Boy next door

17. Art class

Maybe he did like Lance. But it was hard to see for sure, I mean, would he even be into Keith? He just wants to be with Lance and hang out more often. Maybe he got a bit too close? He should hang out more with Pidge.

"So the project we will be doing for the next few classes is a portait," the teacher started
"You will paint someone who changed your life. Someone who you admire. You chose" Keith looked at Ina with a worried smirk on his face
"Who are you gonna draw?" She asked
"I don't know, who are you choosing?"
"Desiree Akhavan, a movie director" she smiled
"Oh cool"

Who was he supposed to paint? Shiro?
He raised his hand and the teacher came to see him
"Can I paint two people?"
"Sure, but one painting"
He smiled and started sketching who he was going to draw.

Each day he had art, his painting was better and better. Each time, Ina said it looked great.
His painting was slowly coming together and each time he talked about the people in it, his eyes sparkled.

He was hanging out with Lance and everyone else in their usual spot. Keith was, as always, wearing his jacket.
"So what are you doing in art class" Lance asked
"We're painting people we admire or we love" Ina responded
"Really? Who are you painting?" Pidge asked
"I'm doing Desiree Akhavan"
"Oh I know her!" Romelle said
"Keith, who did you chose?" She then asked
"Um some of my friends?" His cheeks turned pink and he looked away
"Who?" Lance asked
"It's- Uh Pidge and Lance"
"So you looooove Lance?" Pidge said mockingly
"Well yeah kinda. You and Lance are my best friends. So yes I do" Pidge chuckled and Lance looked away
"Well I love you too" he laughed and winked to make sure it was a joke.
Keith awkwardly laughed and got up.
"Well I gotta go to class" he left and waved to everybody.

After class, Lance and Keith met on a brick wall close to the school. They talked and laughed as always and Lance put his head on Keith's shoulder.

Lance looked up at Keith and leaned in, they were about to- wait, what were they about to do? Whatever it was, Allura interrupted
"Hey!" The looked at her and nodded, their cheeks were bright red.

Did I actually almost kiss Keith?
Wait, that's not right... I can't like Keith. He's one of my best friends! We can't be together period.

"What are you guys doing? Gay stuff?" She joked but she was kind of right.
"Yeah, no we're just hanging out" Lance answered
"May I join" she asked
"Sure" Keith said
"So what where you doing"
"Nothing honestly, we were just chatting" Keith said
"Uh- um I gotta go" and just like that, Lance was gone.

Sharpshooter101
4:45
Burnt.toest: hey, why'd you leave?
Sharpshooter101: I didn't feel well
Burnt.toest: well I can come over?
Sharpshooter101: no I'm fine :)
Burnt.toest: seriously Lance. You're not fine!
Sharpshooter101: just leave me alone!
Burnt.toest: ... ok

Keith looked at his phone. What is going on? What did he do to make Lance so mad?
He looked through his window to see if Lance was there, he was. He was sitting on his bed staring at his phone. What is he doing? He opened the window and threw bits of chips at the other one. Eventually, Lance opened his window and glared at Keith
"What do you want?" He looked down
"I wanna show you something..." Keith said
"What?"
Keith went through his backpack and took out his sketchbook. He ripped out a page and gave it to Lance.
"Did you draw this?" He looked at the paper
"Y-eah. I mean, it's pretty weird I drew you but you mean something to me and even though you might not wanna talk i still lo- like spending time with you"
"No! I love it, It's really beautiful!" He smiled at him and looked back at the drawing
"I'm glad you like it"
"Hey isn't your birthday in like 2 weeks?"
"Uh yeah why?"
"We could do something. I heard there would be a fair coming up" Lance said
"Yes. I'd like that" Keith smiled
And then, the question he feared the most was asked

"So, why did you decide to draw me for art class?"
"I don't know, you mean a lot to me and I'm glad you were there when you were" he smiled and looked up at Lance
"You mean a lot to me too"
"Lance?" He looked at him a bit
"Yes?" He looked usure and a bit worried to know what Keith would ask him
"What kind of music do you listen to?"
Lance chuckled and and got his phone
"Um I don't know, mainly Cavetown, Frankie Cosmos, Willow?" Lance said while looking at it and scrolling through his playlist
"Hm you should show me some of your music sometime"
"Well we could tomorrow, at our usual spot?" Lance proposed
"Ok I'll see you there at 5?"
"Ok" they both smiled and closed their windows.

Keith sat in his desk chair and uncontrollably smiled. He was happy to spend time with Lance. He did like him, he was his crush...

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Ok sorry it's so bad but I really felt like writing
Hehe I'm exited for the Halloween chapter

Kaii🌸✌️