Klance Omegaverse/Galtean AU

(59) Braids

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Lance's p.o.v:

  Lance gave a quick nod of acknowledgement to Griffin and Alrid as he walked up to their bedroom door, wondering to himself why Kosmo was sleeping at Griffin's feet rather than somewhere more comfortable as he opened the door and walked inside. Oddly enough, he didn't see his mate. "Darling?.. Where are you?" He called out, closing and locking the door behind himself before walking further into their room. "I'm in here, hun!" Keith shouted in reply, then started to run water.

  He wandered towards their bathroom to find Keith slowly filling up their gigantic bathtub, sitting on the edge of it with nothing on but a towel wrapped around his waist. "I don't know why you chose a bath over a shower since that damn thing takes forever to fill." He commented, taking a seat on the edge of the tub beside his mate. "Not wrong, but soaking in warm water is relaxing." Keith replied with a shrug. "What you call warm, I call scalding hot." He said, not even daring to stick his hand in the water to test it. "Oh, you poor baby!~ Does that mean you aren't going to be joining me?" Keith questioned. Lance looked at the water, then back at his mate, as if he was seriously contemplating if it was worth it. "C'mon Hun, have a little faith in me. I didn't make it that hot, I knew you wouldn't like it if it was." Keith added, tilting his head to the side as he waited for Lance to agree or disagree to joining him. Still not completely trusting Keith's words he squinted at him, then hesitantly stuck his hand in the water. It's.. It's actually fine.

  "I'm assuming by that delighted look on your face that you'll be joining me?" Keith asked, looking as smug as ever. Lance nodded and slowly started to strip himself of his stuffy formal attire, getting blatantly checked out by his mate as he did so. "Babe, my eyes are up here." He said jokingly, not expecting Keith's face to flush the way it did. Cute. "Pfft- someone's embarrassed that they got caught staring.~" He added smugly as he got into the tub, beckoning for Keith to get in. Keith dramatically rolled his eyes before sliding out of his towel, then neatly folded it and put it off to the side before he got in. He pulled his mate over to the other side of the tub, wrapping an arm around him and resting his head against the side of Keith's.

  They sat in comfortable silence for a while, enjoying how nice and calm being together like this is. "Did Ria look really tired to you?" Keith asked suddenly, readjusting how he sat so that he could rest his head on Lance's shoulder. "Mm, kind of. But that's to be expected with their job and hectic sleep schedules." He replied quietly. Keith nodded slightly. "I've been thinking about testing and hiring two more guards for each of us, that way they can get more sleep and free time." Keith stated. But what if people like Ellowyn sign up again? What if they succeeded this time in harming Keith- or even Marzipan?! "Hun, are you alright? You seem a bit.. tense." Keith questioned, dragging Lance out of his panicked mess of thoughts.

  "I'm fine, just not that fond of the idea. I mean- Yes, having another set of guards for the three of us would be beneficial but why do you have to be the one to test them? Why can't Allura do it?" He questioned, knowing just how selfish that sounded. "You know why. I only want to pick people who I deem fit enough to be around and protect my mate, pup, and me. I'd feel wary of whoever Allura picked since I wouldn't have seen their skills in action, and I also wouldn't see how they work with others until it's too late." Keith explained, sitting upright to look at him. He couldn't really argue, it made perfect sense but it didn't really ease his anxiety. "Hun, I know you're worried about me but Griffin and Alrid would be right there by my side. I'd be fine. Our guards need more free time and they definitely need more sleep. It'd be cruel to keep working them like this when we could easily just hire more guards." Keith added with a semi-pleading expression.