You're My Target - Pico X Keith/BF

9 - Process of Elimination

"But he just attacked that Asian guy! Is that passed out guy even Asian?"

"Bad day, people. Get going or else we'll start shooting."

Pico looked at them in disgust and frustration. Honestly, what's wrong with their system?

Pico stood up and quickly ran away to go to Keith. He ran despite the injuries.

"The faceless person who had a bad day still is unidentified. They covered their face using their sweater. They can be caught running towards this direction."

"Pico?" Keith asked. "That's weird that the same person who has that sweater showed up in the news."

He heard aggressive knocking on the door after. Keith opened it and saw Pico who was catching his breath.

"Pico! What's wrong? You're... You're badly hurt!" Keith said.

"You gotta believe me when I say this. It's Cherry's dad. I'm an assassin, he was tryin' to make me kill you. He also sent that guy Senpai to kill you and... And..." Pico said, running out of breath right away.

"What? There's no way," Keith said. "Are you being paranoid again?"

"Stop, just listen,"

"If you;re trying to make me hate Cherry or her family, that's not going to happen. They're not the worst people!"

"Listen, okay?"

"I was willing to, Pico. But now I think you're lying," Keith said, upset. "Look, we can still be friends without you trying to ruin their image."

"Keith, come on. I thought you knew better," Pico said, holding his hand. "Let's leave this place before they try and hurt you!"

"I don't want to. You know... You're making me change my mind about you... Speaking... Again," Keith said.

Pico widened his eyes, feeling so much hurt.

"Come back when you decide to be good again," Keith said.

"I won't," Pico said. He grabbed something in his pocket and gave it to Keith. "Keith... I... I lo..."

Pico was unable to finish the sentence. He gripped his hand and bit his lip. He shoved the thing to Keith's hand and ran away.

----

Keith never stopped thinking about Pico after that night. He's feeling so worried. He received a letter and checked what's written. It wasn't addressed to him, nothing was written outside of it. When he opened it, he read the letter. It's from Pico.

Dear Keith,

I had a lot of fun getting to know each other. I hope we could still continue the stuff that we did. I hope I could still feel your loving hugs and look at your mesmerizing eyes. But time is short, I have to go.

- Pico

"Pico?" Keith started to panic. "He can't kill himself!"

Keith quickly grabbed his stuff and ran to look for him. He asked Cherry if he knows where he lives since he used to be their bodyguard. Cherry didn't know where Pico's application forms were, but she wanted to help find him. Keith stopped and looked at his bracelet that Pico gave him that night. He held it for support.

"Pico... Where are you?" Keith asked worriedly.

Cherry patted his back. "There's still time," she said.

Keith examined the bracelet. He noticed that there's an unlocking thingy from it. He unlocked it and saw a compass tiny compass behind the glass. There was a tiny red dot marked on it. He knows what to do now.

"Cherry, let's go! We have to go here," Keith talked quickly, pointing at his bracelet.

"Keith, wait!" Cherry tried to stop him, but he hit the pole anyway.

----

"Where are you taking him?"

Keith opened his eyes. He heard a familiar voice echoing softly.

"That's none of your business."

Keith widened his eyes. It's his missing memory. He couldn't move or anything. He's just standing there while the scene plays in front of him.

"Pico, no! Don't go!"

Keith's eyes widened when the distorted face of the boy and their distorted name finally went away. He saw Pico who was standing on the opposite side, eyes closed.

The younger Keith tried to stop Pico from leaving, but the people stopped him.

"Don't hurt him. You promised!" Younger Pico exclaimed. "Keith... I'm doing this for us."

"Stay in the ',8*@;-- orphanage with me. Stay and let's play!"

Orphanage...

"We'll get back together in the future, right?" The Pico in his memory said. Tears escaped his eyes as he held his hands. "When you get out of here, you should go on and live your best life! Make more friends, party, get a lover, be happy. After all of this, I'll come runnin' into your arms."

Keith smiled, holding his hands back. "As long as you're there with me. I could make friends with you, go to parties with you, be your lover, and be the happiest man alive."

That's their goal.

Their unfinished goal.

"Erase their memory so this stupid thing won't get out of our top student Pico's way."

Keith finally knew who's the purpose of him going to parties and stuff. It became his type of distraction after.

He looked and saw Pico on the other side slowly opening his eyes. Keith's eyes widened. He called, trying to reach him.

But he woke up.

"Cherry?" Keith called. His vision finally came back when he saw her sitting beside him.

"He's awake, henchmen," Cherry said. "Don't worry, Keith. We're going there."