White Paladin

Chapter 27

" Keith you don't know that, you know just as well as I do that any one of us could die out here" Lance said before deciding to change the topic, he sat up and leaned against the wall and pulled on a smile "So anything interesting happen so far?" He asked and watched as Keith sat there for a moment before the tension left his shoulders and he simply leaned back down against Lance and for a few minutes he didn't say anything

"Nothing much, we're probably going to have to investigate why Lotor was on that ice planet, and whatever those creatures were" Keith said and closed his eyes, listening to the soft rhythmic beat of Lance's heart, his hands resting on Lance's stomach as he waited for Lance to say something but after that little conversation they just had everything seemed to be to awkward to talk about, even something as simple as what was going to happen next.

"Well I guess... I'm going to get some rest" Keith muttered as he moved to get off of Lance but he simply slid down the wall and laid there, throwing Keith a glance for a quick second before going back to staring at the ceiling, and with a bit of hesitation Keith laid down on him and rather quickly fell asleep.

'He must be really tired' Lance thought as he watched him, he seemed so peaceful and... not angry which was definitely something weird to see but it was also calming.

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Lance drove down the busy road and no one seemed to pay any attention to the garrison rover driving down the road, he glanced at the street names as he began to slow down, he was getting closer to the meeting point and his heart seemed to speed up with each passing minute and then finally he was there, he was going to meet the person who left him the letter, he'd finally to get see who KK is.

"Okay Lance, it's going to be fine" He told himself as he parked the rover in an alley, praying it wouldn't get stolen by some thugs otherwise he'd be in a lot of trouble, he sighed and looked at himself in the reflection of the rover's window before walking down the street to where he was supposed to meet this mystery person, and as he approached and scanned over all the tables no one really stuck out, no one seemed to glance up at him which put a seed of doubt in him,

"Okay Lance who looks familiar?" He mumbled to himself, there were a few people that seemed to look familiar but more so in a 'I saw you at the grocery store once' type way... he shoved his hands into his pockets and blended into the crowd, who did he know hmmm. He broke off at a cafe and pretended to look at the outdoor menu for a bit before looking up, catching a glimpse of a face that he didn't really think he'd see again, was his imagination playing tricks on him? It wasn't like he was secretly hoping for anyone, no he just came out to see who decided to leave him notes with some ominous initials. Lance  walked back the way he came and lo and behold, there the bastard was, Lance glanced around before walking into the outdoor seated area, pulled out the chair in front of him and sat down. "The hell you doing here Kogane?" Lance asked
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It felt like ages before Keith stirred awake, not moving much besides stretching his arms out and cracking his knuckles, something Lance still hated the sound of.
"Do you purposely crack them in front of me?" Lance asked and Keith shrugged, "sometimes, you get all squeamish it's kinda funny" he added and smiled, there was a few beats of silence before Keith just started laughing, first like he was trying to suppress it but then like he didn't care, and it brought a smile out of Lance, "shush they're going to hear you" Lance whispered and Keith shook his head, "they're too far away" he laughed and after a few minutes the laughing died down, and Keith sat up from where he had rolled to in his little fit of laughter. "You're really gonna be the death of me" Lance commented and Keith rolled his eyes before getting up off the bed, he didn't have many belongings, he'd never had a use for many of them seeing as to how he lived before, but he still had a few. He opened his closet and dug around for a shoe box before flicking the top of it open and then looking for a necklace, digging it out from the small pile of things, on the chain there was a ring, an astronomy ring he kinda remembered it being called, he tossed it to Lance to save himself the embarrassment and Lance raised an eyebrow, "nice necklace" he said and Keith glared at him "just put it on?" He said and Lance obliged, it hung slightly below his sternum and when the ring hit the light it looked like a clean sorta gold you could get from an expensive jeweller. "I thought you'd like it, I only remembered that I had it awhile ago" Keith said and Lance smiled, "Well thank you very much angry Paladin, it's a very thoughtful gift" he said and stood up himself, he'd probably have to leave before anyone noticed that he'd even been in the castle, he lingered at the doorway, the tension filled the air between them quickly, in a way that hadn't before because Lance didn't want to leave and Keith didn't want him to either, they still had so much to say to each other and do and talk about, he still didn't know Keith's favourite food, or why he barely had anything. "We'll talk soon right?" He said and Keith nodded, "yeah" and with that Lance took his leave, walking through the dark castle, feet already remembering the direction to the hangar better than his eyes right now, his hand reached up and twisted the ring, it moved out into a sphere and a soft smile came back to his face, folding it back up and letting it drop to his chest again. Lance glanced around, turned to the kitchen instead and stole some food before making his way out again, hastily getting inside his Lion and leaving before anyone could figure out that he'd stepped foot inside the castle. For a little while he let the lion take and lead the course for a little while, snacking on foods that head missed and wondering if maybe he'd fucked up somehow... "nope they threw me out" he said to himself, to relieve the anxiety that was building in his chest but it didn't seem to want to leave, instead that only seemed to fuel it, the pressure seemed to grow in his chest more and more until it was the only thing he could feel, and the only thing he could hear in his head were the thoughts bouncing around at rapid fire.
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Keith looked up, surprise covered his face but then anger or whatever his usual emotion was, "will you shut up and stop being so loud?" He hissed and Lance shut his mouth, glancing at the people around who hadn't bothered to glance at them. "What do you want? I kinda have a date to find" Lance said and Keith raised an eyebrow, "who? With KK?" Keith said and Lance's head whipped back to look at Keith, "god sometimes I wonder how you got into the academy" He sighed and tossed a note to Lance, he unfolded it and looked at what it said, "okay and? It looks like a lot of scribbles, also how do you know about KK?" He demanded and Keith looked like he was going to bang his head against the table, "it was me! I'm KK! Keith Kogane!!" He whisper shouted "I had to make those notes to talk to you about the paper I just gave you" Keith whispered and Lance seemed to go through the five stages of grief, "so-?" "No there's no date" Keith answered and Lance slouched down.
He unfolded the paper and looked at what was inside, "okay and?" Lance said, still disappointed about this, "I've been investigating things, similar to what Pidge has and it took me to a cave with those and I can't figure out what they are"
"Probably alien drawings" he huffed and Keith sighed.
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Lance landed on a random planet, leaned back in his chair and sighed, "go away go away go away" he whispered as he rubbed at his eyes and started seeing stars, "doesn't matter what they thought or think, I'm okay by myself now" he whispered and sat up, digging round for food before a loud ping came in, and he banged his head, "Ah sh-" he hissed and looked up, a screen popped up with an alien language he didn't recognize and say there trying to figure out how to translate before it translated to Spanish, he skimmed over it and leaned back in his seat, why would? How did he even manage to? This was bad. Goddamnit.
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A/n: hey sorry for the shorter chapter but here's the update! Have fun y'all
-Juniper