⚠️WARNING! THERE IS DEATH IN THIS CHAPTER! DO NOT READ IT IF IT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE!⚠️

"Keith! No! Don't do it Keith! No!"

In the heat of battle, Keith tended to get rebellious. He had already proven that to the team. His short temper and stubbornness always caused him to fight at the mention of his friends and family getting hurt.

                         ~a while before~

Keith knocked on Lance's door. He had been acting weird and Keith had to make sure he was okay.

"Lance? You in there?"

There was no response but instead the door opened to show Lance, his face tear stained and his hair a mess.

"What do you want Keith?" Lance sniffled and looked at the ground.

"Hey, man what's the matter? " Keith walked in and the door shut behind him.

Keith and lance had been having a secret relationship for a while, but neither were ready to admit it to anyone else.

"D-do you ever just start thinking about death? Like what would happen if u died?" Lance said, a small tear running down his cheek.

"Yeah, sometimes." Keith responded, sitting down on the bed and sitting Lance down as well.

"Like, what would my family think? And you? What would happen to you? I wanna go out with a bang, ya know? I want people to remember me once I'm gone. "

"Trust me Lance, knowing you you'll go out with that stupidly adorable smirk of yours plastered on your face and you'd have all the glory in the world." Keith smiled at the other male, gently resting his hand on top of Lance's.

"Yeah," Lance chuckled lightly. "I guess so."

The two smiled at each other before sharing a soft but passionate kiss. Of course after a few seconds they were interrupted by Allura's voice in the speakers telling them that there was an attack.

Keith and Lance smiled at each other before jumping up and running to get their paladin armor on and get into their lions.

As soon as they arrived to the planet under attack they were spotted and started to get shot at. They were forced to split up into groups. Keith and Lance, Shiro Pidge and Hunk.

"Everyone okay?" Shiro spoke.

"I'm okay here." Pidge said.

Hunk replied with a heavy breathe and an "ok"

"I'm okay here, you good over there Mullet?" Lance smiled as he spoke.

"Yeah, I'm good." Keith smiled.

Soon they started getting shot at again by Galra sentrys on the ground.

"Hey Keith, wanna bet that I can kill more on the ground then you can?" Lance smirked.

"Lance that really isn't safe...but you're on." Keith smirked and landed next to his lover before getting out of his Lion and attacking sentrys, mentality keeping count of how many he demolished.

All of a sudden shots started coming at them from the sky, Lance looked up. It was the Main Galra ship, the one that Zarkon was surely in.

"Keith! Run!" Lance yelled before retreating towards his lion, Keith close behind.

"You fight like a Galra, but run like a coward." The Galra Emperor spoke.

"Shut up!" Keith yelled back as he started to climb into Red.

"It would be a shame if I shot your friend right out of the sky."

Both Keith and lance knew who he was talking about.

"Keith, don't." Lance protested but Keith didn't listen and snarled before turning and running towards Zarkon, sword in hand.

"Keith! No! Keith don't do it! No!" Lance yelled back.

"Don't you ever threaten him!" Keith growled, swinging at the foe but missing, he was too quick.

"Keith stop!" Lance yelled, but he was too late.

Keith took a final swing, but Zarkon grabbed Keith's sword and threw him onto the ground, pointing it at him.

"You are weak." He spoke but Keith just growled.

Zarkon put the sword to Keith's throat and then raised it to take a swing but the sword was hit out of his hand.

"I'm sorry, but were you trying to hurt him?" Lance looked at Zarkon with pure rage, if only looks could kill.

"Lance, no!" Keith said, jumping up but got thrown back.

Then came a blood curdling scream for help from Lance trying to get free. Zarkon has stabbed him in the chest and then disappeared.

"LANCE!" Keith yelled, running to his lover's side.

"K-Keith." Lance said, his voice cold.

"No, no, no! Lance stay with me buddy." Keith said,

"Guys, what happened?!" Shiro's voice broke through their helmets.

"It's lance, Shiro you gotta hurry he's been stabbed! Please you have to hurry he needs medical attention! " Keith sobbed.

"We'll be there soon." Shiro said, but knew they wouldn't be quick enough to save him.

"Cmon Lance, you can't go now please." Keith said, removing both his and Lance's helmets.

"It's g-gonna be okay, Keith." Lance said, smiling at him.

"I was supposed to protect you, you can't go now please!"

Lance just smiled at him. "Do me a favor Keith. Kiss me one last time before I go."

"N-no! This won't be the last time! You, you cant go! You can't!"

"Fine, then just kiss me." Lance took in a long deep breathe, it being hard to breath.

Keith sighed and leaned down, their lips connecting and then sharing what Keith would refer to later as the last bit of warmth he ever felt.

He pulled away as Lance's body went cold.

"No! Lance no please! You're gonna go home remember? You're gonna go home and see your family please Lance please! The team needs you, I need you!" Keith sobbed as his eyes greyed out a bit.

"You were supposed to go out with a bang, not protecting me you idiot." He said, his tears falling onto his lover. And then he spoke his final words to Lance...

"I love you."