Okay, see, that right there is what I mean. You just pictured putting Keith's hair into pigtails.

But, on topic here, it's a saying. You know how little kids pull on someones hair or pick on them over and over? Call them names or tease them? [POINTED LOOK AT YOU HERE LANCE]

Nine times out of ten it means they like the other kid. You're mean to Keith because you ~Li-ike~ him. [tell him he's wrong. Fight me.] And he doesn't get it and flits off into the night all dark and mysterious like he is.