"We are going on a trip over the weekend, and we'll leave today in the evening"

"Absolutely not"

"Keith, you need to get out of the house. Besides, I already told Adam and Matt that we are going"

Keith raises a brow "And why would I come with you? It's your small group'"

"Matt's sibling, Pidge I think their name was, also comes along" Keith groans and falls down on the couch "You can ask Lance if he wants to come too"

"Why would I do that?"

Shiro walks over to Keith and sits down beside him "Because you are friends with him, and friends invite each other on trips and such, at least they do it in these high school movies. Come on, Keith. You used to like these trips"

Keith takes a pillow and puts it over his face "That was in the past, Shito"

Shiro sighs "I told you to stop calling me that. And besides you don't have a choice" he puts the pillow off of Keith's face "If you won't pack the things you need, I'll do it and will drag you in the car" 

"Fuck you, Shiro" 

"That's Adam's job" 

"SHIRO!"

"Okay okay , sorry" he says between laughs "But I'm serious"

"...Shiro I don't wanna kno-"

"I mean about the trip" 

"Oh" 

Shiro shakes his head "You dirty minded teen" 

Keith sits up and rolls his eyes "As if you were any different"

"Touche"

They sat in silence for a moment.

Keith was thinking. He could get closer to Lance, if he asked if he wants to go on the trip with them. It' a good mover, and if you think about it, it's even kind of cliche. Lance likes cliche things.

"Yeah, okay, I'll go. And I'll asks Lance. And besides, will we fit in the car. Who will come along? Matt, Pidge, Adam, probably Lance, you and I, six people"

"We will fit in the car. remember when Matt's car was broken and he and Pidge drove with us to school? We also were six people" Keith nods "Okay, go call Lance" Shiro stands up and leaves.

Keith never asked someone to join a trip or whatever. And now he is a bit nervous. he wouldn't be as nervous to ask Pidge or Hunk, but lance is another situation. It is Lance after all. Wouldn't be as much of a deal, if Keith didn't have a crush on him.

He walks up to his room, closes the door, sits down on his bed. No he stands up, it's more comfortable. No, no, sitting is more relaxing. 

He definitely is overthinking it.

Whatever. He sit on his bed, takes out his phone and goes on Lance's contact, and just stares. 

It's not that hard. Just press call and ask him. It's a completely normal thing to do.

He presses call and waits. One beep, and a second one, and a third one-

"Hi Keith, what's up?"

"Hi. Not much, how are you?" it's better to stand up, Keith decides

"I'm fine, you?"

"Me too. E-ehm so I wanted to ask you, if you want to go on a trip with me, Pidge, Matt, Adam, and Shiro over the weekend?" What if he says no? What if he thinks he is weird for some reason?

"Let me ask my mom"

Keith nods, but remembers Lance can't see him "Yeah" 

After about thirty seconds he hears the phone rustling "Eh yeah, sure. When do you guys leave?"

Keith sighs, it's good to feel relieved "Today in the evening. Shiro, Adam, and I used to go on these trips a lot. We usually find some cool places, maybe start a bonfire, eat stuff, do some dumb stuff too, and then go to sleep. Adam always brought those big ass tents, so yeah. "

"Yeah. I'd like to join. By the way, how did you all manage to drag Pidge along"

"Matt somehow convinced them, I think. So, ehm, we would pick you up in around our hours"

"Yeah okay. You have my address right?"

"Yup"

"Cool, see you then. Also maybe I could see you smile more, you are always so grumpy"

Keith can feel his hands getting sweaty "What do you mean"

Lance laughs "Man, you really need to smile more. Well however, I'll go pack some thing, see ya in a bit"

"Y-yeah" 

And Lance hangs up. 

That wasn't too bad. It went better than he thought. 

"Is your gay panic over" 

"HOly fuck- Shiro never sneak up like that. and it's wasn't a gay panic"

Shiro crosses his arms and raises a brow "Oh please. I know how gay panic's look, I had them myself very often" Keith glares at him and Shiro glares back "Okay, so, will Lance come?"

"Yup" 

"Don't flirt too much" 

"SHIro I won't hesitate to kill you" 

Shiro laughs ad walks away "Pack your things".

After almost four hours, they were ready and went  to the car. First they picked Adam up, then Matt and Pidge, and last but not least Lance.

"So we will first buy some food, then we are ready to get lost" Shiro says "And this time I have my eyes on you Keith"

"What did he do?" Pidge asks

Adam sighs "On our last trip we wandered around, searched for a good place to stay, and then we somehow lost Keith, or more he just disappeared. We searched two hours for him. Then we found him sleeping next to some weird dead animal"

"I never saw Shiro so scared" Matt says

Pidge looks over to Keith "If you decide to disappear again, take me with you" Keith nods

"What where you thinking anyway?" Lance asks 

"Mothman"

Matt sighs "Don't start with that, Katie will-"

Pidge's eyes lighten up"OH My GOd do you also like conspiracy theories?"

Keith eyes lighten up too "YES, you do too?"

"Hell yeah"

"Finally someone"

"I'm scared" Lance says. Who wouldn't, he sits in the back in between Pidge and Lance

"Shut up Lance" Pidge says "Did you hear about the one theory that the meteor that killed the dinosaurs was actually an UFO?!"

"Of course, and it's actually believable. Did you hear about the one where we live in a simulation?!"

"Yes, but that could also be true, right? Like there is no evidence that t couldn't be like that. Did you hear about that Titanic's sinking was actually planned?!"

"Yeah, man such a shame that Jack died. I would like to see the titanic with my own eyes. Did you hear about the one where we are actually in Area 51 and in Area 51 is actually the real world"

"Hell yeah, we need to raid area 51, I need answers. Did you hear about the one that Aliens are already here on earth and are already working with the government?"

"Yes, Keith, oh my god, this is aliens we are talking about. Also I don't trust the government, they have so many secrets, I swear to got, I will hack them someday" 

"RIGHT!? I know so much about aliens conspiracy theories"

At this point Pidge and Keith are practically are ling on Lance "Adam, I'm scared" he says

Adam turns around "Keith, if you don't stop, we will switch seats and you can sit beside Shiro" 

Pidge and Keith look at Adam and then at each other "Is it bad to sit beside him?" Pidge asks

"Yeah he will talk nonsense the whole time"

Lance groans "You have been talking nonsense just now, guys. And please get off me, it's getting sexual"

Normally Keith wouldn't do what he is about to do. But now is now and he wants some fun. This is completely out of character.

Pidge sits back, normally again. And Keith goes near Lance's face, still half over him "Oh really? What is wrong about it?" he almost whispers

Lance flushes red "Dios mío, ¿quieres matarme?" (Dear God, do you want to kill me?) (It's google translated. If there are mistakes, please correct me)

Keith puts his hand on Lance's cheek "You want to play this game?" he smiles "私は何をしているのか分からない、助けてください" (I don't know what I'm doing, please help)

Lance looks at Keith's lips for a short second, and then up at his eyes. This is, how should he say it, hot. Yeah, he would like it, if Keith would do it not so jokingly and not in a platonic way.

"Akira, 停止または彼は本当に死んでしまう!" Shiro laughs "それは意味が、楽しいでした,嘘つもりはありません" (Stop, or he will really die / It was mean but fun, not going to lie)

Keith backs away and looks at Shiro "黙って、私はショックを受けている私もこれをした" (Shut up, I'm shocked I even did this)

"私はあなたが浮気でき知らなかった"  Shiro smiles "私はあなたのように誇りだ" (I didn't know you could flirt / I'm so proud of you)

"Okay, okay, you are Japanese, we get it, but please speak English" Matt says, more complains.

"So your name is Akira?" Lance asks 

"Oh God, Shiro why did you say that name" Keith whines

Adam turns around again "His name is Keith Akira Kogane, the more you know Lance"

Pidge smiles "Yeah and Lance's full name is Lance Leanrdo McClain, the more you know gays" 

"Oh, so we exposing each other?" Keith starts "Okay, Shiro actual name is Takashi Shirogane"

"Okay guys. We are here. Take what you want and be fast" Shiro parks the car and they all go in the grocery store.

After some time, not long, they all were at the register. They just had some drinks, Marshmallows, chips, and the such.

"Hey Coran" Shiro greets him

"You again guys? Another trip?" Shiro nods "Oh I see new faces" 

"This is Pidge and Lance, Keith's friends" 

Coran laughs "Never thought the day would come that he would find friends"

After some laughing and talking, they finally bought the food and went back to the car. They put everything in the back and then drew off.

"Okay so, where are we going now?" Pidge asks

"The whole point, Pidge" Matt starts "Is to get lost" he smiles 

"It's more fun like that" Keith continues "Okay, Shiro put the playlist on" 

"What playlist?" Lance asks 

"The one we always listen to when we go on these trips" Matt says "We always feel the songs, this is really such a hype" 

Adam nods "But they are old songs, I don't know if you will like them"

Matt smiles "First to go: Never Gonna Give You Up" 

The four of them, Keith, Matt, Adam, Shiro, were just simply nodding to the song at first, but then they all sing at the same time, it's more screaming "NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP. NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN. NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU. NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY. NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE. NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE AND HURT YOU"

Hart to believe, but even Keith sang along. If he likes something, then its conspiracy theories, and old songs and movies.

"Oh my god, Katie you also know the next one, sing with us" Matt says really exited

"What are you talking- OH My- It's Chuck Berry, love this man" 

Then they all sing together again "They furnished off an apartment with a two room Roebuck sale. The coolerator was crammed with TV dinners and ginger ale. But when Pierre found work, the little money comin' worked out well. 'C'est la vie', say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell"

They were feeling it. And it was really fun.

"Lance don't you know the songs?" Matt asks 

"Not really"

"Okay wait, I think you might know the next one" 

They wait for the next song to begin, then it begins "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog. Cryin' all the time" 

"OH YEAH I know this one. Elvis is a legend, how can you not know the song" 

Now all six of them were hyped up. All of them were singing the lyrics. 

They were singing for a really long time. Matt, Adam, Shiro, and Keith knew every song. They listened to the playlist a lot of times. But Pidge and Lance also sang along to a lot of songs.

When it was dark and the first song came on again, the stopped "Okay does someone know where we are?" Shiro asks.

The car was standing in the middle of nowhere. Sand here and there. Some bushes and tees somewhere over there. And one long road with not a single soul.

"Okay guys. We are officially lost" Shiro announces. He drives off the street and parks the car where no one could see it unless they search for it "Come one, out of the car" 

They all go out of the car and take their things with them. They start walking, eh, somewhere. Shiro and Adam are at the front. Pidge and Matt in the middle. And Lance and Keith in the back.

"Hey, sorry about earlier, I don't know what went through my mind" Keith scratches his neck

Lance chuckles "It's alright. I was surprised, it was really out of character"

After maybe an hour of walking Shiro and Adam stop "This seems like a nice place" Shiro says

They put their things down. Adam, Shiro, and Matt were building up the tents. All in all, they were making themselves comfortable. Keith was making a fire, Lance and Pidge watched him, since they don't know what else to do.

When they finished they all at down around the fire and roasted marshmallows, you know, the good shit.

"Why didn't you take me on the trips before?" Pidge asks their brother

"You never wanted to go out of the house" he shrugs

"I thought it would be like the old people do this. But this is cool. First you buy food, listen to cool music in the car for a very long time, drive wherever the hell you want, get lost, wander to some random place, and then just have fun, this is cool" 

Matt laughs "Just wait. Keith do you have them with you?"

They look over at him. He nods "I have lavender, roses, and coffee"

"What do you mean?" Lance asks 

"Lance" Adam smiles "Have you ever smoked lavender, roses, or coffee?" 

"No. I wouldn't even come to the idea to do this"

"I wouldn't smoke the rose petals now, because of Pidge" Shiro says

"Why?" Pidge asks

"It has an LSD likely effect and you look like a twelve ear old. Also mom would kill you" Matt explains

"She isn't even here"

"She will just know, Pidge. It's mo after all"

"You're right" Pidge and Matt both nod.

"Well then, let's start with coffee, Keith" Adam says

Keith smiles and walks off to take something from his bag. He comes back a minute after.

He sits down beside Lance and shows him a small bag with something in it "This, Lance" he holds it up "is coffee, and we are going to smoke it" 

Keith makes coffee sticks -that's how you call them-, not for everyone, that could be too much, and gives it them.

"It will have a caffeine likely effect. It's not the most healthy thing but it's cool. Don't smoke too much"

(Don't smoke kids)

They smoke it for a while. And, indeed, it has a caffeine like effect. they are just, well, awake.

After some hours, after eating and smoking, they went in their tents. Matt and Pidge brought their own, so they are sleeping in one, they are sibling after all, and it's not an Alabama situation, don't think anything. Adam and Shiro were sleeping in one tent. And Lance and Keith in one.

Lance and Keith were lying so, that they are not facing each other.

"Hey Keith" Keith hums "What is the effect of smoking lavender. You told rose petals and coffee, but not lavender"

They both turn around to face each other "It'll reduce insomnia and will help you to drift into a peaceful sleep. So if you can't sleep, just tell me" 

Lance nods "Cool"

"Hey Lance" 

"Yeah"

"Did I make you feel uncomfortable, when I you know, did the thing in the car?" Keith asks concerned

Lance sits up and smiles "No, not really. Like I said, it took me by surprise, but I didn't feel uncomfortable"

Keith also sits up "Okay good. Thank God"

"I didn't know you can speak Japanese" Lance smirks

"Yeah, well I'm Japanese. I thought you knew?"

Lance shakes his head "Nope, but it's cool" 

"You are literally bilingual too" Keith raises a brow

"Not only bilingual but also bisexual" he makes finger-guns

Keith smiles and shakes his head "You never stop joking around"

"Says you"

"Oh yeah, I'm really good at doing this" he says sarcastically

"Don't say it like that. I was really flustered, you now" 

Keith smirks "Oh really?" he comes again really close to Lance. Personal space? We don't know her. "So you saying you like it?"

"E-eh what" 

"You are not denying it" he come closer

"Eh well, I mean-  oh fuck" he tries to look at everything but Keith, what he horribly fails at. He looks right into his eyes.

They just stare at each other for good a while.

Lance's eyes wander down to Keith's lips. Keith notices and also looks at Lance's, but looks up at his eyes again. After some while Lance closes the distance between them.

Keith was surprised. He would never expect this. He is not complaining, he likes it.

He closes his eyes and kisses back. It's nothing bug. Just small sweet kiss. It would be too early for something, well, deeper. They are still not aware of each others feelings.

They sit there for a while, just kissing, ignoring everything there is to ignore. This is what they both wanted for a while and the other doesn't even know. 

They both pulls slowly away and then just look at each other, both completely red.

Lance was happy that Keith kissed back. He was scared he would reject him. And Lance wasn't even thinking what he was doing. It was just in the moment and he did it.

Keith also did't quite know what he was doing. He knew he liked Lance, s he just kissed back, he likes him and also would like to kiss him, so he kissed back.

"I h-ha, ehm" Lance stutters out "I, ehm, sorry" he scratches his neck  and looks down "You- I probably made you feel uncomfortable" 

"No, no not at all" 

Lance looks up "R-really?"

Keith nods "I mean, yeah, I liked it"

"Cool, cool" he also starts to nod "Man I don't know what to say"

"Me neither" 

They sit in silence, avoiding eye-contact "Ehm, I guess we could go to sleep?" Keith suggests. It's really weird for him to sit there and have nothing to say

"I don't think I can fall asleep now" he laughs awkwardly

"I still have the lavender?" Keith shows the small joint with lavender "We could go out for a while?"

Lance nods and they both walk out. 

Keith lights the joint and they stand there, taking turns on the joint.

Lance really wants to ask if Keith likes him, too. He is just scared, rejection, obviously. It's scary, he doesn't want to get rejected, especially by the person he likes and will spend the whole weekend together.

"Lance, why did you kiss me?" Keith almost whispers

Lance looks down "Please don't get mad" he says quietly, he doesn't want to wake the others "I like you, you know, more than a friend. And you were so close, so I just kissed you. Eh, sorry, you probably don't feel the same" 

"Why do you think I kissed you back, Lance?" Keith looks at him and then up at the start. Incredible how many stars you can see, somewhere where are no light, no people, nothing. It's just beautiful. It looks like they will get swallowed by the night sky any moment "I like you too" 

"Cool, cool. So we had crushes on each other?" Keith nods "Cool, cool. God I'm relieved"

"Why?"

"I thought you will hate me" 

Keith shakes his head and looks up again "No"

Lance looks at Keith. He looks beautiful. If you look close enough, you can see the stars in Keith's eyes, this is really, really beautiful. 

"Keith?"

"Mhm?"

"Can I kiss you again?"

Keith looks at Lance and nods "Yeah" 

They slowly close the distance and connect their lips. This is more exiting than their first kiss. After some time they pull away, both really happy.

"I'm sleepy, let's go sleep" Keith suggests

Lance nods "Yeah" 

They didn't even need a shooting-star for their wish to come true.

This was all too unbelievable, in a good way. It's, not sure how to describe it. t's all in all difficult to describe feelings. It's just exiting, and you don't want it to end.

The boys, also, don't want the night to end. they are scared what will happen in the morning. Will they ignore it. Will they talk. Or just forget it. That's scary to think about. 

The only way to escape that thought, is to fall asleep now. It's like saying "Dear future me, solve that problem".