Watching You, While You're Watching Us (Shklance)

Twister

There had never been freedom that had tasted so sweet as the freedom that followed final exams. One could almost feel the collective sigh of relief of the entire campus as they finished. Plus, winter break would be starting soon and Lance would finally have some actual free time. There was a whole list of dramas that he had been neglecting! Lance excitedly ran through his watchlist in his head deciding on what would be best to start with as he was walking back from his last exam. He stopped though when he spotted a familiar face up ahead of him. He jogged to catch up with them.

"Hey Pidge, what's up?"

"You see how I look. I'm coming out of exams, of course," they let out a long sigh.

"Well, we're almost at the finish line. Just half a week more of classes and we have almost a whole month without multiple choice, written responses, projects, and all their evil counterparts," Pidge nodded solemnly in agreement.

"Oh, before I forget, the group is getting together on the second day of break at my family's house to celebrate our temporary release. And besides my parents are at a conference for a couple days we figured the first day we'll all still be dead, but would still be here for the second before going home."

"Yeah, that sounds great! I'll be there."

"Cool, could you let Hunk know too?"

"Of course! Now, let's both go pass out for a few hours."

"Sounds great," they waved bye as they went in the opposite direction toward their dorm.

The first day of break came around and Lance reveled in being able to stay in bed and binge-watch shows. Since he had gotten Shiro and Keith's help with his schedule, life had been a lot less painful, but it was still challenging so an actual break was always welcome. At least with their help he didn't constantly feel like a walking trash bag.

Thinking about their help reminded Lance of how he had fallen asleep at the cafe that day. He had been mortified when Keith nudged him awake. They had already reworked his schedule and wanted to have him look it over before leaving. Lance's brain was only full of thoughts of pure embarrassment. How could he fall asleep in front of them? In public of all places! His face had felt like it was ready to melt off of his skull as a deep blush spread all the way to his ears. He then tried profusely apologizing for falling asleep and not helping out, but Shiro and Keith wouldn't hear anything about it. They insisted that he needed it and that they were more than happy to complete the schedule while he slept. Lance tried to pull back at least a calm demeanor as they headed back toward campus, but it hadn't gone very well. He basically had to hide his face the whole way back to campus. Lance only managed to squeak out thank you to Shiro for the ride back and both of them for their help. As soon as he had reached his bed, he let his body fall forward and screamed into his pillow. Hunk came through the joint door to ask him if he was alright upon hearing the commotion. Lance then regaled him with the last few hours of events.

"I looked horrible, Hunk! Then I fell asleep! While they did all the work to help me! Kill me now..."

Hunk had a laughing fit at the expense of his best friend before trying to reassure him that they probably didn't mind and that it would just be a funny story in the near future. Lance only groaned in response, throwing himself back on his bed. What a way to make an impression on his crushes, who were dating he had officially found out, and still far too nice to him. If he couldn't be with either of them, he had genuinely wanted to be their friend. Even so, what an impression he made. He prayed that the next time he ran into the two he could stay put together for once.

Unfortunately for Lance, the next run-in with the two had confirmed it for him: the universe hated him. It was out to get him!

Lance had already been running late to the get-together, but after arriving and greeting everyone, he went to join them on the half circle they had formed on the living room floor to watch movies and play games. He realized that they were spread out to where there wasn't quite enough space for him to sit on either end. He was about to ask Hunk if he could make a spot for him, but Allura beat him to it.