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“God damn it! How the frick did this happen?”
Lance looks up at the person in front of him and let’s out a sigh.
“Don’t. Say. A. Word.”
The person laughs
“Told you this was a bad idea... Sailing out into the ocean with no safety,
no oars, and no gas! Lance, you’re stupid! Why did I even come along?”
Keith sighs and pulls his hair back behind his ears. The sun is located right above the small boat and there is no land to be seen.
“Because you love me?” Lance answers with a big grin on his face.
Keith lets out a grin and ruffles Lance’s hair.
“I guess you’re right.”
“Hey! Be careful! It took me an hour to fix my hair this morning.”
Keith knows that he’s sarcastic... Right?
He’s probably sarcastic. Because otherwise he would have... been angrier.
“I’m sorry....” he says looking down at the inside of the boat. Lance smiles happily, gives him a quick kiss on the mouth.
“Don’t worry! I, the mightly Lance, will forgive you this time!”
Keith blushes red and nods slowly. He’s still not used to kisses, even thought it’s been five months. He’s not used to anything yet. He’s not used to the hugging and the kissing and making out and the se-
”Keith! I got it! I, the mighty and strong Lance, will swim behind the boat and push it ashore!”
Keith sighs and flicks Lance on the forehead.
“Do you wanna get yourself sick? It’s not a good idea, so don’t do it!”
Lance sighs and then grins, as if an idea had just popped up in his head.
“I won’t do it! IF you ask- no, beg! Nicely!”
Lance laughs at his own joke. Keith gets down on all four and looks Lance in the eyes.
“Dude, I wasn’t serious.”
Keith doesn’t care.
“Oh, mighty Lance, I beg of you, please don’t jump overboard!”
“If you say so!” Lance’s smile grows
bigger.
“I, the mighty Lance, will respect your wish!”
He lets out a small giggle and soon, both of them are laughing in the small boat in the middle of nowhere.
A few hours of small talk passes and eventually they both fall asleep under the gazing sun.
Keith sits up, his head feels like it’s about to explode. He looks around. It’s dark outside, he can barely see anything.
“Urgh... Lance, you okay?”
He looks around, but doesn’t see his boyfriend.
“Lance..? Lance!? LANCE!?”
No answer.
“Fuck! I can’t see a thing!”
Keith feels around the boat with his hand until he touches something cold. A fish? No... Lance? No, it’s too cold for that to be possible... right?
All of a sudden a shriek echoes in Keith’s ears. It hurts. A lot! He has to press his hands hard against his ears as he tries not to panic. And then, suddenly, there’s darkness. He passes out. It’s cold. And dark. And lonely. He’s all alone in the darkness. Where is Lance?
“He’s gone.”
“Who’s there!?” Keith screams out in the darkness. Which is weird. It’s impossible for something or someone to be in the middle of nowhere like this.
“Lance, if this is you fucking with me I swear to- ”
Before he can say anything else the pain hits him again. The shriek is back and it’s louder and hurts way more than before. He can only make out two words before he passes out.
“He’s gone.”
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Lance sits up and looks around.
“What’s going on? Where am I?
Where is Keith? What’s going on? How did this happen? What’s going on?”
Lance observes his surroundings. He’s in a completely white room. It’s literally white. Floor, roof and walls. Lance stands up and looks around confused.
“Hello? Anyone there? Anyone who can tell me what’s going on and where I am?”
Lance sighs. Well! This has to be some sort of game, he thinks as he stars feeling about the walls.
“There has to be some sort of secret hidden door, I’ve seen enough movies to know that there ALWAYS is a secret door.”
He feels around all the walls until he eventually gives up.
“Well! This sucks! How am I suppose to get out of this stupid... thing?”
He sits down on the middle of the floor and takes a deep breath.
“Well, hello there... Lance, was it?”
“Who’s there? Are you the... ehm... game master? Let me out of this friggin game! I never signed up for anything like this!”
He looks around angrily, searching for the source of the voice.
“And who the frick are you?!”
It’s quiet for a moment.
“I’m more of a deal master than a game master. And I’ve come to make a deal with you. If you don’t want it, only then are you allowed to pass over to the other side.”
“Other side of the room? You talk weird!”
“No. Other side of life... Lance, right? You are dead. This is the first step of the afterlife.”
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Keith sits up.
“Gah, my head hurts...”
He looks around. He’s...home? What happened? How did he get here? He was out on the ocean wasn’t he? With Lance... Lance! Is he okay!?
Keith grabs the bag next to his bed and digs for his phone. He quickly finds it and dials Lance number.
“Ring... ring... ring... uh... hello? Keith? You okay?” He hears Lance voice.
“Lance! Are you okay!? What happened!?”
“I... don’t know... My phone woke me up... I’m in my house.. Are you okay?”
“Yes! Stay there! I’ll come over!”
Keith hangs up, grabs a pair of pants, a t-shirt and quickly runs out.
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“W-what’s going on..?”
Lance looks at the white wall that has turned into a projected wall of Keith. He’s watching as Keith runs up to his house, how Keith walks through the door and how Keith hugs... him.
“Why am... I in my house? I’m here. This isn’t my house. What’s going on?!” Lance exclaims in frustration.
“Here’s the deal! I will- ”
“I don’t care about your stupid deal!! Let me go back!”
“Now listen up. If you interrupt me one more time I will just send you to the afterlife without even trying to give you a deal! Understood?!”
Lance nods.
“Good! Now here’s the deal...”
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“Lance!”
Keith embraces Lance in his arms. Lance embraces back and gives him a kiss.
“I have no idea what happened but I’m just so happy that you are okay!” Lance smiles towards him.
“Now let’s try to recall what happened.”
He takes a step to the side and waves at Keith to come inside. Keith does and then both of them sit down on the couch.
“So... we where fishing... or something... Well, at least we were on the ocean... and then we... fell asleep?”
Keith looks at Lance for confirmation and is met with a smiling Lance who nods.
“Yup! Something like that! And now we’re here! Together! And not to change the subject but you are looking sooo good right now!”
“Lance!” Keith’s face turns red and he quickly looks down
“Don’t change the subject...”
Lance smiles.
“It’s all in the past anyways! Let’s just make out and have sex! You know that’s the best thing about living alone.”
Lance winks at Keith.
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“Whatever you’re doing to Keith, you better stop it!” Lance screams out into the empty room.
“You agreed to the deal.”
“You can’t kiss my boyfriend in front of me like that! And don’t even think for a second that you’re going to have sex with him! He thinks that you’re me! It’s not fair! You can’t do this to me!”
Lance falls down on his knees, tears in his eyes.
“Please don’t do this....”
“Like I told you. You have to suffer through the most unbearable pain if you want to go back. This... Keith... is what causes pain and happiness for you so that is what I’m using against you. It’s as easy as that.”
Lance looks down.
“The deal is... if I let you be me for a week, and I’ll let you do anything with... my body... then I get to go back...right?”
“Precisely. But you have to sit here. For that week. And look at yourself. And you are not allowed to close your eyes.”
“...”
“That’s a good boy.”
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Keith sits up in the bed. His face turns red like a tomato.
“Yesterday was... intense.”
He pulls the covers over his head as he blushes hard. After regaining his composure he looks over at the other side of the bed, expecting to see Lance sleeping. Keith always wakes up first. But this time, Lance is nowhere to be seen.
“Maybe he’s in the shower”
Keith lays down again.
“I should shower too...”
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“This is no good. You are not crying anymore.”
“Believe me, stupid voice thingy mc jingy, I’m crying on the inside but I’m not gonna give you the satisfaction of watching me cry anymore”.
Lance stares at the screen. His heart is still aching and his mind is flashing of weird images from yesterday. It had been horrible to watch. He had cried and screamed and begged for the voice to stop, but all he got in return was laughter.
“Well, you crying on the inside isn’t fun for me at all. I guess I will have to step up my game.”
“There is nothing you can do that is worse than what you did yesterday!” Lance screams out in frustration.
“Yesterday was horrible...”
“I will accept this challenge. You shall suffer like you never thought you could.”
Lance looks down at the floor. Why did he have to go and say such stupid things? But then again... He really couldn’t figure out a way that could hurt him more.
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Keith looks up as Lance comes out from the bathroom without any clothes on.
Keith’s face once again turns red as he subconsciously scans Lance’s body from top to bottom. He looks down at his own torso and the redness spreads as he realized that he doesn’t have any clothes on either.
“Looking good!” Lance says and grins.
“Thank you... You too.”
He looks away in embarrassment.
“I’m gonna go shower.”
Keith stands up, ears warm from the redness. He notices that Lance is scanning him from top to bottom with a grin on his face.
“Want me to join you?”
“Didn’t you just come out from the shower?” Keith asks as he tilts his head in confusion.
“Of course! But who can say no to that ass?” Lance’s grin widens as he starts to walk towards Keith.
“L-Lance! You can’t just go and say s-stuff like that! It’s embarrassing!”
“But you do have that ass, and I really can’t say no to it! So, come on! Let’s go shower!”
Lance grabs Keith’s hand and starts dragging him to the bathroom with a big grin. Keith pulls back and looks at Lance with a worried face. Lance studies him for a second.
“You love me don’t you?” Lance asks.
“Of course I do...”
“Good good!” Lance gives him a quick kiss before the bathroom door closes behind them.
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Lance stares at the screen in confusion. He looks at the closed bathroom door, unsure if he should be angry, sad or relived that he isn’t allowed to see inside the bathroom.
“L-Lance... N-not here...”
Keith? What is that stupid voice doing to Keith?
Lance knew that Keith hated the thought of having sex anywhere but the bedroom and on the bed. They had had a long conversation about this. And of course Lance had been a bit disappointed, he couldn’t deny that, he really liked the thought of trying out new stuff, in new places.
But since he loved Keith with all his heart, he had never tried to do anything anywhere other than in the bed. Because that’s what Keith wanted and that is what made him happy. And Keith’s happiness was very important. The most important thing in the world if Lance was honest. He felt the frustration crawling out to his fingertips. The voice wasn’t doing anything to Keith in the bathroom... right?
“L-Lance, s-stop! We already talked about this... I don’t want to- S-stop... please...”
He could hear the sadness and desperation in Keith’s voice and Lance’s heart broke. Keith shouldn’t have to suffer for his sake.
But he knew that in six days it would be over. In just six days he could come back and explain everything to Keith and then they could hate the voice together.
But it had only been one day and Lance’s heart was already broken. The voice knew... that if he made Keith suffer, then Lance would suffer. Lance was aware of this, but the frustration of not being able to do anything was horrible. It truly was heartbreaking.
“L-lan- s-st...”
“Keith, I’m sorry,” Lance whispered in the empty white room.
The voice laughed.
“This is just the beginning. I have a lot more to show you.”
Lance felt a shiver up his spine. He was scared. He didn’t think the voice could have done anything worse than showing his own body having sex with his boyfriend, but the fact that Keith was suffering hurt way more.
Sex was suppose to be something nice, not something uncomfortable or painful.
“Fuck this shit...” Lance swore silently to himself.
“With pleasure” the voice answered happily.
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