If you only knew..

A/N: BF's name in this story is Keith, GF's name in this story is Cherry. This book is a very big pico x bf story so if you're not into that you can click away.
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This book is slowly being updated from its original story. Thank you for your patience.
Updated: 10/6/22
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...'s POV
"Boss, we've captured one of the Uberkids. He is here for questioning." Henry called out to me. I waved him away. He nodded and left, closing my door.

"Fuck, we can't keep living like this." I cursed to myself. I clutched my dog tags and sat for a moment in silence trying to bring my thoughts together. I feel overwhelmed, my people need me. Another train came through today; I wonder if the scouts found anyone. As if on cue, Ellie came into my room.

"Boss, Casey walkie'd her location over from New Grounds Central. She found a survivor." Ellie called out.

"Really?" I asked. She nodded.

"Description is a short, pale male with cyan blue hair. First spotted with the Dearest Family. Should we opt to recruit him?"

"... there's no fucking way. Call Pico." I said softly. Ellie jumped.

"What? But..." She tried to argue. "Nene, we can't just call him over some new re-"

"Ellie, that's Keith..." I replied.

Keith's POV
"Darnell? Holy crap, you're alive?!" I gawked. He smiled at me, tears in his eyes as he opened his arms for a hug.

"Come on Keith.." He responded. I ran at him and hugged him. Darnell was my first friend at New Grounds, and one of Pico's best friends. He's the reason we met.

"I missed you, how come you never answered my texts?" I questioned. He embraced me.

"Welcome home, that and many other questions will be answered soon, I promise. For now, we need your help." He said softly. I nodded. I looked to Casey. She was now on a walkie talkie. I followed Darnell to a room I recognized as our office. It had been converted to some type of plan of attack room.

"Darnell, what's going on?" I asked.

"Keith, New Grounds has been stuck in Cassandra's hell. She's taken over the entire city. We've managed to keep her and her goons contained within the city. Our only problem is the train station. Every month, one train is allowed in and it's always to take people out of here. No one should've boarded the train you were on."

"Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest, the pop star and ex-rockstar, were on that train. They paid for it to run here." I replied. He shook his head is disappointment.

"They shouldn't have done that." He said sternly.

"I know, I just hope they're okay. We came together, they took me in. I need them to be okay." I replied, feeling myself tear up again. Fuck. Keith get ahold of yourself.

"Hey, Keith. Come on man don't cry. I know you, I know who you are." Darnell pulled me in for another hug.

"I'm sorry man, I can't help it, they're like family.." I replied, letting a single tear roll down my cheek. He nodded.

"Let's save them then."

"What? But how.." I questioned.

"Look Keith, I need your help. You know this city better than almost everyone I know. I need you to help me with a plan, we need to get you to Nene." He released me from his hold. Darnell then took the table cloth off the table in front of us to reveal a map of the town. I couldn't help but to stare in shock as my eyes ran through each of the markings on the map. There were future train dates, different bunkers across the city, and the most notable marking was a name in green at the very center of the city. Pico's base.

"Darnell, I want to see Pico." I requested. He shook his head.

"If you help me, we can get you there but first I need to send you to Nene's. She'll be able to help round up the Dearest family." I weighed my options and made my decision.

"Okay, pass me a marker?" I requested. He obliged and I began to mark the secret tunnels Pico and I used to climb through to navigate the city. There was an old and abandoned subway system beneath the city that had been closed up roughly twenty years before we were born. The only way to access it was through the sewer system, there was a tunnel with a hatch at the end of it. The hatch would get you through to the subway tunnels.

The other things I had marked on the map were a few well hidden safe points where I had lived throughout middle and partial of high school. Nene's location seemed to be right on one of these spots.

-flashback-
"Damn Keith, this is a pretty cool place." He told me, a twinkle in his eyes as we just sat and watched the sky together. I leaned in to him, snuggling my head into his chest.

This place in question was a rooftop ledge of a big company. I found a way to climb some shipping containers and was living there for the time being. The view was amazing but I had very little furniture and there was often bird's feathers or leaves on the floor. We both laid together on my bed- or at least what I called a bed.

"I hope you don't mind the mess.." I replied softly. He chuckled and ruffled my hair in a loving way.

"Don't worry baby blue, my place is way worse." He replied with a cocky smirk. I rolled my eyes and laughed. He pulled me in and I felt my face catch fire. We both leaned in and shared our first kiss. He then pushed me to my back on my tiny mattress and continued to kiss me passionately. I smiled at him once we had finally broken the kiss.

"I love you so much.." I whispered to him. He smiled and ran his hand through my cyan hair.

"I love you too.." He replied in a hush tone. "I promise I'll get you a nice home in the future okay?" I nodded. We stayed there for a few more hours until he had to go home. Then I was alone again.
-End of Flashback-

"Okay Keith, what do you think?" Darnell asked.

"Okay, here's the plan..."