Shiro lies awake and watches Keith sleep, thinking of the day's events and how easily Keith had commanded everyone's attention; they knew what Shiro had known long ago, and that is that Keith is an incredibly easy person to love and want in your life.

Shiro knows that it is utter selfishness to hold on to someone who could easily be loved by anyone in the entire galaxy, many of whom would be the kind of amazing that Keith deserves.

But that level of selfishness is not a personality flaw that Keith plans on fixing anytime soon.