Keith’s trembling finger lingered over send for a few seconds before he swallowed down his fear and pressed the button. The message sent with a whoosh and Keith’s heart dropped alongside it. He’d made a mistake, hadn’t he? He shouldn’t have sent it. Lance was going to hate him forever and then Keith would go back to being friendless. What did Keith expect Lance to say anyway?

K: Can I talk to you about something

Luckily, Lance answered his phone immediately. He must have been scrolling through social media or something. At least Keith didn’t have to spend the rest of the day wanting to throw up.

L: Anything

K: It’s… really personal

L: Okay

L: You know you can trust me, right?

Keith wished and wished and wished he could trust Lance but, still, his entire body was trembling. His stomach was doing a billion backflips and his breaths were erratic. It was like he was on the verge of a panic attack but, nope, he was in too deep to back out at that point.

K: Yeah

K: Can we meet up? It feels weird doing this over text

L: Okay

K: I’ll come to the park by the school in 10

L: Is everything alright?

Prepared to lie but deciding against it, Keith told the truth. 

K: Not really

L: Okay

K: On my way now