respawn ♥︎ 'level up' trilogy

(14) wtf is a gender?

*OKAY, I KNOW I HAVENT UPDATED IN 6 MONTHS BUT I HAVE A REASON. I haven't updated since August because I started my first semester of college in August and simply didn't have the time. I couldn't work on it over Thanksgiving break because I had to focus on my final projects (being a design major means a lot of projects). Then during winter break, I had a mental breakdown so that didn't work out either. I'm in my second semester now though and I'm taking fewer classes this go around so i can finaLLY FINISH THIS.*

November 22
8:58 am

leggylance: hey so uh matt told me he's driving home later today because it's thanksgiving and i was wondering if it was okay if he took me too because i need to talk to you in person. my family doesn't celebrate and neither does Keith so i won't be missing anything

11:14 am

katiehatesyou: of course it's okay. my parents will be happy to see you. is something wrong?

leggylance: it's just,, personal things?,, idk i just want to talk and in person is easier to articulate what i'm trying to say

katiehatesyou: okay. i was going to go out with jude and parker today but they can wait. we were literally just going to the library so jude can do some geeky shit

leggylance: aren't you a geek too?

katiehatesyou: we're two different levels of geek

leggylance: lol okay. i'll see you soon

katiehatesyou: yeet okay

2:27 pm

Pidge opened her front door to see Matt pulling into the driveway. She smiled as Matt and Lance got out of the car, "Hey! My favorite queers!"

Matt rolled his eyes, "I don't know why I expect different from you." he walked up to her and embraced her in a hug. While hugging her he softly whispered to her, "Something's wrong with Lance."

Pidge looked over at Lance as she pulled away from the hug. He was standing back a bit, looking at the ground, "Hey Lance, how are you doing?"

Lance looked back up and smiled, "I'm good, just a lot on my mind."

"Well, let's go up to my room and talk it out," Pidge smiled and held her hand out to him.

Lance took her hand and smiled still, "Thank you."

Matt pat Lance's back, "You two hang out as long as you want. I'll help mom and dad with dinner." Everyone in the family was very accommodating of Lance and had no issue with Pidge not helping out because of something like this. Lance was much more important to them than a fancy dinner. Thanksgiving is a sham anyway, they only celebrated as a reason to force the family to spend time together for a full day.

"Thank you," Lance said again before he and Pidge headed upstairs.

Once in Pidge's room, she closed the door and the two of them laid down on her bed, "So," Pidge started, "What's going on to bother you this much?"

"It's not a major deal. It's just something that I've been thinking about for years and now I'm just fed up with the uncertainty."

Pidge moved her head to look at him, "Years? Why haven't you told me before?"

Lance kept his gaze on the ceiling, "It's nothing important, it's just... Personal? I don't know. That and I didn't really know how to articulate it. It was always a concept in my head but it was never something I could put into words before."