A Bonding Moment

7-Keith

Oh come on, like I wasn't going to get Lance back for conveniently not remember our bonding moment? I can hold this over his head for a little while. I like this. I know he almost just died but I like getting to know Lance. Him getting to know me. Maybe now he can see I'm a whole person with feelings for... certain things.

We reach another room but this time it's different. Inside there are lines of filing cabinets leading up to a computer system bigger than the one in the castle.

"Finally!" Lance cries and slides his helmet on, trying to contact Pidge or anyone there still listening. He puts them on speaker.

"Lance? Is Keith there too? His signal went out forever ago please tell me he's not-"

"I'm right here, Pidge." I say with a smile.

"Keith I could kill you! I thought you were dead! And Lance, why didn't you think to check in and say I don't know maybe 'Hey! We're still alive, my best friend ever, Pidge!'". Pidge finishes with a huff.

Lance and I look at each other, trying not to laugh. He speaks, "We found the research room. There's a computer, walk me through how to get that information to castle."

A few vargas later and any bit of information in this room has been sent to Pidge. I can only hope there's something useful in what we've found. I wouldn't want to have gone through all of this for nothing. I look at Lance, he grins at me. Maybe this wasn't for nothing exactly. We did get a chance to bond. Really bond. This time I hope he remembers.

On the long walk back to the surface. I can't stop thinking about Lance. Him, entranced or not, telling me I have pretty eyes. The way he smiles at me. I used to think about him like this in the desert. I actually used to miss seeing him every day and talking to him. His stupidity made me laugh a lot. His jokes were terrible but how hard he was trying was always funny. He'd say these stupid pickup lines instead of a greeting. Something like 'Are you from outer space? Cause your body is out of this world!' apparently that's his best line or so he told me.

"What are you thinking about?" Lance asks, breaking the silence.

I blush, "Nothing. The mission. I don't know!"

"Keith, are you flustered?" Lance laughs.

"What? No."

"I have never seen you flustered before! This is fun. I love this trip."

I roll my eyes at him. One good thing about leaving the Garrison was not having to watch Lance flirt with random girls all the time. Maybe that's why he thought I hated him. I used to get upset and frustrated and confused. I'm still confused. I have all these feelings I don't understand and everyone on the team says I'm the unfeeling loner who isn't supposed to feel them at all.