College Days

Part Ten

Omg I haven't updated in a hot minute. I've had this chapter done I just forgot to upload it. It's a bit short sorry. haha Enjoy!

Part Ten

This chapter might have some sensitive content and might be triggering for some people. Read with caution.

Keith fluttered his eyes open slowly but immediately shut them closed due to the sharp pain he had in his head. The light emitting from the window above the bed was irritating and his entire body felt stiff and sore. He groaned and rolled on his other side to face the room which he soon realized was not his own when he squinted his eyes open again. The sharp pain hit again and he groaned.

"Hey take it easy." He heard a familiar voice and then a cold plastic bottle was slipped into his arms. He squinted again to see Lance handing him some aspirin. Keith took the aspirin and chugged the water. He was oddly parched and his memory was a little fuzzy. His boyfriend then handed him a paper bag which contained a nice greasy breakfast sandwich with eggs bacon and a hash brown on it.

"What the fuck happened?" Keith asked, his voice sounded hoarse. He took the sandwich out of the bag and began to slowly munch on it.

"Let's see... you fought Lotor, you took way too many Jell-O shots, got blackout drunk, umm you tried to do a cannonball into the pool from the upstairs balcony, we had a sloppy makeout session. You threw up like five times, and then I had to carry you back here because you passed out."

"I'm so embarrassing." Keith buried his face in his hands. He swore he would never drink like this again from the last time he got shitfaced back home. "Please tell me that's all I did."

"You might have shouted a couple of things like 'I am the king of gay' and you told Allura that she was pretty and that if your were straight you would probably bang her."

"Lance stop. Please. God. No more. I'm never drinking again."

"Well luckily for you Allura was obliterated as well so she probably doesn't remember what you said."

"Were you not drunk?"

"I was too busy babysitting you to drink too much."

"You are too perfect of a boyfriend. I don't deserve you." Keith finished his sandwich and fell back on the bed shielding his eyes from the light with his arm. He realized he was wearing an oversized Kesha shirt and his boxers and instantly felt his face get hot.

"You uh. Threw up on your costume so I put them in the wash downstairs. That's my sisters shirt. None of my pants fit you." Lance scratched the back of his head and chuckled. "Nothing happened."

"I'm such a failure as a human." He said as he rolled over and buried his face in the pillows. Lance giggled and got under the covers with his boyfriend and cuddled him.

"No your not a failure Keith. You were stressed and angry at Lotor."

"Yeah but..." Keith paused and thought about telling Lance about his problem back after his senior year of high school and why it took so long for him to attend college in the first place. He was 26 now and was 4 years older than his classmates that he went to college with. The people he went to highschool with are already graduated by now.

"Is something wrong?" Keith realised he paused for a little too long.

"Well. Kind of. We are dating now. And I should tell you something. About my past. That I regret." Keith turned around and sat up, Lance crawled around in front of him and looked his boyfriend in the eyes. He knew that Keith was going to get serious.

"You don't have to."

"No. No I want to. I have to... um. When I was 18 and just graduated from high school I felt lost and confused. I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life and I wasn't happy at home. I hung out with some shitty people and all we did was drink and do drugs. I remember when I turned 21 we all went out drinking and I was an idiot and got alcohol poisoning. When I was allowed to go home Mark was furious with me but my mom. I hurt her. She was so upset and I felt like complete shit." Keith took a deep breath. His breath was shaky. "I stopped drinking and doing drugs but I felt even more depressed..."

"Keith."

"Lance. I tried to kill myself. It was rainy and I was having a panic attack. I needed to get out so rode out and found myself at a bridge and...yeah. Shiro stopped me. He noticed I left and followed me to make sure I was okay."

"Keith. Please." Lance felt tears spill over and down his cheeks.

"I'm fine now. Really. I went to therapy and I have medication that kind of helps. Drawing always helped keep my mind occupied. My mom was hesitant to let me go to college but she knew I needed to get out of Oregon and find myself somewhere else. Shiro thought it would be a good idea too."

"Keith I love you." Lance held Keith in his arms and let him cry.

"My head hurts."

"I know." Lance lifted his chin up and gave him a kiss. "Why don't you sleep some more."

"The aspirin should kick in soon. I just need some coffee." Just then Hunk walked into the room with three coffees.

"Already got you covered. Hunk went out to go get some for us." Lance smiled as Keith wiped away his tears.

"I got you a caramel macchiato Keith and Lance I got you Hazelnut." Hunk handed the coffees to the boys and they happily drank.

"Thank you Hunk. Your the best." Keith said and continued to drink his coffee. Lance was in deep thought. Keith just opened up about his dark past to him and Lance felt so sad for his boyfriend. He understood how it felt to be stuck and lost. Keith felt relieved he told Lance about his past though. It was something he felt like he needed to share and not have any secrets.

"We can take it easy today Keith. It's only Saturday."

"Sure. Do you guys want to go to my dorm and play some video games?" Lance and Hunk nodded and Keith slowly got out of Lance's bed making sure to not make any wrong movements that will make his migraine feel even worse. Hunks eyes widened and he looked away.

"Someone's packing large." He chuckled nervously. "I think I have some shorts you can tie pretty tight " Hunk began looking for shorts as Keith pulled down the oversized shirt that got bunched up in his boxers. Lance blushed and looked away. After Keith put on some shorts the three went to Keith's room to play some video games and have a relaxing weekend.