(Discontinued) Voltron High School AU (Klance, Lotura, Adashi, Hunay)

46: On the Roof 2.0

*Please read the note after this*

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October 8, 2018 [12:34 AM]

Lance couldn't sleep. He often spent sleepless nights trying to sleep or thinking of his past relationships.

He was halfway through thinking of his relationship with a girl named Jenny Schavon before a door opening caught his attention. He looked over to see Keith maneuvering quietly toward the exit with a book in his hand.

Where's he going? Lance's curiosity peaked. As soon as Keith left, Lance got up quietly and followed from a distance.

Lance figured that Keith knew his way around because next thing he knew, they were on the roof. He almost gasped at the view. There were stars everywhere.

Keith sat down and opened the book he brought, as well as grabbing a pencil from his pocket and placing the eraser on his chin in a thinking motion.

Then Keith put pencil to paper and started drawing something. Lance didn't know Keith was an artist...

Of course, he wanted to know what Keith was drawing, so he got a little closer. Keith was drawing...

A knife, of course.

But d**n, he was good. Like really good. Lance then smirked as he came up with an idea. He got behind Keith, who had earbuds in his ear, and got really close to his ear and shouted, "Hey, draw me like one of your French boys!"

Keith shrieked and almost fell off the roof. Lance laughed hard, almost dying he couldn't breathe.

"Lance! You jerk!" Keith yelled and threw his pencil at him.

"Totally worth it," Lance wheezed out.

"I hate you, but not really," Keith mumbled low enough so that Lance couldn't hear. Then asked, "what are you even doing up here?!"

"I followed you," Lance calmed down and took a seat next to where Keith left his sketchbook.

"Like a creep?" Keith raised an eyebrow, then realized Lance was reaching for his sketchbook. "Wait, don't look in there!"

"Relax, I'm your friend, I'm not gonna judge," Lance reassured him.

Lance looked through the book and how could this boy be so insecure about his art?

"Dude, you have nothing to be ashamed about," Lance said in awe. "These are amazing!"

Keith blushed and looked away as he sat next to Lance, watching him look through his sketchbook. "Thanks, I guess."

"How long have you been drawing?" Lance questioned.

"Mmm, about eight years," Keith told him.

"Whoa...wait, you're taking art this year, right?" Lance realized. "You said it was for a requirement, but you're doing it because you want to."

"I swear, you cannot tell anyone about this," Keith pled.

"Don't worry, Keith, your secret's safe with me," Lance promised, then gasped as he stopped on a page. "Is that...me?"

"F**k!" Keith's face went red as a tomato. "Gimme that! You're not supposed to-"

"Whoa, chill out dude. I'm honored to be an inspiration for your art," Lance said, a small blush on his face.

"Well...I like drawing people who I like being around...or are just drop dead gorgeous," Keith shrugged.

"I saw you were working on a knife earlier."

"Yeah..." Keith sighed solemnly. "It's a knife my mother left behind for me. It's the only thing I have that's connected to her."

"...Keith?" Lance called softly, seeing Keith's glossy eyes.

It wasn't until a single tear fell from his eye that Keith reacted. "S**t, sorry. I always get emotional talking about my mother this month...this was the month she left..."

"Aww, man...I'm sorry-"

"Don't apologize, it's not your fault she left me..." Keith wiped his eyes, only for more tears to fall.

Lance placed a cautious hand on Keith's back and rubbed around in circles. This caused Keith to let loose a little more.

"It's okay, just let it all out," Lance cooed comfortingly and pulled him close enough so that Keith could cry into his chest. "It's alright. It's just you and me."

He continued to cry quietly into Lance's chest. Every time he tried to stop and calm himself down, it just made the crying worse. It was a solid five minutes before Keith's cries turned to soft hiccups and sniffles. Though, he didn't move to sit up.

"M'sorry," he croaked out.

"Don't be," Lance pet Keith's soft hair. "I'm here for you, no matter what."

"Thank you, Lance," Keith leaned into this touch.

"No problem."

"I just-"

"You don't need to explain yourself," Lance gave him a reassuring smile. "Hey, you wanna go somewhere?"

"How? Like where?" Keith asked.

"How far's the Hollywood sign?"

At that, Keith peeked up, "not that far, actually. Shiro took me there when I was visiting one weekend. I think I remember how to get there..."

"Shiro has a GPS in his van, I'll look up the address," Lance said.

"Meet me by Shiro's van, I'll steal his keys," Keith planned.

Lance nodded and both of them set off to execute the plan.

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820 words

Hey, sorry this is late. I truly meant to post this yesterday morning but when I got to the college to post it, I realized I forgot something important at home so I had to drive all the way back home and back. Then I was busy all day with school and work. Then, after work, I had to go Walmart to pick up my Voltron poster. We got home and saw it was chipped so we drove back to get a refund and redo it. It was just a very busy day yesterday.

Anyway, I have a predicament...I know we're like 50 chapters in, but...I want to change some things in the previous chapters. Specifically Lance's family. There's something I want to do with Veronica...but she's, like, six in this story and I need her to be older...like canon age.

I tried to plan something to work with my ideas, but I don't like it. I decided that I'm going to also get an AO3 account. Don't worry, I'm not leaving Wattpad. But I was thinking of changing the plot a little when I post it on there. Y'know, instead of rewriting the whole thing here.

So to avoid confusion, from the point on, have a mindset of everything canon up to season 7. I'm not fixing the previous chapters til I start posting on AO3 and that may be awhile. So forget the 11 siblings, it's just Veronica, Rachel, Marco, Luis and the other niece and nephew that I forgot the names of...

Alright, if you're confused, you can comment and I'll try to answer as best I can. ANYWAY, I hope you guys enjoyed and I'll try and post tomorrow if I can. Love you guys!