This is a big time jump like 3 months. They got over the nightmare situation and haven't talked bout it since. Lance has become distant and started acting numb. Keith hasn't asked him what's wrong and neither of them talk about it. Lance has started doing his own things leaving Keith alone as well. It's a very domestic lost love relationship.
*LANCES POV*
I got out of bed early today. I was to tired of lying awake for hours like I've been doing for weeks. I got a few things together and joined shiro on one of the morning workouts. He never asked me what's wrong but, you could tell by the way he was looking at me he knew something was wrong. We did our workout for about an hour or two but I didn't feel better. When I went to the room for a shower Keith was still sleeping. I walked past him and proceeded to shower after the workout. When I was done Keith was finally awake and sitting up.
"I didn't hear you get up" he says yawning.
"Got up early to workout with shiro, didn't feel like waking you" I say throwing on a shirt. He didn't say anything just rubbed his eyes and tried to wake up all the way.
"Anyways I'm going into town today with coran to get a few things. Don't wait up on me" I say grabbing my stuff.
"When did you plan this. Can I join". He says standing up.
"Just came up and we don't really need the extra company." I say sounding harsh
"Lance I'm your boyfriend I'm not just some extra company you have to deal with." He says obviously annoyed. All of our conversation have been like this lately. Neither of us trying to understand the other just proving our points.
"Are you hiding something from me" He asks. Assuming I have another fling in town.
"Oh how did you know. I have his amazing girl waiting for me in town and I can't wait till I can be in bed with her again" I say rolling my eyes. I know he hates it when I talk about girls. It makes him jealous and threatened.
"Shut-up Lance. That's not even funny" he says going to the bathroom to brush his teeth I assume.
"We're leaving in a few doboshes just though I would let you know" I say before leaving the room. It's different not saying I love you before we leave one another but lately we haven't had the power too.
*KEITHS POV*
I brush my teeth and get into my days outfit. Lance left again without saying I love you and I have to say it sucks. I'm tired of our domestic relationship where we don't have any real love for one another. We lost our love and lust. Our need for on another and the feelings we used to feel. I didn't ask for this. I have to act like him. He's started ignoring me and forgetting that he loves me so I played along. I was scared I would lose him so I didn't want to be too much for him. It's hard always fighting again. I just want to hold him and tell him I love him but he's to tired to say it back. I left the room to talk to shiro. I've had enough of Lances drama and I need to talk to someone. When I need him in the training deck I saw lance and coran leaving. I watched as he left without even looking back.
"Something wrong" shiro says getting my attention.
"How'd you know" I say sitting down
"Lance was training with me this morning and didn't say a word. Now I see him leaving without you or even looking at you. Even I can see something is off" he says sitting down next to me. I take a deep breath
"I'm afraid lance doesn't love me anymore. At lease he hasn't said it or showed it in weeks. I think he's tired of me" I say
"Don't say that Keith. Lance might just be going through some things. Maybe he needs time alone who knows. We don't have to think about the worst possible reason." He says with his hand on my shoulder
"But then what do I do. He can't even look at me or even talk to me anymore. Do I just drag myself along with him." I say upset
"I don't know. I know you come to me for help but this is beyond me. It's your turn to find your own answer. I think in here (pointing at my heart) is where that answer Lyes." Shiro says being inspirational again.
"Ugh" I say throwing myself back laying down. He can't just expect me to know what to do. I've never had to deal with anything like this let alone do it...alone.
*LANCES POV*
When me and coran got into town he let me go into the mall whilst he made a deal with some of his friends. I didn't really have and reason to come with him I just didn't want to be home. I felt funny and couldn't explain it. Like I didn't have to worry about Keith and what he's gonna say. I felt free for the first time in a long time. Maybe it was to much for me because I couldn't help but look at everyone different. Don't get me wrong I loved Keith. He was my whole world and my reason to be alive. But he also broke up with me time and time again made me feel like I was useless and made me take fault for everything we ever went through. Sometimes the bad out weighs the bad and that's why I feel so into other people. It's hard to say but I really want to spend just an hour or two with another person. I'm not a cheater and I'm not going to be but the fact I'm having fantasies about everyone here really speaks on our relationship. Keith and I aren't working and honestly I just want to have a little fun. I feel like using my lust as an excuse to break up with him is stupid or it's the excuse I need. We aren't going to get better and to be honest I hope we don't. I wanna have fun and a lot of it. I know what I'm going to do and I find coran so we can head home. I have to break up with him because it's unhealthy trying to keep something alive. I'm not trying to throw away a years plus of memories but sadly we can't make any like that anymore.
When we got home I took my time finding Keith. Unsurprisingly he was in our room.
"Hey can we talk" I say sitting with him on the bed. I could feel all my emotions coming up al at once. All the memories trying to keep me in and the love I have for him trying to keep it together. My heart pounds and I know there is no easy way to say this
"I don't think this is working. I feel like we're trying harder to keep something alive than we are really enjoying it. I just don't feel the same anymore and I think we need to break up... for real this time" I say laying it all on the table. I feel horrible but I feel my chains breaking.
"You really think breaking up is the only answer. You're not even going to fight for us" he says more angry than I expect.
" I don't want to fight for it keith that's the thing. I'm tired of trying when I shouldn't have to. Yes I think we need to break up. There is no reason trying to find love where there is none" I say a little to blunt.
"There is love here lance. A whole year of it. There is fights and laughs and sex and mornings and nights here. You can't ignore all that because of one stupid little attitude you've been having" he yells
"What's the point keith. You can't bring back what no longer there and I don't want to drag you around when I just can love you the way you love me."I say calm
*KEITHS POV*
"How are you acting like you just lost love. Like you woke up one morning and didn't feel anything for me anymore" I yell at him. I don't know what I'm doing I'm just trying to throw everything I have to keep him with me. I can't lose him.
"Yes I still love you but just not the same as I did. I don't want to keep trying keith. That's just the end of it". He says. I'm losing him. I know it.
"So what are you going to do lance. How are we going back to normal after this. You know what happened to us the last time we broke up. We were broken and damned. Do you really want to feel like that again" I say as my last resort.
"I've already been broke keith. I've come to terms with what This means... maybe you should too" he says stone cold.
"What happened to you" I say quietly broken on the inside. The tears fight up. He starts packing his bag grabbing only a few things and didn't look up at me once. When he had satisfied himself with what he grabbed he walked back over to me.
"I'm meeting the rebals in town and won't be back for a while. Try not to completely shut down without me. It's time to move on keith" he says leaving me again. The second the door closes I cry. I cry hard and I cry loud. He didn't even show a spec of emotion. He didn't even care. I yell his name and curse his memory. I'm more angry that I am sad. The more I think about it the angrier I get. He got what he wanted. He got the happy ending he wanted for himself and left me in the dust. He didn't listen to me and didn't even try to. I have a feeling in my gut that it's only temporary and that he will fall back into my arms. He heads telling me to fight back again. That he will listen to me. But my heart my answer is telling me...it's over.
