The Desired Flames Of Cooling

Chapter 4

Lance sighs as he looks up at Keith with lidded eyes. He moves a piece of loose hair from Keith's face before cupping it. "Relax, Mullet. I'm not going to do anything you don't want."

"N-no I mean um.... Gosh dammit...Lance, I love you." He states as he covers his face with his hands. Keith sighs. "Let's...let's just go inside. I've got to leave soon anyways..." He mumbles.

Lance's eyes widen as he grabs Keith by the arm before cupping both sides of his face. His face is now solemn as he looks Keith in the eyes. "No. I'm not letting you run away from me this time. I've seen you suffer by yourself for years. I... I love you too but you can be so frustrating when you hold in your feelings. Today was the most I've seen of your emotions, to be honest! Why? Are you scared to let your guard down? Scared of... being protected? Tell me what?"

"Lance... I'm scared of being hurt!!!" He cries out at the male. He is clearly stressed out and doesn't know how to process this. "I'm scared of love! I'm scared of being hurt! I'm scared of letting you down!"

Lance closes his eyes and shakes his head before finally places his lips on Keith in an attempt to quiet down his cries. The passion he puts into it shows how desperate he is for Keith to quiet down, scared of alerting his family.

Keith takes the hint and melts some into the kiss his lips velvety soft. He smiles softly "sorry.." he mumbles when it breaks.

Lance smiles weakly as he drags a hand through his hair, biting his lip for what seems like the billionth time. "It's fine... I won't allow you to get hurt. You've been through enough and don't deserve that anymore. But you shouldn't be scared of love nor should you even think about fearing to let me down. I literally looked up to you for a year!" He jokes, hoping to lighten the mood.

Keith giggles softly a bit and nods" ok...d-does this mean lance um...y-your my..." he whispers quietly his face bright red.

 Lance smiles as his face flushes a bit. "I-I mean I-if you want me to be... But I want you to trust me more, ok?" Lance's face turns an even brighter shade of red as he grabs Keith's hand and nods before leading back over to the house.

"Yeah...boyfriend I will. I promise...God, it feels so good to call you my boyfriend .." he mumbles "anyways let's go and tell them about my leg and us?" Lance's face turns an even brighter shade of red as he grabs Keith's hand and nods before leading back over to the house. Mrs.McClain was busy trying to calm down an frustrated Veronica who was trying hard not to scream before she noticed the two. "Keith! Tell us now! What's up with the leg?"

"Yeah, we are. Calm down." He snaps at her. His face is still red from frustration and him blushing. He sighs as he sits down on the couch.

The two women take a seat on the couch as Mr. McClain opts to sit in the kitchen, out of their range. Veronica raises a suggestive eyebrow as she notices the heavy blushes on both Lance and Keith's faces. "Spit it out. We're waiting."

"I lost my leg in a fight. There." He states crossing his arms and keeping it blunt. Veronica scoffs before shaking her head and pointing accusingly. "That's not all. He's hiding something else." "Lance and I are official." "There. Happy now Ronnica?" He says mockingly. He sighs as he starts to get sick to his stomach.

".....ill um be right back can someone direct me to a bathroom? Or a trash can!" He shouts as he stands.

Veronica raises an eyebrow while nodding and pointing in the direction of the kitchen garbage. Lance's eyes widen as he looks over to Keith.

Keith nods and rubs over to the garbage can as he leans over it only to throw up his guts. He hasn't eaten anything all day because he knew he'd throw up... So now he is throwing up the bit of enchilada he ate. Lance rushes over to Keith while rubbing his back.

Mrs.McClain covers her mouth as Mr.McClain rubs her shoulders. She looks towards her husband with sadness. "Was... was the food undercooked? Did I do something wrong? Oh, honey, I'm so sorry!" 

Keith shakes his head "i-it wasn't you Mrs. McClain it was delicious...just...i can't keep anything in my stomach anymore....."

She looks at Keith in sadness before looking towards her husband. "Dear... can you check him out for me? I wish to know why is that... if you don't mind, Keith..."

"U-um... I guess..." he sighs as he goes to stand up but falls as he is too shaky in his legs. He looks at him and sighs Keith's stormy eyes seem to be overtaken and filled with sadness