Don't Come Down// Klance

The Hello's and the Goodbyes

Aurora continued to brush out her hair as her roommate Ina Leifsdottir headed for the door, schoolbag in hand and ready for the day. "Leif." Aurora called out. "What's the weather like?"

"Sunny. Mid 80's. Perfect for a dip in the pool." Aurora laughed.

"Not with my hair." The color seemed to be fading from the top down, being light blue towards her roots and darker towards the ends. Ina shrugged and headed out of the room, the door opening for her easily. Aurora had been worried about rooming with Leifsdottir at first because she wasn't sure that Leif actually liked her. She was always so quiet, so reserved. Aurora thought it was because she didn't want to speak to her or because she had angered Leif in some way but when she asked Leifsdottir about it, she had simply cocked her head and said,

"I like you." Plain and simple and that had been enough to calm Aurora's nerves. It was eventually Rizavi who informed Aurora that Leif doesn't say much of anything. She's an intelligent and  gifted pilot but her social skills aren't on the same level as everyone else.

"She's a great listener though." Rizavi said with a grin. "I don't know how many times she's let me talk her ear off before giving me some of the greatest advice I've ever received in my entire life." Aurora had smiled at that and often did go to Leifsdottir for advice. She just saw things differently than everyone else and it really gave Aurora perception on some things in her life.

When Aurora had first started calling her Leif instead of just saying her full last name, she had asked if that was okay with her and Leif had said. "Yes. It's more efficient and faster to say than Leifsdottir." Aurora had laughed.

"I don't want to call you Leif because it's efficient. I want to call you Leif as like a cute nickname, since we're roommates and all." Leifsdottir had stared at her a bit and Aurora wondered what she would say next.

"Can I still call you Aruroa or would you also like a nickname?"

"Aurora is perfect Leif." Aurora had watched her nod, smiling the whole time. She had never met another person like Leif before and she was very glad that they were roommates.

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Lance was absentmindedly doodling on his desk when Aurora walked into the classroom, pushing her light blue hair back over her shoulder as she walked. They had Professor Allen in this class and he didn't particularly like Aurora, mostly because of her hair, so she always tried to sit in the front row, just to piss him off. But today, her unassigned, assigned seat was occupied by Raker, who had just recently started dating Fairview and Aurora frowned. Where was she supposed to go now? Lance waved his arm and caught Aurora's attention. She walked towards him slowly.

"R-raker used to sit here." He said, gesturing to the desk next to him. "You could take his seat." Aurora smiled.

"Thanks. I guess I looked a bit lost up there." Lance nodded, his tongue feeling like a dead lump in his mouth as he tried to think of what to say next.

"Y-yeah. I didn't want to uhh say anything but uhh yeah." Aurora laughed as she set her books down on the desk and dropped her backpack to the floor.

"I'm Aurora by the way." She had had a couple of classes with Lance before but it's always good to introduce yourself to someone once you start talking to them.

"I know." Lance replied immediately. Aurora stared at him, waiting for him to say his own name. "Oh! I'm L-lance." He stammered out with a smile. He had never stuttered in front of a girl before. Jesus, what was happening? Aurora smiled softly, tucking strands of her hair behind her ears.

"What's your classification?" Aurora asked. Lance grinned.

"Pilot Class. You?"

"Tech. I'm kind of a genius when it comes to coding."

"You should meet my new friend Pidge she's really good at that stuff too." Aurora thought for a moment, recognizing the name.

"I think I have. Does she have brown hair, a little short for a fifteen year old?" Lance laughed.

"Yeah, that sounds like her. Her real name is Katie but, everyone's begun to call her Pidge like her brother does." Aurora nodded thoughtfully.

"Yeah, Matt Holt. I remember him. He was a TA for one of my classes. He's a funny guy." Lance shifted anxiously in his seat as he watched Aurora reminisce.

"So uhh.." The bell rang before Lance could get the whole sentence out though.

"Hold that thought." Aurora whispered to him across the aisle. "Professor Allen loves to punish me at any chance he gets." Lance nodded and mimed zipping up his lips. Aurora giggled behind her hands before opening her books and pulling out a pen.

Lance knew he should be paying attention to what Professor Allen was saying but he kind of couldn't concentrate now that Aurora was sitting next to him. When she had been sitting up front, it was easier to listen to whatever the teacher was saying because she was farther away, out of reaching distance and now that she was next to him, all Lance wanted to do was pass notes like they were in middle school. So when a piece of folded paper landed on his desk, he was very surprised. Glancing over at Aurora, she mimed opening the folded note and Lance smiled.

What is Professor Allen even talking about?

Lance smiled as he read the note. He hadn't even been paying attention so he knew exactly how to respond.

I have no idea. I'm not paying attention to him.

😊 Glad we're on the same page then.

Lance didn't know how Aurora had been able to draw the smiling emoji face so perfectly on this strip of notebook paper but she had. He wanted to continue talking to Aurora but after being called on for a question, and miraculously having the right answer, Aurora mimed to him to not send another note. Lance nodded, smiling. Professor Allen was on to them and Lance had gotten in trouble enough times in his class to not want to be under his harsh gaze again so soon.

As the bell rang, signaling the end of their class, Aurora stood and smiled at Lance. "Looks like we'll be sitting next to each other for a while." She said, glancing towards Fairview and Raker. The couple was walking out of the classroom hand in hand and it made Aurora smile.

"Yeah Ashly and Jordan have been flirting with each other for a while now." Lance said, sighing a little, wishing he could be in a relationship like that with someone.

"You know what's weird. We say each others last names so much around here that sometimes I forget what peoples first names actually are." Aurora said with a shake of her head.

"Y-yeah I mean I think a lot of people do that." Aurora finished shoving her books in her bag and smiled over at Lance as she shouldered it.

"Well uhh I'll see you around. My next class is kind of far from here so I should get moving." Lance nodded, part of his brain was screaming at him though to not just let her walk away, to take a chance.

"H-hey I was wondering if I could have your umm..." Lance blushed red under Aurora's gaze as his eyes fell to his feet. "Your number? I-i think it would be cool if we uhh hung out sometime, outside of class." Lance expected her to reject him as many people had done before. Lance expected her to laugh as has happened to him on more than one occasion. Lance even expected her not to hear him like Katherine had done when he had asked the same question of her. Instead, when Lance looked up, Aurora was smiling.

"Yeah of course. That would be fun." She said, already pulling out her pen again and tearing out a strip of paper. "Your flight crew and mine should get together sometime! I think we would have fun." Lance bit back his sarcastic remark about Keith and stoner Parker and watched as Aurora held out the paper with her carefully written number on it.

"Yeah, sounds good." Lance said with a smile.

"Well, I have to go." She said, putting the pen in her pocket.

"See you later Lance." Aurora waved and Lance found himself thunderstruck as he robotically grabbed his things and headed for his next class. Had he actually just gotten Aurora's number after all these years?

A/N:
If anyone has read my Hanahaki Disease Klance story, Aurora is a character that I've created in that story and am planning on using for all Voltron ficus I write. She has dyed blue hair, is half Asian and honestly is just trying to be friends with everyone pls love her like I do!