(Keith's POV)

I've noticed for the past few days Lance has been avoiding me. I mean, yeah, we are rivals and all, but he doesn't seem like himself either. And he's been spending a lot of time in his bedroom, away from the rest of us. I wonder what's wrong, but I don't really want to bother him.

(Lance's POV)

It's been about a month now. I've stayed in my room most of this time, because just seeing his face makes me suffer more than I'm already suffering.
When I'm out I usually hang around Pidge, who is still the only one who knows about my case. Right now I'm sitting in her room, while she's building some sort of contraption.
"Have you thought about it?" She asks.

"Thought about what?"

"Telling him or not."

I cough, just at the mention of it, bringing up more petals and blood.
"You know we don't want to lose you, besides, you're a paladin of Voltron."
She pats my back lightly while I cough.

"Allura can take over, or you guys can get anybody, I don't really matter that much."

Pidge's face wrinkles in a frown "You know that you're irreplaceable, you belong with us Lance! Who else will be the goofball, or sharpshooter?"

"Still, I just can't tell him! And stop calling me a goofball..." I wipe the petals off her bed and get up to go throw them out, when Hunk opens the door.

"Dinner is-" then he notices me putting petals in the trash can.

"What's the petals for?" Then he sees the blood mixed with it.
"Lance? What happened?" Then he realizes "You have Ha-Hanahaki? Why didn't you tell me? Who is it? When did this start?" I sigh.

"Calm down Hunk. Yes, I have Hanahaki, and it's Keith. It started about a month ago. And I didn't really want to tell anybody, but Pidge found me in the bathroom when it first started."

"Are you going to tell him, please say you will!"

"Yeah...when I'm on my death bed..." I mumble under my breath. But, Hunk hears me. "Lance, why? We need you here, maybe if you just tell him, he might have the same feelings as you. Or you could get surgery."

"I don't want to forget him. So that's not happening."

He looks like he's about to cry.

"Well, okay, I'll think about it, but it a small chance I'll even have the courage to tell him. And please" I say as I open the door "Don't anyone, especially not him."

(3rd POV)

Lance trudges to his room, tears started to form in his eyes. He's going to miss his friends, his space family too. And he'll never be able to see his family again, who are on earth. Thinking about earth, makes him feel even worse. Laying back on his bed, he tried to sleep, but just to wake up from choking. He goes to the bathroom to clean himself up. Looking in the mirror, Lance sees that he is slowly getting paler, and blood and tears are mixed together, making a mess out of his face.

"Pathetic." He whispers.

"You can't even tell him, so you're gonna just throw your life away like this."

Sighing, he cleans up his mess. Heading out the door, he goes to the blue lions hangar. She greets him with a growl, and puts her head down. "Hey Blue" he says, sitting down next to her. Blue has always made him feel a little better about himself.

"Thanks for always being here for me."

He smiles slightly at the lion. 'Four months' He thinks. 'Four months...' 

610 words...not bad. I'm liking this, I think. Now I want to write more Lol  XD
-Ki