*LANCES POV*
I haven't seen noah since the fight and I haven't been out of bed either. It's been at lease a day or so and he hasn't been in to use the restroom or sleep at night. He's avoiding me so much that he probably hasn't been home since the fight. He never told me to leave in fact he never told me anything. From what he did to me I would assume we were no longer together. How long could he stay away from me? We have to talk about it at some point or else I'm just a stranger living in his house. Should I leave? Do I try to talk to
Him? The only answer I could fine to these questions is stay in bed. I didn't have the energy to get up or eat. I didn't have the energy to do anything I lay in bed all day sleeping or not.
~later~
Noah has been home for a while now but hasn't come into the room. I head him come in earlier but I haven't heard anything but the TV Since. I debate going out there but know it would only trouble us more. So I waited. I waited for him to come to me and I prepared myself for what he would do. It only took forever until he finally knocked on the bedroom door.
"Yes?" I ask
"Can I come in?" He asks quietly from behind the door.
"Yes" I mumble into the blanket. I role over so I'm facing the wall and not him as he enters the room.
"How are you feeling?" He asks. I felt no reason to answer him.
"I just want you to know I'm sorry and I didn't mean all those things I said or did. I shouldn't have said any of it and I know that." He says without a response.
"Lance I really would like to talk about this with you. It's been a week of this and I'm starting to worry about you." I was surprised to hear it's been a whole week. It felt no more than a day or two. Has it really been a whole week.
"You aren't eating and you haven't moved from that spot since our fight. I'm sorry about the fight but we need to move on from this at some point. We need to be adult about this." He says sitting down on the other end of the bed. I can feel him lean over and he places his hand on my head lightly running his hand up and down the side of my head. I feel like crying remembering Keith again and again and again with every passing motion. It went from a feeling to a doing and I break down. I start crying the tears I should have cried a week ago. I can hear noah sigh behind me only making it worse. I pull the blanket over my face forcing him to take his hand away from me.
"Whatever you want lance stay in bed. Just know another day of this and it's going to be a different story" he says leaving the door. He sounded sad and angry at the same time. In it all I couldn't care less how he felt.
*KEITHS POV*
Here we are again getting our new shipment. This time I gathered out things slowly. I couldn't find Benjamin anywhere and didn't want to go without seeing him. I guess I wasn't trying to find him subtle enough because when I finally saw him he laughed at me again. I got red instantly as he approached me.
"If I didn't know any better I would say you were looking for me" He says proud.
"I was watching out for you so you wouldn't see me do anything else embarrassing actually." I say proving him wrong. I guess it wasn't as much of a burn as I though.
"you do like your new nickname is what I'm hearing" he says. Helping me grab some of the supplies and put them in the ship. I just laugh not knowing what to say back. We pack up a few more boxes before we talk again.
"So what your story shrimp?" He asks looking at me curiously.
"What do you mean?" I ask not knowing what he was getting at
"What lead you to being a blade. What messed up past made you so badass?" He asked. I smiled when he called me badass it made me feel strong.
"First of all I am badass thank you for noticing second of all I used to be, well I still am a paladin of Voltron. Before that I was on my own. Hence the lone wolf persona." I say giving him a broad glimpse into my life. I didn't want him to know everything.
"Okay okay I see. I thought I new you from somewhere you're the red paladin if I'm not mistaken." He says pointing at me like he was trying to remember.
"That would be correct." I said.
"Do you know what people said about you?" He asked. I immediately got defensive worried about what people though about me. I never though about what people would say about me.
"What?" I say concerned.
"People ship you and that blue paladin together. They swore you two were a thing and I honestly though it was cool you know. I admit I like the idea but never got too invested like everyone else has." I couldn't believe what he just said. People knew or at least thought me and lance were together. Somehow I was hurt people though that and now the cute boy I liked though we were cute together. When I didn't reply he tried defending himself.
"It was just a joke. People just making things up you know how the kids are these days. They don't mean it to offend you at all. I don't mean to offend you either. I don't believe it's true if that helps at all. I don't assume you're are gay either." He says trying to save himself for no reason. It doesn't bother me people assumed we were together I'm honestly proud of them for finding out. I just don't know how much I like Benjamin knowing about it.
"Oh I'm no offended at all I knew they would come up with silly theories like that. It comes with the territory of being a defender of the universe I guess." I say continuing to pack up the supplies. He was quiets for a second then he blurted out
"I don't want to be annoying but I have to know. Are you and lance together? You don't have to answer if you don't want to." He says grabbing a box knowing he was asking a big question. You could see how worried he was.
"It's okay your not annoying. For that reason at least-" he laughed and I continued.
"- about a year and a half ago now me and lance did somehow develop feelings for one another. We aren't together anymore tho but we did date for a year or so." I said. I wasn't embarrassed to tell him I'm not scared to be openly gay so it didn't bother me he asked.
"Wow" He said his cheeks were pinkish almost red.
"I'm sorry to hear that. But I'm glad to see you are happy now." He says helping me with the last do the boxes.
"Yes I am. Now don't go telling everyone the news I like the idea of them obsessing over it." I laugh. He laughs with me. There is no talk about being gay or our relationship. He got his answer and we moved on. I like how comfortable he is with me and how easy he is to talk to. I'm not worried to tell him everything about me because I know he will accept it.
"Now tell me about yourself. What lead you here and what got you obsessed with my love life?" I ask giving out a small laugh. He smiles amused.
"I am not obsessed with your love life, I would call it slightly entriged. And I was born into the blade, I took after my father and have been here ever since. I don't have that interesting of a past if I do say so. Just the typical kid raised to be like his tough dad." He explains.
"Are you happy here?" I asked knowing how it feels to fill someone's shoes.
"I would say so. I've learned a lot here. I mean I'm tough like you and my dad because of it. I can fight pretty good and I can take a punch like a champ that's for sure." He shrugged.
"I mean it could be worse. How long have you been here I mean as in how old are you" I ask wanting to know. He acts much older than he looks.
"I'm 19. I've still got a lot ahead of me. How old are you? He asks returning the question.
"Almost 20 it's just a few months out now." I say. He was about to say something back when a member of the blade came up and Interrupted up.
"Sir. We need you in the VAC immediately." He says to Benjamin taking his attention from me.
"I have to go but I'll see you next time shrimp." He says as he walks away with the other member. I stood alone for a second then returned to my ship. We had been done packing the supplies a while ago we just got caught up in talking we didn't stop. We went from strangers to friend in a matter of days. It felt good knowing things about him. It made me feel important to know about his past. Like he trusts me with that information. I left and again found myself wishing to be back but I knew he was busy. He's is an important person to the blade. He doesn't have all day to talk and I get it. I'll just have to take in the time I have while we make pickups. Thinking about it on the way home I realized that Benjamin doesn't keep watch over the pickups we have 2 other member to keep guard. Meaning there is no reason for him to be in the garage. I smiled and blushed thinking he was there to see me then quickly got rid of that though because we just meet and I can't start assuming he has feelings for me or this all turns into a big mess. Next time I'm going to talk to him. I'm going to ask him what he does here and see if I can get an answer out of him. I might even ask him if he's dating anyone but obviously in a very non questionable way. Yah sure like that's going to work. Anyways I'm excited to see him again as always. I just wonder when lance is going to stop by maybe I can tell him I have a crush on someone. It could be an awkward conversation it I think it's one we need to have. Just to prove we have moved on.
