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kingdomheartsmarts · 4 years

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Hello, hello, dear. I'd love to request a shy fem!reader who's in the org 13 but has a crush on Sora. Like hardcore reader exe. Has stopped working. So she refuses to fight him, ever, only dodges or legit runs away. She'll leave notes about what the o13 will do next and neat gifts because face to face flirting out the door, thinking he wouldn't even *consider* being with her. And it's cute and fluffy/ maybe a about bit angsty because ya main villain hopelessly in love with main hero 🙏

yeah okay this is becoming multi chapter. thank you for requesting! i’m having too much fun to leave it at a one shot. i hope you enjoy chapter 1~

(yeah i know real original title for a kingdom hearts fanfiction l e a v e m e a l o n e)

first multi chapter fic!

a-n: THIS DOES NOT FIT INTO CANON. DON’T EXPECT IT TO. IT’S JUST FOR F U N

another a-n: this Axel is not the nice Axel in 358/2 Days. this is based off of Castle Oblivion/how he was before roxas.

Whatever Lies Beyond This MorningSora/Reader~ Chapter 1

“They went that way!” You heard the duck yell, running behind a tree while panting, trying to stay quiet while you dropped a small piece of paper, before opening a dark corridor and sprinting through it.

“Hey-”

You opened the other side of the corridor, ending up in Twilight Town, quietly walking, trying to calm down your racing heart and calm the blush which thickly covered your face; quietly walking along the nighttime streets while thinking about everything that just happened. You were being sent on a normal mission, Sora finding you, your emotions that shouldn’t be there taking over, and running away- the same cycle that always happened when faced with Sora. You knew you shouldn’t even feel, much less feel this way for the one you were fighting against, but here you were- a foreign, fluttering feeling in your gut every time you laid your eyes on him and a burning of the emotions you developed for him- all in vain; you knew it was. It would always be in vain if it was the one you were suppose to hate-

“Hey! Did your mission really take that long?” a familiar voice called out to you, your gaze meeting his before you smiled: Axel.

“Yeah, it was supposed to be a small one but…” You trailed off, trying to avoid what really happened. Axel was always suspicious of your developing feelings, knowing that something seemed to go wrong with a lot of your missions, while he didn’t know what.

“But what?”

“I ran into some trouble,” You defected the question, walking to be beside him.

“What trouble? You’re a good fighter,” Axel finally said, causing you to pause.

“I ran into Sora,” You finally said, frustration thick in your tone, despite it being a ploy to get Axel to drop it.

“Well, you’re with me tomorrow, so if we run into him, we won’t be running away,” He said, an odd, low tone to his voice while he opened a corridor for you, “Come on, I wanna take a nap.”

“You always want to nap,” You said, while a sinking feeling weighed on your stomach- we won’t be running away.

You stepped out into the harsh sunshine, something that, despite frequent visits to Twilight Town, always seemed to stun you with the sharp contrast from the World That Never Was.

“This should be quick; it’s the two of us anyway,” Axel teased, lightly punching your arm while the two of you continued on.

“Hopefully. Keep an eye out though; this is where Sora was yesterday,” You said as an empty warning, hoping to buy yourself some time before you saw him again.

“Great, then Xemnas will think we’re great when we eliminate him,” He said lowly, a cold statement that made your gut sink.

“Or, we could keep this short,” You hastily suggested.

“Why do you always seem to get so flustered when Sora comes up,” Axel asked you with a slight annoyance, turning to face you.

“Nothing! Really!” You insisted while your face heated slightly with blush. Axel scanned your face before finally deciding on his response.

“Could it be that you have a little crush?” He sneered.

“No!”

“I don’t believe you,”

“Honestly I-”

“There’s some of the Organization!” You were interrupted by the same duck, and despite all your encounters, refused to learn his name.

“Oh wow, would you look at that; it’s a little friend of Sora’s,” Axel sneered again, shoving your hood on you before they were able to see your face.

“Hey! I’ve told you my name before!”

“Wow, you can tell how rememberable you are,”

“And who are you?” Sora finally asked, Axel motioning for you to move behind him.

“I’m Axel. Got it memorized?”

“And who’s that?”

“Why,” Axel sneered, “This is our newest member who has told us where you’ve been.”

You raised your eyes enough to see Sora’s, the shadow of your hood covering your face despite you knowing he saw your glance, just enough for him to know that you were the one who told him- who told him what the organization would be doing.

“Why you- You organization members are no good! ” The duck charged at Axel, just for him to kick it back to the other two.

“Axel-” You tried to stop him, only for him to shove you back.

“Now, we have to finish our mission. Without your interruption,” Axel said, leading you to another dark corridor, you rushing behind him before leaving one last glance to Sora, confusion heavy while he knelt beside the duck.

“Stop trying to stop our job because of a crush,” Axel warned you before scoping out the area, noticing trails left by the heartless, “I’m going to go this way. Go that direction,” he instructed, walking to the prints to your right, pointing for you to go left, “Call me if there’s any trouble.”

You nodded, starting your journey through the mossy forest, attempting to be silent with the exception of a few twigs. Your thoughts wandered, thinking about the way Sora finally made eye contact with you while you had no choice but to follow Axel; the confusion and the curiosity that filled a childish rage, all pointed at you. You raised your eyes, seeing no heartless but hearing the footsteps of something close to you. You froze, listening out for any heartless while you knew that Axel was far enough away to where you wouldn’t hear anything.

“Hey! You’re the one with Axel!” You heard Sora’s voice call from behind you, but now you were trapped; on a mission with one of your higher ups who wouldn’t let you leave.

You stayed in place, attempting to think through something while he stopped behind you.

“Go away while you can,” You said in a soft voice, attempting to walk off.

“You’re the one who keeps on leaving me little pieces of paper, aren’t you?” He asked, the fighting fire out of his voice while you turned to face him, despite your hood.

“Keep your voice down,”

“But are you?”

You paused, looking him over; he had retreated his keyblade, instead standing at full height a ways from you, giving you space while he was alone.

“Yes,”

“Why?”

“Because, I don’t want you to get hurt. Now leave,” You said, turning again and continuing down the path of the footprints.

“Wait!” He said, you hearing him run behind you, grabbing your shoulder and tumbling with you to the ground.

“Why are you helping me?”

“WHy are you tackling me to the ground?” you retorted, blush heavy on your face while you tried to push him off of you.

“Hey!-” Sora said, shoving you back gently, but your hood falling off nonetheless; his eyes resting on your face while you could of sworn you saw a soft pink blush grace his cheeks.

“He-hey,” He repeated softly, his eyes looking over your face.

“Get off of her,” Axel’s irritated voice broke your staring contest, Sora jumping off of you while Axel grabbed your arm, pulling you off the ground, “Are you okay?”

You quickly nodded, Axel’s emerald eyes cutting into Sora.

“Go back to the Castle. Tell saix what happened,” He said sharply, summoning his chahrams and a dark corridor for you to go through. You nodded again, rushing through to go back to the hall that lead everyone to their rooms.

“But what did just happen?”

#sora #sora x reader #sora kh #sora kingdom hearts #x reader #multichapter #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts ii #kingdom hearts iii #kingdom hearts 2 #kingdom hearts 3 #kingdom hearts ????#kh #khii #khiii #kh3 #kh2 #whatever lies beyond this morning

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galaxybeginnings · 6 years

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The Friendship that Changed her Lonely World

It has been a couple of months since Neena had settled into her new life in Seoul. Everything was so strange from the different language, food, and even the weather. Coming from sunny California, it was a large and slightly scary change. Neena was looking ahead though. Ahead at her goal of becoming a fashion designer that catered to everyone. Not just the high class… She actually preferred for her clothes to be worn by everyday people.

Thankfully her transition was going smoothly because of a very persistent classmate of hers, Kim Jaehyun. Having been not only the new girl, but also someone from another country, it had been hard for her to fit in with the other students at school. Jaehyun was different… A little annoying at first though. He kept popping up wherever she ended up. Striking a conversation with her, sometimes in English. It got to the point where she just gave up trying to resist him, even with all the other girls who seemed to glare at her. Not like she really cared about this anyway.

It has already been a year since the two became close friends. The two were almost sewn to each other at this point. He understood her as she did him. Also he was someone she could easily feel herself around without those nagging thoughts of being judged for her outspokenness. But he really proved his friendship one day when she had completely lost control of her emotions, exposing the secret she had never had the courage to tell anyone outside her family.

A soft layer of colorful leaves blanketed the ground. A gentle but noticeable crunching sound joined the daily noise of the city as people made their way over the drying leaves. Autumn was in full form as a chip cold breeze joined the cool air. Quick footsteps crunched their way down the street, a young woman with brunette hair was racing down the pathway. It was clear that she needed to be somewhere quickly as she continued swiftly.

Crossing a large street via crossing path the girl approached a young man who clearly knew her. She smiled between small huffs, punching the other lightly from what he had said. They seemed very close. Close enough to be misinterpreted for possibly a couple but there was also something that said they weren’t.

Upon closer look one could hear what they were talking about a teacher that had assigned some sort of bogus assignment. Their conversation seemed to cause the girl to puff out her cheeks which lead to the male to rest his arm on her head, his free hand lightly poking a puffed out cheek.

“Come on Neena, we've had worse ones. Remember when we had to be in groups and ended up with HaeJyun? It was hard to get anything done cause he didn’t even bother to show up. Yet it was you who seemed to get through to him. That helped us not all fail.” A hearty laugh escaped him as he was shoved off her head.

“What the heck Jaehyun! Get your heavy smelly arm off of my head.” Violet eyes glared up at him. She knew that he was aware that she hated when others did that to her. Yet he always seemed to enjoy pushing her buttons from time to time. It wasn’t that she hated him for it, more like it was something she was still getting used to. Friendships typically never lasted for her let alone got to the point she was this comfortable with them. “Anyway... What did ya need us to come out here for? Ya mentioned some new food stall that ya found?” A light lick of her lips accompanied her scanning violet eyes.

“Well, I was actually thinking of using these two tickets that I got for free to that new amusement park.” Jaehyun flashed his ever so charming smile that usually made all the girls at school melt, all but Neena. Probably was why he had attached himself to her. Finally a girl that didn’t swoon at every little thing that he did. Casually draping his arm over her shoulder he waved the two tickets before her.”

“Shut UP! No way! These are like impossible to get right now! And they are even all access.... How the hell did you get them!?” Ignoring his arm over her shoulder she grabbed the tickets to get a better look at them. They were legit. How could he get these!? Wait a second.... He didn’t... “Jaehyun.... you didn’t ask your father did you?” She knew how their relationship was. It was strained due to the fact that Jaehyun had decided to not follow his father into politics. Neena understood and could see that such an environment wouldn’t be beneficial for someone as kind as him.

A shy slightly sheepish smile appeared on Jaehyun’s face. She had caught on too quickly... But she was also dense as hell to the actual reason why he had gone so far, so far as to make an agreement with his father for these. Lucky for him, but frustrating at the same time. He was happy though. Even if his original reason to befriend her was out of curiosity.

The two had just gotten off of the Twisted Comet coaster when they realized that they had yet to eat lunch. The sky had begun to change as the sun had been sinking lower without their notice. Neena decided to wait for Jaehyun to return when she overheard voice. Voices she had recognized. Voices that belonged to classmates that were... not so keen on her. Usually the words didn’t get to her. So what if they hated her for petty stupid reasons. But when she started to hear them bad mouth Jaehyun... That was something she couldn’t just sit and listen to.

As she was about to get up she felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. This always happened when something bad was about to happen. What would it be this time? What kind of ridiculous ‘crap’ would she have to put up this time? There was luckily a bathroom nearby but... these girls could definitely follow her and that would only cause trouble for those trying to enjoy their time here. To destroy that would be worse than to put up with the childish ramblings that were about to happen.

Just as she thought this a wet ice cold sensation started to dribble over her head, which then became a wave of ice and liquid. She couldn’t help the cry and sudden stand that followed as she was now drenched in what seemed like iced coffee?! Seriously?! This was the least original way to bully someone for one, and secondly... It was frigid out! Her bewildered violet eyes shot up from looking at her cold drenched front to the group of girls. Yeah, Jaehyun had his fair share of fangirls but they had never really taken such a drastic step.

As she glared at each of them the itching and tingling started. Of all the times for her to lose control, it had to be in a crowded park surrounded by giggling satisfied brats like these. It doesn’t matter if you travel halfway round the world, these type of people always existed. And now they are causing her to lose control. She felt it building. How long would she be able to suppress it? The last thing she wanted was to be sent running. To give these spoiled brats the satisfaction of feeling like they won in breaking her.

Violet eyes glared daggers at them before they were covered. But not before she saw a slight change in their expressions. A sense of shock? But why? The light twitch sensation she felt drag across the mysterious cover was accompanied by an overwhelming smell of Jaehyun? Wait what?!

Her thoughts were soon drowned out by the raging voice of her friend. Had she ever heard him so furious? No... not that she was aware of. This was a different anger than anything she had ever heard. It was louder than it should be.... Oh god! Her hand shot up to grip the coat that had been placed on-top of her. Soon she felt his hand on her head, maybe to make sure that his coat didn’t slip off? She wasn’t too sure. What she did know what that the group of ‘fangirls’ were gone.

Her thoughts raced as he guided her out of the busy parts of the park. As soon as they were in what sounded like a very quiet spot his dark eyes came into view causing her to jump back. Losing her footing she was steadied by him before he once again looked at her eye to eye. There was a mix of confusion as well as “I demand an explanation” kind of look. This was what she dreaded. Him finding out that she was a freak... more than usual. This was the freak side of her that she wasn’t proud of.

Several shakey breaths happened before she started to speak. She told him of the time when she was little and had been bitten by that strange wolf dog thing. How soon after she had gotten extremely sick but no doctors could tell what was wrong and sent her home to enjoy time with her family. When she was home basically ‘dying’ from how she remembered her parents silent pain that they tried to hide. Then, one day, the ears and tail appeared. Her canines were sharper. She had become a werewolf?! Or at least that was the most logical explanation they all came up with. Her health improved and the ‘symptoms’ would only come and go under stress or illness.

Upon finishing, she couldn’t bring herself to look at him. He was going to run. They all did. Thankfully none of them ever spoke of what they saw cause, hah, who would want to be labeled the local crazy person! Even though Jaehyun was the nicest and most genuine person she had ever met, he would most likely do the same. She slammed her eyes shut to brace herself as he spoke.

“So... a werewolf? Or maybe something else cause it’s kind of the middle of the day. Sadly my folklore isn’t the most sturdy right now but hey, I think it’s kinda cool. But, you are still Neena. This doesn’t change anything about our relationship or the fact you now smell like an iced caramel latte with... is that peppermint? Who the heck put caramel and peppermint together!?

Hearing his words calmed her down, with a hint of relieved shock. So... he wasn’t running? Her violet eyes slowly opened to see his dark chocolate ones saying just that. He wasn’t going anywhere. The relief she felt caused her to hug him tightly, all be it with some complaints from him about smelling like a ice latte gone horribly wrong.

#[ The Friendship that changed her lonely world || Jaehyun & Neena ]#|| Wolf Girl ||#[ Wolf Girl || Drabble ]#|| Drabble it Up! ||

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bingbong21 · 7 years

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Title: In the Eye of a Hurricane

Summary: There is quiet, for just a moment. And then, a yellow sky.

A/N: This was supposed to be posted before season two aired. Oops. Legit only one spoiler, but it’s the one we all saw coming. If you squint you can see microscopic one-sided Sheith.

Just like the last time the Galra had invaded the castle, everything happened too quickly for any of them to process. One moment they were floating through a peaceful star system known as Ardraxyl; the next, a massive wormhole shooting purple lightning engulfed them, dragging them into the middle of a Galra fleet juiced up on quintessence, led by Haggar herself. Being forcibly dragged through a wormhole left the castle defenseless, and they could only watch with mounting trepidation as the ships approached them.

It had been Allura who shouted the orders next; they were to scatter throughout the castle, turning on any defensive systems they came across. While this would separate them from each other, it also had the added benefit of forcing the troops to separate. If they had the fortune to come across each other, she added, they were to stick together no matter what. With that said, they broke, each one taking a separate hallway and running wherever their guts told them to go.

At first, Lance had to admit that it was going surprisingly well. Naturally, it had been both mentally and physically taxing to fend off waves after waves of Galra sentries by himself while worrying about how his fellow teammates fared; but, when he had run into Keith, things seemed to fall into place. Similar to the battle on Balmera, they annihilated anything that crossed their paths, steadily making progress together as opposed to the standstill Lance had been previously. When Hunk had come on over the coms saying that they had found Pidge and were finding similar success, Lance had actually let out a laugh and allowed a wide grin to grace his features; when he glanced Keith, he saw some of the tension had left the Red Paladin’s shoulders and a small smile of his own played at his lips.

Looking back, when Shiro had come on sounding pained and breathless, Lance should have immediately assumed the worst.

“Don’t tell me you’re winded after just that,” Lance teased, hefting his bayard to rest against his shoulder. “Thought you were in better shape Shiro.”

A laugh that easily could have been mistaken for a harsh cough was his only response to the jibe. Lance felt the uneasiness begin to spread in his body; its icy tendrils wrapping around his heart and dragging it into its stomach when Keith began to speak.

“Shiro, what’s going on? Are you alright?”

The poorly concealed worry in Keith’s voice was accentuated by Shiro’s heavy panting that echoed within their helmets. His grip on his bayard tightened to the point that it began to tremble as he shouted into the coms, as if he hoped the louder he was the more likely he was to receive a response.

“Shiro…are you there? Shiro? Shiro!”

“Keith…if I don’t make it out of here…I want you to lead Voltron.”

That was the last any of the Paladins heard from Shiro before the coms cut out, a deafening silence replacing the sounds of Shiro’s pained exertion.

During their time traveling throughout the universe, Lance and the others had grown familiar with Keith’s battle rage. Any time after Voltron summoned its sword, or when they would return from being swarmed by Galra, each of them would breathe a sigh of relief that they wouldn’t grow painfully intimate with Keith’s fury. But now as he watched the tremor in Keith’s hands escalating up his arms, Lance wished there had been a drill on what to do when Keith loses control.

“Keith…” Lance asked, voice betraying how insecure he was in the next course of action. But the one thing he knew for certain was that they couldn’t stay there with Keith staring off into space, looking for all the universe like someone had ripped his consciousness out and left the empty husk behind. The lack of response was unnerving, but there wasn’t any time for such luxuries as being frozen in fear; with a deep breath, Lance walked towards Keith, reaching his hand out to grasp his shoulder.

“Come on man, we need to find everyone els-”

As soon as his fingertips brushed against Keith, it was as if a switch had been flipped inside the Red Paladin. One moment he was approaching his friend with the same trepidation he’d give a wounded wild animal. The next he found himself slammed into a wall, breathless and mind reeling as only the sounds of Keith’s pounding footsteps growing distant and the ferocity that had been directed towards him registered.

“Quiznak,” Lance groaned, pushing himself off the wall, “Guys, we got a problem.”

“What was your first clue Lance,” Pidge’s biting voice came through loud and clear; Lance fought the urge to roll his eyes as he ran after Keith.

“No, I mean in addition to the Shiro one; Keith just ran off.”

“What do you mean ran off,” Hunk asked frantically, “You two were together, right? How did you lose him?”

“I didn’t lose him,” Lance replied, the ache in his lungs from talking while running making itself well known, “I’m chasing him right now. I tried to get him to respond and he just, I don’t know, flipped!”

“Well stun him with your gun or something,” Pidge shot back, “We don’t have time for this!”

“Easy for you to say! You’re not trying to keep up with him!”

“What messed you up so bad that you can’t shoot straight down a hallway?”

“Nothing, just-God, why is he so fast?!” Lance groaned, desperately pushing himself to try and keep the distance between him and Keith to a minimum. But Keith’s berserker mode always gave him extra strength, making him soar beyond what really should have been his physical limits. While that was usually a blessing battle, when you’re tasked with being the one to stop him from most likely killing himself, it certainly began to seem like a curse instead.

Lance stopped, raising his gun and taking aim; Pidge was right, even with Keith running this was his best chance at stopping him. He took a deep breath, sights focusing on Keith’s helmet; if he hit, the force should be enough to at least slow Keith down. He exhaled he squeezed the trigger; the bolt of light blue struck just above the edge of the helmet, and Keith went down with only a short cry. Lance shuddered, feeling disgusted as he ran over to Keith, kneeling beside him; he pressed two fingers to his neck, checking for a pulse with the fear that he had done more harm than good. He sighed, some of the fear abated by the harsh steady thrum beneath his fingertips.

“I got him guys; I’ll see you soon.”

Lance had been the one waiting for him when Keith emerged. Normally everyone would be there, watching the pod with bated breath; but with Shiro’s abduction, all hands were on deck to create a flawless plan to rescue Shiro without engaging Zarkon or Haggar.

The hiss of the pod opening snapped Lance out of his reverie, as Keith stumbled out, Lance was immediately by his side.

“Don’t worry buddy, I gotcha,” Lance muttered, sliding an arm around his waist for support. Keith growled in response, shoving Lance away and stalking towards his clothes folded in the corner, gait unsteady. Lance watched him, taken aback only for a moment before a mixture of anger and concern took over and had him sliding into step beside him.

“Dude, you need to take it easy,” Lance said, grasping his shoulder, “I thought I might’ve killed you!”

The glare Keith sent him over his shoulder had Lance retracting quickly. He felt as if he had been hit by Blue’s ice beam, breath caught in his throat. The amount of hatred and anger he saw directed right at him those eyes…Lance had to stop himself from making sure he hadn’t somehow turned into Zarkon since the last time he saw himself in the mirror.

“We don’t have time to take it easy,” Keith spat with more incredulous disgust than Lance had thought was humanly possible as he dressed. Before he could even think of a retort, Keith was out the door, no doubt headed to the control room. Lance stared at the door in stunned silence for a few ticks before his mind went in autopilot, directing his body to follow after him through the doors. He blinked as the shouting match in the control room jolted him back into active consciousness; he wasn’t quite sure how he got to the control room.

“We can’t go in there yet Keith; we don’t have a plan!”

“We went after Allura without a solid plan.”

“That was different,” Pidge gestured to the control room, “Without Allura the Castle wouldn’t have had any power; we would’ve died!”

“We almost died anyway just to get her!”

“Because we didn’t have a well-thought out plan,” Pidge shouted in exasperation, throwing her hands into the air, “We got lucky last time; if we go in there again like that, we’ll most likely end up dead if we’re lucky.”

“Pidge is right Keith,” Allura began, stepping in between the two paladins. Despite still being dressed for battle, she still displayed the diplomacy so famous among the universe. “Without the Black Lion’s pilot, we don’t have a definite leader to form Voltorn. We need to use the utmost care when-”

“I’ll pilot the Black Lion,” Keith interrupted, stance challenging Allura to contradict him. She blinked, clearly taken by surprise by his statement.

“You’ll…what?”

“I’ll pilot the Black Lion,” Keith reiterated, frustration at having to repeat himself clearly lacing his voice. “You all heard Shiro: he wanted me to lead Voltron.”

“Uh, he actually said that if he didn’t make it out, he wanted you to lead Voltron,” Hunk said, stepping forward a bit. As soon as Keith turned his glare on him however, Hunk cowered back to his original spot. “I mean, but yeah I guess since Shiro hasn’t escaped Haggar yet and isn’t physically here that fulfills his requirements, so I guess that means Keith is technically the leader.”

“Technicalities aside,” Allura said, drawing herself to her full height, “Shiro is not dead, so Keith will not be piloting the Black Lion.”

“So Shiro can pilot the Black Lion while its original paladin is out conquering the universe and able to have it reject Shiro, but when command has been given to me we suddenly care that the Black Paladin is still alive.”

“You know it’s more complicated than that,” Allura responded, “You are best suited to piloting the Red Lion; no one else here has your instincts or connections to it like you. The Black Lion requires a Paladin who is a natural born leader; a strategist who is able to analyze every situation and not let their emotions take control.”

“So then who do you suggest to lead Voltron?”

Allura flinched slightly at the sharp tone, though held Keith’s gaze. “Until the Black Lion states otherwise, I will be the temporary Black Lion pilot.”

Keith barked out a laugh at her response, a sound so harsh and cold that everyone felt the temperature in the room drop. “Piloting a lion isn’t the same as piloting a castle princess. There aren’t particle barriers or Voltron to save you when the chips are down. What makes you think you could even begin to be successful in battle?

“You seem to forget that I am also a trained warrior as well,” Allura growled out, fists clenched at her sides. Her control on her temper was visibly slipping, all attempts at diplomacy slowly crumbling apart. “With the Black Lion’s help I will be successful!”

“And what makes you think we’d follow you without question the same we’d follow Shiro?”

“What makes you think we’d follow some Galra half-breed like you,” Allura shouted, fist slamming down on a control panel. She immediately raised her hands to her mouth as she saw Keith’s eyes widen; the room seemed to echo with her statement.

“Keith…” She murmured, stepping forward as she reached out towards him, “Keith I’m…I didn’t-”

Her fingertips brushing his jacket was enough to snap him out of shock; he jerked away from her, immediately turning his back on her.

“Sure you didn’t,” Keith muttered, eyes downcast. He shoved his hands into his pockets, heading towards he door to the control room. He bumped shoulders with Lance, jostling him out of the paralysis that the entire scene had put him into. As the door closed behind him, Coran let out a large sigh as he surveyed the room.

“Well that could’ve gone a bit better.”

Lance yawned, bending backwards as he pressed his hands into the middle of his spine. They had come up with a few reasonable plans, a couple of far-fetched ones. The only thing stopping them from immediately implementing a course of action was the lack of input from the Red Paladin and, more importantly, his promise that he wouldn’t go off on his own in a repeat performance from Allura’s rescue mission. So it had been decided that Lance, the only one who wouldn’t cower and hadn’t extensively angered Keith that day, was to venture off into the Castle and bring him back to discuss options. Which was how Lance found himself standing outside the training room’s doors, flinching slightly as a dismembered gladiator was flung against the doors.

Guilt washed over him when he realized that he had unconsciously reached for where his bayard would have been. Despite this realization, Lance squared his shoulders, took a deep breath, and entered the training room.

As he surveyed the wreckage Lance’s first thought was that either the castle couldn’t have the gladiators disappear at the moment, or Keith had specifically told it to keep the defeated gladiators there. As a head rolled towards him, Lance wasn’t sure if he was comforted or disturbed by the fact that it was only gladiators being treated this way. It was comforting, he thought as a he spotted a few torn off limbs sparking pitifully in a pile, because it wasn’t anything living. However, it was also disturbing, he thought as he stared at a torso laying in a pool of oil, because of the realization that Keith was capable of causing this level of destruction.

The sound of swords clashing brought Lance’s attention to the object of his search. Standing in the center of the room, surrounded by three-no wait, now two considering that one was just decapitated-gladiators was Keith. Even from his distance Lance could see the sweat pouring down his face, causing the already form fitting black shirt to stick to every curve and crevice of his body. His movements were sloppy, though whether it was a sign of his blind rage or exhaustion Lance couldn’t tell. If this had been an actual training session, he was sure that Shiro and Allura would have critiques on Keith’s form. But, Lance thought as he watched Keith duck under both gladiators charging at him, knocking one off their feet and cutting the leg of the other, form didn’t matter much in the heat of battle; survival instincts did. Though as he watched Keith climb atop the gladiator he had knocked off balance and repeatedly stab his sword into its chest, he doubted survival instincts were what was driving Keith at the moment.

“I think it’s dead buddy,” Lance called out, strolling deeper into the room as casually as one can be amidst mechanical carnage. Keith’s head jerked upwards at his voice, chest heaving with deep gulps of air.

“What are you doing here,” He growled, eyes narrowing once they recognized Lance. “Shouldn’t you be working on plans with the new Black Paladin?”

Lance blinked, cocking his head to the side. “New Black Paladin?”

“Allura you idiot.”

“Ah,” Lance nodded, crouching down net to the fallen body of the gladiator Keith currently straddled. He noticed how Keith’s body had gotten impossibly tense as he got closer, similar to a wounded wild animal boxed into a corner. He’d have to be careful, otherwise he knew he’d get more than just bitten and scratched if he screwed up. “Well, we’ve come up with a few ideas, some more plausible than others.”

“Then why haven’t we suited up and left yet,” Keith snapped, violently yanking his sword out of the gladiator. Splashes of oil smeared across his face at the movement, too eerily similar to how blood would splatter.

This was the part Lance knew would be the hardest. “Well, we want to smooth out a few wrinkles….”

“Such as?”

Time to take the plunge. “Such as making sure you actually stick to the plan.”

Lance wasn’t sure what he was expecting after that; being punched in the face was certainly a thought, followed closely by the morbid thought that he’d be run through by his bayard. But what he never imagined was the look of shock, betrayal, and absolute hurt that he saw in Keith’s wide eyed gaze. As soon as he identified every emotion though Keith’s eyes had narrowed to slits filled with a guarded anger.

“You think I’ll screw this up?”

“We just want to make sure it goes off without a hitch,” Lance responded, “After last time, ya know with the whole ‘soloing Zarkon’ thing, we just want-”

“What? For me to just ignore any better opportunities?”

“Well, yeah,” Lance conceded, shrugging his shoulders. “Last time you almost got yourself killed!”

“And I’d die if it meant getting Shiro back!”

It was as if the words were a sack of ricks that Lance had to brace for the impact of. As he stared in stunned silence, Keith continued on with his line of thought.

“Back then I was willing to die to save the universe. I only wanted to live because I didn’t want him to hurt Red, didn’t want him to move on from me to anyone else! If him striking me down meant someone else could’ve taken his head off, then I would’ve gladly just sat there and waited.”

“Keith…” Lance noticed how tears gathered in the corners of his eyes, yet he still continued on.

“And now, faced with the thought of losing him,” Keith muttered, voice cracking with emotion, “I’d rather die to save him than live without him.”

In one tick, the two of them were staring at each other with wide eyes swimming with various emotions. In the next Keith found himself being pulled into Lance’s tight embrace. He began struggling, thrashing in Lance’s arms furiously; yet Lance’s grip was like a vice, refusing to let him go.

“You…” Lance choked out; Keith was suddenly aware of a warm sensation on the top of his head, “You incredible, absolute jerk. Y-You don’t get to say stuff like that, acting like some big damn hero.”

Keith felt the telltale burning and stinging of tears preparing to fall. “This isn’t about heroics idiot,” Keith sniffled, “I can’t live without him. N-Not again.”

Lance bit out a bitter laugh through his tears. “I know, I know,” He mumbled, fingers playing with the ends of Keith’s hair. “But you can’t just throw your life away anymore Keith. We’re a team, a family. If you died, I…quiznak, Keith, I don’t know, I’d probably follow close behind like I always seem to do.”

That confession, of someone else wanting to follow him into the unknown, was what caused the floodgates inside Keith to open. He clutched at the front of Lance’s shirt, helpless to stop the tears from falling down his face. He was vaguely aware of Lance rubbing small circles on the small of his back, and of the soothing nonsensical gibberish he was speaking; he couldn’t tell if it was English or Spanish, only that when paired with his heart beat it had a calming effect on his frayed nerves. Slowly the river of tears became a trickle, and sobs were merely shadows of their former selves. When finally, the grief had been washed away to a familiar apathy only found after disasters, Keith allowed himself to push away from Lance’s chest in order to look up at him.

Even with his dark skin tone, Lance’s face still held a splotchy look that could only be achieved by crying. His eyes were so strikingly blue against the red of his sclera that Keith couldn’t help but wonder if they had always been that way. Lance’s lips quirked upwards in a small smile, chest rumbling with a small laugh that could easily have been mistaken for clearing his voice.

“You look like something the lion dragged in,” Lance commented, pushing strands of black hair that were stuck to ruddy cheeks behind ears. Keith rolled his eyes; leave it to Lance to ruin a perfectly good moment.

“Not like you look any better,” He shot back, lips lifted into a small smirk; a sign that his comment contained none of the venom from earlier. Still Lance acted as if it hurt, hand flying to his forehead.

“You wound me,” He sighed, eyelashes fluttering, “And here I thought that we were having a bonding moment.”

Keith snort, the dramatics only adding fuel to his instigator side. “We had one already; you just keep denying it.”

“Clearly we are at an impasse of wits,” Lance conceded, “The only way this can be resolved is if we present our cases to the non-partisan judges in the control room.”

At the mention of the others Keith froze, the icy feeling of fear spreading through his veins. He had said such cruel things to Allura, had acted so harshly…how could he face them after that?

Lance noticed the fear and tension returning to Keith’s body. “Hey,” He muttered, drawing Keith’s attention back to him, “I’ve seen people forgive each other for having said things much harsher than what happened back there. I promise you that if you just apologize, everything will be forgiven and we can focus on getting Shiro back.”

“And if they don’t?”

“Then they’re going to have to deal with me, your personal guard dog.” Lance said proudly, jerking his thumb at himself. “No one’s allowed to make you feel like quiznak unless it’s me.”

“Pretty sure you’re still using that wrong.”

“Probably,” Lance shrugged, pushing himself up into a standing position and offering a hand to Keith. “Now come on, there’s some really cool strategies that I think you’ll like.”

Keith stared at his hand for only a tick before firmly grasping it into his own. He felt a smile find its way onto his face as Lance hoisted him up off the ground. Together they headed towards the exit, the backs of their hands gently brushing against each other as they walked. When they reached the doorway though, Keith stopped; Lance paused a few steps ahead, head cocked to the side.

“What’s up man?”

“I…” Keith grasped the side of his arm, eyes glancing downwards towards the floor.” …Thanks Lance.”

Lance blinked as a small smile graced his face. “No pro-”

“I mean it,” Keith interrupted, stepping forward. He paused, resuming his staring contest with one of the many decapitated robotic heads littering the floor. “No one’s really just…listened before. Aside from Shiro.”

“And I mean it when I say no problem.” Lance replied, grabbing Keith’s hand again. “It’s not just you anymore, or just you and Shiro anymore; you’ve got a whole team you can rely on. And, if for whatever reason, you feel like you can’t talk to them, you can always come to me. No jokes, no teasing, just good ‘ole fashioned honesty. Okay?”

Keith nodded, feeling warmth spread through his chest at Lance’s words. “Yeah…okay.”

“Great,” Lance began, tugging Keith along down the hallway. “Now lemme tell you about this wicked plan Pidge came up with…”

Keith listened to Lance’s dramatic recreation of one of Pidge’s plans as they walked down the hallway to the control room. And even though Shiro wasn’t there with him at the moment, with his hand still wrapped within Lance’s the universe seemed a little bit brighter than before.

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