Keith's face flushed as Lance laughed. "You? A musician?"

"Keep it down, man, I don't want this getting out," Keith shushed.

"How did you even manage to get a guitar out here in space?"

"The Blade of Marmora travels everywhere. During my downtime, I paid a visit to the Space Mall and found this in the Earth shop. My dad taught me how to play years ago."

Lance snorted. "Whatever. Hey, since you're supposedly a musician, do you write songs?"

Keith shrugged. "Sort of. I haven't written a full song myself, but I like to personalize existing songs."

Lance sat back. "Well? Go ahead."

Keith flushed again. "See…the thing is…"

Lance grinned. "I know that face. You're thinking about her again, aren't you?"

Keith gaped at him. "How…what…"

Lance laughed. "You're so obvious about it. The way you look at her, the way you've recently taken an interest in technology. Heck, your guitar pick is green."

"That doesn't prove anything-"

"And now you're trying to hide the fact that most of these songs are about her."

"Okay, there was no way for you to know that."

Lance held up a little notebook and Keith sighed. "Give that back please…"

Lance flipped through the pages. "I like this one the best. Sing it for me, I want to see if what you say about you being a musician is true."

Keith took the book and looked at the page. "If I Could Tell Her," he read, smiling. "It's a parody of the song of the same name from the musical 'Dear Evan Hansen.'"

"You like musicals?"

"Shut up. Just let me play the song."

Keith strummed a few chords on his guitar to check the tuning, then started into the song.

I know
There's nothing like you're smile
Sort of subtle
And perfect
And real

"Oh my gosh, you really can sing," Lance said in awe. Keith shook his head and kept playing.

I know
You'll never know how wonderful
That smile could make someone feel

Lance put his hand on his heart and let out an "Awwww!"

"I could do without the commentary, you know."

"What purpose do I serve if I don't mess with you?"

I know
Whenever you get bored
You change the specs on the castle ship

"Wait, she does? Is that why the gladiator sometimes runs aimlessly in circles instead of fighting?"

Keith laughed. "I can't believe you didn't know that."

I know
That you still climb in the vents
Because it's quiet and only you fit

But I keep these thoughts
Inside my head
What I see
I leave unsaid

And though I want to
I cannot talk to you
I cannot find the way

But I will always say

"Dude, I love the buildup to the chorus!"

"Kinda pointless if you interrupt right before I start the chorus…"

"Right, right, sorry."

If I could tell her
Tell her everything I see
If I could tell her
How she's everything to me

But we're a million worlds apart
And I don't know how I would even start
If I could tell her
If I could tell her.

Lance clapped. "I'm actually impressed for once, mullet! You should totally sing this to her someday!"

Keith blanched. "Did you miss the song? I can't tell her any of this!"

"You said you couldn't find the way, well there's your way!"

"The answer's no, Lance."

Lance huffed in defeat as Keith began on the second verse.

I think
You look pretty cool when you are
Working to help out the team.

And I wonder
How you learned to hack
Like there's nobody to stop little green.

Lance laughed again. "Little green? I don't think she'll appreciate you calling her that."

Keith shrugged. "Like I said, she'll never hear this song, so it doesn't matter."

But I keep these thoughts
Inside my head
What I see
I leave unsaid

If I could tell her
Tell her everything I see
If I could tell her
How she's everything to me

But we're a million worlds apart
And I don't know how I would even start
If I could tell her
If I could tell her.

"Ooh, a key change!" Lance clapped in excitement, and Keith rolled his eyes.

But what do you do when there's this great divide
You just seem so far away
And what do you do when the distance is too wide?
And how do I say?

I love you

I love you

I love you

I love you

But we're a million worlds apart
And I don't know how I would even start
If I could tell her
If I could

Lance wiped away a tear at the sad ending. "I had you all wrong, Mullet."

"Thanks La-"

"Turns out you do have a heart."

Keith kicked him in the shin, which only made him laugh.

Suddenly, there was a creak from the overhead vents, then a crash. A small, green figure fell, yelling in distress. She landed on Lance, who, to be honest, deserved it.

Pidge and Keith just looked at each other, faces bright red.

"How…how long were you up there?"

Pidge smiled. "I heard the whole song."