To The End - Petekey

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Mikey Way was the absolute love of my life. We met each other when we were 5, and we stuck together since. My mom loved him. Everyone in my family loved him. Throughout our entire childhood, we were completely inseparable. I don't think I remember even a week of my childhood where I wasn't with Mikey at least once.

When I met Mikey, I was with my dad in McDonalds. Obviously I wanted a happy meal. Then, I walked straight into a really tall blonde boy, who was also holding a happy meal. He clearly had very good taste.

"Hi!" He squeaked. "I'm Mikey Way. Who are you?"

I introduced myself, and our dads started talking while we had our little kid conversations, or whatever. It turned out we lived on the same road. After that, Mikey came over almost every day to hang out. He became basically a part of my family. For my sixth birthday, our families went to Disneyland together. I was really scared to go on all of the rides, but Mikey managed to convince me to go on them with him, I don't actually think I would have done it if anyone other than him had told me to. That's the effect Mikey Way has on me, he always forced me to face my fears.

In elementary, Mikey helped me whenever I didn't understand the work. He was always there when I needed him to be, and he still never got tired of me. We didn't really have a proper friend group, it was just Pete and Mikey. You almost never saw one of us without the other. If Mikey wasn't in school, I wouldn't be either. Even the teachers saw how much he helped me, so we always got to sit together. Once, I didn't have any lunch, so he shared his lunch with me. Lots of people picked on us, but we didn't care, cause we were just Pete and Mikey.

When we were 8, I thought I had a crush on a girl. It was Mikey who convinced me to tell her, and it was Mikey who was there for me when it went wrong. Every single time I cried, Mikey made it his goal to not give up until I was happy again. Honestly, it didn't take that long. Whenever I got home from school, if I wasn't hanging out with him, I would use my mum's phone and call Mikey's mum so I could talk to Mikey.

Mikey Way was the boy that taught me how to play bass, which is my favourite instrument to this day.

"Petey, that isn't really right. You hold it like this. See?"

"Good job, Petey! That was really good!"

I'm not sure if I'd have even considered picking up a bass if Michael Way never learnt bass first.

Mikey Way was the boy that showed me not everything is about being cool and liked.

"Pete, they're jealous that you can be different. Ignore them."

He was actually really smart for an elementary school kid, both academically and in common sense.

Mikey even tutored me for a bit.

"Pete!" His voice shrieked down the phone, I swear he almost deafened me. "Mr Armstrong wants me to tutor you so you can get better grades."

It worked, my grades shot up. I would have failed every single class in every grade in elementary if it wasn't for him. Thanks, Michael James Way.

I was even close with his entire family, and he was close with mine. Often, I would wait in Mikey's lounge talking to his mom, dad, or older brother while he got ready. My parents didn't trust me to be out alone back then, but the moment i mentioned Mikey being there, it was completely fine. Mikey had such a positive effect on younger me, I don't think I would be where I am now without him.

I was never allowed to zone out in classes next to him, he always made sure I got the work done. It was annoying at the time, but it definitely paid off.

I even got given all of the clothes he grew out of whenever he grew. I barely needed to buy my own, because Mikey was constantly growing. Our friendship was constantly growing too, our bond kept getting stronger.

I think the biggest argument I've ever had with him was over which school subject is the worst, and we both apologised instantly. Neither of us wanted to hurt our best friend. Usually young children are annoying, but Mikey had probably been sweet, smart, and caring since he was born. I've never seen him being properly rude to anyone, apart from in our stupid friendly banter.

(A/N: a new fanfic even tho ive got another one on the go)