It was almost too much. His face was so close to mine, our lips were moving in unison while his hands made their way from my hair to my back. I couldn't help but let out a few grunts or moans as our movements synced up perfectly. I had never kissed anyone before him so I had no idea if I was doing well or failing miserably. I tried not to think about it as I rested my hands against his shoulders, leaned a bit closer, and deepened the kiss. I never wanted to take my lips off of his.

"Keith!" There was a booming voice and a hard knock outside my door. I jumped at the sound of it, scrambling off of my bed, leaving Lance in a daze. "You in there buddy?" I walked over and opened the door just a crack as to not show that Lance was in my room. Hunk was standing in front of me.

"H-Hey Hunk. What's uh….what's up?" I tried desperately to keep my cool while talking to him, but heard a snicker from behind me which told me I wasn't doing a very good job.

"We need your help down in the control room. Coran says we've got some sort of malfunction again."

"Ok. Yeah, sure. I'll uh…I'll be right out there." I began to close the door and wait for him to leave until he turned towards me again.

"Oh, wait, one more thing. Have you seen Lance anywhere? I checked in his room but he wasn't there."

"Uh, nope. I don't think so. But I'll let you know if I do, goodbye Hunk." I shut the door, leaned against it, and sighed. "Sorry…we'd better go help them out…" Lance stood up from my bed and walked over to the door where I was standing.

"Until we can do this again." He said in a low, quiet voice as he put his arms around my waist. Another moment leaving me stunned, I would need to get used to this. I hesitantly kissed back, sighing against his still warm lips, and brought my hands up to run through his hair. He seemed to enjoy this, because afterwards the kiss became more deep and aggressive. I couldn't keep up very well, so I let him take control. It was like this on and off for at least a minute, before I had to pull away for air. We looked at each other, both of us very out of breath. I wiped my mouth and chin, which were a wet mess, and felt myself blush furiously. He grinned and cleared his throat.

"Let's get going." He opened the door and walked out, I soon followed.

"Y-Yeah…"

It didn't take long to help Coran and the others fix what was broken, so after that all of us went to the kitchen to grab something to eat. I instinctively stuck near Lance the whole time, walking beside him, talking to him only, and eventually taking a seat beside him as we ate. Nobody seemed to notice our sudden change in behavior, and it made me feel a bit more relaxed.

The day went on as usual, we trained for the majority of the day and then got to relax afterwards. Everybody, including myself, was relieved at the thought of taking it easy for a while. Lance has been on my mind all day today, and I'm trying to accept it but it's so strange. It's like all of a sudden we just…grew fonder of each other. I thought he had always hated me, so I responded the same way.

All of these thoughts flooded my mind as I sat, looking out the window at the stars that whizzed by the ship. I had to be alone with my thoughts for a while. Well, that's what I had hoped anyways. As I drifted even farther off, I didn't even hear Lance walk up and sit next to me.

"Whatcha thinking about?" I quickly turned my head towards him, not knowing he was there, with my eyes wide. He laughed when he saw my reaction, I must've looked pretty scared. I smiled slightly and turned back toward the window after I realized it was only him sneaking up on me.

"Hey, don't do that, you really surprised me." I tried not to sound too serious, he'd worry about it and try to pry further if he found out my doubts about us. I wasn't sure if this would last too long, sure I prefer this over him arguing and hating me, but it just didn't seem natural. Of course I never planned on bringing this up with him, I'm just going to wait and see what happens to the both of us.

We sat together and stared out the window into space for a few minutes, he seemed content with it. I was too, only a bit nervous because of how close we were sitting and because he had his hand on mine.

"I have an idea." He said abruptly, still gazing out the window. "Are you in?" I was confused.

"Um, am I in…?"

"Yes. Are you in?"

"Am I in for what?"

"Just answer! Yes or no, are you in?"

"Uh…I guess I'm in…"

As soon as I gave my answer, he looked at me, grabbed my hand, and grinned. "Then let's go." He stood up and started sprinting, leading me behind him.

"Wha-Lance what are we doing!?" I could barely keep up with him.

"Just trust me, this is going to be great!" We eventually reached the escape pods where he began to climb into one. "Well come on, get in here." I hesitated before getting in with him and sitting down. I had no idea what he was planning, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't curious. He started up the pod, opened the air lock, and we sped out of the ship. I looked over at him, smirking while steering the pod out through the stars, and it brought a small smile to my face also. We flew for a couple minutes, until he spoke up.

"Ok. It should be right around here somewhere…"

"What is it?" Was all I asked. I had no idea what else to say to him.

"I asked Coran about any cool space-thingies and he said there was something called a "Rapid-fire Meteor Storm" happening soon. Sooo, I wanted to take you out here to see it. He said it only happens every 40 years or something, but when it does it's really pretty so I had to show you…"

He kept rambling on for a while, smiling the whole time. I loved that about him, some might find it annoying, but to me it meant a lot. He usually thinks of others before himself, but this time it was me. I felt sort of special in that moment, thanks to him. I laughed quietly before he announced something.

"Oh, look, it's about to start!" Just as he said this, a cluster of bright, speeding object came raining out in front of us. I couldn't look away, they glowed a soft turquoise color and disappeared after a few seconds. It didn't even alarm me when he placed his hand softly on top of mine, it comforted me, actually.

"Wow." Is all he muttered to break the long silence.

"Yeah." I agreed with him. We both remained silent until the last meteor faded out. I turned towards him, he was still gazing out at the stars, and I squeezed his hand a bit to get his attention. He looked at me.

"I…uh…I want to talk to you…for a second." I didn't exactly know what I was going to tell him, but I had to let him know what I was thinking lately.

"Yeah, sure…go ahead." He looked a bit concerned, but ready to listen. That made me even more nervous.

"So, this might not make a lot of sense, but all this has got me thinking…both of us in this whole situation. It…really confused me at first. You just started acting so different all of a sudden, and I didn't know how to deal with it at the moment." As I went into detail, Lance furrowed his brow, which told me he was thinking about my words himself. "But now, after tonight and all of this that you've showed me, I think I know how I feel. Lance…you're the only person who's ever shown this much compassion towards me in my life. And…I want to show you the same. Lance, I think…I think I really like you."

The expression on his face shifted slightly, then a blush crept up onto his cheeks. It made me a little happy to see him flustered, but I didn't say this out loud.

"Are you…okay?" He didn't speak, averting his gaze. He was obviously thinking over my words, and I didn't know what he'd say to me.

"You really mean all that…?" He finally looked me in the eyes, and I gave him a small smile for reassurance.

"Yes. I do." All I got from him after that was a sudden, tight embrace. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me towards him. His face buried in the crook of my neck which muffled his words.

"Lv…mph…" I couldn't quite make out what he said.

"Uh, sorry, what'd you say?" He got off of me, put his hands on my shoulders, and looked me in the eyes.

"I said I love you, Keith."