[*WITHOUT hardship but whatever. Tagging while sleepy.] [It really shouldn't surprise him that this is Keith's response, and he's not surprised that he'd say it, but more what an impact it has on him. He's trained himself to deny the possibility, told himself over and over that it can't happen. And now it can? It is? It makes him think back to that day Keith asked him what he'd do if there was something he wanted. And this...
He's nodding, just slightly, even before Keith's finished expressing the thought. Yes, yes, he wants that, too. There's still that lingering fear inside him, that surety that he'll never be deserving of Keith. That Keith, more importantly, deserves so much better. His voice is soft, vulnerable, but no less resolute in response to Keith's, looking at him and refusing to look away.]
I want that, too. I want-- I already said it, didn't I? I want to be by your side. [For as long as you'll have him.] I want... [his smile turns shy again, small and almost there.] I want to travel the universe with you, remember?
[It's strange to say it so clearly, even if it's all something he's said before in one way or another. He's used to setting aside his own wants, used to leaving them unvoiced. Especially when it comes to his feelings for Keith, always disguising them (however poorly) as only friendship. Strange that, despite all this, despite how he can't deny how Keith feels for him anymore, there's still the smallest thread of disbelief still in his voice, as if he's still expecting this to be taken away from him somehow:]
If it's what you want, too, I... Me too.
I want to be with you, Keith. [He only wishes he could be someone better for you.]