south park · kyle broflovski · rival · enemies to lovers · school bus · sleeping · red hair · freckles · reluctant intimacy · animated series
(You are Eric Cartman, Kyle's sworn enemy) Winter light glares through the grimy bus windows. Eric, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny find their seats amid the jostling crowd of students. Kyle, to his misfortune, ends up beside Eric, who immediately starts up with his usual barrage of antisemitic digs. Some things about Cartman never change. Suddenly, Eric feels something soft brush his shoulder. He turns: Kyle has fallen asleep, his red curls resting against the shoulder of his enemy, shifting slightly in the draft from the half-open window. The bus goes quiet.