RIGHT FOOT | klance (keith x lance)

2. I'm not usually like this, but I like what you're doing to me

He looked at himself on the mirror, taking in the sight from head to toe. He had gone for his black leather pants, the tightest pair of trousers he owned - if that was some sort of date he was most definitely going to use his body to his favour -, a dark red button up sleeveless shirt, a black pair of boots that had a bit of heels, a slightly oversized dark grey denim jacket, slightly ripped, one bigger rip on the left shoulder that showed a bit of skin and his fingerless motorcycle gloves. He even went as far as putting some makeup on; nothing too apparent, he had fixed his eyebrows a bit, given his lips some colour and added some mascara to his lashes. After thorough examination Keith concluded: he looked hot. Mission accomplished.

He told Shiro he was going out, but didn't elaborate, having no idea whether it was wise to let Shiro know he had a date - was it a date, though? Lance had used the words "hang out" - with his band mate. Even though Keith didn't know whether they were still band mates. Was Shiro going to go on tour with The Paladins? Was his experience in the band over already?

Keith tried scaring those thoughts away, he really didn't need to think about that at that specific moment of that specific night. So he didn't tell Shiro who he was going out with or where he was going to go to. Shiro didn't pry, which Keith was thankful for, but insisted that Keith took his credit card and let him know when he got wherever he was going and when he was coming back or whatever, really. Keith agreed. Shiro knew better than trying to get Keith to talk and Keith knew better than denying Shiro his chance to take care of him.

Keith got his wallet, his fully charged phone, his keys and a peppermint flavoured lip balm before heading out. He walked to the nearest bus stop and waited, not wanting to waste unnecessary money on Ubers and taxis. Even though Shiro would insist that it was okay for Keith to do that, that it was more than okay because they weren't short on money at all and Shiro got more than enough from his drumming too, Keith hated wasting money that wasn't his. That had been a topic of great discussion between the two of them for years, then an immediate trigger for actual fights, until Shiro realised it was useless to fight Keith once he believed something with all his strength.

So they usually shared the house's expenses. Keith had a regular job as a barista, which he didn't really like because required him to interact too much and drained his energy way more often than not, so he couldn't necessarily split the bills half-half, but, to be fair, Shiro did spend more time at their flat than he did. Or at least that was Shiro's argument to convince Keith that it was fine for him to pay less. Keith ended up agreeing to it because otherwise he would've picked a fight he would've regretted and he knew that.

Keith got to the place they had agreed to meet at ten minutes before the time they'd agreed on and took his time to breathe for an instant and try not losing it. Lance had suggested they met at a place Keith actually knew and enjoyed, which was great. Altea was a geek themed bar/restaurant owned by a really weird guy named Coran and co-owned by the fiercest and get sweetest woman Keith had ever met named Allura, who were friends with The Paladins. The truth was that Allura's family were the ones who actually owned the place, but since she became involved with managing The Paladins, they had "sold" the place to Coran. Keith knew, through Shiro - who knew through Matt - that it was just symbolic; apparently Coran's and Allura's families had been best friends for ages, so when harassment at Altea started becoming a problem - since some Paladins' fans were too over the top -, Coran had offered to buy the place so things would go back to normal.

The normal was usually full, but not overcrowded. Keith liked Altea; he used to go there with Shiro, so he had fond memories of the place. And it wasn't too fancy or too expensive, which was great, since he didn't want to ask Shiro for money so he could secretly go out with his band mate.