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**the story starts in september, so the ages listed are based on character birthdays (where applicable) and will change as the story goes on**

school info: kerberos university (KU), famous for its STEM programs but also has humanities classes/majors. the mascots are a group of 5 lions (black, red, green, blue, and yellow). 

major characters:
Adam Shirogane・adaaammnndaniel (25): second year grad student, aerospace engineering with a specialization in aeronautical engineering; married to shiro

Allura Altea・princessallura (21): senior, international relations & political science double major with a minor in business administration; in a relationship with romelle 

Hunk Garrett・thefunkiesthunk (19): sophomore, aerospace engineering major

Katie “Pidge” Holt・aceintheholt (18): freshman (sophomore by credits), computer science & electrical engineering double major

Keith Kogane・keefkogaylien (18): sophomore, forensic chemistry major & archaeology minor

Lance McClain・loverboylance (19): sophomore, marine biology major & astrophysics minor

Matt Holt・matthemattics (22): recent grad who studied mathematics of computation, currently a researcher at kerberos university

Romelle Pollux・whereforeartthouromelle (20): peace studies & communication studies double major; in a relationship with allura 

Takashi “Shiro”gane・shiruhroh (26): third year grad student, aerospace engineering with a specialization in astronautical engineering; married to adam

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tuesday

[9:48 am] loverboylance has renamed “summer bummer :^(“ to “we’re here we’re queer we’re filled with existential fear”

members: adaaammnndaniel, princessallura, thefunkiesthunk, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, aceintheholt, whereforeartthouromelle, shiruhroh

loverboylance: [emerges from my three month long hibernation]

loverboylance: GUESS WHO’S BAAAAAACCCCCKKKKK 

loverboylance: (cue my longest yea boi ever)

loverboylance: guYS what the FUCK is up

aceintheholt: did i change my name to kyle recently 

aceintheholt: also who in the fresh hell hibernates in cuba during the fucking summer

aceintheholt: isn't it like 324209843902 degrees there 

princessallura: lonce!!!!! you’re back!!!!

loverboylance: okay pidge first of all how dare

loverboylance: you already KNOW this friendship is conditional on the basis that u appreciate my vine references (*｀へ´*)

loverboylance: second of all 

loverboylance: it was clearly an Extreme™ exercise in Embracing My Inner Bear can’t u see

loverboylance: insert the “guess i’ll just die” dude here

loverboylance: BUT HI LURA!!

aceintheholt: hahaha fucking furry

keefkogaylien: lance exposing himself for being a fucking furry before the school year has even started is my kink

loverboylance: this is slander

thefunkiesthunk: lance i have literally seen you dressed up as a lion before with my own two eyes

whereforeartthouromelle: your poor retinas

loverboylance: :O HUNK U /KNOW/ THAT WAS FOR A DARE 

loverboylance: F A K E F R I E N D 

loverboylance: I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS

keefkogaylien: then sit 

loverboylance: this boi just got off of an 8 hr flight and i was in Airport Hell for like six hours before that because /a certain twin/ didn’t want to be late for the flight back 

keefkogaylien: “can’t miss my international flight, better get to the airport five business days in advance”

keefkogaylien: yeah that sounds exactly like something veronica would do

whereforeartthouromelle: veronica is absolutely valid we stan a punctual queen

princessallura: rom u getting us stopped at security bc you forgot to empty ur liquids is in no way my fault

princessallura: and this whole thing was like...an entire two years ago 

princessallura: let it go my b :p

whereforeartthouromelle: let me be bitter >;^(

aceintheholt: “empty ur liquids”

princessallura: SDKLJGLDKJGSJFL I DIDN’T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY THAT 

aceintheholt: i gotta expose u too now smh 

adaaammnndaniel: i think literally anything would have been better than your use of the word “liquid”

keefkogaylien: are we still making frozen references in the year of our lord 2019

loverboylance: excluding me and allura, is there anyone else that pidge would like to kink shame this morning

thefunkiesthunk: don’t worry lance, you know we all love and support you :)

aceintheholt: only during designated times of the week

aceintheholt: clearly, not tuesday mornings

keefkogaylien: ^

keefkogaylien: love is not stored in this group chat ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

loverboylance: fuck off keith it’s too early to be this edgy 

keefkogaylien: it’s literally almost like 10:30

loverboylance: thAT’S MY POINT???? 

loverboylance: i am v v v ready to just climb into bed and pass the fuck out

loverboylance: BUT GUESS WHO STILL HAS TO MOVE ALL HIS SHIT INTO THE DORMS AHAHAHA :”””)

loverboylance: (i would like to Not.)

loverboylance: @thefunkiesthunk are u there yet

loverboylance: actually is anyone moved in yet

whereforeartthouromelle: been here since the beginning of the month 

whereforeartthouromelle: apartment lyfe babey

princessallura: ^ :) <3

whereforeartthouromelle: <3

aceintheholt: @adaaammnndaniel @shiruhroh gay dads romellura are being gross in public again

adaaammnndaniel: okay since when did takashi and i become your gay dads

shiruhroh: adam we’re not pidge’s gay dads

adaaammnndaniel: oh thank god

shiruhroh: we’re this entire group’s gay dads

adaaammnndaniel: takashi Why Do You Do These Things

whereforeartthouromelle: excuse we r actually on the couch in our apartment in Blissful Privacy™

keefkogaylien: that doesn’t make this entire situation any better stop being soft

princessallura: [pats keith] shhhh…..

whereforeartthouromelle: someone’s jealous :-)

keefkogaylien: oh but yeah. i uh…...never moved out at the end of last quarter sooooooo 

keefkogaylien: i’ve been moved in since last year get fucked lance ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

loverboylance: /R U D E/ 

aceintheholt: nice subtle topic change

keefkogaylien: shut up pidge ur like 12

shiruhroh: we’re in the same situation as keith! 

adaaammnndaniel: #GradStudentPerks

loverboylance: suuuurrrrreeeee adam you might not have had to deal with the beginning of the year move in circus

loverboylance: but at what cost

shiruhroh: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ you got us there 

matthemattics: i, too, have also been moved into my place since the summer :-)

loverboylance: does no one share my agony and turmoil 

loverboylance: i need moral support in these trying times of having to ride the bus with all my suitcases and shit

aceintheholt: well i’m trying to move into my dorm rn

aceintheholt: which happens to be the Crappiest out of all the dorms

aceintheholt: and, coincidentally, where like 90% of all the freshmen are living

aceintheholt: and, additionally, thE /ONE DORM/ WHERE E V E R Y O N E IS TRYING TO MOVE INTO RIGHT FRICKING NOW

aceintheholt: DO U REALIZE HOW MUCH OF A PAIN IN THE ASS IT IS TO MOVE ALL UR SHIT IN WHEN THERE’S ONLY TWO ELEVATORS FOR A BUILDING OF LIKE 500 PEOPLE

aceintheholt: THE LINE FOR THE ELEVATOR GOES OUT THE BUILDING

aceintheholt: AAAAAAAAAAAAA I WANT TO NOT EXIST HERE

matthemattics: can confirm this is quite literally a pain the ass

matthemattics: who said “hey let’s let all of these freshmen loose at the same fucking time” 

loverboylance: HAHAHAHA FRESHIE 

aceintheholt: shut up ur literally only a year above me :^(

shiruhroh: awwww i miss that fun freshman experience :)

keefkogaylien: leave it to pidge to crave the sweet release of death at 11 in the morning

aceintheholt: shiro i guarantee that if u personally experienced the sheer amount of chaotic energy these 18 year olds are exuding u would take that back in a heartbeat

shiruhroh: i’ve had to ta intro to engineering and beginning comp sci classes for freshmen i can tell you right now i’ve seen a whole lot worse that some kids trying to fit their shit into a tiny elevator

shiruhroh: never underestimate the power of an entire gaggle of computer nerds who haven’t gotten a proper amount of sleep for like three weeks and only consume caffeine 

thefunkiesthunk: only three weeks of poor sleep choices? those kids are weak as FUCK and don’t even know what’s coming

thefunkiesthunk: how can you even call yourself an engineer if you get ANY healthy amount of sleep (*｀へ´*)

loverboylance: HE RISES

loverboylance: HUNK HOW’S THE ROOM

loverboylance: IS IT *~LUXURIOUS~* I HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS

keefkogaylien: failed step #1: always go into anything affiliated with school with the lowest possible expectations

loverboylance: ok ignoring debbie downer #2 

aceintheholt: when was there a #1

loverboylance: did u forget when u said that u only loved me at certain designated times like, fifteen minutes ago

aceintheholt: i have a selective memory and only remember things i deem valuable  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

loverboylance: :O RUDE x2

loverboylance: i’m no longer gonna do raids with u in pokemon go

aceintheholt: you wouldn’t dare you KNOW how much my dragonite has CARRIED YOUR ASS 

keefkogaylien: this conversation is cancelled we are not having pokemon go discourse right now

thefunkiesthunk: oh yeah! sorry for the late response i was finishing setting everything up and saying bye to family!!

[thefunkiesthunk has sent two pictures to “we’re here we’re queer we’re filled with existential fear”]

keefkogaylien: WH

keefkogaylien: WHERE DID YOU EVEN GET A HIPPO COMFORTER FROM

thefunkiesthunk: i won it in a raffle but the tag says it’s from ikea!

whereforeartthouromelle: they make those?????

princessallura: hunk what kind of raffles are you entering bc i want in that’s so cute!!!

thefunkiesthunk: i didn’t... really...plan on getting a hippo print comforter it just kind of happened when i was visiting my old high school for a “reunion”

keefkogaylien: ..SO… ….ANYONE WANNA GO ON AN EMERGENCY BACK TO SCHOOL IKEA TRIP….

keefkogaylien: for like. really really Necessary™ back to school shopping. because we’re cool and in college

loverboylance: KEIT h in WHAT UNIVERSE are ikea trips E V E R AN EMERGENCY???

whereforeartthouromelle: in what universe are /any of us/ cool

keefkogaylien: THIS ONE BITCH BOY I /N E E D/ THAT 

princessallura: i think we’re a pretty sweet group!

thefunkiesthunk: lance buddy sometimes u just gotta go on a spontaneous ikea shopping trip with this group chat’s token edgelord  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

thefunkiesthunk: i’m down for shopping tho because guess who just realized he forgot to bring a lamp for his desk :”)))

aceintheholt: i’m coming i want swedish meatballs

matthemattics: i’m coming i also want to slide in on these swedish meatballs

aceintheholt: i hope u realize i don’t plan on sharing

loverboylance: what about with me :3c

aceintheholt: ur not special

loverboylance: EXCUSE I AM THE MOST SPECIAL BOY U KNOW 

loverboylance: WHO ELSE IN THIS GROUP CHAT HAS DESIGNATED SEVERAL HOURS OF HIS ~VERY VALUABLE~ TIME HELPING U CATCH SHINY POKEMON 

loverboylance: just this boy ˒(ˇ ῁̫ ˇ)˒ 

loverboylance: alSO HUNK THE BUS IS FINALLY PULLING UP TO THE STOP NEAR THE DORMS YA BOI’S ALMOST THERE

[2:43 pm] loverboylance has opened a new direct message with whateveronica

loverboylance: hey wanna go to ikea in like two weeks

whateveronica: lance for the love of all things good /why/ would i want to go to ikea with you in like two weeks

loverboylance: what???? i can’t bond with my favorite twin sister?????? :^(

whateveronica: you and i both know that’s not the reason you’re asking me to go

whateveronica: spill

whateveronica: oh no it’s not cause u want me to pay for ur shit right

whateveronica: bc this girl be real broke rn

loverboylance: what no

loverboylance: it’s for a birthday present for someone

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tuesday (continued)

[4:10 pm] “we’re here we’re queer we’re filled with existential fear”

members: adaaammnndaniel, princessallura, thefunkiesthunk, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, aceintheholt, whereforeartthouromelle, shiruhroh

keefkogaylien: holy S H I T 

loverboylance: nani the heck

keefkogaylien: my roommate has been in the room for all of eighteen minutes and i want nothing more than to fling him into the sun

loverboylance: me when i first met u

keefkogaylien: (≖_≖ )凸

shiruhroh: okay, first of all, let’s calm down

shiruhroh: second, lance, that isn’t helping

shiruhroh: what happened keith?

keefkogaylien: so i’ve been in this room since last year because i never moved out bc i was here all summer right

keefkogaylien: and all of my shit is like….in place and organized and everything 

keefkogaylien: and THIS F U C K E R

keefkogaylien: waltzes on in at like 3:55 when the room check in is supposed to end at like 4 so i thought i was gonna get real lucky and have a single room for the whole year

whereforeartthouromelle: ripperoni :( 

keefkogaylien: and ok like that’s mildly annoying but whatever i’ll live

keefkogaylien: but

keefkogaylien: the big thing that pisses me the fuck off??

keefkogaylien: this bitch starts bringing all this stuff in??? 

keefkogaylien: like he and his buddies have so far brought in a couch, plasma tv, and a lava lamp

loverboylance: i’m sorry wha-

loverboylance: i can excuse a couch and a big ass tv, but a lava lamp??? that’s where i draw the line buddy

keefkogaylien: ????????

keefkogaylien: ?????? you can EXCUSE the other things ????

keefkogaylien: /i have to climb on my desk and then a swivel chair to even get out of this hell hole/

loverboylance: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ don’t live there don’t care i am living it up on floor four of balmera house with our boy Hunketh 

keefkogaylien: boi i’m on the sixth floor u best believe i’m gonna fight u after i deal with this guy 

keefkogaylien: square the fuck up mcclain 

keefkogaylien: get ready to catch these hands

[4:19 pm] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with whereforeartthouromelle

keefkogaylien: help

keefkogaylien: gay emergency

keefkogaylien: he lives in my building what do i do

whereforeartthouromelle: stop threatening to fight him first of all

keefkogaylien: i don’t know how to do that it’s just

keefkogaylien: my natural response to any form of interaction with lance????

whereforeartthouromelle: keith do u want the “as your friend, i care about you and i’m going to be serious because i want what’s best for you” advice or the “i’m your friend and i’m going to join you in making light of situations that are complicated” advice

keefkogaylien: hhhhhhhhhhhhhh

keefkogaylien: first one 

keefkogaylien: and then the second to Lighten Things Up™

whereforeartthouromelle: you got it 

whereforeartthouromelle: one serving of Real Talk comin right up

whereforeartthouromelle: you should try to be nicer to him

whereforeartthouromelle: like stop acting super aggressive and defensive everytime you guys interact 

whereforeartthouromelle: you have some walls up but you need to let them slide down if u want to get past the point of freaking out and panicking every time he even breathes in ur direction

whereforeartthouromelle: because you’re making it look like you’re totally uninterested in him (tho Everyone knows that’s not tru except for lance probably)

whereforeartthouromelle: u guys are in the same building, maybe u can start by asking him to go study together in the lounge when school starts 

whereforeartthouromelle: or if that’s too scary invite hunk too or maybe pidge and make it like, a small group get together or something so you feel more comfortable 

whereforeartthouromelle: like u don’t need to dive into the deep end right away??? 

whereforeartthouromelle: maybe just focus on trying to be better friends before anything else 

whereforeartthouromelle: and now, for ur Requested Fun Advice:

whereforeartthouromelle: knock on his door and then just t pose in front of it to assert ur dominance as the alpha male of the dorm 

keefkogaylien: ,,,.. thank u rom

keefkogaylien: u are the bomb dot com

keefkogaylien: also there’s literally no way anyone else knows i’ve only told u and shiro and adam about these….. Emotions 

keefkogaylien: i will go ahead and do the exact opposite of the last thing u suggested

whereforeartthouromelle: always

[4:24 pm] loverboylance has opened a new direct message with princessallura

loverboylance: SFHKJSDHFKJD LURA

princessallura: is this about what i think it’s about

loverboylance: okAY FINE JUST CALL ME OUT LIKE THAT 

princessallura: i haven’t even said anything yet

loverboylance: u were thinking it i know it okay that’s basically the same thing

princessallura: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i just can’t win with u

princessallura: but srsly, what’s going on?

loverboylance: ….,....,,,, Keith

princessallura: mhmm

princessallura: keep going

loverboylance: he’s just???? always so 

loverboylance: and it’s like uGH DUDE STOP. 

loverboylance: but at the same time….i don’t want it to stop

loverboylance: because i feel like we’re finally getting closer??? through like our style of Playful Banter

loverboylance: like we’re at the stage where we’re dicking around with each other and don’t actually mean it (like, 85% of the time i would say)

loverboylance: (also he’s kinda hot buT ANYWAYS MOVING ON)

loverboylance: How Do I Deal With This Boy Allura H e l p

princessallura: okay first of all i am a Lesbian i can only give u so much boy advice

princessallura: but i think this errs on the side of general relationship advice so i’m gonna shoot

princessallura: if you like the fact that you two are finally getting closer, then why not 

loverboylance: aaaaaaa

loverboylance: i know

loverboylance: sometimes it’s just hard, y’know?? like

loverboylance: sometimes i can’t tell if he’s pushing me away because he Hates Me or if it’s just his personality or something

loverboylance: and i don’t want to come on too strong because we know what happened with that :’)

loverboylance: so im stuck in this terrible limbo of like

loverboylance: do i stay??? or do i go

princessallura: bad song lyric references aside i think the most important thing you can do right now like as a friend is to be there for him

princessallura: like, we all know that he hasn’t really had the easiest life 

princessallura: and if today’s events are anything to go by it’s not as if it’s dramatically improved

princessallura: i think that what i’m trying to say is

princessallura: there’s a reason people are the way they are and the best way to respond is to adapt to each individual based on their experiences, needs, goals, etc.

princessallura: so going forward, perhaps just try to create a deeper friendship?

princessallura: hang out together?? see a movie, grab coffee, chill in the library together in between class, etc

princessallura: just bond with him, you know?

princessallura: you guys are in the same building now there’s plenty of opportunities

princessallura: maybe go to one of the building events or something together??? 

loverboylance: allura my dear i would be lost without u 

princessallura: i’m always here for my friends!! my door is always open!! let me know if u need any ideas for things to do on/near campus i have a 24 page google doc!!!

loverboylance: wow i don’t know what i expected but u exceeded those expectations

loverboylance: :’) thank u

[4:38 pm] whereforeartthouromelle has opened a new direct message with princessallura

whereforeartthouromelle: ur not gonna believe what’s up with keith

princessallura: is it about lance again 

whereforeartthouromelle: …...yeh

whereforeartthouromelle: how did u know 

princessallura: how many times has it been since we first met them

princessallura: like???? 39873??????

princessallura: (lance also panicked)

whereforeartthouromelle: somehow, i’m unsurprised

princessallura: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ local lesbians ascend to match-maker status, i guess 

whereforeartthouromelle: match-maker therapist combo deal

whereforeartthouromelle: smh these two are gonna be the deaths of us

[4:17pm] “we’re here we’re queer we’re filled with existential fear”

adaaammnndaniel: keith that’s a safety hazard 

keefkogaylien: sometimes u just gotta...stand on a swivel chair and fall several feet down to ur doom where u have to go to the hospital (but ur friends have to wheel u there in a wagon bc ambulances are Expensive) and then u miraculously survive only to sue ur roommate from hell who decided it would be a good idea to obstruct nearly all of the walkable space in this god forsaken college dorm room

loverboylance: keith No

keefkogaylien: keith Yes

princessallura: keith that is oddly specific r u ok

keefkogaylien: no 

keefkogaylien: have i ever been

aceintheholt: is walkable even a word

keefkogaylien: ….yes?

aceintheholt: doesn’t look like one

aceintheholt: fake

thefunkiesthunk: words don’t stop being words just because you don’t like how they look

princessallura: according to a google search walkable shouldn’t be used in that context 

princessallura: but walkability might be better 

keefkogaylien: wh

keefkogaylien: WHY

keefkogaylien: THAT LOOKS LIKE EVEN LESS OF A WORD THAN WALKABLE

[5:13pm] “we’re here we’re queer we’re filled with existential fear”

thefunkiesthunk: hey guys!

thefunkiesthunk: since i think we’re all finally back in town

thefunkiesthunk: and hopefully all moved in

thefunkiesthunk: (ahem, lance)

loverboylance: ya boi has a lot of clothes okay

loverboylance: it's what happens when ur as committed to being a fashionista as i am

aceintheholt: you literally wear the same green hoodie like every day

loverboylance: real bold coming from the person who wears the same pair of glasses every day

aceintheholt: ???????? i need them to SEE???????

loverboylance: supposedly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

thefunkiesthunk: …..ANYWAYS

thefunkiesthunk: do u guys wanna have a like

thefunkiesthunk: back to school squad dinner / reunion?? :O

loverboylance: hunk ily u always have the best ideas

loverboylance: <3

thefunkiesthunk: <3

matthemattics: denny’s????!?!?!!??????2312????

aceintheholt: U KNOW IT 

aceintheholt: CAN’T WAIT TO EAT PANCAKES FOR DINNER EEEEEEEEEE

princessallura: that’s a good idea!! let’s do it!!

whereforeartthouromelle: i would like to consume one (1) Borger

shiruhroh: adam and i don’t have any dinner plans yet so we’re down

adaaammnndaniel: takashi i literally asked you what you wanted for dinner like three times today and you just did the shrug emoji but in real life

keefkogaylien: adam r u trying to say that shiro….shrugged

keefkogaylien: bc it might be a shock but shrugging came before the shrug emoji

adaaammnndaniel: look keith i’m a grad student and i’ve only had so much caffeine today, give me a break

keefkogaylien: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

keefkogaylien: but i’m down i also want to be a heathen and consume pancakes

keefkogaylien: literally anything to get me out of this nightmare of a room

thefunkiesthunk: !!!! awesome!! :)

thefunkiesthunk: let’s meet in front of the kaltenecker statue @ 6:30??? ish and walk down together!!! 

keefkogaylien: on behalf of everyone here, thumbs up

loverboylance: o @ppl who live at the dorms: do y’all wanna meet in front of balmera house and walk down together like 15 min before 

loverboylance: @keefkogaylien @thefunkiesthunk @aceintheholt

keefkogaylien: on behalf of everyone mentioned, thumbs up x2

[11:29 pm] loverboylance has renamed “we’re here we’re queer we’re filled with existential fear“ to “september 24 2019: the day the gang gets kicked out of a dennys for being literaly pieces of shit while shadam (mostly adam) pretends to not be associated with the rest of us”

loverboylance: i need to monumentalize today as a legendary day in the history of this friend group

matthemattics: this is how u rlly know when u’ve peaked

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wednesday

[8:29 am] “september 24 2019: the day the gang gets kicked out of a dennys for being literal pieces of shit while shadam (mostly adam) pretends to not be associated with the rest of us”

members: adaaammnndaniel, princessallura, thefunkiesthunk, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, aceintheholt, whereforeartthouromelle, shiruhroh

adaaammnndaniel: none of you are ever allowed to go outside again

adaaammnndaniel: not after last night

matthemattics: why is adam talking to all of us like a disappointed mother

adaaammnndaniel: because i am

aceintheholt: why are either of you even awake right now

adaaammnndaniel: ???? this is a normal time to be up?

adaaammnndaniel: why are you??

aceintheholt: wym i haven’t slept yet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

loverboylance: no sleep gang!!!ヽ(　･∀･)ﾉ

aceintheholt: ヽ(　･∀･)ﾉ

keefkogaylien: ヽ(　･∀･)ﾉ

matthemattics: w h y tho

thefunkiesthunk: club day’s this friday!!! so after you and shadam went back to ur apartments we decided to get started on planning club day + welcome week activities for astronomy club + lgbt orgs since all of us are on board/involved in some way for those clubs and we had (have?) hella energy :)

princessallura: we also may have had Too Much coffee from denny’s 

whereforeartthouromelle: I HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

loverboylance: (mistakes were made)

keefkogaylien: define mistake

keefkogaylien: bc i made nothing but good choices last night

loverboylance: keith, lying is wrong

loverboylance: @ adaaammnndaniel mom back me up

keefkogaylien: i literally made the best choices last night

adaaammnndaniel: anyways did a n y o n e here actually go to bed other than shiro 

shiruhroh: bold of u to assume i went to bed

adaaammnndaniel: …do i want to know what you were doing

shiruhroh: ...knight’s chronicle was really addicting

keefkogaylien: isn’t that that fighting phone game with anime girls

shiruhroh: there’s guys too

whereforeartthouromelle: shiro ur not helping ur case rn

whereforeartthouromelle: #ShirosAWeeb

princessallura: #ShirosAWeeb

thefunkiesthunk: #ShirosAWeeb

aceintheholt: #ShirosAWeeb

keefkogaylien: #ShirosAWeeb

loverboylance: #ShirosAWeeb

matthemattics: #ShirosAWeeb

adaaammnndaniel: #ShirosAWeeb

whereforeartthouromelle: let’s make this #trendingontwitter

shiruhroh: -_- fake friends

adaaammnndaniel: you brought this upon yourself

shiruhroh: i’m going to need to take a moment to call adam out for dropping like thirty hours into fire emblem over the course of two days

adaaammnndaniel: THREE HOUSES GOES HARD OKAY

shiruhroh: #AdamsAWeeb

adaaammnndaniel: this conversation is cancelled bye 

thefunkiesthunk: it’s past my bedtime i’m gonna dip too

thefunkiesthunk: see you guys later!

loverboylance: same i am ready to pass the fuck out 

aceintheholt: yeets self into bed 

keefkogaylien: i don’t want to interact with my roommate when i haven’t slept all night bc i will snap and probably kill him so

keefkogaylien: anyone have a space i can crash at

princessallura: romelle and i already drove away from campus and we’re like five min from our apartment, sorry keith D:

aceintheholt: don’t think my roommates would take too well to some random emo kid crashing sleeping in my bed 

thefunkiesthunk: i roll in my sleep

keefkogaylien: :”(

keefkogaylien: lance ???

keefkogaylien: ur my only hope buddy

[8:41 am] loverboylance has opened a new direct message with princessallura

loverboylance: LURA HE SAID I’M HIS ONLY HOPE /WHAT DOES THAT MEAN/

loverboylance: GLEE BUT ALSO PANIC IS STORED IN THE LANCE

princessallura: boi you are easily the most dramatic person i’ve ever encountered

princessallura: i think you might be reading into this too much

princessallura: but enjoy ur cuddle sesh with ur crush :-)

princessallura: wink!

loverboylance: [AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA INTENSIFIES]

loverboylance: WHAT IF I DO SOMETHING WEIRD IN MY SLEEP

loverboylance: LIKE ROLL LIKE HUNK 

loverboylance: OR TALK

loverboylance: OR MAKE WEIRD SOUNDS

loverboylance: OR STICK MY LEG OUT REAL FAR

loverboylance: A L L U R A WHAT IF I’M TOO DISTRACTED BY HIS STUPID MULLET AND HIS SOFT SKIN AND HIS CUTE SLEEPING FACE AND ALL THE ADORABLE FRECKLES HE DENIES THE EXISTENCE OF, SO I DON’T GET ANY SLEEP 

loverboylance: AND THEN I’M A TOTAL ZOMBIE WHEN HE WAKES UP AND HE SEES IT

loverboylance: AND HE’S LIKE…”LANCE UR SO WEIRD I DON’T EVER WANT TO INTERACT WITH YOU AGAIN”

loverboylance: “I’LL JUST GO FIND SOME OTHER CUTE CUBAN BOY TO BE QUEER WITH”

loverboylance: and then i’ll be SAD

loverboylance: [AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA INTENSIFIES]

princessallura: hey don’t overthink too much it’s not good for you

princessallura: just relax, go get some rest because all this stress is not good for ur skin and u know it 

princessallura: just enjoy the moment keith wouldn’t have asked you if he hated you or thought you were weird or something

princessallura: like?? we’re all friends here just chill out and cuddle ur crush in his sleep okay

princessallura: (or be cuddled, if that’s more of your jam ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

princessallura: to quote our favorite space dad: go, be great

[8:44 am] “september 24 2019: the day the gang gets kicked out of a dennys for being literal pieces of shit while shadam (mostly adam) pretends to not be associated with the rest of us”

loverboylance: yeah sure ig

loverboylance: i’ll leave the door open with a chair just put it back once u come in

loverboylance: i want the side away from the wall

loverboylance: also hunk snores REALLY loudly just warning you

thefunkiesthunk: TRAITOR

loverboylance: these lips spill nothing but the truth

keefkogaylien: alright, i’ll be there in a few 

keefkogaylien: thanks man

[4:05 pm] whereforeartthouromelle has opened a new direct message with keefkogaylien

whereforeartthouromelle: did u get cuddled :)

keefkogaylien: shUT UP

whereforeartthouromelle: or did u do the cuddling?!?! :O

whereforeartthouromelle: was there a twist?

whereforeartthouromelle: was it very twisty?!

whereforeartthouromelle: keef i’m a thorsty gorl and i want the deets!!!

whereforeartthouromelle: but first, as ur friend, i am glad today u got a whole lot closer to a certain international student (spoiler alert: it’s not me!) 

whereforeartthouromelle: both figuratively and literally :)

whereforeartthouromelle: i guess we all rlly bonded this morning over club planning huh :) :)

whereforeartthouromelle: also sidenote remind me to tell allura to send all the shit we planned in a group chat sometime before friday

whereforeartthouromelle: but anyways!! tell me about ur nap :) 

keefkogaylien: rom i will literally fling myself into the sun if you use that same fucking smiley face one (1) more time

keefkogaylien: also, for some reason i’m still trying to comprehend, why are you apparently VERY invested in my love life

keefkogaylien: ulterior motive who???

whereforeartthouromelle: ulterior motive: i want to stop being the victim of ur bidaily (pun unintended) “oh mY gOd RoMeLLe GUESS WHAT LANCE DID TODAY??? HE BLINKED AND IT WAS SO CUTE I ALMOST DIE D. /D I E D./ 

whereforeartthouromelle: and also: the sun????

whereforeartthouromelle: why not your ~boYfRienD’s~ arms instead :p

keefkogaylien: 1. he is NOT my boyfriend

keefkogaylien: 2. publicly, i have no intention of being cradled in lance’s arms

keefkogaylien: 3. when am i ever THAT dramatic 

keefkogaylien: binch i’m not lance 

keefkogaylien: and honestly?? like i was so fucking tired

keefkogaylien: i climbed into his bed and passed out 

keefkogaylien: and u know how i sleep like a rock?

keefkogaylien: didn’t feel anything don’t remember anything but i did get the best sleep of my life

keefkogaylien: he’s a furnace (is warm)

keefkogaylien: i /may/ have woken up to a certain cuban boy’s arm around my waist 

keefkogaylien: i /MAY/ have been a little spoon

keefkogaylien: but ig you’ll never know for sure ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

whereforeartthouromelle: wow way to leave me hanging in suspense i thought we were pals

keefkogaylien: we are

keefkogaylien: i gotta keep you on your toes

keefkogaylien: or maybe i’m just saving all of my secrets for a sleepover with you and allura, clearly

whereforeartthouromelle: i’m glad u had enjoyable cuddle hours :)

whereforeartthouromelle: :) :) :))))))))

[4:42 pm] loverboylance has opened a new direct message with princessallura

loverboylance: HOOOOOOOO BOY IS THERE TEA TO SPILL

princessallura: boi you best start spillin!!!

loverboylance: KAY SO LIKE

loverboylance: IT TOOK ME /FOREVER/ TO FALL ASLEEP BECAUSE WTF HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT WITH A CUTE BOY ALL UP IN MY BUSINESS

loverboylance: AND HE LIKE???? KNOCKED OUT ASAP

loverboylance: AND HE WAS SO CUTE LIKE

loverboylance: I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT BUT IN HIS SLEEP HE KIND OF LIKE...WHISTLED? WITH HIS BREATHS? OR SOMETHING

loverboylance: HE JUST MAKES THESE REALLY CUTE NOISES AND I DON’T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT

loverboylance: AND HE SMILED AT ONE POINT AND IT. WAS. ADORABLE

loverboylance: THIS BOY IS LITERALLY GOING TO BE THE DEATH OF ME I SWEAR

loverboylance: also, based on today’s experience, there is no way for two grown ass college boys to share a fucking twin bed and not be forced to cuddle

loverboylance: because i am a Leggy boy 

loverboylance: and i have long noodly arms and no where to put them but On The Keith

loverboylance: so that’s what i was up to

loverboylance: allura i am SO FAR GONE for this boy 

princessallura: !!!! omg!!!

princessallura: i am so happy for u it sounds like u were super anxious over nothing, really

princessallura: this is what happens when u and keith aren’t at each other’s throats!! look!! friendship!!! bonding!!!

princessallura: is keith still there?

loverboylance: nah i woke up and he had bounced already

loverboylance: hunk’s still sleeping too but i think he has a pre-school year robotics meeting or something later tonight with pidge 

princessallura: oh noice

princessallura: sometimes i’m very amazed at how our friend group is like 95% people who are into super hardcore stem stuff

princessallura: and then there’s me and romelle’s liberal arts asses mingling with you guys LOL

loverboylance: we good we good i’m not super intense like pidge or hunk

loverboylance: like, i’m studying fish science for fucks sake

loverboylance: speaking of fish i think i’m gonna grab dinner and then go to the beach later 

loverboylance: so i’ll see u around lura!! 

princessallura: bye lance!! don’t stay out too late

loverboylance: whatever mom :p

[7:29 pm] aceintheholt has opened a new direct message with matthemattics

aceintheholt: okay so

aceintheholt: i know i’m a freshman

aceintheholt: BUT

aceintheholt: i dropped by here lots of times last year

aceintheholt: and i don’t remember ANY pianos around campus like

aceintheholt: what??? the?????? fuck?????????

matthemattics: yeah the school decided to put a bunch up around the school halfway through the summer

matthemattics: it’s for ~relaxation~ and ~stress relief~ but we all know that’s not possible at this bitch of a school

matthemattics: also it looks good for the incoming freshman i guess, it’s *~artsy~* or something idk i don’t understand arts people

aceintheholt: so do like...people just…..plop their ass infront of a piano and go ham??

aceintheholt: is that what it’s come to??????

matthemattics: more or less

aceintheholt: ¯\_(*｀へ´*)_/¯ whatevs 

[8:48 pm] keefkogaylien has opened created a new group chat

members: adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, shiruhroh

keefkogaylien has renamed the chat to “being gay is Hard”

keefkogaylien: :(

shiruhroh: uh oh 

shiruhroh: what’s wrong?

keefkogaylien: did you guys see what happened in the main group chat

shiruhroh: affirmative

adaaammnndaniel: did something happen between you and lance? is everyone okay?

keefkogaylien: oh, nothing like….objectively bad happened like i’m physically fine and so is everyone else as far as i know

keefkogaylien: but i woke up next to lance and we were really close and his arm was around me and then i kind of panicked because i’m not used to….touch 

keefkogaylien: so i texted romelle in a panic with a lot less detail 

keefkogaylien: and like...it was a wild situation and you guys already know that i may….have feelings for lance

keefkogaylien: and god i loved it but also i was really scared???

keefkogaylien: i don’t like being vulnerable and i don’t like getting close to people and i don’t like being in a position where i can get hurt and that’s where i was

keefkogaylien: but at the same time the gay disaster part of my brain was like blinking with flashing lights telling me “you’re safe!! you’re warm!! you’re happy!!” and emotions are hard for me to process :(

keefkogaylien: so that’s where i’m at right now

adaaammnndaniel: hey keith everything is going to be alright

adaaammnndaniel: i’m not even going to sugar coat it being gay in our society is so hard because no one teaches you how to navigate these types of relationships or emotions and it can lead to a lot of confusing feelings later on

shiruhroh: going forward if you’re uncomfortable with touch or something you should vocalize it. i know lance is a good kid and i doubt he would ever do anything to purposefully make you uncomfortable. maybe having a conversation with him about these feelings might help?

shiruhroh: and i don’t mean right this second, or tomorrow, or even next week. you can take your time because understanding your emotions can be really challenging, and then being able to describe them to another person and communicate your feelings can be a whole other obstacle

shiruhroh: so, you should take some time to think and reflect but don’t rush anything that you’re not ready for

shiruhroh: but, overall, your whole group of friends is a really good group. i’m really proud of you for opening up to them (and to me and adam, of course) and i know that they are here for you.

shiruhroh: as always, me and adam are always here to be your #1 gay adult role models 

keefkogaylien: ugh shiro adam,,,,, thank you so much.

keefkogaylien: like.,... i didn’t plan on this getting so Serious ™ but you two are literally the best parents-i-never-had and you mean so much to me 

keefkogaylien: and i think...i’m gonna go on a walk around campus

keefkogaylien: relieve some stress, get some fresh air, clear my head, y’know, the whole song and dance

shiruhroh: anytime, keith. we want to see you happy and thriving 

adaaammnndaniel: shiro and i are always here to support and guide you through any problems you have, so we don’t want you to ever feel like you can’t share sometime with us. this is a safe environment

adaaammnndaniel: and it’s dark out, be careful!

shiruhroh: this kid always has a knife on him i think it’s other people who need to be careful 

shiruhroh: ^ i mean that in a very positive, supportive way. i trust you to be safe and make good choices keith

keefkogaylien: thanks dad

keefkogaylien: i’ll stick around campus but i’m probably going to mute my phone while i’m out because i need alone time

[10:49 pm] “september 24 2019: the day the gang gets kicked out of a dennys for being literal pieces of shit while shadam (mostly adam) pretends to not be associated with the rest of us”

members: adaaammnndaniel, princessallura, thefunkiesthunk, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, aceintheholt, whereforeartthouromelle, shiruhroh

loverboylance: guys am i tripping

whereforeartthouromelle: probably not if you’re able to text a group chat

loverboylance: okay romelle’s sass aside 

loverboylance: are these whole ass PIANOS around campus 

loverboylance: i’m walking back to the dorms from the beach and i’ve literally seen three different pianos just having a night out on the town in several strategic locations across campus 

loverboylance: I Do Not Comprehend Why They Are Here

loverboylance: is this an american thing bc im Lost

thefunkiesthunk: oh yeah me and pidge saw those on our way to robotics tonight

thefunkiesthunk: they definitely weren’t here last year

thefunkiesthunk: and they’re definitely real. i plunked one of the keys! 

loverboylance: what in the fresh hell why did this even happen

loverboylance: who was at the campus beautification meeting and was like, “hey, i have this real great idea that’s TOTALLY NORMAL: LET’S PUT A BUNCH OF PIANOS AROUND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL AND THEN NOT TELL ANYONE”

loverboylance: a bunch of pianos are around the campus u can’t convince me that this isn’t a social experiment

princessallura: oooooooh that’s a good take

loverboylance: i am full of good takes

loverboylance: also it’s almost midnight and some fuck is playing one of these things

loverboylance: update: i approached the source

loverboylance: AND IT’S FUCKING KEITH

loverboylance: I’M GOING TO GO CALL HIM OUT BYE GUYS 

[11:52 pm] “being gay is Hard”

keefkogaylien: hooooooo i am sooooo sooooo sooooooo far gone for this boy

keefkogaylien: i think we just had another bonding moment?

Chapter Text

thursday

[02:12 am] “being gay is Hard”

members: adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, shiruhroh

keefkogaylien: ohhhhh my goddddddd

keefkogaylien: so i may have disappeared for like two hours

keefkogaylien: and i gotta write what the fuck just happened down

keefkogaylien: but honestly????? i don’t even KNOW what happened

adaaammnndaniel: ...go on

keefkogaylien: u remember how i said i was gonna go on a walk last night right

adaaammnndaniel: yeah

keefkogaylien: so i go on my walk, everything is normal right

keefkogaylien: pianos are on campus for some reason 

keefkogaylien: i go to the most secluded corner of campus (u know the one with all the freaky looking statues) bc im stressed and want alone time

keefkogaylien: me, being the artist i am, plop myself at a piano and just start playing whatever right

keefkogaylien: side note it’s a very good stress reliever i’m actually really happy that i can do music again since /some pianos/ are restricted to music majors only :(

keefkogaylien: bUT anyways so i’m just Doing My Thing™ 

keefkogaylien: and, for more context, bc i wanted Alone Time, my phone’s on do not disturb so im like…..legit not talking to anyone rn ok

keefkogaylien: and guess WHO shows up to my secluded corner of school 

keefkogaylien: OF /ALL/ PEOPLE AT THIS ENTIRE SCHOOL

keefkogaylien: THERE’S LIKE 3732984792 PEOPLE HERE AND GU E S S W H O HAD THE /AUDACITY/ TO POP ON UP

keefkogaylien: (while i’m wearing like red flannel patterned pajama pants OKA Y)

adaaammnndaniel: well, keith’s poor fashion choices aside, and going off of what happened in the main group chat, i’m gonna go out on a limb here and say it was lance

keefkogaylien: IT WAS /LANCE/

adaaammnndaniel: how’d that go?

adaaammnndaniel: i’m getting the feeling that there’s more to this story than lance just sashaying on by you in all of your pajama-clad glory

keefkogaylien: OKAY ADAM THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR SASS

adaaammnndaniel: apologies, pls keep going i’m very intrigued

adaaammnndaniel: u’ve got me on the edge of my seat here kogane

keefkogaylien: so this /BOY/

shiruhroh: adam let’s take a shot everytime keith dramatically refers to lance as anything but his name

adaaammnndaniel: well, well, look who decided to pop on in

adaaammnndaniel: i don’t want alcohol poisoning at this tender age

keefkogaylien: you’re like thirty shut up

adaaammnndaniel: >:O i am not i am Youthful

keefkogaylien: ...ANYWAYS

keefkogaylien: so he SLIDES IN

keefkogaylien: LIKE, “slide” as in as close to sliding as is physically possible on concrete in the dark 

keefkogaylien: and me not having my contacts in?? fucking JOLTED

keefkogaylien: also he screwed up my song i’m still not over it smfh

keefkogaylien: but then he laughed and it was super cute and i might have died

keefkogaylien: and he LAYS HIS ARMS ON TOP OF THE PIANO 

keefkogaylien: and as he’s leaning on the top part of it and looking at me and i’m trying not to Combust he asks me to keep playing,,, and to ////SERENADE HIM////

keefkogaylien: A ND THEN?????? HE WINKS

keefkogaylien: HE /W I NKS/, GUYS

keefkogaylien: AND I THINK I DIED A LITTLE BIT MORE.

keefkogaylien: SCRATCH THAT, I THINK I DIED A WHOLE LOT MORE

adaaammnndaniel: oooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH!

adaaammnndaniel: keith, that’s SPICY!

adaaammnndaniel: did you wink back

shiruhroh: but...did u serenade him????? keith this is an important question 

keefkogaylien: 1. adam why the fuck would i wink back

keefkogaylien: 2. maybe

keefkogaylien: i didn’t know what to do there was cute boy leaning all up in my space so i panicked 

keefkogaylien: mcr is my comfort music okay 

keefkogaylien: oh but i did manage to pull off an okay-ish piano rendition of the only hope for me is you by mcr... so that happened

keefkogaylien: i’m pretty sure me and lance have very, very, VERY different music tastes tho

keefkogaylien: if he ever forces me to listen to top 50 anything i’m cutting contact with him

adaaammnndaniel: don’t you still have ariana grande in your spotify recommendations

shiruhroh: oh exposéd

keefkogaylien: ONLY BECAUSE PIDGE USED /MY/ PHONE TO CONNECT TO THE SPEAKER AT THE BEACH THAT ONE TIME 

keefkogaylien: i’m an innocent party and this is slander

keefkogaylien: wait guys there’s more to this story 

adaaammnndaniel: ??? OH?

keefkogaylien: so i played him a song right 

keefkogaylien: and at the end i looked up and he just looked so…..,,, happy

keefkogaylien: and it made me happy 

keefkogaylien: like???? i want to preserve that moment forEVER

keefkogaylien: so he was really cute and i probably Died for like the twelfth time

keefkogaylien: and then we walk back to the dorms together after that

keefkogaylien: our hands… may have brushed here and there

adaaammnndaniel: keith u missed a golden opportunity

shiruhroh: adam No they need to discuss Boundaries they’re not even in a relationship

adaaammnndaniel: but it’s mutual??? no???

shiruhroh: adam, Boundaries

shiruhroh: (but it’s probably mutual)

keefkogaylien: HHHHHHHHHH N OPE NOPe i’m exiting this conversation it absolutely the fuck is not

keefkogaylien: idgi we’re at each other’s throats like half the time and then the other half we have shit like this where i’m just. Confused

adaaammnndaniel: may i suggest: that’s just part of the Young Gay Experience

shiruhroh: oh for sure

shiruhroh: relationships are weird

shiruhroh: feelings are weird

shiruhroh: it’s always hard to figure those things out especially when you’ve got all sorts of other things to figure out and when it’s your first big crush

keefkogaylien: SHIRO STOP CALLING THIS THAT IT’S NOT A CRUSH 

shiruhroh: ...do you have any suggestions as to what i should call it then?

keefkogaylien: i will not be exposed like this

keefkogaylien: OH before i forget so like we walked back to the dorm together right

keefkogaylien: guess which two queers almost get stuck in an elevator

shiruhroh: ...almost?

keefkogaylien: yeah like it jolted and stopped for like three seconds and i was like Oh God No but then it fixed itself and everything was fine

keefkogaylien: and then at the end right when i was getting off for my floor he said that he wanted to hear me play again 

keefkogaylien: and, word-for-word, “i’m gonna be the one serenading ~you~ one day”

adaaammnndaniel: how did he manage to verbalize a tilde

keefkogaylien: adam shut ur fuck that was an artistic addition on my part

keefkogaylien: but yeah anyways im not good at words or feelings or dealing with Cute Boy but that was my wild night i need to crawl into a hole

keefkogaylien: (or maybe his arms i wouldn’t complain ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) 

adaaammnndaniel: awwwwww!

adaaammnndaniel: this is giving me major flashbacks to Pining Takashi

shiruhroh: :O adam no how dare u bring that up we leave the past in the past in this household

shiruhroh: but keith that’s so soft!!!

keefkogaylien: HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

keefkogaylien: i’m hardcore i’m NOT soft (*｀へ´*)

[2:40 am] loverboylance has created a new group chat

members: loverboylance, princessallura, whereforeartthouromelle

loverboylance has renamed the chat to “the L word”

loverboylance: KEITH IS SO SOFT

princessallura: do i even want to ask what the L word is in this context

whereforeartthouromelle: it’s for Leave Me Alone It’s Like 3 In The Morning

princessallura: how about Let Me Sleep Wait Uh Oh Is This *~Another~* Keith Crisis

whereforeartthouromelle: go Lions

princessallura: romelle ur absolutely right it is always time to show school spirit

whereforeartthouromelle: *dabs* thanks m’lady

princessallura: let me take everything i just said back

whereforeartthouromelle: *GASP* RUDE >:O

loverboylance: WOW Y’ALL ARE FAKE

loverboylance: it’s clearly for Lesbians And Lance 

whereforeartthouromelle: that’s two L words

loverboylance: ...shut ur fuck,,

whereforeartthouromelle: •̀.̫•́✧ 

whereforeartthouromelle: lance do we ever get to find out why you decided to make a group chat with all of us at like 3 in the morning 

whereforeartthouromelle: or are we perpetually left to wonder what grossness you and keith Experienced in all ur terrible pining glory

princessallura: i wanna hear all the hot goss!!!

princessallura: ur my gossip girl!!

loverboylance: … first this is Not Pining

loverboylance: … second, 

loverboylance: LEMME TELL YOU GUYS ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT

princessallura: omg!!!

princessallura: was it super queer

loverboylance: lura, as the loud and proud bi of this school, u already know any time with me is super queer

loverboylance: but okay sit down and get ready for story time

loverboylance: so long story short i was walking back to the dorms from the beach and i managed to cross paths with keith as u may remember from the gc

loverboylance: and, in honoring my vow to be less at keith’s throat, i went and talked to him and he played me some songs on the piano 

whereforeartthouromelle: but do u rlly wanna be less at keith’s throat??? *wiggles eyebrows*

princessallura: ew ew ew abort abort i do not want to picture lance and keith being spicy in any way, shape, or form

loverboylance: ...okay No

loverboylance: but so he played me some piano songs and i didnt recognize them but idc it was keith playing and he sounds friggin good on piano why did no one tell me about his hidden talent earlier

whereforeartthouromelle: i thought u already knew

loverboylance: did i know that freaking keith mcmullet of all people on this planet has like the most amazing piano skills? no!!! Not At All!!!!!!! i was uninformed!!!! UNINFORMED!!

princessallura: i’m calling keith mcmullet for the rest of his life 

loverboylance: thanks u didn’t catch it from me

whereforeartthouromelle: do u like him or do u like messing with him i genuinely can’t tell sometimes

loverboylance: oh god i don’t even know how i feel about him but i like messing with him bc he gets super flustered and its cute and i feel like...we’re not really rivals or anything but like...close to each other?? and i like it?? and i wanna keep doing it but like minus the being a dick part

loverboylance: like i wanna be cute and silly and whatever with him. whatever that means

princessallura: i think what you’re trying to say is you like messing with him = you like being close to him and at a point in your relationship where you’re both comfortable with being silly with the other, and you want to advance this relationship even further 

princessallura: in other words, u liiiiiiiikeeeee him :)

loverboylance: might need further discussion /)w(\

whereforeartthouromelle: we’ll work on it

whereforeartthouromelle: wait so is that all to the story bc i get the feeling there’s more juicy bits

loverboylance: OH RIGHT

loverboylance: ok so i get totally serenaded by mr. mcmullet

whereforeartthouromelle: brb i legitimately need to go change keith’s contact name in my phone

loverboylance: SHSDFJKSH DEAD

whereforeartthouromelle: stop don’t die i need to know what happens next

whereforeartthouromelle: the klance prologue is getting jucier and jucier

loverboylance: KLANCE WHAT???

princessallura: u know, klance

whereforeartthouromelle: we’ll work on it. proceed

loverboylance: ANYWAYS - so we walk back to the dorm together bc its like midnight or something idfk and i’m not about to be like thanks for the show! i’m gonna go fuck off now BYE right

princessallura: right

loverboylance: so we hang around in the garden for a bit and talk about everything and then we walk back together to the dorms then keep talking about everything

loverboylance: i talked about the ocean a lot bc i have lots of Thoughts about it

loverboylance: i might’ve brushed his hand here and there ON /A C C I D E N T/ bc i am bad at staying in my personal space bubble y’all know right i’m kinda just. Everywhere

princessallura: OOOOOOOOOH!

princessallura: you’re right, this IS juicy!

whereforeartthouromelle: did he hold ur hand :)

loverboylance: that’s like stage 403 in this relationship we are currently at like stage 3

whereforeartthouromelle: uhhh it’s only stage 403 if ur a PUSSY 

whereforeartthouromelle: grab his hand, look him in the eyes, tell him u like him

whereforeartthouromelle: boom u’ve skipped like 400 stages 

princessallura: :O rom ur such an intellectual 

loverboylance: yeah yeah that would be a good idea if keith didn’t like, Deeply Detest me

princessallura: i think that’s too strong of a word

princessallura: considering how he spent what? like three hours hanging out with you in the middle of the night?

princessallura: brushing against ur hand?? not objecting??? SERENADING YOU???

princessallura: lance the signs are Right Here

loverboylance: HHHHH NEEDS MORE EVIDENCE

loverboylance: OH RIGHT and then we get to the dorms

loverboylance: get in the elevator etc everything’s normal

loverboylance: UNTIL

loverboylance: EVERYTHING GOES BLACK AND IT STOPS

loverboylance: AND KEITH IS JUST LIKE “OH GOD”

loverboylance: and internally i’m like??? is that an “oh god i’m stuck with lance kill me now” or an “oh god all i want to do is go to be why do these things always happen to me” 

loverboylance: WE’RE DEADASS STUCK THERE FOR LIKE TEN MINUTES BEFORE IT RANDOMLY STARTS MOVING AGAIN AND EVERYTHING WAS /TOTALLY/ NORMAL 

loverboylance: IT WAS SUPER TRIPPY 

princessallura: maybe it’s an “oh god i’m stuck with this boy who’s super fun and energetic that i’m also *~suuuuuuuper~* into”

loverboylance: he looked dead inside tho

whereforeartthouromelle: keith always looks dead inside moving on

whereforeartthouromelle: i don’t think there’s any point in trying to puzzle what he meant out

whereforeartthouromelle: bc the only way you’ll know is by asking him and you don’t even need to do that until you feel comfortable doing so

whereforeartthouromelle: bc if he wasn’t externally like “wow this is literally the worst i hate being stuck with lance of all people” then he probably wasn’t thinking that

whereforeartthouromelle: since as we all know, keith can be pretty...expressive with things he doesn’t like 

loverboylance: hhhh rom ur right

whereforeartthouromelle: *puts on sunglasses* i always am

loverboylance: that’s wrong it’s 3 am Take Those Off

princessallura: ^ sorry babe gonna have to back lance up on this one

whereforeartthouromelle: BETRAYAL

whereforeartthouromelle: i would dramatically leave but i wanna stay updated on the hot goss

loverboylance: i mean that’s actually about it

loverboylance: like it started working and i said good night and then i got off at mine and presumably he got off at his floor and now im in my pajamas texting y’all while trying not to wake up hunk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

whereforeartthouromelle: oh

whereforeartthouromelle: well then

whereforeartthouromelle: thanks 4 the goss sesh xoxo 

whereforeartthouromelle: but for real, i think that ur making a lot of progress

whereforeartthouromelle: i think the best thing you can do atm is to just...focus on trying to be his friend if anything

whereforeartthouromelle: bc if anything is gonna happen its gonna start from there

princessallura: seconded!!

princessallura: we’re always here to support u through this :)

loverboylance: ,,, thank u guys, 

loverboylance: i’m gonna head to bed now tho

loverboylance: thanks for listening to whatever this was LMAO

loverboylance: cya soon!! gnite!! <3

princessallura: good night lance!!

whereforeartthouromelle: gnite dude

[3:23 am] loverboylance has opened a new direct message with keefkogaylien

loverboylance: hey dude

loverboylance: hope you got home safe and all especially after that elevator fiasco

loverboylance: also, i was serious about saying that i want to hear you play again

loverboylance: hold this over my head all you want but spending time with you is really when we’re not actively trying to stab each other

[3:24 am] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with whereforeartthouromelle

[keefkogaylien has sent one picture to whereforeartthouromelle]

keefkogaylien: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

keefkogaylien: GAY PANIC ENSUES

whereforeartthouromelle: BOI U GOT THIS

[3:28 am] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with loverboylance

keefkogaylien: we literally live in the same building and we went there together

keefkogaylien: but yeah

keefkogaylien: let’s do it again sometime

keefkogaylien: for sure

keefkogaylien: good night, lance

loverboylance: good night! 

[11:28 am] aceintheholt has renamed “september 24 2019: the day the gang gets kicked out of a dennys for being literal pieces of shit while shadam (mostly adam) pretends to not be associated with the rest of us” to “Y’ALL AIN’T GET NO SLEEP CAUSE OF ME”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, thefunkiesthunk, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, whereforeartthouromelle, shiruhroh

aceintheholt: HOOOOOOOOOOO BOYYYYYYYY

aceintheholt: GC TITLE @ MY FLOOR MATES

matthemattics: oh yeah it’s that time of the school year again isn’t it

princessallura: freshman parties??

aceintheholt: FRESHMAN PARTIES 

aceintheholt: ON THE ENTIRE GODDAMN FLOOR

aceintheholt: THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE GODDAMN NIGHT

aceintheholt: DON’T Y’ALL NEED /S L E E P/

adaaammnndaniel: as one of the dads of this group, pidge, i am going to tell you right now that during your entire college experience you’re probably going to get maybe three hours of sleep

aceintheholt: it’s really craving death hours up in here huh

loverboylance: HAHAHAHAHA FRESHIE

aceintheholt: lance stfu u live in the dorms too

loverboylance: yeah but i don’t live in the freshman dorms so ppl here actually know how to behave

keefkogaylien: that’s a bold assessment mcclain

keefkogaylien: gestures wildly to my roommate and his FURNITURE HOARDING PROBLEMS

loverboylance: look man what can i say i guess it’s just hard to compete when u have the best roommate on the planet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

loverboylance: ISN’T THAT RIGHT HUNK @thefunkiesthunk ˒(ˇ ῁̫ ˇ)˒

thefunkiesthunk: you’re absolutely right, best roommate ever˒(ˇ ῁̫ ˇ)˒

aceintheholt: ew

whereforeartthouromelle: seconded

loverboylance: RUDE

keefkogaylien: (≖_≖ )凸

keefkogaylien: guess i’m just gonna have to live in someone else’s place the whole year

keefkogaylien: hi shiro and adam(‘s couch) :)

shiruhroh: sorry keith i can’t endorse you running away from these problems, you’re gonna have to work out these things on your own

adaaammnndaniel: ^ try talking to him

keefkogaylien: ugh

keefkogaylien: it took me so long just to open up to this group

keefkogaylien: i don’t think i can 

keefkogaylien: and i don’t want to think about interacting with him right now. i don’t have time for this.

[12:57 pm] loverboylance has created a new group chat

members: aceintheholt, loverboylance, princessallura, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

loverboylance has renamed the chat to “keef support group”

loverboylance: guys i don’t think keith’s okay

princessallura: uh oh

princessallura: he definitely seems upset…

thefunkiesthunk: should we try to cheer him up? or just give him some space?

aceintheholt: knowing keith i think it would be best to give him some space

whereforeartthouromelle: i think that it might be best to cheer him up later

whereforeartthouromelle: he tends to self-isolate when he’s upset which isn’t necessarily the healthiest coping method

thefunkiesthunk: hmmm…..

thefunkiesthunk: how about both?

loverboylance: fam wym

thefunkiesthunk: like, we can give him his space right now and let him be by himself if that helps him. but we’re all his friends, right? so we can all hang out together with him later to try to cheer him up and show that we’re here to support him

thefunkiesthunk: that way, he gets his time to himself but not too much where it can be harmful to his mental health

princessallura: that’s a great idea!!

loverboylance: hunk you absolute genius

aceintheholt: but we have a problem

aceintheholt: who’s gonna be the one to go talk to him

aceintheholt: i’m out

princessallura: me too!

whereforeartthouromelle: wow lura don’t sound too excited...but me too

thefunkiesthunk: i think i’m gonna pass on this one...i think i might set him off or make it worse somehow

loverboylance: … I GUESS I’LL DO IT THEN,

loverboylance: what’s the plan what are we gonna do what do i tell him

loverboylance: all in favor of watching silly movies and building a blanket fort (or several) in the lounge of balmera house? at like idk 7 ish? or 8?

thefunkiesthunk: i think i can do a thumbs up on behalf of everyone here

thefunkiesthunk: i’ll bring snacks!

aceintheholt: p...peanut butter cups….??? :)

thefunkiesthunk: peanut butter cups :)

[1:37 pm] loverboylance has opened a new direct message with keefkogaylien

loverboylance: hey buddy

loverboylance: u good?

keefkogaylien: been better

loverboylance: wanna talk about it?

keefkogaylien: no offense but not right now

keefkogaylien: it’s nothing personal i just want to be by myself right now

loverboylance: hey, that’s okay

loverboylance: you deserve time to yourself and whatever it takes to make yourself feel better

loverboylance: also, me and some of the others from the gc were thinking of hanging out tonight

loverboylance: making blanket forts, watching good movies, eating hunk’s food, etc., in the lounge tonight

loverboylance: if you’re feeling up for it, we’d all be really happy if you wanted to come and hang out 

loverboylance: no pressure if it’s too overwhelming or anything tho. i get it

keefkogaylien: ...yeah, i can come

keefkogaylien: i’d like that

loverboylance: sweet!! can’t wait to see you there! :D

loverboylance: (might have been implied but it’s a pajama party too btw)

keefkogaylien: bold of you to assume i would show up in anything but my pajamas

loverboylance: you’re unpredictable, kogane

[2:00 pm] loverboylance has renamed the chat to “keef support group”

members: aceintheholt, loverboylance, princessallura, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

loverboylance: operation make keef feel better is a GO

loverboylance: see y’all tonight i hope someone picks a good movie

[11:54 pm] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with loverboylance

keefkogaylien: when u enticed me with good movies sharknado was not even an option i considered

loverboylance: why??? bc u have BAD taste in movies??

keefkogaylien: you wouldn’t know what a good movie was if a sharknado smacked you in the face 

loverboylance: i’m like 95% sure that’s not how you use sharknado in a sentence as a noun

keefkogaylien: would you have preferred a verb

keefkogaylien: if i get tricked into watching another god awful movie i’m gonna sharknado you so hard

loverboylance: ooooh keith ;)

keefkogaylien: NOPE. NOOOOOOPE. NOPE. I’M OUT

loverboylance: I’M KIDDING COME BACK IT WAS A JOKE

loverboylance: but seriously. thanks for coming to hang out with all of us tonight. it was super fun with you there (even if you did add terrible commentary to sharknado the whole time)

keefkogaylien: oh yeah for sure

keefkogaylien: it really cheered me up so

keefkogaylien: thanks for that, i guess

keefkogaylien: i feel a lot better now,,

loverboylance: i’m glad to hear it!

loverboylance: as your friend i’m here for you, okay?

keefkogaylien: ...thanks, lance

keefkogaylien: i really appreciate it… even if it doesn’t always seem like i do

keefkogaylien: but, good night

keefkogaylien: next time let’s watch something actually good :p

loverboylance: like sharknado 2?

keefkogaylien: bye

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friday

[12:02 am] “Y’ALL AIN’T GET NO SLEEP CAUSE OF ME”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, thefunkiesthunk, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, whereforeartthouromelle, shiruhroh

matthemattics: so what’re we doin for club day for astro club tomorrow

aceintheholt: *today

matthemattics: i haven’t gone to bed yet it’s technically tomorrow

keefkogaylien: i hate to be the one to break it to you matt but that’s literally not how time works

matthemattics: shut up nerd

matthemattics: time nerd

keefkogaylien: excuse me for trying to help you be less of a dipshit on main

aceintheholt: the dipshittery never ceases with this one

princessallura: oh SHOOT

princessallura: CLUB DAY’S TOMORROW?

thefunkiesthunk: i think we’ve just established that it’s today

princessallura: AHHHHHHHHHHHH

[12:15 am] princessallura has created a new group chat

members: acxaoclock, beautor, deathrid, ezoringaway, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, nartimcparty, princessallura, thefunkiesthunk, whateveronica, whereforeartthouromelle, and 17 others

princessallura has renamed the chat to “KU Lion’s Pride”

princessallura: hello everyone!! apologies for the late message, and i know it’s been quite awhile since we last checked in. however, as this queer’s (get it!) editor-in-chief for the lion’s pride, i made this group chat for all of us to communicate club-related messages, announcements, questions, etc. as a reminder, we’re all friends here and lion’s pride is definitely like a second family to me! <3

princessallura: i’ll go ahead and introduce this year’s board! 

princessallura: allura - editor-in-chief
    romelle - photography department chair

    lotor - marketing & community outreach department co-chair

    narti - marketing & community outreach department co-chair

    ezor - layout department chair

    zethrid - social department chair

    keith - campus events & student community - lead photographer

    lance - pop culture, trends & student community department lead editor

    veronica - politics & news department lead editor

    hunk - opinion department lead editor

[12:23 am] loverboylance has opened a new direct message with princessallura

loverboylance: L UR A

loverboylance: YOU DID /N O T/

loverboylance: WHY ARE KEITH AND I IN THE SAME DEPARTMENT

loverboylance: YOU /K N O W/

princessallura: :3c

princessallura: but honestly??? it wasn’t intentional you both applied to be in the same department

princessallura: and he likes photography and that’s like, the only photography board position open

princessallura: unless he wants to be teamed up with lotor or narti but even then marketing photography isn’t like journalism photography which he likes doing

princessallura: also can you even imagine keith as marketing chair

loverboylance: ah, yes, i can see it now

loverboylance: keith kogane, emo mulletman supreme, the face of our highly esteemed queer newsmag

[12:26 am] “KU Lion’s Pride”

members: acxaoclock, beautor, deathrid, ezoringaway, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, nartimcparty, princessallura, thefunkiesthunk, whateveronica, whereforeartthouromelle, and 17 others

princessallura: as a friendly reminder, club day is later today. i was planning on using the decorations we have from last year, but we need maybe four people to run the stand in shifts tomorrow (two per each shift).

princessallura: so...any volunteers? i can work the morning shift to help get everything set up :)

whereforeartthouromelle: i’ll prolly end up taking you to campus in the morning so i guess i can do the morning as well since i’ll already be there ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

acxaoclock: i have a prior commitment earlier, but i can 

deathrid: same. i’ll hold down the fort with acxa. you can count on us allura •̀.̫•́✧ 

princessallura: wonderful! let’s meet in front of the administrative building at 8 to get our supplies. if anyone wants to claim a table that would be wonderful because i think we all know how much of a bloodbath club day is 

loverboylance: let’s send keith to get the table no one would even think about fighting him for him

keefkogaylien: i’ll bring my knife to assert my dominance

acxaoclock: keith, no

keefkogaylien: keith yes

whereforeartthouromelle: keith let’s try not to get arrested by the campus police today

keefkogaylien: curse you and your rational thoughts

whereforeartthouromelle: :)

ezoringaway: y’all i can’t WAIT to see the new freshies that join

deathrid: FRESH MEAT

loverboylance: FRESH MEAT

whateveronica: lance ur a sophomore settle down

loverboylance: binch you’re the same age as me the fuck

whateveronica: i’m older than you by like eight minutes, get fucked 

keefkogaylien: hahahaha lance’s younger

loverboylance: ???? I’M OLDER THAN YOU BY THREE??? MONTHS?

keefkogaylien: shut ur heck

princessallura: here we go again

[12:32 am] matthemattics has renamed “Y’ALL AIN’T GET NO SLEEP CAUSE OF ME” to “astro hoes (club)”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, shiruhroh, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

matthemattics: the question still stands: astro club

aceintheholt: rip old chat name 

loverboylance: did this group chat lose its status as our squad chat

matthemattics: yes

matthemattics: well, no, but everyone on board is here already so this’ll be the astro club group chat for officers for the next hour or however long it takes us to plan all this shit out

matthemattics: so what r we gonna do for club day

keefkogaylien: aren’t u the club president

matthemattics: this is a collective effort also all of u are on board so y’all better contribute

whereforeartthouromelle: ...i forgot what role i had

matthemattics: it’s ok i did too

whereforeartthouromelle: ??? you’re the president?????

matthemattics: and?

matthemattics: @thefunkiesthunk my trusty vp who is drastically more organized than me, pls bless us all with the board member roster once again <3

thefunkiesthunk: *ahem* without further ado

thefunkiesthunk: matt - president

      hunk (that’s me!) - vice president 

      keith - secretary

      lance - marketing chair 

      allura - social chair

      romelle - historian 

      pidge - webmaster 

      adam & shiro - club advisors/signatories/baby sitters

adaaammnndaniel: i’m taking offense to that last line

keefkogaylien: shut up adam don’t u have a bedtime

adaaammnndaniel: i DID until i got woke up at midnight by a certain wild group chat

whereforeartthouromelle: wow adam i didn’t know u were in a real wild group chat

whereforeartthouromelle: ur a real party animal considering how this is the tamest group chat, in the history of the world, probably

adaaammnndaniel: do i need to reference the denny’s incident again

loverboylance: okay in me and pidge’s defense that happened irl outside of the group chat soooo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

loverboylance: but fuck YEAH i’m marketing chair

loverboylance: we are literally going to have the cutest t-shirts this year i swear on hunk’s life

thefunkiesthunk: ...why me

loverboylance: bc as your best friend i would die for you hunketh

thefunkiesthunk: ...please don’t

loverboylance: :(

keefkogaylien: wow hunk u made him sad

loverboylance: yeah hunk listen to keef u made me sad :((((((

thefunkiesthunk: my humblest apologies, please, feel free to die on my behalf lanceth

loverboylance: ヘ( ^o^)ノ＼(^_^ ) <3

princessallura: LONCE!!

princessallura: I CAN COUNT ON YOU TO TEAM UP WITH ME FOR SOME BOMB ASS SOCIALS

loverboylance: ??? OF COURSE???

loverboylance: WHO ELSE??? keith???

loverboylance: keith’s idea of a fun social is probably like disassociating under the stars while we all collectively listen to gregorian chants in the moonlight as a group of young adults and shiro 

keefkogaylien: where did that even come from

shiruhroh: i’m gonna second keith on this lance what the fuck

loverboylance: it’s prime time for the creative juices to be flowing

matthemattics: let’s let them flow towards astro club planning 4 tomorrow xoxoxo 

aceintheholt: ew

aceintheholt: i motion that we have lance run around the quad with the Cape and the Flag

loverboylance: seconded

keefkogaylien: can you even second a suggestion that involves yourself

loverboylance: um yes i just did??? mullet did you even read the gc

keefkogaylien: ...third

keefkogaylien: keeps me from having to do it

aceintheholt: wait actually

aceintheholt: i would like to amend my previous statement: i motion that we have lance run around the quad with the Flag and keith run around the quad with the Cape AND the hat

keefkogaylien: oh no what have i done

loverboylance: DOUBLE SECONDED I CAN’T WAIT TO EMBARRASS KEITH IN PUBLIC

thefunkiesthunk: third i can’t wait to see lance embarrass himself and keith in public

aceintheholt: hunk we don’t have to have a special club day for that to happen bc they do that like every day

thefunkiesthunk: o you right

shiruhroh: @whereforeartthouromelle you’re the historian i’m trusting you to fully document all of this 

whereforeartthouromelle: you got it chief

shiruhroh: and pidge, as a suggestion: let’s put these pics on the website 

shiruhroh: gotta attract the fresh meat somehow

keefkogaylien: ??? SHIRO WHO’S SIDE ARE YOU EVEN ON 

shiruhroh: the winning side

loverboylance: this is a competition and i came here to win

keefkogaylien: i came here because i like space but ok to each their own

loverboylance: i like space too but i am here to win

loverboylance: prepare to get chased around the quad 

loverboylance: and LOSE 

matthemattics: these are good creative ideas 

matthemattics: so, to sum up

matthemattics: lance: flag

matthemattics: keith: cape

matthemattics: everyone else: ???? we’ll get the supplies from last year and improvise

matthemattics: i want adam to do a whole song and dance tho

adaaammnndaniel: but why

matthemattics: i gotta make sure the freshmen know what we’re all about

adaaammnndaniel: ...grad students cringely wiggling in place?

matthemattics: exACTLY

adaaammnndaniel: i worry for you

aceintheholt: we all do

matthemattics: ‘tis the cost of being a holt

aceintheholt: we don’t worry for me

keefkogaylien: yeah we do

adaaammnndaniel: ^

thefunkiesthunk: ^

princessallura: ^

loverboylance: ^

whereforeartthouromelle: ^

shiruhroh: ^

aceintheholt: aw damn not shiro too 

shiruhroh: go to bed

aceintheholt: okay dad

thefunkiesthunk: night everybody & dad

whereforeartthouromelle: peace out dad

keefkogaylien: night takashi shirodad

loverboylance: GNITE SPACE DADDY ;D

matthemattics: ^ 

princessallura: good night space dad!

adaaammnndaniel: i’m out 

shiruhroh: why am i my own category

shiruhroh: also, lance and matt, No

[9:47 am] “astro hoes (club)”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, shiruhroh, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

[matthemattics has sent four images to “astro hoes (club)”]

[matthemattics has sent two videos to “astro hoes (club”]

matthemattics: as a club, can i just say: we made good choices

thefunkiesthunk: HAHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD

thefunkiesthunk: THIS IS GOLDEN

aceintheholt: aaaaand straight to the blackmail folder 

whereforeartthouromelle: LMFAO

whereforeartthouromelle: THE COLLEGE REPUBLICANS KIDS IN THE BACKGROUND LOOKING ON AT THE QUEERS IN HORROR IM DEAD 

whereforeartthouromelle: SOMEONE COME RELIEVE ME AND LURA FROM THE LION’S PRIDE TABLE THIS IS TOO GOOD

princessallura: awwww my heart! 

princessallura: they’re gonna tired themselves out before club day’s even over

thefunkiesthunk: i’ll feed us for dinner 

thefunkiesthunk: pidge yeet me to the bitchen

matthemattics: hunk u angel ilu

whereforeartthouromelle: the what now

thefunkiesthunk: the bitchen

whereforeartthouromelle: yes thank u i can read what in the fresh hell is the bitchen

aceintheholt: it’s what we started calling the common kitchen in balmera house

aceintheholt: balmera + kitchen = bitchen

whereforeartthouromelle: thumbs down

matthemattics: romelle ur cancelled the bitchen is the second best thing on this entire campus

aceintheholt: what’s the first

matthemattics: hunk and his cooking 

aceintheholt: that’s two things

matthemattics: shut ur fuck

shiruhroh: wow i know we’re not gonna hear the end of it from keith but i honestly don’t think i’ve ever seen him so happy at 9:30 in the morning

shiruhroh: especially not while he’s being chased down the hill by a cuban with a very non-threatening flag that has the sun on it

shiruhroh: the sun with sunglasses

shiruhroh: oh that’s very punny i only just got that now

adaaammnndaniel: you’ve been in this club for how long and you only got that now

shiruhroh: i’m Doing My Best, adam

matthemattics: who’s in favor of repurposing this club to teach shiro about visual puns

shiruhroh: smashes that mf dislike button

adaaammnndaniel: how old are you

shiruhroh: old enough to be cooler than you

aceintheholt: brb i gotta go smash that mf dislike button

[9:54 am] aceintheholt has opened a new direct message with thefunkiesthunk

aceintheholt: hunker

thefunkiesthunk: pidger

thefunkiesthunk: what’s up

aceintheholt: do u think keith and lance have been kinda weird lately

thefunkiesthunk: i mean, define weird

thefunkiesthunk: because they’re our friends so they’re already pretty weird

thefunkiesthunk: but like…how weird are you thinking

aceintheholt: weird as in keith let lance chase him around the quad without much complaint 

aceintheholt: when he usually would give all of us hell about having to deal with him

aceintheholt: also didn’t they sleep together like two days ago or st

thefunkiesthunk: o

thefunkiesthunk: gotcha

thefunkiesthunk: that kind of weird

thefunkiesthunk: weird-weird

thefunkiesthunk: and yeah they did but i am a heavy sleeper so idk what was up with that

thefunkiesthunk: i think that keith’s still having roommate troubles tho so it might be a regular thing 

aceintheholt: hmmmmm

aceintheholt: should we get to the bottom of this

thefunkiesthunk: i think we should just watch for now

thefunkiesthunk: see how things go

thefunkiesthunk: we can come up with a plan once we get more information

aceintheholt: thumbs up

aceintheholt: also, hunk

aceintheholt: i never want to see the word weird again

thefunkiesthunk: weird

[10:16 am] “astro hoes (club)”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, shiruhroh, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

keefkogaylien: i hate all of you

keefkogaylien: anD @shiruhroh “NON-THREATENING” MY ASS THAT THING COULD’VE KILLED ME /I COULD HAVE D I E D/

aceintheholt: wow keith i thought lance was supposed to be the dramatic one

thefunkiesthunk: usurping his role i see

keefkogaylien: there is 0 usurping going on in this household i am not dramatic at all

whereforeartthouromelle: keith stfu ur like the most dramatic person i know next to lance

keefkogaylien: ???? i’ve never been dramatic in my entire life

shiruhroh: keith this is what we mean

shiruhroh: and to clarify, for a guy that CARRIES A KNIFE on him at all times i don’t think lance waving around a flag in the quad is threatening at all

loverboylance: excuse i Wave With Purpose

adaaammnndaniel: what even was the purpose

loverboylance: to threaten keith

keefkogaylien: SEE SHIRO

whereforeartthouromelle: that’s kinda gay

keefkogaylien: i am noping the FUCK out of this conversation

aceintheholt: and he says he’s not dramatic ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

[10:38 am] loverboylance has opened a new direct message with whereforeartthouromelle

loverboylance: romelle what did u mean when u said that’s kinda gay

loverboylance: like

loverboylance: i’m kinda gay??? (i sure am)

loverboylance: he’s kinda gay?? (we been knew)

loverboylance: we’re kinda gay??? (god i wish)

loverboylance: conceptually, our group chat is kinda gay????

loverboylance: i need answers

whereforeartthouromelle: boi what do u think

loverboylance: ??? I DON’T KNOW THAT’S WHY I’M ASKING LMAO

whereforeartthouromelle: smh y’all had another bonding moment and didn’t even know it 

loverboylance: ??????????????

loverboylance: confused bisexual noises

[3:49 pm] “astro hoes (club)”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, shiruhroh, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

thefunkiesthunk: hey so i can count on someone to take care of my clean up shift right :))))

thefunkiesthunk: bc i’m feeding y’all :))))))))

loverboylance: i got u fam

thefunkiesthunk: best roommate 

loverboylance: u KNOW it ;D

aceintheholt: lance stop [] hunk so he’ll make u extra 

aceintheholt: also come help clean my tiny arms can’t carry this stupid flag

loverboylance: just grow stronger

aceintheholt: do u ever hear the things that u say

loverboylance: i’m a leader not a follower

loverboylance: which means, no ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

keefkogaylien: shouldn’t a good leader listen to himself

keefkogaylien: y’know to like improve and stuff 

loverboylance: not now kogane i don’t have time for you to punch holes in my logic

whereforeartthouromelle: someone’s gotta

loverboylance: HEY

loverboylance: i am a tender man i need unconditional love and support

aceintheholt: what in the ever loving fuck brought you to describe yourself as tender

aceintheholt: who hurt you

loverboylance: all of you

shiruhroh: all of you stop texting and help clean up this table 

adaaammnndaniel: (he’s cranky because he wants dinner)

adaaammnndaniel: (hunk dinner, specifically)

matthemattics: yeah guys we’ve all gotta yeet on over to the bitchen 

adaaammnndaniel: what does that even say

aceintheholt: adam stop pretending u don’t know teenage internet slang to look Cool challenge

adaaammnndaniel: wow y’all can walk there idc

adaaammnndaniel: i’ll just yeet myself over there with my nyoom nyoom device

keefkogaylien: what the fuck

whereforeartthouromelle has renamed the chat to “yoten by adam’s nyoom nyoom device”

loverboylance: thank you for memorializing that wonderful piece of linguistic work

whereforearttthouromelle: legends never die

thefunkiesthunk: is that yeet in the past tense?

whereforearttthouromelle: yee

whereforearttthouromelle: hunk we’re on our way in like 15 

thefunkiesthunk: okay!

[11:30 pm] loverboylance has opened a new direct message with keefkogaylien

loverboylance: did we bond today

keefkogaylien: ?????

keefkogaylien: what do you mean

loverboylance: we hung out and i had fun and we didn’t want to kill each other even tho u put on ur angsty emo boy act

keefkogaylien: first of all,

keefkogaylien: i don’t have a comeback for that

keefkogaylien: yeah

keefkogaylien: maybe we did bond

keefkogaylien: i had fun

loverboylance: :)

loverboylance: keef 

keefkogaylien: lance

loverboylance: i can’t sleep

keefkogaylien: try harder?

loverboylance: wow bad advice

loverboylance: do u wanna watch something in the lounge

loverboylance: or go get late night

loverboylance: i want nuggs

loverboylance: lounge movie and nuggs??

keefkogaylien: ...yeah sure why not

keefkogaylien: meet you in the lobby in 5

[11:30 pm] loverboylance has opened a new direct message with princessallura

[loverboylance has sent three pictures to princessallura]

loverboylance: DELIGHTED BISEXUAL NOISES

princessallura: OMG!!!

princessallura: ur killing it lonce :D

loverboylance: (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

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saturday

[10:45 am] “yoten by adam’s nyoom nyoom device”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, shiruhroh, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

[thefunkiesthunk has sent one picture to the chat]

thefunkiesthunk: uh

thefunkiesthunk: not to cause a panic but

thefunkiesthunk: lance is missing

whereforeartthouromelle: it’s not even 11 there’s no way he got up early something is very wrong here

aceintheholt: where could he even have gone

aceintheholt: UNLESS

aceintheholt: he secretly went to a wild party last night

aceintheholt: which isn’t necessarily out of character for him

princessallura: that’s definitely plausible  

whereforeartthouromelle: but him not telling anyone here about that/going with anyone here is out of character

whereforeartthouromelle: we all basically have a lance tracker on our phones whether we want one or not just bc he’s always like “heeeYYYY GUYS GUESS WHAT I’M GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE”
aceintheholt: he bought me oreos last time he said he was making a grocery run so im gonna come and defend him on that

matthemattics: persuaded by oreos

matthemattics: yup that’s my sister

aceintheholt: binch i shared with u 

adaaammnndaniel: maybe he doesn’t have his phone or it died or something

thefunkiesthunk: nope his phone is definitely not in this room

adaaammnndaniel: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i tried, the days of detective adam are over

shiruhroh: there were days of detective adam?

adaaammnndaniel: maybe i have a dark past you don’t know about 

shiruhroh: that involved you being a detective?

adaaammnndaniel: i mean it’s probably the case in a parallel universe or something

shiruhroh: alternate realities are fake news

matthemattics: multiverse theory discourse aside, maybe he went to the bathroom or something

matthemattics: and hunk just happened to wake up and see his (empty) bed at the same moment he’s out

thefunkiesthunk: that is possible… 

thefunkiesthunk: welp i’m gonna go ge breakfast anyone in the dorms wanna join me

aceintheholt: let’s go i want cereal

thefunkiesthunk: heck yeah let’s meet in front of balmera house in like 10?

[10:54 am] thefunkiesthunk has opened a new direct message with aceintheholt

[thefunkiesthunk has sent three pictures to the chat]

thefunkiesthunk: ON MY WAY TO GET AN OMELETTE

thefunkiesthunk: WALK BY THE LOUNGE BC U GOTTA PASS IT TO GET TO THE ELEVATOR

thefunkiesthunk: “oh hey that looks like keith why is he asleep on the couch in the lounge”

thefunkiesthunk: I PEEK IN

thefunkiesthunk: ?????? THESE TWO????

thefunkiesthunk: SLEEPING WITH THEIR HEADS LEANING ON EACH OTHER UNDER A BLANKET

aceintheholt: well, we found lance

thefunkiesthunk: SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY UP

thefunkiesthunk: i’m not gonna wake them up but 

thefunkiesthunk: there’s gonna be an interrogation pidge we gotta get to the bottom of this

aceintheholt: sounds like a plan

aceintheholt: let’s just keep this between us for now?

aceintheholt: i don’t want to cause drama in the gc u know

aceintheholt: keith being his dramatic self would probably be mortified and leave

thefunkiesthunk: for sure

aceintheholt: i want cereal hurry up

thefunkiesthunk: geez geez okay i’m coming down i thought that this discovery warranted a pause in our quest to get breakfast

aceintheholt: i’m a hungry bitch we’re not allowed to take breaks in this household

thefunkiesthunk: that’s not healthy

aceintheholt: cE REal

[11:58 am] “yoten by adam’s nyoom nyoom device”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, shiruhroh, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

loverboylance: i rise, binches

whereforeartthouromelle: where did u even go

loverboylance: got distracted ended up passing out in the lounge ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

whereforeartthouromelle: how do u even manage that i remember the dorm’s lounges having the most uncomfortable chairs n couches i’ve ever sat in

whereforeartthouromelle: i’d rather try to sleep on a brick

loverboylance: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ idk man i was comfy 

keefkogaylien: they’re not that uncomfortable

keefkogaylien: rom ur just a pussy

whereforeartthouromelle: ??? they’re stiff

whereforeartthouromelle: i’m Sensitive

adaaammnndaniel: they do suck tho

adaaammnndaniel: they sucked when me and takashi were in undergrad

adaaammnndaniel: some things never change

shiruhroh: $238473928748932 in tuition and this school can’t even afford decent chairs smfh

whereforeartthouromelle: hey we have to spend $238473928748931 on administrator’s salaries

whereforeartthouromelle: and the last $1 is for the actual students that go here

whereforeartthouromelle: duh, didn’t you know that

whereforeartthouromelle: (i am going to slam dunk the american university system into the garbage)

aceintheholt: why

aceintheholt: it’s already there

loverboylance: OOOOOHHHHHH

loverboylance: SICK BURN PIDGEON

aceintheholt: smh international students

whereforeartthouromelle: Excuse

loverboylance: there are three of us in this group chat and we’re full of *~Swag~*

aceintheholt: wow 2011 made a comeback

aceintheholt: in the form of lance mcclain

loverboylance: hol up lemme look for my ladder shades real quick

aceintheholt: oh god

loverboylance: found em they’re blue 

[loverboylance has sent one picture to the group chat]

loverboylance: swagilicious 

whereforeartthouromelle: omg i have a pair in purple let’s have matching outfits next week

loverboylance: omg hell yeah can’t wait to pull up to the quad with u in our matching 2011 Luks ™

aceintheholt: i’m disowning both of you

[12:14pm] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with loverboylance

keefkogaylien: i hate you

loverboylance: ...what did i do this time

keefkogaylien: my neck hurts

keefkogaylien: i slept in a weird position last night

keefkogaylien: because of /you/ 

loverboylance: maybe we should get you one of those pillows people bring on airplanes for their necks next time we have a movie night!

keefkogaylien: those are the dorkiest things you couldn’t pay me to wear one

loverboylance: what if i get one that has hippos on it

keefkogaylien: …

keefkogaylien: ...keep going

loverboylance: ;D

loverboylance: idk man my neck doesn’t hurt ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

loverboylance: ur just a wimp :p

keefkogaylien: i am NOT i will fight u right here right now mcclain square up

loverboylance: i can’t fight u when ur at such an obvious disadvantage, i don’t play dirty

loverboylance: u and ur weak ass neck :p

keefkogaylien: / b o i /

keefkogaylien: when did we end up crashing last night

keefkogaylien: bc the last thing i remember was watching vine comps 

loverboylance: uhhhhh idk i think like 4

keefkogaylien: lmaooooooooooo school hasn’t even started yet but rip my sleep schedule

keefkogaylien: thank GOD i don’t have any 8 ams this quarter :’)

loverboylance: same if i had an 8 am i’d honestly just …. only show up for the midterm and final :)))

loverboylance: waking up before 8??? i don’t have time for that i need my beauty sleep

keefkogaylien: did u manage to get ur beauty sleep on the lounge couch last night loverboylance: how could i not twas quiet and comfy

keefkogaylien: my neck says otherwise (≖_≖ )凸

loverboylance: :)

loverboylance: guess we’ll just have to plan our movie nights better

loverboylance: so princess over here doesn’t hurt his neck

loverboylance: maybe we could try my room or something? hunk and pidge have robotics starting next week so i think i’ll have the room then

keefkogaylien: yeah sure

keefkogaylien: anything to keep me out of this god forsaken room and all of my roommate’s shit

keefkogaylien: DUDE did i tell you he brought a FRIDGE yesterday

keefkogaylien: like??? we all have meal plans??? at the dining halls????? why the fUCK would you need???? a?????? fridge???????????////??

keefkogaylien: i am confusion

loverboylance: this week on hoarders: keith’s roommate edition

keefkogaylien: sdkjfksdfkdsjf

keefkogaylien: i’m gonna yeet on outta this room before he tries to talk to me, do u wanna grab lunch or st

loverboylance: yeah sure

loverboylance: do u wanna go to a dining hall or we can fuck around in the bitchen

keefkogaylien: bitchen bitchen bitchen i’m feeling particularly heathenous today

loverboylance: that’s terrifying let’s go

[1:03 pm] thefunkiesthunk has opened a new direct message with loverboylance

thefunkiesthunk: yo lance

loverboylance: hey!

loverboylance: sorry for the late reply my hands were covered in flour

thefunkiesthunk: do i even want to know

thefunkiesthunk: but anyways, are you okay??

loverboylance: wow is me having food dust on me that concerning

loverboylance: i can make a mean tamale

thefunkiesthunk: if you say food dust ever again i’m exposing you in the group chat

thefunkiesthunk: kinda worried about you buddy since you didn’t come back last night :(

loverboylance: oh yeah, sorry man

loverboylance: got kinda distracted last night 

thefunkiesthunk: about that: i saw you asleep in the lounge with keith this morning??

loverboylance: oh uh

loverboylance: yeah i guess that did happen 

loverboylance: we were watching youtube and fell asleep at like 4 

thefunkiesthunk: oh alright

thefunkiesthunk: give me a heads up next time i’ll bring you guys a pillow or something! :)

loverboylance: <3 hunketh ur the man

loverboylance: my neck kinda hurt when i woke up so i’ll hit u up for sure :) <3

loverboylance: also,,, hunk,,,,,

loverboylance: will u…..

loverboylance: be my…..

loverboylance: dinner date?????!?!? <3

thefunkiesthunk: is this the lance way of asking me to cook for you tonight

loverboylance: maybe

thefunkiesthunk: sure thing man

[1:03 pm] thefunkiesthunk has opened a new direct message with aceintheholt

thefunkiesthunk: oh boy something is DEFINITELY up

aceintheholt: ooooooooo

aceintheholt: you owe me $20

thefunkiesthunk: pidge we never made a bet

aceintheholt: $20 is $20

thefunkiesthunk: that’s not even remotely how bets work

[4:58 pm] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with whereforeartthouromelle

keefkogaylien: do u wanna hear about my day

whereforeartthouromelle: no

keefkogaylien: too bad

keefkogaylien: here’s what happened

keefkogaylien: fell asleep on lance last night

keefkogaylien: errrrr this morning, technically

whereforeartthouromelle: we go to bed past midnight we die like men 

keefkogaylien: he has a cute sleeping face 

keefkogaylien: he has super bony shoulders and it’s a miracle i actually fell asleep 

whereforeartthouromelle: shiro ain’t raise no pussy 

keefkogaylien: damn straight

whereforeartthouromelle: *damn gay

keefkogaylien: ...shit u right

keefkogaylien: we made cookies too 

whereforeartthouromelle: wow did you frolick at the beach while holding hands too 

whereforeartthouromelle: keith can u pls just start dating this boy so i can stop being a spectator of eternal pining hell 

keefkogaylien: no

keefkogaylien: this isn’t even pining

whereforeartthouromelle: keith you wouldn’t know what pining was if it smacked you right in the face 

keefkogaylien: what’s that even supposed to mean

keefkogaylien: i just..,, idk 

keefkogaylien: i like??? spending time with him???? 

keefkogaylien: he’s actually really fun to hang out with and he’s super funny and idk i feel like he just… gets me?

keefkogaylien: like he’s a very good and understanding friend

keefkogaylien: oh and he’s worm

keefkogaylien: **** WARM

keefkogaylien: I MEANT WARM

whereforeartthouromelle: not even gonna ask

whereforeartthouromelle: smh y’all are doing some cute ass shit and you’re not even a couple

whereforeartthouromelle: need lura to be cute like this with me wtf (*｀へ´*)

[5:34 pm] whereforeartthouromelle has opened a new direct message with princessallura

whereforeartthouromelle: luuuuurrrraaaa <3

princessallura: yes? <3

whereforeartthouromelle: let’s bake somethin tonite

princessallura: …

princessallura: rom i love you but do i need to remind you what happened last time you tried to bake something

whereforeartthouromelle: yeah nothing happened

princessallura: in what universe is setting off the entire complex’s fire alarm and forcing the entire building to evacuate “nothing”

princessallura: also don’t even try me i saw you burn water yesterday with my own eyes

whereforeartthouromelle: I DIDN’T BURN WATER YOU CAN’T EVEN DO THAT

princessallura: exactly, but somehow you managed to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

whereforeartthouromelle: i just forgot i was boiling water okay

princessallura: for like, two hours :p

whereforeartthouromelle: shhhshshhhhhhshhhhhh

whereforeartthouromelle: that’s my secret

princessallura: whatever you say

princessallura: but fine, let’s bake something

princessallura: cute lil stay at home date night 

whereforeartthouromelle: ;D <3

princessallura: i’m supervising everything that goes in the oven tho

whereforeartthouromelle: fine

[9:32 pm] “yoten by adam’s nyoom nyoom device”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, shiruhroh, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

[whereforeartthouromelle has sent two pictures to the chat]

whereforeartthouromelle: guys look me and lura baked and decorated a cake in honor of this group chat :)

shiruhroh: that cake just says “nerd” written in red frosting

princessallura: exactly :)

shiruhroh: WOW

keefkogaylien: haha shiro’s a nerd get fucked

shiruhroh: keith you do realize you’re in this group chat too, right

keefkogaylien: yeah

shiruhroh: so that means you’re a nerd too

keefkogaylien: yeah

shiruhroh: ...alrighty then can’t argue with that logic

aceintheholt: do we get to eat it

princessallura: sure! 

princessallura: we can save it in the fridge and you guys can come over tomorrow if you want :D

princessallura: last day before school starts!! end of summer back to school party!!!

keefkogaylien: why would you even celebrate going back to school #getmeoutofthisheckhole

aceintheholt: “heck hole”

keefkogaylien: can’t use bad words there’s kids here (like you)

aceintheholt: 1. fuck you

aceintheholt: 2. you said fuck not even two minutes ago

keefkogaylien: shut ur fuck 

loverboylance: it’s my turn to use the brain cell in this group chat, clearly

matthemattics: lance we all thought you went missing this morning what did that brain cell even do for you

matthemattics: o except for keith i dont think he was here this morning

matthemattics: keith where even were you

[9:36 pm] aceintheholt has opened a new direct message with thefunkiesthunk 

aceintheholt: THE PLOT THICKENS

[9:37 pm] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with loverboylance

keefkogaylien: what do i say

loverboylance: ??? it’s up to you

keefkogaylien: yeah i’m aware

keefkogaylien: but i don’t really wanna pop in the gc being all like “oh yeah, no big deal, just slept next to my friend nbd”

keefkogaylien: because you already KNOW i’m not going to hear the end of this 

loverboylance: then don’t say anything you’re uncomfortable with saying

loverboylance: it’s not the end of the world if they don’t know about that

[9:41 pm] “yoten by adam’s nyoom nyoom device”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, shiruhroh, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

shiruhroh: oh yeah you didn’t go missing too did you??

shiruhroh: gotta call up detective adam for this one

matthemattics: i thought you were denying that that was a thing

shiruhroh: i am denying that it was a thing

shiruhroh: but i’m still gonna use this opportunity to Make A Joke

adaaammnndaniel: (cue forced laugh track)

shiruhroh: adaaammmm but you think i’m funny :(

adaaammnndaniel: why

shiruhroh: </3

keefkogaylien: wow adam you made him sad

keefkogaylien: and i was just asleep

keefkogaylien: it’s saturday bold of any of u to expect me to be awake before noon

[9:43 pm] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with loverboylance

keefkogaylien: and for the record

keefkogaylien: thanks for spending time with me last night uh 

keefkogaylien: i feel a lot better not having to deal with my roommate

keefkogaylien: my stress has been (somewhat) relieved when i don’t have to be in that environment

keefkogaylien: so, thanks i guess

loverboylance: yeah! of course! i’m here for you!!

loverboylance: if you ever need to destress just hmu i’m your guy

loverboylance: ice cream and good movies, facemasks, yoga, the list goes on :)

keefkogaylien: don’t push it

keefkogaylien: but if you want i’m gonna go walk around campus to get some air

keefkogaylien: if you wanna come

loverboylance: yeah! 

loverboylance: can we walk by the beach too :3

keefkogaylien: only if you promise not to splash me :p 

loverboylance: i can’t promise anything but i will make an effort not to 

loverboylance: keyword: effort

keefkogaylien: psh

keefkogaylien: if i get wet i’m going to fling you across the ocean

loverboylance: Zesty ;D

keefkogaylien: No

Chapter Text

sunday

[2:12 am] “yoten by adam’s nyoom nyoom device”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, shiruhroh, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

thefunkiesthunk: is anyone awake

aceintheholt: hunk are u aware of what group chat ur messaging

keefkogaylien: i’ve never slept in my life, ever

shiruhroh: are any of you okay

loverboylance: collectively? no

whereforeartthouromelle: i don’t think any of us are okay on an individual level either

shiruhroh: let’s lighten up a bit kids

keefkogaylien: no

shiruhroh: i’m expecting better from you, keith

keefkogaylien: why

adaaammnndaniel: i’m with keith on this one. why x2

shiruhroh: don’t enable him 

adaaammnndaniel: bit late for that, i think

keefkogaylien: hi fives adam 

adaaammnndaniel: hi five!

loverboylance: nosedives and intercepts

keefkogaylien: lance what the fuck

loverboylance: cardio

thefunkiesthunk: funny that you mention cardio lance

whereforeartthouromelle: why do i have a feeling that i’m not going to like where this conversation is going

loverboylance: hunk i’ve already told you that i am not going to be your impulse exercise partner after 11 pm

thefunkiesthunk: no noo nooo not this time

thefunkiesthunk: i was thinking

thefunkiesthunk: since it’s technically sunday and the last day before school starts

thefunkiesthunk: if any of you guys wanted to go have a spontaneous bonfire at the beach

thefunkiesthunk: in like, ten minutes or whenever

loverboylance: hunk my man you know i am always down for spontaneity

whereforeartthouromelle: ...what does cardio have to do with this

keefkogaylien: did u forget about the giant ass hill you have to go down to get to the beach

keefkogaylien: smh

whereforeartthouromelle: well, keith,

whereforeartthouromelle: when ur Cool Like Me and don’t live by the dorms anymore

whereforeartthouromelle: u drive to the beach

whereforeartthouromelle: and don’t have to walk down or up the giant hill :-)

keefkogaylien: sm f h the privilege

keefkogaylien: who are you

whereforeartthouromelle: cooler than you 

keefkogaylien: sounds fake but Okay,

shiruhroh: aren’t we gonna get the cops called on us for 1. being on the beach this late 2. being Disruptive Adults 3. 

keefkogaylien: that’s part of the fun

keefkogaylien: the thrill of (almost) getting caught

thefunkiesthunk: shiro i’m bringing stuff so we can make smores if that incentivizes you somewhat

adaaammnndaniel: oh hunk, you persuasive little thing

adaaammnndaniel: we’re coming 

adaaammnndaniel: @matthemattics @princessallura @whereforeartthouromelle romellura + matt let’s carpool

matthemattics: sure

princessallura: i’ll bring my polaroid!!

keefkogaylien: :O

keefkogaylien: i’ll bring my camera too this’ll be super fun

keefkogaylien: i need more pictures of you guys to hang on my wall

loverboylance: make sure to get my good side ;D

keefkogaylien: you have a good side?

loverboylance: WOW RUDE

keefkogaylien: :)

aceintheholt: dorm ppl let’s meet in front of balmera house bc all of u except for me live there for some reason

thefunkiesthunk: best squad ever for enabling my impulse to have a bonfire at 2 in the morning 

loverboylance has renamed “yoten by adam’s nyoom nyoom device” to “bonfire bros bein bros”

thefunkiesthunk: <3

[2:38 am] whereforeartthouromelle has opened a new direct message with keefkogaylien

whereforeartthouromelle: adam’s driving so i’m on “texting the others to find out where they are” duty

whereforeartthouromelle: so, wya

keefkogaylien: we claimed a spot by the volleyball nets

keefkogaylien: apparently others had the same idea as us for a back to school bonfire so we had to go pretty far down but it’s just us in this corner of the beach so it’s fine ig ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

whereforeartthouromelle: aight we just parked we’ll head over there in a sec

keefkogaylien: did u bring blankets or st

whereforeartthouromelle: are u cold

keefkogaylien: yeah

whereforeartthouromelle: californians i stg it’s fucking september 

whereforeartthouromelle: it’s only 22 degrees

keefkogaylien: ????? THAT’S LITERALLY BELOW FREEZING

whereforeartthouromelle: celsius, my dude

keefkogaylien: brb googling

keefkogaylien: 72 DEGREES IS COLD WHAT ARE U TALKING ABOUT

whereforeartthouromelle: shrug i’ll never get you

whereforeartthouromelle: but yeah, we brought blankets

whereforeartthouromelle: oh i think i see your guys’ camp

whereforeartthouromelle: i’m waving at u guys do u see me

keefkogaylien: unfortunately

whereforeartthouromelle: >:O

whereforeartthouromelle: …

whereforeartthouromelle: keith what the fuck

keefkogaylien: what

whereforeartthouromelle: …

whereforeartthouromelle: …… is that lance’s jacket?

keefkogaylien: shut uP i told you i was cold 

whereforeartthouromelle: u two are so adorable

whereforeartthouromelle: also i hope you saved me some smores

[12:02 pm] “bonfire bros bein bros”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, shiruhroh, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

[princessallura has sent two pictures to the chat]

princessallura: some of the polaroids from last night!! ur all so cute!!

princessallura: that was such a good idea hunk!!

thefunkiesthunk: !!! 

thefunkiesthunk: !!! those look awesome i’m glad everyone liked my idea :’D

[12:14 pm] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with whereforeartthouromelle

[keefkogaylien has sent one image to whereforeartthouromelle]

keefkogaylien: hi

whereforeartthouromelle: hi

whereforeartthouromelle: are you in lance’s room again

keefkogaylien: yeah

keefkogaylien: i got back to my room and my roommate had like four people in the room

whereforeartthouromelle: didn’t you get back at like 5 am or something

keefkogaylien: yeah

keefkogaylien: i just went in the elevator and banged on the door to lance/hunk’s room until hunk let me in

keefkogaylien: lance was in the bathroom i just crawled into his bed

keefkogaylien: he screamed when he pulled the blanket back and saw me

whereforeartthouromelle: i mean, if it was 5 am and i was sleep deprived and was about to crawl into bed only to find the literal body of one of my friends i would probably scream too

keefkogaylien: :) 

keefkogaylien: when hunk fell asleep

keefkogaylien: guess who got cuddled :)

keefkogaylien: again :)

whereforeartthouromelle: i’m gonna take a stab at this and guess that it wasn’t hunk

keefkogaylien: ‘twas i

whereforeartthouromelle: the frenchiest fry

keefkogaylien: you know my memes so well

whereforeartthouromelle: it’s called best friend status bitch

whereforeartthouromelle: :)

whereforeartthouromelle: so are u gonna admit to urself that u have a crush on lance yet or not

keefkogaylien: ok i think crush is a strong word

whereforeartthouromelle: bitch what the fUCK ELSE IS IT

whereforeartthouromelle: a hearty affection???

keefkogaylien: no that sounds weird

whereforeartthouromelle: keith ur too much 

keefkogaylien: wow 

keefkogaylien: bye i’m gonna go engage in sleepy cuddles while hunk’s in the bathroom 

[12:17 pm] thefunkiesthunk has opened a new direct message with aceintheholt

thefunkiesthunk: they think they’re slick 

aceintheholt: oh?

thefunkiesthunk: cuddles, man

aceintheholt: oh

aceintheholt: ew

aceintheholt: wanna go play pokemon go or something

thefunkiesthunk: yeah, get me out of here

thefunkiesthunk: they need to figure themselves out 

[1:40 pm] loverboylance has opened a new direct message with princessallura

loverboylance: lura!!!

loverboylance: ur bi best friend is having a crisis!!!

princessallura: boy crisis?

loverboylance: boy crisis!!!

princessallura: keith crisis?

loverboylance: keith crisis!!!!!!

princessallura: what is the situation

loverboylance: so after the bonfire long story short he came over and we slept (=cuddled) together all night

loverboylance: and maybe a bit of sleeping (=cuddling) next to each other when we woke up too

loverboylance: and i think hunk saw bUT THAT’s a conversation for another day

princessallura: ur gonna have to talk to him about it sooner or later

princessallura: you /do/ live with him

loverboylance: …,, i know

loverboylance: but /i/ don’t even know what’s going on tbh

princessallura: what do you mean?

loverboylance: like

loverboylance: okay so i KNOW i’ve been hanging out with keith a lot lately

loverboylance: and we’ve been pretty close

loverboylance: and??? i don’t know what we are

loverboylance: like is this normal

loverboylance: bc i cuddle with hunk and you and romelle all the time

loverboylance: so it’s not like, out of the ordinary for me to be doing stuff like this

loverboylance: but with keith it feels….weird?

loverboylance: uhhhh maybe not weird

loverboylance: but??? different

princessallura: hm

princessallura: have you talked about keith with how these things are making you feel?

loverboylance: no not yet

princessallura: maybe you should do that then

loverboylance: hhhhhhhhh

loverboylance: maybe later 

loverboylance: i’m afraid of ruining what we have

loverboylance: like what if i tell him stuff like this and he freaks out and runs away and hates me FOREVER

princessallura: 1. tell ur brain’s anxiety gremlin to shoo

princessallura: 2. i think that talking with him ~at some point~ might be a good idea, but don’t rush it because that would be just as bad

princessallura: 3. stay safe! xoxo

loverboylance: WHAT ARE YOU EVEN SUGGESTING

[5:32 pm] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with loverboylance

keefkogaylien: i still have your jacket

loverboylance: oh no prob you can just give it back to me next time we hang out 

keefkogaylien: …

keefkogaylien: about that,

loverboylance: ?

keefkogaylien: okay so you can’t make fun of me for this but

keefkogaylien: are we friends?

[5:34 pm] loverboylance has opened a new direct message with princessallura

loverboylance: ALLURA WHAT THE FUCK

princessallura: lonce what’s wrong??

[loverboylance has sent one image to princessallura]

loverboylance: “ARE WE FRIENDS??”?????/?//???

loverboylance: WH A T

loverboylance: WHAT DID HE THINK WE WERE

princessallura: i, um-

princessallura: well,

princessallura: you /did/ have that whole silly rivalry thing go on for what...a year?

princessallura: and it stopped like… two weeks ago?

princessallura: so i don’t know if i can fault him for his confusion

princessallura: are you guys friends? if you are, then just say so

loverboylance: HE CAN’T JUST PULL THIS ON ME

princessallura: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ he just did so

[5:40 pm] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with loverboylance

keefkogaylien: oh god i fucked up didn’t i

keefkogaylien: shit, shit shit shit sorry lance

keefkogaylien: just ignore that

keefkogaylien: i’ll give pidge your jacket and you can get it from them

keefkogaylien: sorry

[5:46 pm] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with aceintheholt

keefkogaylien: i’m coming over

aceintheholt: aight

aceintheholt: wanna play pokemon?

keefkogaylien: yeah sure

[5:49 pm] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with whereforeartthouromelle

keefkogaylien: i’m turning my phone off for awhile. so if anyone panics just tell them i’m fine. i just don’t want to interact with anyone for a bit.

whereforeartthouromelle: uh, sure?

whereforeartthouromelle: you okay?

keefkogaylien: fine.

[5:53 pm] whereforeartthouromelle has opened a new direct message with princessallura

whereforeartthouromelle: yo lura something’s up with keith

whereforeartthouromelle: idk the deets but something upset him

whereforeartthouromelle: so just giving you a heads up because he’s not talking to anyone i think

princessallura: … oh dear

[5:55 pm] princessallura has opened a new direct message with loverboylance

princessallura: lonce i trust you but

princessallura: is everything okay with keith

loverboylance: where do i even start

loverboylance: i screwed up, i think

loverboylance: i’m gonna go to the beach and have some time to myself

[6:08 pm] princessallura has opened a new direct message with whereforeartthouromelle

princessallura: oh dear

princessallura: this is not good 

Chapter Text

monday

[12:03 am] loverboylance has opened a new direct message with keefkogaylien

loverboylance: woah woah woah hey keith it’s okay

loverboylance: you don’t need to freak out

loverboylance: sorry for not responding until now 

loverboylance: that was kind of a dick thing to do

loverboylance: but i consider us friends

loverboylance: i know we had that whole rivalry thing going on

loverboylance: and it was kinda dumb

loverboylance: but it was really like…,,

loverboylance: idk i thought you were really cool and i kinda suck at making friends so i just thought everything would be easier if we couldn’t get close because what if we became friends and everything was fine but then you thought i was lame or some weird boy from cuba or whatever and then you’d be like, “oh, ew, lance, how could i ever have shared the same air as him. Horrible”

loverboylance: like i’m Sensitive okay i don’t think freshman lance could’ve handled that!!! so i did that whole stupid rivalry thing to make it so that crappy outcome literally never could have happened

loverboylance: and i’m rambling but now that i’m spilling all of this i’m realizing how dumb this all is and??? holy shit how do i unsend a message bc the more i say things the worse it gets i think

loverboylance: i need an off button

loverboylance: bUT…. to answer ur question:

loverboylance: i’d like to think that we’re friends now. i’d like to be friends with you, if that’s okay

loverboylance: ...keith? you there buddy?

loverboylance: ...okay i guess you probably went to bed or something so i’m just gonna go now and hope you see this in the morning and don’t freak out too much

loverboylance: good night, keith

[12:14 am] “the L word”

members: loverboylance, princessallura, whereforeartthouromelle

[loverboylance has sent four pictures to the chat]

loverboylance: hello was this a mistake

loverboylance: Lesbians I Need Advice

whereforeartthouromelle: what’s the context for this?

loverboylance: okay so basically keith asked me if we were friends last night and then i freaked out and didn’t respond for like seven hours and now We Are Here

whereforeartthouromelle: why did you freak out 

loverboylance: bc i saw the question and then i got anxious abt how 2 respond bc 

loverboylance: if i say yes is that too forward????

whereforeartthouromelle: ???? no????

loverboylance: but what if i say no then it’s gonna b like i platonically led him on and also i don’t hate him so i think we’re friends and then also i was like freaking out over the fact that he had to ask like was i being a bad friend for him to feel the need to confirm this??? 

whereforeartthouromelle: ?????? i don’t understand u literally just had to say “yeah we’re cool bro”

whereforeartthouromelle: or something

whereforeartthouromelle: you’re lance use a platonic pick up line to show your friendship

whereforeartthouromelle: like…

whereforeartthouromelle: on second thought i can’t think of one so that’s ur job but

whereforeartthouromelle: i think u blew this out of proportion. a bit

princessallura: if i may counter, i think that while you did freak out a little too much

princessallura: the silver lining is that you got to tell keith all these things

princessallura: so i think when he reads it he’ll understand you better

princessallura: and i think you guys are closer because of this b/c it’s like you guys shared a moment? together? by opening up about yourself to him some more :)

loverboylance: ,,,,,,

loverboylance: oh my god we shared a moment

loverboylance: how am i supposed to go to bed with THIS on my mind now

loverboylance: AHHHH

princessallura: deep calming breaths!!!

[9:58 am] aceintheholt has renamed “ bonfire bros bein bros ” to “LEG DAY”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, shiruhroh, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

aceintheholt: i have been an official college student for fifty eight minutes

aceintheholt: and i would like to drop out 

whereforeartthouromelle: ...go on

loverboylance: oh mood

loverboylance: what traumatized you today

aceintheholt: The System

aceintheholt: but, really, the most trauma inducing thing i’ve experienced??

aceintheholt: the campus is terrible!! in SO MANY WAYS

aceintheholt: to begin,

aceintheholt: THE HILLS???

aceintheholt: AND THE STAIRS???

aceintheholt: OR FRESHMEN TRAVELLING IN PACKS

aceintheholt: /AND/ WALKING SLOW

aceintheholt: IN THE MIDDLE!! OF! THE! SIDEWALK!!

aceintheholt: WHEN THE SIDEWALK IS WIDE ENOUGH FOR TWO ENTIRE BODIES

aceintheholt: HEADASS WHO DECIDED TO 1. BUILD A SCHOOL ON THE SIDE OF A LITERAL MOUNTAIN

aceintheholt: 2. PUT 347595789375987349857 STUDENTS ON IT

aceintheholt: 3. PUT STAIRS LITERALLY EVERYWHERE

loverboylance: we don’t skip Leg Day here

[loverboylance has sent three pictures to the chat]

loverboylance: they call me Leggy Lance for a reason ;)

thefunkiesthunk: that’s...a leg

princessallura: “they”???

princessallura: lonce who is they i have some urgent questions

princessallura: b/c i’m telling you right now no one in this group chat has ever, or will ever, refer to you as leggy lance

aceintheholt: hi lance! thanks for adding to today’s mental trauma by a factor of seventeen

loverboylance: YOU ARE THE DANCING QUEEEEEEEENNNN

loverboylance: YOUNG AND SWEET

loverboylance: OOOONLY SEVENTEEN OOOOOOOH

aceintheholt: STOP THAT WAS / N O T / AN INVITATION TO BREAK INTO SONG AND YOU KNOW IT, YOU LITTLE SHIT

loverboylance: ??? bold of u to assume i needed an invitation to break into song

whereforeartthouromelle: pidge just wait until you’re trying to yeet to the other side of campus in the ten minutes you have between class at the same moment every fucking person on campus has collectively decided to forget how to walk 

whereforeartthouromelle: you have LEGS!!!! USE THEM!!!!!

aceintheholt: bold of you to assume anyone at this school has more than three brain cells, romelle

thefunkiesthunk: three? that’s generous

[10:13 am] keefkogaylien has opened a new direct message with loverboylance

keefkogaylien: hey sorry i just woke up

keefkogaylien: thanks,,, for the messages

keefkogaylien: ngl i highkey panicked when i saw “17 messages from lance” in my notifications

keefkogaylien: and the opened them and saw PARAGRAPHS,

keefkogaylien: but thanks for the reassurance

keefkogaylien: and thanks for sharing 

keefkogaylien: i kind of always thought it was super easy for you to make friends???

loverboylance: !!! keith!

loverboylance: yeah i’ve been told that i have that kind of super friendly persona going on but honestly

loverboylance: sometimes it’s hard to find people i can connect with

loverboylance: and i don’t have great social skills, i’m obnoxious and loud 

loverboylance: but somehow i found this group of weirdos that i can call my friends ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

loverboylance: i’m glad that i can call you my friend :)

keefkogaylien: gay

keefkogaylien: but same

loverboylance: YOU STARTED THIS WHOLE THING KOGANE

keefkogaylien: doesn’t make what you said any less gay

[10:21 am] “LEG DAY”

members: aceintheholt, adaaammnndaniel, keefkogaylien, loverboylance, matthemattics, princessallura, shiruhroh, thefunkiesthunk, whereforeartthouromelle

loverboylance: i propose that we, as a squad, should also travel in a pack and act obnoxious in the quad to deter hordes of students from blocking our way wherever we go

thefunkiesthunk: can we call ourselves the nerd herd

loverboylance: we can ABSOLUTELY call ourselves the nerd herd

thefunkiesthunk: !!!! i’ll make t-shirts!!!

loverboylance: !!!!! I’M GOING TO CHOREOGRAPH A DANCE

keefkogaylien: all of you are too extra

whereforeartthouromelle: watch out everyone sleeping beauty’s awake 

loverboylance: yeah but you love us keith

keefkogaylien: i’ve never said that

aceintheholt: keith you know that if you hated us you would’ve left by now soooo :-)

keefkogaylien: (≖_≖ )凸

aceintheholt: ˒(ˇ ῁̫ ˇ)˒ 

princessallura: is anyone on campus and not in class rn!!

keefkogaylien: i’m not but i can be, why

princessallura: i have a hammock!! 

keefkogaylien: you have a what now

whereforeartthouromelle: “what up, my name’s keith, i’m 18, and i never fucking learned how to read”

keefkogaylien: shut ur fuck

keefkogaylien: /why/ do you have a hammock

princessallura: i’m trying to be a trendsetter

princessallura: you know the trees by the hill next to the library??? i’m gonna put a hammock there

princessallura: and start a fad

keefkogaylien: do you even know how to set up a hammock

princessallura: not at all, that’s why i’m hoping you’ll come to campus and help me with this :)

keefkogaylien: ...fine

keefkogaylien: give me 20 minutes

aceintheholt: i’m crashing this hammock party i don’t have class until the afternoon

matthemattics: if you guys are still there when i’m on my lunch break i’m gonna sit in it

aceintheholt: ur gonna fall on ur face and i’m gonna document it 

aceintheholt: preserve it for future generations

aceintheholt: matthew holt in all his glory

matthemattics: i’m really about to peak

loverboylance: matt, the campus cryptid, coming out to make a fool out of himself on a hammock

loverboylance: this is what living is about

whereforeartthouromelle: this entire scenario presumes keith can actually put a hammock up

keefkogaylien: romelle what the fuck why would you doubt my hammock construction abilities

[11:36 am] “LEG DAY”

[keefkogaylien has sent two pictures to the chat]

keefkogaylien: get fucked, romelle

whereforeartthouromelle: it’s crooked

keefkogaylien: i can’t do anything straight

loverboylance: :O

loverboylance: i’ve never seen allura look more smug

thefunkiesthunk: !!! i just got out of class i am RUNNING 

thefunkiesthunk: i need some of this hammock action

matthemattics: move aside allura

matthemattics: actually wait do you think we can both fit

keefkogaylien: an update for everyone who’s not here: they can’t

aceintheholt: LMAO I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO FALL OUT

[aceintheholt has sent three pictures to the chat]

aceintheholt: are there yearbooks in college? put this in the yearbook

thefunkiesthunk: maybe this is an astro club moment

thefunkiesthunk: let’s memorialize our favorite president in his finest moment

thefunkiesthunk: @whereforeartthouromelle ur our historian make it happen

whereforeartthouromelle: i’m on it i’m gonna put this on our club insta somewhere

matthemattics: i hate all of you

whereforeartthouromelle: :)

keefkogaylien: all of us told you that this was going to happen

keefkogaylien: and it happened

keefkogaylien: did you listen? no

keefkogaylien: you played yourself

loverboylance: i’m about to be on the scene lemme sit in this thing

loverboylance: piDGE WHAT THE FUCK

aceintheholt: :)

loverboylance: this fucking GREMLIN was hiding in the tree and yeeted my jacket onto my face as i was relaxing in the Swayful Sack 

keefkogaylien: hey lance i’m gonna need you to Never Say That Again

loverboylance: someone send that bugs bunny meme 

loverboylance: the one that says “No”

loverboylance: come join me in the Swayful Sack, keith

loverboylance: do it

aceintheholt: (peer pressures keef) Do It

[whereforeartthouromelle has sent three pictures to the chat]

whereforeartthouromelle: dumbasses 

loverboylance: KEITH WAS THE ONE THAT MADE IT FLIP OVER

loverboylance: AND HE’S HEAVY

keefkogaylien: anyone’s heavy when your body type is Noodle

loverboylance: WOW

[12:49 pm] “LEG DAY”

loverboylance: leave it to hunk to pick up girls by the campus hammock

loverboylance: that’s some serious game my dude

princessallura: i told you guys!!! i’m starting a trend!!! i’m trendy!!!!

loverboylance: hunk who even was that

thefunkiesthunk: her name’s shay! and i talked her into coming to astro club this week!

aceintheholt: FRESH MEAT FRESH MEAT FRESH MEAT

thefunkiesthunk: NO