love conquers all (soft bf X soft Pico Friday Night Funking)

chapter five: meet up

Benjamin p.o.v

The next few days went on as normal as if I had never met Pico all except after practice and home school I'd text him instead of painting which was unusual for me as I'm a painter at heart, he didn't bring up the running away and he did make me promise not to call the police but he would talk about the burns.

He almost seemed to care about me every day he'd texted me "how many times did they burn you" and I'd give him my answer which was different every time, but I never reached under double digits as the minimum was 10 burns and every time he would make sure I was ok, and now it's been two weeks and it's the weekend and lucky me I made it through a rap without being punished letting me have a treat.

I was allowed to have or do anything and I took my time deciding what to do in my room when I got a text from pico he was asking if id want to meet up with him, it would be a bit hard but I have a plan I asked him to meet me at the mall we met at last time and then I rushed downstairs, "Mom..." I called, I could hear her heels clicking against the floor "yes my sweet little blueberry" my mother asked as she came out of the piano room.

"For my treat could I meet up with" I hesitated but quickly made an excuse "gf... I haven't seen her in a while and I just messaged her and she said she would be happy to meet" I said as sweat trickled down my brow, "hmm I guess it could be a good thing so sure but where are you meeting?" She asked as I let out a sigh of relief "the mall that's only up the road" I stated and she smiled handing me the spare key.

"I'm sure you can go without a driver just make sure to keep your head down and your hoodie collar up," she said winking, I let out a fake chuckle before leaving the house with my heart in my throat, I couldn't believe it worked well maybe I could have because my parents have set me and gf up which I have but still.

Without wasting any more time I rushed out the gate and up the hill towards the mall, it still takes time but I'm happy to do anything to get to that mall, when I arrived I could see Pico like a saw thumb because he was sitting on a bench surrounded by clean and posh people who walked past him while glaring at him as if he was some type of vermin sitting there.

He stood up when he saw me advancing and he began to wave so I waved back but I kept it very small as I hate waving in public, "hey softie... As I said still shy huh" he started as he called me on the head causing me to blush "ssttttoooopp this is embarrassing" I moaned as I covered my face, he let out a soft chuckle before giving me a hung "how's this" he said making me even more embarrassed.

By the time we were done we were both laughing at my embarrassment, "so what did you want to do?" I asked and he smiled and looked me in the eyes and said "all I wanted to do was meet you again" I felt the butterflies that filled my tummy all those years ago when we were in school together, "oh heh well I have some money saved up from my parents so I was going to restock my supplies" I stated hoping he doesn't notice my blush.

"That's fine... Let's get going" he said grabbing my wrist, we both started walking into the mall and once we were in, he let go of my hand, "well you know this place better than me so you take the lead," he said letting me pass I smiled at him before walking past, I headed to the escalators and we started going up, "so... Have you ever had a crush on some" Pico asked causing my heart to speed up.

"Why do you ask?" I said not facing him out of fear that I was blushing hard "well you're gay and never liked grace so you must have liked someone" he asked if I could see him I bet he'd be smiling knowing I was blushing hard, "of course... Hehe... I did" I said awkwardly as we reached halfway up "well who was it," he asked and I remembered all the times I felt jealous of Pico's girlfriend she got to be close to him, hug him other things that make me embarrassed to think I was jealous of.