The Tutor

Something New (That Lasted Almost 72 Hours)

A/N I would like to state i already posted this chapter like a few weeks ago on AO3 (TheGoodKindOfNerdy) I just forgot to post here, sooooo

Keith stood at the bus stop on Monday morning. Ever since he and Rolo got back together, Pidge's done nothing but yell at Keith for poor decision making, Lance has bombarded him with memes all up until Sunday morning, Matt and Shiro have been disgustingly adorable and Rolo's been texting him asking to hang out and stuff, though that last one Keith ignored.

After a few minutes of waiting at the bus stop, Lance came running up to him, practically beaming. "Becca's home!!!" Lance shouted, smiling. "She went to the hospital before, I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to worry but she got worse but now she's getting better! The cancer cells or something starts clearing up and they say within 1-2 months she'll be back to normal!!!" Lance shouted.

"That's amazing, Lance!" Keith shouted, taking a step towards Lance. Lance involuntarily took a step back and hated himself when he saw Keith's face fall the slightest.

The raven stared at Lance, confused at his actions and Lance turned away. "Ye-yeah, it is." Lance mumbled and Keith tilted his head to look at Lance. "You okay, dude?" Keith asked, voice laced with concern at the cuban's strange actions, or maybe it was insecurity.

"Ye-yes, I fine. The-the uh, bus is here." Lance mumbled and Keith looked up, sighing a bit as he watched the bus come into view. As it parked, Keith started up the steps, sitting in his normal seat and waiting for Lance to sit next to him, though the cuban walked right on by and sat in the very back.

Keith felt his heart shatter and he wanted to sob, but he simply turned around, staring at his hands as the bus started to chug down the road.

He hates you.

No he doesn't.

Why else is he ignoring you then?

Keith frowned even more and pulled out his phone, finally reading the eighty messages Rolo had left him and replying to them as the bus brought them to school.

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Keith walked into his gym class that morning. Everyone had their bags and stuff considering they were only really there for graduation practice, which Keith really didn't want to go through, but it was mandatory.

Pidge skipped over to him, she, like all the other sophomores and juniors, would play the parents and family for their rehearsal. The small girl looked up at him, adjusting her glasses and he tried to fake a smile.

"What's wrong?" She asked and Keith shrugged. "Nothing really, just, anxious y'know, over graduation. It's on Thursday, and that's really close, especially with the dance on Saturday. Plus Sofia's gonna be living with us then. I-wow, okay, I just made myself more anxious." Keith stopped in his ranting and Pidge giggled a bit.

You're life is shit right now isn't it?

Lance hates you,

You're going to leave Texas,

That's a good thing, no one wants you here anyway,

And you're getting replaced soon.

Absolute shit.

It just sucks more that Lance doesn't, and never will, like you back.

He obviously doesn't feel the same way if he's been ignoring you.

Rolo hates you, he's just using you. Shiro'll love Sofia more than you.