// Chapter 1 //

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The day was.. normal. Benjamin and Pico were at a local McDonald's as their usual date spot would be. They were standing in line, waiting for their turn to order. Pico was chill, happy to be with Softie, while Ben on the other hand, was a nervous wreck, he felt flustered for some reason, he nervously fiddled with his hands, looking down.

Pico noticed, "You okay there, Softie?" he questioned. Ben instantly raised his head, a bit startled, "Ah- yeah, I'm okay.." he smiled softly. Pico shrugged it off, the lady at the counter then ready to take their orders, "Can I get your orders?" she asked politely.

After the two ordered their food and after Pico paid, the cashier lady got a good look at Benjamin, who had mainly remained avoiding eye contact with her. "You look familiar..." she remarked. Ben looked nervous, "O-oh.. really...?" he asked. "Yeah, you look like-"


"Father Fairest, we know, he's a big fan and he likes to dye his hair to look like him." Pico cut in, his face a bit nervous. Ben was actually the son of Father Fairest, while being forced into a life his parents had created, Ben had enough of it and decided to run away with Pico, leading them to all sorts of trouble and stress, even adding his best friend, Grace, to the mix. Ben soon overcame his fear of his parents and is now at some sort of peace, spending his time with Pico.

The cashier eyed them with suspicion in her eyes, then smiling. "Ah, sorry, let me get your orders in, you can go have a seat." The pair walked away, the cashier giving Ben another suspicious look glance that only Pico took notice of. He didn't realize he wasn't paying attention to anything until Ben broke the silence.

"You okay, Toughie..?"

Pico flinched a little, "Yeah- sorry, I'm fine." he patted Softie's head. Soon after another person came and set the tray of the duo's food on their table, Ben didn't look up at he person, instead kept his head down until they left. He hesitated for a minute.

"C'mon Softie, let's hurry before anyone else takes notice of you." He grabbed Benjamin's food and handed it to him.


// Time skip because I'm not writing about them eating //


After the two had finished, Pico grabbed Benji's hand and walked out of the restaurant, a little bit rushed. Suddenly a big hand grabbed Softie's other hand, yanking him from Pico's grasp, "Not so fast, kid." a deep voice growled. "Pico!" Ben whimpered. Pico tried to grab Benjamin back, "Let him go!" but another man came behind the ginger and knocked him out with one hit. "No!" Ben cried.

The two were brought to a black limo. No.. no no no! Ben knew exactly what was going on. He recognized the men. It was his mother's body guards, and they got caught.. But how? Ben turned his head as they passed the McDonald's, the same cashier they were talking to holding up one of the many missing person papers, specifically one with the bluenette's face in the middle of it.

Ben's expression flooded with a mixture of horror and fear. The cashier ratted them out! He tried to wriggle free from the man, but his grasp was too strong, both him and Toughie were shoved into the limo. At this point, Ben was more worried about his boyfriend than the men, he tried to reach for him, but was blocked by the man who put him in the car, "Not allowed to make any contact with the criminal, boss's orders." he said bluntly.

Ben felt like he'd been punched in the stomach, he can't talk to Pico? Not even feel his touch...? All of this just because he wasn't the son his parents wanted. Why would they go this far? Tears rolled down Softie's face as he hoped and prayed that Pico would wake up soon, he knew he'd get them out of there.

Soon they arrived at the Fairest mansion, where the men dragged Ben inside, others taking Pico somewhere else. Softie almost felt as if he should just give up right then, but he knew he couldn't or he wouldn't be able to see Toughie again.

"Benjamin! You're finally home, my little star! You don't know how worried we were.." Mother Mairest greeted him with a warm smile, pulling him in a hug, Ben didn't return it, he didn't say anything either. Father Fairest moved closer, putting his hand on Softie's shoulder, "And don't you ever think about running from us again you here me, 'sport'? You have any idea how much new reporters wanted to talk to us about how our SON ran away from us 'cause of our parenting?! YOU TRYING TO MAKE US LOOK BAD?!" he half shouted. Ben winced, tears in the brink of his eyes.

He could've cared less about them having to pay the consequences of their actions, it was their fault he ran away! If they weren't so abusive and let him live his own life, he wouldn't have run off with Pico in the first place! He had one more important thing on his mind. "Where's Pico.." His question made Marilyn scowl, "Oh please, Benjamin, you don't have to worry about that... pest anymore," she could barely even choke the mention out about Pico, "We're your family, why don't we celebrate your return with a nice dinner, hm?"

Ben didn't look up, "Y-you don't even care that I'm here.. you- you just care for the money... Not even my own happiness!" he started to raise his voice, his confidence building up. But it was smashed back down again when Marilyn smacked him across the face, "Don't you DARE raise your voice at me! Answer me properly!" Tears rolled down Softie's face, more than before even.

"What did we say about crying, sport." Frank lowly growled. Ben didn't reply, but instead choked out, "I... I want Pico.."

Frank glared at him disapprovingly, "Fine then." He grabbed Benjamin by the arm and dragged him into an unknown room, one Softie's never seen before, and threw him in. "You can stay in here with your 'boyfriend' and not have dinner with us, we'll be disposing of him tomorrow anyway. Ben winced again, looking back up at his father, who had a red glint in his eye, he began to close the door.


"Welcome home, Benjamin.."


~ 1058 words ~

(get cliffhangered lmao)


M'KAY LOVE THIS ALREADY-

So- this is based off an rp I'm doing with a friend, and she suggested that I make a YouTube video about this- I thought it'd be fun- but I knew I'd end up losing motivation since it'd be so long to make- so, I'm writing it in this instead :)

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