Hey, Guys ~ Usually there isn't stuff up here, but I feel like I had to add a warning because accurate tagging is important! Disclaimer, this story contains Stylenny (Stan x Kyle x Kenny) so if that's not your cup of tea leave! (there is a pun with leave and leaf and tea there somewhere but I don't know where...)

"Kenny, can we talk to you about something?" I looked up from the playboy I was reading to greet Stan and Craig. School was over for the day, and I was happily chilling outside the school in my parka. Man, the stuff they teach us in our freshman year sure is hard to follow, but I'm managing, I just need to take life one step at a time.

"Yeah sure," I responded.

"Can we, like, go on a walk?" asked Stan.

"Uh, yeah," I said, a little confused. These two have been weirding me out lately, dancing around each other. They went ice skating together on Stark's pond, and Stan clearly likes Craig, but Craig has a boyfriend in New York, and Stan knows this, and I'm just a little weirded out by the situation. I kind of have a bit of the thing for Stan myself, but there's no way I'm bringing that up.

I got up and started walking with them, we headed towards Stark's pond.

"So, um, Craig and I are together now," said Stan eventually. If I had had a drink, I would have spat it out.

"Oh, um, good for you guys, but, um, what about, what was his name, Tweek?"

"It's polyamorous," responded Craig, monotone as usual.

"Oh, um, that's cool," I said uncertainly, not wanting to be judgemental, but also highly sceptical. I mean, I don't know anything about polyamory personally, so I can't just tell them they're wrong. And just because I'd never be in a polyamorous relationship myself doesn't mean I should stop others. People like different things, and that's okay.

"Tweek's gotten with another boy in over in New York, so I thought I'd try things out with Stan." Now I was really worried. This was sounding less like polyamory, and more like sexual frustration, mixed with jealousy. But Stan looked so smitten, I can't just tell them to stop and think, I'll sound like a dick. Plus, I just want Stan to be happy.

"So, how long have you guys been a thing?" I asked, not wanting awkward silence to hang over us.

"About three days now," said Stan. They do, they do seem happy together, holding hands, loving looks, maybe Craig will leave Tweek for Stan, realise that Tweek doesn't love him all that much. Yeah, that's got to be how this goes, how could Craig not pick Stan?

"So, you guys kissed yet?" I said, my perverted side getting the better of me.

"Got to third base actually," stated Craig bluntly. Normally I'd be ecstatic to hear pervy news, it's basically my life, but I was yet again worrying that Stan was just being used here. I've known Stan a long time, and he is not the kind of guy to just jump head first into things. I found myself worrying he'd been pressured into it. But then again, Stan knows what he's doing, I'm probably just being judgemental.

We spent some more time walking round Stark Pond. I felt incredibly awkward the entire time but tried to be supportive. I can be a bit of a worry wart sometimes, so I'm probably blowing this way out of proportion. Craig and Stan are my friends, they're both good people, and I'm sure they know what they're doing.

Later that same day, I was busy trying to jack off when my phone buzzed.

Stan: Kenny, dude, can I call you?

Me: Of courses man

My phone immediately started playing 'I'm sexy and I know it' I basked in the song for a couple seconds before pressing answer.

"Hey, dude, what's up?" I asked.

"Craig broke up with me," Stan stated.

"What?!" I replied, pretty shocked.

"Tweek was so jealous when he found out about me, that he broke it off with the other guy. Craig had to choose between the two of us and he chose Tweek," said Stan, sounding close to tears.

"What?! Then he's insane! What's so great about this 'Tweek' guy anyway! Craig's just being stupid Stan."

"I just feel so used."

"I, dude, I'm sorry. I feel like a shit friend. I didn't speak my mind earlier because I was worried about pissing you guys off. But that was not cool, I should have said something earlier."

"No, Kenny, it's not your fault, it's me who was so stupid. I should have known not to get sucked in by Craig fucking Tucker. God, he's such a dick!" 

"Dude, I know man, I know."

"I just, I feel so broken right now. I think I'm just going to go to sleep and try to forget."

"Okay man, just forget about that asshole."

"I will, thanks, Kenny." Stan then hung up.

As I was trying to fall asleep, I found myself completely and utterly convinced that polyamory never works. One person is inevitably always more important than the other, that's just how it works. Jealously must always plague people in those kinds of relationships, how do they even survive? Surely, they're all just doomed to failure. I fell asleep completely convinced that the statistics saying polyamory is just as successful as monogamy must be plain bullcrap.

In the coming weeks, Stan started totally denying he'd ever liked Craig. He'd say it was just a fling, that he never loved him. But I wasn't so sure. Stan's feeling towards Craig were pretty obsessive and murderous, and Stan went through a complete goth phase because of it, but one day, he was dressed like regular Stan again.

"Dude, what's with the usual Stan get up?" I asked curiously.

"Does there have to be a reason? Maybe I just felt like a change!" he said defensively, his cheeks a little red.

"Dude, no, I refuse to believe Mr 'The world is nothing but pain and darkness' just spontaneously disappeared."

"It might be something to do with Kyle Broflovski..." said Stan.

"Kyle Broflovski? The Kyle Broflovski? As in the school's star basketball player, the smartest kid in school and sexy ginger of the year Kyle Broflovski?"

"He's been giving me glances." I wanted to whack my head into the wall. Kyle is way out of Stan's league!

"Stan, nothing ever happens just because of glances!"

"I saw him fall over, and I started laughing, but then helped him up, and he said I looked nice with a smile on my face.

"Stan, for the love of God, please don't run into something again!" I said, not sure I'd be able to bare seeing Stan so hurt again. I wanted to tell him that I loved him, but I also knew that would never work out.

"This is different! He's like the first guy I've properly had a crush on." I would call BS on that because Stan relapsed on Craig recently, asked if they could get back together, and Craig just called him desperate, and he's legitimately wrote poetry about how he would dismember Craig, but if denial is how Stan's going to deal with it, I guess that works.

"I promise I'll be careful dude," said Stan, glaring at me like I was an annoying mother. 

But to be honest, maybe my warning wasn't necessary, because now I'm yet again, sitting outside school, but this time, during my senior year, and with some company; namely, a certain dorky ginger, who's been brought into my life by my other dorky friend Stan. And you'll never guess what, the three of us are actually in a relationship together. Trust me, however, surprised you are, I am more surprised.

It's been a lesson that's taken me a long time to learn, but polyamorous relationships are just like monogamous ones in the sense that they always have their own problems. Of course, jealousy in abundant within polyamorous relationships, but they're just an obstacle you have to work around. 

If I ever feel like I'm third wheeling with Stan and Kyle, I simply tell them. And of course, then they both feel awful and spend way too much time pampering me. It's just an obstacle that needs to be broken down. As long communication is present, and everyone knows where they stand, polyamory can be truly awesome.

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Hey guys~ This book title is such a lie by now that I can't even. But unless there is a mass protest, I don't really want to change the story title, so deal with the fake news! 

This story has just been addressing my own own feelings around polyamory. Most of this whole story happened in real life up to the point where Stan is pining after Kyle. I'm Kenny if there's any confusion, but I don't like Stan romantically, that was just for the plot. 

 So, after that whole shazam, my position on polyamory had been pretty negative, like Kenny's, but NerdyLittleReader has been changing my opinion about it with their stories about Stylenny which I just love love love! Make sure to check those out if you need more Stylenny in your life, and trust me, you do. Anyways, their stories made me realise the situation I'd witnessed wasn't an accurate representation of polyamory.

So, thanks for reading, vote if you enjoyed, comment, request if you want to, and have an awesome day guys~