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It's been two years since it has happened... what happened? you may ask. well, here's the gist of it. One of the best knights has gone mute.
- •••Two years ago••••
Lance woke up due to the blaring noise of an alarm clock. he groans in annoyance. that's when he noticed the bluebird, Clay, was still asleep. that's odd Lance thought to himself. Getting up and walking up to the sleeping blue knight. He shook him lightly, honestly a little concerned for his friend, "Hey, Clay, wake up" Lance mumbled surprisingly sounding worried yet calm.
The blue knight made a groan and opened his eyes, looking at the white knight in front of him, He looks away, not saying a single word before getting up and walking to the main room.
Lance just stood there in confusion no Hi, Fuck off, Go to work or anything?! He stares at the door clay just left through before shrugging and walking out himself. The knights had decided to share rooms for the month to get closer to the ones they don't get along with very well. It was very hard to choose to share each room... well, with the exception of Clay and Lance.
Lance walked into the room Clay had gone to, seeing all the others awake and eating food. But Clay wasn't eating, he was just writing something on a sheet of paper. "Hey, why ain't you eating super knight?" Lance teased, only to get no reply. He raised his eyebrow in even more confusion.
Macy looked at Clay then at Lance "I think he's just not just hungry." She mumbled seemingly to also be concerned for Clay.
Lance growled in annoyance now "If he's not hungry then he should tell us himself." Clay looks up from the sheet of paper and looks straight into Lance's light blue eyes, his own dark blue ones were dull and lifeless. Lance took a step back, shocked to see how dead his teammate looked. "Clay.. seriously what's going on..?" Lance mumbled. Clay suddenly gets up, pushing the paper closer to the center of the table, and he left without saying a single word...AGAIN! The paper says 'I'm not in the mood to talk nor eat, so please just leave me alone.' Lance scoffed "That dudes no fun!"
Lance could see that Macy was starting to get worried for their blue friend She whispered something to Aaron and the two got up and walked away into their own room, while Axl just continued to eat.
- •••Present Day••••
Lance woke up and looked around his own room, he was upset that he was no longer sharing a room with the leader knight because he can no longer see how he's doing. He got up and walked over to Clay's room and knocked on the door "Hey buddy..... can we talk?" He asked. Knowing he probably won't get an answer verbally, he was about to open the door. But then it opened by himself and the Blue knight was just standing there, looking like a mess, messy hair and dull and tired eyes.
Lance smiled "Hey... We all miss your voice ya know..." He mumbled while following the smaller inside.
Clay sits down on his bed in silence. grabbing a sheet of paper and looking at lance after writing 'what do you wanna talk about..?' on the paper.
Lance sighed "I want to know why you decided to go mute, you can make up a story if you really want."
Clay looks down and seemed to blush, writing down on the paper 'No one listens to me... everyone likes to tell me to shut up, including you, so why should I talk when no one listens at least if I write at least one person will see it......' he then wrote in a very small print 'also, its high pitched now..'
Lance read the paper and hugged him tightly "Clay, for starters, no one cares how your voice sounds... also, when we say shut up we mainly mean it as a joke. I always listened to you, even if I didn't show it... Your voice always stood out to me." Lance mumbled while holding the smaller boy in his arms. "It'll be okay, we all miss you bossing us around and being strong and noble. You were the best knight there was. You were a hero to everyone.. excluding myself..."
Clay felt himself blush as the blonde said those words. He was about to write down a reply when he realized lance was holding his arms to his chest, he sighed and decided to try to speak. "l-l-l-la-lan-..lanc-e..."
He blinked and thought to himself oh it is high pitched..... wait... Lance looked at the brunts face "y-you talked... You... actually talked...." he started tearing up in happiness, a joyful smile on his face.
Clay whipped Lances tears away, smiling softly to the blonde and he started to blush even more than before. "y-y-y-ya-ya-yah... i-it h-h-hu-hu-hur-ts t-t-houg-h..."
"if it hurts, ill come in every day to help you talk until you can talk completely normal!" He smiled. soon enough Aaron called Lance over to the main room "well, Bye Clay, I'll see you tomorrow."
-one month later-
Lance had knocked on Clay's door as he had for 30 days already "Hey Clay, You ready?" He didn't hear a reply so he started to get worried is he going mute again...? He was about to open the door when he heard something.
"Huh?! O-Oh! Y-yeah, sorry l-lance..." Clay got up and opened the door, he had headphones around his neck "I couldn't hear you, then I saw the time..."
"your doing good, you can talk in sentences now...."
"Yeah, it's only bad when saying longer words like emba-embarras-sed .. and stuff like that.." He smiles.
Lance felt heat rise to his cheeks when he saw that smile of Clays. He smiled back "I'm proud of you Clay.." He looks back at the door "wanna go show the others now?"
Clay's eyes sparkled "YES!" Lance nodded at the bluebell and walks out of Clay's room with Clay following him from behind.
"ok stay here, I'll tell you when you can come in," he said and walks into the main room seeing the other knights eating lunch "Hello! I have something we've been working very hard on that I've like to show you all."
Aaron looks at Lance "whos we-?"
Macy had cut him off "Lance, we're not gonna look at one of your stupid creations."
Lance had smirks "that's where you're wrong. You can come in now!"
Clay then walks into the room "Hey guys.. its been a while... hasn't it..." He smiles at them.
Macy froze and looks at Clay "OMG!" she hugged him tightly.
"L-lance had been helping me speak lately..." He looks at lance with the most cutest smile ever. Lance sighs and then takes Clay back to the bedroom. Clay looked at him in confusion "huh? why did you bring us back?"
"Clay there's something I need to tell you... I think I've grown a crush on you."
Clay felt himself blush as he stared at the white knight "y-you do...?"
Lance nodded to the brunt, before looking upset "its fine if you don't like me bac-mhm" Lance was interrupted by Clay kissing him hard, Lance smiled in it and kissed back. Clay soon pulled away.
"Will you be my boyfriend...?" Lance mumbled to the shorty in front of him.
Clay nodded with a big smile "I'd love to.”