Title: Birthday Promise

Lance woke up to the feeling of warm sunshine bathing over his face. He smiled and stretched, reaching a hand out for his lover. Only his hand fell onto empty bed. Frowning he moved his hand several times finding nothing there, even the covers had grown cool. Lance’s eyes snapped open and he turned and looked, sure enough he was alone in the bed. That is except for the light brown teddy bear that sat on the pillow next to him, with a blue ribbon around its neck and a piece of fold paper sitting on its lap. Lance smiled and reached over and picked the bear up, finding the fur extremely soft. The little red heart tag that was clipped to its ear said its name was Fuzz. Lance held the bear as he unfolded the note. He could immediately recognize the perfectly neat handwriting as Keith’s.

Happy Birthday Lance.

I figured you would enjoy sleeping in today, so I let you sleep through morning practice. But so that you weren’t alone I left you a new friend – Fuzz. I hope he keeps you company while I am gone. I will be up once practice is over.

Love Keith

Lance smiled and set the note on the nightstand, that’s when he noticed the time, in bright green digital numbers, it was more then an hour after the end of regular morning practice. He was just about to start worrying when the door opened and Keith stepped into the room carrying a tray. He was dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a black t-shirt, his long black hair was still wet.

“Good morning, love. Did you sleep well?” Keith asked as the door closed behind him.

“Yup. Gotta try this actually sleeping past dawn more often.” Lance chuckled as he sat up.

“Only on your birthday.” Keith said.

“Your note said you’d be here after practice. That’s been done and over with for more then an hour.” Lance said.

“Took longer then I thought.” Keith stepped over to the bed and set the tray down on Lance’s lap. There was tall glass of orange juice. A stack of waffles with fresh fruit over the top. A cupcake with a single unlit candle and crystal vase with a long stem yellow rose.

“Wow. You did all this for me?”

“Of course.” Keith said. He gently kissed Lance. “Because it’s your birthday and I love you.”

“You shouldn’t have taken a shower without me then.” Lance grinned.

Keith laughed. “Maybe I’ll find a way to make up for that later.”

“You better.” Lance said.

Keith tapped the end of Lance’s nose with his finger. “Eat your breakfast. But you have to save the cupcake until the end.”

Lance ate the waffles and fresh fruit and drank his orange juice. Then Keith pulled out a book of matches and lit the candle and sang Happy Birthday to Lance.

“Now blow out the candle and make a wish.” Keith said once he had finished singing.

Lance closed his eyes and blew the candle out. He opened his eyes and smiled at Keith.

“So, what’d you wish for?” Keith asked.

“Something that has already came true.” Lance reached up and weaved his fingers into the wet strands of Keith’s hair. He pulled Keith’s face closer and captured his lover’s lips with his own deeply kissing Keith. “I wished to be with you.”

“And I am always forever and always.” Keith said before gently kissing Lance in return. “We have until five o’clock before Nanny has your big birthday dinner ready. So until then it’s just you and me babe. And we can do whatever you want.”

“Anything?” Lance asked with a mischievous smirk.

“Yes. Anything.” Keith said.

“Anything at all?” Lance asked.

“Yes. Anything. So tell me what you want to do.” Keith said.

“I want to see how many rooms in the castle we can have sex in without getting caught.” Lance grinned.

“Wh…what?” Keith stammered, a dark blush quickly colouring his cheeks.

“You know, sex, all the rooms, trying not to be caught.” Lance grinned as Keith’s blush somehow darkened even more.

“Um… would you settle for just having sex in here?” Keith asked hopefully.

“Nope. You said we could do anything I wanted and that’s what I want to do.” Lance grinned.

Keith sighed. He had told Lance they would do whatever he wanted so now he had no choice but to make good on his promise. “Alright. Where do you want to start?”

“Hmm… where would be the place to start?” Lance pondered out loud.

“Why not right here.” Keith suggested.

“Nah, we do that every night. And will save that for tonight.” Lance grinned.

“You certainly are sounding ambitious.” Keith said.

“If you don’t think you can keep up I’m sure Coran has some Viagra you could borrow.” Lance said.

Keith’s face reddened again making Lance laugh.

“How about red lion. It’d match your face.” Lance said.

“But…” Keith stammered.

“But what? The fact we have all been told about no fornicating in the lions?” Lance asked, to which Keith nodded. “But it’s my birthday and you said we could do anything I wanted. You are going to keep your promise aren’t you?”

Keith’s face seemed to be permanently red, he slowly nodded his head.

“Then get going.” Lance hopped out bed quickly throwing some clothes, even though there weren’t plans for keeping them on very long. He grabbed the cupcake and tore it in half sharing it with Keith before they took off out of the room.

Finally they reached the cockpit of Red Lion, Lance was actually surprised that Keith was agreeing to do this and that Keith hadn’t blushed himself to death. “Ya know it’s fitting that this place is called a cockpit.”

“How so?” Keith asked. With the way Lance was grinning it dawned on him and blushed yet again.

Wild and passionate love making didn’t seem to be an option with all the equipment in the way. But after several banged shins and elbows they figured out how to get it done.

“Well let’s see where now… there’s your lion and the….”

“No.” Keith said quickly.

“No what?” Lance asked.

“My lion is fine. But none of the others. And before you even suggest it nobody else’s rooms either.” Keith said.

“Spoil sport.” Lance grinned. “But alright. I’ll agree to that. That’s just another thing you’ll have to make up to me tonight.”

“Okay.” Keith agreed quickly.

“Ya know black lion isn’t too far we should just streak there.” Lance said. Keith blushed a dark red that would rival even red lion. “Just kidding.” Lance laughed, earning a death glare.

Once they were dressed they raced to black lion, just narrowly avoiding being seen. Black lion had a bigger cockpit so they found it was much easier to get it on.

“Gee it ain’t fair you got more room in here then I do.” Lance complained.

“That’s because black lion is bigger then red lion.” Keith said.

“True. So next time we’ll just stick to having sex in your lion.” Lance said.

And of course once again Keith blushed.

“Let’s see where to now…” Lance thought out loud.

“Isn’t that enough yet?” Keith asked. Lance shook his head no. “You’re insatiable.”

Lance grinned. “How about the rec. room?”

“Isn’t that a little… public?” Keith asked.

“That’s the whole point of trying to do it without getting caught.” Lance said.

“But…” Keith blushed.

“We won’t do it if there’s anybody else in there.” Lance said.

“Alright.” Keith said.

The couple made their way to the rec. room finding it empty. Keith locked the door behind them not wanting to be walked in on while they were having sex.

Lance grabbed a blanket off the couch and spread it out on the floor. And soon both men were once again naked and soon became lost in the throws of passion.

Allura was confused when she found the rec. room door locked. But fortunately she had the key that could unlock any door in the room. She unlocked the door and stepped into the room, her eyes going wide and her mouth hanging open at the sight of Keith and Lance having sex. He mouth opened and closed several times with nothing coming out. Finally one word squeaked out. “What…”

Keith and Lance turned to look and both men turned red, grabbing at the blanket to try to cover their nakedness.

“Could you step out of the room for a minute Allura?” Lance said.

Allura nodded numbly and backed out the room, her eyes still on the two gorgeous naked men.

“And close the door.” Lance said.

She was a little more reluctant to do that. She knew all the pilots were gay and that Keith and Lance were sleeping together and Hunk and Sven were together. She had wondered many times what it was like, but there was a lack of gay porn on Arus so she never could figure out exactly how it was done and she was too afraid to ask. Now seeing Keith and Lance having sex she knew she was going to have many pleasant dreams for the next few nights.

“We got caught.” Keith said. His face still red as he began to hunt for his clothes.

“Not bad. That’s was three places before we got caught.” Lance said. He grinned widely to cover his own embarrassment.

“Well it’s the last place. From now on it’s just our room.” Keith said.

“Until my next birthday at least.” Lance grinned.

Later at dinner everyone was sitting around the table enjoy a feast. Balloons and streamers decorated the room. During the meal everyone was too busy eating to do any talking. But between dinner and desert conversation started up.

“So, Lance, have you been enjoying your birthday?” Pidge asked.

“Yup. It’s been fun.” Lance grinned.

“Oh. What you been doing all day?” Hunk asked.

Keith had to quickly hide his face to keep his blush from being seen. As did Allura as she thought about what she saw Lance doing on his birthday – he was doing Keith. Lance just grinned and the others groaned, they hadn’t missed Keith’s blush so they knew what, or rather who, Lance had been doing all day.

Nanny brought out the cake and everyone sang Happy Birthday, even though none of them could actually sing it still sounded nice because it was out of friendship. After eating a couple servings of chocolate cake and ice cream – or in Hunk’s case five. Lance opened his presents. Hunk and Sven gave him a combined gift of Black Levis Jeans and dark red Old Navy sweatshirt. Nanny gave him a book on proper etiquette, which she must have bought in bulk because she had gave everyone else one on their birthday. Pidge gave him a game CD set with timeless classics from the Atari and Super Nintendo era. Coran gave him CD as well only the games were all ones that made on Arus. Allura gave him a CD holder bag that had a picture of red lion on the front. And Keith gave him a framed picture that had a picture of them that was taken at the academy shortly after they had first started dating.

Finally everyone went there separate ways and Keith and Lance were back in the room. Lance was sitting on the bed when Keith handed him another package.

“What’s this?” Lance asked.

“A birthday present.” Keith said.

“But, you already gave me two and I love the bear and the picture.” Lance said.

“This is something… extra.” Keith said.

Lance opened his eyes and saw a book. Not just any book it the Gay Karma Sutra. Lance blinked in shock. “I can’t believe you’d buy something like this. I mean…”

Keith grinned. “Ordering online you don’t have to be seen.”

Lance chuckled. “Thanks. Though you do realize I do want to try all of these positions out.”

“I figured you would.” Keith laughed. “Start reading I’ll be back in a moment.”

“Sure.” Lance said already too busy reading to pay attention to what Keith was saying or doing. After a few moments he noticed the silence in the room. “Keith?”

Keith stepped out of the bathroom, wearing nothing but a smile. “You’re bath is ready.”

“My bath?” Lance asked.

“Actually… our bath.” Keith said.

“What?” Lance asked.

“I had that shower to make up for.” Keith said.

Lance got out of the bed and walked over to the bathroom. When he stepped in he saw everything was lit by candles and bubbles covered the top of the water in the large tub. The soft scent of roses filled the air. Keith stepped over to Lance and slowly undressed him and guided him into the tub of warm water. Lance closed his eyes and leaned back into Keith’s comforting embrace.

“Thanks Keith.” Lance said.

“For what?”

“Making this the best birthday ever.” Lance said.

“You’re welcome love.” Keith said. They turned their heads and kissed. “Happy Birthday.”