respawn ♥︎ 'level up' trilogy

(12) say no

*i think this is the longest chapter i've written for respawn holy shit. i had to write two arcs in one for this chapter. klance have separate arcs apart from each other this chapter. some langst. not much. but keith's part is very happy. it's fluff but he's Stressed in the fluff. idc if that doesn't make sense. you'll understand when you read it*

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October 7

7:38 am

kmskeith opened a group chat between katiehatesyou, matttheew, and shirogone

kmskeith: okay

kmskeith: cancel any plans you have today because i need h e l p

shirogone: i have no plans any way :/

matttheew: what's going on???

kmskeith: can you watch lance today?

matttheew: of course! why?

kmskeith: i want to go ring shopping today

shirogone: you need me to go with you?

kmskeith: yes. pidge too. she's his best friend and you're my best friend so you two are the ones i need

matttheew: there's a 99.99% chance she's still asleep

shirogone: well she'll see these when she wakes up

kmskeith: i guess i can't go right now anyway. lance is still asleep. he went out with cara and jayden last night and didn't get back till 4am

matttheew: did he turn into a party boy?

kmskeith: kinda? they drag him out almost every saturday. i don't think he even likes going

shirogone: what makes you think that?

kmskeith: he just doesn't seem to be very happy when he's about to leave and comes home wasted. sometimes he's like seriously fucking trashed

matttheew: holy shit. are you sure it's good for him to be getting that drunk that often?

kmskeith: i don't know?? what's a normal amount to drink?? you have me worried now!

shirogone: it's not that bad. it's just social drinking on weekends. it's not like he's drinking on school nights

matttheew: why don't you go to the next party with him? see what's going on with your own eyes

kmskeith: i can't. i just can't be around that stuff. when lance comes home it's a solid reminder of why i can't go with him

matttheew: what do you mean?

kmskeith: i didn't tell you because i'm embarrassed. but im not gonna lie to you. im a former addict. i can't go to parties like that. drugs and alcohol everywhere. i don't trust myself

shirogone: maybe matt should go?

matttheew: i can totally go! i'll just find out where the party is and show up. pretend it's a coincidence. we go to the same school so it wouldn't be that weird for us to end up at the same frat party

kmskeith: that's probably a good idea...

shirogone: i just want to make sure he's not being pressured into anything he doesn't want to do

kmskeith: lance has become a bit of a pushover. he lets people walk all over him. in high school i never noticed but thinking back we were always having to stick up for him or encourage him to say no to people