During their first month of dating, lance was taking it slow. He doesnt want to scare keith away with advances that the other wasnt familiar of. So whenever he wants to be affectionate, he had to ask. 'can i hold your hand?' 'can i kiss you?' 'can we spend some time together?' -

And keith appreciated it. Because, he was in fact new with having a boyfriend and he was glad that lance was being considerate. Who knows what might happen if lance just suddenly came to him and hug him by surprise- lance for sure would find himself on the floor due to

keith's self defense instincts.

lance was patient all through out. He just wanted keith to be comfortable and acknowledge the fact that he has a boyfriend and this is what boyfriends do.

So when lance felt another hand intertwined with his own. He was the one who was shocked.

Keith casually reached for lance's hand and gave it a light squeeze. They were sitting side by side with some small distance but they weren't making contact before.

Allura and shiro were exchanging words into discussing some kind of rules to this new planet that they were about to visit. Lance was cut off with his train of thought when he felt a warm hand holding his.

He looked over at keith, who is listening attentively at the

two. Lance was utterly surprised because... Keith just held his hand as an instinct. As if keith didn't plan on it. Keith just felt like holding his boyfriend's hand. And this is the first time that keith initiated it.

Lance was a bit stiff from the realization which made

the other looked at him in concern. Lance chuckled to himself. God, he was smitten. The audacity of keith to act so casual about what he just did.

Lance shook his head and relaxed in his seat. He lifted their intertwined hand and gave a soft kiss on the back of keith's hand. They both smiled at each other and continued on with the day ahead of them.