Every other paladin was in their room and totally not annoyed with me for barging in their quarters. Keith wasn't in one of the other people's rooms, not even the altean ones with the super comfy plush beds. Allura was not amused to say the least. Coran looked slightly off, like if he was slightly annoyed or something, kinda like Keith's normal face. That reminds me, back to the past tense narrative, Keith was either avoiding me or had disappeared from the castle. The first one seemed most likely until I came upon a small splatter of dried blood, I asked those who didn't get back to sleep (Pidge) why there was blood on the archway. She muttered something incomprehensible that sounded like a muffled exclamation of 'again' like I had asked her the same question about ten thousand times...
I started to suffer from almost debilitating dé ja vu causing nausea to riddle my brain, had this happened before? Pidge scolded me to get out of her quarters. I moped until morning. Hunk was up first, I asked him if he knew where Keith was. Hunk sighed and said, 'I dunno, I can't remember where I saw him last.' It seemed he couldn't help me either. Shiro had no clue. Allura seemed if she was on some sort of drug, she insisted that there was no Keith. Coran suggested the very same answer, who is this Keith? I had replied that Keith was Keith, he had been my boyfriend for the past year.
There is no Keith anymore, I have found him, in a crimson lake, but the blood is dry, flesh burnt in places, growing mould in places. His face, well, he doesn't have one anymore. How long has it been? When did he die? Pidge says he has been dead for over a week. Shiro, Hunk, Allura, they cofirm this. Coran is looking at me like my family just died. At least part of my family died as Keith did. I'm going to go to bed and when I wake up, who knows? Maybe Keith won't have died when I wake up, maybe this is just a nightmare.
When I awoke, he was gone. Keith was no longer in his bed.
