It felt so natural that night, our silent ride back to the ship, with the exception of a few exchanged smiles, us stumbling and laughing like a couple of idiots as we made our way back to his room, and laying down next to each other, gazing into one another's eyes. No words needed to be said, we had already gotten that out of the way earlier, now all that was shared was our body heat.

I could feel his eyes on me, so I looked up at him. Words couldn't describe how amazing he looked, his hair distraught from the events of tonight, his deep brown eyes that glistened as he stared down at me, and the grin plastered on his face was almost funny.

I couldn't help but smile myself. "What is it?" I said in a quiet, raspy voice.

"You're really pretty." That was the last thing I expected him to say.

"Pretty?"

"Yes. Very."

"Guys aren't pretty, Lance."

"Then you're some sort of exception." He reached out and touched my face, he looked more serious now, I blushed.

The events after that were blurry and rushed, he ended up on top of me, leaning in to plant kisses on my face, which made me laugh, but he didn't stop. He moved down to my neck, paused to look up at my confused face, then kept going, rougher this time. He nibbled a spot under my jawline which made my breath hitch. He took this as a signal to keep going, moving down to my collarbone where he kissed it gently, then more aggressive, leaving a mark where his lips were.

"Lance…" was all I could mutter, he looked up and locked eyes with me while slowly lifting up my shirt and reaching his hand under to touch my bare skin. His hands were surprisingly warm, so I leaned into his touch. He left a trail of kisses from my chest down to my navel, leaving me breathing heavily while gazing down at him.

"Keith," I could feel his breath on my stomach. "Can I…keep going?" I averted my eyes and nodded slowly, it was already too late to stop. He didn't say anything after that, he only sat up and began to take his own shirt off while I did the same. It was weird, I wasn't scared in that moment. I trusted him fully, because this was my first time doing something like this with anybody. I'm glad it was him.

After all but our boxers were removed, he got back in the position he was in earlier, hovering inches from my waist. He and slowly began to undress me, then himself. It felt like the room got even hotter than it already was after we were exposed to each other. I couldn't handle it, the way he looked at me as he touched me, the way our warm bodies pressed and practically melted together, and the strong smell of sweat that quickly filled the room. I couldn't help but let out a groan or two, while he was a bit louder. Eventually, when things died down, he collapsed beside me, both of us completely out of breath and gazing at the ceiling. We fell asleep next to each other very soon afterwards, too exhausted to even re-dress ourselves. It was probably the best night's sleep I'd ever had.

I was very sore in the morning, and woke up before he did, so I took a quick shower. I went back to lay down next to him until he eventually woke up with a long sigh. He turned towards me and slowly opened his eyes.

"Morning…" He outstretched his arms over his head, then sat up.

"Good morning. You look like you slept well."

"I did!" He said with a grin, looking over at me. "But…how do you feel? Like…" I knew what he meant.

"Oh, I'm good." I didn't know how else to answer. "Thanks…" There was a minute or two of silence.

"We should…" He began. "Head out for breakfast. The others will be curious if we're not there."

"You're right. Come on." I helped him out of bed, and we both got dressed and headed out to go eat breakfast with the rest of our crew. We hadn't talked about it, but I was pretty sure we'd have to keep us a secret from the rest of them. Everyone thinks we hate each other, so that's how we'll have to act so they won't get suspicious and start asking us questions…I'd have to bring this up with Lance later.

It took some effort, but we acted how they though we always did, bickering and arguing over little things, Lance raising his voice at me which almost made me laugh, and it took a whole lot to not sit by him or stand next to him all the time. It was sort of sad…seeing him glance over at me from time to time and smile when no one was watching just to confirm that he was sorry. I don't know if I could do this much longer whenever we go out in public…

It seemed like the longest day of my life, out training with the others, but finally we were dismissed and I made my way back to my room, shutting the door behind me and practically jumping on my bed. I was pretty exhausted. I just laid there for a bit, until I heard a small knock at my door.

"Hey, open up." I recognized his voice and got up instantly to open the door. He smiled down at me when he saw my face.

"Were you sleeping?"

"No. Not yet anyways. What's up?"

"Well…Hunk and I are going out to look for some sort of special fuel for the ship's navigation? Or something like that…and I don't know when I'll be back" I was silent.

"I uh…just wanted to let you know. You'll be asleep when I get back…and-" I cut him off.

"It's alright, Lance, I'll be alright. Just…hurry, okay?" I didn't want him to leave, obviously, but it wasn't my place to make him stay.

"Alright, thanks. I'll see you later, then." He reached down and put his finger under my chin, pulling me up to him. He was so warm, I immediately melted into him and closed my eyes. We embraced slowly.

"Lance! You comin'?" I quickly pushed him off of me and we straightened ourselves out before Hunk came around the corner.

"Yea! I'll be right there!" He turned back towards me. "Sorry…wait for me." And with that, he turned and sprinted down the hallway, leaving me standing in my doorway. I slowly closed the door and fell back on my bed, groaning in the process. I didn't want to have to hide this from the others…but with our past relations, we'd probably either get made fun of or they wouldn't believe us. I didn't know what to do.

I tried not to think about it as I gradually drifted off into a deep sleep.