Klance oneshots

The bookstore (9/12)

Seeing him run away like that was painful. I felt bad, I wanted to comfort him and apologize, but I didn't know how.
I had no idea. I couldn't concentrate on anything, I needed to make things better immediately.
I told my science teacher I had a headache (which was not entirely a lie) and I left the classroom looking for Keith. I found him inside the music classroom, so I waited by the door hoping he would see me and excuse himself to come and talk to me, but he didn't seem to notice me.
Minutes passed and I decided I had to make a move, I was too anxious to wait for an hour. I knocked on the door.
"Miss Diane? Can I come in?" I asked politely.
"Lance, I'm in the middle of a lesson..." she said.
"I just need to speak with one of your students. It's kind of important, I can't leave" I replied.
She looked at me like trying to figure out what was I up to. She had been my teacher a couple of years before.
"Keith, please, we need to talk."
Keith started to get up but Miss Diane stopped him.
"You'll say whatever you need to say in front of the class, and quickly, I can't have Keith skipping what's left of the lesson" she stated.
"Keith, I'm here to apologize."
He stayed silent.
"I acted like an idiot, I didn't take your feelings into consideration and I should have been there for you when you needed support" I took a deep breath. "I guess I was angry at him, but I shouldn't have acted like I did and I'm really sorry I hurt you too. When we had that fight... I hadn't felt so bad since... you know, my dad. You..." I stopped myself "your friendship makes me feel good, like I can accomplish anything. I wanna feel like that forever."
The class started applauding. I could tell Keith wanted to disappear, and I was really embarrassed too. Some of them whistled. Some others said we were so cute.
"Adorable, McClain, but leave already" Diane told me.
I was about to do as I was told when Keith called me.
"Lance, wait. Excuse us, professor, it'll just be a moment."
We went outside for a second so as to have a little more privacy. Keith immediately grabbed my hand and squeezed it.
"Thank you for coming, but couldn't you wait?"
"Dude" I laughed "that was so embarrassing. I'm sorry"
We laughed together.
"No, it's okay, it was kinda cute. I felt bad too, I'm sorry for running away" he said.
"Can I hug you?" I asked.
He said I could so I hugged him tight.
"Just so you know, James probably has a broken nose" I mentioned.
"How do you know? Wait, what did you do?!"
"I punched him."
Keith pulled away, surprised, but he still had a hand on my shoulder.
"Oh my god. Did you, really? Shiro is gonna throw a party in your honor" we laughed again. "You know what? Dinner's on me today" he added.
"I never say no to a burger" I said, confidently. "See you later, Keef."

"I looooove cheeseburgers" I said, happily eating mine.
"I know, that's why I bought you two for dinner" he said, smiling.
We chatted for a while and then we walked around for a bit more before we went back to our park.
"Did you tell your parents?" I wondered.
"Well, not the details, but yeah."
"And Shiro?"
He laughed.
"He left the house in a rush, I'm guessing he finished what you started and now James has a black eye, or something."
"Well deserved" I nodded.
He held my hand again.
"I'm sorry I didn't listen to you. You never liked him, and I still wanted to give him another chance" he said, looking at me in the eyes.
"What happened last time? If you don't mind me asking."
"Well, he got bored and just stopped caring. He never even tried to get to know me."
"Son of a..." I mumbled. "I should go look for him and give him another black eye"
The park was emptier now, there was no one near us.
"Are you jealous?"
"No" I affirmed.
"You sure?"
"Yeah, because I'm here and he's not. And my face isn't swollen."
"Yeah, thanks again for that" he joked. Then, he leaned in closer to kiss my cheek but I (and I still don't know why I did that) turned to face him and his lips ended up on mine.
It was nothing, barely two seconds. He pulled away as soon as he realized but so little contact made me feel so much. It stirred up something in me, my brain was still processing.
Keith blushed.
"We should pretend this didn't happen" he said, and I nodded.
And then I realized my sister Veronica was right. I liked Keith, but I had been ignoring it.
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Y'all are gonna go feral. I can tell.
Well. This is an emotional rollercoaster. But stay with me, there's still some angst left. Besides that: first kiss. How do you feel about it? Lance definitely kissed him back, but sadly it didn't last long.
I think you'll like what's coming next 👀
Anyway, thanks for reading!