Finding you (soulmate au and mute! Lance)

Lance {3}

* signifies the note, you'll understand after you read. Enjoy, or don't, either is fine.

Oh. My. God. That was him! I finally met my soulmate! Should I tell him? Well, in all honesty, I'd rather get to know him better before I, well, Shiro, Hunk, or any of the others, tell him.

I tap my friends on their shoulders on our way to class. ^Can you not tell Keith yet? I want to get to know him first. I want to build a bond. You understand, right?^

Pidge sighs. "You know, he deserves to be informed. From what Shiro' told us, he doesn't have any "first words"." Pidge says, putting quotation marks around "first words".

Hunk nods in agreement. "And that is to be expected, I guess. You have been mute ever since..." He trails off. "Yeah, but I understand where you are coming from. Just, try and build that bond quickly, okay?" Pidge says. "I agree with Pidgeon over here. I don't know how long we, or I, can last before we tell him, or at least hint at it." Hunk says as we walk into class.

^I'll be as quick as I can!^ I sign with a smile on my face.

"Hunk!" We all look to see who called out. "Shay! How have you been?" Hunk says in a caring tone. "I've been great! How have you been?" Shay says back in an equally loving tone. "Just happy to be seeing you again." A light dusting of red covers the females cheeks. Shay and Hunk are soulmates, and have known since kindergarten. Shay was being bullied by a kid named Lotor and Hunk and I overheard. Hunk, being the sweetie he is, went to go help her. The two have been inseparable since.

"Oh, guess what!" Shay looks at Hunk with curiosity. "Loverboy Lance over here finally found his soulmate!"

^Must you be so loud?^ I sign while rolling my eyes at my best friend. "Congrats Lance! Who is the lucky gal? Or guy?" Shay says, happy for me. The gods must love my pal, cause he sure got lucky, Shay is a keeper. ^His name is Keith, Keith Kogane.^

"I've heard of him. So you're why he doesn't have his soulmates first words inked into his skin." She says, smiling. "I'm happy for you Lance. You deserve this."

Only my closest friends, Shiro, Shay, Hunk, Pidge, Matt, and my family, know what happened, and they all try and avoid the subject. They all have supported me and helped me to get back on my feet, and are there when I get flashbacks. They truly are the best people I know.

"Okay class, I'm your English teacher, Mr. Iverson. We have a new kid this year. Keith, come in now." He walks in and stands a few feet away from the teacher. "Class, this is Keith. You will sit in front of Lance. Lance, raise your hand." I raise my hand into the air slightly. "Go sit down. So, it's the first day of school, get out your notebooks, don't think that just because it's first day back from vacation that you'll all be slacking off. Get to it!"

We all groaned while reluctantly getting out our notebooks. Mr. Iverson begins the lesson and I tear out paper and write a note.

(Italics are Lance and underlined is Keith)

*Hi!*

I tap Keith's shoulder and pass him the note. He looks at me weirdly while taking the crumpled paper. He writes something before passing it back.

*Hi?*

*I'm bored.*

*I am too. Is Iverson always this annoying?*

*Yeah he is, lol*

*Sorry if this is personal, but are you mute? You don't have to say why, but, are you? Or did you lose your voice. Sorry, that is probably personal, you don't need to answer.*

I smile to myself. *I am mute, yes. I'm sorry, but I'm not entirely comfortable on telling you why just yet*

He turns to look at me with sad eyes while passing the note back to me. *Well, when and if you ever feel comfortable talking to me, I'm here.*

I tap him on the shoulder, smile to him, and mouth the words "thank you".

Time squip to lunchtime

"Hey Lance!" Hunk says while walking up to me. "I heard you were passing notes with..." he stops and signs, ^Keith^, then continues talking. "During English. You sure act quick, don't ya?" I roll my eyes at him. ^It was Mr. Iverson's class, what was I supposed to do, listen? Nuh uh, I'm good.^ Now it was his turn to roll his eyes. "Yeah, yeah, keep telling yourself that. Oh yeah! I told the others to make sure to not accidentally let it slip that the two of you are soulmates." I look at him with relief. ^Thanks Hunk, you're the best.^ He smiles at me. "Anything for my bro!"

We get to our usual table and "talk" until Pidge and Shay shows up. "Hey you two!" They say enthusiastically. ^Hey Pidge, hi Shay!^ "Hi Pidgeon, hi Shay!" The four of us begin talking, mostly about Keith and our new teacher, who happens to be my sister, Allura.

"Hey little brother!" We turn to see none other then 'llura herself. "Well speak of the devil and he'll appear." Pidge says, laughing a bit. Allura looks at her quizzically. "What do you mean?" She asks confused. Hunk sighs before saying, "It's just an expression Allura."

"Hey guys! And ladies. And Pidge." Shiro says walking up to our table, Matt and Keith in tail. "You bet I'm a Pidge!" Pidge says with pride. "I still don't get where that came from." Matt says, sitting down next to his sibling. "That's okay, my clueless brother." Pidge says while ruffling their brother's hair.

"Hi Keith!" Shay says, smiling. "Oh, well, hi, I guess." He says with an awkward wave. He glances at me briefly, sending a quick, small smile, before going back to his awkward stance from before. Shiro, happens to pick up on it and nudges his stepbrother slightly, whispering something into the smaller males ear before walking over to where Matt, Pidge and Hunk were talking about some new piece of technology.

Keith sighs before looking straight into my eyes, walking towards me.

"Hey Lance."