Cinnamon Tea and Hot Chocolate
A/N: Aye, this is so late, I'm very sorry about that, I'm actually sick, so I was too lazy to get my computer, so sorry. Anyway, this chapter is... well you will have to see that for yourself! Enjoy!
13th of December
"We should watch a movie," Lance said with boredom written all over his face.
He and Keith had been lying on the couch in Keith's apartment for half an hour without doing much.
"Alright, what movie?" Keith asked just as bored as Lance.
"Crazy Rich Asians, Hunk said it's a good movie," Lance said.
"Better than doing nothing," Keith said, moving to get the remote.
"Can you make popcorn? Upper drawer to the left for the fridge, thank you" Keith said as he looked through Netflix.
Lance groaned but stood up anyway.
A few minutes later, now with blankets and popcorn, the boys started watching. Around ten minutes in they started holding hands, though none of them noticed, not really. Keith might have looked at Lance when some of the cute moments played out, and kind of wishing that he could kiss the boy again.
When Lance's ringtone sounded, it made them both jump in surprise. Lance looked at it quickly and stood up, signalling to Keith that he needed to take this.
"Should I pause the movie?" Keith asked, but Lance shook his head, putting the phone to his ear.
"Hola mami. Está todo bien?" Lance said and smiled at Keith as he walked out to Keith's kitchen.
Keith went back to watch the movie, not really thinking more about the call.
"Ay Mami, ve más despacio" Lance voice sounded a little louder than before, and his tone made Keith a little nervous.
Keith turned down the noise of the tv so he could hear the conversation, even though he couldn't understand Spanish.
"Que?"
Lance voice was hushed and almost disappeared in the sound of very low volume that was still coming from the tv.
"Mami, I can come home, you just say the word," Lance said, his voice serious and Keith could hear his pace.
"No, mami, it's no problem. It's familia" Lance said.
There was a long pause, and Keith could hear a muffled voice that came from the phone.
"Mami… no, Mami, escúchame por favor, No es un problema" Lance said, clearly being interrupted by his mom.
"Estás seguro?" Lance's voice still had its edge of concern.
"If that's what you're worried, don't, I'll loan money from my friends" Lance's voice sounded uncharacteristically tired.
Upon hearing that, Keith turned off the tv entirely off. He walked over to the kitchen, silently enough for it to go unnoticed by Lance. As Keith made it into the kitchen, Lance was still pacing, and a hand was planted deep in his hair.
"I'll ask Romy to take notes, si mami, she would want to," Lance said, his whole expression and body language looked defeated.
"If I went to the airport right now, I would be home in three hours," Lance said, looking shortly at his wristwatch.
"Mami, please, I'm an adult, I'll take that plane home if I want," Lance said, his voice baring too many emotions for Keith to sort.
"I hope I'll catch a plane before the snowstorm starts, I'll be careful, Te veo pronto, Mami," Lance said before hanging up, for the first time noticing Keith.
"I… I got to go, Keith, sorry, family emergency," Lance said, his voice sounding all weird.
"It's fine, it sounded serious," Keith said, helping Lance gathering his things.
"It is, or it might be," Lance said shortly, kind of rushing.
"Do you need to loan a charger?" Keith asked as Lance stood awkwardly at the door, looking at his stuff.
"Yeah, that would be nice. Thanks, Keith," Lance said with a genuine smile.
"It really is no problem," Keith said, handing Lance a charger that was near the door.
"Hope everything will be alright," Keith said and waved to Lance as the Cuban walked down the hall of the apartment unit.
As Keith sat down on his sofa, he noticed that Lance had forgotten his phone.
A/N: Ah, yes, a new chapter, what a lovely thing :D I'm sorry about the cliff hanger of sorts, what oh what could this 'family emergency' be? See that in the next chapter tomorrow!