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[competing]

[ hmph.... maybe. ]

Yeah, thanks for the vote of confidence, Obi-Wan Keithnobi.

[ fourth walling... ]

[emblazes]

[He hasn't seen....just gonna assume he's making fun of his name...what else is new...]

What have you learned from Prompto?

[competing]

[ tsk... ]

Oh, he told me about this restaurant he and his girlfriend went to one time, it sounds pretty nice, I'll take you there one day.

[ :3c ]

[emblazes]

[What does that have to do with training...]

A restaurant?

[He's giving Lane a second to remedy this...though it is sorta nice he's thinking of him? When other guys are talking about their girlfriends and stuff...wanting to do things like that with him...

He shan't be distracted.]

[competing]

[ who said anything about training... ]

Yeah! They seemed to have a really good time, it's down by the theater district. Though, I mean I guess they did have to wash the dishes afterwards, because neither of them had money on them — but don't worry, I wouldn't forget something like that.

[ gurl he'll treat u rite ]

1/2

[emblazes]

[It was implied...]

[emblazes]

[Listen, Lance, you don't gotta spend money on him. That's the first thing that comes to mind since he's forgotten to jump his bones about training. He'll glance down at his feet instead, a place of contemplation since the birth of humanity.]

What's your favorite thing to eat?

[Someone call 911, Keith's asking "personal" questions...]

[competing]

[ whoa whoa did he step into the twilight zone... it's one thing to have someone actually interested enough in himself to ask a question (as opposed to him just going on and on and on unprompted), but it's another thing entirely when it's keith doing the asking... be still, his heart. ]

...Garlic knots. [ not. really the most attractive thing to say, but hey it's the truth. ] Pizza. You can't go wrong with pizza. Oh, and cheese bread. My mom makes amazing cheese bread. Have you ever had any?

[ look how happy he looks look at him ]

When she wakes up, I'll ask her to make you some.

[ doo doo doo... ]

[emblazes]

[So, he's not sure what garlic knots are...but pizza? Sure. Cheese bread? Straightforward enough. Not something he's had either, but easier to envision than a garlic knot.]

No.

[He almost feels bad saying so; Lance is awfully exited by his cheese bread.]

Don't bother your mom about cheese bread right when she wakes up...

[With a crooked, fond grin. What a dummy.]

[competing]

Nah, she'll be stoked to do it.

[ because he's never brought anyone home before, and his mother has always been thrilled whenever any of her children did so... heh. yeah, he's already thinking of bringing keith home to meet the fam. heh heh. ]

What about you? What do you like to eat..?

[emblazes]

[But..................what if he brings home a boy...]

Fast food.

[Literally, figuratively. Anything that's quick and easy. This guy's also been living off canned goods for who knows how long.]

I guess that's not really specific.

[Could it be that he hasn't thought about it before??? A true heathen.]

[competing]

[ apparently vld world don't have those hangups so yolo ]

Fast food's pretty good. You mean like burgers and fries?

[ it's okay keith he ain't judging you... it's sorta cute.. ]

[emblazes]

[Oh yeah.]

Right.

[Burgers, fries, chicken tendies. Everything that's horrible for your skin and diet.]

Everything's there in under five minutes and it's never that expensive.

[-Keith on the Szechuan Sauce drama.]

[competing]

A simple man with simple pleasures. I dig it.

[emblazes]

[Simple huh...]

So that makes you...simple?

[competing]

I can be.

[ yeah he's gonna take it as a compliment!! ]

It doesn't take much to make me happy.

[emblazes]

[How graceful...]

That's good.

[Truly.]

I wasn't sure if you'd like the necklace.

[competing]

[ lance gives him a genuinely baffled look. ]

Are you kidding? [ his free hand flies up, curling around the sharktooth tucked beneath the collar of his shirt. ] I love it!

[ ah. that's so brazen... he blushes, awkwardly laughing it off. ]

I mean, you know... it was really thoughtful. I probably started liking you there... or — whenever. Who knows.

[ NOW HE'S EMBARRASSED ]

[emblazes]

[He kinda...chuckles...along with Lance. It's a quiet bout of -- it's a chuckle, okay.]

Yeah? That's what it took?

[He is embarrassed, isn't he. On the other hand, when did he start liking Lance? It had to have been before any of this...

But he can't really pinpoint the exact place where rivalry became something a little deeper.]

It suits you. [Is what he'll go with...] Something like that doesn't look good on just anyone.

[Corny ass 90s trinket. He wears it well.]

[competing]

[ he nudges keith with an elbow; if he had put any actual force into it, it could be considered a body check, but as it is it's more like a cut it out man you're making me blush kind of gesture... frick you...

truthfully, lance can't pinpoint a time his feelings changed. sometimes he tries, and finds himself going so far back that it's actually kind of scary to think about, and so he just. doesn't. most times. ]

Yeah, what can I say... I make it work.

[ yes, let's just focus on inflating his ego here. that's nice and safe. ]

[emblazes]

[Can't give an inch...Lance'll go a mile. He stops walking all at once, waits for Lance to do the same, or clothesline himself between their interlocked fingers. They're close to home now, probably, he just doesn't wanna head in so fast.

This must be why/how dates were invented.]

Hey, I...wanna talk to you for a tick.

[They've been talking the whole time.]

[competing]

[ omg what happened what did he do ]

Yeah?

[ he's actually a step or two ahead, having stopped belatedly, so he turns slowly, facing keith. there's a small hint of wariness in his tone. the mood got so serious so suddenly.... ]

What's up?

[emblazes]

When we first got here, I...

[Was super pissed, which isn't the point.]

I didn't know what to expect. It felt like nothing we did mattered -- before this. I still don't really get it, why we're here, why some of us got left in stasis.

[Lance already heard his conspiracies about this place, which isn't the direction he's trying to head into right now anyway.]

I guess, what I'm getting at is that...being with you feels normal. [Romantically, nonromantically.] Thanks for taking a chance on me.

[emblazes]

[Ah yes, that small pebble just on the ground is super interesting.]

[competing]

[ he expected something terrible. what he got instead is... something so far into the opposite of that that he's not even sure he heard right, at first. it actually takes him a couple of minutes to even decide how to respond, let alone remember that he probably should.

he's not really sure where this is coming from, but he recognizes, at least, that it's important. he resists the urge to make a joke of it, as is his way when things get particularly serious. ]

Hey...

[ reaches instead to cup the side of keith's cheek, gently coaxing him to look up and meet his eyes. ]

You're always gonna have me, okay? Whatever happens, no matter what.

[ if they break up... if the world ends again... it's useless to deny it now, the friendship they'd had before this. despite all his posturing — which he recognizes now as just that — he and keith... lance and keith, neck and neck. it took them a while but they got there, a good team, a good partnership. even now that they are traipsing into that something more territory, they'd always had that foundation. solid, unwavering. and they always will. he absolutely believes it. ]

Besides... if anyone was the long shot here, it's me. [ he smiles sheepishly. ] I haven't exactly had the best track record with you.