Benjamin Fairest

"DON'T CALL ME YOUR SON! YOU Tried to make me a mindless slave! Just like Girlfriend's parents did to her! (Mother Mairest: SHUT IT-) NO! Parents are supposed to protect and care for their children. You took away my dreams, my happiness, my trust in others, my childhood! For so long I thought that was what love truly was. But in reality, you were never my parents and never will be! Pico! Hit it!"

- Boyfriend's famous quote as he stands up to his parents and exposing them for all of the abuse he endured from them, as well as disowning them.

Boyfriend, real name is Benjamin Fairest, is the protagonist of the popular mod, Friday Night Funkin': Soft and a cameo character in Friday Night Funkin': Neo. He is a painter currently dating Pico and both on the run from the former's abusive parents, who want him to follow in their footsteps as a singer so they can live off his success. They won't and will never take no for an answer.

Appearance
BF has dyed cerulean blue hair. He wears a red beanie with green, red, and blue polka dots on the rim on his head. He wears a periwinkle hoodie with an orange "caution!" sign in the center, navy blue jeans, and red sneakers with black laces. In his right hand, he holds a paintbrush. You can also see cigar burns on his chest in some of his dialogue portraits. During Week 5, he replaces his hoodie with a red winter coat with white fur trim, and his sneakers are replaced with brown winter boots. He also wears dark brown mittens. His real hair colour is blonde.

Personality
Unlike the original Boyfriend, who is peppy, confident and cheerful, the Boyfriend from the mod is depressed, lacking confidence and has low self esteem due to the abuse and belittling he endured from his parents over the years. Since meeting Pico and becoming his date, he has started to gain more confidence and become more happy. Despite this, he still retain the fear of both of his parents, as he hallucinates a smoke-like demon version of his father that manifests itself from the abuse he had face.

After he beats his parents in another rap battle in Week 5 and they once again drop their friendly acts and talk down to him, Boyfriend finally stands up for himself and lashes out at them both for their toxic behavior exposing his parents. Once he is confronted by the demon again, he doesn't cower and once again fights back.

Trivia

 * Soft Boyfriend was originally named Aaron but was changed to Benjamin Fairest.
 * Soft Boyfriend is gay. This is in contrast to Boyfriend being bisexual in the cannon game
 * In some of his dialogue sprites, you can see cigarette burns on his neck.
 * Boyfriend's hair is not naturally blue. He actually has blonde hair.
 * Soft Boyfriend's favorite drink is hot chocolate.
 * Soft Boyfriend enjoys singing somewhat, but only in private or with Pico willingly out of fear.
 * Soft Boyfriend is sensitive to loud noises, explaining his fear of thunder.
 * Soft Boyfriend's favorite color is green.
 * Soft Boyfriend goes out with Neo Boyfriend and B3 Boyfriend every Saturday night for hamburgers.
 * Soft Boyfriend enjoys pizza rolls.
 * Soft Boyfriend hates pickles.
 * Soft Boyfriend genuinely cares about Soft Girlfriend and understands it's not her fault the ways she is, Boyfriend wishes he could love Girlfriend so he could make her happy. However, knows that it would hurt for both of them.
 * Soft Boyfriend has PTSD, ADHD, and anxiety with depressive episodes.
 * Soft Boyfriend is canonically 19.
 * During Week 5 when Soft Boyfriend lashes out at his parents over their abuse towards him, the expressions the crowd has in the background go from happy and cheerful to hate and disgust.
 * From 1:30-1:33 of Genesis, Benjamin screams really loudly.
 * The arrows represent the colors on Soft BF's pins except for purple.
 * Despite Soft BF being the first character ever designed, he was the last ones to be finalized and made into a sprite.
 * Benjamin and Pico's ideal date is McDonald's.
 * Benjamin and Pico take turns feeding the alleyway cat named Trashi almost every night.
 * There are some fan portrayals were Benjamin is adopted by the Dearest family from the vanilla FNF. The creators of the mod have stated if this were the case, the original Girlfriend would treat him like a brother.