"No way." Veronica turned around, frowning at Keith.
"What?! I mean, it's a simple place, it's perfect for a dog." Keith protested. "Besides, it's my childhood house."
"Let's see, nearly impossible to reach location, large house, and did you just say there was a carpet? That wouldn't work." Veronica shook her head, her wavy hair swirling about her head.
"Where else would I put him?!"
"I know the perfect spot. Remember that urban area out in the desert?" Veronica asked, eyes on the road.
"Plaht City?" Shiro inquired, curious. "Yeah…"
"There's a nice shack not to far from there. Two stories, two rooms, though you can only enter the upstairs by way of the outside."
"Nice car port, too."
"Really?" Keith asked, leaning forward.
"Yep. It looks like it was made during World War IV, because it's in a rather peaceful area that was uninhabited during the war. It's at most a hundred years old, because it's still standing."
"Mmm…are you sure he'll be fine?"
"Dude, I have extra privileges."
"She does." Matt grumbled.
"Yep." Shiro agreed.
"Hey, just because I'm trying to make my own scientific research to prove that weapons can fit into everyday things, for example, a machine gun in a suitcase, doesn't mean I'm the enemy. Sure, I skip classes because they think I'm working on proving it, but I don't always overuse by freedom. Right now I'm helping out a friend. Keith, I can literally be driving out hear everyday, and nobody would suspect a thing. I also can get you out of a few of the boring classes and bring you along."
"Veronica…" Shiro warned.
"You seem like the fast paced kind of kid. I can teach you at your speed, fast but interesting. Trust me, if you let me drive you hear everyday, I can teach you a lot better then those 'blah teachers'."
"Veronica, don't abuse your freedom." Shiro huffed, gesturing to Keith. "We have programs with more fast-paced interesting teachers. If Keith needs that learning curve, we can give it to him, but you can't just bust him out like that!"
"Ah," Matt mumbled in Keith's ear, "when sweethearts quarrel…"
"We're not sweethearts!" Both of the older group yelled, pivoting so fast Keith could have blinked and missed it.
"Guys, road!" Keith called as the jeep began to go off the main road.
Veronica yelped and turned back, swerving back into their lane. The car behind them honked their horn, furious and probably a bit confused.
"Alright, Matt, you are here-by banished to silence." Veronica announced, keeping her eyes cautiously on the street.
Keith snickered in victory, grinning.
Shiro and Matt both snapped a photo.
"Hey!" Keith snarled, his good mood vanishing. "Delete those at once!"
Shiro turned in his seat too quickly, holding his iPhone out of reach. However, Keith had advantage on his side against Matt since they were sitting beside each other.
Keith snatched the phone from Matt's hands, easily getting into photos and deleting the photo. He even, while holding Matt back with his foot, deleted it from the 'trash' bin just to make sure it was gone forever.
"Here you go." He grunted, handing it back to Matt, who was rubbing his cheek.
"Shiro, your kid, has, like, super-human strength or something!" Matt complained, turning to the senior officer.
"Yep." Shiro didn't turn around, trying to find a way to save the picture to a place where Keith could never find it. "I know."
Keith unbuckled, standing up for a split second to rip it from Shiro's hands and to permanently deleting the photo and then handing it back.
"Really?" Shiro sounded deadly sarcastic, narrowing his eyes.
"Hey, I have a right to delete photos of myself." Keith shrugged.
"Did you manage to save it to a safe spot before he deleted it?" Matt asked, leaning forward.
"Maybe." Shiro grinned, putting his phone in his pocket. "I also logged out."
"Dude." Keith grumbled, sinking into his chair.
"Yep."
"That was mean."
"I know."
"Alright, boys, shut up." Veronica sneered, glancing at them in victory. "We're almost to Plaht city, and after that it's only an hour walk to my…safe house."
"What? But we need to be in the Garrison base in five minutes." Shiro blinked, pushing himself to his feet in surprise.
"That isn't going to happen either way." Veronica grinned. "Sorry, Rules-Boy."
"I'm not a-!"
Keith smirked, and Matt burst into giggles, shaking his head.
"She got you good, Rules-Boy." Matt teased, prodding Shiro's arm.
"Maaaaatt." Shiro complained, shaking his head.
Keith grinned, sneaking the phone out while he was distracted.
"You know, Shiro, your password to everything shouldn't be 'Password'." Keith said, logging into Shiro's Instagram account.
"What? How'd you-? Hey-! That's not-!" Shiro whipped around, reaching out his hand, but Keith had already deleted the picture of himself.
"Keith winnza!" Keith grinned, hardly noticing when Matt pulled the phone from his fingers and gave it back to Shiro.
"Not quite. He also texted me the picture." Veronica grinned, holding up her phone and showing Keith the photo.
"How, even-?!" Keith grumbled, reaching out.
"Nope." Veronica chuckled, hiding the phone on the side of her Keith couldn't see, much less reach.
Keith pouted, settling back in his hair. He hated these guys.