(Klance) Like We Were Then

Permission to Love

The next two weeks were interesting. Lance spent a lot of time at Honerva's racking up some cash and helping with the new project. It started amazing and they got a lot of more customers, Lotor was beginning to save his money and it was small but Lance could see the change in the pollution on the beach. It was relaxing and peaceful, just what Lance needed.

But everytime he laid down at night, two things racked his brain. One was the whole staying in Malibu thing..he hadn't told his friends in case his parents didn't find jobs and they still left. He didn't want to get their hopes up. But he had told Romelle it was a possibility. Truthfully, she was the real reason he missed New York and didn't want to leave the place forever. She was his best friend and had helped him somewhat heal after leaving Keith and his childhood behind...but Lance would still miss Romelle a lot. So that was on his mind.

The second thing was Keith. After talking about James, Keith had been slightly distant. Lance understood of course, he was taking time to get over the fact that his father was now hanging out with him. It was hard but..Keith could at least say hi. Whatever it was, Keith had his reasons so Lance would wait it out.

Work also brought its worries, mostly- actually all of it was Lotor and Allura. They were talking..a lot more..and Lance did get nervous. He didn't know Shiro that well, and he trusted Allura but it still made him uncertain.

He told himself he was worrying over nothing though.

"Yes..I'll be leaving to college with Shiro and Coran at the end of the summer." Lance heard Allura before he saw her.

She was standing with Lotor at the back if the shop. They weren't too close but Lance still eavesdropped.

"Where are you attending?" Lotor's crisp accent was just as thick as Allura's.

"Altea University."

Lance heard Lotor hold his breath.

"I'm going there to." he said softly.

Lance watch Allura's mouth fall open as she grinned. "Oh that's great!" She practically gushed. Lance calmed himself and set it aside. Let it go..he told himself..Allura just has a new friend. Try to be nice to him.

"Then I can see your pretty face everyday." Lotor's accent didn't sound so nice to Lance anymore.

Lance riled himself up to grab Lotor but Allura cut him off. "Thank you for the compliment. My boyfriend thinks so too."

Lance could practically hear Lotor's blush as he continued in a slightly more squeaky voice. "A very lucky boy, but it is nice to be going into college with one friend and hopefully I can meet yours."

"Of course." Allura said. The two voices faded away then and Lance took a deep breath. Probably nothing to worry about.

He headed home and the days passed like that, he went to Pidge's a few times but didn't run into Keith at all.

Whatever Keith was thinking, he hoped it wasn't because of him.

And it wasn't. Keith knew it wasn't Lance. And he wanted to say that but it was too hard. It was too hard to talk to anyone at the moment.. Instead he went through the days on his own.

His day with his dad had gone well, they went to an arcade and hung out playing games all day. It was fun and just what Keith needed.. The tension had loosened and it was all good. That wasn't the problem either.

It was Shiro. Shiro was always worried about Matt and leaving to see Matt which left Keith to brood in his own thoughts which didn't end well..he ended up rethinking the whole situation with Lance and how he didnt know if it was even possible to move past their past. They had never had full permission to love and look where it got them?