Cinnamon Tea and Hot Chocolate
A/N: Here we are with another chapter, we are starting to get into the good stuff. I'm still missing to write five more chapters, so i'm stuck at 20, and he. Hopefully, I will finish them soon... Anyway, have fun reading!
3rd of December
Keith zoomed out as Shiro continued to talk about the annual Christmas party.
"Keith, are you listening?" Shiro asked jolting Keith out of his thought train.
"Sorry, what did you say?" Keith asked, looking at Shiro.
"You have been acting weird all day, what's up?" Shiro said, seating himself in front of Keith.
The raven-haired boy shifted uncomfortably, he wanted to tell him about the fake dating and how Lance had acted weird since yesterday.
"I… Lance had been different since our date yesterday," Keith finally said, deciding against telling Shiro the truth about his and Lance's relationship.
"What do you mean?" Shiro asked, looking over Keith curiously.
"I don't know, Kashi, distant, silent, not himself," Keith said, frustrated.
"We were studying together today, and he was silent for the whole time, it was weird," Keith said, his voice growing silent.
"Anything that could have caused this reacting for what you know of? Did he fail a test?" Shiro asked, concerned.
"We met his former dorm floormate, Plaxum, yesterday, and it started after she left," Keith said after thinking about Shiro's question.
"Did she say anything weird, something that could trigger this behaviour from Lance?"
"Only that… that she didn't know he was gay" Keith's voice changed as if he realised something important.
Shiro didn't seem to realise Keith's realisation and looked a little lost in thoughts.
"For all the time I have known Lance, I've only seen him dating and being interested in girls. Maybe what the girl said hit him harder because he hadn't realised that liking you meant he wasn't straight," Shiro said thoughtfully.
"Wait, what was the girl's name again?"
"Eh, Plaxum" Keith raised an eyebrow curiously at Shiro.
"Plaxum Whitman?"
Keith nodded.
"I'm pretty sure Lance had a crush on her. Now that I think about it, they might even have had a thing going, but after she moved, they never saw each other since they don't have any shared classes. Lance was pretty heartbroken if I remember correctly," Shiro said, nodding slowly.
"I don't remember that," Keith exclaimed, feeling a little guilty for not having a single memory of it.
Shiro thought, chuckled at Keith's answer.
"You and Lance weren't exactly the best of friends back then. Also, I only found out by stumbling into him when he was sad, I think it was the day she moved. Only Hunk knows besides me, so it's no surprise that you don't remember that," Shiro said reassuring.
"Was it that week, the week freshman year where Lance was quiet? Oh, of course, it was, I was so mean to Lance that week," Keith said, not even waiting for Shiro to answer.
The raven-haired boy stood up distressed, not sure what to do with himself.
"Keith, calm down, you didn't know. Also, Lance is not in love with this girl anymore. He moved on, found love in another person," Shiro said, also standing up, putting a gentle hand on Keith's shoulder.
"Who?" Keith asked, looking at Shiro, confused.
"You! Your his boyfriend" Shiro said with a chuckle.
"Oh, yeah, right," Keith had almost forgotten about the prank.
Keith only now realising that maybe Lance had been acting weird because the Cuban boy probably hadn't understood that he would be labeled gay for the joke.
"Fuck" Keith muttered to himself, low enough for Shiro not to hear him.
"Anyway, the annual Christmas party," Shiro said, clapping his hands together exited.
A/N: And there we have it, 3rd chapter! I'm sorry if it was borning. I promise the next chapter will be filled with drama and angst! See ya tomorrow
