Double Date
@voltronsecretsanta2k18
This fic was written for @ataken (ataken.tumblr.com) for the vld Christmas Exchange 2k18.
Summary: Lance asks Keith to go on a double date with him, totally failing to make it clear exactly who Keith's date is...
“Hey, Lance!”
Lance turns his head at the sound of his name, a smile ready on his lips because he recognizes that voice; Nyma. Probably the hottest girl he’s ever seen, bar Allura.
He’d asked her out on a date a few months previously, but she’d had a boyfriend at the time. A boyfriend that Lance has very recently learned is out of the picture…
“Hey, Nyma. What’s up?” he says, leaning against the wall positioned conveniently beside him. He stretches out his torso and subtly tenses his arms, showing off his best angles.
“I was wondering if I could ask a favor…” says Nyma, tucking a strand of strawberry-blonde hair behind one ear. She’s stepped in so close to him that all he can smell is her sweet perfume…
“Go ahead,” says Lance, heart skipping a beat.
“So… you know your friend Keith?”
Lance frowns. Keith being his friend is a rather recent development in their historically fraught relationship, and Lance has a sinking feeling that he knows where this conversation is going. He somehow always ends up playing Keith’s second fiddle.
“Angry, wears black, has a mullet. Yeah, I know him,” Lance sighs, posture deflating.
“So my friend Axca is into him-” Lance posture straightens right back up — Nyma isn’t into Keith , Axca ’s into Keith, and what a relief that is. He doesn’t know Axca, but the name rings a bell and his brain that brings forth a mental image of a cute girl with short choppy hair and pouty lips. That’d make her match Keith nicely...
“-But he’s sorta intimidating to approach, you know?” Nyma continues, oblivious to Lance’s inner-dialogue. “So I was wondering if you’d be free to come on a double-date this Saturday, and if you could ask Keith to come for Axca.”
“Just to double check that we’re on the same page, you and I?” asks Lance, raising an eyebrow and gesturing between himself and Nyma.
“If you can get Keith to come for Axca, that’s right,” Nyma replies, smiling prettily for him.
Lance gives her his best cocky smirk.
“Consider it done. I’ll see you on Saturday.”
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