"Open the cell." Lances voice called out into the hallway, teary and broken.

He didn't waste a minute, after the soldiers did as he said, to run in and hug Keith.

They stood like that for a while, both crying and hugging as Lance whispered words of reassurance into Keith's ear.

After Keith had stopped crying, Lance leaned back but still held on to Keith, it just felt to right to let go that soon. And from how hard Keith was grasping onto him he'd say that Keith really needed this too.

But as always, good things have to come to an end.

"LANCE?" A yell came from the end of the hallway.

Both Lance and Keith looked over to Hunk standing in front of them.

Hunk ran to the prison cell yelling, "Get him out of there! And lock the cell!" The soldiers did as they were told. Gently removing the Prince from the cell and locking it.

Hunk wasn't royalty and so he had no authority in the castle, but being so close to Lance, Lance told the guards to obey what he said. Lance could trust Hunk to use this power for good.

"Are you out of your mind? I knew your condition was bad, but i didn't know it was that bad!" Hunk yelled at Lance, pointing at the cell.

"Listen Hunk-" Lance started but Hunk interrupted.

"No! There is no excuse for going into a cell without a guard and hugging a Galra prisoner!" Hunk continued to lecture the Altean Prince.

"Hunk!" Lance got his attention.

"Thats Keith! That's the person i told you about..." Lance continued glancing at Keith when he mentioned his name.

Keith looked a mix between shock and fright. Not knowing what to do so he was standing in the farthest corner from them.

"T-that's Keith...the boy you told me about? The one you have been visiting?"

Hunk questioned as if he was scared of the answer.

"Yes...he is." Lance answered proudly. Not a thought of fear in his mind of what Hunk thought. Lance was a man. He could make his own decisions. His father may not believe that but he'd force everyone else to.

"Why...why would you meet a Galra everyday...why would you hug a Galra! After what they did! After what they did to you! How can you even stand to be around him?"

"Honestly i couldn't at first. At first i hated him...but then i realized he's different. He wasn't coming here to hurt us. He was running away from the Galra. He hates them as well. And i realized after talking to him that i can't blame a whole population for what one person did. It's not fair...it's not fair to him..." Lance explained eyeing Keith as he got towards the end of his speech.

Hunk looked at him, squinting his eyes, after a few seconds he sighed and closed his eyes. Squeezing his temples.

"Fine, okay whatever. I trust you. But you can't ever go in a prisoners cell. I don't care how nice they seem. Got it?" Hunk reasoned. "And that doesn't mean i like him either." Hunk glared at Keith.

"Does that mean i can introduce you to him?" Lance asked. Eyes shining with excitement.

"Fine whatever. But hurry i have to cook lunch." Hunk replied.

Lance dragged Hunk over to the front of Keith's cell.

"Hunk this is Keith, Keith this is my best friend Hunk!"

"It's nice to meet you." Keith quietly told him as he reached a hand between the bars. Hunk eyed his hand but sooner or later grabbed it and said "I've heard a lot about you, though i didn't know you were a Galra prisoner." Hunk laughed, whether it was because he was happy or unsure, Keith didn't know.

After they let go of the others hands Hunk turned to Lance and said "Allura needs you. Today is your lunch meeting."

"Oh! I forgot about that." Lance laughed and turned to Keith, "I'll see you tomorrow."

Keith slowly nodded as a reply.

"Why aren't you bowing?" Hunk asked Keith, squinting his eyes.

"Huh?" Keith asked confused.

"Well Lance is leaving...he is the Pr-" Hunk tried to explain but Lance elbowed his stomach. "I'm the nothing. Ha ha. What a funny joke...bowing yeah like you'd need to do that...ha...ha...okay we've got to go bye!" Lance rambled before running out dragging Hunk behind him.

Later you could hear a yell coming from Lance's bedroom, "HE DOESN'T KNOW YOU ARE THE PRINCE?"

You should expect another chapter tonight or tomorrow :)