The Monster in the Sky. Klance AU

Chapter 36: The Shark-Napping

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"Hey," Lance greeted, leaning against the doorway of Keith's room. It wasn't often that he caught Keith alone those days as he spent most of his time with James. Keith failed to notice his presence immediately, too busy practicing combat with his Blade of Mamora. Keith mumbled a weak greeting before placing his knife on his desk. He stared down at his feet and refused to look up at Lance. "Shiro thought it would be a good idea for all of us to go out somewhere. He wasn't sure what we'd do though so I was wondering if you'd be interested in coming to an aquarium? James can come too if you want."

Keith swallowed but soon found himself nodding. "That sounds nice actually." It definitely made a difference to being cooped up in the dorms, struggling to find different ways of spending his time and constantly watching over James.

"Cool."

"When are we going?"

"Well... now? If that's okay?"

"Just let me get dressed."

"Okay," Lance remained standing in the doorway and smirked once he realised Keith was glaring at him. "Oh, you wanted me to leave." Keith didn't seem at all impressed as he raised his eyebrows and folded his arms. He looked like a parent who was angry at their child for misbehaving.

"Yes, Lance. Let me get changed in peace."

Once the door was closed, Keith let out a sigh and scrunched his eyes shut: Lance was going to be the death of him. As he leant against the wall and buried his head into his hands, Lance thought the same thing about Keith from out in the hallway.

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Lance forced a grin at the woman behind the ticket counter. He leant his arm on the table and winked to amplify his image. "Hey, Carly, I don't suppose you can get us some discounted tickets." He put on the same voice that he always put on when he was flirting with girls, even going as far as to throw out a pair of finger guns. Carly seemed to cringe at the gesture, her eyes thinning and a single eyebrow raising up her forehead as if to say 'are you being serious?'

"Leo, you know-"

"Lance. My name is Lance. How can you not remember? We dated for like-"

Carly rubbed her hands over her face to make her discomfort obvious. "Lance, you know I can't give you a discount." Chewing on her bottom lip, Carly swallowed. Lance had jut his bottom out into a pout that looked like it belonged to a five-year-old and not a paladin of the universe.

"Am I not still technically an employee?"

"No? You got fired after-"

"Don't bring that up!"

Keith leaned his head forward so it was hovering over Lance's shoulder, raising an eyebrow and asking, "What did he do?"

Lance started to make random noises as an attempt to drown Carly out but she raised her voice to compete until all of Lance's friends had heard the story. He had once tried to kidnap (sharknap) a baby shark in a plastic bag because it was "giving him puppy-dog eyes". He had made it as far as the reception before people realised the lump beneath his shirt couldn't have been a baby bump since he was clearly a guy and not a pregnant woman. After hearing about the story, all of his friends were in hysterics whilst Lance folded his arms and glared down at the floor. "I'm sorry but his mum had just died. He needed comfort and a family."