CONTACT POST.

[secondnature]

username: keith

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[ceruleo]

I don't know. Might take a while.

Think you're up to the challenge?

[secondnature]

Maybe I should pace myself.

[ceruleo]

You really are cute.

I feel like I'm discovering this whole new side of you.

[secondnature]

I'm just being me!

With ... compliments ...

I don't compliment you usually.

[ceruleo]

That's my point, babe! It's nice.

I'm just really happy, okay?

[secondnature]

I want you to be. Obviously.

[ceruleo]

Is it...okay if I tell people about us?

I mean, I won't shout it from the rooftops or anything.

Even if I want to.

[secondnature]

It's fine.

Don't be mad if I don't.

This kind of stuff doesn't come up with me.

[ceruleo]

You're not gonna tell Shiro?

[secondnature]

I guess I should.

But everyone thinks that you need to talk this stuff out. At length.

I don't need to.

[ceruleo]

[ ...? ]

I'm not planning on hashing out every detail either, Keith.

Besides, Hunk isn't even here.

[secondnature]

I guess so. I just don't want to have to answer too many questions.

[ceruleo]

Is that...something that happened before?

Is it happening now?

[secondnature]

Rey knows we dated! I don't want to have to talk about dating again. I didn't even know we'd date again. And now we are. And ... I don't know.

I think you got mad before because I never told anyone anything. It really didn't come up.

1/3

[ceruleo]

Well, I'm not gonna get mad now. I know you're a private person. Everybody else can mind their own beeswax.

I guess for me it's more like...I'm your boyfriend, I want you to be proud of me and of us, you know?

2/3

[ceruleo]

[ WAIT NO

INSTANT REGRET

IT'S TOO EARLY TO DTR LANCE YOU FOOL ]

3/3

[ceruleo]

[ YEET ]

I mean, that is what we are, right?

1/2

[secondnature]

[And then there's Keith:]

Yeah? What else would we be?

[secondnature]

Anyway it's just that I practically have a sign on my back that I need help. I don't want help from anyone but you. I want to know what you want. Of course I'm proud. Why else would I want to date you again? Even though I messed up. I want to try.

[These thoughts just kind of run together like this, like he's just letting them go in a stream of consciousness.

If he didn't, he'd probably have less to say. The magitek being there to translate his thoughts on the go helps, and he's stopping himself from holding back.]

[ceruleo]

[ Again with that giddy flood of relief after the snap of nerves. Then Keith opens up, and the giddiness in Lance's chest morphs into a kind of indescribable joy at what he's hearing.

This must be what all the songs are about? ]

I want to do my best for you.

Remind me I said that when I'm being dumb, okay?

[secondnature]

Okay.

I can do that.

Though it might not come out that nice.

[ceruleo]

I'm not expecting you to become a different person, Keith. I know what I'm getting into.

[secondnature]

Okay.

Good.

Same page, then.

[ceruleo]

[ he can feel the (unsure) from all the way over here ]

Exactly. Like, I'm probably not gonna stop calling you 'babe'. Or 'handsome'.

[secondnature]

And I guess ... I'll ... only not sound weird about it when you can't see or hear me. Like this.