Voltron OneShots

Fuck Ups

CW: underage drinking, suicide

There was a boarding school somewhere, at some point, that was government funded, for the kids who'd been expelled or gone to juvie. There was Keith Kogane and Lance McClain.
Lance was there for picking fights and often got caught stealing for his siblings.
Keith was new, but he'd broken several kids' noses and arms, but his latest offense was stealing a car.
Keith's older brother, Shiro, was also there, but for running away and underage drinking. Lance's older sister, Allura, also attended due to her tendency to participate in protests that went south.
Lance's best friend, Hunk, was there because he'd accidentally burnt down half a neighborhood while cooking. Lance's other best friend, Pidge, had hacked into a government website and formed a virus.
This would form the power group of the school. They went everywhere together, and were always linked at the hip.
"Lance, wanna go get some food?" Keith asked, since everyone else had gone to drink on the roof.
"Sure. I won't drink much, anyway."
They dutifully descended the staircase to the kitchen. All the kitchen staff had left several hours ago, not that they minded the students taking food from the pantry. Keith stuffed his face with marshmallows before grabbing the Oreos and heading towards the door.
"Hey Keith?" Lance said awkwardly.
"Hm?" Keith turned around.
"Ikindofhaveahugecrushonyou," he blurted.
"What?" He said, mouth still full of marshmallows.
"I like you, Keith, like, crush-like."
"Oh, I rike you do."
"What?"
Keith swallowed. "I like you too."
"What?"
"Did you not hear me?"
"I did. I'm in disbelief."
"Why? It's been kind of obvious."
"It has?"
"Uh, yeah."
"Oh."
"So are we a thing or something?"
"I guess."
"Cool." He smiled, then sprinted up the stairs.
Lance grinned and followed.
Once on the roof, they took their spots in the circle, though they were now next to each other.
"Is it obvious I like Lance?" Keith asked.
"Oh, yeah, duh," Pidge said.
"Yep," everyone else said.
"And no one told me?!" Lance shouted. Everyone laughed.
"Not even when I told you guys I liked him?!"
They laughed again.
"That's so not fair!"
Hunk laughed and passed him the bottle. Lance wasn't sure what it was, but his took a chug anyway. It burnt his throat.
"I don't understand why you guys enjoy this," he said.
"You get used to it," Shiro replied.
"No you don't," Pidge retorted. Lance handed the bottle to Keith. He took a long drink, then passed it to Shiro.
"When can we leave this place?" Allura complained.
"You had a choice to come here," Lance reminded her.
"It was either this or suffer in juvie or risk being tried as an adult!" Allura pointed out.
"I would've gone to juvie if it wasn't for Pidge's genius brother," Lance said.
"Remind me again," Pidge said.
"His deal was if he got me here instead of six years in some sort of jail, I had to be friends with you and keep you out of trouble." Lance laughed. Pidge snorted.
"And look at you now."
"I'm being responsible. You're not gonna get into any trouble."
"You sure?"
"I'm mostly sober, so pretty sure."
Everyone laughed. This was a common conversation among them. Pidge's older brother, Matt, was a government provided minor's attorney. He, at one point, had attended this school as well.

It became May, almost end of the year. Then a horrible announcement was released in the dining hall.
"Students, anyone with information pertaining to the roof, please report to the office with said information. Now, I regret to inform you that a junior here, Lance McClain, threw himself from the roof last night around 1:00 AM. School counselors are around full time. Anyone with information pertaining to his ordeal, also please report to the office."

Keith thought, And this is it. The end of the world. It's over.

WC: 651
A/N: sorry it's so short ahhh!!! I've been caught up in some other commitments.