Head in the Clouds // Klance

Scars

When I finally sit down at my usual table, I hide my face in my hands.

"Hey Keith, did you... Are you okay?" Katie asks as she sits down. Hunk looks up from his homemade sandwich and Cheetos, among many other things he packed for lunch.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I reply.

"Why are you covering your face like that?" She pries my hands away and gasps. Hunk stops mid-chew. "Your cheekbone is bruised- what happened?"

"Nothing. I just- I got... One of Lance's new friends punched me," I admit finally.

"Why?" She asks.

"Because he felt like it? I don't know."

"Was Lance there?" Hunk adds.

"Yeah, he was," I say as I feel the tears coming again. I hate that I'm so overly emotional, and I hate that I keep crying. Lance isn't worth all of this. He's a jerk.

"Well, did he do anything about it?" Katie sounds a little angry.

"The kid probably would've beat me up if it wasn't for Lance telling him to cut it out."

We sit in silence for a few seconds.

"I told him I'm sorry we ever became friends," I say, and then the tears are there. They leak out of my eyes so I'm not sobbing, but visibly crying again.

Katie moves next to me and puts a hand on my shoulder. "You can't keep doing this. You gotta move on," she tells me calmly.

"I don't want to move on. I miss him so bad it hurts."

She sighs. "So what are you going to do about it?"

I wipe my nose on my sleeve and look up at her. "I don't know- maybe I'll talk to him? Maybe I'll ask him if he ever misses us."

"That's a good start."