It's Different There (Klance Alternate Reality AU)

Part 8

Keith didn't seem to be bothered by what was happening. Instead, he only say where he was with a humorous smile on his face.
"What? We were just acting like children. Nothing special." He said in a blank expression, standing and seen the pillows against the lounge couch neatly. He looked over at Lance's face, which was still red, and couldn't help but snicker to himself.

"Well maybe you'd be interested in the part where Lance's face turns into a tomato when you hug him," the other Pidge grinned. Lance felt like dying right then and there, or maybe just have the ship's floors open up and swallow him whole. "And here we thought you liked Allura, it looks like the other Keith and Lance have had a bit of an influence on you~" Pidge teased with a smirk.
"We are nothing like them, and we never will be so just shut the fuck up," Lance stated blandly even though Hunk could hear his voice was a little pained. "Hey guys why don't we set up with... whatever the pillows and blankets are for before the others get here," Hunk said trying to save Lance of further embarrassment.

Keith's expression turned pale from Lance's words. They echoed in the back of his mind over and over again, and seemed to burn into him like a flame...a flame of hurt. He tried to let it pass and act like it never happened, but all he could do was stand where he was, a blank look on his face.
He knew Lance didn't like him like that, but he couldn't help but want to hold him again. The others seemed to want the same thing he did, but they weren't afraid to say it.
He eventually snapped from his current shocked state and sat down on one of the lounge couches.

Lance unconsciously hugged his arms for a second, and barely heard Hunk talking but nodded anyway. Both the Pidges' smiles had faded and they looked at each other worriedly for a second, "yeah we'll help build the fortress," the other Pidge remarked as they walked in.
Tension filled the air now, and it made Lance utterly miserable. He knew he was having a fun time with Keith before, and now he wanted nothing more but for it to go back to how it was a few minutes ago. Stupid Pidge for getting the cameras working.. As he helped build the fort he moved similarly to a zombie.
Hunk looked between Keith and Lance several times with a soft frown, he could tell that what Lance had said had affected Keith.

Keith was honestly trying to clear his mind by literally wondering what the other Keith and Lance were doing. Most likely making out in one of the lions, he thought.
He was trying to help the others a little bit, but every time he did something he just screwed it up. His sour attitude made things worse between everyone, usually shooting them a glare when they tried to speak to him....well...except for Hunk. He could never see a reason to be cold to him.

After 15 minutes had passed Hunk couldn't stand seeing Keith getting so bent out of shape over everything. "Lance can you come with me for a little bit?" he asked. Lance looked over from trying to adjust the blankets and ended up knocking the entire thing over when Hunk spoke to him. "Aw Lance, come on!" both the Pidge's exclaimed while shot angry glares at him.
"Yeah that sounds good," Lance said and rushed out of the room before one of the Pidges could decide to kill him.
Once he was in the hallway, Hunk made sure that they were far enough away so no one could hear them. "Lance.. buddy I know you're not going to like hearing this.." he stated and Lance had a feeling he knew where this was going already but he stayed quiet and let Hunk finish.
"I think what you said upset Keith.. okay no, I know it upset him. You guys were having what looked like a lot of fun before we came in, and what you said was kind of a jerk move on your part.." he stated and Lance looked down and nodded stiffly in agreement. It's not like he could disagree since he knew Hunk was right.
"Just make it up to him somehow and apologize, come on he's practically murdering everyone with his eyes," he reasoned and Lance rubbed the back of his neck and sighed.
Lance was slightly grateful that Hunk wasn't pressing him for answers about why he blew up like he did. "Alright I'll apologize, but I don't know how to make it up to him.." Lance said and went back to the room before Hunk could ask him anything else.
Once he walked back in his eyes shifted towards Keith for a second before he noticed how the fortress was nearly complete. "Whoa you did all this while I was gone!" he exclaimed while Pidge nodded. "Yeah no thanks to emo boy over there," the other Pidge said while glancing over at Keith.
Lance shoulders slumped a little, since he knew he was the one that made Keith so upset. He didn't think now was the right time to apologize to Keith though, it would look like Hunk had forced him to.