Rekindling- Pico x Keith/BF

[Updates at least once a month.]

Keith and Pico were close friends as children, that is, until Keith ended up moving out after the third grade. Coming back a few years later, he finds that Pico seems to be a whole new person- unable to look him in the eye, constantly carrying a gun, and a huge scowl dominating his face. Though Keith knows of an incident happening at their school after he moved away, he doesn't know the full details- and after pushing a little too far to get an explanation out of his childhood friend, he and Pico have a falling out. A year or so later, the two of them meet again when Keith challenges him to a rap battle, and after seeing the terror in Pico's eyes from the sounds of a thunderstorm, Keith realizes there's more to his old friend than he knows. As Keith is desperate to help Pico heal, and Pico is equally as determined to push him away, the two of them begin to rekindle their friendship- and maybe, after Pico opens up to someone for the first time in a long time, even something more.

[hey guys! this is my first fanfic on here so it might update kind of erratically, i also only joined the fandom recently and though i know about the events of pico's school, i'm not perfect so i might mess some things up. this isn't an au by the way, just my take on their past relationship, as i prefer them to be past friends who had a falling out rather than exes. basically Pico acts differently after the trauma he went through at his school, and Keith doesn't know that there's more to his old friend than just a frown. aka- Cherry (gf) and Keith are exes turned best friends having fun rap battling, and take Pico into their group. there will be explanations for the actions of Cherry's parents and all that jazz, it's just not explained in this description]