Keith and I walked home from school together. Neither of us said much because we were both feeling awkward and wanted to wait until we were completely alone to bring up the dreaded subject. When we walked into my house, I pulled him into the living room. I called for Luis and Veronica who came running down the stairs at such a speed that made me wonder how they had so much energy. "I'm going to put on a movie. Which one?" I asked and Veronica squealed, her eyes lighting up.

"The Spongebob Movie!" She screamed but Luis cried out and shook his head in disagreement.

"WALL-E!" Luis screeched, attempting (and failing) to do an impression of the robot. Keith chuckled from where he was standing beside me.

"I think Veronica chose last time so I'm going to put on WALL-E, alright?" I bent down to the DVD player and inserted the disc for the two children. "Now I don't want you to bother me until it's over, alright? You can bother Louisa and Marco as much as you want but not me. You got it?" Both children nodded and I smirked as the movie began to play and I took Keith upstairs.

We sat down on my bed again and I muttered, "That should keep them quiet for a while."

"Let's get straight onto the topic and not avoid it." Keith started, his face paling. He looked like he was about to be sick. I suppose talking about emotions is hard for a boy who had avoided showing his feelings for so much of his life. "So I like you. You like me."

"Are we singing the Barney theme song?" That elicited a tiny laugh from Keith and I felt slightly relieved that I was able to lighten the mood.

"No. Well, I- Lance... do you maybe want to- I don't know- be my boyfriend?"

My face lit up like the sun and my mouth fell open. I didn't realise I was just staring at him until he repeated my name and poked my shoulder. Never had I imagined that Keith would like me back so I was just in shock. All those nights I had spent lying in bed, wondering if he had liked me back... had he done the same? I couldn't imagine Keith pining over me... boring, pathetic me. "Yes!" I ended up shouting slightly too enthusiastically.

Keith grinned and cupped my chin with his rough hands. I closed my eyes and we shared a long kiss.

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Sharpshooter01: Redshooter2001

RedLion2000: What??

Sharpshooter01: That's our ship name

Sharpshooter01: Alternatively Klance

RedLion2000: Both are cute enough

Sharpshooter01: Wait question

RedLion2000: Answer

Sharpshooter01: Who are you out to?

RedLion2000: About being gay?

Sharpshooter01: Yep

RedLion2000: ...You. I don't give a shit if the school find out though

Sharpshooter01: Ah same. Well Hunk and Pidge know of course

RedLion2000: Yeah

RedLion2000: I think I might come out to my family tonight

Sharpshooter01: Oh really?

RedLion2000: Yeah

Sharpshooter01: Good luck! Don't feel forced to, even though I'm sure everything will be fine

RedLion2000: :)

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RedLion2000: Can I call you?

Sharpshooter01: Yeah

"You alright?" I immediately asked, laying back down on my bed. I was facing the ceiling but my eyes were closed and Keith was on loudspeaker so I could imagine he was lying beside me.

"Yeah! I came out to my foster parents, Lance!" He was practically squealing and, although it was the most peculiar noise I had ever heard from a human, I couldn't help but grin. "They were so happy for me and immediately started asking if I was dating anybody. I told them about you."

"That's awesome! I knew it would be fine!"

"I'm so happy. I just- I never imagined this day." Keith sounded like he was on cloud-nine and it was really nice to hear. Knowing he was happy was enough to make me happy. I could almost picture him lying on his bed, staring up at the ceiling with a dazed expression on his face.

"One day I'll be able to tell- Marco!" I screamed as the younger boy entered my room without warning.

"Is everything okay?" Keith questioned, sounding rather confused at my random outburst of my brother's name. His voice was kind of hoarse and Marco's face lit up with a dark grin.

"Is this your boyfriend, Lance?" He asked and I felt my face heat up. I shook my head and sent him a glare that probably had the ability to murder someone.

"No. He's just my friend."

"Yeah, yeah... anyways, I need to borrow an Xbox remote. Mine broke."

"What did you do this time?"

"I may have thrown it at the wall... again." Marco threw one of his controllers against his bedroom wall at least once a week. Our parents had long since stopped bothering with shouting at him for it because it inevitably happened. Video games just made Marco rage and he couldn't exactly help it. Our parents weren't about to confiscate his Xbox either.

"You're violent. I swear, if you break this one, I will break you." I reached over to grab my spare remote before passing it over to Marco.

"Say hi to your boyfriend for me!" He yelled as he walked out of the room. He was lucky he moved so fast or I would have throttled him right there and then.

"Marco!" I shouted instead, just so he knew I was irritated enough to hunt him down and murder him later.

"Why does he think I'm your boyfriend? I mean it's true but he doesn't know that, right?" Keith asked in between laughs. He was hysterical on the other side of the phone whilst I was hoping the ground would open up and swallow me. His laughs were really adorable but no one needed to know that.

"Because we text a lot, I guess."

"There aren't any other reasons?"

"Well... maybe I kind of blush when you text me sometimes but that's only because we talk about weird, embarrassing stuff!"

"Uh huh?" Keith was definitely teasing me. I mentally begged Marco to come back into my room and punch me or just give me the sweet release of death. Death sounded like the most appealing thing on earth. "You sure it isn't because you love me?" He was putting on a high pitched voice like the sort a mother would put on when talking to their newborn baby. I scowled even though I knew he couldn't see me.

"Shut up. Why would I love you?"

"Because I'm your boyfriend," I stayed silent so he quietly added, "And I'm cute."

"You are not!"

"Yes, I am. You told me so a million times but the one time that stands out was when we first met face-to-face. Lance loves me!" He retorted to singing his words and I knew very well my face was the colour of a ripe tomato.

"We've been together like a day-"

"Lance! I'm hungry..." I rolled my eyes a little and glanced to the door where Veronica was standing with a pout on her face. She was hugging her teddy bear against her chest because she literally never let that thing go. I had never loved my sister more. She had saved me from Keith's teasing and the shed loads of embarrassment that came with it.

"Red, I've got to go. My sister wants food. I'm really sorry that we're always being interrupted by my siblings."

"It's alright," He laughed in response. "Talk tomorrow."

"Of course." A smile crept onto my face as I jumped up onto my feet and took Veronica's smaller hand into my own.