In the closet

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The boy in the red jacket walking down the hallway was so damn pretty that Lance couldn't believe he was real. His name is Keith, and he had the most beautiful smile. Lance had had a crush on him for a while. His stupid long black hair, his stupid muscular arms and his even more stupid gorgeous voice were the reason behind that.
Keith Kogane rode a motorcycle to school which, if you ask Lance, makes him look so hot he could get you pregnant just by staring at you.
Yeah, Keith looked good, but that was not the main reason why Lance liked him so much. Keith was gay, out and proud, and Lance admired him a lot for being so confident and brave about it. Lance himself, though, was not ready to let the world know about his bisexuality, as only his two best friends knew.
So every day, at 11:45 am, Lance stood by his locker and watched Keith walk by with his motorcycle helmet under his arm. And every day he tried to talk to him and ask for advice regarding their shared interest: men. It turned out to be harder than he had planned.
A couple of hours later, during lunch time, Lance, Pidge and Hunk were outside, sitting in the grass.
"Man, stop staring at Keith" Pidge said, eating a PB&J sandwich.
"Man" Lance replied, imitating Pidge's voice "stop eating so much PB&J. That shit's not healthy"
"Oh, shut up" she said, with a full mouth.
"Yeah buddy" Hunk added "you're staring. You're totally obsessed"
Lance looked offended "I'm not!"
He then seemed to think about it "okay maybe a bit, but it's nothing serious"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever man" Pidge told him "but, ya know, you have a friend in common who could introduce you two..."
That was right. There was this girl named Allura who had dated Lance in the past and just happened to be Keith's best friend.
"Oh, no way" Lance muttered "I can't. Nope. Not happening"
But luck was not by his side, Allura was approaching, and Keith was with her.
"Sup guys?" She said, with a big smile on her lips.
"Hey Allura! Remember that time at a party when Lance got so drunk he puked all over the place and then fell on top of it? Great times!" Pidge accompanied those words with fingerguns. Lance thought of a million ways to kill her.
Keith couldn't help but laugh, and Allura seemed to have a great idea in that exact moment. She looked at her best friend, who nodded in approval.
"Pidge, thank you for reminding me of that. Guys. You need to come to Keith's party" Allura was excited about it.
"Yeah" Keith said, and Lance tried not to blush too much "my brother is out of town and my crazy ex-boyfriend finally stopped bothering me so I'm ready to party"
Lance was wondering why did he invite them, because they all were friends with Allura but didn't know much about Keith.
Pidge had already agreed and was now chatting with Allura. Keith was expecting an answer, standing before Hunk and Lance with his stupid muscular arms crossed.
"Uhh... yeah, pal, sure. When is it?"
"Tonight. You're Lance, right? Her ex?" Keith pointed at Allura.
"Yep, that's me" he replied, a bit defeated because he was always known as 'Allura's ex'.
"Good. See ya there" he smiled "c'mon Al, I'll drive you home"
Keith and Allura left.
Boy, drive ME home. Ugh. Stupid and hot mullet, Lance thought. Well, he thought he thought, but he said it out loud. Keith looked back and winked before continuing walking, hands on pockets. Only then, Lance realized what had happened and he started to freak out.
"HUNK. OH MY FUCK. DID I JUST—"
"Yes sir"
"AND HE HEARD"
"Yes sir" Pidge joined, drinking a capri sun "and you called him pal"
"I DID WHAT?" Lance continued screaming.
"Dude, you have the hots for the emo boy" Hunk added.
To be fair, he did. A bit. He tried to change the subject of the conversation.
"We don't have class this afternoon right?"
"Nope. But we have a party to attend tonight, loverboy, so let's get ready for it"
After that, Lance drove his friends home and then went home himself. It was a casual party, so he wouldn't have to spend six hours picking an outfit. Instead, it would only take him four hours. He ended up choosing tight jeans and an oversized purple hoodie. His favorite. Then he called Pidge and made sure she was on her way.
Fifteen minutes later Hunk called him and Lance went downstairs to tell his mom he was leaving. The three of them got in Lance's car and arrived to Keith's house soon after. Actually, Lance didn't know the location, but the music could be heard from a couple blocks away, which lead Lance to believe that it was a huge party. However, he wasn't disappointed when Keith opened the door and saw there weren't a lot of people inside. Keith was wearing ripped black jeans, a grey shirt and a flannel tied to his waist. Lance's gaydar practically broke from beeping so much, and he blushed.
"Come inside, pal" Keith said, smiling.
They did, only to find out Allura was already a bit drunk.
"No worries guys, she always gets drunk first so she'll be fine by the time she needs to drive someone home" Keith explained.
"Keef." She said "Keef Keef Keef. Shhhhh" she giggled "you promised me a big party, you gay liar"
"I did, but then I decided I wanted to get drunk while watching the bee movie. You got a problem with the movie that made me realize I was gay?" Keith acted like he was emotionally hurt.
"Liaaaaaaaaaaaaar" Allura sang, really off-key "your gay awakening was Moto Moto, and you know it"
"Correct" Keith laughed, as he got a beer from the fridge and gave it to Lance. Then, he looked at him straight in the eyes, with the most serious face and said "he likes them chunky".
Lance didn't know what to say, but Moto Moto's song was already in his head, replaying over and over.
They all sat in the couch. Pidge explained that she had invited her older brother Matt, who was friends with Keith's brother but "wouldn't tell Shiro anything because he would kill him for allowing Pidge to drink". In addition, Allura's current boyfriend, Lotor, was also there. Lance, contrary to what everybody would have thought, wasn't jealous at all. In fact, he was proud of Allura for finding such a nice (and hot) guy.
The last one to arrive was Romelle, a childhood friend. After that, Keith sat down next to Lance and gave Pidge a capri sun.
"Here, this is a non-alcoholic beverage for you because I'm a good host" he offered. Pidge rolled her eyes, but accepted the capri sun anyway.
"Time for the bees, my dudes" Hunk said, as he pressed play on the computer.
An hour and a half into the movie and everyone looked like they wanted to die. The movie was a huge meme, and only Keith and Pidge seemed to actually enjoy it. Lance would have enjoyed it too, but he was too busy staring at Keith occasionally. He had put his hair in a low ponytail and Lance thought he looked absolutely amazing.
When the movie ended, Allura, Hunk and Lotor cheered because it was over. Then, Allura asked if they wanted to play spin the bottle. Everybody agreed, so she finished a bottle of alcohol that was almost empty and spinned it. It landed on her boyfriend.
"TRUTH OR DARE LOTURD" she yelled at him.
"Hun, this is spin the bottle, not truth or dare" Lotor sighed at his very persistent drunk girlfriend "okay, truth"
"I DARE YOU TO TAKE ME To a bed I'm very sleeeeeeeeepy" immediately after that last syllable, she fell asleep on the ground. Lotor carried her out of the room and so they were out of the game. It was Pidge's turn. She spinned the bottle and it ended up pointing to herself.
"Well, it looks like I gotta go make out with myself" she joked "I'll go check on Allura, later losers". Matt followed her
Now that the siblings had left, it was only Hunk, Romelle, Lance and Keith, and it was Lance's turn. Loverboy Lance totally cheated at spinning the bottle so it landed on Keith. Hunk smiled as they got up and entered a closet for their seven minutes in heaven. However, Lance had cheated for a completely different reason than wanting to make out with Keith: he was finally gonna ask for advice regarding his sexuality.
"So..." Keith started.
"Uh, sorry. I cheated because I wanted to speak to you privately" Lance explained. They both sat down.
"Okay, so I've been meaning to ask you... how do you do it?"
"How do I do what?"
"Being so confident about, you know, being gay" he said.
"Well, I wasn't when I first realized I was gay. It was through my first relationship that I started to accept myself. When I kissed a boy for the first time... it just felt right. And I've learnt that not accepting how you are or what you like doesn't do any good, so I don't care what everybody thinks anymore".
They stared at eachother for a few seconds.
"Are you gay too?"
"No, I'm bisexual. I like women as well, but I've never been with a guy" Lance confessed.
"I dated a couple of jerks. Completely regret even meeting them, but at least I got a few good kisses" Keith laughed about it. "So you don't have a boyfriend?"
"Nope" Lance replied.
"Have you ever kissed a guy?" Keith asked.
"Only while dreaming, sadly" Lance stayed quiet for a bit. "Hey, Keith"
"Yeah, buddy?"
"Do you have a boyfriend now?" He wondered.
Keith told him that he didn't, so Lance pushed himself to ask another question.
"Will you show me how to do it?"
Keith didn't seem to understand.
"I mean... how to kiss a boy. Teach me"
Fortunately, the room was dark, because Lance's face was as red as Keith's flannel. It felt like a dream when the black haired boy placed a hand on Lance's neck, bringing him closer. Then, his other hand grabbed Lance's.
"Sit on my lap" Keith asked him.
Lance did as he was told and, after what felt like a long wait, their lips met for the first time.
But it wouldn't be the last, because soon they realized the seven minutes had passed and their friends had forgot about them, so they had plenty of time in the closet.

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