The Red Paladins Klance

Chapter 20

“Keith. Keith, hold on.” Lance said. Keith turned to him, “Yeah?” He asked. Lance smiled, his blue eyes glittering. “I didn’t do it right.” He said. “Wh-Didn’t do what right?” Keith asked, curious and confused. Lance took his hand and suddenly got down on one knee, making Keith’s eyes widen. “Lance, what are you doing?” He asked, his heart racing. “Proposing to you!” Lance said. “But you-“ Keith began, but Lance cut him off, “I didn’t do it right! It didn’t feel right, I wanted it to be perfect! So I’m doing it again!” Lance said, turning red. “Oh my God.” Keith said faintly, turning red himself, putting a hand to his mouth. “Keith Kogane, we have been together for almost 2 years, and I have loved every second of it. But it’s not enough, and I want more. I want eternity with you. So...will you marry me?” Lance said, smiling.

  Keith began to tremble, and suddenly he was laughing. “I-Oh my god-“ He gasped as his face burned. He got down to his knees as he smiled widely, “Yes. Yes, you idiot, yes!” He laughed. He then leaped at him, taking him down as he tackled him with happy kisses.

Keith gasped, falling out of the pod.

Strong arms were there to catch him, but not with the familiar touch that he was so dependant on. “Hey. Welcome back, Keith.” It was Shiro, sounding relieved. “What happened?” Keith asked, pulling back, looking around. “Take it easy, okay? You had a hard hit to the head, your memory’s gonna be a bit fuzzy. What do you remember?” Shiro said. “I was..with Lance-“ Keith sharply cut off, dread suddenly hitting him. “Lance. Where is he? He was right beside me, where is he?” He said. “He’s okay. He’s fine. But you have to tell me what you remember first.” Shiro said calmly. Keith shook his head, “You told us that something was wrong. Told us to go in space to check it out. I...I don’t remember the rest.” He said.

   Shiro’s eyes flickered with some kind of emotion, too quick for Keith to catch. “Okay. That’s okay.” He said. The door opened, and Coran suddenly came in. “Ah, there you are, Keith. Come. Let me see you.” He said. Keith came to him, “Where’s Lance?” He asked. “Your mate was sound asleep last I checked, but he should be waking up in a few moments. How do you feel?” Coran said. “Weird.” Keith said. “That’s all right, you’re still trying to process everything. I’m going to tell you something, but you cannot freak out.” Coran said. “What? What’s wrong?” Keith asked, confused and concerned. “It’s about Lance.” Coran said. Keith’s eyes widened, “What do you mean? Is he okay?? Shiro, you told me he’s fine!” Keith said, looking at him. “Keith, I assure you, he is okay. I don’t know why I told you not to freak out, he is your mate.” Coran said, making him look at him.

“Take a deep breath. Listen to me.” He said more gently.

He put a hand on his shoulder, “Lance came out before you by 2 quintants. He was quite frantic about you, the poor boy, as Shiro was telling me. He was very frightened for you. He wouldn’t eat or sleep. Shiro finally got him to rest, but it didn’t last long. He had a...what’s it called, Shiro?” Coran began to say, but looked at Shiro. “He woke up screaming for you, Keith. He had a night terror.” Shiro said. “But...I don’t understand, what happened on that mission?” Keith asked, worried. “Lance wanted to talk to you about that when you got out. But Keith, when he woke up from that night terror, I had to give him a sleeping pill. That’s why I didn’t let you see him immediately. He should be coming out of it in a bit.” Shiro said.

  Coran pulled away from Keith, “You’re doing all right. Must be the Galra blood. Go. Be there when he wakes up.” He said. Keith looked at him and Shiro before walking away, heading to their shared room. And surely enough, there Lance was on the bed, curled up. Pidge and Hunk had left after being told that Keith was close to getting out of the pod. “Lance.” He said softly as he walked toward him, sitting on the edge of the bed. He reached out and began to carefully run his fingers through his curly locks. “What happened to us on that mission?” He asked softly. Something caught his eye, and he moved Lance’s bangs, only for his breath to catch at what he saw. A thin scar, cutting down through Lance’s left eyebrow.