Chapter Two

Keith drove in the early morning light singing softly along to the radio that was playing The Sharpest Lives by My Chemical Romance song. As the song ended Keith switched off the radio and drove in silence. What had possessed him to flirt with a complete stranger? On top of that why had he given his number up so easily? Did he seriously want to see Lance again?

Sure Lance was amazingly charming and looked good to boot, but Keith just got rejected by his crush. He felt as though he might be using Lance as a rebound. And that did not sit well with him. Keith sighed as he pulled his truck onto an empty dirt road. Shiro lived just on the edge of town in a big house, because Allura had wanted to have a BIG family.

Keith could see Shiro locking the front door as he pulled up. Shiro turned around as Keith slid from behind the wheel. He was too tired to try and explain things right now to Shiro, but he knew he was going to have to. He was not looking forward to this conversation.

"Hey Keith! What brings you by so early?" Shiro asks as he descends from the porch. Shiro brushed his shock white bangs from his eyes as he stared intently at Keith. The longer Keith stayed quiet the more worried Shiro became. "Is everything okay?"

At that moment it was like a dam broke because Keith started to gush every gory detail of the previous day, minus his nightly flirtations with Lance. That would be a topic for another time, maybe. Keith wasn't entirely sure if he was just too tired or if he actually wanted to let it all out. When he was done he looked back up to see Shiro gazing apologetically at him. "Oh no. Do NOT look at me like that.

Please." Keith pleaded. It made him very uncomfortable when people felt sorry for him.

Shiro shook his head and sighed. "You know you're more than welcome to stay here. Why didn't you come over sooner?" He didn't wait for an answer, he just grabbed Keith's bags from the bed of the truck and started back up the porch steps again.

"I thought I'd just be a bother." Keith stated flatly while following Shiro to the door. Shiro unlocked the front door and placed Keith's bags in the entrance hall closet. Then proceeded to push Keith back out the door. "Um….. Shiro?"

Shiro grinned sheepishly. "You may not want to be in the house right now. Allura has been having terrible morning sickness and --" Shiro didn't get to finish.

"Allura's pregnant?!" Keith was dumbstruck. He knew that they were trying, he just didn't know how to respond. "Oh my God! Let me get my bags I'll find some place else to go." Keith tried maneuvering around Shiro to get his things, promptly being blocked and turned back around.

"Nope you're staying. As a matter of fact why don't you transfer to the college here? I know it's not as big or fancy as the one you're at now but they do offer Astronomics and Space Flight." Shiro went on and on trying to convince Keith of the local college. In all honesty he didn't even know that there was a college here. It was tempting but it made him feel like he was giving in.

Keith let himself be guided to Shiro's Tahoe SUV. Looked like Keith wasn't going to get any sleep until tonight.