A/N: Sorry for the long wait guys. Here it is!
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Chapter 11: I Have a Confession to Make
Keith
Keith wakes from his very short rest and starts to dread the day. Since he's never hung out with such a large group of people willingly he feels nervous. He eventually goes through the motions of getting ready and heads for school. Before leaving he reminds a very tired and very cranky Pidge about the movie night. They wave him off while they drag themselves towards the kitchen to the fresh brew Keith had just made.
Keith makes it to school just in time, he speeds in, barely giving Mr. Lee a glance as he rushes to his homeroom. He gets to the door and gives himself a moment to catch his breath before opening it. When he finally does he's greeted with two boys laughing at who knows what and Keith is struck with awe as he looks at Lance like it's the first time. Lance sits there with a tight blue shirt that's just low enough to show off his collar bone that's under beautiful brown skin. Looking up Keith can't help fall for his cocky grin he wears ninety percent of the time. His blue eyes gleam as he exclaims something to Hunk and Keith can't help fall into their deep pools. Keith notices the slight bed head Lance has and can't help giggle at the fact that if anyone could pull off bed head it would be him.
Suddenly out of the corner of his eye Keith sees Hunk wave at him to come over. Lance turns towards him and smiles even wider when their eyes meet. To avoid the now apparent blush going across his face he ducks his head down letting his hair fall and shuffles forward.
"Hey Mullet Head, excited for tonight?" Lance asks once Keith reaches his seat. Keith nods in response, afraid to make eye contact again. Hunk takes over the conversation seeing that neither of the other two can save it. "Yea we've got a bunch planned. It's still a tie between Jaws or Sharknado. What do you think Keith?" Keith looks in shock at Hunk. He quickly shifts his gaze between the two, obviously sensing the conflict is between the two. After a moment of trying to discern the two movies just by the titles alone Keith hesitantly says, "Sharknado?"
Lance jumps in his seats and turns to Hunk with a huge grin plastered across his face, " See Hunk, I knew Keith would know a master piece when he sees one," Hunk shakes his head and raises his hands in defeat.
"What is Sharknado?" Keith asks without thinking. This makes Lance lean back and gasp in horror. "You don't know about Sharknado? The best films to ever grace Shark Week? This is a true tragedy," Lance says while wildly flinging his arms.
"I don't know Shark Week either," Keith says which seems to make Lance gasp once more before falling onto his desk in defeat. "What kind of person are you? Have you been living under a rock?" Lance asks with a muffled voice.
Pretty much. Keith thinks to himself but only shrugs in response. Hunk tries to comfort Lance by patting him on the back but it doesn't help. Eventually the classroom begins to fill and class starts without the three boys saying another word.
Lance
School ends and Lance is reluctant to leave the school. He knows that tonight is his only chance to confess but the thought makes him want to run to a cave and never come out.
Hunk eventually finds him curled up under his desk and drags him out and carries him through the halls. When they reach the schools entrance Hunk sets him down and turns him towards the door window.
"You see that? That's Keith and his friend having a normal conversation. Now you're going to walk out there like a regular human being and interact like one." Lance groans but follows Hunk once he leaves.
"I've told you a million times to put the bread in the fridge. But nooooo 'bread doesn't go there'." Keith says while holding his hands up to make quotations. Lance is almost taken aback by Keith. He's never seen him this passionate about something, and it being about bread is almost cute.
"Hey fire cracker. How's it going?" Lance asks with just a bit too much enthusiasm. Pidge looks up to him and instantly he can tell that they haven't slept much. "Just tired from one of my current projects," they say while rubbing at the dark circles under their eyes. "And who's this?" Pidge asks, directing them to make introductions.
"Oh," Lance says jumping into action. "This is my best friend since forever, Hunk." Pidge nods and holds up a hand. "I'm Pidge. Keith's roommate and honorary queer friend." Pidge states while Hunk takes the hand to shake. "Wait let me guess," Hunk says, wasting no time. "Hmmmm..." Hunk ponders while holding his hand up to his chin in a thinking pose. "Non-binary, with a dash of asexual?" Pidge takes a step back in shock. Then they look to Keith with a smirk. "I like him. Where did you find him?" Keith, shocked himself just gives a small shrug.
After a while of Pidge and Hunk talking Allura finally comes out of the school. She pauses and turns back, a moment later she emerges with Shiro in her grasp, unwillingly he gets his arm tugged by Allura.
"Sorry we're late everyone" Allura says. Shiro stands beside her giving nervous glances all around. He looks like he's looking for someone but after a few more glances he relaxes.
"No worries 'Llura we're not in a hurry or anything. How'd you manage to get Shiro to come with?" Lance asks. "Oh I have my ways, Lance," Allura says with an almost evil grin on her face. Lance shivers and tries to avoid any thoughts of what that 'something' was.
The group starts to walk to Hunk's house which Keith is told that its not very far away. Not knowing what to do, Keith walks behind the group. He was hoping that Pidge would do the same but it seems like they were having a good conversation with Hunk instead and since Allura would not let go of Shiro all that was left was Lance.
Keith eventually gets the courage to talk but stalls half way. "So how's... it going?" He asks a little higher than expected but there's no turning back for him now. Lance simply gives him a shrug without looking to him. Keith feels awkward so he decides to not say another word. Lance keeps walking next to him sneaking glances every chance he gets. His hair blocks most of his face but the curve of Keith's lips peak out and Lance can't look away. He's never felt such a need to kiss someone he barely knew, other than Zac Efron.
The group eventually make it to Hunk's house. The outside very 90's in a nice way. The yard is littered with bikes and a few skip ropes and as they walk up the sidewalk Keith sees a few chalk drawings of race cars and a good attempt at a face. When they enter the house there greeted with the smell of a warm and welcoming house. There is carpet on the stairs leading up to the living area but Hunk takes them down to the basement. The combo of Keith's socks and going down carpeted stairs has him tense and gripping the railing the whole way down.
When he finally reached the basement room he is greeted with a entire wall of DVD's and CD's as well as a long L shaped forest green couch with three cats laying on the head rests. An orange long haired tabby, a regular tabby, and a Russian blue. Keith instantly stationed himself between two of them. He reached out a hand towards the tabby stopping a few inches away to get permission from him. He peaked his head out and sniffs Keith's knuckle. He does a small nose bop with it like he's saying "proceed". Keith instantly strikes for the neck, giving him scratches all along it to figure out the best spot. The feline begins to purr and Keith knows he's found it.
Everyone stands around him shocked. Even Pidge is surprised at Keith's behavior. Hunk is the first to talk, "The orange one is Cleo, the Black one is Loki and the one Keith seems to be worshiping right now is Oliver. We also call him Fat-Ass."
Everyone nods and pick their places on the couch. Lance and Pidge are the only ones who don't fit so Hunk drags out a few bean bags for them. Pidge instantly curls up in it like they belonged there the entire time.
Hunk picks a hand full of movies from his collection and lays them out for the group to vote on. Four of them vote for Sharknado while Pidge and Hunk vote for Jaws. The other movies are left forgotten and everyone agrees that if they're going to watch Sharknado it should be the whole 5? Of them.
The cat Keith had been petting the whole time decided to lay on his lap instead. Keith barely noticed that Lance had taken the spot next to him. Lance finds it so cute that Keith was so engrossed with Oliver. Without thinking Lance blurts out, " You're so cute."
Lance instantly turns red and he shoots a hand out to Oliver, grabbing him by his exposed belly. "Aren't you Fat-Ass," Lance says in a panic. Keith looks up to him seeming not to notice Lance's comment being directed at him.
Keith
Keith runs his fingers through the cats short hair once more before looking around to the group. Everyone seemed to be enjoying the movie and when he looked to Lance he saw him rubbing the back of an orange cat. The cats finally notice each other next to one another. The slowly bring their faces together and Lance says, " Aww their having a bonding moment." Their noses meet and Oliver is the first to turn away. Cleo arcs her head back in disgust and bops him with her paw before dashing off. Oliver dashes after her a moment later.
Hunk notices this and sees that this is probably the best time to say, "Hey Lance, Keith, can you stalk us up on snacks." Keith looks at Hunk confused. He hadn't even noticed that there was snacks. Lance gets up and waves for Keith to follow. "I know where it is," Lance says to reassure him.
They leave the basement and Keith finally realizes what he's been doing the entire time. Not paying attention and giving it all to a cat instead. Keith follows behind Lance trying to bring up anything that could be considered small talk. They make it to the kitchen and Lance starts shuffling through the cupboards, "You know place pretty well, huh?" Keith asks finally.
"Yea I basically grew up here with Hunk," Lance says without turning around. Keith stalls suddenly when he starts imaging Lance as a kid. Messy hair, a missing tooth or two and marker that somehow ends on his face. Keith smiles softly at this thought and Lance turns around with an arm-full of chips and cookies. Lance sees Keith's face and accidentally drops a bag in response. Keith sees it hit the ground and leans down to pick it up. Lance throws the rest of the bags to the counter and takes a step towards Keith.
Keith looks up to Lance and freezes. The way Lance is looking at him confuses him and he can't quite read it. "I didn't want to say this too early into the night since it'd make things super awkward. I just wanna say that.. say that... that I ahh..." Lance pauses not seeming to be able to push the words out of his mouth since Keith is staring at him with an unwavering stare. "I... l like you?" Lance finally says making it come out as a question more than a statement. A blush rises to his face and he continues, "And I just wanted to say that to be honest with myself more than anything. I understand if you think I'm gross for liking you and we don't have to be friends or anything after this. Just grab the two liter from the fridge. I got everything else," Lance says in one breath and runs back down with snacks in hand. Keith was completely stunned in the kitchen. He never expected this to happen in a million years. He didn't even get the chance to say anything before Lance had run off.
