"Come Back..."

Chapter 4

Keith woke up with a major headache. He sat on his knees, staring at the torn pictures beneath him. "Great, now I gotta clean this up." He thought to himself. The boy got up, scooping up halves of photographs and putting them into a box that'd been thrown across the room.

After about an hour, his room had finally been somewhat been restored to its original state. Keith went into the bathroom, splashed water on his face, then went outside to join everyone for breakfast. But when he arrived at the kitchen, no one was there "Ok, something's not right," Keith thought. "Not even Hunk is here..." The red paladin left the kitchen. He went to the ship's bridge, no one was there. He went to the training room, no one. As Keith walked down the hall, a little green blur sped past him. "H-Hey Pidge!" He called out, almost getting knocked over. Pidge skidded to a halt as she faced Keith. "Hey Keith, what's up?" She panted. "Where is everyone?" he asked. "The med bay, Lance's vitals are way up." She responded, trying to contain her excitement. The boy heart skipped a beat. "L-Lance?!" He thought. "Well are you just gonna stand there? C'mon!" Pidge pulled Keith from his thoughts as she grabbed his wrist and dragged him down the hall.

When the two arrived at the med bay doors Pidge eagerly started to walk through the door, but Keith stopped. "What if he's not doing okay? What if he's dying? What if he's...dead?!" Thoughts flew through his mind. His hands started to shake. "Keith? Is everything ok?" Asked Pidge. The boy brought his hands to his face. "Pidge, I-I can't go in there..." The girl sighed. She grabbed his arms, moving them away from his face. "Hey," She said. "It's going to be okay?" Keith nodded. Taking a deep breath, he stepped inside.

Everyone turned as the red paladin stepped inside. Keith saw Lance as he walked closer. His shirt cut open, again. He put his hand over his mouth. The wounds on the blue paladin's chest were healed, only leaving faint scars. "Lance is completely healed, now we just wait till he wakes up." Said Allura, a smile on her face. "Can't you just wake him up?" Asked Keith, starting to grow more excited. "Well, we can..." Allura started, Keith's eyes lit up. "But it's extremely risky." "But if his vitals are all at 100, shouldn't he be good to go. I mean c'mo-" "The safest thing to do is wait for Lance to wake up on his own." Allura said becoming irritated. "And that's final." She turned around, and left.

One by one, the remaining paladins and Coran left, till Keith was the only one. He paced back and forth, looking every second to see if Lance was awake. But every time he checked, all his saw was Lance's face peacefully sleeping. The boy started to get angry. "C'mon Lance, you're all better now, wake up." He said impatiently. After about an hour. Keith was angry. "Godammit Lance, wake up already! You're fine now so why won't you just fucking wake up?!?!" He walked up to the med pod and stared at Lance. The more he looked at Lance, the angrier he got. Finally, he snapped. 

He banged his fists against the glass. "WAKE UP! WAKE UP! GODDAMIT LANCE WAKE UP!" He continued to beat the glass till he was out of breath. Keith was panting heavily as he rested his forehead against the glass. "Lance...please" he whispered, "you're everything to me. I can't lose you. I've never felt the way I feel when I'm with you before. Please, please come back. We need you...I need you...I love you." The red paladin slid down against the wall. He leaned against the side of the med pod, and closed his eyes.

Hey all, those feels amiright? No? Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading this, I'm honestly really proud of this one. Sorry this chapter took a little longer, I've just had no ideas lately. See y'all soon <3.

~Heicho✨