kenny gave a gentle sigh as well.
"It kind of defeats the purpose of air conditioning if you're gonna have way too many people here making it all warm." Kenny said as they looked for a table.
"So, what do you wanna eat?" Stan asked as he looked around.
"Let's help Subway and Jared out." Kenny suggested. "Let's get sandwiches." He said as he pulled out a ten.
"Kenny put that away." Stan said looking at his friend with a glare.
"It's not my birthday, Stan." Ken said blushing. "I'm not gonna let you spend any money on me when it's not even my birthday."
"Well, too bad, mister." Stan said as he headed away from his friend. "Sit down!" he shouted as he left. "I don't wanna lose our table."
They both had sandwiches and orange Juliuses by the time they were sitting down to eat. Kenny sighed as he took his foot long and started eating it. He felt quite content actually.
"What's the matter Stan?" Kenny asked after he finished half of his food. "You usually have a lot to say. And if you're not talking, you're gobbling down your food. Right now, you're doing neither." He said as he looked at his friend and the still uneaten food.
"I'm fine." Stan said as he looked out the window.
"That's for sure." Said Kenny as he looked Stan over.
Stan seemed to loosen up after Kenny said that, and Kenny watched relieved as his friend started finishing his food. He liked seeing Stan cheerful.
"I love this food." Kenny said smiling at his friend. "Thank you Stan."
"Wanna go get candy after this?" Stan asked as he finished his tuna.
"Yeah." Kenny said as he started to pick up his garbage.
Fifteen minutes later they walked out of the candy shop with a bulging bag. Kenny was happy that they had gotten all this candy. Stan grinned. This was going to come in handy. He just knew it.
"So what do you wanna do now?" Kenny asked as he and Stan headed off through the hall ways.
"Just follow my lead." Stan said as they exited the mall and ended up in a parking lot.
They walked through the street and headed away from the buildings. They passed a pizza place, and a doughnut shop. They finally made it to the shop that Stan was looking for. It was a tiny head shop on the way to the bus stop. Kenny's eyes went wide. He and Stan both walked into the shop, and were greeted by a nice looking lady.
"How may I help you boys today?" she asked smiling.
"How much are your hookas?" Stan asked as he looked at the display case and saw what was inside.
The lady started showing him all she had, and telling him the price ranges. Kenny was looking around trying to see what else she had. He looked into the case of incense holders, and saw one with nice designs on it. He looked around and found the sages, and some Nag Champa. He looked at the bigger of the two boxes set out for display. Ten bucks for one-hundred sticks. How nice. He sighed as he looked at the price and contemplated it.
He turned around to see Stan looking at a gas mask with the lady. He smiled at Stan, and pointed to the Nag. Stan nodded, and the lady grabbed a box.
"This is some of our finest, actually." She said as she handed Stan a box. "We get them locally. They're all natural, and not synthetic. The fake stuff tends to give our customers headaches." She explained.
"How much for one of these, and a one-hitter?" Stan asked.
"That'll b fifteen dollars even." She said as she looked at Stan quizzically.
"Okay." Stan said as he pulled out his debit card. "Can I get a lighter, too?" he asked.
"The bigger ones?" she asked as she pulled out a red lighter.
"Yes." Stan said as he handed the girl his card.
"That comes out to a total of fifteen sixty-nine." She said as she handed Stan the goods.
"Thank you." He said as he and Kenny left the store.
"Come back soon!" she said as another pair of boys entered. "How may I help you guys today?" they heard her say as they headed off to the car.
"I kinda wanted to wait until I knew it was safe." Stan said as he got back to where they had parked the car. "But look what Token gave me." He said as he looked at his window to make sure there was no one there.
Kenny and Stan both looked at the bag of weed in front of them.
"Oh…, my…, God…." Kenny said as he looked at the sack. "That has to be at least-"
"One-hundred –forty dollars' worth of weed." Stan said as he looked around some more.
"Stan!" Kenny said as he looked at his friend. "Imagine how many bowls are in here."
"Yes." Stan said as he pulled out the one-hitter. "And that is why, I got this." He said as he loaded up the piece.
"Oh, man." Kenny said as he looked at the weed. "Stanley, I think I fell in love with you." He said as he was handed the piece. "I think that you should go first." He added quickly.
"Kenny," Stan said looking his friend in the eye. "I think that you should go first." He said smiling. "It's only fair."
They made it back to Stan's house, and made sure the place was locked nicely before they totally got baked. Stan loved the way he felt now. He could talk to Kenny about anything. He smiled as he passed the one-hitter to his friend, and Kenny took a hit.
"I've been noticing that you're acting weird." Kenny said as he started to load up the piece for his friend.
"Nah." Stan said as he looked at the television.
"The TV isn't on smart one." Kenny said as he handed Stan the one-hitter.
"Will you tell me?" Kenny asked fifteen minutes later.
"I can't." Stan said as he felt tears start up in his eyes. "I can't forget what happened with us, Kenny. I've been trying, but you're just so fuckin' hot, it's damn near impossible." He said as he put the one-hitter on the table and scooted really close to his friend. "Kenny, I want you." He explained.
"I want you too, Stan." Kenny said as he looked at his friend. "I've wanted you since before that, but then you went and made a big deal out of what happened, and it looked like you didn't want me the same way." Kenny said as he took one of Stan's hands in his.
"Look." Stan said as he tried to put all his words together. "What we did, a while back…, it meant a whole lot more to me than I even realized. But it was messing with me, and confusing me. 'M really sorry about what I said about it being okay for you to be gay." He said as he held Kenny's hand. "I guess, I really don't give a fuck if anyone knows that I'm gay. That's who I am. Stan Marsh. I'm in love with Kenny McCormick." He said as he looked at his friend.
"Honestly," Kenny said smiling at his friend. "I always thought that you and Kyle would-"
"No." Stan said smiling. "Kyle's straight. He doesn't want me like that. Besides, you're way hotter than him." Stan said smiling. "Just don't tell anyone. I don't wanna come off as really, absolutely gay." He said as he smiled at Kenny.
Stan leaned into his friend, and gave him a deep kiss. Kenny moaned as he felt a warm tongue running into his. He moaned as he tried to make sense of what was happening. But then he just let it all go and kissed Stan back.
He was about to really enjoy it, when the phone in his pocket started vibrating. "Dammit!" he shouted with anguish as he took it out and looked at it. "It's Wendy." He said as he turned it off and put it on the table. "Probably wants to know if everything's okay." He said as he looked pleadingly at Stan. "They can wait."
"That's my Ken." Stan said as he started to kiss him again
This time was different. This time, it became more pleasurable. They weren't just trying to make the other one explode. This time, they meant everything they were doing, and saying. This time, they were making love.
Kenny started breathing fast as he felt himself approaching his climax. "Cum with me, Stan!" he whispered as Stan leaned down and kissed him while hitting his prostate with his cock. "Please!"
Both boys moaned in ecstasy as they both climaxed at once. When it was over, Stan collapsed onto his best friend, and sighed.
"I love you, Ken." He said as he closed his eyes.
"I love you too, Stan." Kenny said as he lay there exhausted.
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The door opened, and Shelly came walking in. She sighed as she looked around.
"You better not have set the place on fire." She said as she put her purse down. "I just wanna let you know." She said as she closed the door and walked into the living room. The boys were eating their way through their third pizza. "The munchies is no excuse to eat all this food." She said looking aghast. "Oh…, and I can still smell the weed through the Nag." She informed.
"That's because you're looking for the smell." Kenny said as he grabbed some more pizza. "People who don't know what they're smelling can't really tell." He said as he looked over at Stan who was stuffing his face.
"Jesus, Stan." Shelly said as she looked over the table at all the garbage. "How much weed did you and Ken smoke?" she asked confused. "I've never seen you this hungry."
Kenny and Stan started laughing as they told Shelly how much they'd smoked. Shelly laughed too, as she reached for a slice of pizza.
"I think we're ready for a fourth pizza, sis." Stan said as he and Kenny took the last two slices. The three of them started laughing.