𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧 (Kangst/Klance)

Chapter Five: His Eyes

Keith's POV:

Yeah, so as the story goes, I died.

I thought that was it, nothing could possibly get any worse.

Oh how I would found out how I wrong I could be.
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Lance's POV:

Time passed in a blur as I hurriedly climbed into Blue, cradling Keith in my arms.

I set Keith down gently on the floor and quickly drove off into the sky with my lion.

"Lance!", everyone said in unison and relief.

"Did you get Keith?", Shiro asked blasting a huge battleship.

I swallowed trying hard not to make my voice crack, "Yeah, I got him."

I heard Shiro sigh in relief, "Okay team, fall out!", he commanded.

Shiro blasted the ship one more time and it exploded giving us cover for our escape.

Everyone rushed off, abandoning the base and leaving the enemy behind.

I followed and tried hard not to lose my focus.

Out of the corner of my eye, I watched as the red lion appeared from behind a big cruiser.

I saw Red follow us as we left, trailing behind us like a puppy.

"Looks like Red knows we have Keith!", Hunk commented.

I felt a pang in my heart, how was I supposed to tell them?

"What happened back there Lance? Is Keith okay, I mean besides being tortured?", Pidge asked over the communication.

I sighed, " Guys, can the questions wait until we get to the castle? I don't feel like answering them this moment."

I decided I would tell them back at the Castle of Lions, that way maybe everyone would be able to grieve without worrying about crashing into a random asteroid.

I glanced back down at Keith who lay lifeless on the floor.

My heart hurt seeing him like this.

He was unbreakable, infuriating, stubborn, rash, and fearless.

He was the emo mullet that was good at everything, the annoying perfect rival, and a powerful ally.

How could it all have ended for him?

Soon we arrived at the castle and as we docked our lions, I watched as Allura rushed in who was followed by Coran.

Everyone had unboarded there lions and were impatiently waiting for me to come out.

I felt tears brim my eyes as I scooped Keith up gently, carrying him out of the blue lion.

As I walked out everyone's faces fell.

Shiro immediately rushed over and looked at Keith in concern.

"We need to get him to a pod. C'mon Lance let's go!", Shiro said feeling Keith's forehead.

Everyone started following Shiro as he started toward the pods, but I stayed put.

Shiro turned around, "Lance."

I didn't look up at him.

"Lance, we need to hurry and get Keith healed.", Shiro said walking back up to me.

He tried taking Keith from my arms but I refused, holding on him tightly.

Tears flowed down my face as I finally looked up at Shiro.