The next morning was the same as the one before. 6 am alarm, a brisk stroll down the street into the warm, welcoming coffee shop. He greeted the normal crew feeling better already seeing Lance working around the area chatting happily as he did. He wasn't sure why but Lance's presence just made his mood instantly better.

"Good morning Kieth! Lookin' sharp as always!" Lance called over the counter as Keith entered. Keith rolled his eyes but smiled a bit. He had been in town for a bout a week and had gotten to know the team quite a bit. Pidge, the shortie with glasses, was a total tech whiz while Hunk, the giant, was a chef in training. Then there was Lance, a ray of sunshine. Keith hadn't been saddened by the news of him already having a boyfriend. Maybe a tad jealous. He wouldn't date a guy over here anyway just to leave in a few months and go back home.

"The usual?" Pidge asked getting a cup ready.

"Yes please" Keith replied pulling out his wallet. Hunk was already warming up his breakfast sandwich while Lance rang him up.

"Another meeting today?" The boy asked eyeing Keith's suit.

"Yes. Sadly" Keith muttered sliding his card. He didn't hate his job, it was just boring at times. Once the payment went through Keith dropped his usual twenty into the tip jar earning a few cheers.

"It can't be all that bad." Lance said leaning over the counter. The other two were busy making his order so Lance was free to chat. "I mean, it's cool stuff. Your company builds rocket ships for crying out loud!"

"My dad's company. Not mine, I barely have a say in the decisions." Keith sighed leaning against the counter. Lance was a great listener and seemed fascinated by his business.

"Well, I would love to fly in a rocket ship and go to space." Lance replied with a small dopey smile. He had always loved space and Astronomy. His dreams were full of space adventures.

"I don't get to fly in them Lance. Just help design them" Keith laughed a bit. He wished his job was that cool.

"Well, still. Gotta be optimistic" Lance pushed himself off the counter one Keith's food was done.

"Have a good day!" Lance said handing over his order.

"Thanks. See you guys tomorrow" Keith thanked them and headed out on his way to work.

Keith sat through the meeting doodling on his notepad his mind back home. He missed New York. He missed his coworkers that made work actually enjoyable. He was always the one going on trips for meetings because his dad didn't want to himself. Thanks dad, Keith thought grimly. He barely noticed when they concluded the meeting he was so deep in thought. He threw his things in his shoulder bag and let quickly not wanting to be caught in needless conversation about how he was liking his job and blah blah blah. He was making his way down the sidewalk and slowed his pace down seeing his friends leaving work. They were laughing over something and it was Hunk who noticed Keith. He started waving wildly calling him over. Keith made his way across the street to the group.

"Hey Keith! You survived another meeting." Hunk cheered pulling him into a bear hug. Jeez this guy was strong.

"Hunk-you're crushing- me" Keith tried wiggling out o his grasp.

"Oops. My bad. So sorry" He let go with a big apologetic smile. Lance smiled and casually threw an arm around Keith's shoulders leaning towards him.

"We're headed to the carnival at the pier. Wanna come? It'll be fun!" Keith was surprised at how flirty Lance was with everyone having a boyfriend and all. He didn't mind though.

"Uh.. I don't know.." Keith started unsure.

"Oh come on! You have to live a little!" This time it was Pidge who gave her two sense. All three looked at him with big eyes and he sighed caving in.

"Fine. Let me change into something more comfortable at least." He said motioning to his suit. Lance broke out into his famous grin and they all cheered.

"Great! Let's go!" Lane hooked his arm around Keith's as they walked down the sidewalk towards his hotel.

"O-oh you guys don't have to come with.." Keith said awkwardly not having had company in a while.

"No worries buddy. We have to make sure you look decent." Hunk said patting his back. Keith rolled his eyes, ow decent did he have to look to go play on rides? They made it to his hotel and the four walked in. The three oohed and aahed over his suite.

"Your dad sure treats you right though" Pidge said looking around.

"He tries to butter me up because he knows I hate doing this" Keith said slipping out of his constricting suit jacket.

"If you didn't come you wouldn't have met me. " Lance said with a smile. Hunk nudged him with a look.

"He means us. You wouldn't have met us" Keith smiled a bit at that and nodded to himself.

"You're right. You guys have been the highlight of my trip for sure." Keith excused himself to change into something more casual. He came out in jeans and a t-shirt and from the looks on the three's faces he had dressed appropriately.

"Lookin good!" Lance commented throwing a wink his way. Jeez this kid sometimes.

"You're awful flirtatious for having a boyfriend Lance" Keith commented slipping into some slide on sneakers. Lance's smile faltered for a split second before resuming to his normal cheery self. It was long enough Keith caught it and maybe he shouldn't bring that up again.

"Okay! Moving on!" Hunk said obviously changing the subject. Keith left it be not wanting to pry. The three headed down to the lobby, Hunk and Pidge chatting excitedly about the rides and the food eating contests.

"I bet you I can eat more hot dogs then you!" Pidge said and just got a loud bellowing laugh from Hunk.

"As if!" He argued and the two competed with how many hot dogs they could eat. Keith listened enjoying their enthusiasm and noticed Lance had been quiet. Too quiet. He glanced over and saw Lance walking silently next to him. Keith felt bad for bringing up his boyfriend, maybe they just broke up?

"Soo, Lance" Keith said getting the boy's attention. "Are you partaking in this hot dog eating contest?" The look of disgust on Lance's face was enough to make Keith laugh.

"Absolutely not. " Lance replied breaking out into a small smile. He didn't look right without a smile. It suited him, being so happy and positive. After that Lance had seemed to perk up interjecting his opinion on eating over 30 hot dogs. He was shooting off nutritional facts but the other two were just waving him off not caring. They were in competition mode at this point.

"Twenty bucks says Hunk throws up after 10" Lance whispered to Keith but Hunk shot him a look having heard him.

"Oh okay. I see how it is. I'll show you both!" Hunk said in his defense. Keith smiled and felt happy for the first time in a while. Maybe these trips weren't so bad after all.