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Wednesday, 1:43 AM
Monopoly, the game that destroys familys, friendships, and relationships of all sorts, A game that isn't finished with the same excitement as its started, if its even finished at all, if the game board hasn't been flipped in a fit of rage, and even when it is finished you now have a hatred for the one little fucker who made you pay-
"TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS?! WHAT KIND OF FUCKERY IS THIS?!!?
"Thats how you play the game lance, sit down and give Pidge the money"
"NO! SHIRO, THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME IVE HAD TO PAY PIDGE THIS ROUND, IM PRACTICALLY BANKRUPT
"LANCE, shut your trap and give Pidge the money" Keith groaned, massaging his temples, "you're holding up the game AND giving me a migraine
" Come on, you know you love me" Pidge replied with a smirk
"If you keep this up-"
"How about we take a break?" Hunk interrupted, sheepishly "we've been playing for hours and I think its pretty clear whose going to win"
"Oh you shut it, youre only saying that because you went bankrupt BEFORE Pidge put a hotel on boardwalk" Lance interjected standing up angrily,
"Well I'm sorry," Hunk huffed, getting defensive "I just want to finish the game and go to bed"
"Yeah," Pidge smirked, "come on lance, just hand it over"
"NO I WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO YOUR EVIL WISHES"
"It is literally part of the game lance," Keith said looking up, "give it to her so I can SLEEP"
"Ok, ok," Shiro said, activating his dad voice "lets hurry up and finish the game, we're almost done and all of us want to go to bed"
Lance begrudgingly handed over the rest of his monopoly cash and mortgaged all of his propertys going bankrupt, leaving Pidge, Keith, and Shiro the last three in the game.
Shiro went bankrupt the next round, He was disappointed but not surprised, Keith lasted a bit longer but in the end he too succumbed to Pidges evil monopoly empire.
"OH FOR FUCKS SAKE" Keith exclaimed, standing up angrily after landing on a fully upgraded Indiana Avenue,
"SEE?!" Lance said, standing next to Keith, "ITS NOT FAIR THAT SHE OWNS TWO THIRDS OF THE BOARD"
Pidge happily ignored them, throwing the monopoly cash like confetti
"The face of a menace" lance said pointing at her "an ABSOLUTE menace"
• • •
Shiro and Pidge went to bed leaving Keith and Lance to pick up the game, which proved to be more difficult than necessary as Pidge had thrown the cash everywhere.
"Fucking prick" lance murmured under his breath, bending over to pick up the fake money off the ground, "leaving us to clean up, THEIR mess, she doesn't even have the decency to help "
Keith chuckled at this, stopping Lance in his tracks.
Keith didn’t look as tired anymore, now he looked kind of peaceful
"What?" He asked
"Nothing" Keith smirked,
"Oh" Lance said, "you sure?"
Keith cocked his head in question while trying to organize the cash Lance had haphazardly thrown into the box, "Yeah? Why do you ask?"
"No reason"
There was a reason, it was because over the past month Lance has realized that he had a MASSIVE crush on Keith and he was doing everything in his power to keep himself from falling into a pile of gay panic They continued picking up the game pieces in silence.
"Hey, Keith?"
"Lance?"
They spoke at the same time, Keith stopped, Lance kept going
"Are you doing anything tonight?"
Keith looked shocked "Um, besides sleeping? I wasn't planning on it?"
"Would you, um, would you like to come do something? WIth me? In um, my room?" Oh god that came out wrong Lance could feel his face burning, he hoped it wasn't as visible as it felt.
"Umm, that depends, what did you have in mind?"
Lance grinned, relief seeping into his smile
"How do you feel about Mario Kart?"