Bandaid | Klance Mermaid AU - ON BREAK

Chapter 1 - Struggles

Keith walks in after the two men, shivering as a wave of cold air hit his half naked body.

Adam looks back at him. "Come with me, you can wear my clothes for now." He walks off to what Keith could only assume was his room.

Keith scrambles after him.

"They might be a bit big on you, so you can wear this belt with the pants", Adam says, handing him the clothes folded into a neat pile.

Keith takes the clothes from the unnoticeably taller man's hands, smiling. "Thank you."

Keith shuffles into the bathroom, shutting the door with his foot. He places the pile of clothes atop the closed toilet seat.

He takes the shirt on top and confusedly looks at it. *what is it?*, he thought to himself, looking at the shirt with both confusion and curiosity.

This is a normal thing people do, so Keith crosses out the possibility of asking for help.

"Guess I’ll just figure it out myself..." He inspects it thoroughly, and concludes it is supposed to be worn on his torso.

Now, how to get it on is the question going through Keith’s head.

What if he puts it on backwards? Can you even do that?

He lets out a whine. He gives in and peeks his head out the bathroom door.

Adam's head whips up at the sound. "Are you done?"

"Um, this may sound really stupid but, could you possibly help me?"

"Sure!... what is it exactly you need help with?"

Keith steps out, holding the shirt out in front of him.

Adam looks at him, bewildered. "Y-you... don't know how to put a shirt on?"

Keith scratches his head, looking down at his wiggling toes.

Adam sighs, then chuckles a bit. He snatches the shirt from the boy's hands, making said boy lift his head.

He grabs a hold of the bottom, scrunching it up before reaching the top.

"This hole", he starts, showing him the hole at the top of the shirt. "Is for your head to go through. The tag shows you which side is the back."

He puts Keith's head through the shirt. "Good. Now, put your arms through the holes on the sides."

Keith slithers his hands through the arm holes, and pulls the shirt down so it reached his mid thigh.

"There! Anything else? Need help with the pants too?"

"I should be good, but I may need help with the b- uh what was it- oh! The belt, heheh."

Adam chuckles.

[¡-¡- T I M E S K I P -¡-¡]

Keith walked out wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, and a black t-shirt with sleeves down to his elbows, tucked into his belted jeans.

"Good, we're all done?", Shiro asks when the two males walk out of the bedroom.

"Yep! Ready to go shopping, Keith?"

Keith knew this one. He nods excitedly. He doesn't know why, but when the word is mentioned, he seems to feel happy.

Must have some happy memories attached with it.

"You really like shopping huh?", Shiro says in a slightly teasing voice, kicking him over his old sandals.

Keith slips his feet through, only to get a giggle from both Adam and Shiro.

"Wrong feet", Shiro tells Keith, making the boy flush with embarrassment and switch sandals.

The three males head out to Adam's car, Shiro and Adam in the front (obviously) and Keith in the back.

"Buckle up, Keith (Pssh yolo)", Adam reminds the boy.

He copies what the two men do, and manage to do something on his own.

Yay.

Adam starts the car, pulling it into reverse. Keith just barely held in a squeak, too.

Once on the road, the two start talking.

"Should we go to the grocery store first, or get him some clothes of his own?", Adam starts.

"We'll just go to Walmart. Multitasking sweetheart. Multitasking."

"Good point. I guess Walmart it is."

Keith pokes his head between the two front seats. "So what kind of relationship do you guys have? Just roommates? Friends? Or...?"

"We're married." Shiro showed him his ring, which slightly shone in the partly cloudy skies.

"Oh, that's cool. Are you guys going to be taking care of me from now on?"

"Well surely you have a family waiting for you back at your home... right?", Adam said, glancing at Keith before giving his undivided attention to the road.

"Mm... well you see... I'm not really sure- I can't seem to remember my life at all"

"L-lost?", Adam asks.

"Your m-memory?", Shiro continues.

T-that's not what I said! "I guess you could put it that way."

"No wonder you didn't know how to put a shirt on...", the driver mumbles, tapping his index finger against the steering wheel.

"Everything's gonna be okay. We're gonna figure everything out." Adam takes a deep breath.

"Let’s focus on what we're doing now. Shopping!"

The car went silent.

"Thank you for taking care of me...", Keith mumbles quietly, loud enough for one of them to barely hear.

Shiro gives him a warm smile in return.

"You're welcome, Keith."