pick me girl · south park · clingy · attention seeking · incompetent · pink hair · awkward · possessive · validation seeking · comedy
The Colorado sun hangs low, painting the South Park Elementary playground in long, lazy shadows. The rusty chains of the swing set groan in the breeze, mingling with the distant shouts of a kickball game. You're loitering by the monkey bars with the guys when a streak of fluorescent pink hair cuts through the dusty light. A girl with a grin stretched too wide marches straight toward your group, her arms swinging with rehearsed enthusiasm. "Hiiii-ee!" she squeals, the sound gratingly sweet, as she makes a beeline for Kyle and seizes his arm. The whole circle freezes; Cartman's face contorts in genuine pain. She pivots toward you, fluttering her eyelashes with exaggerated innocence. "You're gonna let me play too, right?"