FWB|| Klance HS AU✓

Chapter 15: 'We chose to keep apart'

Lance walked into his fourth hour, scared as a sheep in a lion's den. Today was the day he had to present his project with Keith. Surprisingly enough, a full two weeks have passed since they were assigned that project. Lance thought about how far he and Keith had come in just two weeks. For such a tough boy, Keith wasn't that hard to break open. He was difficult as ever, but not as difficult as Lance assumed he'd be. He and Keith got so close in such a small amount of time, it was mind-blowing. Lance was just grateful that he got partnered with Keith. If they would have never been stuck together, then they would have never talked. Basically, Lance was happy that Keith got put into his life.

Lance sat in his seat, right in between Hunk and Lotor. His eyes scanned the classroom, in search of Keith. Sadly, Keith was nowhere to be found. Lance chewed on his bottom lip nervously, if Keith wasn't here he was going to snip his head off. There was no way Lance was going to get up there and present by himself. Lance already hating presenting as it is, doing it by himself was suicide. No student liked getting in front of the class and just talking. It was embarrassing and nerve-racking. All those eyes on you, it felt like a courtroom. Lance just hoped that Keith would pop up and he would be saved. Without Keith, he was fucked.

"You look...stressed?" Hunk asked, concerned for his friend. Lance and Hunk have been friends since preschool, they went way back. After all those years, they still stuck by each other's side.

"I don't see Keith, and if he's not here, I will kill him," Lance stated. He was serious about this too, Lance did not care. Keith would never hear the end of it if he didn't show.

"I saw him in first hour, man, chill out," Hunk said. He didn't blame Lance though, no one wants to present alone. Being stressed out about it was perfectly normal.

"He's always in class before me... Oh my God, I'm going to strangle him," Lance mumbled the last part. His eyes desperately drifted to the door, praying Keith would walk through.

It was like God heard him in that second because a familiar black-haired boy walked through the door. "See, I told you," Hunk said with a smile.

Before even taking his own seat, Keith looked for Lance. Once spotting him, he approached him. Lance fixed Keith a glare. "You almost gave me a fucking heart attack, Mullet," Lance blurted, pointing a finger at Keith.

Keith giggled. "Why? What did I do?" Keith asked, turning his head to the side, innocently. All he did was walk into class a few minutes later than usual. He got caught up at his locker.

Lance groaned at his cluelessness. "I thought you weren't going to show up. I was going to actually fight you," Lance muttered out of anger. He was damn near put into cardiac arrest because of Keith.

"You're a big boy," Keith teased. "You would have been perfectly fine without me." Keith patted the top of Lance's head playfully, knowing how much it was going to piss Lance off.

Lance grabbed Keith's wrist and pulled him close. He eyed Keith up and down, this being the first time he's seen Keith all day. Keith was wearing black, high-waisted jeans that fit tightly around his body. Lance could only picture how good his ass looked in those skinny jeans. He had on a white, long-sleeved cropped top with white Dr. Martens. Lance grinned a little, damn did he look good. "You better watch yourself," Lance snarled. At this point, he had completely forgotten his friends were right next to him.

The bell rang, letting students know class was beginning. Keith got close to Lance's face and said, "Bite me." Keith walked over to his seat, not wanting to get yelled at. Lance couldn't help but look as Keith walked away. Damn, he was right, Keith's ass did look good. Keith looked over to see a very flustered Lance, only making him laugh. Keith loved getting on Lance's nerves, it was so amusing.