Tension pt. 2
He woke up, remembering absolutely everything from the night before. He didn’t drink that much so he’s not surprised. And he’s extremely happy. Even despite the weird thing with nyma.
But he got to see drunk Keith and he absolutely loved it. He likes normal Keith too though. Probably a little better since he can process things normally. But he still loved last night.
Keith is still asleep and he doesn’t want to wake him up. He’s not gonna leave either, but he does have to pee.
He carefully got up and walked to the door. He opened it and walked out and closed it. He went to the bathroom and started doing his business.
Then there was a knock on the door “Keith? Can we talk about yesterday? I’m going in later today”
Lance didn’t say anything and he kept talking “If you’re upset with me not going to the games, you can talk to me about it. You know how my job is though—they need me there”
He was done but he didn’t open the door or anything. He spoke again “Are you okay…?”
Shit—he coughed and tried to do his best Keith impression “Ye—“ fuck, he coughed again “Yeah”
They were both silent for way too long.
”Who’s in my bathroom?”
”Um…lance…if you remember me…”
”I remember you—what are you doing here?”
”Just…uhm…” he looked down at Keith’s clothes that he’s wearing. Oh god, what if he thinks it’s weird that he’s wearing his sons clothes. I mean, there’s nothing he can do besides get naked but he’s not doing that. “We, uh, hung out yesterday—after the game”
He washed his hands really quick and opened the door. He smiled at him, trying to look as natural as possible. And probably failing.
He looked down at his clothes then back up “What about everyone else?”
”Hunk was throwing up so they all went with him and I drove him home”
“He didn’t ride his bike?”
Kind of feeling interrogated, he sputtered, making himself look like an idiot. His dad is very intimidating.
”I had to bring all my stuff so he helped me out” suddenly Keith was there, he had clothes on now though.
His dad just nodded and then moved so lance could leave the bathroom.
”Okay, well, I should get going though—thanks for letting me stay—“
”Your clothes” keith said and lance stopped “Oh yeah—“
He walked towards the door and Keith opened it for him and went in. He locked the door and lance took a deep breath “Im sorry, I didn’t know he would be here and I would’ve woken you up and changed and—“
Keith put his hands on his shoulders, shaking his head “It’s fine”
”What if he finds out?”
”He won’t—just get dressed”
He nodded but paused “Do you…remember last night—you drank quite a bit”
Keith nodded and whispered “I’m uh—sorry…about that”
Lance leaned forward and whispered back “I didn’t mind it so don’t feel bad or anything”
”I didn’t want her assuming anything”
Lance nodded “I know—but still—I didn’t mind it” he got closer to his ear “I especially liked after”
Keith smiled and leaned closer but they were interrupted by a noise coming from outside the room.
Lance moved back and got his clothes “Get out of here”
Keith laughed and left lance to get changed. Because it definitely would be weird for Keith to be in here.
When Keith closed the door, his dad motioned for him to come closer so he listened.
”He spent the night?”
He nodded, confused.
He lowered his voice and Keith leaned in to hear him “He seems a bit…different”
Keith frowned “What?”
”You really haven’t noticed?”
He leaned back, feeling a bit defensive for him “Noticed what?”
His dad leaned towards him again “I don’t know, I just get a weird feeling from him”
”What feeling, dad”
He looked at him like ‘come on’. “He’s all over you when he’s here”
Keith backed up more, now defensive of himself “What’s that supposed to mean?”
”Look—I took a picture a while ago because I thought it was adorable but then I noticed this—“ he got his phone and went to a picture and showed it to Keith. It was of them all sleeping on the couch that one day.
He zoomed in and showed him lances hand that was on his thigh. He rolled his eyes “I used to be a huggy sleeper—you should understand”
”Yeah but still…I still think he may be…” he looked like he didn’t want to say the word so Keith stared at him “What”
”You know…”
”No I don’t, dad, what do you think he ‘may be’”
His dad looked frustrated “A queer, Keith”
Keith nodded, now angry. He turned around but his dad stopped him “I’m just trying to make sure he doesn’t pressure you into anything—“
He ignored him and walked to his room, where lance was still getting dressed. He covered up and Keith closed the door.
Lance stood up straight and looked concerned “What’s wrong?”
Keith just shook his head “Nothing, just hurry up”
Lance did and when he was done, he stopped Keith from going “What happened?”
He told him what his dad said and lance looked genuinely worried “Did I pressure you into anything?” He gasped and lowered his voice “You’re not doing all this just be nice, right?”
Keith frowned “No, I knew I was gay before you”
Lance smiled “Really?”
Keith rolled his eyes “I watch chick flicks of course I knew”
Lance snorted and keith got more serious “Can I leave with you? I don’t want to deal with him right now”
”Of course”
They left and his dad spoke “Where are you going?”
”I still need to get my bike” they left and got in lances car.
He started driving and lance seemed weird. He looked at him “What’s wrong?”
”I don’t want to be the reason your relationship is ruined with your dad”
”You won’t be”
”Are you sure?”
”Yeah, with or without you, I’m still gay so it’ll be ruined anyway”
”You think it will?”
He shrugged “I don’t care—I can always live with shiro again”
”…again?”
”After my mom died he started drinking so I moved in with shiro for a few years”
”I’m sorry”
”It’s fine—I know shiro won’t care—He has a boyfriend actually”
Lance looked at him, shocked “What??”
”Yeah, he told me a while ago”
Lance smiled “That’s so great! Does he know about you?”
”Oh yeah, I even told him about you”
Lance pursed his lips “He knows I’m gay?”
”He already knew—I guess it’s a gay people thing”
Lance snorted “So you had a proper crush on me then, huh?”
”Shut up”
”No way, josé, I’m milking this for all its worth”
”You better not”
”I am—because Keith, you, quarterback, all hot and broody, had a schoolgirl crush on me”
“You’re the one who always talked about me”
”Yeah, because you’re you, Keith, quarterback, all—“
”Ok I get it”
He laughed and then got a little quieter “So…”
He looked at lance, waiting for him to continue.
”Was she any good?”
Keith was confused for a second but then realized he was talking about nyma. He smiled at him “It was only good because you were there”
Lance bit his lip, looking worried about something “What if I’m not as good as her…?”
”Practice makes perfect”
Lance smiled “You’re bold”
Keith laughed “So are you so I’m trying to step up my game”
“You feeling threatened?”
”A little”
”Good”
Lance asked to use luis’ truck again and since Keith was there again, he allowed him to and they went to the school and picked it up.
They dropped it off at Keith’s house but didn’t go in since his dad was still there.
They left and returned the truck and Keith just stayed at lances house.
But when he had to leave, lance drove him home and fortunately, his dad wasn’t there.
After he left, he went straight to sleep, exhausted mentally.
But he wasn’t upset anymore. Hanging out with lance always makes him happy. Hanging out with his friends makes him happy. Who knew, right?
Two weeks and two more games later, lance invited keith over to his house to ‘study’ again. And once again, Keith actually brought homework.
”I thought you would know by now that I don’t actually want to study”
He leaned back on the headboard and smiled “You know the inverse to this logarithm?”
”I know the inverse to what I want to do—and it’s this”
Keith set down his binder and crossed his arms “You’re gonna make me fail”
Lance laid back, groaning “and you’re gonna make me cry”
He fake cried and Keith leaned over him “Help me and I’ll help you”
Lance smiled and sat up “Okay—I expect your full services after though”
”I’m not a prostitute”
”Right now you are”
He rolled his eyes and they both did their homework. Well, they started to.
”So the exponential form is—“
“You explained that already”
”I know—I’m making sure you understand”
”I do”
”Yeah? Then why is this one wrong”
”Cause it’s hard to pay attention”
Lance looked at him, smiling and not moving from the very close position he was in “Why’s that?”
”You”
Lance tried to looked innocent “What am I doing?” He moved his hand to his leg and keith turned his head more, closing his eyes.
But right before they could, kiss, there was a knock on the door. They moved away from each other really quickly and the door opened. His mom poked her head in and said something in Spanish that keith still couldn’t understand.
“Yeah, soon—thank you”
She nodded and shut the door and Keith looked at him.
”She said dinner is almost ready and asked when you were leaving”
Keith nodded and got his binder “Okay, we can resume that next time”
Lance frowned and nodded. But he looked at Keith and smiled “Or you could stay for dinner? I stayed for you, now it’s your turn!”
“I don’t know…”
”They all love you, it’ll be fine”
”They weren’t expecting me though—isn’t that kind of rude?”
”No, not at all—please?”
He smiled at him and Keith sighed “Okay”
Lance got up and he followed him downstairs. Lance asked his mom and she smiled “of course!”
Keith has never eaten dinner with so many people before. The only ‘big’ dinners he’s ever had was when shiro came over.
And this is nothing like that.
Mostly because they’re all speaking in a language Keith doesn’t know. Should he learn Spanish? Would lance teach him? Would lance think it’s weird if he asked?
But besides it being new, it was really nice. Obviously they didn’t speak Spanish the whole time since Keith was there, and when they did speak to him it wasn’t weird at all.
And the food was great.
When he got home, he saw his dads car in the driveway. Ever since he said what he said about lance, they haven’t really spoke that much.
And tonight was no different. Keith just went to his room and laid down. Most kids probably wouldn’t be this upset at their dad calling their friend a ‘queer’. Does his dad think he’s gay now? What would really happen if he knew? Would he kick him out?
If he did, Keith knows he has shiro…but he doesn’t think he’s ready to lose his dad.
Another week passed and things between him and his dad have been really tense. He decided he’s just going to wait until he graduates to tell him he’s gay. They’ve been talking normally again but it’s still really weird.
And Keith hasn’t invited lance over to his house since. And lance hasn’t said anything about it so he doesn’t know if he should apologize or something.
But also…things between him and lance have gotten…also weird. Not bad weird though. It’s like they’re both too nervous to do more than kissing and Keith is kind of nervous that lance doesn’t want to. Keith knows he wants to but he doesn’t know about lance. But keith really wants to. And it’s making him nervous and…really excitable. Like, lance will look at him a certain way and he’ll have so many thoughts.
And right now, he’s at his house and he’s reading some stupid math problem that he can’t pay attention to. He knows he gets it but lance is leaning his head on his shoulder and it’s distracting.
”You’ve been staring at this for like, 10 minutes”
”I know”
”Do you not get it?”
”I do”
”Then what’s wrong—you know our deal, fun stuff after homework”
Keith smiled and closed his folder “I don’t think I like that rule anymore”
Lance sat up, also smiling “I’ve been not liking it since you implemented it”
After that, they smooched a bit but kind suddenly, lance pulled away. For a split second, keith was worried but he saw lance smiling “Can I get on your lap?”
Keiths heart sped up and he nodded, smiling with him.
They kissed some more but lance started moving down to his neck. He’s only done that once and keith was a little drunk but now that he’s not, he’s getting to enjoy it a bit more.
Well, a lot more.
Keith moved his hands up his shirt a little and—
There was a knock on the door and they both freaked out and lance went to move at the same time as Keith, which made made lance fall.
Off the bed.
The door opened and it was Veronica. Keith knows she knows about them but she hasn’t said anything. But he knows. And so does she.
Well, now she definitely does.
She looked at them and laughed. Lance stayed on the ground and keith looked down at him “Are you okay?”
Veronica was still laughing and lance got up, still sitting on the ground “What do you want?”
”Mamá told me to ask if you wanted something to eat or drink. And by the looks of it, you two look pretty thirsty”
”I hate you”
”I’ll leave but I recommend locking the door next time”
”I recommend not just opening the door”
”I recommend not doing this in a house full of nosy people”
”I recommend you mind your own business!”
“We don’t need anything, thank you” Keith said, stopping them.
”Alright……” she smiled at him in a weird wholesome manner but locked the door dramatically before shutting it.
Lance looked at Keith “Sorry”
Keith smiled “At least it wasn’t your mom”
”I think she might know I’m gay”
Keith held out his hands for lance “Oh, she definitely knows”
Lance grabbed his hands and got up and back on the bed. “You think so?”
He nodded, not letting go of his hands “Yeah, you don’t really hide it around your family.”
”I don’t??”
”No”
”How?”
”In the nicest way possible, you act very gay”
”Ok, wow”
Keith smiled “At least they love you enough to not care”
”You don’t think they would?”
Keith shook his head “Definitely not”
“I’m sorry about your dad by the way”
”No, I’m sorry about what he said about you”
”I don’t care about that”
”I do”
Lance hugged him and laid down. Keith laughed and lance hugged him tighter and lowered his voice “Can we try that again when we’re alone?”
Keith smiled “Yeah”
The next week before school on Thursday, there was a note on the table.
’Good luck with the game on Friday! I won’t be back until Sunday night, there’s money in my nightstand if you need it.
No parties!
(P.S. If you do have a party the alcohol is off limits)‘
There was smaller writing below that.
’if it can’t be helped, drink responsibly’
He smiled and shook his head before leaving. When he got to the school and went inside, nyma immediately started walking with him.
And Keith realized that him and nyma have gotten kind of…closer? Weirdly, I know. But they’ve become better friends and keith has started to actually like talking to her.
She hasn’t mentioned that night though. And neither has—or will—keith.
“I’m thinking about dumping rolo”
”Yeah?” They stopped at their lockers.
”Yeah, he’s an ass—and he doesn’t even have a nice one so what gives him the right, you know?”
He laughed but stopped himself—since it’s nyma.
Then allura walked up to them “Hey!”
Nyma smiled “Hey, I never got the chance to apologize about that whole party thing”
Allura shook her head “Don’t worry about it”
Nyma whispered “Also, I learned it was lance”
Allura laughed “Yeah, Keith is a great friend isn’t he?”
”Yeah, definitely” she looked at Keith and pouted “If only he cared about me that much”
Keith just rolled his eyes and allura smirked at him “He does care about lance more than us, doesn’t he?”
Nyma crossed her arms “Yeah!”
”I’m not enabling this” He started walking away and they both followed him “Guys always care about their friends more—“nyma said and then used a mocking guy voice “Bros before hoes, right?”
“Exactly” Keith said, walking a bit faster.
”You’re mean, you know”
”Yep”
“Wait, I needed to talk to you!” Allura caught up with him and the bell rang “Later, then?”
He nodded and went to his class.
After that class, he had to go straight to his next class since the teacher kept them late.
Lance was already there and he smiled at him. It seemed weird though. When he sat down, lance didn’t say anything.
”You good?”
Lance looked at him and nodded—a little too fast. “Yeah! Of course”
Keith didn’t say anything else, not wanting to pry too much.
Even he wanted to, he wouldn’t have gotten the chance to since the teacher started talking.
”You all know the drill by now, you can do this paper with a partner—don’t be too loud—don’t be crazy—that’s all” she passed out the papers and Keith scooted closer to lance so they could do the paper. He even put his arm on lances chair which has kind of become a habit.
Everyone was already talking so they didn’t need to be quiet but Keith lowered his voice anyway “Do you want me to read?”
Lance nodded and Keith started reading.
As he was reading, he could see in the corner of his eye that lance kept looking at him. He remembered his dads note and got an idea.
”Do you want to come to my house after the game tomorrow?”
“Huh?”
Since people in the class were loud and he didn’t want people to hear, he leaned over to whisper closer in his ear.
“My dad won’t be home for the whole weekend—do you want to come over tomorrow?”
He moved away and lance looked a little pale. Is he sick or something? Should he not have asked? He moved back “You don’t have to”
Lance shook his head “No, I do”
Keith smiled “Okay”
As he walked down the hall, he saw pidge and grabbed her arm, making her walk with him.
”Ow! What?!”
He waited until no one was looking and opened the janitors closet and shoved her in.
”What the hell?!”
”Keith invited me over to his house because his dad won’t be there during the weekend and what if that means he wants me to stay the night and since we’re alone what if we…y’know…?”
Pidge still looked confused “What?”
”What if Keith invited me over specifically because his dad won’t be there for the weekend??”
“Literally what are you talking about—“
”What if he wants to have sex??”
Pidge’s eyes got wide and then she sighed, rubbing her eyes “I don’t know? Be safe?”
”What” lance frowned “Come on, you can help me more than that”
”I don’t know how gay sex works? Like, it’ll probably hurt, right?”
”No! Not like that! I know about that—I just don’t know if he actually meant it like that and I don’t know what to do—honestly I’ve been wanting to go farther for a while now but I’ve been to scared to ask because what if he doesn’t?”
”Why wouldn’t he?”
”I don’t know?”
”Then just tell him—and don’t be weird about it—you can get weird when you’re nervous”
Lance nodded, kind of agreeing “Okay—what do you think? Do you think he meant it like that?”
She shrugged “I dunno”
”I know he’s slept with a lot of girls—what if he isn’t ready to sleep with a guy?”
”I doubt that but if you think he isn’t, then just talk to him”
”What do you mean you doubt that”
”He’s kind of a whore, he’ll most likely want to”
”Ok, rude”
”He is, and you know it’s true—even he would agree”
”Yeah but with girls”
“Okay, as much as I would love to talk about Keith and his whoreness, I have to get to class”
”Fine, jerk”
They left and got a few weird stares but he ignored it.
But pidge suddenly stopped him and said quietly “He really likes you, just talk to him”
Lance smiled and she left.
During lunch, since Allura wanted to talk to Keith, they went to the bleachers.
”I got into the newspaper club!”
Keith smiled “Yeah?”
”Yeah, I want to try to stop rumors”
”That’s a good idea”
She smiled at him, pretty quickly changing the subject ”So…How have things been with lance?”
”I thought you wanted to talk about you”
”And I’m done—now spill”
Keith shrugged and put his chin on his hand “It’s been kind of weird. Like, I haven’t been able to invite him over to my house because my dad called him ‘a queer’.”
”What??”
”So I didnt know if he would want to come over and be near him. But at least I know I was right about waiting to tell him im gay”
”Shit, I’m sorry”
”It’s alright”
”It’s not alright” she put her head on his shoulder and hugged him. He just moved his head to the side a little.
”I invited him over after the game though since my dad won’t be back until Sunday”
“Ooh, over the weekend?”
”What? No, just for a bit?”
She sat up and squinted at him “Wait, what do you mean things have been weird”
“I dunno, he just seems…nervous about something—and—“ he laughed and looked down “And we keep getting interrupted when we try doing anything more than kissing and I’m kind of worried he doesn’t want to do that with me”
Allura frowned “Oh my god, you are the most oblivious”
“What??”
“It’s been weird because he wants to”
He was silent for a bit “…really?”
”Yes, keith—he definitely wants to—even I’ve noticed him staring at you”
”Oh…”
”And I think this weekend is a great opportunity” she smirked at him and he started freaking out.
”Wait, actually?”
”Yeah? You’ll be alone in a house—you can’t do it at his house—you’ll get no privacy”
“Oh god, do you think that’s what he thought I was implying would happen?”
”Definitely, he always goes to the most extreme scenarios”
”This is extreme?”
”He would make it extreme—you should know how dramatic he can be”
Keith nodded and rubbed his face “Oh god, I’m so not prepared”
”You don’t have to go all the way immediately, you know”
”What if I do something wrong?”
”You might but that’s the experience—people’s first times aren’t usually perfect”
”I’ve had sex before”
”Not with a guy—you’re a virgin when it comes to this”
“Do you think he is, too?”
”You should talk to him about it, I can’t answer all your questions, I’m not a gay guy”
”Well, I’m not asking shiro”
”Why not? It’ll be like having the birds and the bees talk with your dad?”
”Ive never had that talk—I just watched porn”
She laughed “Shiro probably knows what he’s talking about—just talk to him—safe sex is still important even if you can’t get pregnant”
”I know that”
”Then talk to him”
“It’s still embarrassing”
“Yes, but also important—and porn is fake”
”Okay, fine—now let’s get away from here—it smells like cigarettes”
After that, they started walking back inside and waited until the bell rang.
After school, Keith walked to shiros classroom, really dreading this whole situation. He opened the door and there was someone in there talking to him.
It was another teacher. They both looked over at him. Shiro smiled “Hey! You need something?”
Why did he have to ask in front of the other teacher?? Now she’s gonna know it’s a ‘private matter’. And ‘private matters’ with teen boys are almost always sex.
”Uh, it’s not important—I can come back”
”No, I was just leaving” she said something to shiro and he nodded and she left, saying bye to him and Keith. She didn’t close the door so Keith did, making sure to be quiet.
”What’s up?”
He sighed and walked over to him, hesitating. He tapped his foot and shiro now looked concerned “Hey, what’s wrong?”
”Um…” He looked down and awkwardly laughed “So…how do I know what to do when…things…are more than….um…”
”What’s this about? Maybe I can help you say it”
He lowered his voice “…Lance”
He looked really shocked for a second but quickly calmed down “Oh…”
“Do you want to come over to my house? It might be better to talk there”
Keith sighed “I guess so”
”Okay, do you want a ride?”
”Nope, I’ll meet you there” he quickly left and walked outside to his bike. He was not about to sit awkwardly in a car for that long.
He drove to his house even though he knew he wouldn’t be there yet. He knocked on the door and Adam answered. He looked at him like he knew. Of course shiro told him.
He let him in “Do you want something to drink?”
”Uh—yeah, thanks”
He shut the door and walked to the living room and sat down.
After a bit, he came too and handed him a glass.
“I have some work I have to get done, but if you need anything, just holler, alright?”
He nodded and started slowly drinking the drink. He heard the door open and close and his stomach dropped. He shouldn’t have asked anything—this is already awful.
“Hey” he put his stuff down and sat down on the couch across from him. He smiled “So, what exactly did you want to know”
He finished the drink “I don’t know”
”Like, what to do? How to prepare? How to talk about it?”
He sighed and sat back “I don’t know”
”Okay, I’ll just go over everything then”
And that, he did. And it was just as bad as he thought it would be. Very informative though, unfortunately.
”Most importantly just have an open conversation with him—he’ll tell you what he likes and you should do the same”
He just nodded and shiro smiled “That’s all”
”Cool—thanks—I should go now” he got up and shiro laughed “Thank you for asking me—if you have any other questions I’d be happy to answer them—and remember that this isn’t awkward at all—it’s completely normal”
Keith nodded—still feeling awkward. “Thank you”
They said bye and Keith drove home. That was…not good. But at least, he’s feeling a bit more confident about it.
He still ended watching some…videos…just to refresh his brain—obviously he’s seen this before. He made sure to find more “realistic” ones though. It was pretty hard. Pun intended.
He was confident, until he saw lance again. And he could definitely tell he assumed what Keith meant. And I guess now, that is what he meant.
Should he say something though? No, not at school.
The only words they said to each other were ‘hey’ and ‘bye’ after class. Maybe he should cancel?? No, that would be worse.
Anyway, it’s too late because the game is about to start. Keith drove his truck since can’t bring his equipment with his bike obviously. And he had to get there earlier. And since hunk did too, he offered to drive him there. He agreed and during the drive, he decided to tell him about lance.
”So uh…just so you know, me and lance are like…together—everyone else knows so I thought I should tell you, too”
Hunk looked at him, surprised “Really??”
”Yeah”
”Thats so awesome! He really liked you”
Keith smiled and hunk laughed “Seriously it is awesome—I’m glad”
”Thank you”
”How does allura feel about it?”
”She doesn’t mind”
“Cool! I’m sure pidge found out on her own”
”Yeah” he laughed and hunk spoke again “And you don’t have to worry about me telling anyone—I know the guys would get…weird”
”I know, thank you—I knew you wouldn’t”
”Good, thank you for telling me by the way”
Keith smiled at him and when they got there, they all got ready and started doing drills and stuff.
The game went how it usually does. There were a lot of people this time though. And some people who Keith didn’t even know were rooting for him. It made him feel really good.
After they won, Keith and hunk walked where everyone was and they were all happily cheering. Lance wasn’t cheering as much though.
“Hey! I have beef with all of you!” Hunk said, jokingly. Keith laughed, knowing what he meant.
”What??” Pidge said, sounding worried.
”You never told me about two certain people who are together.” He looked very obviously at Keith and lance and lance smiled “Well, now you know”
“I guess I’ll never tell you my crush”
“Shay” they all said.
He stared at them, shocked. Then he turned around and crossed his arms “I guess I’ll find new friends”
”Hunk you get sick around her”
He turned around “Alright, fine”
“Are we celebrating tonight or are we just going home—honestly I’m fine with either” Pidge said, glancing at lance and Keith.
”We can always celebrate another time, it’s late and it’s 45 minute drive home.” Allura said, looking at keith.
“I’m fine with that” Hunk said, obviously not understanding why they were offering that.
”I’ll drive hunk and pidge home and keith you can drive lance home” allura said, smiling.
He looked at keith and keith smiled at allura, in a ‘fuck you’ manner.
”Alright, let’s go! I’ll see you either some time this weekend or Monday!” Allura said, leaving with everyone.
Neither lance or keith said anything. Keith looked at lance “I’m gonna go change—I’ll just take a shower at home, so I won’t be long”
He smiled and nodded, a little fast.
He walked to the locker room and changed as fast as he could. He walked back to where lance was and they walked to his truck.
He put his bag in the back and got in. He started driving and it was awkwardly silent.
He’s been driving for about 30 minutes now and they’ve barely said anything. Lance had slouched down a little and started biting his nails. He does that when he’s nervous.
And it’s starting to drive Keith a little crazy.
“Is everything alrig—“
”I wanna see you naked” he blurted out and then turned his face, embarrassed.
Keith stared at him, since he was at a red light. He heard a car honk at him so he went and swallowed, scared to say the wrong thing.
And he ended up not saying anything. He was just…thinking the whole time.
When he got to his house, they both got out and he got his bag before walking in. He had thought a lot. And, he still had no idea what to say. He needs more time to think.
”I’m gonna take a shower”
Lance nodded and he left and took a shower. And he got an idea.
He really can not believe himself. Of course he had to say it like that. And he probably just ruined everything. Keith is probably uncomfortable now and doesn’t want to say anything to not be rude—oh god, lance really fucked up, didn’t he?
”Hey, will you close your eyes?” Suddenly, Keith was poking his head in the door. That pretty much confirmed his fears.
Lance covered his eyes and started talking “I’m sorry, I don’t know why I said that—pidge even told me not to be weird about it and I said it in the weirdest way possible. You don’t have to respond to it—you can even pretend I never said it. I understand if you don’t feel that way and I don’t want to rush you into anything you don’t want to do or make you uncomfortable or anything and—“
”You can open your eyes now”
Lance moved his hands, ready to continue talking. But he didn’t when he saw Keith standing in front on him in a robe. His hair was all wet and he looked…really good. He opened his mouth to talk but Keith held up his finger to stop him. He had never seen him in a robe before but it started to make sense that he was when he untied it “Did you change your mind?”
He was holding it closed and lances heart stopped.
He shook his head
”Good”
Lances face got really hot when Keith dropped the robe. Lance instinctively looked down but, a little overwhelmed, he looked at his chest and he was right about him being ripped. Keith put his hands on his hips.
”I don’t like being the only one”
Lance smiled and stood up, taking off his shirt. And even though he doesn’t have abs like Keith, he still feels pretty confident about himself. He decided a while ago that he needs to be fine with how he looks. Keith saying what he said that night he was drunk really helped.
And that confidence allowed him to act as such. He walked up to Keith, still smiling. “Would you like to?”
Keith smiled back and then unbuttoned his pants. Lance pulled them down and when he stood back up, he saw Keith looking down. Deep down it did make him a little nervous.
”Like what you see?”
Keith put his hand on his chest “Of course I do”
”Good” he leaned in to kiss him and soon, they moved to the bed and Keith started kissing his neck. Then he moved his hand down a little. It gave him chills. Good chills.
Before going even further down, he stopped “Are you fine with this?”
Lance put his hand on his cheek “I’d be fine with pretty much anything you do”
Keith smiled and continued doing what he was doing.
They didn’t go any farther than either have them have gone with someone else (in lances case) or themselves but what they did do, was great for both of them.
And after, they laid there and talked and maybe giggled a little.
The next day, Keith woke up to lance hugging him again. It made him feel a way he’s never felt before. And he couldn’t hold back the smile forming on his face. He reached for his phone on the nightstand and looked at the time.
It was 12:45 and there was a text from pidge that was just ‘ ;) ‘. He felt lance move so he put his phone down and looked over at him.
His eyes were barely open and he looked really tired. A small part of Keith was still a little scared lance would regret last night but those feelings went away when lance smiled. He smiled back and lance put his face in his pillow.
”What?” Keith turned towards him and lance looked at him, smiling “I really liked last night”
Keith leaned down really close to his face “I know” he kissed him and lance laughed “I’m just gonna say this because I’m tired but I also really like when you’re bold”
”I’m gonna say this because it’s true—“ he whispered in his ear something a bit too dirty to recall.
Lance gasped and Keith smiled at him, kind of innocently. But Lance retaliated and they did that for a bit until they both decided to get something to eat.
They dressed (mostly) and went to the kitchen and Keith just got soda out the fridge.
Lance laughed when he handed it to him “Nutritious”
”We don’t have anything”
Lance leaned against the island and so did Keith, but staying on the other side.
”Do you want to go somewhere to eat then?” Lance opened the can and so did Keith, who nodded “Sure”
”And even though I think you look really good right now, we should change” lance laughed and Keith looked down—he’s only wearing his boxers—he chuckled “You think so?”
”I mean, you could go out like that—I won’t complain”
Keith looked at lance, smiling “You into public nudity?”
Lance leaned closer to keith “Im into anything you do”
Keith leaned closer too “What if I’m into really weird stuff?”
Lance put his hand on Keith’s chin, rubbing his lips with his thumb “Based on last night, it wouldn’t surprise me if you were into some really freaky stuff”
Keith opened his mouth a little and lance moved his thumb to the tip of his tongue “Don’t think I forgot that night you stuck your fingers in my mouth”
Keith just smiled and lance moved his finger farther, leaning a bit closer.
He kept going and—
There was a knock on the door, startling both of them. Unfortunately for keith, that meant lance accidentally stuck his finger way farther, making him gag.
Lance quickly moved his hand “Sorry!”
Keith covered his mouth, coughing and shaking his head.
“Maybe freaky stuff isn’t for us” Lance moved over to stand next to keith and keith coughed a bit before shaking his head again “I beg to differ”
He walked towards the door, ignoring lances flustered noises and looked through the peep hole, praying to anything that may exist that it isn’t his dad.
It wasn’t so he looked at lance, who looked concerned—he assumed for the same reason so keith assured him “It’s not him”
Lance sighed and before keith could walk to the door, the person knocked again and keith rolled his eyes before opening the door, putting the chain lock in just in case.
It’s a younger couple and they were holding a bag full of books.
”Hey! How has your day been so far?” She seemed a bit too happy.
He frowned at her and lance showed up next to him, hiding from them but still watching, curiously.
”What do you want”
She looked a bit taken aback by his tone but she maintained her happy demeanor “I was just wondering if you’ve heard of jahova?”
Keith was about to just close the door but lance wrapped his arms around Keith’s waist and smiled—making sure the couple could see them “Babe, who’s this?”
The couple looked shocked and Keith honestly was a little too but he just went with it.
Keith looked at lance, smiling “You know a guy named Jahova?”
Lance raised his eyebrows “No—“ he smiled at the couple “I could get to know him, if he’s hot?”
”Uh—No, he’s uh—“ the man interrupted the woman “Let’s go” He grabbed her arm and they left quickly.
Keith closed the door and looked at lance, who hasn’t moved his arms “What was that?”
”Just letting them see a couple of wild homosexuals—they’re rare where they’re from”
Keith rolled his eyes and moved lances arms. After that, they got dressed to leave.
They went to the diner and coran walked up to their table “The usual im guessing—Oh, you look tired! You want coffee, too?”
”That would be great, thanks” lance said and Keith nodded. Coran left and Keith looked at lance, frowning.
”We don’t look that tired, right?”
Lance looked at him, smiling “Your hair is pretty messy”
“And you didn’t tell me?” Keith brushed his fingers through his hair and lance smiled again, more innocently “I like the way it looks”
”See if I say anything if your hair is messy”
Lance laughed and then messed up his hair, feeling a little guilty “There, now we’re both a mess”
Keith laughed and reached across the table to fix his hair. Lances face heat up a little but he let him fix it. Then he fixed Keith’s hair.
Coran came back after a bit with a knowing expression on his face and put their coffee mugs and food in front of them.
”Enjoy~” he left and keith immediately took a sip of his coffee. With nothing in it.
He must have noticed lance staring at him and he set the mug down “What?”
”You didn’t put anything in it”
He looked confused for a second and then looked down at the coffee “Oh, yeah—I don’t usually”
Lance stared at him as he grabbed 10 packets of Splenda and put them in his coffee.
Keith looked bewildered. Then lance put some creamer in it and then mixed it. He tasted it and smiled.
”That’s excessive”
”It’s perfect”
Keith shook his head and lance pushed the mug towards him “Let me turn you”
Keith looked hesitant but he grabbed it and took a sip. He grimaced and lance grabbed the mug back “Fine—be weird”
”It’s fine how it is”
”It’s not”
”Is this our first fight?” Keith smiled and lance tried to keep his down “Yes”
”You want to fight over coffee?”
Lance nodded “Yes. I do”
They ‘fought’ over coffee as they ate and they ultimately decided to not carry on with their relationship because of the resentment this fight has caused.
Not really, they just agreed to disagree and went back to Keith’s house.
When they got back, they decided to watch a movie. Lance also decided to stay again since his dad won’t be there. Who knows when they’ll get this chance again, you know? His dad rarely leaves for the weekend.
As they watched the movie, they progressively stopped paying attention to it, but to each other.
It got more distracting when Keith felt lance move his pinky on his hand. Before grabbing it though, he looked at Keith, smiling “Can I?”
Keith just grabbed his hand and looked back at the tv. He couldn’t pay attention anymore though. But he pretended like he could.
But lance seemed to see through him because he scooted closer, leaning into him and covering them up more with the blanket they were sharing. Keith still didn’t look, and lance laughed “I’m trying to get you to notice me, you know”
”I know”
Lance moved closer to his ear “Should I try harder?”
Keith was tempted to move his head but he didn’t. Lance moved his hand to his thigh and Keith smiled, still looking away “That’s cheating”
He moved his hand up his shirt, making it a whole lot harder to look away. But he still didn’t and lance, a bit surprisingly, bit his ear.
Keith turned his face and lance smiled “You really are freaky”
Keith raised his eyebrows “You’re the one who did it”
He got really close to his face and put his hand down on a…place “You liked it”
After that, they kissed and lance lifted up Keith’s shirt, making them stop and take it off. Then he did and, something that felt very new to Keith, lance moved back and pushed Keith down.
Keith didn’t resist though because…well…he liked it.
Lance got on his lap and started unbuckling Keith’s belt.
Keith has never been on the ‘bottom’ before but weirdly, he’s more excited about this than he’s ever been. He’s usually the one doing everything and it’s surprisingly nice to not have all of the control for once. And it’s nice liking the person he’s with, too.
Lance leaned down and kissed him as he moved his hand further down.
And the sound of the tv made them both not hear the sound of a car pulling into the driveway.
They let him leave early and with how weird things have been with him and Keith, he was a little hesitant to go home. But obviously he needs to because, well, he lives there.
Luckily when he got there, there weren’t a lot of cars in the driveway and strobe lights coming out the windows. Keith doesn’t seem like the type to throw a party like that anyway.
He laughed to himself, he should probably know his own son. But it feels like there’s so many things he’s not talking to him about. Maybe it’s a dad thing but he just has this…feeling…that he can’t quite name.
He did see the truck and bike so he assumed he was home and he didn’t want to wake him up so he gently put his key in the lock and turned it.
He opened the door and heard a noise so he looked and suddenly…lance…? He sat up on the couch and heith was a little confused but froze when Keith sat up too.
They both looked like deers in headlights. Well, they all did. And heith obviously noticed how shirtless they were as well. And how on top of Keith lance was.
After the initial shock wore off, he saw red. He walked up to them and pulled lance off of his son, scared he was forcing him into…this
”I knew you would try something like this!”
”Wait—!”
He didn’t listen and got his handcuffs “You made a mistake trying to take advantage of my son”
He cuffed him and he realized he had tuned out keith “Dad! Stop!”
He looked at him and……realized something. He loosened his grip on lances arms and kept staring at keith, who seemed to understand what he realized.
”Take those off of him” keith said quietly and heith did, hesitantly.
Lance moved away from him and grabbed his shirt, putting it on. He quietly said “Sorry” and keith looked at him and put his hand on his arm.
Heith stood there, completely clueless on what to do, say, or feel.
Keith can’t be……can he? Is that the feeling he’s been having? Krolia mentioned this before but he never thought it could be an actual possibility.
But blinded by his preconceptions, he looked away from them “Get out of my house”
Lance nodded really fast and started walking towards the door. Keith held out his hand, stopping him. He then got his own shirt and put it on before grabbing his keys and lances hand then leaving. Heith didn’t stop him.
“I’m sorry”
Keith shook his head “Stop apologizing, you didn’t do anything”
”I did, I ruined your relationship with your dad”
”You didn’t”
”You don’t think he’ll mind then?”
”No, I meant I did, you didn’t”
”You really think so?”
Keith sighed “Probably”
”I’m sorry”
Keith smiled, making lances heart break a little—it was a sad smile “Don’t apologize”
”Well, I’m sorry anyway” He grabbed his hand and Keith smiled again, a little happier.
”Do you want me to drop you off at your house?”
”Where are you going?”
”Shiro’s”
”Let me come with you”
”You don’t have to—“
”I want to”
Keith looked at him, and nodded.
He parked and they both got out and Keith knocked on the door.
“Will he even answer?”
”He better”
Lance chuckled and Keith knocked again. He heard shuffling on the other side of the door and waited until it got closer.
Lance moved closer “Ive kind of been wanting to meet Adam anyway”
Keith rolled his eyes and the door opened and very tired shiro was there “Keith?” He looked over and jumped “And lance??”
”Dad found out”
Shiro suddenly looked less tired and more concerned “Come in”
He moved and let them in. He turned on the living room light and lance looked around “Your house is so pretty”
Shiro smiled “Thank you” they walked to the couch and sat down. Then Adam showed up “Hey, what’s going on? Oh! You’re lance!” He pointed at him and lance pointed back “You’re Adam!”
”Alright, Adam, will you get them something to drink?”
He nodded and left and shiro sat down on the couch across from them and they explained what happened. Leaving out the unnecessary…private details.
“Do you want me to drive you home?”
”No, Id like to stay if that’s alright with you”
”Of course”
Lance looked at Keith, who looked spaced out. Shiro put his hand on his shoulder “Your old room is an office now so you’re gonna have to sleep on the couch”
Keith looked at lance, who answered the question he knew he was going to ask “I’m staying”
Keith nodded and Adam came back with two blankets and pillows “Here ya go”
Lance got them and shiro rubbed Keith’s shoulder “If you need anything, tell me, alright?” Keith nodded and shiro looked at lance “You too”
Lance smiled and they left, leaving them alone.
”I don’t know if we’ll both fit on this couch” lance laughed and Keith smiled, not really listening.
Lance got up and turned on their tv so it wasn’t silent. He kept the volume low though. He also turned off the light before laying down. He saw Keith lay down, too and lance spoke quietly.
”Are you okay?”
”Yeah”
”You sure?”
He saw Keith nod and lance nodded back. Then Keith turned around to face the back of the couch and lance got really sad. He feels like this is his fault. And part of him still fears that he is taking advantage of Keith but Keith isn’t saying anything.
But his mind went a little blank when he heard sniffling. Yeah, screw the tiny couch. He got up and walked over to Keith’s couch.
Keith looked back as lance lifted up his blanket and laid down behind him, hugging him.
”That’ll probably get uncomfortable” Keith’s voice was shaky and lance hugged him tighter “I don’t care”
Keith sighed and then turned around to face lance. Lance wiped his cheek but kept his hand on his face.
”Thank you” Keith hugged him and soon, they fell asleep.
“Should I call heith?”
Adam shrugged “I mean, I would want to know that my now suddenly gay kid is okay and didn’t just run away or something”
”We haven’t talked in years though…he told me I reminded him too much of krolia”
”Maybe not anymore? Maybe you should go there in person”
”Maybe”
”I wouldn’t tell Keith though, he wouldn’t want you to go”
”Yeah…I know”
”Let’s just sleep on it—everything will work out.”
He hugged him and nodded “I hope so”
”And he can always live here until he graduates if it doesn’t
“Yeah”
”I love you”
”I love you too”
Two weeks or so passed. Keith hasn’t talked to his dad at all and he’s been staying at shiros. He can’t help but feel a bit…familiar.
Hes been zoning out a lot too and even though the championship came is coming up really soon, he hasn’t been going to practice.
He also hasn’t hung out with anyone. Except for lance since he would kind of just show up at shiros house. He hasn’t even told them what happened. They’ve asked what’s wrong but Keith would just brush it off.
But now, the next game is tomorrow and he’s seriously considering not playing. But he’s the quarterback so he cant consider it actually. He got through it last week so he can get through it now.
He was walking outside and was stopped by pidge. She looked serious “You’re coming with me”
”What—“ She interrupted him by pulling on his arm and would go “ah” when he tried to speak.
She stopped in front of her van and opened the door before pushing him in. He saw lance and Allura sitting and hunk in the drivers seat again. He was confused but just went with it and sat down, next to lance obviously.
”You, my friend—“ she closed the door and looked at him “Have been kidnapped”
He stared at her “…Why?”
”Because! You haven’t hung out with us in forever!”
”Thats not true”
Hunk started driving and pidge sat down across from Keith “Yes it is—it’s been two weeks”
He didn’t respond and looked down. He felt lance move a little closer to him. He sighed “Sorry…”
Allura looked at him sincerely “We’re not upset—we just want to know if something is wrong”
He rubbed his eyes, exhausted in every way there is. He sighed, trying to ignore the feeling of crying. “So…my dad found out that I’m gay and I’ve been staying at shiros house”
Everyone was quiet and then pidge stared at him, looking pretty upset “Did he kick you out?”
He shook his head “No, it’s just uh…he told me before that I needed to be careful around lance because he thought he was ‘a queer’ so I really doubt he’d be too fine with it”
”He said that??” Hunk said, still driving.
”Yeah it was a few weeks ago”
”How did he find out?” Allura asked and Keith didn’t respond immediately.
”Cause of me” lance said and he looked at him, noticing how guilty he looked. He wanted to say something but he felt kind of awkward around his other friends. They would definitely tease him.
”Ooooh, when you…spent the night?” Pidge said, pursing her lips, a bit teasingly. Keith rolled his eyes and lance kicked pidge.
”So I’m not wrong” she rubbed her leg and Allura laughed “Definitely not”
”Oooohhh is that the ‘inside joke’ I didn’t get after that game?” Hunk said and pidge nodded “Yep”
”You all suck”
”No, I think you do” pidge glanced at Keith and lance kicked her harder.
They continued teasing each other for a while and hunk went to another scenic place. They just hang out and talked about a lot and Keith liked that they didn’t push too much on what’s going on. Allura asked a bit privately if he wanted to talk about it later and he said no. He doesn’t really know if he’s ready yet.