langst one shots

The Rain

"The rain its like..." I pause thinking for a moment.

"Crisp." Keith finishes for me.

"Yea, like the end of a daggar." I say. It is drizzling outside.

A crack of lightning strikes the castle making the power go out. I whimper and Keith runs my back gently.

"Hey I am going to be right back okay?"

"Hey I'm gonna be right back okay?"

They are the same words my dad told me. He told me he was going to be back. Then it started raining and he got into a car crash. He never did come back.

I look up and I notice that Keith already left. Is he coming back?

I shut my eyes tightly blocking out the world, pushing away the tears in my eyes. And before I knew it I was fast asleep.

I woke up in the morning and felt completely fine. I look out the window to see no rain. I walk out of my room still in my pajamas.

I look at a note on the other side of my door placed there with tape. I read it.

I did not want to wake you last night, you looked tired.

-Keith

I went back in and quickly got dressed. Shoot I forgot to set my alarm I am missing training.

I ran in as quiet as possible and Allura got me up to speed. She said the power went out last night so we have to train against each other instead of the bots. She paired me up with Keith and we started to spar.

When I started to win I knew something was up. "Oh come on don't go so easy on me, Kogane." I laughed, teasing him.

He looked at me with sad eyes. I then won. I pulled him off to the side and asked what's up.

"You were so sad last night. You are acting normal now. How long have you been sad Lance?"

"I- uh it's nothing. I'm not sad anymore cause I'm goofball Lance!" I threw up the finger guns and tried to sound as lively as possible.

"Okay then... we can talk more tonight. Okay?"

"Alright...." I sighed.

The day went by mostly normal. I acted like a goof and made everyone uncomfortable, especially my self. Me and Keith exchanged our usual glances.Then it came to the end of the day. The part I dreaded the most.

I showered and got changed into my best pjs. Keith knocked on the door and I let him in. He was westing red pjs and his hair was messed up.

"You can not possibly think your hair is fine! I am doing it right now. Oh! I know, so me and my siblings did this thing when we were sad were we would give each other 'haircuts' and we would say was was bothering us." I told Keith. He agreed and I started fake cutting his hair.

"It is just.... I don't feel like I am supposed to be the black paladin...I mean.. it is Shiros spot. You know..."

"Hey but I mean, and don't get me wrong I love Shiro but, if it was truley his spot, the Black Lion would not have let you in."

"Thanks Lance... now it's your turn."

I sat down and he combed through my hair. I let a few tics pass before I started.

"Are you gonna start?" Keith asked.

"Yea sorry I'm just tired. Well you know how I was sad the other night? It was because of the rain... my dad died when I was little in a car crash, and it was a rainy day that day. The roads were slippery..." my eyes started tearing up, "he died because I asked him to get me a stupid ice cream. And he loved me so he did."

"Hey he did not die because you you," Keith hugged me from behind.

"It just feels he did." I yawned from being so tired. Keith scooped me up and layed me on the bed.

"I am tired, Keith."

"I know, Lance." He responded

"I think I have been tired for a long time." I continued.

"You don't have to be tired anymore Lance. You can let go."

I fell asleep in his arms, snoring softly, no care in the world, and letting go of the past.