Pluto Projector (Klance original)

Loving is Easy

Loving is Easy by Rex Orange County

Garrison University.
Astronomy

Keith Kogane sat in the back of the class, taking notes as he looked up at the board from far away. Every time he had a few seconds to spare while writing notes, he would draw the solar system on his paper. Pluto was his favourite planet, even though it was no longer declared a planet. Keith had his headphones plugged in, listening to music. It usually helped him concentrate better. Everything was well until a figure barged through the door, scrambling to get a seat.

"Late again, McClain," the professor's voice boomed.

The whole class turned to watch him get adjusted in his seat, leaning back in his chair a little, "Sorry," Lance pouted a bit, taking out his notes. Keith's eyes stayed on Lance and examined his pout a bit annoyed. That dumb third year, always late. The only reason Lance had made it into a class with older students was by complete mistake when making his schedule. He tried to get it changed but in the end, he was stuck in an advanced Astronomy class.

Every day it was the same. Always late. When he wasn't, he usually forgot something important like his notes or a pen. When he didn't do that, he would goof off in class and cause Keith to almost lose his cool multiple times.

One day, he finally had an experience with him, personally. Keith sat in the study hall, drawing in his notes like he usually did when he was bored or had extra time. He plugged in his headphones like he always did and died back his hair, sketching out a light circle with his pen. After a few minutes of drawing, Keith already felt off. He blinked a few times but the feeling didn't go away. Then, he looked around. Nothing, nobody. Finally, he looked next to him a few chairs away and saw Lance. He seemed annoyed even tho his cheeks were a bit red. Keith looked at him with visible confusion, tilting his head and cocking an eyebrow up.

"Um, can I help you?" Keith spoke, his eyebrows furrowing.

"Nope."

"Then can you stop staring? I don't even know who you are."

Lance looked a bit distraught at that, and got up, feeling extremely stupid. "Right, sorry. Thought I knew you outside of Astronomy."

Keith watched as the other boy got up and began to walk away, going towards a big guy who wore a yellow hoodie with an embroidered sunflower on it. Keith rolled his eyes and then got back to drawing with a sigh.

"Weirdo," he mumbled under his breath.

XX

Present Day

Lance sulked into his couch as he sobbed into the cushion pillows. Tears flooded his eyes and streamed down his cheeks as he watched the ending of Toy Story when the toys celebrate an amazing Christmas with Andy. He blew his nose and sniffled some more, wiping his tears. He wrapped himself in his blanket to keep warm and turned off the TV. He was going to be off for the next day since he wasn't feeling so great. That was a lie, he didn't want to see Keith again. Seeing him earlier made him feel starstruck. He knew Keith was ignoring him and it hurt to think about. Lance decided enough was enough. He was going to text Keith.

[11.37 pm - Friday]

theonceler: hey. Is everything ok?

Keith received the message, his heart plummeting into his stomach when he saw who it was from. He was in his room, trying to tune his ukulele by his side. He picked up his phone a bit hesitantly and took a few deep breaths before answering.

Mothman: yeah.

theonceler: hey man. I wanna apologize.
theonceler: I'm sorry for calling your face stupid and I'm sorry that I made your Astronomy class worse.
theonceler: it's been a month though and I know you've been ignoring me. I just wanna see if things were cool between us.