[He hasn't forgotten that day for a moment, and the look is a reminder again, striking but maybe this time he can't find it in him to scramble away like he did then. He does lower his gaze like it's an apology, "knowing" he shouldn't push it, but he doesn't pull away from him either, curling into Shiro a little. Now isn't the time to make this about his stupid feelings, when Shiro has enough to deal with, but all the same, he just wants to convey to him how much he cares.]
Always wanted to stay in your life. To follow after you and one day walk beside you. That's still true now. It's-- [It doesn't matter how, he tries to tell himself.]
[The words around them all disappear and plunge them into darkness, cutting him off just then. Maybe Keith won't outright say the, but an impossibly bright light that suddenly appears around them both takes matters, and Keith's words, into its own hands:
I want this in whatever way I can have it, if I can stay with him.]