TREES | klance ✔︎

01 | golden boy

edited.

FOUR DAYS BEFOREHAND.

     keith didn't imagine spending his last couple of days with no other than a boy with a constellation on his face. in fact, he didn't imagine spending it with anyone other than hype man (his dog), a pair of boxing gloves, and a punching dummy. but when that (constellation faced) boy had an idea, boy did he not shut up about it.

let's run it back a few days ago.

upon keiths shift ending at a local diner, he could sense a familiar presence watching him. following him. as he walked to his car, a familiar jingle of converse and beaded shoelaces hitting the ground made his chest bubble in pure annoyance. 

"keith, hey, wait u-" the boy trips on his left shoelace - the only untied shoe, one with the annoying clacking of beads that slapped the ground as he stomped - as he fails to catch up with a fast-walking mullet man, "damn, i need new kicks."

keith stops in his tracks and scrunches up his face. lance crouches down to tie his shoe.

"don't call them kicks," keith grumbles, "and stop being a dork."

lance is done by the time keith's rant is over. he props back up on his feet and is now (almost) level-headed with keith. lance holds a bright smile while keith is boredly looking down at the ground to avoid eye contact. when the boy doesn't speak, keith looks up at him with a glare.

"oh-!" lance closes his eyes briefly at the embarrassingly long moment he zoned out, "shirogane told me you'd be home alone all weekend since he's going to his-i mean, your parents'."

"you're right." keith states.

lance tilts his head.

"they are his parents," keith doesn't falter from his emotionless state, "what's the deal?"

"oh, well, i kinda didn't really wanna offend you because i didn't exactly-"

"no. about him being gone, dipshit." keith looks at him stupidly. 

"i knew that..." lance trails, slightly feeling dumb, "basically, i was wondering - since we're such good pals - if you wanted to hang-"

"hell no." keith turns his heel and clicks the unlock button from his keys on his pant keychain.

"it will be fun!"

"nothing is fun with you."

"but! im a really good hoster-person and place-picker!"

"i like being alone, and at home. with my dog."

"but, keith!'

"no."

they reach his car.

"but we're best pals!"

"if we were praying mantis, i would eat you as my first fucking meal."

"that's actually called sexual cannibalism. they eat their mates sometimes.." lance trails along, bouncing back and forth on his feet. keith turns to look at him with a glare, but to his surprise the boy looking back is not at all holding that same smug look when he states a fact. lance has a serious look on his face. "i will do anything, keith. if i annoy you within ten minutes, you can leave."

keith feigns nodding thoughtfully. he drops his look all together when he sees the forming pout on his face. "make that thirty seconds."

with that relieving response, lance only nods to contain his obnoxious excitement. instead, he flashes a smile.

"you wont regret it, itll be the best day ever, keef!"

"i will not last half a millisecond with you."