color coded [klance]

three

  lance laid awake in his bed, typing away on his phone, sending a, "hey" to keith, who responded almost instantly with the same thing.

  lance: i have an idea.

  keith: what is it?

  lance: ok so i know sometimes it's really hard for you to describe how you're feeling and that's perfectly okay, but i came up with a color coded system.

  keith: oh wow.

  lance: green - everything's okay
light blue - i've had a rough day
dark blue - significant live event/stress. might take a while to cope
purple - i've been down for a while now and i don't know why
yellow - i'm not doing well and really need someone
orange - i'm in a crisis. please call or come over right away.
red - call 911. i may hurt myself or others.

keith: wow you came up with that for me?

lance: yeah is it okay?

keith: yeah, it's great thank you.

lance: color?

keith: green. i'm fine.

lance: that's really good.

keith: lance can i tell you something?

  lance: yeah of course you can tell me anything

  keith: i really appreciate you and how much you're willing to help and how kind you are to me and i honestly don't deserve it

  lance: keith you deserve the whole ass world

  keith: no i'm pretty sure u do

  lance: we can share it?

  keith: sure :)

  lance: ok now i have something to tell you

  keith: fire away

  lance: i know you're going through a lot and you just got out of a relationship like a month ago and i don't expect anything but i want you to know that when or if you're ready...i like you

  lance: like...like-like you, you know?

  keith: it's mutual

  keith: and maybe you're right and right now isn't necessarily a good time to be in a relationship, but i want to be with you

  keith: jesus lance you don't understand how bad i want to kiss you

  lance: i never thought i'd hear you say that

  lance: and if a relationship isn't what you need right now, we can take it slow. i don't mind

  keith: i don't want you to miss out on the opportunity of being with someone better because you're stuck waiting for me

  lance: i'd wait a million years for you keith, i swear on everything

  keith: are you sure?

  lance: as long as you're sure this is what you want

  keith: i am

  lance: then so am i

  they talked for an hour later, before they realized what time it was and said their goodnights. keith felt like the blush would never leave his face and lance was pretty sure he fell asleep smiling.