[He snorts and steps back, reaching back behind him to swat at his back. Dead flowers tumble down from the inside of his shirt. He pats his left side then his right.]

Course I'll do it. Shiro's involved. [Then he amends himself and says,]

...I don't...I don't run away from things anymore. I did years ago but not anymore. I'm needed and not just as a leader. Shiro's mine. [And he belongs to him too. It would be unfair to Shiro to clamp his mouth shut about things they need to talk about one day. Keith looks away, unashamed to lay claim to Shiro like that so bluntly.]

I made a promise to him I would eventually tell him everything. Eventually is just a lot sooner than we expected.