Flame ||Klance|| (transgender au)

10.lance

Going back to class was weird to say the least. School was almost over and I had to sit next to Pidge whom I haven't been getting along well with recently.

"Pidge! We're supposed to be working on our poster what are you staring at?" I snap in his face.

"Nothing," he quickly looks and smiles at me.

"Pidge, what's up with you lately usually you're done with these assignments in seconds?"

"I've just got a lot on my mind," Pidge looked down fidgeting.

"You know you're aloud to tell me what's on your mind, right?" I snap.

"You know I'm aloud to not tell you what's on my mind, right?" Pidge snapped back.

My eyes went wide and I just looked back at the assignment. I got bored again and looked up at Pidge. "Do you want to hear about what happened with Keith?"

"You mean about him being bullied?" Pidge questioned.

"How did you already know?" I questioned him.

"Did he not tell you the full story?" Pidge looked surprised.

"No! He was in tears in the bathroom if he had even tried to say something it would've been masked with sobbing, plus I was distracted," I feel my face heat up.

"Were you guys making out?" Pidge smiled looking up.

"That's none of your business Pidge," I say looking down.

"Oh my god you guys did!" Pidge smiled wide, he seemed in a better mood suddenly.

When the bell rang Pidge and I went to a quiet place so he could fill me in on what happened with Keith.

"Okay so before I tell you anything I need to tell you something," Pidge starts he looks really nervous, and a bit uncomfortable... actually very uncomfortable.

"Pidge you can relax, I'll stay your friend no matter what," I reassure.

Pidge pauses and sighs, he balls his fists and looks me in the eye. "I'm transgender Lance, I'm a girl."

"You are!?"

"Yea," h-she squints hi-her eyes and clenches her fists.

"It's okay Pidge, I'm just shocked," I paused, "wait... what does that have to do with the story?"

"Well I was in the locker room, talking to Hunk, I was actually coming out to him," Pidge paused, "and I thought the room was empty otherwise but someone had been listening to our conversation and after Hunk left they came up to me and started pushing me and calling me names. Keith for some reason had been there too and as soon as he heard the names I was being called automatically stood up for me." Pidge looked at me to see if I was still listen then continued, "He started fighting the dude until the bully shoved him against a locker, I guess he'd noticed something and..." Pidge paused again, "by the way I was trying to help I told them to stop and I tried to pull away Keith and the bully, but I couldn't they're both really strong." Pidge sighed, "but the bully tore off Keith's shirt and just stared at his binder. He looked like he was about to do something more than call him girly so I kicked his leg and the bully started to come after me until he changed his mind and walked out the room." I tried to help Keith but he was crying now and then when I went to get an extra shirt from his locker... well his locker was vandalized and damaged, and I couldn't get in the locker, when I told Keith he sobbed more and I told him I'd get a teacher but he told me to get you?" Pidge paused again, "which I was going to do but by the time I figured out where you were the teachers had already found Keith and found you."

My eyes were wide the whole time. Tears started falling from my eyes but I wasn't sad I was angry, "who did it Pidge?"

"No Lance I know that look in your eyes you can't fight them, you'll loose and get in trouble," Pidge pleaded.

"Pidge, they need to learn, they can't just do all of that and just... get away with it!" I exclaim but Pidge protests still.

"I can't tell you," Pidge says boldly.

I walk past Pidge and out the room, "I'll get Keith to tell me then."

"Lance don't fight anyone!" Pidge warns but her voice trails off because I'm already off to find Keith.

I walk to Keith's house, and I know it's far but I can't ask Hunk for a ride while I'm this pissed he'll want to talk and I can't right now.

It gives me times to think.

I can't help but think of my sibling... they're nonbinary so I suppose that's why I know already a lot about transgender stuff because as soon as my sibling told me I did as much research as I could because I love my family and my siblings. I had tried to talk with them and help them through it and help them come out to the rest of the family and not just me. That's when things went downhill though. They died 3 years ago. They committed suicide and it still hurts. But that's why I'm so angry before they died they'd had a rough day at school, and that was it for them. The fact that the bully kept going at them for so long and no one helped them because no one knew.

I still feel like it's somehow my fault. And if I can beat up this bully I could potentially save someone and I know Pidge and Keith aren't my sibling but what if both of them are similar. I can't afford to loose another person I care about.

A/N
I also just want to mention that people who are transgender are more likely to have suicidal thoughts and that it's actually a serious issue and if you ever have these thoughts you need to find help immediately this especially coming from your transboy author whose attempted to commit suicide. Get help! Because help is out there. Can I also mention that a lot of this story is based on experiences I myself have had so like if your like, "why did you write this, this way." There's probably a reason. Like the fact that Lance is actually bisexual plays a lot in the part that he's okay with Keith being trans. And the fact that Keith doesn't talk a lot has to do with because as someone who's trans it's harder to speak up when your in constant threat of someone judging yo, that's why he talks to Lance so much because he knows Lance accepts him. 
More awesome stuff is about to come though! So yay!