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Ravel: Confuse or complicate a question or situation

Lance pov

I randomly awoke in the middle of the night.
I checked my phone for the time, 3:15 am.
I was confused as to why I had woken up.
Keith was sound asleep next to me.
His back was exposed so the duvet was resting at his hips. Keith's back was to me.
He can only sleep when he's on his right side.
He's told me this a few times
. He can only fall asleep when he's on that side.
Sure he'll roll over onto his back of stomach but he's very picky.
Through the small bit of moonlight that was coming through the blinds I could see the scars on Keith's back.
I gently ran my hands over them being careful not to wake him up. He must of taken his shirt off. He went to bed in his tie-dye shirt and now he was bare. I don't blame him since it's so fucking hot.
I began to remember all the things Keith had told me about his past.
A bit of anger splashed around in my mind.
How could someone hurt him? Why would somebody want to hurt him?
He's such an amazing person.
Fuck his previous foster families! How could anyone do this?
He was so young, he was innocent. Keith didn't deserve any of this shit.
I began to get a bit emotional.
All I want is for Keith to be safe.
I want him to stay happy.
His current family seems to be fulfilling these things.
They make him happy.
I want to make him happy too.
He's so important to me.
I don't want anyone to hurt him.
Ever.
I won't let anyone hurt him ever again. I sniffed and kept my eyes locked on his peaceful sleeping body.
"Aw Keith..." I whispered carefully putting my hand on his shoulder.

I should get back to sleep.
I made sure my movements were subtle and careful to make sure I didn't wake him.
I held him.
He didn't wake up but only stirred.
I held his small body close to mine. His body was hot and I could feel the heat radiating off his skin.
Keith isn't really that small. He's just small to me.
I hope those stupid fucks that hurt my Keith burn in hell. No one should need to go through that.
I sniffed again and wiped my eyes with the back of my hand. Keith stirred.

I soon fell asleep as I was lulled by Keith's soft rhythmic breathing.

Keith pov

Lance was asleep when I woke up. There was light coming in from the window. Lance looked content while sleeping. He was holding me. I brought my hand up and stroked his redish-brown hair. My eyes adjusted and I noticed Lance had a few freckles scattered across his face. They blended in pretty well with his dark tan skin. I smiled to myself. They're so cute. I never noticed them before. I kissed him right under his eye. His eyes fluttered open. Fuck, I didn't want to wake him. "Shit I'm sorry, Go back to sleep" I croaked.
"Don't worry about it" Lance said. "Your hair is a mess" He laughed. I raised my hand and tried to soften it down.
"You're warm" I said noticing how warm his body was. I snuggled up close to him and pushed my head onto my chest. Lance put a hand on my lower back.
He carefully rubbed the area of my back up and down.
His hands are so nice and warm. I leaned into his touch.
"So Hunk texted me last night" Lance said.
"And?" I asked.
"And he wants to go camping this weekend, All five of us" He said. "There's campgrounds around here?" I asked, my voice muffled because my face was against Lance's chest.
"Yes Keith, there's mountains here so of course there's campgrounds" Lance explained.
"I don't really like camping" I complained.
"What? Why?" Lance asked.
"Bugs, Dirt, Germs, Bugs, Allergies, Sleeping on the ground, No running water, No ac, Did I mention bugs?" I said.
"You're such a princess" Lance joked. "The campground he wants to go to has bathrooms with running water and showers" Lance explained.
"Don't you have to be 18 to check into a campground?" I asked.
"Uh Shiro is 18" He answered.
"Oh yeah" I said, remembering that fact.
"We've got it all planned out, We'll take Hunk's jeep because it has the most room and is best on gas" Lance said. "Don't groan" Lance said just as I was about too.
I groaned anyway.
"Come on Keith! It'll be so fun" Lance sang.
"Ugh" I scoffed.
"Stop being a princess" Lance commanded.
"I'll never stop being a princess" I replied.
"Well I mean there is showers..." I said. "Hunk's jeep has a rack on top for even more storage" Lance added.
"Is Pidge able to come?" I asked Lance. "Yes, Their parents know Shiro and all of us well but they totally trust Shiro and Shiro is going to be camp dad and take care of us all" Lance said.
"You guys really have all this planned out don't you?" I said.
"Yup" Lance beamed.
"We've been talking about it for days" He added.
"And you didn't tell me?" I cried. "Yeah, We wanted to make it a surprise" Lance said.
"So...Surprise!" Lance exclaimed. "When do we leave?" I asked.
"Today" Lance said. I sighed.
"Fine, I'll go" I said.
"We're taking tents I'm assuming?" I asked.
"Yup" Lance said.
"I don't have a tent" I said.
"That's fine, my family has lots and you and I can share one" Lance said. I perked up at that sentence.
"Just us in the tent?" I asked looking up at him.
"Just us" Lance confirmed.
"Everyone else is going to bring one man tents" He added.
"You don't have to worry about anything, We've gone camping lots before" Lance explained.
"I'm clueless with camping stuff, I've never been" I said.
"Never?" Lance asked. I nodded. "Jesus" Lance said.
"I need to ask Christine" I said.
"I'll go do that" I said getting up.
I picked my shirt up off the edge of my bed and put it on. I stretched and went downstairs.
"Morning sunshine" Christine said. She was sitting in the living room across from the kitchen.
"Morning" I said.
"So..." I started leaning against the wall.
"Lance and three of our friends want to go camping for a few days" I stated. "Oh?" She said surprised.
"You've never been camping before" Christine said.
"Yeah I know but they're all experienced so they know what they're doing" I explained.
"Does Lance have a tent and all that? Are you staying in tents? Are your friends all boys? Will there be girls there? Not that I'm worried about you and girls obviously. How old are everyone else? How will you get there?" She I interrogated me.
She's worried about me obviously.
"Yes Lance has a tent, We're all staying in tents, Two are boys, one is agender, No girls, Shiro is the oldest who is 18, Hunk is 17 like me and Lance and Pidge I think is 15" I said.
"Oh I've heard about Agender people! On the blogs I read" Christine said. Ever since I came out she's a part of like 5 lgbt parent blogs.
"Yeah Agender just means someone who doesn't feel like a boy or a girl so that's what they go by. That's what Pidge is" I said.
"Okay that's cool!" She chirped.
"I'm just worried about you going Keith" She said.
"I know you are, I'll be fine" I assured her.
"Will you and Lance be sharing a tent?" She asked giving me an eager look.
"Yeah we will be" I announced. "Just...please don't...do anything with him. You haven't known him for that long" She said.
"No no no! We're just friends!" I exclaimed.
"Okay....sorry" She replied.
So am I allowed?" I asked eagerly.
She sighed.
"Yes I guess so, You better text me lots, I worry you know" She reminded me. "Yes of course" I said.
"Thank you!" I said and went to go pack.