Lance practically bounced into school three weeks later, smiling a smile that could easily blind anyone that looked directly at it. Keith took a quieter, more reserved approach, walking next to Coran and fiddling with the strap on his bag, eyes not once leaving the young prince's back.

Coran watched, amused at the noticeable difference between the two. He took a moment to wonder why of all people had agreed to go to school when he could have remained in the castle and been homeschooled like Allura. Keith was clearly a boy who prefered limited company as opposed to a crowd of near strangers. But, Coran realised, Keith's idea of 'limited company' was Lance. The same Lance that was currently 6 feet ahead of them looking like he had been force fed a bag of sugar. If Lance wanted to go to school Keith was going to stick to him like glue.

"We're here! We're here!" Lance cheered, stopping his excited skip to jump up and down on the spot in front of the school gates "Keith, can you believe it?" He turned to face Keith, smile still stuck in place on his face.

Keith didn't respond, eyes looking past Lance and at the huge crowd of children and parents that had gathered on the other side of the gate, hands gripping his bag strap so hard that his knuckles threatened to burst through his skin.

Lance's smile dropped and he turned to look where Keith was looking. The prince paused for a second before turning back to Keith and carefully detangling the half-galra's hands from the strap "Hey? We'll be fine okay? I promise. This is going to be fun!"

Keith tore his eyes from the crowd, making eye contact with Lance who had strapped on a reassuring smile. Keith searched the blue eyes for any sign that the prince was lying and seemed to find none because he gave a small, determined nod.

Lance beamed, dropping one of Keith's hands but keeping hold of the other and turning so he was standing shoulder to shoulder with Keith "Together?"

"Together." Keith repeated quietly, giving Lance's hand a small squeeze.

"Alright you whippersnappers, you be good in there! Make friends, have fun and learn lots!" Coran encouraged, beaming.

"We will!" Lance called, already guiding Keith through the gates "See you later Coran!"

Coran waved, watching as the two boys disappeared into the crowd of parents that had all started moving towards the gates in an attempt to leave.

They would be fine... he hoped.