Keith was fine.
Lance didn't believe it. C'mon, Keith looked liked he never got any sleep. And he looked liked never ate. Now that Lance thought of it, he hadn't seen him eat in a while.
"I'm fine." He insisted everyday.
Lance didn't buy it. Now...
"We're going out. Cmon!" He announced, smiling like an idiot he was. I rolled my eyes and pushed passed him, walking to the main room. It felt like history was repeating itself.. Wait.... Did that actually happen?
"Lance..." "Yup." He said happily, popping the 'P'. "I had a dream... And... Uh... Never mind." Seeing my unsureness, he wiggles an eyebrow suggestively. It took me a second before I got it and I shoved him.
"Wha- no! It wasn't like that!" He smirked but stopped wiggling his brows. We strolled shoulder to shoulder into the main room where the others were.
I blanked out for most of it. All I caught were 'vacation' 'bond' and 'trust'. Lance put a hand on my shoulder, "hey, you ok?"
I noticed I was probably swaying with half lidded eyes. I pushed his hand away, "I'm fine."
Lies.
Something bothered him. Something told him I was lying. I could see it in everyone's expression. I turned my eyes away from them.
"Let's just... Do... Go wherever we're going..." I had been struggling with speech lately. I don't know why. My words were slow and hesitant.
Shiro nodded and signalled us to get ready to get into our lions. I slowly made my way to my lion.
"Hey buddy..." I mumbled so quietly I'm not sure if I said it or not. Red heard though and it immediately stood, bending it's head down so I could enter. I patted it's nose quickly before entering the giant beast.
It felt odd to be back in the lion. It's weird and nice. I sat down on my chair and strokes the arms of it, feeling good to be back.
I put on my helmet so I could hear everyone else.
Hunk: "wait, where are we going again?"
Pidge: "we're going on a planet for a vacation. It rather small and just has animals- nothing that could kill us."
Lance: *Yawn* "wait... Ok.... Let's go. Are we all ready?"
Shiro: "I believe so, Lance! Keith, are you ready?"
I couldn't muster up my voice so I nodded. Then realising they couldn't see me I did that face-time thing and I saw Shiro. I nodded at him and he smiled encouragingly.
Shiro: "ok. Let's go!"
Lance: "but Keit-"
Shiro: "he's fine. He just told me."
Lance: "oh..."
Lance sounded quite hurt but then we lifted off to go explore this planet. Luckily, I had everything I needed in here. You never know if you're going to crash or not.
I had my art stuff, fresh clothes, some food and other things. I yawned a little and of course, knowing my luck, I hadn't turned of the speech so everyone could hear it.
Lance: "aw, is cute little Keith tired."
Me: "s-shut... U-up..." I struggled out, voice slightly hoarse.
Lance: "he-hey. Are you ok?"
Me: "..."
Shiro: "Keith is struggling to talk right now. I wouldn't push."
Me: "t-t-than-"
Shiro: "don't mention it. Save your voice."
I smiled a little and yawned again before putting my headset on mute so they couldn't hear me. I yawned again and I felt my eyes start to close. My grip loosened and the lion slowed down. The world felt like it was spinning. My head was starting to ache. I groaned a little.
Lance: "hey- Keith- what's wrong?"
Pidge: "Keith, why are you slowing?"
My eyes closed and my lion stopped. I felt myself start to loose conscious. The lion shut down and it's eyes dimmed, making me start floating around aimlessly. My eyelids felt extremely heavy and I noticed I was blatantly panting into the mic. The mic!
I put it on unmute, "I-ah-pass-ou-ah.."
Shiro: "someone get the red lion."
Lance: "on it!"
I felt myself loose all control and I fell into the darkness of sleep.
Great. Just. Entirely. Great.
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