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The mission was simple. Retrive the Agape Hemiptera and get out. Well, it would have been easy,
If Keith didn't get bit by it.
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Day 0 - Getting Bit.
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"Wait so, what does is look like again?" Lance asked the boy next to him. He and Keith had been sent to some strange planet to retrive some stupid bug for a stupid trade deal.
"Allura said it was small, pink and likes to hang around bodies of water." Keith explained as he took his helmet off. They were told the atmosphere was okay for them to breathe but they shouldn't have their armour off near the bug, just incase.
Lance had to admit, the air was pretty hot. He was silently debating if he should take his helmet off too. That was untill he spotted a small oasis not too far way.
"This way!" Lance shouted as he grabbed Keiths hand and dragged him over. He stopped about one foot away from the water and took in the strange beauty that was infront of him. The water was an odd purple and contrasted greatly from the large red leaves that surrounded it. The three trees that were there resembled palm trees but they had blue trunks and pink leaves.
"There's one." Keith said walking over to one of the large leaves. Lance saw the small little pink dot, he also saw Keith crouching over trying to catch it in a jar. What he didn't expect to see was the small bug fly onto Keith's nose.
"Don't, move." Lance crouched infront of Keith and took the jar from his hands. The little bug's wings fluttered when the jar got closer.
"Shit!" Keith shouted as the jar closed on his nose, trapping the bug. A small little red dot had appeared on Keith's nose, indicating that he'd been bit.
"Fuck, Keith are you alright?" Lance asked concerned. He had no idea what this bug was or what the bite could do.
Keith stared straight (heh) into Lance's eyes as if they suddenly contained the universe. The look on Keith's face was one Lance hadn't seen on him before. The cold glare he normally wore had vanished as if he had never looked at someone like that in his life. His eyes were wide and pupils dialated almost unnaturally. Then his entire face relaxed giving Lance one of the softest smiles he'd ever seen.
"Absolutely." Keith answered, still staring into Lance's eyes.
"C'mon, let's get you to Allura. We don't know what that bug could've done."
Lance was walking down the castle halls holding the jar in his hand with Keith trailing slightly behind him. Lance thought that the bug bite might have made him slightly fatigued. He did think that untill he felt a pair of arms slowly wrap around his own waist. He stopped in his tracks to feel Keith's chin then rest on his shoulder.
"Uh, what'cha doing there?" Lance asked cautiously. He was scared Keith was gonna pull some shit that ended up with Lance on the floor in pain.
"You're so warm." Keith mumbled whilst nuzzling into Lance's neck. Lance certainly blushed at that. He decided that he needed to get Keith to see Allura as soon as possible. Keith wasn't acting like himself at all.
Lance walked down the hallway with Keith attached to his back the whole time. Sometimes Keith would sniff slightly at Lance's neck and Lance would forget how to breathe.
He finally made it to the room where Allura told them to bring the bug. Sadly, not only Allura was in that room, Pidge was there to. When Pidge layed eyes on the boys they instantly started laughing. Allura, however, tried her best to conceal her laughter for the boy's sake. But she was failing.
"So, how did the mission go?" Allura asked. She pursed her lips to try and stop the smile that was sneaking onto her face.
"The mission was fine! We saw a nice little oasis, Keith got bit by this little shit," Lance handed the jar over to Allura. "And now he's attached himself to my back." Keith lifted his head from Lance's shoulder and gave him probably the saddest look in the entire fucking universe.
"Do you want me to stop?" Keith asked, his voice soft. Dios, Lance's poor little bi heart couldn't take it.
"Please don't make that face... No, you can stay there." Lance sighed. Keith wore a huge grin as he then continued to nuzzle Lance's neck. Pidge's laughing had finally stopped but they were still smiling.
"I'm guessing he got bit?" Pidge questioned as they started to examine the bug. Lance nodded slowly, realisation slapped him in the face.
"Wait, is that why he's acting like this?" He asked
"You smell so nice." Keith mumbled into Lance's neck, probably so quiet that neither Pidge nor Allura heard it. Lance just looked like a weird blushing mess.
Pidge smiled wider. "Lance, do you know what 'Agape Hemiptera' means in English?" Lance gave them probably the most confused look he's ever given in his life. Pidge sighed. "It means 'love bug'."
Lance totally wasn't flipping his shit. Nope. Not at all. He totally wasn't freaking out about the fact that his crush got bit by a weird alien space bug and was now basically heads over heels for him.
"You can't be serious!"
"Chill, the bite will wear off in a few days." Pidge sighed
"It's actually quite harmless. The bugs used to be a big trend on Altea when I was young before they had to be banned." Allura said.
"How long is a few days?"
"Well, depending... Four to seven days."
"What?" Lance sighed. He shifted his head slightly to look at the boy shoving his face into his neck. "I'm gonna go take a nap." Allura and Pidge nodded. Lance left the room and decided it was too hard to walk like this. He knew Keith probably wouldn't be letting go of him for awhile so he might aswell just accept his fate. Lance bended over slightly and reached behind him to grab Keith's legs and wrap them around his hips. Keith giggled when Lance stood up properly again. Oh no. Keith giggled. Right down his ear. It totally didn't sound like the angels singing from above. Nope. Not one bit.
Lance made it to his room a complete blushing mess. Keith had kept whispering small sweet nothings into Lance's ear making more blood rush to his cheaks that he thought he had. He finally let Keith down and Keith finally let go of his waist. Lance opened the door to his room then stopped and turned before Keith could come in.
"I was, uh, gonna take a nap."
"Can I take a nap with you?" Keith asked and, oh God. Not the eyes. Not the eyes that tore Lance's little poor bi heart to pieces.
"...Fine." He finally said, entering his room. Keith followed. They both took off their jackets and hung them up. Lance was first to lie on the bed on his back. Keith then hovered over Lance and lowered himself ontop of him, his head resting on his chest.
"Wow you're a, uh, cuddly sleeper, aren't you?" Lance asked nerveously but Keith only giggled. He needs to stop that adorable ass sorcery or i'm going to fucking eject myself into space. He knew his heart was banging against his chest and there was no way Keith didn't hear it.
"Calm down, it's just me." Keith said sleepily. I know it's you and that's why i'm freaking out about it! Lance wanted to scream. But suddenly, Keith pulled the cutest shit ever.
He yawned. And oh God. You know that feeling you get when you see a two week old, fluffy little kitten yawn and it's just the most adorable shit ever? Lance was feeling like that because that's exactly what Keith looked like.
About two minutes later Keith had actually fell asleep against Lance's chest. Lance looked down at the soft expression on Keith's face and he almost didn't recognise him. All the muscles in his face had relaxed. He wore neither a smile nor scowl. He was just Keith, and Lance liked that.
He liked that alot.
He liked Keith alot.
When Lance finally awoke from his short nap he realised Keith was no longer on top of him. In fact, Keith wasn't even in his room. This left him utterly confused but also a bit relieved that he got a bit of alone time. He stood up and went to go retrive his jacket but, no, oh no no no no. No. Keith's jacket was the only one there. And if that meant what Lance think it did then he was not ready for this kind of shit.
Lance left his room in a hurry and started looking around the castle for Keith. He had bumped into Allura, Pidge, Coran, Shiro, and finally Hunk.
"Keith? Uh, I think he was on his way to the kitchen." Hunk said. "Dude I think he was-"
"No time to talk bro, gotta find him." Lance said as he pushed past his best friend. He practiacally started sprinting towards the kitchen.
When the kitchen doors opened, Lance still wasn't prepared for the sight infront of him. Keith was sat on the counter next to the space oven Hunk had installed and he was in fact, wearing Lance's jacket. And as it turns out Lance must be a size bigger that Keith because the jacket was just too big for him, and oh God. RIP Lance's poor little bi heart. The sleeves covered the lower half of his hands and if Keith didn't have the hood up then it probably would have fell off one of his shoulders by now.
Keith's gaze lifted from the floor to Lance. His eyes wided as well as his smile. He jumped of the counter and attacked Lance in a bear hug that send them both to the ground.
"Oof, Keith!" Lance shouted in surprise. Keith was hugging him so tight that Lance was scared he was going to break a rib. Despite Lance's temporary loss of air Keith laughed. Dios no. This wasn't fair. His laugh was almost as bad as his giggle. He says almost as bad because he means it's worse. Keith pushed himself up finally letting go of Lance and ended up straddling his stomach. At that point Keith's smile was so soft that it reminded Lance of his old baby blanket back at home.
"I made you something!" Keith said excitedly. He got up off of Lance and ran to the oven to take something out. Lance said up and stared in bewilderment at Keith. He made something? For me? Lance got up and walked over to the counter where he saw Keith put out a tray of weird, gross, green rolls of something.
"What are these?"
"Try one. I did make some earlier for you but Pidge stole them all." Keith pouted slightly. Awwwwww. No.
Lance picked up one of the strange rolls to find they were coated with something. He shurgged and took a bite to find that they were.....
"You made quesitos?" Lance looked at Keith in complete astonisment. Keith nodded. "H-how?"
"Hunk left one of his cookbooks laying about. I figured you'd be hungry after your nap so I made these." Keith said like it was no big deal. Keith baked for him. Lance had never even seen Keith in the kitchen before today. It was a very big motherfucking deal.
"W-why?" Lance had tears pricking at his eyes. One main part of that was because the quesitos reminded him of home when his mama used to let him help bake. Another part was because Keith made them, for him
"Because, I love you, silly!" Keith said as he slowly wrapped his arms around Lance's back. And oh no.
This was going to be harder than Lance had originally intended.