I Love You Keith

Crying

Lance smirked. "It's obvious." And I knew that he was gonna mess up. Lance continued "The orphan one is a lie. No idiot would tell some people he just met that he was an orphan, and if he does, it's not true." Everyone looked at Lance, absolutely shocked. Then hell broke loose. Keith ran into the bathroom, looking like he was about to cry, and Veronica smacked Lance, while Pidge just stared. Hunk looked so hurt. But then again, he had to room with this kid the entire time he was at the Garrison. Kinkade had walked over to the bathroom door, trying to get Keith to open it. I walked over to him "Any luck?" I asked, but he just shook his head. "Keith, listen, I'm sure Lance didn't mean it. He's just being his usual idiotic dipshit self." Kinkade said, while glaring at Lance, who was being scolded by Veronica. "G-g-oo a-way! L-leave me ALONE!" Keith cried through the door. That pissed me off. I turned and walked towards Lance. "LOOK WHAT YOU DID! YOU JUST MET HIM AND YOU'RE ALREADY TREATING HIM LIKE SHIT! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?" I roared. Lance looked genuinely afraid. Makes sense, I have a few inches on him."James!" Pidge yelled. "You're not helping! Go help Kinkade get Keith out of the bathroom. Me and Veronica will deal with Lance." On that last part she glared at Lance, and he gulped. "Get.Out." I growled at Lance. I then went over to where Kinkade had gotten Keith to open the door a little bit. Veronica then grabbed Lance by the collar and dragged him out of the room, with Hunk following. Pidge then walked towards us and knocked gently on the door. "Keith?" she asked in a soft voice, like one might use on a wounded animal, "Can you open the door? Veronica took Lance out and is taking care of him. It's just me, Kinkade and James now." Keith then opened the door all the way, eyes red, but tears gone. It saddened me to see him like this. He stepped out of the bathroom and made his way to the couch slowly, and then plopped down, lying facing the wall. Pidge sighed. I walked over to him and sat near his legs, "Keith, are you alright?" he shook his head no. "Do you want to talk about it?" I asked, hoping that he'd open up to us. He looked over at me, thought for a moment, then nodded his head yes. He sat up, and brought his knees to his chest. Kinkade sat on his other side, and Pidge stood in front of him. "Do you wanna tell us all of it? Or just a little bit?" she asked, still in the same soft voice. He slowly nodded.

Keith POV

I guess I could open up to them. I've only known them for a few days, but they've shown that they really care about me, especially Pidge and James. He even called my eyes a "pretty violet". I sighed, breathing in slowly. "Lance isn't the only person I've met that thinks that isn't true.  I've had people in my other schools think that it was a lie too. They think that it's just a way to get special attention or treatment.  But it's not.  It just get's me pitying looks and getting asked "Do you want to talk about it?" all the time." I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked to see Kinkade patting it. "Keith I'm sorry that that happened to you. But I know Lance. He's very..annoying and..impulsive. He often speaks before thinking. I'm sure he didn't mean it." I nodded. "Yeah, I barely know him, butI can already tell that he's an idiot" Pidge said with her signtaure smile on her face.  "Don't worry, I already have an idea on how to get him back. I just need to get his phone for a few minutes.." I smiled at her weakly. "Thanks Pidge." She nodded, the left the room. Kinkade patted my shoulder one more time,and gave me a warm smile, then followed her out.  I looked over a James, he hadn't said anything the entire time. "James? Are you alright?" Strange, just a few minutes ago he was asking me the same exact question. He looked up and met my eyes.  His were filled with sadness and that same other thingsthat I still couldn't identify. "Keith" he said softly,"I'm so sorry, I had no idea." I shrugged. "It's okay, I didn't tell you." "No it's not Keith. You shouldn't have had to go through that. I'm sorry." And then, for the second time, he hugged me. As we hugged, I felt his breath on my neck. It tickled, and I let out a little giggle. James let go and looked at me "What's so funny?" he asked, with a smile on his face. I smiled back "Nothing. I'm just gald that you're my roommate and not Lance." He laughed and said "Me too Keith. Me too. Our eyes met again, and I got lost. His eyes were a light brown, but also a little golden, like the desert surrounding my house. I didn't realize it, but we both slowly began to lean closer to each other, and I could feel his breath on my face..wait a minute, what's happening. I backed away quickly, and so did he.  My face was on fire, and I could see that his was too. "I-Uhh-sorry." I managed to squeak out. "I-Its okay." James said, and his face was still pink. "I-I'm gonna go wash my face.  It's getting late anyway, we should get to bed. I leaped up from the couch and ran into the bathroom, after quickly grabbing some clothes from my (slightly smaller) dresser.  When I got in there I immediately shut the door, and stared into the mirror.  What was wrong with me? I had only just met James a few days ago, but I was already head over heels. Ughh why did I have to be so gay because of one boy? And that boy was LANCE! Scratch that, it was Lance's eyes. What the hell am I saying no it wasn't! I thought I was before I even came to the Garrison, I just had to tell Shiro and Adam to be sure of it. Uggh!

James POV

His eyes were beautiful.  Deep violet, staring into them was like staring into a galaxy. Swirling colors, with stars in them when he's happy or laughs. And that giggle! It was still adorable.  And then we almost kissed! Oh god I wish I had kissed him!  He even apologized for it. And he blushed so much after backing away. Maybe he likes me too! Maybe he's gay! I sighed. This boy was going to be the death of me. But if I died because of Keith, maybe it wouldn't be the worst way to go.