Soften

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Lance stopped for a moment from walking, yawning and stretching. Day three and his legs were exhausted from yesterday and all the surfing he did. All he wanted right now was some good food and a nice relaxing day. 

"Good morning Lance!" Allura's voiced jolted through him. He turned around to face her and put a sleepy smile on his face.

"Morning," he mumbled and yawned again. She didn't seem to notice. 

"You ready for surfing again today? After watching you I think I can get it down!" How was she so awake so early in the morning? Her eyes were bright, her hair was brushed, and she was already in her full body suit. Damn, she was stunning. And Lance probably looked like a sleep-deprived alpaca. 

The truth was he slept fine, he was just awoken by Bob shouting through the door that it was nine in the morning and it was time to wake up since everyone had been awake for an hour.

Inconsiderate frog. 

Lance forced a bright smile on his face. "Yup, just let me eat some breakfast and I'll meet you down there." 

Allura nodded, the smile never leaving her face, and she continued down the steps. Lance sighed and made his way over to the bar. Shiro was stood, leaning against the counter and laughing with Coran. Pidge was sat at the bar, looking positively miserable. Hunk and Shay were just down the steps in the lounge area, which was visible from the bar. 

Keith was nowhere to be found. 

"Good morning, Lance!" Coran said loudly. He set a plate of food on the counter. "You're breakfast has been ready for a while now you know."

"Sorry Coran," Lance groaned. "I didn't exactly want to wake up."

"Looks like Keith didn't either," Shiro chuckled, looking behind Lance at someone. 

"What?" Lance turned to see a very tired Keith walking into the area. 

"I'm gonna kill that alien," he mumbled, walking and then sitting on a bar stool in front of Lance's plate. He would've said something, but as Keith started to eat the eggs and toast (cool thing about Paradise, Earth food!), Lance stopped himself. Everyone had perked up, and Shiro even eyed him suspiciously, but he just sat down on a stool next to Keith and Coran placed another plate in front of him. 

There were evident bags under Keith's eyes, unlike Lance, and it was obvious that he didn't get good, if any, sleep. His hair was a little messy and he eyed the other boy with a sense of anger, almost blaming him for his lack of sleep. 

Lance just averted his gaze to his food and started to eat. 

"Alright, well, I'm not going to sit here and deal with this." Pidge gestured to Lance and Keith. "I'm going to go see if I can mess with the cameras." No wonder they were so miserable. They had no tech to mess with, and it wasn't like they were really romantically interested into anyone here anyway. 

"What's that supposed to mean?" Keith asked tiredly, rubbing his eyes. Lance found that kind of cute, but he ignored his thoughts.

"I think they're just gonna tear it apart and rebuild it, maybe reprogram-"

"No Lance, not that. The statement before that." Keith sounded annoyed. 

"You both just seem a little tired. Pidge isn't exactly the happiest here anyway, so don't pay much mind to them." Shiro smiled and shared a look with Coran. Lance didn't seem to notice.

Keith blinked. "Whatever, I'm going to go to the hot tub or something."

"Hey, I'll come with you," Lance offered. "I need some relaxing time anyway. My muscles are really sore after yesterday."

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