Left on Read // Klance AU

12. i'm sorry rosa

Lance should've been back by now, or at the very least should've been answering his texts and phone calls. Keith had called Shiro while Hunk continued to call Lance to no avail. Some phone calls later Hunk, Keith, Pidge, Matt, and Shiro were all at the police station. Hunk and Keith had given their statements and had gone outside to get some fresh air while Shiro talked to Detective Iverson. Keith couldn't stand police stations, they brought up to much emotion trauma and they gave off an uncomfortable vibe. The two were sat on a bench near the street outside of the station. Hunk was on the verge of tears as he stared at the black screen of his phone.
    "Hey man, I know you and Lance are close and I may not be him but I'm still here for you.
"Keith was concerned, not just for Lance, but for Hunk. Lance had told him he grew up with Hunk and they were practically brothers. He couldn't imagine what it would be like if Shiro went missing.
"I'm just so upset, this whole situation is just so fucked up and on top of it all I still have to call Rosa and tell her that her youngest son who went to America to get a good education is now missing and we don't even know if he's alive." Hunk was sobbing as Keith pulled him into a hug. They sat like that for a while until Hunk had stopped crying.
"I know this is shitty and I'm definitely not the best at advice but I can tell you that we just have to keep pushing through it, I have faith that Lance is alive and he's gonna come back to us but right now we have to be strong."
"Keith I'm scared, I can't handle this." Hunk had started crying again.
"I'm scared too, but we have to be strong, we have to be strong for Rosa, for Lance, and for each other. This is just another obstacle in the road, we just have to find a way around it."
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Allura was on her way to work on the subway when she heard a phone ring. She was the only one in the compartment and it wasn't her phone but that ringtone was familiar. After looking around in the compartment she spotted the phone kicked underneath the seats near the back. She answered the phone immediately upon seeing the caller I.D.
"Hunk, is that you?"
"Allura is Lance with you? He left earlier this morning and we haven't been able to get ahold of him all morning." Hunk sounded frantic obviously he was worried.
"No I'm on the subway on my way to work when i heard the ringing. Are you ok?"
"Not particularly. Can you come by the police station, they need Lance's phone since it's evidence, I know you hate opening the diner later than you normally do but we can't leave quite yet."
"Hunk finding Lance is more important than the diner. I'll be right there. See you in a bit." Allura hung up the phone and put it in her pocket as she changed trains to get to the station.
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Rosa Mcclain was in the kitchen when her phone rang. She put down the dishes she was putting away and hurried to pick up the phone before it went to voicemail.
"Hunk! How are you? How's Lance? Are you having fun at college?" She was smiling until she heard him respond.
"Rosa I'm sorry, Lance is missing. He left to get groceries this morning and no one has seen him since." Rosa let out a choked sob as her heart broke in half.
"Are you sure? Hunk please-." She was cut off by a sob on the other side of the call. She couldn't keep it in anymore and broke down right there in the kitchen.
"Rosa th-they found his- his phone on the subway. They are looking for hi- him but we won't know anything else for a bit. Rosa I'm so sorry, I- I should've gone with him, I'm so so sorry." As Hunk finished his sentence her heart broke even more.
"Hunk it's not your fault. Don't you dare think for a second that it's your fault." The two talked on the phone for an hour just comforting one another before Hunk had to go. Rosa walked up the stairs to Lance's room and cried for her son.
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Pidge was sitting across from Keith as they sat in the diner eating lunch while making missing persons posters. Keith was in the corner picking at his food but never actually taking a bite. There was too much going on in his head for him to remember to eat. He had told Hunk all this great advice but never once actually followed it for himself. Pidge was getting fed up. They knew that this was a delicate situation because of Keith's past but they also weren't gonna let Keith mope around all day and act like he's a horrible person because that is not what Lance would want him to do.
"Keith, I know you, and I know this situation isn't ideal but you really need to pull your head out of your ass and focus on finding your boyfriend instead of moping about it all day! Before you get mad think about this, if you were missing would you want Lance to just mope around all day or would you want him to man up and help find you. I care about you and I care about your wellbeing and right now you aren't doing so hot, so please, take care of yourself and help us find him. We are going to get him back Keith. I promise you that. Now eat your lunch and I'll tell you if I find anything."
"Thanks Pidge, I'm just. I'm worried. All of this is just bringing up the past and I wish I could just move on but no matter what I do it always comes back to my mom. It's just, shitty." Keith and Pidge sat there in silence before Keith started eating his lunch. This time he was confident he could get through this, because unlike last time he had a family to help him.

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a/n: hey guys so i start school monday and i wanted to update before then so i wouldn't leave y'all hanging for like 3 months. anyways y'all probably hate me right now bc of the angst but just you wait :))))
also i'm almost at 8k now what the heck?! thank you so so much. i love every single one of y'all.
also i realized y'all probably think i'm from the south bc of my gratuitous use of the word y'all but i'm actually not (surprising i know)
anyways i hope you enjoyed this chapter i will see you in the next one!
- janet