FWB|| Klance HS AU✓

Chapter 23: 'Touché'

Monday was interesting.

It was lunch time. Lance was searching for his black haired friend. He wanted Keith to come sit with him and his friends. Lance knew that it was going to be a struggle to convince Keith to sit with them, but it was still worth a try. Keith just didn't really like any of his friends. Most of Lance's friends were nice, other then Lotor. The only friend Keith had a problem with was Lotor. Because of that, Keith mostly had Lance sit with him and Pidge. Lance liked to sit with the two, but he wanted to introduce Keith to his friend group. Keith had become a really huge part of Lance's life. Lance hadn't had someone so special to him in a long time. Keith didn't really know how much he meant to Lance, but Lance was sure he had an idea of it.

Lance walked over to Keith's table, which was located in the back of the cafeteria to no one's surprise. He saw the older boy sitting across from Pidge on his phone. Lance smiled a little and came up from behind Keith, grabbing his shoulders. Keith's head shot up to look at Lance, the younger surprising him. Lance shot Keith a smile. "You two are coming to sit at my table," Lance mumbled, peering up at Pidge. Pidge and Lance started to get close again after Lance started sitting with them. In all honesty, Lance missed his friendship with Pidge. He forgot how fun it was to be around her.

Keith scoffed. "With Lotor? No thanks."

Pidge laughed at little. "Yeah, no offense but your friends kind of suck," Pidge mentioned. She wasn't completely wrong, Lotor and Allura were kind of annoying. Hunk and Shay were super sweet.

Lance's jaw dropped in offence. "They do not. Come on, please," Lance begged, stretching out the vowels of his words.

Keith shook his head. There was no way in hell he was about it to go sit with fucking Lotor. "Why can't you sit here?" Keith whined.

Lance sighed. "Because," was Lance's response. He didn't know if he wanted to tell Keith the real reason he wanted them to come sit with them. Lance just didn't want to give Pidge the wrong idea about him and Keith. Even if the 'wrong idea' was the right idea, Lance didn't want Pidge to know. "Besides, you two both need more friends."

Keith fixed Lance a glare. He wasn't wrong. Pidge and Keith only really had each other, but the two liked it like that. They enjoyed their very small circle. It was safe when it was just them two. "You're crazy if you think I'm going to befriend Lotor." Lotor was just a problem. Not many people liked him because he was one of those popular people you just wanted to punch every single time they opened their mouth. Lotor was just rude and snobby. Keith wanted to knock him on his ass every time he looked in Keith's direction.

Lance rolled his eyes. He knew Lotor could be an asshole some times, but he has been friends with Lance since they were freshman. "Forget about Lotor. Just think of it as if you're doing me a favor. Please~you won't regret it," he pleaded.

Pidge looked to Keith. "I feel like we will."

Lance threw his head back in a sigh. He was so close to giving up, but he knew he could convince Keith. Keith could only say no to Lance for so long, and Lance knew that. "Pretty please!"

Keith looked up at Pidge. Pidge returned Keith the same look. They both knew that Lance was only going to keep asking till they went with him. Lance was persistent, and that was a good thing, but it wasn't when he was asking for something like this. Keith knew it wouldn't hurt to sit with Lance and his friends, even if he didn't want to. Lance wouldn't let Lotor say anything rude to them. Lotor knew better then to speak down on Lance, or his friends. Lance didn't fuck around when it came to respect. He was always respectful to people, and he expected the same in return. When someone got disrespectful then Lance would be quick to put them in their place. There were a few times where Lotor got out of line. Lance kept him in check each time. It was exhausting because Lotor was rude all the time. He knew his place after the first time Lance shut his shit down. Lance just wished he would say something about Keith. He let it go the first time, now Lance wasn't playing. Keith knew that Lance would stand up for him and Pidge.