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Most people know Keith as a grumpy person. Even his friends hardly ever see him smile or laugh out loud. Not because he‘s not having a good time or not getting the jokes Lance is constantly throwing at him, but because it‘s just hard for him to show emotions. What‘s important is that his friends get it, get him.
His boyfriend doesn‘t.
Keith is still fuming over the words that got thrown at him a little less then ten minutes ago. His boyfriend- well, now ex-boyfriend, felt that he needed to tell Keith that his grumpiness was hot the in the beginning, but together with his awkwardness is just annoying by now, and that Keith needs to suck it up and learn how to be a normal person.
In the big fight that came after that statement, Keith‘s ex started to point out even more flaws, things Keith is really insecure about, like his hot-headedness, or his stubbornness, or the fact that he basically doesn‘t have more than six actual friends and that he‘s crushing on one of them even though he has a boyfriend.
Their date was over after that argument, and by screaming out that they should break up, their relationship was over as well. Keith supposes that his hot-headedness comes in handy sometimes after all, as well as his stubbornness, because he‘d be damned if he ever spoke to his ex again.
Keith mood worsens with every step he takes towards the bus station. The people around him pay him no mind, which he is kind of thankful of, because he all he really wants right now is to be alone, eat some lactose-free cheesecake and maybe get drunk afterwards.
When he‘s finally in the bus Keith pops in some music and leans his head against the cold window. His phone vibrates in his pocket multiple times, but he ignores it in fear that his ex might throw a few more insults at him while his number is not blocked yet.
The vibrating gets persistent, and Keith realizes that his ex never wrote more than two texts at once, unlike someone else who loves to spam him with memes and stupid questions about everything that comes to his mind. Keith decides that talking to Lance right now is probably better than brooding alone in a bus, since Lance always knows how to cheer him up somehow.
Keith opens his texting app, the little number next to Lance‘s name already pointing out that he has six unread messages, and Lance is still typing. A little smile spreads on Keith‘s lips as he opens their chat and starts reading the first few lines.
Sharpshooter
21:49 Keith!
21:49 Keeeeeeeeeith!!
21:50 KEEEEEEEEEF!1!!
21:51 dude its realy iportant!111
21:52 bcause i finally found the right colors
21:53 keef i found them!!!
What? Keith raises an eyebrow, taking in the spelling mistakes and the randomness of Lance‘s words. Usually Lance has at least some kind of explanation before he starts rambling like this. And, should he be at his parents‘ house right now? It was his brother‘s birthday, wasn‘t it? So why is Lance even texting him.
Sharpshooter
21:55 keef i knw u are readin this so answe me!!
Is he drunk?
Samurai
21:56 are you drunk?
Sharpshooter
21:57 yea but that doesnt matter now
21:58 becuse keeeeeefy
21:58 i found the colors!!!
Samurai
21:59 okay okay, what colors?
Keith shoots a look outside and quickly gets up to exit the bus. He almost missed his stop, and even though the next one isn‘t too far away, he‘s still not too keen on walking right now. He‘d rather get as wasted as Lance is right now.
His phone vibrates again, and Keith reads the next few messages while walking towards his dorm.
Sharpshooter
22:00 red & blue!
22:00 for the wedding
22:01 but nt normal red & blue, because that would be lame
22:02 & wer‘e not lame!!
Samurai
22:03 ok, we aren‘t lame
22:04 but which wedding?
Adam and Shiro already have their colors picked out and everything, so it can‘t be that one. Or does Lance means the colors of the ties they have to wear? Because Keith definitely asked him for help on that one, but they went out last week to buy those ties, and buying a second set just seems like overkill.
Sharpshooter
22:06 OUR WEDDING
22:06 duh!
Duh!
Wait, what?
Keith stops in his tracks, staring wide-eyed at his phone and feeling the heat creep into his cheeks. He doesn‘t really know how to respond to that, because that‘s just Lance talking, right? That‘s just drunk Lance talking, planing their wedding because what else does he has to do at his brother‘s birthday party, right?
Keith tries to stop the butterflies in his stomach from lifting off, swallows one time to wet his dried-out throat and get at least some composure back. No need to flip out in the middle of two dorms after all.
Lance‘s next text cuts that last string of composure though.
Sharpshooter
22:07 so now u gotta
22:08 break up with your lame boyfri-endlareafy
Some students pass him on the sidewalk, jerking Keith out of his stupor. He pockets his phone with a furious blush and walks back to his dorm as fast as possible. His phone won‘t stop vibrating in his pocket, every little movement making the heat in his head feel even hotter. Keith can only breath out again when he closes the door of his room behind him and glides down the wall until his butt hits the floor.
After a few more breaths he gets out his phone again, the screen showing the next wave of Lance‘s messages.
Sharpshooter
22:09 all he dies is smoke & give u meat
22:10 ur dating a grill, K.
And that makes Keith laugh actually. Because even when Lance is drunk and giving Keith a heart attack with his sudden confession, he always knows how to make Keith smile.
Sharpshooter
22:12 I‘ve had our future planned since we met.
22:13 finally nailed our wedding colors& everythin
22:14 anyway,
22:15 dump him && text me back
Oh, I will, Keith thinks to himself, shaking his head unbelieving with the biggest, dopiest smile. Seems like he doesn‘t have to drown himself in alcohol and lactose-free cheesecake tonight after all, since Lance definitely cheered him up.
It‘s only fair to give Lance what he wants.
Samurai
22:18 okay, I dumped him
22:19 I want a cheesecake as a wedding cake
Sharpshooter
22:20 asdhjsdfhas
22:21 anythin for my fiánceeee
22:22 o shoot, gtg!
22:22 veros threatin me
22:22 luv u bb
Samurai
22:23 can‘t wait to talk to you when you‘re sober again
22:24 have fun at the party, fiancé