HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANCE MCCLAIN !!

Part 1

Lance expected more excited glances and wiggled eyebrows from his two best friends at the garrison on the day of his birthday. Instead, he got exactly one excited glance, and it was from the janitor. In fact, Lance hasn't seen Hunk or Pidge since their last space-simulation class. When his teacher had to point out just how useless Lance was. He knew. He knew he was nothing, especially when the teacher was comparing him to none other than Keith Kogane. He hated that guy. Lance always found a way to blame his self-hatred on Keith, someone he had never met before, but was always being compared to. In truth, Lance sort of looked up to Keith. That was before the teachers thought it was their personal duty to make Lance feel like the scum of both earth and space whilst comparing him to Keith.
Lance took a deep breath, but it did nothing to stop his shaking. He rested his head in between his knees and did everything in his power not to cry. Thankfully, Pidge walked in right that second and distracted him from his creeping thoughts of self-hatred.
"PIDGE!!" Lance jumped and grabbed Pidge off the ground. "You know what day it is todayyy?"
Pidge looked bored. "Yet another day at the garrison?" Lance tried not to look disappointed. "Yeah, and..?"
"And..I really should get going. Have a good day Lance!" Pidge squeezed him and rushed out the door. Huh. Well, Hunk wouldn't forget, would he? He was Lance's oldest friend, and the one that understood him the most. He couldn't bring himself to search for Hunk and be disappointed again though, so Lance just opted for a cold shower to wash away his thoughts and put on his confident happy Lance mask on. He pretended the tears on his cheeks were water droplets.
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Lance was staring at the wall absentmindedly when he heard loud shouts from down the hallway.
"LANCE. LANCE..LANCE!!!!!" He ignored it for a bit, not feeling like dealing with space's...inconveniences at the moment. However the shouts went on until it was disturbing his string of thoughts and so he shouted back, "OH QUIZNAK, WHAT?!" He heard muffled giggles from both Hunk and Pidge and got up to see what all the ruckus was about. Hunk and Pidge stood in front of a large steel door that had been off-limits to all students for a long while. Rumors say that it was the garrison's way of contacting earth, but Lance doubted that they would put such a room in the middle of the student's dorms. When he finally reached Hunk and Pidge, he could practically feel the excitement radiating out of them. They were both buzzing with excitement, their faces flushed. Lance raised an eyebrow. "What's up?"
"When we open the door, we want you to remember that you have an hour, we're really so sorry for that limited amount of time but it was the best we could do, even with bribing the headmaster, teachers, janitor, and some students." Pidge said, his face still lit up.
"This is the reason we've been kind of dodgy with you." Hunk laughed. "We really hope you like it, enjoy your time, Lance." Hunk continued, patting Lance's shoulder. Lance was really weirded out now. What the quiznak was going on?
"Heyyy did you two get me a bangin' hot alien to hang out with?" Lance winked. Hunk and Pidge shared exasperated but loving looks, as if Lance was their clueless little boy. "No? Hm. Not sure what would be better, but thanks? What is this for, exactly? Hey, are you two pranking me? Not cool, dudes!"
The two laughed, and pushed Lance closer to the door. "We love you! Enjoy!" Before he could remark about how they were speaking at the same time and being really weird, Pidge had pressed a button to open the door and Hunk gave him a little push in. Just before the door closes, Lance hears a rowdy "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!", making him beam with happiness. Man, he loved those two oddballs. He looked up to be met with..his mother's eyes. His mother's smile. His mother's face. His mother's voice. "Happy birthday, cariño."