'Holyshit' that's all I could think in that moment. My crush. Mr. Music god himself. Standing in the slightly chilly night waiting for me to open the door and give him his coat. I walk over to the door and flip the lock open and hold the door for him to come in.

"Thanks, can I check for my coat? I forgot it here earlier, I didn't even realize till I was back to my dorm." He asked as soon as he turned back to me.

"Oh ya, I actually found it earlier one minute I can grab it from lost and found." I walk over to the bar, Keith following a few feet behind me. I leaned over the bar and grabbed the jacket on top of the lost and found box, being very self-conscious about every move he made.

"Lance right?" Keith's voice broke the silence as I handed him his jacket and he slipped it on. Only then did I realize it was slightly short on him, but the sleeves were the right length. "I have never really gotten to talk to you yet, you know my name though because it is announced every Thursday. You decide what you will do about this guy you like?" His last question made me go stiff, I was not remotely prepared for this conversation.

"Um… maybe? Pidge and Allura had an idea, but I don't think it will work, I am too nervous for it to work…" I kept looking down. Shit, this was going really badly. How would I ever perform in front of the whole pub next week?

"What's the idea?" He seemed genuinely interested, which just made me more nervous.

"They think I… should sing…" my words seemed strained and I could feel my face going red.

"I didn't know anyone who worked here Sang! What will you sing?" He was smiling at me, but I couldn't really understand why.

"I honestly have no idea. I can't sing without music, but I haven't played piano in over 6 years… I don't think I can even do it." I sat on a stool shiro forgot to put up and looked at the piano. Sitting there. Taunting me.

"'if you want I can help you play it again? I play piano too, but I just prefer guitar." My eyes widened. My crush Wants to help me impress my crush, that he doesn't know is him. Shit, what am I getting myself into?

"I don't even know what I want to sing…" I try and avoid the topic a bit, epically failing.

"We could try one of my songs? Maybe the one I sang last week?"

"Um… ok?" I rubbed the back of my head and went back to where I was on the piano bench, but this time Keith sat next to me and pulled up some sheet music on his phone.

"So first things first. Do you remember how to read sheet music?" He was looking at me, and I felt exactly how alone the two of us were in the pub.

"a bit? I mean I can read it, I just have to translate it to my hands and get the tempo right. My remember how to do things, but my main problem is that I haven't even touched a piano since 8th grade." He was so close right now, I couldn't believe he offered to help.

"Ok then. Looks like you need to practice a lot. When do you plan on doing this?" Shit, this is giving too much away…

"Um… pidge thought I should do it Thursday, during music night? He should be there that night…" shit I don't want to give away anything more. Suddenly my phone started vibrating on top of the piano.


Pidge:

Dude it is like two in the morning, when will you be back?


I looked at the clock and realized how late it was, or I should say how early it was, as it was almost 2:30 in the morning. "oh shit, pidge is wondering what is taking me so long, I should get home I have an early shift today" thank god, I can't let any more information slip.


Lance:

Oh my god i am so sorry time got away from me

Pidge:

Just be back soon!

"Ooh ok, do you want me to send you the sheet music and lyrics?" I didn't want to say I memorized his lyrics the first time he sang that song.

"Oh, ya that would be great thanks!" I put my cell number into his phone and internally freaked out

"Ok, I will send you the PDFs, just a sec." my phone buzzed again, a text from an unknown number containing two files.

"Thanks again for the help!" Keith started towards

"anytime!" Keith called to me as he walked out, giving me a smile before walking down the street again.

Immediately I grab my phone so i can text pidge again, they have got to hear this.

Lance:

Pidge.

Pidge holy shit

Pigde you have no idea what happened to me tonight.

Pidge:

You ok buddy?

Lance:

I have no idea honestly

This has to be told in person because you have no idea how insane this is.

Pidge:

Ok, well now you HAVE to hurry back!

Lance:

Ok! Getting on my bike now!


I biked the short ways down to pidge and my apartment, I have to carry my bike up the stairs, but eventually, I enter my apartment and set my bike against the wall.

"Oh my god lance what happened?" pidge came ran around the corner just as I collapsed onto the couch, laying with my face in a pillow.

"Holy shit pidge. Keith had forgotten his coat at the black lion. I was in the middle of a fall out boy song when he knocked on the door and asked if he could look for it, but I found it earlier so I gave it to him, which would have been fine and it would have ended there. Did it? Nope, not today for lance Mclain. He precedes to ask if I decided what I would do about 'that guy' I like, having no idea that 'that guy' is right there, and is, in fact, him." I vaguely lifted my head and gestured wildly as I explained what happened. I flopped back into the pillow and muffled the rest of my words

"What happened next?" pidge asked, they sat down on the armrest of the couch and poked my head. I lifted my head and rest my chin on the pillow to look at my smaller friend.

"I explained you guys thought I should sing but I forgot how to play the piano, and he then offered to help and said I should sing the song I was already planning on."

"Oh, wow. This is a predicament…" they tapped their chin and looked down at the ground. "Well did you at least get what you need for the song? If so that will make it a little easier?"

"Well, that's another thing. He texted me the PDFs for the lyrics. I have his phone number now pidge."

"That's great, isn't it? I mean that's one less thing we need to worry about right?" they were trying too hard for my sake, and I could clearly tell they were just trying to be optimistic

"All of the surprise is gone pidge. He knows what I am doing and when I am doing it, he just doesn't get that it is for him. Argh, what am I going to do?" I gave up on looking at pidge and instead shoved my face back into the pillow and let my arms drop to the couch again.

"Ok buddy, you should sleep because you have a breakfast shift today, and you need those precious 4 hours of sleep before the rush!" they pulled on my arm and made me get up and go to bed.

Pidge was right. I am too tired to try and sort through everything right now. I closed my eyes as I hit the pillow, resolving to take a morning shower to wash away the grime from working last night.


Holy shit thank you to anyone who bothered to read past the first chapter! I have decided that each chapter will be between 1000 and 1500 words just fyi, they won't be very long, and I have no idea how many chapters there will be, probably like 7-8 unless I decide to write some stories about their life after everything happens, even I don't know what I am doing tbh. (also yes this is the second chapter i have posted today, but i finished editing and i just really wanted to post it ok?)