ok,,so for the love of sheith,,,tell me about the time shiro and keith first kiss in the single dad au. /on the verge of dying ;))
[Single Dad Takashi Shirogane]
“So is the boss a good kisser or what?” Lance asked as he raised his eyebrows up and down which just annoyed Keith at 8 in the morning.
Keith rolled his eyes as he placed his bag on his desk and prepared his things to start another day at work.
The truth was, Shiro and him haven’t kissed yet which was fine with Keith. He wasn’t in a hurry and it seemed like Shiro wasn’t as well. Shiro’s daughter was his boss’ priority not his ridiculous-probably-will-last-a-few-weeks-romantic-relationship-with-his-marketing-guy-at-work. As much as Keith didn’t want to admit, he wasn’t an expert in this area, so him taking the initiative was out of the question. Relationships wasn’t his thing to begin with, never had been. Unless you counted that one-day relationship he got married to his crush back in elementary school because of the pretend-wedding game.
So, basically Keith had no right (and had no idea) how things like this should even go. In the end, Keith didn’t mind. He was just happy (and somewhat still amazed) that Shiro would even ask him out.
—
Eight months into their relationship and Keith hadn’t even noticed that the farthest they’d even gotten were holding hands and forehead kisses not until Lance asked him how his love life with their boss was. Keith soon found out that he was actually contended with that and he might’ve cringed a little when he was asked about his sexual life.
It was non-existent and it never bothered him at all. Hopefully it would continue to be that way, and if Shiro was going to do something (which he hadn’t for eight months) then Keith would have to talk to him about it and hope for an easy break-up if it was that important to Shiro.
“Goodnight, Ro-ro-row your boat,” Keith kissed Ro’s forehead as he tucked her in bed. She giggled in delight.
“Daddy home yet?” The little girl asked sleepily.
Keith shook his head. “Afraid not, sweetheart. But hey, at least I’m here.”
Ro giggled and grabbed Keith’s finger and wrapped her little hand around it. “I like it when Keith is here. I want Keith to be here forever.” she yawned, squeezing his finger. “Night, night, Daddy Keith.”
Keith’s eyes widened in surprise and panic that he felt like his heart was bursting. Shit. Did she just? After a few seconds, he finally collected himself and brushed Ro’s hair away from her face and whispered, “Night, night, princess.”
As soon as the little one was off to dreamland, he turned around to leave the room only to see Shiro by the door looking at him fondly.
“Oh, you’re back. I didn’t hear—” Keith wasn’t able to finish because he was soon pulled into a hug. He chuckled as he felt Shiro run his fingers through his hair. “Good to see you too, Takashi.”
Shiro pressed his forehead against his and they just stayed that way for a while. At work they couldn’t really act like a couple since they were too busy with their own jobs. It wasn’t that they were hiding it, the whole company knew they were together and loved teasing them about it (Shiro was always flustered while Keith just rolled his eyes).
“Keith?” Shiro broke their silence.
“Hmmm?”
“Permission to kiss you on the lips?” Shiro opened his eyes and smiled cheekily.
Keith snorted. “After eight months? Seriously?”
“I was nervous, okay? What if you don’t like me?” Shiro explained.
Another snort came out from Keith, but this time louder. “What if I don’t like you? Are you shitting me right now?”
Shiro just pouted. “I wasn’t sure. Plus, I have a kid—”
“—Whom I love with all my heart,” Keith interrupted.
Shiro gulped, blinking repeatedly at Keith as if trying to let the information sink in. “Yeah, I’m kinda jealous to be honest,” he laughed nervously.
“But she doesn’t have the permission to kiss me on the lips,” Keith softly laughed then quickly added, “I mean she could but like, yknow—”
If someone was to ask Keith how his first kiss turned out, it pretty much tasted like pistachio ice cream with a few giggles here and there. It took him by surprise when his boyfriend (and boss) finally closed the gap between them to deliver that first kiss people were all crazy about. Keith felt like melting or were his knees turning into jelly? He wasn’t sure anymore. They kissed for how long? A minute? Five minutes? A life time? Keith couldn’t comprehend at that moment. The next thing he knew he was trying to stop his laughter as Shiro pampered his face with kisses.
He placed a hand on Shiro’s chest to stop him or they were going to wake little Ro up from her slumber. “Takashi… stop it.” Keith begged between laughs.
Shiro stopped and looked at him, “Worth it.”
That made Keith stop. “What?” He asked, truly confused.
“Eight months. So worth it,” Shiro said as he cupped Keith’s jaw and leaned in to capture his lips once again.
Keith, Hunk, and Lance all work at the local library. Keith shouldn’t be trusted alone, Lance is filled with contempt, Hunk is the only one who actually does his job, and Pidge is a closet enabler.
Hunk is generally regarded as the best worker only because he keeps his head down and actually gets work done.
Keith really shouldn’t be trusted alone with books. He only took this job because it meant he would get paid to read. His new mission in life is to read every book in the building. He’s found the perfect corner to camp in- no one EVER visits the astrophysics section.
Lance isn’t good at the job he’s paid to do, but he’s really good with the kids. He reads to them and helps them find cool new books. He’s even got a little side-gig going where he tutors some of the kids.
Allura is the Chief Librarian who mostly stays holed up in her office surrounded by paperwork.
There’s a small park tucked away behind the library. Keith likes to eat his lunch on one of the benches when the weather is nice. He accidentally made friends with a squirrel and they’re buds for life now. Keith even makes sure to pack a little extra food for it.
Lance joined Keith for lunch one day but ran screaming back to the library when the squirrel showed up. Something about childhood trauma from when his sister tried to adopt a baby squirrel. When Keith returned from lunch he found Hunk making squirrel noises at Lance through the bathroom door- “Squeaky, uh, squeak squeaker squeakin’.”
When it rains, Keith eats his lunch at the book return while he sorts through the day’s stack. But he’s still got a date. The squirrel manages to find Keith and is let in through the book drop drawer.
Lance reaches his wits end the day he finds that squirrel perched on a copy of The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe reaching for a piece of food from Keith’s hand.
Thus begins the Library Memo’s- “No Wild Animals Permitted Inside Library” | “Lunch Breaks Must Be Taken In Staff Breakroom Or Off Property” | “All Staff Must Wash Their Hands Before Returning To Work Lest They Contaminate The Library With Squirrel Rabies”
Pidge runs tech for the library. Lance roped her into helping him make the memos because he’s convinced the machines hate him- “Lance, it’s literally just a word doc on a letter sheet of paper. Pick a font, hit ‘ctrl+P’, and leave me alone.”
But she secretly loves helping him with the signs. Pidge may have created an instagram account dedicated to the library shenanigans. It’s a weird sort of propaganda but it actually keeps people invested in the library.
Meanwhile, Shiro is a suffering grad student in need of a thesis muse.
He’s honestly not even sure how he ended up in the program. All he knows is he joined the astrophysics club as a sophomore in undergrad, Matt started talking to him one day, and the next thing he knows, Shiro is drowning in papers and student debt send help please.
Shiro is really at a loss with his thesis and he’s running out of time to come up with a topic. He’s already exhausted the campus library and this strange community library is his last hope.
After some poor directions from Allura and clarification from Hunk, Shiro manages to find the section he’s looking for: Astrophysics. Que the dramatic sigh as he stares into the void otherwise known as a wall of books hoping for any glimmer of inspiration.
Keith, setting his current read on the pile of books in the corner- “Did you come for the view or do you need help finding something?” | Shiro- “Yea actually, a thesis topic and a will to live would be nice.”
After a bit of snarking, actual conversation, and the hunt for a ladder to reach the top shelf (”really after all the time it took us to get this ladder I could have just climbed you instead.”) Keith has managed to help Shiro figure out a thesis and settle the poor guy’s anxiety.
Shiro- “Did you study astrophysics?” | Keith- “No. But I basically own this corner of the world so of course I’ve read every book here.”
Shiro ends up setting up shop in this corner and works on his thesis while Keith brings him books and coffee.
One day weeks down the road Shiro is pretending to take a 20 minute power nap on the floor while chatting with Keith. | Keith- “You can’t talk and sleep at the same time.” | Shiro- “Watch me.” | Keith- “You should get some actual rest so you can finish your thesis proposal.” | Shiro- “I actually turned that in last Friday.” | Keith- “Then why are you here? Go home and rest.” | Shiro- “I like it here... you’re here.”
After Keith collects his jaw from the floor, he winds up hovering over Shiro and leaning in for the best First Kiss of his life.
...just in time for Lance to round the corner- “Oh no no no! I knew it. No one spends that much time ‘studying.’ You too are down here way to much. Of course you’ve been hooking up. In the LIBRARY! Keith! You took an oath! -no i didn’t lance- How could you?! Turning the library into a house of sucking face! There are children here! First the squirrel and now this?!”
Shiro- “Well at least we were only sucking face.”
And at that a new era of Library Memo’s is born: “Absolutely No Dick Sucking Permitted In The Library!!!”
Blushes abound and these two nerds finally ask each other out.
Shiro- “This library coffee isn’t very good is it? What do you say to me treating you to a proper cup? There’s a great place next to campus.”
Keith, with a huge grin on his face- “Yea, that’d be great.”
Shiro- “Good. Then you can tell me all about this squirrel.”
Keith- “Oh. Yea. His name is Bucky; we eat lunch together almost everyday; and Lance is scared of him. If you’re lucky I’ll invite you on a lunch date one day and you can meet him.”
did shiro and keith ever break up during those 8 years of dating before they got married? like ofc not because of something serious but because keith was dumb and thought shiro deserves someone who can give shiro what he can't. but then shiro convinces him how much he loves him and how he doesn't care about any of that stuff. GIVE ME THE ANGST CATHREL xD
[The Voltron Pre-Family] The Time Keith and Shiro Broke Up Part 1 (Part 2)
Shiro felt like he didn’t have the will to live anymore. He didn’t want to sound a bit over dramatic, but it was dramatic. One minute he was at Keith’s door, ready to hang out with his boyfriend, the next minute, Keith was breaking up with him. It didn’t make sense. It all happened too fast.
“I’m sorry, Shiro. It’s just not working out anymore. Us, being a thing.”
What made it even worse was that, Shiro didn’t even get to say anything. Keith just said he didn’t want to see him anymore. His boyfr—ex-boyfriend—was being utterly unfair. And that was how he found himself crying on his bed while looking at the ceiling because he was confused and hurt.
He had no idea what he did wrong. Earlier that day, they even had lunch together and everything seemed fine—Keith was fine. They’d been together for a year now and he was sure he didn’t cross any line—they just kissed, cuddled, and held hands. Definitely, nothing that could’ve upset the younger one. He kept his hands to himself and 100% in places Keith could see.
His Mom called and he just cried. After an hour or two of his sob-fest, his Mom sighed and said some comforting words. He felt a little better but it didn’t last too long when he saw Keith the following day for their shared class.
It sucked because Keith looked so soft wearing his red beanie and a black hoodie. However, he had black rings under his eyes and Shiro could tell he wasn’t the only one who lied awake last night.
Usually, Shiro was good at paying attention to what the professor was saying, but that time all he could do was stare at Keith. He was still the most beautiful person Shiro had laid his eyes on and his killer side profile was causing him so much pain. The way Keith’s eyelashes would flutter when he looked down on his notebook to scribble something and then bite his lower lip when he couldn’t write faster to keep up with what their professor was saying—the agony.
The way Keith scrunches his cute nose when he disagreed about something, the way he raised his right hand (always the right one) to ask a question only to reveal those pale wrist Shiro loved kissing because it tickled his boy–ex-boyfriend. The way Keith turned his head slowly to Shiro’s direction only to have his eyes widen in shock for being caught when their eyes met (not that Shiro ever looked away from the first place, but Keith didn’t need to know that).
—
When the bell rang, Keith gathered his bag and quickly headed to the door. He’d been avoiding Shiro all day and so far his bo—ex-boyfriend—hadn’t talked to him yet. Not like Shiro had any opportunity in the first place. It was all going great until he felt a strong hand hold his arm to stop him from leaving.
“Keith,” Shiro’s voice sounded miserable.
Keith bit his lip because he felt the same. He turned around and let out an angry huff, “What? I’m busy.”
“No, you’re not. You have free period after this, so we have time to talk.” Shiro knew when he was bullshitting his way out.
“I don’t want to talk,” he grumbled as he tried to break free from Shiro’s hold.
“Well, I do and you’re going to listen whether you like it or not.”
They both knew the classroom would be vacant after their class, so it was the perfect place for them and Keith just wanted to leave. He crossed his arms over his chest and looked at Shiro, signaling him to go on and that he was listening.
“I hate you so much,” Shiro stated as he stared at Keith.
That caught Keith by surprise and his face softened because he felt sad? Upset? Confused? It definitely wasn’t the sentence Keith was expecting.
“I hate how you didn’t even give me the chance to say anything. You just slammed the door on my face—”
“I didn’t slam—”
“YES, YOU DID,” Shiro pressed on. “I can’t be the only one who’s not liking this situation, right? I’ve been listening to breakup songs since last night and I don’t want us to be the couple Gwen Stefani was talking about in her song ‘Cool’ where I call you by your damn new last name and I see you being happy with someone else and we just move on and become friends because I can’t do that with you, Keith. I can’t just be friends with you. Not anymore. Because when I see you, every time I see, I want to hug you, I want to kiss you, I want to touch you. Your hands, your cheeks, your hair, your friggin mole on your neck that you hate! But I don’t! Because it’s cute and it’s part of you and it makes me so mad,” Shiro held his hands up for emphasis. “…because you feel the same way. I know because I saw you stealing glances at me in the cafeteria during lunch!”
“What? No, I wasn’t.”
“Cut the bullshit, Keith,” Shiro glared and then let out a heavy sigh. “I don’t know what’s going on and I want to know because I honestly have no idea what I did wrong. First, we were okay, and then suddenly we’re not. You didn’t even mention why—”
“I’m not good for you, okay?!” Keith raised his voice as he stepped into Shiro’s space who in turn, stepped back. For a second, Shiro looked scared. Keith never raised his voice, especially not at Shiro. “I’m just…” he shut his eyes fighting his tears. “People know I’m not good for you. I hear them talk. Ever since people found out we were together, it’s never been really great to hear what they think.
“I usually ignore it because who cares what they think, right?” He let out a fake laugh as he gestured around the room. “But sometimes it just gets too much. Aside from the fact that people look down on my English major, they just had to add that I’ll never be good enough for you since you’re taking a Science one. The superior major.”
“Keith…”
“And you know what made it even worse? I went to the psychology department to pass a paper and overheard the professors gossiping when I left the room. They think I left already but I forgot my pen, so I heard everything. You know what they said? Such a pity Shirogane had to be tied to that gay boy. His grades have been slipping ever since they got together and he’s just going to ruin Shirogane’s chances for med school and having a family. Hopefully, it’s just a phase because what a waste of good genes.”
Keith didn’t realize he was already crying until Shiro wiped his tears. He took a step back only to be pulled closer to Shiro’s chest. He felt a hand softly caressed his hair and a chin rested on top of his head.
“They’re wrong,” Shiro said, almost in a whisper. “You’re not the reason my grades have been slipping. I took a terror prof because his time slot was the only one left. All of us are suffering in his class. The highest grade is a 2.5 and that’s already mine. Also, English Literature is hard and I know that because you’re always telling me to just kill you every time you write a paper.”
Keith smiled at that a little which just caused his tears to fall.
“What I do with my genes is none of their god damn business. Whether I use it or not, that’s my choice,” Shiro continued and it made Keith scrunch his nose. “I could be with the prettiest girl and have a family of my own and it’ll never be the same. I’d be the most miserable man because I’d be thinking of that boy I was in love with back in college. The One Who Got Away by Katy Perry.”
Keith rolled his eyes as he pinched Shiro’s side. “Stop it.”
“I told you,” Shiro looked down at him and smiled. “I was listening to sad songs last night.” When Keith didn’t say anything, Shiro added, “I know I say this a lot but honestly, Keith, I just… really love you so much? I’ve never felt so connected with anyone before in my life and we’re not talking about that type of connection, if you know what I mean.”
“Shut up,” Keith smiled as he buried his face into Shiro’s chest.
“What I’m trying to say is,” Shiro took a deep breath and said, “I don’t care. I don’t care about those things because when it comes to you, there’s just so much more. I look at you and I don’t think ‘Yeah, I get to take him home with me tonight and we’re gonna have so much fun in bed.’” He shook his head fondly. “I look at you and I think ‘I wonder how many bags of chips should I buy when we do our Ghibli marathon tonight? I wonder who will win this time around on who gets to quote the most lines of Howl’s Moving Castle?’ I look—”
Keith wrapped his arms around Shiro’s waist and just squeezed him. He felt like his cheeks just turned crimson. “Okay, okay. I get it. Just stop, it’s getting embarrassing.”
Shiro chuckled as he tightened his hug in return. “You’re Keith Kogane. You love to read, you love to dance, you love anime, you love to cook, you love the sound of the storm… you love a lot of things. I just wish a lot of people could see that. See how wonderful the broody, angsty, ace Keith is. Although, he talks a lot of shit sometimes. But mostly, he amazes the heck out of me. He’s also the strongest and bravest person I know. He’s been through a lot and yet he’s still here standing straight.”
Keith looked up and Shiro’s eyes crinkled.
“Horrible, dumb, and stupid pun, I know,” Shiro just stared at him and whispered, “I’d really like to kiss you right now. That is, if I’m still allowed.”
Before he could stop himself, he punched Shiro in the tummy.
“Aw!” Shiro cried out, placing both of his hands on his middle for comfort. “What was that for? You just ruined the moment!”
“I had to,” Keith frowned, but his face betrayed him as he began to smile. “You were turning too sappy and you were getting ahead of yourself.”
“Oh,” Shiro sadly said. “So we’re still broken up then?”
“Yeah,” Keith said as he slowly grabbed Shiro’s hand and interlaced their fingers.
The gesture made Shiro stare at their connected hands and then back up at Keith, “Okay? Then why are you doing this? Why are you holding my hand? This is sending the wrong signals to me.”
“You talk too much,” Keith tiptoed and planted a kiss on Shiro’s lips.
As soon as they separated, Shiro looked at him with a funny expression. “So I’ve been told by my not-boyfriend.”
“You’re such a dork,” he rolled his eyes fondly as he pulled Shiro with him out of the door. “Also it’s 6.”
“Six what?” Shiro asked, swaying their connected hands as they walk in the hallway.
“Six bags of chips for our Ghibli marathon later,” Keith gave Shiro’s hand a gentle squeeze.
jumping on the siblings-fight train here. how about pidge and lance have a huge fight and pidge goes to her room and when she slams the door angrily, she sees the death note she recently got from daddy keith as a little present (after they both binge watched it together) and in her anger she decides to write lance's name in it. but then she suddenly gets scared and runs to lance's room but he doesn't answer (because he's upset too) so she runs to her daddies to confess she killed her brother.
[The Voltron Family] Another weekend at the Shirogane household, everything was the same except for the fact that Pidge was banging on the kids’ bathroom at the second floor. “Open up, Lance! You’ve been in there for an hour!”
“You’re exaggerating, you small baby,” came Lance’s reply from the inside, voice not too clear because of the running water. “I’ve been here for only 20 minutes. I have a routine.”
“What routine? You’re seven! Seven-year-olds don’t have routines!” Pidge retorted, getting annoyed every passing second. “Open up! I left my hair scrunchies in there!”
“Lalalalala, can’t hear you!”
“Argh!!!” Pidge had had enough. She balled up her fists and shouted as loud as she could, “DADDY SHIROOOO!!!”
As soon as Daddy Shiro unlocked the door with the master key, Pidge stormed inside the bathroom and saw that Lance was by the sink, in front of the mirror putting a lot of hair gel. He was surprised to see the door opened and with Pidge puffing her cheeks angrily.
“You are the most selfish person I have ever known!” She cried out, grabbing her hair scrunchies on the sink. “I hate you and everything you stand for! No matter what you do, no girl is ever going to like you because you’re ugly!”
“Pidge!” Shiro looked at her pointedly as she passed by him on her way out.
It was no secret that Lance and Pidge would usually fight over silly, petty things. They got along fine, but not all the time. Only Hunk was the good one and Pidge adored him, shockingly, so did Lance, but whatever. When she entered her room, she stomped her feet angrily.
“Argh! I hate Lance so much, I wish I could just—” she balled up her fists and slammed it to her bed. Her eyes landed on a notebook by her desk. It was the Death Note Daddy Keith bought for her as a gift after watching the anime a few weeks ago. She grabbed the notebook, opened it and took a pencil.
Her hand hovered over the first page.
The human whose name is written in this note shall die. If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack.
She didn’t know if it really worked. Daddy Keith said it did, that was why she hadn’t written any name on it yet. But it couldn’t be 100% real, right? It was from an anime show after all. But Pidge didn’t give a damn. So she wrote:
Lance Shirogane
She stared at her writing and suddenly her heart started to beat so fast. Her eyes widened in fear. She had done it. What if the note was real all along? Oh god. Lance.
She got out of her room and looked for her brother. He wasn’t in the bathroom anymore, so that only meant he was in his room. She ran as quickly as she could and tried opening the door to Lance’s bedroom. It was locked. Oh god.
She knocked on the door and shouted, “Lance! Lance are you in there?!”
No answer. She tried again and still no answer. She stepped back and stared at the door and then ran back to her room and grabbed the notebook. This wasn’t happening. She needed to tell her daddies even if it meant they would hate her. She ran to the master bedroom and found them on the bed watching a movie.
“Pidge? Are you alright?” Daddy Shiro asked upon her arrival.
“I killed Lance!” She cried out, tears flowing down her face.
“What?” Daddy Shiro asked, tilting his head. “Come here.”
“I… I…,” she stammered and presented her Death Note. “Daddy Keith gave me this notebook and I… and I wrote Lance’s name and now he’s dead. He’s in his room. Locked. No longer breathing and I was the one who killed him. I’m so sorry,” she sobbed as she held onto Shiro. “Please don’t hate me.”
“What?” Daddy Keith asked when he got hold of the notebook. His eyes widened in fear as he looked at Pidge. “What have you done, baby girl?” he gasped.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”
“Keith,” Daddy Shiro gave Daddy Keith a look.
“Alright, alright,” Daddy Keith was smiling fondly? Why was he smiling? Was he so happy Lance was finally dead? Did he hate Lance that much? What kind of daddy would want his son to be dead? Even Pidge didn’t want Lance to die.
Daddy Keith sat up and pulled Pidge. “Come on, sweetheart. I think you owe someone an apology though.”
“I can’t apologize to a dead body,” Pidge raised her eyebrow.
“You’d be surprised that you actually could,” Daddy Keith smirked.
—
“What is up with Lance and locking doors? Even we don’t lock doors. I need to talk to this kid,” Daddy Keith muttered as he used the master key once again.
When the door opened, Lance’s was on the bed and Pidge cried even more. The guilt was too real as she walked slowly to Lance’s dead body. “I’m so so sorry, Lance.”
Lance sat up and Pidge screamed, hitting him in the tummy. “What are you doing?! That hurts!” He tried stopping Pidge from doing any further damage.
Upon realizing that Lance was actually alive, and not a zombie, Pidge’s tears fell and she smiled so wide. “LANCE! YOU’RE ALIVE!!!!” She pulled Lance into a big hug. “I’m so sorry! You’re not ugly!! I take it back! I’m going to erase your name in my Death Note, so don’t worry about that.”
“What? What is going on?” Lance asked, looking so confused.
“Apparently your sister wrote your name in her Death Note,” Daddy Keith answered, standing by the door with his arms crossed.
Lance’s eyes widened and turned to his sister. “Pidge! How could you!”
how about some fluffy pre-family au. these two dumb college boys just started dating and keith takes his new boyfriend on a cute picnic date (or vice versa) like trying to catch grapes or candies the other person is throwing with their mouths and all that cute shit. at first it's a bit awkward since the relationship is still really new but then they remember they were friends before and realise it's stupid to be so nervous around each other. basically they're adorable dorks in love <333
[The Voltron Pre-Family] So, last night Shiro—Keith’s best friend—confessed to him. Long story short, they were together-together and Keith was freaking out.
He didn’t know anything about relationships, more so, what you do in it. Who knew having a boyfriend could bring so much unnecessary dilemma to him? He could be reading a book and yet here he was googling something dumb.
Keith Kogane: Shiro. You up for lunch together later?Takashi Shirogane changed Keith Kogane to ShirosLoveOfHisLife.ShirosLoveOfHisLife: What the actual efShirosLoveOfHisLife: Did you seriously just change my name?Takashi Shirogane: It’s the truth! You can change mine if you want. 😉ShirosLoveOfHisLife changed Takashi Shirogane to Shiropoop.Shiropoop: That’s a typo right? You were meant to type Shiropoo?? Right?ShirosLoveOfHisLife: Nope. I didn’t. Cause you’re so full of shit sometimes.Shiropoop: Now that’s just really mean. ☹️ShirosLoveOfHisLife: Beggars can’t be choosers.Shiropoop changed ShirosLoveOfHisLife to RedBean.RedBean: W H YShiropoop: Because you love red and I love beans and I love you. 😁Shiropoop: Keith, you’re making those weird noises. Are you alright?RedBean: SHUT UP! STOP LOOKING AT ME FROM ACROSS THE ROOM! PROFESSOR HUDSON WILL KILL US.Shiropoop: Oh my gosh. YOU’RE BLUSHING! RedBean: Say that again and I’m going to break up with you.Shiropoop: You can’t do that! 😰We’ve only been together for 7 hours! BUT WHO’S COUNTING!? 😤😤RedBean: Just. Let’s have lunch together later ok?Shiropoop: Why do you act all so shy? 😏 We always eat lunch together.
Hours later, Keith texted the location where they would meet after Shiro’s microbiology class. He had it all prepared and he hoped it wasn’t too cheesy.
“Oh my god, this is so cheesy!” A new voice caught Keith’s attention.
He looked up and saw Shiro walking towards him. He had a black blanket laid on the ground and a picnic basket on his side. He glared at his boyfriend who sat down beside him.
“I mean, it’s not a bad thing! I love it! I love cheesy things!” Shiro held both his hands up in surrender, then his face softened into a smile. “This is wonderful, Keith. I didn’t peg you to be the kind of guy who liked eating outdoors while observing nature. So what do we have for lunch?”
Keith just rolled his eyes and turned to the side to place the basket between them. He took out two tupperwares and handed one to Shiro, “I cooked us spaghetti simply because I wanted that.”
“Of course,” Shiro chuckled softly, opening the container. “Hmm, smells delicious. As expected from Master Chef Keith.”
“And then I have fruits. I got us grapes and oranges because you love grapes and I love oranges.”
“How considerate, thank you.”
“And lastly, mango juice boxes because I have to be practical. I can’t have liquids spilling all over my basket,” he placed both on the blanket.
Shiro’s face lit up upon seeing them. “I haven’t had a juice box since I was in elementary!” He examined one back to back with such delight. Then he looked at Keith who was sitting cross legged, observing him while playing with his fingers. Shiro must’ve noticed that something was on Keith’s mind but if ever he did, he chose not to voice it out.
They ate and they chat like they usually do, except Shiro sat really close to him and their thighs bumped each other, again, no big deal or so Keith tried to think so. It wasn’t until Shiro started throwing grapes at him for his mouth to catch that Keith started to feel a little awkward. He might have noticed that people began staring at them and it didn’t help either that Shiro was looking at him with that love struck face as if it was just them in the school amphitheater. Keith didn’t know when the place started to get crowded.
“Keith, look at me,” Shiro’s voice disrupted his thoughts. He took Keith’s hands and as soon as their eyes met, he continued, “Is it getting too much for you?”
Keith shook his head. “It’s just—,” he paused to look at their hands. “We were just best friends yesterday morning and right now…,” he paused again to let out a deep breath. “It’s… it’s a lot to take in. It’s really kinda weird to get feelings reciprocated. I mean, obviously, Starfire can’t return my feelings since she’s a fictional character and—”
The gentle squeeze he received from Shiro made Keith look down at their hands once again. He looked up at Shiro and he was just smiling at him.
“You’re rambling again,” his boyfriend said. “I know we started as friends who didn’t have romantic feelings for each other, so doing couple things together might be a little weird and awkward for you first. This is your first relationship after all. But you’re doing great so far, Keith,” Shiro paused to bump his finger on Keith’s chin which made him smile. “You thought of this great lunch picnic and I’m not sure if it would matter, but no one had ever done this for me.”
“Man, you had really shitty girlfriends back then,” Keith chuckled, feeling somewhat a little better.
Shiro just shrugged it off, “Well, they obviously had nothing on my boyfriend, who can cook great pasta and is apparently cheating on me with Starfire.”
“Oh, shut up,” Keith rolled his eyes fondly. “She was my first love.”
After they cleaned up their place, they headed to their next classes together. Shiro’s room was nearer, so when they reached the door to his class, Shiro pulled Keith into a goodbye hug. “Thanks again for lunch. Also, if you’d like, we can take things slow. Go at your own pace.”
my dear, wonderful, kind-hearted cathrel. if you could have ANYTHING for your 68th birthday, what would you wish for? make it count. you only have one wish. and you can't ask for more wishes. - love, your birthday fairy godmalin
