The Lions are deeply attuned to their paladins, so of course, the Blue Lion could feel her paladin from the exact moment he was born. She couldn't physically get to him because she was still sealed away for her own preservation. But that obviously didn't stop her from watching over her paladin, meeting him in his dreams, and feeling the exact same emotions he did.
Because of this, the Blue Lion absolutely refuses to accept Lance's apologies whenever he feels bad for "leaving her alone for too long." As far as she's concerned, she already spent seventeen uninterrupted years of her life with him before they ever even met in person.
Today was a relatively quiet day for the paladins, so Allura decided to do yet another bonding activity one of the paladins had suggested. This time, it was a "movie night".
They all gathered in a room, taking their seats and some snacks they had separated, and others hunk had cooked for them.
They did a pool to see which movie they'd watch, deciding on some old movie both Shiro and Hunk liked, and Allura voted for, too. They all got comfortable on their seats, with a blanket on their legs and some pillows.
By the middle of the movie, Pidge and Lance were asleep already, leaning against each other. The movie continues, the ones who were awake enjoying the narrative.
About 40 minutes later, the movie ends. Pidge and Lance still asleep.
I think it's best if we put them to bed, let them relax - Shiro says, turning to Hunk - Can you get Pidge? I'll put Lance in his bed
Sure! - Hunk says, grabbing Pidge carefully, to not wake them up
Shiro moves towards Lance as soon as Hunk has grabbed Pidge, but Keith puts a hand on his shoulder
Can I... can I carry Lance to his bedroom? - Keith asks, kind of awkwardly
Yeah, I didn't expect that form you, but sure! - Shiro steps back a little, making room for Keith
He grabs Lance, bride style, and he expected the boy to be heavier, but he's not. He moves carefully to not wake up him. Getting to Lance's bedroom, putting him in bed and putting a blanket over the brown haired boy. As Keith walks out the door, he rests a hand on the wall, looking back at Lance, whispering a goodnight, and moving out of the room.
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The next day, at breakfast, Lance goes to talk to Hunk
-Hey man, thanks for getting me to bed last night, was it you or Shiro that did it?
-Oh no, that was Keith, Shiro was gonna do it, but he asked if he could put you to be instead. I never expected him to do something like that, but I guess people change, huh?
And Lance, who is so so red, keeps imagining him in Keiths arms, and just blushes even more. Keith put him to bed? Keith? The one he banters with all day long? The Keith that almost never talks to him? That Keith had put him to bed? Hunk can’t be serious about this.
Meanwhile, Hunk had been calling Lance’s name, but to no answer, so he just left, and when Lance snapped back into reality, he had seen Hunk was not around anymore, so he goes searching for Shiro. He finds him in the kitchen, together with the others. He walks up to Shiro, asking if they could talk in private for a moment, and Shiro agrees.
-Was it really Keith who putted me to bed last night, after the movie? - Lance asks, bluntly but quietly, so the others wouldn’t hear it – Because I went to talk to Hunk, thanking for putting me to bed, and I asked if maybe he or you had done it, but he said it was Keith! I think he’s trying to mess with me.
And Shiro, who didn’t expect this to be the topic of the conversation, or even this to be Lance’s reaction, leaves out a laugh almost too loudly, but composing himself back.
-He’s not messing with you, no. Keith really did put you to bed. He asked me if he could do so, and I said yes. I didn’t expect that from him either, but I guess it happened, nonetheless.
Lance is shocked, and keeps imagining himself in Keith arms, bringing his hand to his chin without noticing, losing himself on the thought of that. He murmurs a “Thanks, Shiro” and moves away to sit with the paladins, now seeing Keith on the table. He takes his seat by Keith’s side, letting out a polite but quiet good morning.
After that day, he’d sleep on the living areas more oftenly, only so Keith would put him to bed again, and fortunately, Keith would do it every single time. Lance would wake up the other day in his bed as smile, loving the image of him in Keith’s arms each time more.
One day, they had done another movie night, and Lance has fallen asleep one more time. They had done some training earlier that day, so he was really tired and fell asleep. But this time, when Keith grabbed him, he woke up, spying a little, to check if that was who he thought it was, and upon seeing it really was Keith, he closed the little gap in his eyes, a little later feeling himself hit the bed, and followed by that, a tiny kiss on his forehead and a goodnight to his ears. When the doors close, he rolls over to the other side, facing the wall, and has a little panic, blushing and kicking his feet. Had Keith done that more times before? Was this the first time? Did Keith know he was awake? The questions just filled Lance’s brain, and almost couldn’t go back to sleep because of them, but eventually, with all the tiredness he was feeling from the day, he closes his eyes one more time, falling asleep completely.
And Keith, who after leaving the room still waited a little to move to his own bedroom, was blushing too, because he had never done that before, but this time he felt like it, and his heart was fluttering with joy. He went to sleep, happy too, and hoping one day he could just say to Lance how much he loved and cared for him, truly. But for now, he will do it in tiny acts like this.
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Author’s Summary: Lance has been having trouble sleeping - and it seems the other paladins have been, too. Lance plans to fix it, one friend at a time.
My notes: This fic was such a cute fluff read about the paladins bonding together and cuddling and I absolutely adored it, the narrative follows lance and it’s a fairly quick read too!
[Completed, 5 chapters, 7879 words, written by SaintSunlight on ao3]
Guys, marriage is hard and my anxiety is constantly dialed up to at least a 7, so I’m dying. I’m almost finished with my big Klance fic. I was hoping to post it today, and I did a lot of work on it today, but I also hit writer’s block, so I switched over and wrote this instead, hoping to work through the block and that 100% did not happen, so here’s this for you, I don’t completely know what it is but I hope you enjoy it at least. Sorry for missing last week; we didn’t have wifi at the lodge where we honeymooned??? And also it took Cody a few days to be willing to give me time to myself, but we’re working on that, and he’s being awesome about it. :) Any marriage advice is welcome, and if you have prompts, I’d love to have them, but no promises I’ll write them. I very rarely plan anything I write, honestly. For this one, I had maybe the first two paragraphs planned in my head, and everything else was improv. XD
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Keith was amused when he saw that Lance’s eyes were fluttering shut in contentment. He nudged Shiro, who was sitting next to him, jerking his head down towards their boyfriend, who was sprawled out in their laps. Keith was running his fingers through Lance’s hair, while Shiro was gently rubbing at Lance’s feet and calves. Without warning, they both lifted their hands off their boyfriend, making him whine in protest.
“Awww, baby, what’s wrong? Did that feel good?” Keith snickered. Lance cracked open one eye to glare. “You know what, Keith, if you’re gonna be a jerk, I’ll just leave!” But before he could shift his weight off of them, Shiro grabbed his legs, pinning them together, and Keith restrained both his wrists in one hand, stunning Lance momentarily.
“What the hell. Just lemme go.” Shiro tightened his hold. “No. You’re staying.”
“Then stop teasing.”
“That’s not fair, it was mostly Keith anyway. You can’t leave me because Keith was being a jerk.”
“I wasn’t just leaving cause of what he said, I gotta go pee anyway.”
Shiro squinted at Lance, who shifted uncomfortably. When he spoke again, it was in a very decisive tone. “No you didn’t. You didn’t like that we weren’t petting you anymore.” Lance shifted again, and all it got him was an even tighter clenching around his wrists. Lance mewled, but neither of his boyfriends relented. “Lance, just tell us that you want more petting. It’s literally that easy.”
Lance whined. “No, it’s literally that embarrassing. And also not the point. I’m allowed to move if I want to.”
Keith finally spoke up, “Sure, if you want to. But if you are actually upset cause we stopped touching you, we would rather you tell us instead of move away. Besides, you’re keeping us warm. We’d need to go find a blanket or something if you moved.”
“Oh, the horror,” Lance responded drily.
“Just say it, Lance,” Shiro pleaded. Lance sighed and was silent for a moment before he caved.
“Please keep playing with my hair and rubbing my feet. It felt good and was putting me to sleep pretty easily and I haven’t gotten a decent night of sleep in almost two weeks.”
Instantly, Lance was bombarded by shouts of disbelief. “Seriously, Lance?” Keith was furious. “Two weeks? And you didn’t say anything?!”
“What were you supposed to do about it? We all had finals! It’s the cost of college life!”
“And yet Shiro and I managed to sleep,” Keith hissed out.
Lance’s eyes blazed. “Yeah, yeah, let’s rub it in some more that you guys are smarter than me, we all know that I have a harder time with classes! I needed the extra study time!”
“Lance,” Shiro attempted to soothe. “We would’ve been willing to help you.”
Lance barked out a laugh. “Yeah, except you both had job interviews, too, I wasn’t going to distract from that, are you crazy? Besides, it wasn’t that bad, it was just like five or six hours a night. Three or four if it was really bad. Besides, you guys are helping me make up for it now, aren’t you?” Keith glanced up at Shiro, still annoyed, but Shiro was biting his lip thoughtfully. He scanned Lance carefully, ignoring his half-hearted squirming and protests, and focused on the shadows under his eyes, the way they were rimmed with red, the slight lack of strength in his movements. He eased his grip on Lance, slowly returning to his gentle actions at Lance’s feet. When Lance sighed at the heavenly feeling, he felt pride thrum in his chest. Reluctantly, Keith followed suit, fingertips scratching at Lance’s scalp again. Their movie continued in the background, but Keith and Shiro were only focused on Lance. Within moments, he was asleep.
Keith and Shiro felt relief sweep through them at the sight, silently agreeing that once Lance was awake and feeling better, they were going to have a talk with him about not communicating or taking care of himself. But for now, it could wait.
Blue Roses |Bad Boy! Keith x Flower Shop Worker! Lance|
Pairing: Lance McClain x Keith Kogane
Genre: Fluff, slight smut
Warnings: just some making out and slight dirty talk
Summary: Lance works at a flower shop in which his grandma is the owner of. He’s there every day without a single complaint, loving to be around the flowers and helping people show the ones they love them with a simple gesture such as flowers. He wished someone would show their affection towards him with flowers but it seemed that day would never come. One day though, a mysterious stranger shows up in his shop looking beyond handsome. Turns out the stranger liked him and they had a bonding moment. Now, the story of their love growing and flourishing must be told.
Part: 5/?
okay, so let me let you in on a little secret
Keith and Lance?
TOTAL WRECKS
they’re so very, very nervous and excited
they couldn’t eat breakfast or lunch from how excited they were
Lance wouldn’t shut up in the gc with Pidge and Hunk to Pidge’s dismay
Keith kept texting Shiro and Adam questions about dating and going on dates; luckily for him, both of them thought it was so cute how nervous he is
eventually, the time came
Keith had to go pick lance up
he texted Lance for his address and took a deep breath when Lance sent it
Keith looked over the route there and realized he didn’t live that far away, ten mins away at most
he walked out of his apartment and got his motorcycle from the parking garage
he then zoomed off to Lance's place
it was probably the fastest he’d ever driven
when he got there, he quickly pulled his phone out to let Lance know he was there
when Lance came out, the air left both of their lungs
Keith had done it
he was wearing his leather jacket, no band-aids covering his wounds, AND his hair was pulled back into a small bun
if Lance could, he would’ve combusted right there just like he said he would
Lance's face was covered in a blush
okay, but Keith was having the same issue
Lance was looking pretty gosh darn good himself
he wore a blue button-up that made his eyes pop from where Keith was parked several feet away
the blush made his tan skin look so smooth, only making him even more handsome
by the time Lance reached Keith, the boys finally remembered how to breathe
Keith could now see that Lance wasn’t wearing any makeup to hide the freckles dusting his cheeks
Keith wanted to kiss every. single. one.
“Hi,” Lance squeaked nervously
“Hey,” Keith breathed out
it was then that Lance noticed that Keith had his piercings in
Jesus Christ
Keith really was trying to kill him
he had many piercings on the ear that was facing Lance, a lip piercing, an eyebrow piercing and holy christ what if he had a tongue piercing???
Lance inhaled shakily as he shook his head
“Christ, Kogane. You really pulled through,” Lance would say to break the silence that followed after their in awe shy greeting
Keith chuckles in that deep way of his as he shrugs, offering Lance his helmet
“I’m here to please, babe,” Keith replies in a flirty tone, remembering their texts from this morning
Lance’s blush gets worse, much to Keith’s pleasure, as he lightly hits Keith’s buff arm
Keith only chuckles and motions for Lance to get on
“Hop on, lover boy”
Lance whines in his head at how cute Keith is, climbing on behind him
Lance starts to question where his helmet is and when Keith tells him that he only has one helmet, Lance immediately goes to give it back to him but of course, Keith tells him that Lance’s safety comes first
before Lance can argue with him, Keith is telling him to hold on tight and taking off
Lance wraps his arms tight around Keith’s waist, letting out a girly scream
Keith laughs and slows down a bit to not give Lance a heart attack
Lance’s grip loosens but was still tighter than it needed to be
His face was buried in Keith’s back by his shoulder, giving him a freebie to take in Keith’s scent
besides the obvious answer of leather, he smelt like a car garage. you know, motor oil, grease, gasoline. it must be his jacket that he wears to work
that smell was faint though
what Lance really smelt was his cologne
it smelt like Axe body spray but not like an annoying amount that makes you gag
Lance was so focused on Keith that he hadn’t realized that they stopped
“As much as I’d love to have your arms stay wrapped around me, we have a reservation and I’d rather not lose it”
Lance snaps out of his thoughts at the sound of Keith’s voice, quickly getting off
he almost falls off but he manages to save himself
and that blush was back again
“Sorry,” he says quickly while looking at the ground
Keith finishes parking his bike before getting off and smiling at Lance
“Don’t be”
Keith starts walking towards the door and Lance quickly follows after him
Keith laughs a bit as he stops, turning to look at Lance
Lance blush goes scarlet as he looks at Keith with panicked eyes
“What? What’s wrong?” Lance spews out
Keith chuckles and steps closer to Lance, making his heart beat wildly
“You might not want to wear this inside,” Keith says softly before knocking his fist against Lance’s head where the helmet was
Lance’s ears go red out of embarrassment, glad the helmet was hiding them
Why was Lance acting so flustered? He was supposed to be doing that to Keith!
Keith chuckles and takes the helmet off for him, kissing his forehead once it was off
Lance’s eyes widen, knowing he was as red as a tomato
Keith comes back over to him when he’s done, holding in his coos at how cute Lance looks
Lance’s hair was an absolute mess now and Keith knew if he figured it out, he’d complain about it
Keith hums when he reaches him, reaching up to fix his helmet hair
Lance just stares at his face, eyes studying how handsome he is
Keith finally looks into Lance’s eyes when he finishes with his hair, freezing at Lance’s gaze
they were so close
like
close
before either of them could decide what to do about their closeness, a car’s horn goes off and scares them
they move away from each other before shuffling inside
they take their seats and start to chat about random things
they were both relieved that it wasn’t awkward
when they order their food, Lance orders a lot
when the waiter leaves and Keith jokingly comments on it, Lance’s reply was that he warned Keith that he’s a pig
Keith then tells him that he’s the best looking pig he’s ever seen then
they both laugh and then start to talk again
after eating their food, they decide that they would go to the park
they go outside and they feel that the air was a bit chillier now that the sun has gone down
Lance shivers but doesn’t say anything
Keith hums as he takes his jacket off and throws it over onto Lance’s head
“Here,” he says simply
Lance wouldn’t show it but he was ecstatic
He quickly slips it on and lets out a happy hum, it being warm and smelling like Keith
“How cliché,” Lance jokes
“Want to walk to the park?” Keith asks in response, not embarrassed one bit about being ‘cliché’
Lance nods his head and flashes his signature smile, starting to walk to the park
Keith walks alongside him for a bit, having an internal debate
does he hold his hand? wrap his arm around him? is it too soon for this stuff?
but they like sucked faces just like yesterday so ??????
unbeknownst to Keith, Lance was having the same internal war
he gave him his jacket so it wouldn’t be weird to hold his hand, right?
they both decided to grow a pair at the same time and move their hands to grab the other’s
they ended up wacking their hands together and jumping at the sudden, abrupt contact
they chuckle and look at each other, smiling as they grab each other’s hand properly this time
Keith gives Lance’s hand a squeeze and Lance swings their hands a bit
both of their faces are red once more
when they reach the park, Lance instantly heads for the swings
he sits down and instead of Keith sitting next to him like Lance thought he would, he goes behind Lance and starts to gently push him
Lance smiles like a goon as he swings his legs
eventually, they decide to stop
Lance stops swinging and Keith sits beside him on the other swing
they hold hands again and stare up into the sky to stargaze
they stay at the park for hours, moving from the swings, to the slide, to the monkey bars, and even to the grass
they talked about everything imaginable, everything from something simple like their favorite colors all the way to if aliens exist
that last one ended up being very lengthy
when Lance let out a yawn, Keith decided he should get him home
he leads him back to his motorcycle and when Lance offers to give him his jacket back, Keith declines
“You’ll get cold,” Keith explains
Lance pouts and responds with, “But you’re sitting in front of me. You’ll get cold”
it apparently wasn’t up for discussion, just like the helmet situation
Keith just got onto his motorcycle without another word but with a reassuring smile
Lance gets on eventually and Keith takes him home
Lance gets off the motorcycle once they reach his house, turning to stare at Keith
he bites his lip and looks away when Keith just stares at him
he wanted to kiss Keith but wasn’t sure if it was okay
“So, uh...goodnight,” Keith says awkwardly, having the same question as Lance
Lance tries to hide his disappointment with a smile and nodding his head
“Right. Goodnight. Thanks for tonight. Text me when you get home so I know you didn’t die in a fiery crash,” he says cheerfully as he takes off the helmet and slides it onto Keith’s head
Keith thanks Lance and tells him he will be careful
Lance starts to walk towards his place when Keith’s voice stops him
“Lance, you forgot something”
Lance’s brows furrow as he turns back around, walking back over towards him
“I did? What?”
before he could contemplate further on what he could’ve forgotten, Keith’s lips were gently meeting his
Lance was surprised by this kiss just like the first time
he also noticed that this kiss was different than the first one
the first one was hot, passionate
this one was soft and slow
Lance hums and wraps his arms around Keith while the other place’s his hands on Lance’s waist
Lance couldn’t help but smile a bit into the kiss
they pull away after a couple seconds, their faces still very close together
they stare into each other’s eyes, not wanting to let go of the other
“You know, that kiss was very good, don’t get me wrong, but I think I like the first one we shared better,” Lance says somewhat playfully
Keith smirks before slamming his lips back against Lance’s
now this was what Lance liked
he liked feeling Keith’s tongue fighting against his, kissing so hard that their teeth clash occasionally, and-
wait a second
Keith does have a tongue piercing
before Lance could stop himself, he was moaning
Lance instantly regretted it when Keith pulls away
Lance blushes darker than he has all night, his heart absolutely dropping
“I am so sorry! I-It just slipped out! I felt your piercing and I-”
Lance is cut off by Keith chuckling
okay, so now Lance was absolutely mortified
this is it
he’s going to die right here
he wasn’t even able to think of another way he would’ve liked to go out before he felt Keith cradling his face
“Lance, baby, calm down,” Keith says and oh god, his voice was deeper now
JeSUs CHrIsT
God really must have it out for Lance
“Hey, I said calm down. Why do you look like your panicking more?” Keith says playfully with a deep chuckle
God, even his chuckle was sexy
Lance clears his throat and looks away, still scared out of his wits that he just ruined everything
Keith hums as he turns Lance to look at him again
“Ah, I see. You think I didn’t like your moan?” Keith asks as if he’s just now piecing it together
Lance bites his lip hard and nods his head despite the fact he wanted to deny it
Keith shakes his head and uses his thumb to take Lance’s lip from his teeth
“Don’t bite your lip. That’s my job. Now, use your words, baby”
Lance was sure he just jizzed his pants
is this real? this was too good to be true. is he being pranked? Lance forced himself to not look around for cameras
“Y-Yes...” Lance stutters out quietly
Keiths hums and looks at him like he’s proud of him
is he proud of him?
“You got it all wrong, baby. I pulled away for a completely different reason”
Lance thought he was going to stop there and not tell him more when Keith’s head is suddenly beside his
“I stopped because I knew that I wouldn’t be able to stop myself from going further. I mean, c’mon, baby. How can you moan like that and not expect me to-”
Keith cuts himself off and takes a deep breath, letting it go against Lance’s ear and making Lance shiver
“Within do time,” he whispers into Lance’s ear
he pecks right below his ear and pulls away to look at Lance
so uh
Lance.exe has stopped working
Lance stands there as still as a statue
well, other than his shaking from how turned on hard his heart was beating and rushing adrenaline through his veins
Lance stares at Keith like a fish out of water, silently gaping at him
Keith smirks at him and chuckles lowly, using his fingers to close Lance’s mouth he then gives him a short, sweet kiss
“I’ll text you when I get home, yeah?” Keith says to try and get some sort of response from Lance
Keith only chuckles when Lance blushes even more, if possible, his brain finally starting to function again
he apparently still couldn’t talk though
Keith only chuckles before kissing Lance one more time and leaving
Lance stands there for a long time before finally going inside
as he was walking to his room, he realizes he still has Keith’s jacket
Lance squeals quietly like a happy girl, spinning around
he runs to his room and launches himself onto his bed, squeezing his pillow and grinning like a fool
Keith was just as happy as Lance
he smiled the whole way home
even when he got home, he was still smiling like a fool
It was a beautiful evening down at the lake five minutes away from my home. I was sitting at the end of the pier with my feet dangling down into the water and watching the beautiful orange and red sunset in front of me. I was coming down to the lake nearly every day this time of year to watch the sunset or just enjoy a swim in the sunshine. Today has been a wonderful day. I came home early from school and had time to spend with my family. I was looking at the sunset as a saw a figure not far from the pier. It was watching the sunset just like I was, but it didn’t look human. It moved smooth through the water and came closer to the pier. The closer it came the more it slowed down. Just as it was about 3 meters away from me it stopped and looked out of the water. I saw a boy with beautiful blue eyes, fish-like ears in a beautiful blue colour and brown hair. He watched me from his position and as I smiled at him, he smiled back. He came closer and stopped at the pier directly next to me.
“Enjoying the sunset?”, I asked and he looked at me with a smile on his face while nodding.
“Wanna sit next to me?”, I asked and he looked around as if he was checking if there was someone else around.
He then pushed himself out of the water onto the pier and sat down next to me. I couldn’t believe my eyes. The creature next to me was no normal one. It was a mermaid, or should I say a merman. I looked at his beautiful fishtail that was coloured in different shades of blue the water on his scales still sparkling in the sunset light. He had blue markings on his arms, back and ribs which made him look really special and magical. The end of his tail was still hanging into the water and his tailfin sometimes accidently scraped my feet. We kept watching the sunset together until he looked at me.
“I’m Lance.”, he said and held a hand out for me to take.
“I’m Y/N. Nice to meet you”
I took his hand and shook it. His skin was soft and still a bit wet from being in the water earlier. I looked at his fishtail again and heard him giggle as he caught me staring.
“Surprised that I’m no human?”, he asked with a smirk on his face.
“Well. Not really. No way a human could be this beautiful”, I answered, seeing his jaw drop after I finished my sentence.
I giggled and saw him slightly blush. He scratched his neck nervously and then looked back at me.
“Are you often here at the pier?”
“Yeah. I come here when I need to clear my head or just to relax. I don’t live far from the lake so it’s very likely to find me hear nearly every evening or afternoon”
“Maybe we can see each other again”, he said and then looked back at the sun that had nearly vanished from the sky.
“Yeah. Maybe”, I said and smiled at Lance.
We continued to watch the sunset until the sky turned from a fiery orange to the beautiful night sky. I looked at my phone to see that it was time for me to go home and eat dinner with my family. Lance looked at me and sighed.
“You have to go, right?”, he stated and I nodded.
“It was nice to meet you, Lance. Maybe we’ll see each other again tomorrow.”, I said while standing up and winked at him.
He smiled at me and then let himself slide back into the water. His body glided smooth through the lake water as he followed me to the shore until the water was too shallow for him to swim any further. I smiled at him and then waved goodbye. Lance waved back and before I was out of his sight, he shouted something after me.
“I’ll be waiting for you”
On my way back to my house I couldn’t stop smiling. I just met this beautiful mermaid boy and he already made my heart beat out of my chest. I walked to the front door and unlocked it. After I stepped in my little sister Sofia came running at me.
“Y/N! I was searching for you. Mommy brought this book with her and I want you to read it to me. Pleeeeeaaaaaase Sister”, she begged pushing the book into my hands.
I looked at it and began to giggle. The title wrote “The little mermaid” and I was instantly reminded of Lance. She would freak if she would know that I met a real ‘mermaid’. I took the book and skipped through the pages.
“Hmmm. Let me see. Yeah, I’m gonna read that to you. After dinner”, I said and she started to jump around happily.
We both walked into the kitchen to see mom making sausages and mashed potatoes. My sisters absolute favourite dish after pizza and lasagne. I helped mom to set the table and we then sat down to eat.
“How was your day honey? You look like something good happened to you today. You are extra happy”, she said and suddenly my sister stared at me.
“DO YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND?”, she asked after a long gasp.
“What? No! Where should I get a boyfriend from?”
I continued to eat so that mom and my little sister would drop the topic. They seemed to understand me and didn’t ask any further questions. After we were done, I helped mom to do the dishes and then went upstairs to read to Sofia. She already sat on her bed tucked into the blanket with the book on her feet. I smiled at her and sat next to her on the bed. I started reading the book to her. She was fascinated by the pictures of the mermaids in the book and kept looking at them amazed.
“You know what? I actually know a real mermaid.”, I said and she looked at me with widened eyes.
“No way! I thought mermaids aren’t real”, she said and climbed onto my lap.
“They are. I just met him today and he is a really nice boy”, I explained to her and she gasped loud again.
“SO YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND! AND HE IS A MERMAID!”, she shouted and I had to cover her mouth so mom wouldn’t hear her.
“Sofia. Be quiet. No, he is not my boyfriend. And you’d call him merman because of him being a boy”
“It doesn’t matter. You know a mermaid. I wanna meet him. NOW”, she said and jumped out of bed.
I had to run after her to catch her and lift her up holding her in my arms.
“Sofia we can’t just go out now”
“Why not? I wanna see him. Pleeeeeeeaaaaaaase”, she begged and showed me her cutest dog eyes.
I couldn’t say no to that face. I put her down and sighed.
“Fine. Get dressed into something warm and I’ll take you to him. But I’m not sure if he is still there at this time of day”
“Yippie”, she jumped around and started to gather her clothes.
I’ve never seen her change this quickly. She really seemed excited to see a magical creature. As she was ready to go, she stood in the doorframe looking at me.
“What are you waiting for? Let’s go!”, she said and pulled me with her.
“Where are you girls going? It’s already late”, Mom asked as we came down the stairs.
“We’re just quickly going to the lake. They said there would be a meteor shower tonight and we wanted to know if we can see it from there”, I made up a quick excuse and hoped mom wouldn’t smell that something was fishy.
“Ok. But be back in an hour. I don’t want you two catching a cold”, she said and kissed Sofias head before she went back into the living room.
We put on our shoes and a jacket and then walked out the door towards the lake.
“I’m so excited. A real mermaid. OMG”, Sofia was really jittery and jumped around.
“Don’t be too excited. You’ll only be disappointed if he’s not at the pier”
As we reached the pier we walked to the end of it, took off out shoes and sat down on the wooden planks. It was just quiet and there was no sign of Lance being here now.
“I guess Lance isn’t here”, I said and Sofia looked at me disappointed.
“I told you he might not be here”
“Maybe you need to shout for him. That might help. Pleeeeeeaaaaaase”, she begged again and I just gave up without fighting against that little devil.
“Ok. I’ll try”
“LANCE! ARE YOU HERE SOMEWHERE?”, I shouted and Sofia joined me.
It didn’t took long until the water began to move and something began to shine in a blue light. The blue shadow was coming closer and closer until we saw Lance came to the surface. Sofias jaw dropped as she saw him. Lance looked beautiful. His scales were shining in the moonlight and his markings seemed to glow. Lance swam towards me and then pushed himself up onto the pier so that he was directly in front of me.
“You were shouting my name, princess. What can I do for you?”, he said in a flirty tone and smirked at me.
I giggled, leaned towards him and cupped his face with my hand.
“There is nothing you can do for me, but there is someone who wants to meet you”, I said and pointed at Sofia who was just standing there with widened eyes not knowing what to say.
Lance blushed slightly and moved his body a bit away from me. He then turned to her and sat down in between Sofia and I.
“And who are you my little princess?” he asked, lifted her up and sat her down on his lap.
“That’s Sofia. My little sister. And that, Sofia, is my friend Lance”, I introduced them and Sofia just looked from Lance to me and then back.
“OMG!”, she screamed and then hugged Lance without a warning.
“Wow. Easy there, little girl. I’m not gonna run away.”, he said laughing at his own bad joke.
“Are you Y/Ns boyfriend?”, she asked and Lance giggled.
“Maybe I am. Maybe not. Who knows”, he joked and looked at me smirking again.
“Sofia don’t listen to him. He is just a big flirt”, I said and giggled at how Sofia still hugged Lance like he was her best friend.
“I don’t care. I like him”, she said which made Lance and I laugh.
“She is a mermaid lover.”, I told Lance and he smiled.
“I see that. Hey, little princess. How about I take you on a swim in the near future?”, he asked and I nearly saw the hearts in Sofias eyes as she looked at me.
“Can I sister? Pleeeeeeeaaaaase!”, she begged.
“Of course. But just under one condition”
“I’ll do everything”, she said.
“You have to promise me that I’ll still be your favourite person”
“But I really like Lance”, she said and then stood up from Lances lap and stood in between us.
“How about we are both her favourite person?”, Lance asked and looked at me.
“Yes please. I really wanna go on a swim with Lance”, Sofia said and looked at me with hope in her eyes.
“Fine. I can live with that”, I said and she pulled Lance and I into a hug.
“I love you both”, she said happily and smiled at us.
“We love you too”, Lance said and lifted her up onto his lap again.
“Little princess you have a very nice sister. You should be grateful to spend everyday with her”, Lance said and stroked Sofias head.
“I am. She is the best sister you could ask for”, she said happily and then climbed onto my lap.
“I love you sister”, she whispered and hugged me.
“I love you too. Even though you can be a little devil sometimes”, I said and laughed.
Lance looked at us with loving eyes. God if he would look at me like this when I’m alone with him I would definitely melt right on the spot. I hugged Sofia some more and then looked at my phone to check the time. Sofia was already getting tired from all the excitement and I noticed that my eyes felt heavy too.
“I guess we should head back before mom gets worried”, I said and looked down at Sofia who was fast asleep.
“It was nice to see you again this soon. And Sofia is a really pretty and nice little girl”, Lance said and looked at me smiling.
“It really was. I guess you’ll see us more often from here on, now that Sofia knows a real mermaid”
“I wouldn’t mind. I like your company”, he said and I could swear that there was a slight blush appearing on his face.
“I should get going now and bring this little monster to her room”, I said and was about to stand up as Lance grabbed my arm.
“Wait!”, he shouted and I sat back down.
“I wanted to say goodbye to my princesses and wanted to thank you both for this nice night”, he said and then took Sofia from my arms and softly kissed her head.
“Sleep tight little princess”, he whispered and she smiled with her sleepy eyes slightly opened.
“Good night, Lance”, she mumbled and nearly instantly fell asleep again.
“And then I wanted to say good night to you, my princess”, he said and pulled me closer to him.
“Good night, Lance”, I said getting nervous from being this close to him.
“Sleep tight and hopefully dream about something wonderful”, Lance whispered in my ear and then placed a soft kiss on my cheek.
Blood instantly shot into my cheeks and my whole face heated up. I took Sofia on my arm and began to walk towards the shore. As I turned around to see if Lance was already gone, he still sat there in the moonlight looking at us walking away. I waved at him and he waved back. He then jumped back into the water and vanished. As I reached the house my heartbeat was out of control. I would be fangirling right now if it wouldn’t wake Sofia. I carried her up the stairs into her room, helped her change into her pyjama and then took her to bed. I pulled her blanket up and leaned down to kiss her forehead.
“Good night, little devil”, I said and she quietly chuckled.
“Will we visit Lance tomorrow again?”, she asked and rubbed her eyes.
Heat rose back into my cheeks. I really wanted to see Lance again.
“Yes of course. I promised you to go swimming with him, didn’t I?”
“Yeah you did. I hope the night is over soon”, she said before closing her eyes and drifting into sleep.
“Me too. Sofia. Me too”, I whispered as I left her room.
I walked over to my room and then went into the shower. After I was done with my pre sleep ritual I laid on my bed trying to sleep. I was tired but I couldn’t stop thinking about Lance and how he kissed my cheek. It felt as if his lips where still lingering on my cheek and I really liked that feeling. I never really believed in love at first sight, but now after experiencing it myself I can totally understand what that feels like. After thinking about my feelings for some more I slowly drifted into a peaceful sleep.
