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"Oh my god Red I don't know how I'll be able to talk to him anymore!"
Red of course didn't respond but that didn't keep Lance from complaining about his problems to her when everyone else was asleep.
"I was considering cutting again-- in the kitchen-- and Keith... he distracted me from the thoughts and made me feel better. Even when I had just been talking to him and he hadn't said much encouraging, here he comes all perfect and shit and makes me feel really good about my self. What the heck?!"
Lance being the ignorant fool he is, didn't hear the door to the lion hangar open but he did hear a voice that startled him out of his thought process.
"Lance? Why're you still up?" Came the sleep slurred voice of none other than Hunk.
"Wha-?! Oh Hunk, buddy! I um- I was just talking to Red here about some things."
"Some things being something Keith did? Because that's what it sounded like to me." Hunk smirked Lance had had a not so subtle crush on Keith back at the Garisson and then had kinda been put off by him while they were in space.
"What? No..."
"Lance.."
"Fine. I- well I talked to Keith about if I should step down from being a paladin since Shiro's back and I don't want to push Allura out of her place now that she has Blue and Keith tried to comfort me didn't really work I went to the kitchens and was thinking about cutting again when Keith came along and made me feel so much better. Not only did he reassure me of my worth but he made me food and we got to know each other better. Did you know he's gay and one reason he was kicked out of the Garrison was cause he was caught making out with his ex boyfriend in one of the teachers offices? Also we just kinda joked around and now I feel better about my worth but now I don't know how to feel about Keith anymore and-"
"Lance. Calm down. One. Why didn't you tell me your depression was coming back? And two. You should just play things by ear and maybe your crush on Keith is coming back. Might not be too bad. I mean he might like you back." Hunk responded with a smile.
"Yeah. Maybe. Thanks buddy. I think I'm gonna head to bed now." Lance stood up forever grateful Hunk had shown up to set him straight. But was now actually really tired and went back to his room with Hunk trailing behind to make sure that was what he actually did.
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The next morning Lance was not the last person to the breakfast table like usual but the fourth. Hunk, Keith, and Shiro were all already there and sitting in their usual places making light conversation.
"Hey Lance. How are you feeling?" Keith was the first to notice Lance's appearance and Lance tensed almost unnoticeably except by Hunk.
"I'm feeling a lot better actually." Lance smiled at Keith receiving a gentle smile in return.
"Did something happen yesterday that I was not aware of? Because Lance and Keith are smiling nicely at each other." Pidge exclaimed as they walked in. Shiro just kinda looked at the two boys with the same almost baffled look as Pidge.
"Wha-? Oh um we just cleared some things up between the two of us last night-"
"I'd say we became friends last night wouldn't you Lance?"
"I.... yeah..." Lance and Keith were smiling at each other again. Setting off Pidge and Shiro again who saw Allura and Coran in the doorway with just as confused looks and they just shrugged and shook their heads. No one could figure out what had happened that made the two boys suddenly so close.