"Uh, d'you need something?" He and all the others turned towards me, I was forced to face the other way as I felt myself blush. This seemed much easier to do in my head.

"Yeah. Just…come here." I said and slowly walked back to my room, hearing him catch up behind me. I opened my door and sat down at the end of my bed.

"Hey, what's up?" He asked me, closing the door behind him and coming to sit beside me. I immediately stood up, which made him look even more confused than before.

"This is what's up, Lance. Where did this come from? What happened to the competing and the arguing and the patronizing? You hate me. What happened all of a sudden?" I couldn't contain what I had been thinking about all day, it all came out at once when I began.

"I…" His face looked drained of all emotion. "I don't know…but Keith I-"

I didn't let him finish. "You what, Lance? You're messing with me? Is this some stupid game to try and see how Keith reacts when you act all buddy-buddy with him all of a sudden?" I couldn't stop. "Well it's not funny! Just go back to ignoring me and hating me again, it'd be better than whatever the hell you're doing now!"

We stayed silent for a moment before I felt the tears start pouring down my face.

"Oh god….dude are you alright? Look I'm-" He stood up abruptly and reached his hands out, wiping the tears from my eyes. "I'm really sorry, ok? I've just felt…different lately. Different when I'm around you. I can't describe it very well…"

"Then try." I tried to sound strong but my voice came out shaky. "I need to know why you're doing this, Lance."

Without a word he leaned down slightly, closed his eyes, and planted a soft kiss on my slightly agape lips.

I felt nothing but shock in that moment. How else was I supposed to react? He stayed there, his lips grazing against mine, for only a few seconds. I stared at him after he pulled away.

"Maybe that will…clear some things up. Look I know we haven't been the best of friends since we met…but all of this has really confused me. Me coming to your bed at night…at first it was only because I heard a weird noise in my room, but after that…I couldn't sleep unless you were next to me."

It took me a minute to comprehend what he was telling me. "But aren't you into girls? You hit on the Princess all the time, Lance. I'm a guy, and I'm not even fully human!"

"I realize that, but thinking about it, it doesn't really matter to me. I like you, Keith." He looked back into my eyes and I stared back, not knowing what to say in return. "You uh…you don't need to give me a response right now." He wiped my eyes one last time and reached down to squeeze my hand. "Just think it over for me.

He let go of my hand and made his way to the door. Before he left, he looked back at me and gave a small smile. I had never seen him act this way towards me before, it scared me, but at the same time I wanted to know what it'd be like if we didn't fight all the time. I sighed and made my way back to my bed, laying down to think for a while, and before I knew it I had fallen asleep.

I awoke to warmth all around me. I should've known that he'd come back to check on me. I opened my eyes to see the same familiar sight, but this time he was smiling down at me with his eyes closed. I couldn't help but grin myself.

"Lance?" I said in a raspy voice, I had no idea how long I had been asleep. "When did you come in here…?"

"Just about 20 minutes ago. You were fast asleep, but I just let myself in. I hope that's okay." He replied with his eyes still closed. It took me a minute to realize that both of his arms were around me, holding me very close to his chest.

"Uh…" I moved around a bit, not able to move much with his grip on me. He took notice of this and began to release me.

"Oh, sorry! If you're not comfortable with contact I can-" I didn't respond, but instead pressed my head against his shoulder, closing my eyes again.

"O-Oh. Okay…" He didn't seem to have a problem with me doing this, but I wasn't all that used to showing this much affection…to anyone.

"Lance."

"Y-Yeah! Yes?" He sounded nervous, it was cute.

"I could get used to this whole…thing. That you proposed." I spoke honestly.

"You could!?" He sat up quickly and looked very concerned after I technically gave him a response to his offer earlier. I sat up and faced him.

"Yeah. I mean, it's very, very new to me, being this…compassionate towards you of all people." His expression dulled. "N-No, I mean, not like that I just…I'll try my best, Lance."

He chuckled before embracing me tightly. "I know. Thanks, Keith. I'll try my best, too." We hugged for a while, mostly because I bet neither of us wanted to pull away.

"Can I…try something?" I was hesitant with this thought, but since we'd be more intimate lately, I had to be more comfortable around him.

"Sure, I guess." He didn't know what I was doing, and neither did I to be honest, but I went for it. I leaned forward and closed the gap between us, and initiated the first kiss I had ever given someone. To be honest I was glad it was him. It was easier than I thought, so I stayed there, my lips on his, until he put his hands on my shoulders and gently pushed me back so that I was sitting back down in front of him.

"Whoa." He looked both dumbfounded and excited at the same time. "You okay?" It took me a second to feel how hot my face was, and I covered it with my hands.

"Yeah." I replied dully, trying not to sound as embarrassed as I actually was. He moved my hands and cupped my face himself, gazing at me and smiling.

"Y'know, this could work out."