As we were checking up on all the inhabitants of Adline, thanking them for their overwhelming generosity of letting us reside on their planet for a few days, I couldn't help but think...
Where's Lance? Is, (Y/n) being accounted for on the ship by herself?
But all my thinking came to a halt when some elderly citizen came up to me and offering some sort of...dish? It didn't look all that appetizing at all, it was a murky brown color, with, I don't know, floppy limbs hanging out of it. It looked putrid...however, I didn't turn it down, they did, after all, provide us a place to reside in for a little while. I humbly accepted the woman's offer, with a small smile nonetheless, then looked around the area to see if anything or anyone else required my assistance. My eyes narrowed down the pathways the villagers seemed to come from, due to the sun setting and daylight slowly disappearing, to see if anything was coming my way.
No...not from there.
I had only thought to myself, seems like the others have everyone else accounted for. I sighed lightly when discovering this and shrugged my shoulders.
"Guess I can just go back now." I actually said that aloud to myself, quietly though.
I turned on my heel and began making my way back to the Altean castle-ship, that is until my wondering eyes spotted something I could not believe when seeing it.
Is that wait..? No way she's out here talking with him of all people.
Sure enough, however, it was her. I'd recognize that (h/c) and white hair anywhere. But, my question still remained...
Why is she out here with him? Not that I'm jealous or anything like that, it's just that, you wouldn't expect someone like her to be talking with him of all people.
But when I realized I was staring, I noticed that they were actually holding a conversation with each other. Their facial expressions seemed to gradually change every once in a while speaking with each other.
I'd never seen Lance look like that before, at least not that sad-looking, and I had never seen her actually crack a full-blown chuckle! What's going on?! I have to find out.
Before I actually could, though, Coran had called us all back into the castle. Apparently, a distress signal had been picked up not too far from here.
As everyone made their way back inside, I stopped Lance mid-way through walking, tapping him on the shoulder in separating us from the group. His face immediately dropped to one of annoyance once he realized it was me and crossed his arms as if he were a pouty child.
"What do you want mullet?" His nickname for me was becoming excruciatingly irritating. My face scowled at the all too familiar nick-name but I pressed on with continuing the conversation.
"What were you and (Y/n), talking about up on that hill?" I had asked nonchalantly, only now wanting the truth.
"What are you, stalking me now?" Lance freaked out for no apparent reason.
"Of course," I said with only sarcasm lacing my vocals,
"Now, can you please tell me?" I asked, now growing irritated by my ignorance of the situation.
~*~
Even though Keith had thought no one would notice him and Lance falling behind, seeing as everyone had their backs turned against him, he was wrong. The (e/c) eyed girl, noticed that the male's presence, mind you, was only walking a few inches behind her, had suddenly disappeared. She swiftly looked behind her shoulder and noticed that the red Paladin had dragged him behind, locking him into a conversation he didn't seem to be really enjoying. So, she hid behind one of the walls to eavesdrop on their conversation.
"What were you and (Y/n), talking about up on that hill?" The red Paladin asked.
"What are you, stalking me now?" Lance exclaimed over dramatically, even earning an eye roll from the girl.
"Of course," Keith had said jokingly,
"Now, can you please tell me?" He asked.
"You're just jealous because I'm the one gaining her trust and empathy and you're not." Lance teased the boy mockingly, recreating his smug-looking face
