The Red Paladins Klance

Chapter 5

AN from klancerlover: Guys, if you’re getting confused, “-“ means that it’s a flashback. One to begin it, and one to end it.

“Lance!” Keith woke up, bolting upright. He looked around wildly, only to still find himself where he’s been for the past few weeks. On the space whale. He tried to calm down, gasping. Blue, who had been sleeping beside him, instantly lifted his head, ears alert. Keith ran his fingers through his black-blue fur, his heart slowing. “It’s okay. I’m fine.” He whispered as he scratched his ear. Feeling eyes on him, he turned his head, only to see Krolia look away from him, staring out at the surrounding ground. “Bad dream?” She asked.

   “It’s nothing.” Keith said, grasping his necklace under his Blade of Marmora suit. Luckily, Krolia doesn’t press much. “I’ve been hearing you murmur that name. Lance. Why does this Lance have the name of a weapon?” She suddenly said. She’s trying to get him to talk. “I don’t know. I’ve never asked him.” Keith said. “He’s important, isn’t he?” Krolia asked. Keith stayed silent for a few seconds, his grip on his ring tightening. Lance is too personal. Too personal to talk about to her. He and Krolia were now in a stage where Keith was beginning to get comfortable with her. He’d tell her small things about his life as a Paladin. He’d tell her about Voltron, about Shiro, Hunk, Pidge, Allura, and Coran. He doesn’t say much about Lance. He’d tell her some things. About how Lance was the Sharpshooter, best known as the Multi-Shooter. He’d tell her about how Lance was capable of changing his bayard into more than one weapon.

And when his voice starts to get fond, to become more passionate and praising of his Blue mate, that’s when he clamps up.

He doesn’t let anything else slip out. None of it. He and Krolia have more ground to work through before he’d even begin to tell her anything of how much Lance means to him. Lance is way too personal. And Krolia was becoming less of a stranger to him, but Lance was still too personal to just simply begin to tell his mother about. Because if he were to be honest, once they were up to the point where Keith could tell her absolutely anything without wanting to clamp down, that would be when he’d start to tell her about Lance. And he wanted to keep to that. So he let himself answer this one question. “Yeah. But I’m not ready to talk about that yet.” He finally answered. Because that’s something he can and wants to say. That’s the start of the building blocks.

   He knew Krolia would understand. Krolia nodded, “Of course. You quite literally have all the time in the world until we reach the quantum abyss.” She said. And that was it. Keith felt something stir inside him, but he brushed it away, going back to scratching Blue’s ears.

-

Keith let out a roar as his sword swung through the air, slashing the dummy clean in half. A clapping caught his attention, and he whirled around to see Lance pushing off the far side of the wall, a grin on his face. “So this is why I didn’t find you when I woke up.” He said. “Sorry. I was just trying to get in some training. Make sure I don’t get rusty.” Keith said, wiping his forehead. He switched his sword to his other hand as Lance came up to him, smiling. “Hi.” He said. Keith smiled, “Hi.” He said back. “That was pretty impressive. What you did there. You’re not the best swordsman for no reason.” Lance said.

Keith felt his cheeks burn up, “Thanks.” He said.

Lance suddenly leaned in, reached down and planted a kiss on his cheek, slightly startling Keith. And he only turned redder, his smile widening. “What are you up to, Lance?” He asked knowingly. He knew Lance way too well to not think that he was up to something. Lance’s grin widened, “Ah, you caught me. C’mon. It’s a really nice day out, let’s go take a walk.” He said. Keith’s smile faded as he sighed, “I don’t know, Blue…” He trailed off. “Please, Red? Please? For me?” Lance asked, giving him puppy eyes. Oh no. Oh no. Keith found himself instantly giving in, unable to resist.