A Secret Crush

Rescue

Keith and Pidge are in the green lion with an anxiety ridden tension in the air. Pidge turned off her microphone so she could talk to Keith privately. Needing to get the subject out in the open Pidge took a deep breath.

"You like Lance. Don't you?"

Keith jumped at the sudden noise, and the question. He hesitated and scratched his arm. Thinking of a good reply to get her off of his ass.

"What would make you think that?" he said, not able to lie to the girl.

Pidge rolled her eyes and scoffed like it was obvious, "The way you were acting when you lost him Keith!"

"I lost him! i felt guilty!" Keith retorted, which wasn't a lie. It was a half truth.

Pidge, however, wasn't biting. "You aren't denying it."

"I'm not exactly agreeing with it either. Why are we on this topic anyways."

Pidge shook her head in annoyance, "I know the truth Keith. I'm pretty sure Shiro does too. if you need to talk about it. When you're ready, we are here. Trust us. We're here."

Keith sighed as he looked at the galra ship. Silver and imperial violet with a menacing glare. Pidge turned on the cloaking as she went into it's security perimeter. Keith put on his helmet and grabbed his Bayard. He was ready for this.

"Now remember, try not to engage or attract any of the Galra. We need to be covert, and try to act as though we weren't there." Shiro says into Keith's helmet.

Keith nods, "Understood. Now lets do this."

As they near the bay, it opens for a transport to enter. Keith quickly jumps out of the lion and grabs onto the top of the Galran transport. Remaining unseen as he enters the docking bay.

"Lance, where are you?" Keith whispers into his mic. Trying to remain quiet.

"Look to your right and up to the support beams." Lance said back. Keith did as told and saw a hand waving at him from behind a shipping crate.

Keith scoffs at the ridiculous display, "okay I see you. I'll try to get as close to you as possible."

Lance hums in agreement, "I'll do the same."

Lance was beaming and glad he was rescued. He looked around and jumped to the next crate quickly. And he held his breath, hoping he wasn't seen. Keith moved with the transports coming in and hiding behind crates as Lance was.

A loud bang echoed through the bay, "OW SHIT FUCK!" yelled right after it. Lance had tripped over a crack making him smack his head on a crate.

Keith muttered curses as Galra soldiers rushed to the scene. The blue paladin had ducked behind another crate.

"Pidge please tell me you disabled the cameras..." Keith muttered to the green paladin.

"Of course I did. What happened?" Pidge groaned.

"Lance tripped. Made a ruckus."

"Was he caught?"

"No, but they're aware of us."

"Okay be careful."

Keith nodded and quickly ducked under a transport, "Lance are you okay?" Keith whispered. He could hear heavy breathing on the other end.

"Yeah I'm fine. I didn't have my face guard up so I have a good cut on my cheek. But we need to hurry. They're searching around now."

Keith ducks behind another crate closer to the one Lance is behind. "Understood."

"Quiznack..." Lance sighed as he looked over to see a robot looking right at him.

"What?" Keith said worriedly.

"They found me..." Lance sighed as he got up and ran to the cargo next to Keith.

Keith looked at Lance and noticed the deep cut. He resisted the urge to reach for it and grabbed his arm as the Galra started shooting at them.

One of the bullets got Lance in the shoulder and he seethed through his teeth. "Oh come ooonn!" He gritted.

Keith urged Lance on as they neared the door. Bullets whizzing past the two paladins. A bullet went through Keith's thigh and he yelled in pain. Almost stumbling to the ground if it wasn't for Lance catching him. The bay door was almost shut locking them in there to the fate of the Galra empire. Lance wrapped his good arm around Keith's waist.

"Hold on!" He yelled  ignoring the throbbing pain in his shoulder as he activated his jet pack, blasting the two through the door, barely making it out.

They were floating through space before Keith contacted Pidge telling her to hurry up. Which she did.

Lance was rescued. But not unscathed. "Thank you mullet. You saved my ass."

Keith nodded. Sitting down and holding his thigh. It was bleeding, a lot.

Sorry not sorry for the semi-cliffhanger. See you next chapter!