Lance is hiding around the corner with his communicator in hand, thanks to Pidge, it's recently been given the ability to play the music from Lance's Ipod OUT LOUD. A large grin pulled at his features as he pulled up the song he had been looking for, and when Keith started to walk by it was SHOWTIME. One keystroke in and it was OBVIOUS was song was playing: WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE (Don't ask why Lance has this on his ipod, he won't tell you)
The first note of the song had Keith pausing mid-stride, half thinking to turn and GLARE at whoever was clearly having to fuck with him but it only took a tick for him to recognize the song and then it got complicated.
He stood still as it began to play, A CLASSIC that never failed to remind him of his own father and that loss and all of the complicated thoughts that had come with it over the years. When he was younger it was so easy to be BITTER thinking his father put everything above being with him but it was different now.
He understood sacrifice and how his father loved him and how at the end of the day all Keith wanted to do was make the man proud even if he couldn’t live to see it.
❝ Did he tell you? ❞ Keith asked, still not knowing who the culprit was but clearly if it was on purpose it had to have had Shiro’s involvement. He’d never bothered to tell anyone he grew up thinking he was an orphan because he hated the PITY he’d see in people’s eyes. ❝ This song always made me think about my dad… ❞
