"You're right, McClain," starts Keith sweetly "I lied to you, I lured you out here."

"The names still Lance," the Cuban boy's frown falls as Keith's head lowers "Hey, man, it's-"

"No, it's not," whispers Keith, eyes turning away from Lance "I guess I'm worried about Shiro and taking it out on you. Can, can you forgive me?"

Lance smiles and moves to shake Keith's outstretched hand. "Sure buddy, I can't stay mad at my one and only rival, now can I?"

The brunette not at all suspecting what Keith had planned. The black haired male pushing him harshly into the ground.

"Owww! Hey-" Lance shrieks, teen fighting with all his strength to get the upper hand as Keith straddled him, successfully pinning him down "What the hell are you doing? Get off me!"

"You should have listened to me the first time," declared Keith

"Listened to you? Are you serious right now?" Blue eyes widen upon sight of the length of cords Keith pulls from his bag "Why in the world do you all have that?"

"I had to have a plan B in case you were your usual stupid self,"

Lance sneers "Ok, jokes over! Let me go, right now!"

Keith says nothing, only grabs hold of the trapped hands, forcing Lance's struggling wrists against one another as he begins binding the appendages. "You left me no choice."

"I left you no choice? Dude, you totally planned to do this! Why else would you have brought the rope along?"

Keith releases Lance's pinned body, using the excess cords as a leash he forced the boy to his feet "You're coming with me whether you want to or not."

Lance's blue eyes widen "You- you can't just kidnap me!"

Keith sighs as he presumed their walk, tugging Lance along.

"Hey!" Lance digs his heels in to the earth, arms trying to pull the rope from his captors grip "I already told you I'm going back to the Garrison!"

"And I told you that you're coming with me,"

"Like hell I'm going anywhere with you!" States Lance, the teen now tugging hazardously. "I won't let you take me!"

"Would you knock it off?" Keith wobbles a bit, but his grip remains unrelenting. "Like I said, you're coming."

"You can't do this, Keith!" Screams Lance, the teen failing to hide his growing fear "Please man, don't-"

"Just shut up!"

"As if I'd make this kidnapping peaceful and calm for you! I'll scream until my throat is on fire if I have to, now get these ropes off me!"

"Not gonna happen,"

Lance growls "Hunk and Pidge will know I'm missing and come looking for me, my mama won't rest until she knows I'm safe and my siblings will kick your ass. You picked the wrong kid to mess with!"

Keith's knuckles tighten, body starting to shake in angry waves, head turned to the side to face the Cuban "Lance, let's get something straight, you're not important enough for anybody to even notice you're gone, no ones coming out here to help you, and they never would! You're just some idiot kid who never takes anything seriously, always has to mess around, I bet the Garrison is throwing a party now that you're gone. I only need you to pilot the blue lion and get me off Earth so I can go find my only family. And. That's. It. So just shut up and deal with it, cause until I find Shiro, I'm not letting you go!"

If Keith thought he saw pain before now it was pure suffering reflecting back. But the hothead would be damned before he'd ever apologize to the idiot.

"What do you know, mullet?" Broke Lance, eyes puffy "You don't know the first thing about me, my friends or my familia. All you've ever done is ignore me, treat me like I'm not even worth the ground you step on. So I'm not the great Keith Kogane, why does that have to be such a bad thing? Why am I never enough! You say I'm not important, I'm an idiot, that no one would miss me and-" Lance's head lowers in shame

"Maybe you're right about some of it... Ok, probably about everything! But at least I'm working hard to fix who I am. I tried so hard to be your friend, an equal, hell to even be you! But you know what? I'm done! What's so special about you anyways? You're rude to everyone, you don't care about anybody but yourself and maybe you wouldn't be alone all the time if you would just let loose a little and actually try to make some friends!"

Keith reels back in shock, Lance hastily wipes away fresh tears from his cheeks and silently sobs. "I'm sick and tired of being compared to you, I hate it and I'm really starting to hate you! You want me to shut up? Fine! I'm through talking to you anyways."

"Hate me all you like, I never asked anyone to compare you to me or for you to appoint yourself as my stupid rival," Berates Keith as he pulls on the rope a bit too harshly, both boys missing a collision by mere inches, Lance face planting into the ground instead. The brunette shakily crawls to his feet, shaking off the dirt and sand.

"Bite me, mullet, you don't know a damn thing about me or what I do. I actually thought there may be some good in you, that you're just like me, misunderstood."

Keith's eyes widen, the black haired teen was getting a look at the real Lance McClain, insecurities and all.

"Clearly, I was wrong," boy motioning his tied hands "The only reason I'm here is because to you I have to be. You're just using me to get what you want and once you've got it, you'll leave me behind just like everyone else cause I'm never worth the trouble!"

Lance glares at Keith, who stood in complete shock at this turn of events and attitude, harsh winds whipping through the air "Let's just get this stupid thing over and done with so I can go."

I've re-written this chapter so many times, but here it is for you all! I can't promise how long it'll be till the next one or updates and any of my other stories, but rest assured I am working on them as much as I can :)