never alone, never apart
K-O’s a quarter century old as of July 2020, so I drew him and his best friend because I love these two. K-O has his quarantine hair in this, and he’s on his way back to that ponytail he was sporting when he and ‘Key first met…Anarchy and Kato have been through some SHIT together over the past 9 years. He and Anarchy went from a couple sarcastic shitlords as teenagers, throwing insults and sometimes even fists, as unstable teen boys are wont to do…to a close and occasionally lopsided best-friendship, as Kato stagnated in teenage volatility even into his early 20’s, while Anarchy began to mature—though his fight with his own sexuality then brought them together in a different way; as friends-with-benefits and then lovers. That couldn’t last, not with Kato’s damage, and they returned to best-friendship that’s about as close to brotherhood as you can get when you have a romantic and sexual history together. Now, summer 2020, Kato’s been asked to be ‘Key’s best man at his eventual wedding, and Anarchy’s thrilled that his best friend has gotten to a point in healing where his aggressive tattoos aren’t going to be visible by the time wedding photos are being taken. Things will get hard next year for K-O, post-wedding, but it’ll be okay…and Anarchy’s going to be a big reason why things turn out okay. These two didn’t work out as a couple, no…but they never, ever mean “less” to one another because of that. Love them.