quick warning: this chapter has heavy mentions of alcohol use and quite a few intense scenes.

"Are you sure you're ok?" Keith said from behind Lance.
"Yes" Lance replied while getting cups out. Keith leaned back, giving up.
As Lance pulled sodas out from the fridge Zain walked in.
"No no no" he said shaking his head. "There's a keg outside come on" Zain said putting the sodas back in the fridge.
As Zain pulled Lance away, Keith shook his head. He didn't think Lance did that type of stuff.
Keith just leaned against the wall inside. He figured everyone else was having fun, and didn't want to ruin that just because this wasn't his thing.
After about a half an hour of boredom Zain walked up behind Keith.
"Why are you in here while your boyfriend is out there drunk?" Zain asked.
"We aren't dating" Keith replied, looking at the window at Lance.
"That's good... He's kissed a lot of girls" Zain said with a laugh and a smirk. "You know that guy... Such a flirt" Zain said with a playful punch to Keith's shoulder.
Keith felt his heart speed up. Something inside him hurt.
Lance had kissed other people.
"Come on dude lets go get you some ladies" Zain said dragging Keith along. Zain walked over to a circle of girls and introduced Keith as Lances best friend. Then he quickly backed away. A blonde girl in a bright pink shirt smiled. "Hey honey" she said batting her eyes and placing her hand on his chest. Keith awkwardly smiled. Pulling away from her slightly, as another girl grabbed onto his bicep. This was going to be a long night.

Zain walked over to Lance. A very sober Lance. "What did you tell him?" Lance said, trying to hide the anger in his voice.
"That you were drunk and out here making out with lots of girls" Zain said with a shrug. "That shouldn't be a problem for a straight guy".
Lance glared at Zain. "Will I ever be able to meet the Quinn boy?" Zain asked with a smirk. "His family moves up and down the coast a lot" Lance replied. Zain nodded for a while when suddenly his eyes got wide. "Looks like your little boyfriend likes his liquor" Zain said with a smirk, looking past Lance.
As Lance turned around, he saw Keith, with a circle of girls following him. They were pouring the copper tinted liquid into a red cup and tilting it towards Keith's lips. As Lance got ready to run towards him to save him from what the liquid could do, Zain caught his wrist and pulled him back.
"Now hold on a second McLain" Zain said with a smirk. "We haven't talked about the rest of our deal yet."
"What do you want Zain" Lance said as he crossed his arms. Lance was beginning to get angry. He didn't see the point of this anymore.
Sure coming out would be ridiculously embarrassing and he would lose at least 90% of his friends... But Lance thought maybe Keith was worth it.
He immediately pushed this thought out of his head.
He would never ever like Keith.

Or so he thought.

"Look Lance, you haven't held up your end of the deal. I need Keith Kogane to be embarrassed. Mortified even." Lance shook his head "I'm not sure if I can do that" Lance said, glancing at the raven haired boy.
"Why...?" Zain said with a strange smirk. "Are you really catching feelings for this boy McLain?"
Lance cringed at the use of his old nickname.
"Here's the deal McLain, I'm getting bored... And you didn't do your part of the deal. Still. And I know you've been with that boy... Although now I realize you were probably too busy making out with him to embarrass him."
Lance didn't answer. He was scared. Actually scared. Not even of Zain telling his secret... He was more worried about what he would do to Keith. It had been at least 10 minutes of Zain threatening Lance, when suddenly Keith awkwardly walked up behind the boys. He had a wide smile on his face and was tripping slightly as he walked.
"Hiiiiiii Lancccce" Keith slurred as he spoke, reaching for lances face and completely missing by about 6 inches.
"Keith... O-oh my god" Lance looked down at the shorter boy. "They got you drunk?!" Lance hissed, looking around the huge backyard for the girls. Zain smirked at this. "Keith" he said, in a kind high pitch voice, as if he were speaking to a dog. "Would you like to go for a swim in my pool?" Zain said.
Lance immediately realized what Zain was doing. Zain knew at this point that Lance probably wasn't going to do anything to hurt Keith.. Or even anything to embarrass him. Zain didn't care about the deal if he could just embarrass Keith on his own. Lance guessed Zain would snap a photo of poor, drunk Keith, and by tomorrow everyone would have it. And if that happened, Zain would have no need for Lance. He could tell everyone that he liked guys.
Lance could not let this happen, partially because Keith couldn't swim, and getting thrown into a 10 foot pool while drunk probably wasn't safe, and also because Lance wasn't ready to be outed to everyone.
Mainly the first thing though.
Keith's eyes got wide at the offer. "Of course!" He screeched. The Lance began to see the whelks turn in Keith's head. Even if he was drunk he hasn't forgotten his largest fear.
"But I can't swim" Keith said looking down. He looked like a toddler who just lost their ice cream. It made lances heart break.
"I'm sure you'll get it once you try!" Zain said, looking down at Keith like he really was a small child. Lance shook his head "nah... Come on Keith were gonna get going" he said attempting to grasp the boys arm. "Nooooo!" Keith began to step away from Lance, which just made the brunette feel even more protective.. And he didn't know why. "Lets sssstayy. I want to ssswim" Lance glared at Zain. "Come on Lance... You don't want everyone to know your secret" Zain said with a grin crossing his arms. At the mention of secret Keith seemed to perk up.
"What secret!" He squealed. Zain slowly leaned close to Keith's ear and whispers "Lance here is a little... Gay-" Lance didn't hear the rest, and he would've been a lot more worried if he thought Keith was going to remember any of this by tomorrow. However right now he was just furious. "How dare you" Lance said glaring at Zain.
Zain shrugged and placed his hand on Keith's shoulder.
"Let's go" he hissed. Lance didn't know what to do he was panicking.
"I-if you throw Keith in that pool I'll tell everyone what my secret is! You'll have nothing!" Lance screamed at Zain, people began to stare.
Zain sighed "Lance, if you tell everyone, you'll have nothing" Zain paused, only a few steps away from the pool and said "except maybe the three losers you showed up with" Lance felt broken, and trapped. He didn't know what to do anymore.
He didn't want Keith to get hurt. He cared about him too much.
Lance cared about Keith.
"Hey, Chris! Jake!" Zain was yelling at two of the biggest, most muscular guys in the student body. The two giant football players walked towards the three boys. Even more people began to stare.
"Do me a favor and hold Lance back for a second... I can't have him interrupting this." The boys grabbed lances arms. Lance didn't know how Zain could just control people so easily. He began to wiggle and squirm. Screaming at Zain all kinds of swears in Spanish and English. He was losing it. Hunk turned around from the food table and watched, confused. At this point nearly the whole party was looking at Lance screaming, or Zain holding broth right by the edge of the pool. Keith looked happy, Excited even.
No one would think anything was wrong if Lance wasn't screaming and thrashing, on the brink of tears. Hunk saw this, and began to walk closer, attempting to help if he needed too. He also typed a quick message to Pidge, telling her to come out. assuming that they would want to see this.
"Go Keith!!" Zain yelled.
"No! Someone-someone help him!" Lance screamed at the crowd of people. People looked confused, unsure of what to do. Then, Lance heard Zain whisper in Keith's ear "good luck" as he suddenly swung his arm around to the other shoulder and shoved Keith. Hard. Keith screamed and then with a loud splash he was suddenly in the pool. Everyone seemed to gasp but no one moved. The whole backyard was silent. Zain turned around and looked Lance dead in the eye. "Embarrassment would've been better than drowning McLain." Then Zain began to walk away. Chris and Jacob still held him tightly. Lance was screaming. Everything was a blur. Keith still hadn't  emerged from below the water.
"HE CANT SWIM" Lance screamed at everyone. Then people began to realize what was happening. People began to mumble about how they thought they could see Keith struggling or at least moving under the water. Chris and Jacob finally let Lance go, probably realizing this was more serious than they thought. Lance was about to dive into the pool when instead he took a hard right and walked a few feet, grabbing Zain's shoulder and spinning him around. Without even thinking he aimed his fist right at the boys nose. Blood was everywhere. Zain's face looked like it was already bruising and his nose was bleeding heavily. That same blood was also all over
Lances hand and the concrete ground. Then Lance heard a splash in the pool.
He turned around to see hunk caring Keith in one arm and swimming with the other. Then he realized how much he had done wrong. He wasn't even the one to dive in and save Keith. He ran over to the two boys and pulled an unconscious Keith from hunks arms. He leaned down immediately and tried to listen for a heart beat. It was faint but it was there. Lance began pressing on Keith's chest to get whatever water was still there out. After about ten hurried pushes Keith's mouth opened and water came out. Quickly after his eyes fluttered open and he looked around confused. The fellow party members all began to cheer at lances success. Lance was finally able to take a deep breath, he looked at Keith and then suddenly, pulled him into a sitting position and wrapped his arms around you. Keith could feel his quiet sobs. "I-I'm so sorry" Lance whispered between breaths. Keith slowly wrapped his arms around Lance and tightly pulled him in closer to him. Hunk was standing above the two boys smiling, and Pidge was making their way through the crowd. However then suddenly, Lance heard footsteps behind and he felt his jaw clench. Someone behind him cleared their throat. Lance stood up, ready to face Zain and whatever he had coming. Everyone was silent, no one even seemed to be breathing. Everyone was just waiting to see what the two boys would do next.
Suddenly Zain threw a punch right at lances jaw and everyone gasped. He managed to dodge it and came closer to the boy. Throwing another punch at his already bleeding nose. Zain screamed in pain and held his bruised face. He now had even darker bruises forming. Now he looked pissed. He quickly turned around and walked away. Everyone was still silent, many were afraid to be punched themselves. Lance turned around to face Keith. Keith's cheeks were tinged red. Both Pidge and hunk began helping the shorter boy up when suddenly Keith screamed "LANCE! LOOK OUT!" As loudly as he could. Lance heard glass shatter and that's the last thing he remembered.

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