Keith pulled away from Veronica and let her go. She held her smirk as Keith gave her an unbelievable stare.

"What?!" he hissed.

She laughed and wrapped her around his shoulder.

"Baby, I see the way you look at him. You act like you hate him, but you are so in love with him!" she whispered, leading Keith away from the dance floor.

Keith shrugged her off him and huffed.

"I am sooo not in love with Lance, Veronica. He is annoying and- and..." 

His words suddenly seemed to fail. He felt dumbfounded. Keith realized his views on his roommate had changed drastically; he couldnt find a reason to truly hate him.

Veronica smirked, her point had been justified.  She bit her lip, a question just aching to spill out.

Keith noticed and sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. 

"Oh my god, what?" he huffed.

"So like, do you have a soulmate? Is that why you refuse to admit you love him?"

Keith caught his breath. His eyes shifted to where Lance still stood with Allura. She giggled at whatever stupid, corny, joke that had tumbled out of his mouth. He sighed and looked back at Veronica.

"Lance. Lance is my soulmate..." he admited, finally learning to completely accept that fact.

Veronicas jaw hinged open. She turned her head in Lances direction, then back at Keith.

"You're kidding."

He shook his head whistfully.

"Oh my god thats great! Does he know? Are you two like an item but hiding it?" she quizzed.

"No! Of course not! He doesnt have a clue, hes still searching for his soulmate!"

Veronicas face faultered and changed to the signature 'you are such a dumbass' McClain look. She facepalmed and groaned.

"Maybe he'll stop looking if you tell him!" she pointed out.

"Maybe I dont want to tell him!" Keith argued.

"Why the hell not?!"

"Because- because he may be my soulmate but i might not be his!" he blurted out.

Veronica sighed.

"Explain to me in the water, you are one huge ball of stress." she sighed, once again dragging Keith around and to the beach. 

Keith stripped off his shirt while Veronica took off the mesh dress she had over her bathing suit. They stepped into the water and sat in the shallow end, allowing the waves to tickle there feet. Veronica took in a deep breath and let it go.

"Now you can explain. What makes you think You're not Lances soulmate?"

Keith sighed.

"When I was little, my mom... Left. My dad always just told me she went on a very long vacation. I was a smart kid, I knew no one went on vacation for a year. So then my dad finally told me," Keith bit his lip "He told me that my mothers name glowed for him, but his name didnt glow for her. She left because they werent meant to be."

"So.. You think that this may be the case for you and Lance?"

"I- no... Maybe. I mean, I dont think I would ever be able to date or stay with anyone. Im not the open type. But finding my soulmate was definetly on my bucket list and I cant say im not satisfied with what I found but.. Lance isnt looking for someone like me. Hes flirted with everyone, except me...." Keith paused "Except for that one that he was mega drunk and told me he would date me but he had no idea what he was saying."

"A drunk mans words is a sober man thoughts," she commented "Look. Just because Lance hasnt taken a good look at what he has does not mean in fact that he wont eventually. Tell him, maybe you guys can see where it goes. You'll never know until you try."

They sat in silence for a bit, watching the purple/orange sun set. Keith began to think. There was only one thing that was truly setting him back. He glanced over at Veronica who was leaning back on her hands, her eyes closed. She took deep breaths, her long curly brown hair flowing with the breeze. She was a fine girl, a smart one too. Somehow she had succeded in winnning Keiths trust in less then 8 hours. 

"Hey... Can I trust you with something?" he finally spoke up.

Veronica opened her eyes and smiled.

"Of course. Im a trust fund baby you can trust me." she grinned.

Keith laughed.

"Hamilton, huh," he smiled "Well..."

He looked down at his wrist and used his thumb to attempt to rub off the water proof tattoo foundation. The faint mark of a infinity sign shone through and he showed it to Veronica.

"Thats my mark, V.... Thats whats holding me back."

Veronica took his wrist and looked at it. She allowed it to drop into the water and covered her mouth.

"Oh- oh my god." she gasped. 

Keith quickly hid his hand underneath him and looked away.

"Yeah yeah, please dont freak out." he whispered

Veronica looked around quickly and scooped Keiths hands into hers.

"Hey look its okay, no judgement here, I can keep a secret." she assured him "Look, thats fine. Maybe to other people its weird, and the only few cases we heard was the Shiro case and like a couple years back. I studied this, i dont see the issue. Is this whats holding you back?"

Keith nodded solemly.

"Yeah... I dont know what it means. It could make me dangerous, or make me a freak. I- I dont know... My half brother, Shiro Kogane, has the same mark. After the worlds reaction to hsi dissapearance and how he had an inifinity sign as his mark, i wouldnt dare show anyone else."

Veronica nodded.

"I understand. But you cant be alone forever. Im not gonna stand back and watch you burn."

Keith was about to respond when someone interupted them.

"Mullet, you better not be putting your filthy hands on my sister." Lance jeered, kicking water up at them.

Veronica dropped there hands and rolled her eyes.

"Its my birthday, Lance. I can hang out with any hot babe I want, just like you have." she pointed out, motioning to Allura.

Allura blushed and looked away.

"Is it just me or is "Its My Birthday" the McClain excuse to get what they want?" Keith interjected.

Lance rolled his eyes and huffed.

"Whatever."

That night they decided to stay at the beach house, Pidge was tired, and Keith and Allura were a bit too buzzed to drive safely, so Lance and Hunk suggest they stay in their childhood home. Veronica offered to share her room with Allura, and Pidge, while Lance, Keith, and Hunk slept in Marcos room (previously Lances room). 

 As Keith got out of the shower he began to have a coughing fit. He clamped his hand over his mouth and removed it to reveal sprinkles of blood.

"You okay?" Pidge asked as she walked by him in the hallway.

Keith nodded and stepped back in the bathroom.

"Yeah, yeah im fine." he lied, washing his hands. 

He retreated into the room he was sharing and laid down on the air mattress on the floor. Lance shut the lights off.

"Night Mullet, Night Hunk."

"Night" both boys responded.

Keith suddenly began to cough again, this time it felt worse then before. His lungs burned as he coughed something up. It landed in his hand and Keith had never been in more shock. 

It was a blue rose petal. 

He examined it curiously. How had he managed to cough up something like this?

"You okay, Keith?" Hunk asked groggily, lifting his head.

Keith nodded, putting the petal in his jogger pocket.

"Yeah... Yeah im fine."

I think.

"Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life." - Richard Bach.

A/N:

When i logged onto wattpad this morning, this book had 600 something reads, when i logged on later it was at 700 something, right now this book is at like 881 reads.

Once again.

wHErE dO yOU GuyS cOME FRoM?!

Dios mio

Its fine though, im not complaing but im just saying, ive never had a story gain that many readers or like.. Grow that fast? Keep doing whatever yall are doing.

Hey. You, yeah you.

I appretiate you.

Alot.

aLSo wHO gOt ThAt hAmIlToN quOTE?

exCuse My BAD gRammEr tHX

Question:

How many of you guys are in the Flash fandom?

^Im gonna have little questions like this in the end of each chapter to keep yall engaged yah know?

See you in the next chapter :p