Don't Come Down// Klance

Fight or Flight

"How is my beautiful Fly boy today?" Aurora asked, sitting down next to Keith and dropping her tray of food down on the table unceremoniously. Keith looked over at her startled. He was kind of used to eating his lunch alone. Well, not alone since other people would sit around him but alone in the sense that nobody would talk to him or try to make conversation and Keith liked that. He liked not having to come up with things to talk about.

"I uhhh.. Good?" Keith said, sounding unsure of himself. Aurora laughed as she threw one leg over the bench, keeping the other one on the outside of the table as she sat down so she could face Keith.

"Didn't expect to see me did ya?" Keith shrugged. "You were the one who said we should all hangout and eat lunch together. Then again, you were..." She leaned in and whispered "High off your ass but I thought it was nice that you like us enough to open up like that." Keith blushed a little. He didn't really remember much of what happened yesterday after classes or what happened before he had that complete paranoid break and had to be taken back to his dorm by Aurora and Parker.

They had assured him several times over that a lot of people do experience some strong paranoia while under the influence of marijuana and that it would pass eventually. He knew that Aurora had been trying to calm him down on the roof by running her fingers through his hair and rubbing his back but when that didn't help, Aurora and Parker walked him back to his dorm and Parker actually stayed with him, since Aurora isn't allowed to enter the boys wing, until Keith passed out on his bed.

"Uhh yeah I don't really remember that." Keith said, making Aurora laugh a little.

"It's fine. I'm going to hang out with you anyways because the Captain's said it's a good idea for us to have a strong connection if we want to kick ass, go to space and represent the human race." Keith arched an eyebrow at her, lips curling up in a smile.

"What?" Aurora laughed.

"It's something I've heard people say before and it's true, especially for us. I want to go to the stars and I want to be with you idiots when I do. I think you're both really cool." Another tray dropped down next to Aurora's as she said this.

"You're not so bad yourself Del la Cruz." Parker said with a grin. "You good Keith. You were looking a little dead at dinner last night." Keith shrugged. His roommate had woken him up when he had come in and unknowingly turned on the lights overhead. Keith had been bleary eyed and unfocused and Russell had apologized for waking him but Keith was glad he had done so. He was hungry and he had woken up just in time for dinner.

"Yeah I kind of was. I was super hungry but also felt super sluggish." Parker nodded.

"The strain we were smoking was more of relaxation. That's not the best kind to start off on." Aurora shrugged as she sat down properly next to Keith and began picking at her food.

"Next time we'll know better."

"Next time?" Keith asked.

"If you don't want to it's cool." Parker said with a shrug.

"But I want to show him the edibles. Those are more fun but also can get you fucked up if you eat too much." Aurora said, eyes bright with enthusiasm.

"Where'd you get the edibles?" Parker asked. Aurora shrugged.

"I have a source." Parker rolled his eyes and immediately launched into a discussion about some pretty cool shop you could buy weed at in Seattle. Keith wasn't paying attention to their conversation too much though. He was still thinking about how weird it was that he actually, sort of, had friends. He had never hung out with people like Parker or Aurora before and honestly, when he had seen their names under his on that roster, he wasn't sure he would even come to like his teammates. How wrong he had been. Keith smiled now looking at Aurora and Parker argue. He had never though he would feel so comfortable with two people so quickly before. It was a weird change from what he was used to.