[ nothing about keith's reactions are particularly fast while he's carrying so much extra weight, but the solid bump and the pained grimace both make him freeze and hurriedly take a large step back.]
Shiro!
[ fuck. the fact that his thoughts are still pretty scrambled here is probably why he doesn't do the obvious and try to set shiro down on the ground to survey the damage. instead, keith's caught on a mental loop of fuckfuckfuck over the fact that he doesn't have a third arm to pat down his friend's back. ]
I'm sorry, I'm sorry -- you're so big that I didn't see the -- [ cranes his head up to confirm what the fuck he even walked into: ] -- the lamp. [ gaze lowering to study shiro's face again, he blabs on. ] Is your back hurt? I didn't mean to get you hurt.
[ a beat, a pause, a deep breath. ]
I didn't even mean to get mad at you before. I just -- [ he bites his lip, hanging his head. ] I wanted so badly for you to have a good time, I don't know what happened.
chimes in a tag late to say shiro could find out when he does his investigative journalism
Shiro!
[ fuck. the fact that his thoughts are still pretty scrambled here is probably why he doesn't do the obvious and try to set shiro down on the ground to survey the damage. instead, keith's caught on a mental loop of fuckfuckfuck over the fact that he doesn't have a third arm to pat down his friend's back. ]
I'm sorry, I'm sorry -- you're so big that I didn't see the -- [ cranes his head up to confirm what the fuck he even walked into: ] -- the lamp. [ gaze lowering to study shiro's face again, he blabs on. ] Is your back hurt? I didn't mean to get you hurt.
[ a beat, a pause, a deep breath. ]
I didn't even mean to get mad at you before. I just -- [ he bites his lip, hanging his head. ] I wanted so badly for you to have a good time, I don't know what happened.