RIGHT FOOT | klance (keith x lance)

3. You are the only one that needs to know

Never in his life Keith had been so happy to go to work like he had that day. Going to work meant being busy enough not to think and being busy enough not to think meant not thinking about Lance. So Keith was excited. Because he was no longer sixteen and it wasn't acceptable for him to day dream about his celebrity crush at all times. Work would bless him like nothing ever did before. Or so he thought.

It all began with Lance sending him a picture of his travel bag being packed. Keith answered asking when they were leaving and Lance answered that only after dark and that had gotten Lance to talk. He sent photos of every step of his way through packing, using Keith's chat as a list to make sure he wasn't forgetting anything. Keith commented on some pictures and ignored others. Lance sent a photo of a pack of condoms and a winking emoji and Keith ignored it completely, so Lance brought it back later asking Keith whether he was proud Lance was being careful; to which Keith responded that he wasn't Lance's parental figure nor doctor nor sex education teacher.

Keith tried really hard avoiding his phone, though. Because he was working and he had never gotten a single warning for staying on his phone instead of working and he didn't plan on changing that. His supervisor, Kolivan, a really tall, really strong and weirdly serious man was constantly watching him; not because he didn't trust Keith, but because he saw too much potential in Keith, apparently. They had had a rough start, with Kolivan not being very fond of Keith, but Keith grew on him and vice-versa, so they became somewhat buddies. In Kolivan's own odd way.

Lunch break came soon and Keith sighed checking his phone and seeing that he had thirty eight unread messages. Thirty of them belonged to Lance, two to Shiro - their groceries list and a text telling Keith they needed to talk when he got home - and six from Pidge. Keith wondered for a second how Pidge got his phone number, but let the thought go when he read the texts and realised that two of them were links to articles about Mothman.

Pidge Holt: shiro told matt who told me that u dig mothman and cryptids so here's a lil thing for u
Pidge Holt: this is pidge btw Pidge Holt: anyway here's my hot take: mothman is real but might also be a shapeshifter
Pidge Holt: or like his wings withdraw u know so he can hide them and look human in daylight. hiding in plain sight u know??? Keith: I'm at work right now, but I'll read them later. And I don't know, I always thought he just lived in the woods. Sounds more plausible for me.

He opened Shiro's texts.

Shiro:
Milk
Green tea (leaves)
Bread
Cereal (whichever)
Oat (stop eating all the oat, you'll have intestinal problems)
Hairspray
Toothpaste
Soap
Shiro: Come into my room when you're home. I want to talk. C:
Keith: Please stop using ominous emojis, we've talked about that. Will do. I'll get them on my way back home. Why is everyone texting me while I'm working?

He moved to Lance's window. They were mostly photos of Lance's stuff, some of them were Lance asking Keith if he was ignoring him or just working and concluding Keith was working. The last ones were Lance telling Keith he was disappointed on him for being "just like pidgeon", and Keith assumed he meant Pidge.

Keith: I'm humbled to be compared to them.
Lance McClain: Mothman is a lie that capitalism uses to fool dumb people
Lance McClain: I thought u were smarter that that I'm disappointed, mullet
Keith: Shut it, McClain. You know nothing.
Lance McClain: ur lucky ur cute because.... yeah..... disappointed....
Keith: ...
Lance McClain: u still at work?
Keith: Lunch break. So I'm leaving you hanging for a bit now so I can eat.
Lance McClain: ok, back to the spamming.