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living-lucid-dream · 4 months ago

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Blind Pico AU (part six)

Part One

The next morning, Pico frets to Boyfriend over Darnell and Nene's impending visit. He asks Boyfriend to help him call them so he can cancel before they arrive. When Boyfriend asks him why, Pico says that he doesn't want them to see him "like this."

Boyfriend asks "Like what?" to which Pico waves his hands around his eyes and snaps, "THIS!" He goes on to say that he's worried about how they will react to his new disability and that it would be better if NOBODY else he knows sees how bad off he is.

Boyfriend tells him that is a silly reason to turn away his friends, especially when they're already worried about him. "Besides, they're going to have to find out sometime...unless you plan on NEVER hanging out with them again."

Pico mumbles that might not be such a bad idea and is about to reiterate that he wants Boyfriend to call them when there is a knock on the door. Boyfriend takes both of Pico's hands and squeezes them as he says, "Hey. It's going to be fine. I know you can do this. I'm going to go answer the door." Pico sighs, "Fine" and plops onto the couch to pout.

Nene and Darnell come in and, after a cursory greeting to Boyfriend, find Pico sitting on the couch. Darnell tells him it's good to see him alive. Pico answers that he'd tell them the same, but (gesturing to his eyes) "you know...."

Nene sucks in a quiet gasp. "No. No fucking way. You'd better tell me that was an extremely shitty joke. You are not--"

"Blind?" Pico interrupts. "Sorry to break it to you, but apparently having drain cleaner dumped in your eyes will do that."

Darnell says, "OK...so how long until it clears up?"

Pico lets out a bitter laugh. "Are you serious? I just told you: I had drain cleaner dumped into my eyes. It's not going to 'clear up'!"

A few seconds of painful silence go by. Then Nene says, "Alright. Who do we need to kill?"

Pico slumps, admitting he doesn't remember who assaulted him. They press him to try to remember as much as he can about what happened after they left him backstage at the concert. Pico is irritable at first, saying "I already had to do this with the police and they couldn't figure out shit."

Darnell says, "Yeah? Well we're not the police. So spill."

Pico reluctantly recounts the little he remembers. ("You guys stormed off after biting my head off. Some stagehand came up and gave me a beer. I drank the beer. And then there's nothing.")

They push him to remember what the stagehand looked like, but Pico admits that he wasn't paying attention to details. He only remembers that it was a guy, average build, dark hair, wearing a stagehand uniform.

Nene says, "Wow, real helpful, Pico."

Pico snaps back at her that it wasn't as though he started the night knowing he should commit every inconsequential detail to memory because it might come in handy if some asshole decided to permanently maim him.

Realizing that Pico is on the edge of losing his cool, Boyfriend jumps in to change the subject. He reminds Pico that he has something he wants to give to his friends. Pico still seems annoyed, but he asks Boyfriend to go and get the things from his bedroom. Boyfriend goes to Pico's room and returns with Darnell's lighter and Nene's throwing star.

Nene and Darnell are surprised to see that Pico had their things. They tell him they'd been missing them since the night of the concert. (Somebody had taken them out of the lockers they'd stored their personal belongings in before the show.) They ask Pico why he had them and he explains that they were found with him in the dumpster.

Darnell and Nene both go quiet. Then Darnell says, "Son of a bitch. Somebody actually tried to frame us, huh?" Nene adds that she hopes Pico wasn't dumb enough to fall for it. When Pico fails to immediately disavow her of this, she says, "Wow, Pico, give us some credit. I mean, baseball bats and drain cleaner? That's hardly our M.O." (Darnell adds "Yeah, man. You know that if we wanted to kill you, we would have made sure to finish the job!")

They all laugh at this (with the exception of Boyfriend, who isn't sure what to think of the gallows humor) and the tension in the air fades. Then Nene says, "So you really don't remember anything between drinking the beer and waking up in the hospital?"

Pico affirms that is the case. Darnell says, "Naw, man. Those memories are in there somewhere...how do you feel about hypnosis?"

Pico shrugs, saying he doesn't really believe it works. Darnell says that "Yeah, most of the hypnotist shows where they make people do stupid shit like bark like a seal is bogus. But it can help people remember things their conscious mind forgot. It might be worth a shot."

Pico asks Darnell when he started getting into all this woo-woo crap and says (assuming it works as advertised, which it doesn't) he's not about to let some rando mess with his head. Darnell tells him it wouldn't be some rando: it would be him.

Pico asks Darnell "Are you for real?" Then, when he doesn't answer, he laughs and says, "Yo, Nene, Bee! Darnell's extra-smart big-brain has finally turned on him. I mean, for crying out loud, hypnotism?"

Boyfriend quietly replies, "Actually, I think you should try it." Pico is incredulous, but Boyfriend goes on to explain that they still have no leads as to who the assailants were. "Maybe this will shake something loose enough for us to figure it out."

Pico turns to Nene, now taking on a pleading tone as he says, "Nene, you agree that this is a stupid idea, right?"

Nene just says, "I dunno. It's better than anything we have now, which is bum-fuck nothing."

Pico grumbles that he can't believe he is doing this, but agrees to let Darnell try hypnotizing him.

Minutes later, Pico is laying down on the couch. Before Darnell begins, Pico implores Boyfriend not to let Darnell or Nene make him do anything stupid and to "kick Darnell in the nads" if he tries. Then Darnell begins giving Pico instructions to relax and focus on his breathing. After several minutes, Pico does seem to relax--so much so that Boyfriend thinks he must have fallen asleep.

Darnell shakes his head and says he doesn't think so. He asks Pico if he can still hear him and Pico says he can. Then he starts trying to direct Pico to recall what happened just before he drank the beer, specifically, any memories about the stagehand. Pico stays quiet for a long time. Then he says he was about my height. Dark hair. Average build. And he had a weird tattoo on his wrist...like some kind of round maze...."

Boyfriend whispers "Oh my god it's working..." Nene and Darnell seem to be just as surprised as Boyfriend. Then Darnell tells Pico to try and remember anything about what happened after he drank the beer. Pico seems to tense up a bit and says "No." Darnell reminds Pico to relax and that he's safe. Then he again directs Pico to remember what happened after he drank the beer. Pico whispers in a small voice that he doesn't want to. Darnell asks him to try.

Pico whimpers a rapid narrative that he can't move and he can't talk, that there are "things" around his wrists and legs, that he's laying on something hard...and then he starts to scream.

Boyfriend immediately runs to him and tries to shake him awake, but Pico's screaming turns into sobbing. Over Pico's shrieks, Boyfriend yells to Darnell to wake him up--now!

Darnell shakes himself out of his momentary stupor and quickly directs Pico to be fully awake and alert. Pico's screams stop, but the stress of the experience has triggered a hallucination of sorts and he is still thrashing against Boyfriend. He yells at Boyfriend, "Let go; DON'T YOU FUCKING TOUCH ME!" When Boyfriend tries to reach for his hand, Pico takes a wild swing, punching Boyfriend on the nose and knocking him back so he falls onto the coffee table and snaps it in half.

It's at this moment that Girlfriend bursts onto the scene. First, she sees Boyfriend sprawled over the destroyed coffee table. Then she sees Pico curled up in a quivering ball, pulling at his hair and whispering, "Shut up, shut up, I know you're dead, goddamn it shut up!" Then she sees Nene and Darnell standing around looking contrite. With her eyes just short of shooting flames, she demands of them, "What. The hell. Happened?"

Boyfriend comes to their defense, explaining that they were only trying to help and they didn't mean to give him a bloody nose or to hurt Pico or to break the coffee table into smithereens. Darnell and Nene elaborate that they were attempting to help Pico remember anything that would help them figure out who hurt him.

Meanwhile Pico seems to be calming down. He is no longer curled in on himself and he's stopped whispering. Girlfriend asks him if he's alright. He says that he thinks he is now and asks if they got anything helpful.

Boyfriend says that he told them a little more about the stagehand guy. Pico notices Boyfriend sounds like his nose is stuffy and asks him what happened. Boyfriend says, "Uh...you kinda-sorta decked me in the face."

Pico groans and apologizes for hurting Boyfriend. ("Thought you were Hanzou, that little creep. Can you believe that?") Darnell says, "No, I'm sorry I pushed you that far. Shit, you even said you didn't want to remember any more. I should have listened to you."

With the mood still tense, Girlfriend decides to show everybody what she has brought with her for Pico: it's a lavender fragrance mist, meant to promote relaxation. She says "I thought since you're still having nightmares it might help you sleep better. Mom absolutely swears by this stuff. Here, take a whiff!"

Girlfriend sprays the lavender scent. Darnell and Nene agree that it smells nice, and Boyfriend says it must be pretty strong because he can smell it even with his nose puffing up. But the effect on Pico is immediate and extreme. His whole body seems to tense and he starts breathing faster, almost to the point of hyperventilating. Then he starts to tremble and sweat.

Girlfriend freaks out, thinking that Pico must be allergic to the spray, but Nene and Darnell realize he's having a panic attack. They usher him away from the couch (against Boyfriend and Girlfriend's protests that "he shouldn't move if he's that shaky!" and "you're going to make him pass out!"), and into the kitchen. Once away from the scent, Pico starts to calm down again. When he is able to speak, he expresses bewilderment and embarrassment that he "had a complete shit fit over some froufrou perfume. What is wrong with me?"

Darnell asks Girlfriend if he can take the bottle of lavender spray. She glances over at Pico, who is irritably swiping beads of sweat off his face, and tells him to take it (it's not like they're going to be using it for Pico.)

Darnell and Nene say goodbye to Pico, Boyfriend, and Girlfriend. Once outside, Nene says, "Never pegged you as a fan of woman-y perfumes." Darnell says he doesn't plan on using it and tells her to take a good look at the bottle. The logo on the bottle looks like a fancy sponge with the words "Cyril's Squeaky Clean Shoppe" printed on it.

Nene gives a venomous grin and says, "Ooh, it looks like we're going to be visiting an old friend after all!"

#Friday Night Funkin #FNF #FNF AU #Blind Pico AU #Pico #FNF Boyfriend #FNF Girlfriend #Darnell #Nene #Pico x BF x GF

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