Reflection

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A/N: Ok, so before I start this chapter, I apologize for not updating in a really long time, so this update will be longer cuz I love you guys lol.

Enjoy!

Keith POV

The two of us kept walking to the bar while talking. How did I get here, and why did he want to hang out with me? At the bar, no less? Is he going to drug my drink or something? Maybe I shouldn't drink. Yeah. But then why are we going to the bar? I'll just get water then.

"We're here!" The cuban boy smiled. I looked up at the building. It didn't look at all like a bar. It was a tall, strip mall type building. The building was painted a gray with little stripes of the colors red, blue, green, and yellow on the top of the wall. A word was imprinted on the middle. 'Voltron', in big, gold lettering. It seemed like a building someone wouldn't miss. The building did look a bit old, which I was not surprised about. I remembered seeing this building once when I was running errands with Shiro. I never got a full look though.

We walked in, and immediately I heard some mainstream pop song playing on the stereo. The place was nice, needless to say. The bar table was on the left with some chairs in front of it. The bartender was chatting with some girl sitting on one of the chairs, clearly drunk. There was a stage on the right, and it wasn't too big, but could fit a whole band on it. There were a few round cafe tables around the room with the word "Voltron" imprinted on them.

"So, what do you think?" Lance asked.

"It's nice, I mean, I can see why you hang out here. But why did you come here with just me and not with your other friends?" I asked.

"Oh, actually, Pidge plays the drums for a band here, so they came here just thirty minutes ago or so. Hunk's busy working right now, so he won't be meeting with us today," He answered. "Anyways, let's get a drink?" He smiled and we walked over to two of the seats. The bartender immediately recognized Lance and smiled.

"Hey, Lance! I see you brought a friend with you!" He smirked at me. I blushed.

"Yep, Uh, this is my... close friend, Keith." He put an arm protectively around my shoulder. "This is Rolo, Keith," He said with a forced smile. I looked down at my lap and blushed.

Rolo raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Nice to meet you. Now, what can I get for you two? The usual?" He asked. Lance nodded.

"Wait, Keith, do you drink?" Lance asked me. I mean, I did decide to stop drinking as much as I did in high school, but I'm at the legal age now. You know what, I'll drink. I nod.

"Alright! Two Shirley Temples coming up with a shot of vodka." Rolo announced. Well, it's not that strong, so that's good.

Once our drinks arrive, Lance handed mine to me with a smile. I gave him a nervous smile with a nod of thanks.

Suddenly, we heard footsteps on the stage and the sound of people tuning instruments. We turned around and Lance instantly smiled larger.

"Hey, it's Pidge! They're right there on the left of the guitarist!" I looked over to see where he was instructing, and I saw one of the people Lance chatted with at school.

The song started up and the brown haired person started tapping a fast beat on the drums. The song was very catchy, and Pidge had a drum solo as well.

Once the song ended, we waited for a few minutes for Pidge. Once they appeared, Lance called them over. Pidge had a smile on their face as they walked towards us. They looked over at me with widened eyes and smirked at Lance.

"Hey, Lance!" They looked over at me, "Keith, was it? Lance talks about you all the time! Like, seriously, all the time." Lance blushed with embarrasment.

"Shut up! A-anyways, wanna come over to my house to play some video games? Pidge and I bought a new one a few days ago to share." He asked. I looked down.

"I-uh, sorry. I can't. I just-uhm, realised that I'm busy tonight!" I said nervously. Ok, that was a lie. But I really didn't want to go to Lance's house right now, and I couldn't figure out why. Lance frowns.

"Alright, but I hope we can hang out again someday! W-with Pidge and Hunk, of course!" He smiled. I nodded.

"Bye, Keith! Hope we can all meet up again! We'll see you on Monday." The short friend said.

I walked out of the bar quietly and trudged on home.

A/N: how was it? it was def longer than my other chapters, oof.
Also! Yes, I made Pidge nonbinary in this cuz wHY NOT. alright i'll see you all whenever i update. See ya!