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He lifted his head from the pillow. He looked at his phone, no new notifications. He sighed.
He had met some guy at a club the night before, they had danced together, talked, and made out. They drunkenly exchanged numbers and the guy had promised to text him soon. Well the chances of him even remembering what happened weren’t all that great in the first place.
Ok that was a lie. Not about the make out session, but it wasn’t just some guy. It was Lance, Lance from his chemistry class, Lance who would flirt with anything that has two legs and something in between. Lance was probably bisexual, or maybe pansexual? Keith hadn’t asked.
Lance and Keith didn’t normally get along all that well, their personalities clashed mainly because they were both very competitive. But none the less Keith had somehow gotten a crush on this cocky, flirtatious and sometimes even a bit arrogant young man. Well, maybe he should say boy, he could be kind of childish sometimes.
Lance wasn’t bad looking, at least from Keiths point of view, he has nice facial features, nice muscles, not too scrawny and not too buff for Keith’s taste, and as much as he was cocky he also had a certain charm to him.
‘’why do you keep checking your phone?’’
‘’Huh?’’ Shiro, his roommate had caught him off guard.
‘’your phone, you keep checking it? Did you meet someone at the club or something?’’ He raises an eyebrow as he looks at Keith with a slight smile on his face.
A slight blush appeared on his cheeks, ‘’it’s none of your business’’ he mumbled.
‘’Oooh my oh my, does the lone wolf Keith have a crush on someone? Who is he? Do I know him? Is he hot?’’
Shiro knew he was gay, he wasn’t weird about it or anything like that, he was nice, a good friend.
‘’Oh shut up shiro’’ He threw his pillow at him and it hit him right in the face. ‘’Hey! watch out you could have hit my laptop.’’ He laughed teasingly. Keith just grunted in response and put his head straight into his mattress again.
Keith? A crush? No way. Okay maybe, just maybe he had developed a slight, teeny tiny crush on a certain latino. Was he hoping that Lance remembered last night? Maybe… Did he want to go on dates and make out more with lance? Perhaps. He was a really good kisser, that much he couldn’t deny.
Well, Keith didn’t know much about romance, other than what he had seen in movies. He hadn’t had any real relationships before, only a few flings and one night stands, nothing serious. Or course he had had crushes, he was human after all.
‘’Gonna go for a walk, see you later’’ He grabbed his jacket and phone before he went out the door, he could hear Shiro say ‘’alligator’’ as he closed the door behind him. Shiro was terrible. He was the kind of guy who would make dad jokes, truly terrible.
As he left the dorm he could feel his phone vibrate in his pocket. Lance? Probably not. He decided to head towards his favorite café as he took out his phone, more vibrations.
Space dad>>>>Keith Kogayne
(12:07)Space dad: wAIT is it that guy you met at P3 last night?? The guy you abandoned us for??
(12:07)Space dad: Doesn’t he work at that café we always go to??
(12:07)Space dad: Whats his name again?
(12:08)Space dad: you’re always staring at him lol
Oh god.
(12:09)Keith kogayne: Just do your damn paper.
(12:09)Keith kogayne: And I didn’t abandon you???
(12:09)Space dad: Lance! That was his name right?
(12:09)Space dad: HAhah I’m right aren’t I. are you heading there now? to the café that is. I’ll join you, I could use a break.
(12:09)Keith kogayne: No. And okay, meet you there.
Keith actually hoped Lance wasn’t at work today since it would probably be really awkward. If he could even remember, he seemed pretty drunk. If he had any common sense he wouldn’t go clubbing the day before his shift since they had stayed out really late together. The only reason Keith was awake was because of Shiro, who the hell got up at nine in the morning after a night in the city to write a paper that wasn’t even due until four days later? Keith was a light sleeper, almost anything woke him up.
Keith didn’t normally go to clubs, he enjoys a cozy bar much more but even that was a rare sight. It was no secret to anybody that Keith was not exactly the most social person. He enjoyed a night in way more than a night out, but Shiro wants him to go out more. He thinks it’s healthy for him or whatever, he can still have fun so he goes out every once in a while.
It didn’t take long for him to reach the café and be on his way to put in his order. Lance wasn’t there, great. Totally not a bit disappointed.
‘’Oh hey Keith!’’ The young barista was a friend of Keith and Shiro’s, Their name was Pidge, if Keith remembered correctly Pidge was also friends with Lance.
‘’Hey Pidge, can I have the usual? Plus two croissants, please.’’ He pulled out his wallet and gave Pidge the money.
‘’Sure thing man, to go or to stay?’’ Pidge starts making his coffee.
‘’To stay, Shiro will be here soon.’’
‘’Kay. Speaking of Shiro, I heard you guys went clubbing last night’’ They pull out a plate with the croissants.
‘’Did shiro tell you? But yeah we did, him and Allura dragged me out, I ended up ditching them though, felt like a third wheel you know.’’ They did not need to know more than that.
‘’hmmm… I heard you did a little more than that though’’ They smirk as they put the coffee on the counter, then lean on it. ’’You found a guy didn’t you, and not just any guy right?’’ Their smirk turned into a fullblown smile with a head resting on their hand as they inspected Keith.
Damn, how did this kid just know everything? Did Shiro tell them? No Shiro wasn’t the type to talk about other peoples love life, Allura might though, or had Lance talked to him?
They were interrupted by the bell at the door and Keith turned towards the door and saw Shiro. ‘’Saved by the bell’’ Pidge whispered and sighed. Pidge loved knowing everything about everyone. Shiro and Pidge greeted each other while Keith went and found a seat. He checked his phone again, no new notifications. Before long Shiro came and joined him.
‘’So how is your paper coming along?’’ he started talking to avoid a certain subject.
‘’Fine. So, the guy, it’s totally Lance, right?’’
Fuck. Going straight to the point huh.
‘’Look can we just not talk about it? It was just a drunken night with some guy okay, it’s not a big deal.’’ Lance probably didn’t even like him so it didn’t matter.
Shiro sighed, ‘’fine, fine but just think about how rare it is for you to not be annoyed as hell by a person, I think you should ask him out, it’s been ages since you’ve gone out with someone.’’ He leaned back in the comfortable café chair and put his hands behind his head. ‘’On the bright side you can double date with me and Allura, so you won’t have to be a third wheel all the time.’’
He admits that dating someone might not be the worst idea, but Lance? It’s not like he wants to cradle him in his arms. Ok maybe he did but that was irrelevant.
‘’Lance doesn’t even like me, and he is annoying. Besides he hasn’t texted me yet, he’s obviously not interested and I don’t mind being the third wheel, hanging out with you guys is fun.’’ He took a sip of his coffee as Shiro started talking again.
‘’Hahah I knew It was lance, you know it’s really obvious, especially with all the time you spent here at the café, and all the staring in chemistry class, you really like him don’t you? And dude it’s not even the afternoon yet, he’s probably not even awake yet’’
Keith was surprised and almost choked on his coffee and started coughing. Fuck he let it slip didn't he. When he was done coughing he just answered with a little too high pitched ‘’no… it’s not him… and shush Pidge is right over there.’’
‘’It wouldn’t even be weird if he waited a couple of days with texting you, that’s pretty normal’’ Shiro just laughed a little and then started drinking his latte.
They sat in silence for a while and enjoyed their coffee and food, the quiet cozy café with a bit of music in the background and not a lot of people, it was nice. The bell at the door rang as someone entered and caught their attention. Keith knew that tall and tan figure a little too well.