#darnella

Everything goes the way as it is in canon where Nene is still chasing Pico and hit her with the stair ladder. He then bumps into Helena's back instead of the music box (which meant he bumped against her ass and it jiggled for the suggestive points). Instead of reacting with dread because Pico saw Helena first, he felt relieved and even safe for a bit. Helena looks at him confused and worried, bending down on his level as she reaches her hand out to help him stand up. He takes her hand, Pico smiling with his eyes closed, feeling relaxed. But as he stands up and opens his eyes, Pico glances whoever was behind Helena, only to notice Darnell, scaring the fuck outta Pico. Helena is confused at this reaction, so she looks to where he's looking, and we get that same scene of Darnell who just finished making graffiti and looks back at Pico while chuckling.

Cue brief cutscene from in-game but I'm torn between two options (Helena replaces Nene vibing on the boom box, or Nene is there and Helena is standing at the side where Darnell is). Darnell briefly looks at Helena with a small but genuine smile, and then back at Pico with a slight frown before replacing it with a grin and throws the spray can at him.

Darnell (and Nene if she was there) laugh after that, but with Helena there, she just rolled her eyes like it's an everyday occurrence. Then the game plays.

After the third song aka 2Hot, we get another cutscene, right?

When Pico raises his gun, Helena immediately stepped in front of him with her arms spread, clearly protecting Darnell. She gives Pico a stern glare and shakes her head in a no.

She looks back at Darnell to give him a stern glare too, also shaking her head at him. Basically telling the both of them to stop fighting.

Helena lends her hand for Pico to take, basically saying that he should leave this place with her now. Pico looks at Darnell, then back at Helena. Pico smiles as he accepts her hand and leaves together like a couple they are.

Darnell watches from behind as Pico holds Helena close by the waist. Darnell is dumbfounded at this, and we get a brief backstory of how he knew Helena and Pico were enemies in the past, then how he is friends with both of them throughout the years, how his feelings for Helena grew as time passed… and now at the present time; the reason why she's with him is because Darnell invited her. His plan was to confess her about his feelings, but of course, that all backfired. He felt betrayed that she didn't tell him that she was already taken, by his best friend of all people, and in Helena's case, her former childhood enemy!

We see Darnell heartbroken and about to tear up, but he blinks back his tears and snarls in anger, lighting up his lighter to throw another spray can at Pico but the lighter ran out of flames. He is more pissed than the original version of this scene, because instead of throwing the objects behind him, Darnell throws the unlit spray can at Pico with blunt force, which causes him to get hurt and glare back at Darnell. Pico is caught slightly off-guard when he saw Darnell tearing up while he angrily raised his fists. Helena is beyond confused, but also really concerned and hurt from watching the two people she cares about are hurting each other like this.

And that's how Blazin' started.

When they stopped fighting for a bit in that one scene, they were supposed to continue where they left off but they both look at Helena if she was still there. She still is. And despite feeling worried, Helena glares back at them with a stern gaze, telling them once again to stop fighting.

The other two understood what she meant by that as she watched them wipe their own blood off of their faces and smile at each other. Just looking at her and then back at each other was a wake up call for the two to make up.

Cue the friendship handshake.

Option 1: She watches them be all bros and passed out with blood pooling over them, but she walks over and brings them up, carrying two passed out boyos on each arm and leaves the area.