Miles Away | Klance AU

1.

"Keith, come on, Pidge and Matt have been waiting in the car for 15 minutes now!" Shiro waited by the front door waiting on Keith before locking it. "Sorry Shiro...something happened." Keith would've been out of the bathroom, but he had a piece of gum stuck in his hair. This is the 3rd time that month. Keith got out scissors and cut it out and ran to the door. "Woah..Keith, your hair, was it gum ag---" "Shiro, just...don't." Keith took his jacket off of the coat hanger and walked outside, joining Pidge and Matt in the car.

Pidge looked up from her phone and snorted when she saw Keith. Keith frowned and buckled in. "Pidge, don't even!" "Sorry Keith, but how do you get gum stuck in your hair, again? Didn't you learn anything the first two times?" Pidge teased as she ruffled his hair. "I keep falling asleep with gum in my mouth, I can't help it." Keith moved Pidge's hand out of his hair and tried fixing his hair. "This.is literally.impossible!" Keith groaned as he let his arms drop in defeat.

"Hey Keith, Pidge was going to get her hair trimmed at the hair salon, maybe you could get your hair fixed." Matt looked at Keith in the rear view mirror, raising a brow in suggestion. Keith shrugged and sighed. "I guess, I just kind of...liked my hair length." Keith ran his fingers through his long black hair and let it fall through his fingers. "Keith, your hair is like Chris Hemsworth's! It has to be cut and I know just the look that you should go for." Pidge nudged his shoulder.

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"Pidge, will you please tell me what you have in mind for my hair?" They had made it to the mall and Pidge wasn't telling Keith what she had in mind, and that made Keith very nervous. Pidge's ideas can be completely genius, but other times, her ideas can be completely evil. "I told you, you'll see when it's done. Don't worry, I'm paying for it." Pidge took Keith's arm and ran over to the hair salon. Shiro and Matt went to Spencer's while they waited.

"Hello, how can I help you?" the lady at the salon asked as the two of them entered. Pidge walked up to the counter and said something Keith wasn't listening to. Keith was distracted by the TV screen in the salon, there was a tsunami in Cuba and it destroyed many homes. Keith always felt bad for people in those areas, he just wishes he could help everyone.

"Keeeeiiiithhhh! You're up!" Pidge sang. Keith ripped his eyes away from the screen and followed a brunette girl to a chair. Pidge was in a seat next to his and she sent him an evil smirk and a wink before her stylist turned her chair around. Keith felt his stomach drop, wondering if he could turn back. The stylist was wrapping a hair tie in his hair, forming a low pony tail. Keith opened his mouth to speak---

Snip!

The whole ponytail was cut off. Keith snapped his mouth shut, his hands clutching at the arm rests of his seats, and his eyes wide open. He didn't want to see what happened to his hair, so he closed his eyes and bit his lip. He couldn't stand the sound of his hair being cut off.

Snip!

Snip!

Snip!

After what seemed like never ending snips and clips, he felt the cape being removed from his neck. He really did not want to see how his hair turned out. He liked his hair, even if it was almost halfway down his back. He took a deep breath, let his grip go from the seat, and opened his eyes. Oh.My.God. Keith's eyes went wide and his mouth dropped.

Pidge was already finished and she walked over to him. "What do you think?" Keith turned to her and blinked slowly. "Y...You..gave...me...a..mullet! Pidge! W..Why? Why did you do this!?" Keith panicked as he ran his fingers through his hair. Pidge sighed and let out a little chuckle. "It suits you. It's not too short or too long, deal with it." Pidge took his arm and left the salon. They found Shiro and Matt sitting on a bench outside of Spencer's.

Matt looked up and covered his mouth with his hand, under his hand was a visible grin. Shiro bit his lip, trying to hold back his laugh, until he couldn't hold it anymore. Shiro and Matt lost it and they were both laughing. Keith crossed his arms and his expression showed annoyance. Shiro saw Keith's annoyed expression and cleared his throat as he nudged Matt's shoulder, signalling to him that he needs to stop.

"Pidge, did you seriously give Keith a mullet?" Shiro asked, still keeping his huge grin. "Heck yeah! It looks great on him, doesn't it?" Pidge crossed her arms and smiled confidently. Shiro nodded and rested his elbow on Keith's shoulder. "Keith, it looks nice. Much better than your long hair." Keith sighed and uncrossed his arms. "Thanks Shiro..." "Okay, guys, there is this event happening in the huge lego store! We need to check it out before we are late!" Matt pointed to a lego sign on a map he was holding.

"Yes! Wait---" Pidge looked around and sighed, "I left my bag in the salon, you guys can go. It's okay if I'm late." "No, go Pidge, I'll get your bag! I'll catch up with you guys later." Keith started walking to the salon, he was followed by Pidge yelling. "Thanks Keith!" He could hear her running off and he smiled to himself a little.

Once he walked in the salon, the brunette girl looked at him and shot her head back at the ground. Keith furrowed his eyebrows and walked to the counter, "Um..excuse me miss...my friend and I were in here earlier and she um..left her bag in here." The brunette placed the bag on the counter, not making eye contact with Keith. Keith took the bag and raised an eyebrow. "Um...you okay?"

The girl looked up at him apologetically. "Sir,I am so so so so sorry! I saw you freak out when I was doing your hair and I completely screwed it up didn't I?! I just haven't been myself lately." Keith scratched the back of his head. "No, um my hair is fine, my friend just surprised me.."

     The girl's face turned bright red and she looked down. "I'm sorry I freaked out. I'm just stressed. With the flood in Cuba, I can't get in touch with my family and it's just really stressful." The girl took a deep breath as she looked at the ground. Keith swallowed nervously and started picking his nails, "Oh...I saw that on the news, I'm really sorry."

     The girl smiled a little and looked up. "It's okay, just scary. Anyways, I don't want to waste your time. I gotta clean up." The girl turned around and began sweeping. Keith shrugged and went to catch up with his friends.

     "KEITH! YOU MISSED THE WHOLE SHOW!" Pidge punched Keith's arm. Keith punched her back and gave her the bag. "Keith, I got a LEGO lion!" Shiro held up a LEGO box and smiled. "That's cool." Keith smiled.

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     Keith was in his room looking through Instagram when we got a text from a unknown number.

Unknown: YO! We had to reset our phones completely! I hope to God I have the right number! OOF! Wait, sorry, this is Veronica right?! It's Lance!