Klance Omegaverse/Galtean AU

(10) Training

Keith's p.o.v:

    After Lance had said goodnight to them and left them there for the night, he turned towards Lotor and took notice of the ticked off expression his friend was currently donning. Ah, maybe Lotor felt excluded. That's right, he easily could've asked and invited the other prince to join them. Perhaps that's it. But.. Given how long he's known the alpha in question, cloud gazing doesn't seem like Lotor's kind of thing.

    Once the Altean prince was out of sight Lotor met his gaze, eyeing him for a moment before promptly turning around and getting on one knee, back facing him.  ..What is Lotor doing exactly? Tired of waiting for Keith to do something, Lotor gestured to his back. "Hop on already." Lotor grumbled, the tone making it sound like it wasn't really an offer but an order. Feeling a little startled, he hesitated before inevitably listening, his head slightly uncomfortably resting on Lotor's shoulder once he's gotten all situated.

    "Lotor.. Are you?.. Mad at me or something?" He questioned slowly, feeling unsure of his accusation even as the words left his lips. When the alpha didn't bother to answer him he grew a bit more tense, then wondered if the man had even heard him at all. "Hello? Are you seriously ignoring me right now?... Lotor, if you felt left out or something I'm sorry, I just thought it wouldn't be your thing and that you would probably be napping in your room anyway so I didn't think to ask if you'd like to join us." He tried to explain nervously, his voice just barely over a mumbled since he had never really had Lotor's explosive anger pointed towards him before and so he kind of felt like he was verbally floundering to make things right. Gods!.. He's terrible at comforting people and diffusing iffy situations!

    Eventually Lotor slowed to a stop just before Keith's guest bedroom, passing the guards nonchalantly as he went inside. Promptly after closing the door behind them he was let back down, the gesture in itself careful and cautious but the gloomy and dark expression on Lotor's face making it feel a bit off. Ah.. Definitely still upset with him. Noted. Just as he was about to apologize once more he was cut off before he could even get a word out, watching as his friends' features shifted from angry to worried and back to angry in a moment's notice. "..I was just- worried, you know!? When I woke up I went looking for you and those useless guards didn't even know where you two went! What if something had happened whilst you were apart from your guards?!" Lotor rambled defensively.

    "Look- I don't want to make you feel like your feelings aren't valid, or that you have no right to be stressed about me suddenly up and disappearing on you, but I was with Prince Lance. I wasn't alone and I would've been just fine on my own even if something had happened. You know how capable I can be." He sheepishly argued, not wanting to fight with his friend but also wanting to make a point.

    Lotor's face looked a bit off putting as he took in a deep breath, seeming to just barely be reigning in his anger and frustration as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "Keith, that's exactly my point! You can't just trust yourself to be alone with that guy so easily! Prince or not, he's still an alpha! And- what happens if you're caught showing symptoms of pre-heat or gods forbid when your scent starts to overpower your cologne and he realizes it's 'not quite that of an alpha', like that one lord said!? What happens then?" Lotor aggressively argued, leaving Keith to only stand there and listen in tense silence as he ranted. Gods.. Lotor is really freaking the hell out over this right now. Did a simple outing really cause such a reaction to take place? That's not a normal reaction.. Right? And regardless of all the very real points that were made, Lotor is an alpha too, no? Besides, Lance doesn't seem like the type to do any of those heinous things..

    "...Alright enough of this, I can't take it anymore. Lotor, I'm telling you this as your childhood friend so please listen well. Get a grip! I will maintain my secret just as I always have since I presented, it's nothing to get so worked up over all of a sudden. Like I said, I can handle taking care of myself and I wouldn't have even gone with Lance in the first place had I not trusted him. And also.. I can't help but point it out to you, bozo, but you're an alpha too." He replied matter of factly, casually picking out a different set of clothes to wear and setting them out neatly on the bed so that he can change once Lotor eventually leaves. He seriously never thought he'd have to spell something so obvious out to Lotor after all these years of knowing one another, but Lotor has been acting weird around him as of late. Perhaps his friend is simply due for a rut and getting all 'hyper aggressive pre-rut alpha' on the people nearby, but this is still a bit much, no?