I don't own Voltron! I only wrote the fanfiction. If any of the characters seem a bit OOC then I apologize; though, I will try to keep that from happening to the best of my ability. Please enjoy these oneshots and if you think I should continue any of them as longer stories then please let me know in the comment section, don't forget to tell me what you think Voltron fans and readers alike!

Broken Boy

"State your name for the record." A man said as he sat turned away from another person, a boy.

"Keith Kogan…" The boy said with a raspy, faded voice that made him sound broken, defeated, and tired.

The man's eyes widened before he turned to face the boy. "No..." He starts; now looking at the boy with all kinds of upset feelings in his eyes. "You...you can't be the Keith Kogan I know; the very same that was expelled from the garrison…can you?" He said.

"I'm that very same person…" The boy, called Keith, said; his tone from before remaining and sounded as if it would never leave.

"K-Keith what did you do?!" The man asks.

"You know very well what I did Takashi...you have it in that folder you left on the table." Keith said; his eyes were dull and had shadows of confusion and sadness swirling around them.

"What happened to you? You used to call me Shiro so what happened to that?" The man Keith called Takashi asked.

"I tried so hard to keep my discipline issues in check, but it wasn't enough; I was still expelled, but you know that part, but what the higher-ups must not have told you was how shattered it left me…" Keith started.

Takashi stayed quiet and had a sad look on his face.

"I begged them to give me another chance, but all I was given was the very same phrase I heard over and over again…" Keith continued.

"And what was that phrase?" Takashi asked.

"I was told that as good a pilot I was, I'd never amount to anything if I couldn't stay quiet and simply follow orders to the letter, and I'd be better off expelled." Keith answered.

Takashi couldn't believe what he just heard and gulped a bit. "They said that to you?" He asked.

Keith nodded and glanced at the folder. "As for what else happened to me, I looked for other work after weeks of chasing an energy source I could never find. I was in the city and was stopped by someone who worked for the mayor. Apparently they recognized my face so they led me inside so I could speak with the mayor per his request. He needed someone to do a job for him so he wouldn't get his hands dirty…" He said.

"What was the job?" Takashi asked.

"He wanted me to kill another official in his office while he was out and no one else was in the building. He said that if I did the job well I'd get some cash payment and I'd be able to keep out of trouble with Garrison Police, but I guess I wasn't good enough for the job since I'm here…" Keith answered.

"Why did you agree to do such a thing?!" He asked out of anger and a little sadness as he slammed his hands on the table and was now standing.

Keith flinched and gulped a bit before looking down. "I had nowhere else to go, nothing to do with my life, and surely no one outside the garrison who worried about me or even look after me; what else was I supposed to do Shiro?!" He asked matching Shiro's tone as he lifted his head and looked into the man's eyes; tears threatening to fall from his eyes.

Shiro was taken aback by the boy's reaction and saw the peeking tears. "Keith...are you...crying?" He asked.

"So what if I am? It probably just looks like crocodile tears to the higher-ups watching and listening right?! It matters if I am or not 'cause a "low-life" like me deserves to be in prison is that it?!" Keith said as he slowly started to lose it and break down.

Shiro hated to see Keith like this. "Him of all people I never wanted to see this happen to…" He thought.

"Answer me!" Keith cried as he gets up and puts both his hands on the table; he was shaking for many reasons by now.

"Keith calm down and just sit please." Shiro said trying to talk some reason into the boy he treasured the most.

"No! Why is it that it matters to ANYONE if I'm crying or not! I'm still going to end up with nothing anyway!" Keith said as his voice cracked a few times.

Shiro gulped a bit. "It matters to me if you're crying or not because I care about you Keith! I don't like to see you like this; this whole situation is making you lose yourself…" He said.

"That's just what those higher-ups wanted! They wanted me to break down as far as I have now just so they can break me down some more…" Keith said as his arms began to violently shake.

Shiro went over to him and pulled the disheveled and broken boy into his arms and held him close as he sat in a chair. "Stop thinking like this Keith; it's not you and you know that…" He softly said.

Keith could no longer keep his voice and seemingly traded it for the emotions he had bottled up to be let out; mostly his sadness showed as he put his face into Shiro's chest.

Shiro rubbed Keith's back as he held him close and comforted him. "You've been broken like this for too long...it's about time I fix it." He softly said.

Keith blubbered something into Shiro's chest making it very muffled, but even still it sounded a lot like a "sorry" that was repeated quite a few times.

Shiro put his cheek against Keith's head and tried to get the boy to stop shaking so much. "Shhh, Keith it's gonna be ok...I promise." He softly said.

Meanwhile in an observation room next door, the headmaster of the garrison stood beside his assistant watching this whole scene play out.

"Sir, it's very obvious that Shirogane and Kogan are close and there are some things against us that played parts in this crime; even though Kogan did kill someone, he was under the very instruction of the man who gave you your position in the garrison." The assistant said as she looked through the one-way mirror to the interrogation room.

"That may be, but that boy still committed murder and that's something that can't go unpunished." The headmaster said firmly.

"But sir, can't you see that he has clearly suffered enough? He was the best pilot that this garrison ever had up until you expelled him for a minor issue of his lack of discipline." The assistant argued.

"What're you saying?" The headmaster asked.

"I'm saying how many times did you see Kogan really trying to keep his disciplinary issues in check?" The assistant asked.

The headmaster sighed and looked at Keith. "Twice as many times as I warned him about those issues." He answered.

"Give him the second chance he attempted to plead for when you expelled him. You could even place him under Shirogane's watch at all times." The assistant suggested.

The headmaster watched as Shiro kept trying to get Keith to calm down, but the boy was just so far broken he was too shaky to stop. "I see now that there is no other option but the very one you just gave me, but it is only for the reason that I cannot have anyone else finding out that I unknowingly caused this sort of a breakdown to happen in someone." He said before he left the room.

The assistant nodded and knocked on the door that led to the other room.

"Not a good time." Shiro called.

"I just wish to tell you the headmaster's decision, Shirogane." The woman said.

"Then you can say it to both of us." Shiro said.

The woman sighed a bit and opened the door. "Kogan is going to be granted a second chance, but until he's mentally stable again he stays in your care." She said.

Shiro looked surprised and glanced at Keith. "The headmaster doesn't do something like that very often...maybe he has a soft spot for you Keith…" He thought before nodding. "Thank you, and I'm sure Keith will be saying the same thing soon enough…" He said.

The assistant nodded and walked away.

Shiro looked down at Keith who was now passed out from exhaustion against his chest. "Let's get you to bed so that you can recover…" He thought as he gently lifted Keith in his arms bridal style and walked to his quarters to let Keith get some much needed rest.