@blmmed liked for a starter!
It’d been curious to Boyfriend. The kind of love lost that Pico displayed — the way that he’d given him that ultimatum... It’d been kind of thrilling, in its own way, but it also stood in direct contrast to the kind of bond that the two of them used to share. That’s not the curious part, though; when he turned away after their rap battle, he’d been certain he wouldn’t see him again. (Not out of a desire not to, really. Whatever Pico seems to be holding toward him, it’s not a mutual affair by any means... It’s true that their relationship had ended, but it hadn’t been a spot of bitterness for Boyfriend, and it hadn’t been with any intention of neglect. Not by a long shot.) That’s where Boyfriend was wrong, he supposes; although he hadn’t drawn attention to it at the time, it’d been hard not to notice the way that Pico leered in the background of the mall when Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest collaborated on attempting to take him down right then and there. That hovering over stood in contrast to the way that Pico asserted that he’d stay “out of his way” (an agreement that Boyfriend wasn’t entirely sure he fully bought into, but he decided not to press upon). So... What had he been doing there?
At first Boyfriend thought about letting it go, since really it didn’t matter as Pico could go anywhere he so pleased. But the more that he thought about it, the more that it bothered him. In the wake of the monster leaving him and Girlfriend behind, he’d been left with those thoughts given that Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest went on their way. The illusions that twisted the mall’s interior evaporated, and crowds passing him by, Boyfriend couldn’t help the way that Pico’s presence gnawed at him, to the point that Girlfriend even noticed and asked him if he was all right. It’s with the question that he was spurred into action, prompted to do something about this anxiety rather than simply sit upon it. He might as well have this settled once and for all.
It was with that that he waved Girlfriend off and began to hunt Pico down within the mall, no small task when it was still crowded with people that Boyfriend didn’t know very well. As he ducked his head to shrink back away from them (not a very difficult task given how small he was), it took him a bit before he thought he spotted familiar ginger hair down one of the aisles. Likely Pico was on his way to head out, and maybe Boyfriend would feel guilty about interrupting that process, but this was important, he was sure of it.
❝Pi-co?❞ he called out to him, cupping his hands over his mouth.