game over ♥︎ 'level up' trilogy

(6) hell has arrived

*Posting this chapter a day early because I won't be able to get the translations up tomorrow.

Thanks to Noloua for the last chapter title, "silence before the storm". This chapter title was chosen by aztec_queer a while back. They commented it as a suggestion for a previous chapter but it's perfect for this one. I tagged Sucker because fuCK YEAH THEY'RE BACK, also tagged a photo that suits this chapter. It doesn't make sense now but you'll see why real quick.

There's quite a bit of Spanish in one part of this chapter. I'll be putting the translations in the comments for that line. If you don't see it, just scroll up. It probably got buried under other comments.*

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"Finally! No more work!" Lance said as he sat down at the lunch table with his friends.

Shiro smiled, "All grades for seniors have to be in by tonight, I'm surprised your Latin teacher gave you an extension on that project through the weekend."

Lance shrugged, "Perks of being top of the class, Pidge gets it."

Pidge chuckled, "Yeah but I turn my shit in on time."

Lance stuck his tongue out at her, "Well at least my last day in this hell hole is tomorrow, you got a whole week left. And then all of next year. Perks of being a senior."

Pidge groaned, "God I have finals on Friday and I'm gonna have to suffer here alone."

Allura pat her shoulder, "You can text us when you're not in class."

"Is your super-secret AV project ready yet?" Keith asked, "You only have one week left to work on it."

Pidge nodded, "Yep! I'll be unveiling it tomorrow. I started working on it in August. It's taken a lot of work."

"Sounds like it," Hunk said.

"Yeah, I started the plans for it over the summer. Spent the first week of school begging Mr. Clark to help fund me building it. Then I began construction and programming."

"Give us a hint to what it is?" Lance asked.

Pidge shook her head, "Nope, you'll get to see it tomorrow."

Lance sighed, "Fine, whatever," he crossed his arms, then looked at Keith, "Who are you texting?"

Keith had been so absorbed in his phone that Lance's question caught him off guard, "What? Nobody! Why do you care? I can text who I want!"

Lance put his hands up, "Geez, sorry I asked!"

Hunk whispered to Allura, but everyone heard it anyway, "Are they about to fight?"

Keith looked at Hunk, "No!" he noticed everyone was staring at him because he was acting strangely, "Whatever! I have to go!" He grabbed his bag and stormed off.

Lance watched him leave before turning back to his friends, "I'll let him cool down before I ask what that was about."

Shiro nodded, "Always gotta let Keith have his space when he's mad, learned that the hard way."

Allura frowned, "Whoever he was texting must have upset him."

"That's if he was even texting," Lance said, "I didn't see his screen, I just assumed. It could've been a post or something."