Where are you now? (Keith x Reader) [discontinued]

39|| Pit stop

What? You expected me to just skip to our arrival? Wrong, this is too eventful to leave out.

So anyway, we ended up stopping at Kekini's home planet, since it was on the way back to Earth.  Sweet little Kiwi was so excited, but it kind of made me sad. The Nā mea Nani didn't have the technology to fly to Earth and visit, and I had the feeling we wouldn't be visiting her planet for a long time.

As we landed, I could hear her excited screeches through the mic, and as soon as the hatch of the Blue Lion opened, a giant blur of rainbows hurled out, causing us all to run out after her.

We walked back through the familiar, lush green forest, and I got hit by nostalgia. Hard. I could feel my eyes getting wet, and I had to force the tears away. I felt a hand on my shoulder, and looked back to see Jared, fully healed and happy. I gave him a smile.

"You were awfully quite during the ride here, almost thought you didn't make it," I said. Jared chuckled.

"I was listening to Lance's stories about Earth, not to mention he was crying the entire time."

"I was not!" Lance protested. "There was just a lot of space dust in the lion, that's all!"

Jared rolled his eyes. "You're lucky I turned off our mics so they didn't have to hear your dying cow noises."

"Excuse me? Kaltenecker was just fine!"

I chuckled and turned away, ignoring their bickering. I walked ahead where Keith was, who was silent. He looked down at me.

"I remember when we first met here," Keith said fondly.

"I hated you back then," I pointed out. "Not really something to be happy about."

"I know, but still."

"Don't start crying on me like Lance did with Jared," I said sternly. Keith barked a laugh.

"As long as you don't get all sappy with me."

"Whatever, kitty," I teased. Keith looked down in surprise, to which I just smirked.

"Y'know, I am really torn between punching you and kissing you right here and now."

"Do either of those and feel my wrath!" Jared yelled from behind, but it was in a... friendly tone?

"Keep in mind that I'm much taller and stronger than you now, wolf boy!" Keith yelled back, with the same tone. Did I miss something?

"Why does it sound like you two are best friends fighting over their crush?" I asked. Both Jared and Keith laughed.

"Because that's exactly what it is," they said simultaneously. 

"Now you guys are creeping me out. Stop it," I said, slightly annoyed. They both laughed.

"Fiiiiine," Keith sighed.

"But that won't stop us from trying to win you over," Jared said. I rolled my eyes at the both of them. It was true, now that the war was over, I could live a normal life... well, as normal as it can be.

We soon reached the village that Kekini and I had been raised in. Pretty soon, I couldn't force the tears away. They stared streaming down like a water fall. If I reacted this way with a place that wasn't even my true home, how would I react going back to Earth after more than a decade? I turned around, and this time, Keith had put his hand on my shoulder.

"You okay?"

"More than okay," I said, grinning. Kekini had stopped flying, instead was hugging Lance, crying into his shoulder with happiness. Seeing them made me even happier. I'd get to watch them fall in love, maybe even get married. I looked over at Keith. Was that a possibility with us? Did he love me the same way I loved him? I guess he did say so himself, but how would that affect Jared? Not being able to contain myself, I threw my arms around Keith, squeezing him tightly. He smiled and nuzzled his face in the top of my head.

Jared cleared his throat. "I think we should get going. After all, the lions don't have unlimited energy anymore. We don't want to run out before we can reach Earth."

I nodded, pulling away from Keith. We walked back to the same familiar hut, where the Chief and his wife were ecstatic to see their eldest daughter. Now, they had several little babies running around them, giggling happily. Kekini screamed in delight at her new siblings.

We stayed for a few hours to catch up with the Chief, met his new kids, and saw Kekini reunite with her family, and meet new members.

Eventually, it was time to leave, and it was also time to say goodbye. Not just to the Chief, but to Kekini as well. I walked over to her and took her hands in mine.

"I guess this is goodbye," I told her, tears of joy now mixed with sadness. Kekini threw her arms around me.

"No, no, no! I'm coming with you!" She exclaimed. "Lance and I, we've been dating for a few months in secret, but we didn't want to tell anyone until the war was over!"

Lance nodded sheepishly. "We want to go back to Cuba and live there. I'm going to work for the Garrison, and Kekini can be a nurse there."

The cat girl nodded. "Yeah! We really just want to live a quiet life, maybe get married, and move here when we retire. After everything that's happened, we think that's the best option. I just wanted to let my family know, but trust me, I'll be sure to visit every new moon."

I wiped my tears away and smiled widely, I had never been happier. We said our goodbyes to Kekini's family and went back to the lions. As we were leaving the village, Krolia stopped me.

"Could we speak for a moment?"

"Of course," I replied. Krolia led me away from the path, far enough so that we were out of earshot from anyone, but still could get back to the path.

"When Kekini started explaining about her and Lance, I saw how you looked at my son," she started. I shrunk down slightly. She didn't approve of me, did she?

"I-I understand, you don't want me dating him—"

"What? No, I wanted to help you. Keith is smart, but he's stupid when it comes to relationships. If you want him to be your significant other, I just wanted to let you know that I approve and I will help you."

I sighed in relief. "Am I that obvious?"

"Dear, you are the definition of obvious. Anyhow, I will talk with Keith, give him a small push in the right direction," Krolia said, giving me a wink. "Now come on! The others will wonder where we've gone!"

As we got back into the lions, I thought about what Krolia had said. She believed she was trying to help me, but in a way, she was only making it worse.

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ARRGGGHHHHHHH

I just got braces today.

THEY FUCKING HURTTTTT. 

I'm constantly on the verge of crying now it's that bad. Not even YouTube can distract me. I want to die. Help.

I want ice cream. But we don't have any. Now I'm even more pissed. I feel like I'm on my period but it's ten times worse. Why couldn't I be born with perfect teeth? Is this my punishment? Ughhhhhhh

The worst part about all this is, the braces feel like those fake vampire teeth you get during Halloween, it feels like you can take them off at any time— but you can't and it's fucking pissing me offffffffff.

I have to deal with this for TWO. FUCKING. YEARS. And I don't even have them on that tight yet, and it's only on the top (for now) 

Save meeeeeeeeee ;-;

I need a cuddle right now. Like, really need a cuddle. I'm pissed off at the world, I just want anime and ice cream, is that too much to ask?

I wanted to get some ice to numb the pain, but we don't have any and I don't fucking know why. Agghghghghghghghghgh

I'll stop with my dumbass whining and let you get on with your day/night.

-Moon💙