"Hey, so when are you going to sketch me and Blue already?"
Keith's eye twitched as he glanced up from the tablet he had been reading. "I told you, when I'm in the right mood." Red gave a soft growl from his lap where she had been napping.
Lance loomed over him from behind the couch as Blue peeked over his shoulder. "You've been saying that for three days."
"I haven't been in the mood yet," Keith muttered.
"Well, how about you be in the mood now?" Lance asked with a pout.
Keith sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose. When he had confessed to Pidge and the others that Red had been stealing the pens for his drawings, he hadn't been certain what their reactions would be.
Shiro had smiled and gave an understanding nod, but he had already knew about his hobby. Pidge had seemed rather annoyed at first, but once Hunk explained his sketchbook her annoyance seemed to be a replace by a look of determination.
"We're getting you a pencil," she had stated, "one way or another you're getting one."
Keith a blushed a little at that and blushed more when Allura and Coran had both praised him as they said they did have some art supplies somewhere that would do the job. Then came Lance.
Keith had been partly fearing what Lance's reaction would be. He had been dreading he would laugh and tease him about it, but instead the opposite had happened. Lance gave a thoughtful frown at the sketches, looked to Keith with his arms folded.
"I want you to draw me and Blue together," Lance had said. "Like right now!"
Keith had slightly flabbergasted since he had hardly expected that reaction and just fumbly said he would later.
He regretted making that promise since Lance had been pestering him for the last few days about it.
Keith turned his head to Lance. "I'll sketch you later, alright?"
"That's what you keep saying," Lance said and started to jab his shoulder. "Sketch me! Sketch me! Sketch me!"
Blue beginning to poke his shoulder with her paw didn't help much either.
Keith's eye twitched some more. "Lanceā¦"
"Just draw him already," Pidge quipped from where she was working. "It'll be way easier if you just do it."
Keith sighed and looked to Red for support, but all she did was yawn in his face. He shook his head and he turned to Lance. "Fine, I'll sketch you two, right now. Happy?"
"Extremely," Lance said as he scooped up Blue into his arms and went to sit in front.
Keith sighed as he reached for his sketch book, but after making certain he gave Red her own paper and one of the cyber pencils Coran had given him. She was going to want to draw as soon as she saw Keith doing it.
"Ready?" Keith asked as he held the pencil.
"Almost," Lance said as he reached into his pocket. "Blue and I need one more thing."
"What? A hat?" Pidge asked as she pulled Green away from her keyboard.
Lance snorted. "No, these."
He held up what seemed to be a pair of blue and white rings. From what Keith could tell, they had been woven from some threads. One seemed only big enough to fit around Lance's wirst, but the other seemed more fitting to be a small necklace.
"Dare I ask what those are for?" Keith asked.
"Friendship bracelets," Lance said as he put on his own and then put the bigger one around Blue's neck. "I made them yesterday for me and Blue, so figured better wear them for our portrait. Right, Girl?"
Blue gave a happy growl as she puffed out her chest like she was showing it off.
Keith blinked dumbly. "You made your lion a friendship bracelet?"
Lance gave a shrug as Lance climbed into his lap. "Is there a reason not to?"
Keith opened, but then promptly shut his mouth. "No, I guess not," he said and return his gaze to this sketchbook. "No more moving. I'll try to make this fast."
"Hey, take your time," Lance said with a grin and gestured to his face. "I think it takes time to capture all of this beauty."
Blue growled in agreement.
Keith made no comment as he went to work, and heard Red begin her own artwork besides him.
The time strangely went quicker as Keith began to draw each curve and line. As usual, he almost forgot Lance and Blue were actually there and he wasn't just staring a a pair of replicas.
He did give Lance a quick break to have a stretch and then he went back to work. Before long, Keith erased a couple of lines and looked it over.
"Huh, I think it's done," he said as Red glanced over for a peek. Keith fingered the paper before he handed it over. "You're chin is a bit uneven, and I had trouble getting Blue's paws right, but-"
"Dude, this is awesome!" Lance said as he held up the drawing. "Ha, you even got Blue's smile right. I'm so framing this! Thanks, Keith."
Pidge rose from her seat and moved closer to take a look. "Wow, yeah, that is really good. You even got Lance's crooked grin."
"Hey, it is not crooked it's impish," Lance retorted hotly. "Big difference."
Keith blushed as he rubbed his neck. He still wasn't use to hearing all of this praise.
"You're, uh welcome," he muttered.
Blue climbed off of Lance's lap to let him stand as he reached into his pocket. "And to thank you, here!"
Lance held out another pair of friendship bracelets that were identical to ones he and Blue wore, except these ones were red and white. Keith stared at them as he held out his hand and looked them over.
"You made friendship bracelets for me and Red?" he asked as Red poked her nose at it.
"Dude, I made a set for everyone," he said as he dropped a pair into Pidge's hand. "Figure might as well include everyone on the fun."
Keith fingered the bracelet feeling uncertain if he should put it on or not.
"If you don't put it on, that's fine," Lance said with a shrug. "It doesn't matter to me."
Keith raised an eyebrow. "Then why did you make it?"
"Same reason you sketch," he said as he pulled out more bracelets, "because I felt like it."
Keith didn't reply to that as he watched Lance walk off and Red stared at the bracelet curiously.
In the end, Keith ended up tucking the bracelet into his coat pocket, and figured he would forget them. However, when he arrived for the next meeting, the first thing he noticed that everyone, including the lions, were each wearing one of Lance's bracelets.
"You gotta be kidding," he muttered, but then felt a tug at his pants.
Red was staring up at him with a hopeful growl before tilting her head towards where Blue sat and happily wearing her bracelet.
"Don't tell me you're jealous?" Keith asked.
Red growled and caused Keith to raise his hands in defense.
"Alright, alright," Keith said as he reached into his pocket and put Red's bracelet around her neck. "There, happy?"
Red pawed at her bracelet before giving a content purr and rubbed against Keith.
"I'll take that as a 'Yes'," Keith said as he tied the bracelet on his own wrist and had to admit, he felt a bit happy too.
