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Lance was looking around the crowded room for Keith. It was too crowded and Lance was getting emotional. It was graduation day and his abuela couldn't make it because she had suddenly gotten sick. Lance had almost skipped going to graduation to stay with her, but after a talk with his parent and a stirn chat with Keith, Lance dragged himself to the high school. There were students in their gowns and family all around him. Lance liked people, but this was way too much. He had almost ran up to every old lady, thinking that they were his abuela. Finally he saw Keith across the room. Lance waved over to the boy who brightened up and pushed harder through the crowed. When they met in the middle, Lance pulled Keith into a hug.
"How are you doing?" Keith mumbled into Lance's shoulder. Lance nuzzled Keith where his neck and shoulder met.
"Not all that good but better now. I'm scared as hell." Keith pulled back to look Lance in the eye. Keith moved his hand to the side of Lance's face and stroked his thumb on Lance's cheek. Keith was giving him the soft look again.
"She's going to be okay. It's just a minor cold. You know if she could be here she would." Lance sighed and pressed his face into the other's hand.
"I know. It's just she is always there for all of us. It feels wrong to not be there for her right now. Also, it's just not that. We just graduated. We are out of high school. What are we supposed to do now? Where do we go from now? What will happen to us? What if-" Keith had stopped him there by kissing him. Lance fell into the kiss happily and ignored all the milling people around them. When the two had finally pulled back, Lance still had his eyes closed and just listened to Keith speak.
"First off, everything will work out. We are going to Garrison University together. You have almost a full ride and have been saving up. We have went over this over a half million time. Also, if you don't stop that, you're going to give my boyfriend grey hair and wrinkles. I know that if that happened, he would be one of the whiniest boyfriends. I mean, he already is pretty whiney but still." Lance opened his eyes and glared at the smiling boy in his arms.
"Excuse you. McClains do not get wrinkles. We are too pretty to get wrinkles. McClains, if anything, get crinkles. Also, what do you mean whiney?" Keith was laughing but also trying to apologies with kisses to Lance's cheeks. "No, stop. You're not getting out of this one until you take it back!" Lance tried to push Keith back, but was stopped by a flash of light and more laughing. The two looked up to watch their friends Pidge and Hunk rolling their eyes at the two and Shiro holding a camera.
"I don't know what's worse, this or prom night when Keith got choked up on words and told Lance that he looked 'nice'" Shiro mused to mostly himself while he looked down at the photo he had just taken. Keith stuck his tongue out at his older brother and looked back down at his boyfriend who glared heavily at the other three. Keith leaned over to whisper in his ear.
"Want to ditch these losers and go check on abuela?" Lance looked over at Keith with stars in his eyes. Lance had roughly pulled Keith into a deep, heated kiss before he pulled back and agreed. "Okay, we are leaving now to go do some stuff. We'll catch up with you guys and the rest later. Remember, the party tomorrow is at noon. Hunk, you said you'd grill, right?" Hunk confirmed and the five separated. As Keith and Lance was walking out the doors, Keith stopped and turned to Lance, questioned him about where his family was.
"I already talked to them and got pictures while you were talking to your mom. They had left to go get ready for dinner tonight and knew that I'd just get a ride home with you." Keith nodded and pulled his boyfriend out of the building and into the parking lot to his motorcycle. Keith opened the seat to grab their helmets to find a boutique of flowers. He picked them up and turned to a grinning Lance. "Do you like them?"
Keith pulled Lance into a kiss and mumbled against his lips, "I love you". In the high school parking lot, the two kissed. They ignored the honks from other people and just kissed before they hopped on the bike and sped away home.