July 1st
1:30PM

Keith watched Lance as he slept, the rain whispering for him to sleep, but he shook his head no. He wanted to stay awake and make sure nothing happened to Lance. I need to be there for him. Keith sighed. His mind wondered back to when they kissed, and his face reddened, along with a smile which was growing with every second.

Keith got on the bed, and sat on his knees, brushing the hair out of lance's tanned face, and smiled, your such a dork.... but... I don't really mind.. he smiled, not noticing Lance lift his head and smile at Keith.

When Keith noticed, he blushed and looked away, "Uh.. hey.. Lance-" he paused, a loud yawn escaping his lips, and he gave a nervous laugh.

Lance grinned at him, "Why are you so tired? Did you stay up for the past few days or something?" He chuckled.

Keith thought about it. He hadn't slept sense the day he tried to help lance write. He had been so worried lately. How long ago..? He thought, closing his eyes with a sigh.

Keith opened his eyes again as he felt Lance gently take his arm and pulling him onto the bed, making him lay down. Keith, confused, looked at Lance, "What..?-"

"Just go to sleep so you are rested, okay mullet?" He grinned, wrapping his right arm around Keith. His left arm was almost completely buried underneath himself, numbly.

Keith shivered as the cold he once felt was now replaced by Lance's arm, which was like a warm fire compared to him. He barely noticed that he moved more towards lance and wrapped his arms around him as well, burying his head in Lance's chest.

Lance smiled, and turned to look at the door as it opened. Lance gave Laura a grin as she looked inside, and she gave him a thumbs up, giggling silently, and leaving once more.

After a moment of silence, Keith was Lulled to sleep by the sound of Lance's heartbeat, and Lance was asleep, holding him as tight as he could with one arm.

***

July 1st
3:00PM

Lance opened his eyes to the door opening, and found Laura walking in. She sat on the chair and whispered, trying not to wake Keith, "Lance.. I heard about the window accident. Well.. almost accident" she said.

Lance went numb in fear. His right arm gripping Keith tighter, "W-Window accident..?" He gulped.

Laura nodded, "Lance.. hunny... you have so many people here that want you.. why would you want to leave..?" She said softly, which, oddly enough, soothed Lance.

"I feel useless" he gulped, looking down at Keith. He couldn't help but grin, he won't give up on me though..

"Why is that hun..? You can still read, and write, and talk, and eat, and drink. If you can do those things, you aren't useless.." she smiled gently.

Lance lifted his right arm out to her, carefully maneuvering it away from Keith, "Please check it. It.. Hurts so much" Lance said, tears beginning to form in his eyes.

Laura shushed him gently, "No need to cry dear. I already knew. That's why I came in here. I brought some supplies to help them heal.." she sighed, "Lance?"

Lance looked at her as she took his hand and put it to her heart, "I think I'm going to adopt you. Would you like that?"

Lance felt his heart skip a beat.

***

July 1st
4:57PM

Keith woke up to lance jumping around in joy. He was out of his bed, silently shouting something that seemed like a mash of "yes" and "Oh my god".

Confused, Keith sat up and rubbed his eyes, which begged for more sleep, "Lance? What are you doing?" He smiled tiredly.

Lance turned to him and screeched, running over and tackling him in a One-Armed hug, "Laura said she's going to adopt me! She's gonna be my mom, and take care of me, and-"

Keith put his hand over Lance's mouth, "Careful, you'll wake the people beside us" he giggled. Lance let out a silent squeal and flopped on the bed, "I'm so happy..!!! I'm so happy I might barf!"

"Ew..!" Keith stuck out his tongue, humored by the boy, yet disgusted. Keith turned and picked up his phone from the desk, which Laura had taken and put it there, afraid it would get cracked.

Keith scrolled through his phone, listening to Lance squeal and thrash himself around the room like a wild pig, and FaceTimed Shiro.

"Lance get over here, I want you to tell Shiro" he laughed, surprised by lance's quick response. Lance was almost like he was high on sugar, bolting over like a thunder bolt and sitting next to Keith as the FaceTime rang.

Lance and Keith gave each other a happy grin, and shared a laugh before Shiro picked up.