A house is only as fun as your house mate

Chapter 9 and 2/3: Lance

When I got in the car, Keith was rubbing his eyes subtly and brushing over his cheeks. His purple eyes showed green undertones today. I hadn't seen them like that before. He gave me a smile as I sat next to him, a smile that I did not return. He awkwardly stopped smiling and let his hands drop to his lap. He clasped them together and stroked his knuckles with his index fingers. He looked out of the window in secret despair. "why do you want to leave so badly. I thought you were happy?" I asked. He didn't look up, just sat like a stone gargoyle, staring at the passing cars by us and the bustle of people in the cafe. "i am not desperate to leave." Was all he said, hands clasped even tighter that his knuckles were going white and he winced slightly under the pressure. "you are Keith, otherwise, you wouldn't be so adamant on me finding someone new." I half yelled.

"what are you trying to say?" he whispered innocently. I brushed over the comment, considering the fact that it wasn't the right setting to ask him just yet. "i thought you were happy here." He sighed heavily.

"I am."

"Then why do you want to leave so damn badly?" I was yelling now. All of the emotions that I had been holding in, finally exploding out of me.

"I want you to be happy." That struck me. He was so oblivious. Couldn't he see that I was happy with him, being with him? Surely I wasn't that discreet about it. "But Keith, I'm happy with you! I want you okay, not some lousy woman off of the street. you should know this by now!" I ran my fingers through my hair again and exhaled. "im sorry." I said eventually, realising that I did not go about telling him all of that in the right way. Keith said nothing. I don't know whether I was even more upset about the fact that he had no response and didn't seem to care at all about what I had just said or the fact that he thought he could shirk me off. "You don't want me." He said.

"and why would you think that?" I rolled my eyes, at my wit's end with the way he was acting.

"Have you seen the way I treat you?" He almost cried. "i argue with every little thing you say to me. You do anything remotely nice to me and I instantly throw it back in your face. Someone else can do that job better than I." He was sobbing now.

"keith." I stretched my arm out to touch his shoulder gently. He shrugged me off violently.

"Go away Lance." He growled. Keith swung open the car door and got out quickly, slamming the door in my face before I could say something more. He started walking down the road. I put the car in drive and drove beside him on the pathway, winding down the window and calling to him through it. He point blank ignored me. He flicked his dark hair in front of his ears as much as he could and pulled out his phone. He started typing away and never gave me a second look. He was still heading on the way towards home, so that was something. Perhaps he just needed a little space. Deciding to leave it in the end, I headed towards the quaint building that caused me happiness every time I entered it. I just prayed that Keith was deciding on coming back.

Knowing that I would get there before him anyway, I decided to make myself productive during the fifteen minutes that it would take for my 'adorable' friend to walk back. I thought it would be nice to make a set up so that I could actually ask him if he would be my boyfriend. I lit a couple candles which was certainly very cheesy but I was all over cheesy. He later walked through the door and locked eyes with the dim lighting. "whats this?" he sighed. He made his way over to me and saw the candles on the table. He slipped off his jacket and draped it over one of the chairs. I stood closer to him and rest my hands on his waist. "keith Kogane." I started, already feeling my throat closing up. Keith's eyes became glassy as he could suspect what was going on. He raised his face so it was even closer to mine. His eyes now purple and indigo. His skin was warm but pale under the lack of light ahead. This sent me back to the day we first met in the dimly lit base where we found Shiro again. I can't imagine if that never happened. If I never loved Keith kogane, where would I be? "keith Kogane." I repeated. "through thick and thin you have stuck by me. You have saved my life, you have saved my heart, you have saved me. Damn I don't think I could remember a time that you were not in my life, I don't think I would want to remember a time without you. If it werent for you cradling me in your arms that day I, I might not even be here now, though I very much still think I would have been. You mean the world to me and damn if it werent me asking this now, I would be asking you to marry me. So my beautiful mullet headed friend, will you do me the honour of being my beautiful mullet headed boyfriend?"