A/N: Merry Christmas eve! This is going to be a short authors note as I'm still stressing just a bit. So have fun reading and enjoy the Christmas party!

24th of December

"Should we tell our friends about us tonight?" Lance as he fixed his bow tie anxiously.

Keith looked at his handsome boyfriend with a soft smile, helping him get the bow tie straight.

"If that's what you want. I think we should tell them soon, but it doesn't have to be tonight" Keith said, taking a step back to see if the bow tie was straight.

Lance nodded at that response, turning to look at himself in the mirror. Keith and he both were dressed up nicely, ready to go to Shiro's Christmas party. The Christmas party was not that big, it was only for their friend group after all, and was more of dinner than a party. They would all sit down at a table, eat good food, have fun, sing some Christmas songs, and then go home again. Lance couldn't wait.

"Well, the only problem about hiding our relationship is that I can't kiss you," Lance said, turning to face his boyfriend, kissing him on the lips.

"That's the only thing? I feel so used" Keith said dramatically, but couldn't contain his smile.

"Back to the 'revealing our relationship' talk, and here I thought I was the dork," Lance said with an eye roll.

"You still are, sweetheart, once a dork always a dork. We can be dorks together now" Keith said lovingly.

"Who are you, and what have you done with Keith? The real Keith would never be caught alive saying something that cheesy" Lance said and narrowed his eyes at Keith.

"Shoot, you're right. You are rubbing off on me" Keith said with fake horrification.

"Can we now get back to the serious talk, Mr Ko-gay-ne?" Lance said with a chuckle.

"Just when I thought you could be serious you pull stuff like that" Keith muttered, making Lance chuckle.

"I guess we could reveal it when we feel like it's the right time," Keith said and smiled at Lance, who nodded agreeing.

They made their way to Shiro and Adam's shared apartment, the place the party was held. They joked and acted as much as a couple as they could, grinning and smiling the whole way. When they reached the apartment, they were almost disappointed to tone it down, pretending to be just friends already proved hard.

"Hey Lance," Shiro said and gave Lance a quick hug before turning to his little brother.

"Merry Christmas, baby bro" Shiro smiled big and pulled the raven-haired boy into a big, kind of against Keith's will, hug.

"'Christmas to you too, Takashi," Keith said muffled against Shiro's chest.

When Shiro let go of Keith, the couple continued on greeting round. They apparently were the last to arrive, so everyone was already sitting, making it easy to greet them. After making it around the whole table, Lance and Keith took the unused seats. The seats were next to each other so they could easily hold hands, which made Lance pretty happy.

"I heard from my father that he had to expel that bully… What was his name now? Rob? No… Rolo! Yes, Rolo. Rolo got expelled, something about him trying to sexually assault a student with the help from his girlfriend who is, plot twist, Nyma" Allura said as they were eating turkey.

"What really? I know Nyma is bad news, but for her to try to sexually assault someone, that's a low I didn't think she would go to" Shiro said, shaking his head disappointed.

As the talk about Nyma and Rolo continued, Keith looked over at Lance with concern. How was he taken it, hearing about the couple? Keith knew very well that this conversation could trigger a panic attack, one Lance probably didn't want to have in front of his friends. Keith let one of his hands slip under the table, having to let go of Lance's hand as they ate to ease suspicion, and gave Lance leg a light squeeze of comfort.

Keith silently asked if Lance was okay when the Cuban had turned and looked at him. Lance nodded stiffly, giving Keith a quick smile. Keith smiled back, not entirely convinced but place his hand back up on the table.

"So you don't know the student?" Pidge asked curiously, just in time for Keith to pay enough attention to hear.

"No, my father wouldn't tell me" Allura's face fell a little as she said that, clearly not sure why he didn't trust her to say it to her.

"He said it was for the student's privacy, that the student didn't deserve to get told on without his own consent" Allura explained further.

"Then, for the privacy for the student, maybe we should talk about something, instead of gossiping about something we don't know anything about," Keith said sternly, surprising his friend's by the coldness in his voice.

As the subject changed to something more pleasant, Lance visibly relaxed, and Keith felt warmth spread in his body for being able to help Lance. The Cuban became even more engaged in the conversations, which Keith counted as a win.

"Hey, Lance, Keith, could you two be really sweet and get the desert?" Adam asked after they were all finished eating, and the table had been cleared.

Lance and Keith looked at each other and shrugged, agreeing to get the desert. Neither of them noticed the exchanged looks between their fellow friends as they walked into the Kitchen, preparing dessert for everyone.

When they were walking back into the living room, they got stopped by their friends. Lance and Keith looked confused at their friends, as they all simultaneous yelled 'STOP' at them. Lance looked at Keith questionly but was met with a similar look.

"Look above you," Pidge said helpfully, a grin spreading on her lips.

Lance and Keith looked confused at each other for a moment but looked above them nonetheless. Over their heads hanged a green plant, it's meaning well known to the boys. The mistletoe itself wasn't that bad, the couple actually quite liked the tradition and had hanged a fair share of mistletoes in each of their homes, it was the fact that their friends were going to watch.

Matt came and took the desert and plates from the boys, giving them an encouraging smile.

"It's not like you haven't done it before," He said with a smirk.

Keith looked at Lance with a raised eyebrow, unsure if Lance was okay with kissing him in front of others. But to Keith's surprise, Lance just smiled at him, leaning closer.

"If we are going to reveal it like this, when let's make a show of it" Lance whispered, low enough for only Keith to hear.

Keith rolled his eyes at how dramatic Lance could be, but smiled nonetheless, pulling Lance into a kiss.

The kiss was as magical as their first, well second, kiss. They tried to keep the kiss a little less heated than what they might have wanted, after all, they did have an audience. The kiss was soft, sweet and very heartfelt. Lance could help but smile against Keith's lips, feeling happy and comfortable with the closeness.

When they pulled apart, they still take their eyes off each other, just smiling lovingly at each other. Then they finally looked away from the other's eyes, their friends were still standing frozenly, looking at them like they had gone crazy.

"Are you guys together? And here I thought we would be the ones to make you see sense" Matt asked, being the first to snap out of his trance.

"Yeah, we are together, been together since the 22nd, though we confessed the 21st and have liked each other for a long time before that" Keith answered, again smiling lovingly at Lance, earning a lot of 'aw's.

A/N: Hoped yu loved it, I enjoyed writing it! See you tomorrow for the final chapter