[ there are a lot of sensible ways keith could process this particular emotional rollercoaster. the edge of tipsiness that's got a hold of his brain doesn't allow for any of those sensible ways. instead, he listens, watches shiro's expression fall and turns inwards.
used to be. frankly, keith hasn't given much thought to what shiro was like before adam. he doesn't know what exactly shiro was like when he was keith's age, but increasingly the contrast makes keith feel like slamming his fists down onto the table.
it's no secret that his life has been messed up for a while, helped no less by being involuntarily plunnged into a space war. it's normal for keith, sure, but these glimpses he gets of what his life could have been if he'd never given up on himself and everyone around him, never gotten involved in blowing up alien warcrafts....
it's pointless to create stupid hypotheticals like that. keith knows that much all too well, but for a second that alternate reality where he, too, could have had a nice life, a nice boy to be ball experts with and wasn't dealing with existential threats in multiple realities really gets to him. ]
Yeah? Well you didn't almost die a goddamn virgin.
[ it's almost comedically huffy, especially with the way keith's started glaring at his turkey ball. ]
And at least turkey balls weren't your first balls.
[ and with that said? he finally pops the turkey ball in his mouth and chomps angrily. ]
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used to be. frankly, keith hasn't given much thought to what shiro was like before adam. he doesn't know what exactly shiro was like when he was keith's age, but increasingly the contrast makes keith feel like slamming his fists down onto the table.
it's no secret that his life has been messed up for a while, helped no less by being involuntarily plunnged into a space war. it's normal for keith, sure, but these glimpses he gets of what his life could have been if he'd never given up on himself and everyone around him, never gotten involved in blowing up alien warcrafts....
it's pointless to create stupid hypotheticals like that. keith knows that much all too well, but for a second that alternate reality where he, too, could have had a nice life, a nice boy to be ball experts with and wasn't dealing with existential threats in multiple realities really gets to him. ]
Yeah? Well you didn't almost die a goddamn virgin.
[ it's almost comedically huffy, especially with the way keith's started glaring at his turkey ball. ]
And at least turkey balls weren't your first balls.
[ and with that said? he finally pops the turkey ball in his mouth and chomps angrily. ]