Breathe in

There for You

(If you haven't read my work "Blood and Genetics" please read that first, or you won't understand a word of this)

Keith stared up at the stars, a telescope that he'd stolen from the astronomy lab trained on Kerberos. Shiro wouldn't be there yet- right now, he'd be close, within a day or two's travel. And he wouldn't be able to see the little ship with his telescope anyway. But still. Just looking at the surface of Pluto's small moon made him feel closer to his friend.

Keith sighed, and slid down the drainpipe, crawling back through the window to his room. The light was off, and he could barely make out the shape of his stuffed hippo, Po, sitting on the dresser.

"Night, Po," he whispered. He frowned up at the ceiling, which was a dark blur. His lungs were feeling tighter than they normally did after exercise. He reached for his inhaler, just in case, but in the dark, his fingers missed and knocked it over, and it clattered to the floor, rolling under the bed.

Gah- stupid.

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Shiro stared out at the deep space ahead of him, his mind both completely on his mission and enjoying the thrill of being out in space.

His wristwatch beeped, and he looked at it with a frown. His muscles shouldn't... he made a small choking noise. Keith.

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Keith wheezed, halfway under the bed, unable to see the inhaler in the dark. Shiro's coming- Shiro always comes. A small, rational part of his mind argued that Shiro couldn't come, because he was up in space, but that part was ignored. He's always there for me...

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"Matt!"

Matt answered the com sleepily. "Shiro? What's wrong?"

"I need you to message your sister."

"I can't- you know that—"

"Matt, cut it out, I know that you can do it. You're not fooling anyone but the Garrison officers. I need you to message Katie."

"Fine. What do you need me to message her?"

"Keith needs help."

"He's got asthma, right?"

"Yeah, and my bracelet sent me an alarm- please, Matt, I don't want him to be alone, not if he's having an attack!"

"Alright. Alright. I'll do it. I don't know what you think that Katie is going to do about it. She doesn't live close to the Garrison."

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Griffin blinked blearily at his computer as it lit up with a message. What...? Who was messaging him at this hour?! He shuffled to the computer. Katie. Of course. He needed to stop leaving his computer on at night.

Keith's in trouble.

Griffin blinked.

What?

Keith's in trouble.

How do you know?

I just know. Get moving!

Griffin grumbled, sighed, and moved towards the door. Girls, and their stupid feelings, robbing him of his sleep. Why was Katie even up right now?! And why would she think that something was wrong with Keith? As far as Griffin knew, he was in his room, where he was supposed to be, and not in any danger whatsoever. But he'd still have to check. Katie wouldn't give him any peace until he did. He kind of regretted exchanging emails with her.