Warmth... that's what Keith felt, warmth and... and the smell of...flowers?
Whatever it is Keith liked it and wanted to stay. ...But what was it? What was making him feel so right?...So happy?
"Lance!...Lance!"
Lance? Yeah...Lance, He was laying with Lance and...oh my gosh!
HE WAS LAYING WITH LANCE!
"Lance!" Keith shot up, whether it was because his realization or the yell he didn't now. Keith looked up to see Shiro, his personal guard, standing in front of a sleeping Lance. "Lance! Get up before Allura finds you here!...or worse Hunk!"
Lance groans in reply and grabs Keith's hand harder...grabs Keith's hand harder..
GRABS KEITH'S HAND HARDER?
All these surprises are not good for Keith's health.
Keith looks down to see that not only is Lance holding onto his hand but he is also so close to the cell bars that their legs were tangled together.
We must have fallen asleep together...Keith realized this when he saw that he and Lance were sleeping cuddled together with basically just the cell bars in between them.
"Ugh how is he such a deep sleeper?" Shiro complained while starting to nudge him with his foot.
"Stop." Keith began putting his hand on Shiro's foot, hand reaching through the bars. "He didn't sleep last night." Keith continued once Shiro stopped and began to look at Lance as he slept.
"Nightmare?" Shiro asked looking at Keith.
Keith nodded a yes.
"Is it a often thing?" Keith asked.
Shiro nodded as he explained,
"A hand full of times...a month."
"What does he usually do when it happens?" Keith asked looking down at Lance and beginning to softly rub his head.
His hair was soft and Keith realized where the flower smell was coming from.
"Depends, if he can deal with it on his own he will go to the garden outside or just walk that halls. But if it's really bad sometimes he will come to mine or Hunk's room. He would spend the night there...but i guess he wanted to see you instead." Shiro shrugged as he watched Keith pat Lance's Head.
"Well, just make sure he gets up before it's too late in the morning...i don't want anyone realizing he's gone.." Shiro said as he turned to walk away.
Keith hummed a reply.
It had been twenty minutes since Shiro left and Keith was still weaving his hands through his hair. But now he was braiding bits of it.
Of course Lance didn't have as much hair as Keith did but his hair was still long enough to have little braids.
After Keith braided all he could he decided he needed to wake Lance up.
"Lance..." Keith repeatedly whispered as he slowly shook Lance.
Sooner or later Lance began to stir and opened his eyes. "Keith?" Lance asked half asleep. "Hey buddy, good morning." Keith joked around and smiled, still keeping his voice down. He didn't want to agitate Lance since he just woke up.
"Mornin'" Lance replied as he cleared his eyes from sleep with his first.
Keith smiled as Lance stood from the ground and groaned.
"How do you sleep on such hardness every night?" Lance asked stretching.
Keith heard Lance's bones crack and winced. "I guess it's a skill I've mastered." Keith shrugged as he too got up.
"A-about last night..." the mullet boy said facing Lance.
"I'm sorry! I really don't know why i ended up here. And i woke you up only to fall asleep on you...literally." Lance said rubbing the back of his head embarrassed.
"I-it's okay!" Keith reassured but kept talking, "and i wasn't complaining...i was just going to say that...that if you ever need to talk...about anything...I'm here...i always will be." Keith told him giving him a smile.
Lance returned the smile only wider and started to walk away, "i think I'll take you up on that offer...but not right now...I'm about to be lectured again and i don't want to make it worse if I'm not there on time."
Keith chucked and nodded as Lance walked away. Before he remembered something...
"WAIT LANCE YOUR HAIR!" Keith yelled but it was to late. Lance was gone.
"I'll see you at Lunch then." He whispered.