A/N: This is one of three one-shots based on the ABSOLUTELY AMAZING Voltron Legendary Defender. As you all know I am more of a "slice of life" style of story author, so in the third one I am going to try and branch away from that and actually write a story that may resemble something akin to "cannon" but not in this one (and the next one?)! I AM GOING TO SLICE OF LIFE IT UP! Also one more thing as of the start of my writing this I am only just done with season 5 after taking a break from the series for a while, so I am more than likely going to get some facts wrong, but hey that's why its fanfiction right? Anyways hope you enjoy these up-coming stories and if they get a decent enough reception I will take a break from Sonic (please give me good reception! Lol) and do Voltron (by making them full-blown stories and not one shots) and maybe even more fandoms like Marvel, DC, games, etc., anyways without further ado on with the story!

And yes it's a Kidge story, yes I know it's a somewhat cringy ship but y'know what? I like this ship and so I shall write a story of said ship if I so please!

Keith and Pidge: Our Little Slice of Life

Keith Kogane, most would call him a loner. Others the coolest guy around. His closest friend and neighbor? She calls him emo. When in public he tries to play aloof to keep his reputation, but when it is just her? He likes to protest extravagantly, mainly to just get her to smile. God that smile. He thought to himself as he laid in his pool.

Why do you have to have such a beautiful smile? he shook the thoughts from his head. Sure he thought she was pretty, but he also knew that she was not a girl who thought of boys… at least in the romantic sense. The two spent many nights outside of their red and green houses just talking. Nothing in particular, just talking about life. One night, not too long ago, they managed to work their way to talking about people they were crushing on. Obviously Keith, in his lone wolf ways, lied saying he wasn't crushing on anyone. But he felt himself get excited and his heart jump for a split-second when he asked her the same question.

"No one. I don't even plan to consider dating until after high school. At the minimum." She said flatly.

Katie… "Like a shit ton of bricks you crushed my heart." He spoke to himself floating in the pool trying to tan a little.

"What?! You feel emotions and aren't just a cold robot?" a girl laughed from the other side of the fence.

"What the-!" he shouted as he flipped over face first into the pool "Pidge, WHAT THE HELL?"

"What?" Pidge asked innocently as she pretended as though she did no wrong.

"You can't just sneak up on people when they're practically half-asleep!"

"Hey! By all rights and definitions I did not sneak up on you. I am clearly seven and a half meters away on my side of the fence." She said smugly, always the specific when it came to calculations.

"Yeah, whatever!" Keith laughed as he climbed back on his floaty "How are you even looking over said fence? Last I checked your hair could barely be seen over it." He laughed.

"Hey no short jokes, we already agreed to that when burning each other! And if you must know… I'm standing on a box…" she said that last part meekly.

"HA!" was all Keith gave as a reply.

"Enough about me, why did you just say what could one day be the name and chorus of the worst country song ever?" Pidge pondered as she climbed over the fence and sat at the edge of the pool, dipping her feet in.

"No idea what you are talking about." He said as he blankly stared at the sky, turning his gaze for a moment to see she was wearing a nightgown type of clothing with what looked like her own swimsuit underneath, he laughed turning his head back up at the thought of just yanking her into the pool to surprise her.

"Oh really?" she asked raising her eyebrow, ready to make fun of him "This doesn't remind you of anything? 'Like a shit ton of bricks you crushed my heart' haha" she laughed as she 'sang' the words in a mocking way.

"Nope." Keith said as he rolled over willingly, keeping himself afloat as he groaned making bubbles come up.

Worrying about his safety, and to a little extent him dying with important data, she found a rock and threw it at his head to make him come up for air. "Ow. Pidge!?"

"You aren't drowning yourself, I want info now."

"Come on, you only brought me up cause you love me." After realizing what he said he stuck himself under water and groaned for a second.

Pidge blushed and smiled for a second "Seriously, what is bugging you? We may both have been single our whole lives but I can still help you if needed. Probably at least." She said with a knowing look hoping one of her best friends would open up to her. "I can beat them up! You know how strong I am!"

Keith raised his head and chuckled for a second "No thanks."

"Okay, I didn't want to have to do this but you leave me no choice. Over the years I have built up a series of plans to enact if any of my friends ever shut us out. Like Batman with the Justice League, only a lot less deadly."

This garnered Keith's attention, he could never resist a good reference, especially if it was comic books or anime references. "What kind of plans?"

Pidge grew a smug expression on her face "Like you for example, I have three specifically for you, one of which cannot be done to its full extent because you brother is currently on a trip with my brother and my dad. But I can still use it and two more." She said as she brought out her phone and dialed Shiros number and pushed a big button saying 'video chat'.

"KATIE DON'T YOU DARE CALL HIM!" Keith yelled as he tried running through the pool to catch her, but it was too difficult and she managed to hop back over the fence phone still in hand.

"Hello?" a male voice said from the other in of the call "Pidge that you?"

"Hey Shiro! What's up?" Pidge asked sweetly, all the while Keith could be heard yelling in protest as he tried to get out of the pool in time.

"Katie, what is that?" Shiro asked.

"Just a sec, gotta turn on the electric fence to keep your brother from getting into my yard." She spoke calmly as she walked over and flipped a switch.

"Ow! Mother of all that is-!" Keith screamed as he fell back on his side of the fence from the shock.

"Anywho~" Pidge laughed nervously as she turned back to face Shiro.

"Gotta talk fast Katie, about to lose contact." "Hey is that my sis? I wanna talk." "Stop it Matt she called me for something that I am sure is important, right?"

"Oh yeah, super important! Your brother has his first crush and is being all mopey about it because she broke his heart somehow." "KAITLIN HOLT I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!" Keith shouted from the background.

Shiro and Matt just looked at each other from the other side of the screen, laughing knowing everything. "Trust me Pidge he has had a crush for a while." Shiro stated "Yeah everyone knows!" Matt chimed in.

"UTTER ONE MORE WORD AND I'LL KILL THE BOTH OF YOU!"

"SHUT UP EMO! Anyways more details needed please, he won't say a word." She said with a pout.

"Sorry Kat- you'r- br-kin –p" Shiro said as they lost contact with each other.

"Damnit.. stupid pine-apple and their dang partnership with CT&C" she complained as she shook her device up and down.

"HA! Still left in the dark!" Keith said as he hung from a tree branch that just barely missed the fence.

"Not true, I'll call Allura. That wasn't part of my original plan but APPARENTLY everyone knows but me!" she said as she ran through her back door into her house.

"Oh no you don't you little-! Damnit!" Keith pouted as he realized he was now stuck over on her side of the fence, soaking wet, with no towel or change of clothes. "At least let me go through your house so I can get home!"

"After I call Allura, then I will let you in. Can't do so beforehand because you will impede my progress."

"Come on Pidge! You're the smartest girl I know, it's not like I will 'Impede your progress' by much." He said putting that part in air quotations.

"Should've thought of that before trespassing." She smiled. Damn beautiful smile.

After a few moments of shaking and shivering had passed Keith realized that there was now a towel on his head. "All the sympathy you get." Pidge said as she closed the upstairs window.

"Allura? You know how you used to tease Keith and I saying Keith would be my perfect husband? Yeah well now I want to go out with him and he is currently moping around cause some girl broke his heart!"

"Calm down" Allura said with her elegant accent "Put me on video chat." Pidge followed the command "Okay, now from the top! What is going on?"

"Like I said. Keith like other girl. I like Keith. Other girl make Keith sad. I sad because of this." She explained in broken English.

"Okay… do you know this other girls name?" Allura asked.

"No! The fool won't tell me anything! Not even a little, teensy tiny, detail."

The white-haired, dark-skinned girl chuckled at the turn of events, having just last week a similar conversation with Keith. "Here's what you are going to do."


Forty minutes or so passed and Keith had finally dried off, having decided to go back to his tanning session, when suddenly the sun was not shining in his eyes anymore "Get dressed. We're going for food, don't even bother trying to get out of it." Pidge said as she threw a pile of clothes on top of him.

"Did you go in my room? Is this my underwear?!"

"Keith, please. I caught you skinny-dipping in your pool when you were half-drunk once. Underwear is nothing."

Keith's face practically turned as red as his house "You caught me doing that?"

"Nope." Pidge smiled as she went inside "But thanks for telling me you did. By the way, don't worry, underwear doesn't bother me I grew up with Matt." she told him as she walked in leaving the door open for him to follow.

Keith knew his way around the place enough and walked into the hall bathroom to change and get dressed.

"Katie, you ready to head out?" he asked as he approached her bedroom door.

"Don't you dare come in here, Kogane! I am not dressed yet!" she shouted from the other side of the door.

Keith stiffened as he turned around to walk back to the living room, leaving her to peacefully get dressed.

"Okay, ready?" she asked as she rounded the corner, and in this moment Keith could feel his heartrate skyrocket as he laid eyes on her. She wasn't extravagantly dressed or anything, she was always more of a tomboy so she never did, but the outfit made her look amazing in his eyes. A simple green and white top, black cargo shorts and her glasses all fit her perfectly to him.

Pidge caught his reaction and smiled Maybe I can still make him mine… "I ask again, ready?"

"Um, yeah let's go."

"Good. You're driving Red." Pidge smirked as she walked out her front door. "I still can't believe you named your car 'Red'." She laughed as she locked the door behind her and Keith.

"What are you talking about?" Keith asked aghast "You literally call your scooter different names like 'Green Girl' and 'Greeny'!"

"Hey, at least she has a two-parter name. Not just one." She laughed as they walked to the car belonging Keith.

"" Keith opened his mouth then closed it knowing he could not win against her. She was the most stubborn girl he knew. But he liked that. She smirked knowing that she won as she opened the passenger door.

Hours passed as the two drove around town, laughing and having fun. The fun almost ended when Pidge hit one of Keith's arms making him almost swerve into another oncoming vehicle. After the heart attacks passed the two stared at each other and laughed once again as the adrenaline kicked in.

"Holy crap! Did you see that guys face when he was honking is horn? He looked like his head was going to pop!" Keith laughed pulling over to the side of the road.

"Yeah! Was that his natural skin color or was he purple from the screaming?"

"I have no clue, you can't tell ever since the Galra immigrated here."

"Yeah, hehe" Pidge finished laughing as she finally calmed down "Despite you nearly killing us-"

"YOU nearly killing us" Keith cut in

"Despite us nearly dying, I really had fun today. Like really, I loved it. It seems like we haven't been able to hang out as much here lately. You seem to be getting more distant, but again, this was amazing."

"Stuff has just been going on lately, I hadn't even realized that I was seeming distant. But I completely agree with you, today was really fun. We are definitely doing this again."

"My, my, are you asking me out on a date Keith?" Pidge teased, eyeing him curiously as she got closer to him in the already small car.

"Well, um- I…" he said nervously as he blushed, looking away from her.

She was loving his reaction finding it hilarious "Relax, I am just teasing." She said as she sat back in her seat. "Want some ice cream and then head back home? I need to run some programs before the day is over."

"Yeah, ice cream sounds great right about now." Keith said fondly as he put his car in drive and went back on their way.


"So let me see if I fully understand this" Pidge spoke as she was reentering the car after their stop "You love chocolate in all forms, candy, pudding, etcetera… but you hate chocolate ice cream? How?!"

"Hey you have no right to question my eating habits little miss "I hate peanuts but love peanut butter and peanut butter cookies"." Keith mocked as he too entered the car. "I just absolutely hate chocolate ice cream, I can't explain it." (A/N: Fun Fact, this is my actual opinion on chocolate and chocolate ice cream)

"At least I have a reason for hating peanuts! They're so dry! You can't even give an excuse." Pidge finished as she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket "Oh hey mom! I know I'm supposed to be home, but Keith and I went out for a late lunch and ice cream. Wait what's going on? O-okay, we'll be home soon…"

Keith turned to face her, concern written all over his face "What's going on?... Katie, Pidge?"

"There's been an accident with the trip with my dad, Matt and Shiro…." She spoke as her eyes started watering "Dads missing and Shiro and Matt are trapped and hurt. Keith we have to get back home now!"

Keith floored it as soon as he heard everything he needed, making sure to get there as safely and as quickly as possible, he made it in about one-third of the time that would normally take.

"Mom!"
"Colleen?"

"Kids? Hurry in I'm on the phone with the officer leading the search." Collen informed the pair as they walked in "They have a lead on where your father might be, and Matt isn't too injured just a minor concussion and large cut on his face."

"What about Shiro is he okay?" Keith asked his voice cracking, Colleen only looked at him with sad eyes "Colleen, please tell me he's okay! He's the only family I have, I need him to be okay!"

"Keith…" Colleen started "He's been pinned down by a large tree that fell over. It has completely crushed his arm. And… he is also unconscious apparently a lot of debris fell on top of his head, cut him up pretty bad too like Matt."

Keith stood there shocked his purple colored eyes wide "No" he whispered "No he has to be okay!" he yelled as he ran out of the house and to his car, driving off.

"Keith?"
"Keith!"

The two Holt women said as he ran out, Pidge followed as she saw him drive off at incredible speed, leaving skid marks on the road "Keith!" she shouted as she dropped to the ground watching the lights from his car get smaller and smaller.

"Let's hope Hunk knew what he was talking about when we fixed her up!" she said as she ran into her garage and pulled the dust cover off her 'scooter' at this point it was more of a crotch-rocket motorcycle with the body of a scooter. She threw on her riding gear which was a white and green trimmed armor-esque suit. This riding gear was built to take heavy impacts that could break bones and tear up normal riding gear. After putting her helmet on she sped off in the same direction as Keith went.

"Come on, come on…" she growled under her breath, she looked down to see a green button, "Good a time as any to test out your boost, eh girl?" she asked as she pushed the button in question "Woaoooohhhh! Holy cr-" she screamed as she went far faster than she could've expected. "Hey! I think that's him." The green-clad girl said regaining her composure.

She activated her Bluetooth in her helmet to call Keith. "Pick up. Pick up!"

"Hello?"

"Keith! Thank God you haven't killed yourself or anyone else, slow down I'm almost to you."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm on Green, Hunk and I suped her up. Now slow down before you kill yourself!"

"Katie! Do you have any idea how dangerous it is to be going that fast on that thing!?" Keith shouted into her ear.

"SHUT UP! Okay now pull over! I can feel it starting to rain on me, and neither of us should be driving like this. Especially in a storm." Pidge spoke as she slowed down, seeing Keiths brake lights come on she drove up to him.

"Hey…" she said as she took her helmet off, her short her flowing as freely as it could "Wanna talk?"

"About what?" he asked as he got out of the car "About the fact that the man who raised me since my dad died, the man who is both a father and brother to me, is currently trapped underneath a giant tree unconscious and bleeding?!" Keith snapped at her.

She was taken aback by this, but she knew that it was just because that he was feeling stressed and worried about Shiro, and she quickly regained her composure. "Keith… they are doing everything they can to get him, my dad and Matt out of there, before I left my mom said that Matt told them he won't even leave Shiro's side until they get him out."

"Katie…" Keith said almost in a whisper, as he broke down and hugged her as the rain started pouring on them "I can't lose him too." He said, hugging her tighter.

"I know" she whispered back, hugging him just as much "and you won't lose him I promise." she said as she backed away a little and cupped his face "I promise."

"Thank you" Keith said as he hugged her once more, finally the mood calming a bit "You know, you look really good in that suit."

Pidge felt the heat rise in her cheeks, "Thank you, it took forever to make and the tights get a little uncomfortable… then again this is the first time I actually put it into use."

"How about you tell me all about it when we get back home, your mother is probably worried sick."

"Yeah, pop your trunk for me? Using the boosters on her really did a number on the engines." Pidge asked as she went to lift up her scooter.

"Can you really lift that? It must way a couple hundred pounds." Keith asked, his jaw dropping in surprise as she actually picked it up after a moment of struggling. "How?!" he asked incredulously.

"I replaced almost every ounce of metal I could with the same material as what I made this suit from. Far stronger than the metal it came with and about a thousand time lighter too. Only real weight is the engine, the booster engines, and the fuel tank." Pidge spoke nonchalantly as she closed the trunk.

"Okay, you are definitely telling me all about this later." He said shaking his head as the two got back in the car and drove off slowly in the rain. After a small moment the two found themselves holding hands without intending it, but neither complained, it just felt so right as they went down the road. When Keith pulled up into the Holt residences driveway he and Pidge noticed Colleen siting on the porch noticeably worried.

"We are either getting screamed at or a major hug from her." Pidge said nervously.

"I'm tempted to just let you out and pull into my house. You know, spare myself from her wrath." Keith smiled as he reluctantly let go of her hand.

"Yeah no. I can't leave you alone right now. You are staying here and that's final." She said firmly as she got out of the car running to get under the cover of the porch to get out of the rain. Keith could see the two Holt women talk rather heatedly about something, before they hugged each other. He smiled seeing how happy the two were, he broke out of his train of thought when Pidge and her mom both called him over.

"Keith are you okay? You left me worried sick with how you drove away…" Collen asked as she hugged him "Come in and lay on the couch for a bit, oh I better get some of Matt's or Sam's clothes for you so you can get out of these soaked ones." She told him as they ushered him into the house and towards the bathroom.

"This is really unnecessary, Colleen. I can manage a little bit of wet clothes." Keith urged her not wanting to take the other men's clothes.

"You may not be my child, but I will still hit you with a wooden spoon." She threatened him as she threw him into the bathroom. "You're not coming back into the living room until you have dry clothes on."

"Yes ma'am." He groaned, hearing Pidge laugh he smiled as he undressed and dried off with a towel waiting for Colleen to come back with the new attire.

"Here you go, clothes are sitting outside the door."

"Thank you."


"I ain't going to lie, it feels good to be in warm clothes." Keith smiled as he inhaled deeply and crashed on the couch.

Pidge smirked as she ran her fingers through his now somewhat dry hair "You know what they say 'Mothers know best'." She said in a mocking tone.

"Ha ha, not really. Orphan, remember?" he said nonchalantly as he pointed to himself.

"How can you say that so calmly?" she asked aghast

"I don't know."

"Seriously, if I were you and went through all your troubles, I would cry every day. You are seriously the strongest guy I know." Pidge told him, and he could tell from the tone in her voice, that she was sincere, more sincere than anyone he has ever heard.

"Pidge… thank you."

"You're welcome." She smiled back at him as she laid her hand on his forehead from running through his hair. "You're burning up."

"Oh?" he asked feeling his cheek "I don't feel like it."

"You never could tell when you were sick, remember back in school when you would be throwing up and the teachers would have to force you to leave by calling Shiro, because you wouldn't leave on your own?" Pidge laughed fondly.

"I don't get sick. I just merely expel the toxins in my body in a way that looks like I am sick."

"Okay, sure." She rolled her eyes at him as she continued to feel his cheeks and forehead some more "Seriously you really don't feel too good, I'll be right back I am going to get you some soup or something."

Keith was feeling reluctant as she walked away and he found himself feeling the same places her hand was resting on his cheek, for the next three and half minutes he just sat there.

"Here you go. A nice steaming bowl of 'Pidges Famous Ramen Noodles' enjoy at your pleasure. Oh and by the way…" she started as he began eating the noodles "My mom said they finally got both Matt and Shiro out."

Keith nearly choked as he coughed up some of the noodles "Really?! Let's go!" He shouted as he stood up and Pidge instantly threw him back down, much to his surprise. "How are you this strong and why throw me back down?"

"I work out and two, you aren't going anywhere because you are sick and they need to get him stabilized, and finally it is still storming and you aren't driving right now." She smirked in satisfaction as he just started eating again, after seeing that he was not going to try to push the subject on, she went back to running her fingers through his hair again.

"You having fun there?" Keith teased as he side eyed her.

She felt her face flush but quickly regained her composure "Actually, yes. This is quite relaxing and studies show that-"

"It's okay Pidge, I don't need the full details. But don't stop, I am actually enjoying it too."

"Good, because I wasn't planning on stopping anyways." She laughed.

"Y'know…" he yawned "I think I'm…gonna" he said as he yawned one more time as he drifted asleep.

Pidge smiled to herself as she watched his consciousness start to slip away, "Goodnight."


Colleen walked into the living room after and saw her daughter and Keith asleep on the couch, smiling she gently put a blanket on the two of them, trying not to wake them up. "Hm, Mom?" Pidge asked.

"Oh, sorry sweety, I didn't mean to wake you up." Collen whispered.

"It's fine mom. What time is it? How long have we been asleep?"

"Oh, a couple of hours maybe. Its's almost ten o'clock or so."

"Mkay, thanks. What were you about to do? You look like you're getting ready for something."

"Well, I was going to sneak off to the hospital, they have Shiro stabilized, and Matthew is recovering very well."

"That's good… Mom?"

"Yes?"

"I'm worried to ask, but how is Shiro? Is he okay? Please tell me he is, for Keiths sake."

"I don't know Katie, I'll call when I get there with any updates I get. Love you." Colleen said as she walked out the door.

"Ssooo, what to do now Pidge? Crush asleep, and your scooters engines are burnt at the moment… okay, fix engines first, wake up crush second."

And with that she went outside to get Green and carried her back into her garage to fix her up. "Now where are the schematics Hunk and I made up?" she said anxiously as she turned her work area upside down." After searching by herself for a while she came up with another plan "Okay, wake up crush first, work on engines together second."

Pidge walked in saw Keith sleeping peacefully, first she made sure he wasn't still burning up from his fever earlier, noticing he was much better off now than before "Keith… Keith… Wake up."

"Hm? Yeah?" he asked confused "Pidge? Oh man I forgot I fell asleep at your house. Is the storm over?"

"Yeah, the storm is over." She said smiling at him.

"Mhm, okay." He groaned as he got up, he accidently bumped his mouth into Pidge's. Well shit… Keith thought as he felt a hand come across his face.

"What the fffuu- hhhe- watch where you're going dumbass!" she yelled at him, blushing crazily.

"Ow! Pidge!" he shouted as he rubbed the spot on his cheek where she slapped him.

"Sorry! But you are the idiot who kissed me!"

"Hey, I ain't complaining." He smiled, hoping she may get stumped by the hint he gave.

"Wait, what?" Success, yes. He mentally patted himself on the back.

"Oh, nothing." Keith smirked.

"Don't you dare Kogane, I will slap that smirk right off your face!"

"You're so cute when you're angry." He laughed as he ran past her outside into the dark.

"You get your ass back here!" Pidge shouted as she ran after him "You may be faster but you suck at hiding Keith!"

"Doesn't matter" he said as he ran around the corner to the backyard "Y'know why?"

"Wh- wait don't climb the fence!" she shouted. It sounded like concern but Keith thought she may be trying to trick him.

He placed both hands on the fence to get over "AAAHHRGG!" he screamed as the fence electrocuted him, and he flew backwards,

"Keith! Oh my god! Are you okay?" Pidge screamed as she ran up to him "My god, if you die I'm going to kill you." She said hugging him tightly.

"See? Haha" he laughed quietly "I knew you loved me. Haha" he finished laughing.

"You idiot. Fine yes." She laughed, not caring that she basically confessed she loved him "Yes, I love you."

"You know? I've wanted to hear that from you for a long time now, but can we agree that this is a very cliché and yet still anti-climactic way for us to finally get together?"

"Agreed, you being on the ground after being electrocuted, looking like you can die as we confess to each other like characters in every movie ever, is very cliché." She kept laughing, hugging him tighter.

"Kaitlin Holt" he started as he broke the hug and placed his hand on the back of her head "I love you. Aaannnddd cliché finished." Keith finished as he pulled her in and kissed her again. "I have been waiting years for that."

"Quite honestly, I've been waiting a while myself." She laughed as she pulled him up, "Come on let's get inside. Better hurry before mom gets back. She might think we're doing something far worse than poorly kissing each other." Pidge laughed as they walked inside.

"Yeaaah, well it's not like either of us had any practice."

"True, but hopefully that can change in the near future, in the meantime" she hopped in front of him and got on her tip-toes "there's a reason I woke you up so follow me into the garage and help me work."

Keith followed her inside the garage, seeing that she already got her 'scooter' out and set up in the middle of the workspace "What do you need?"

"First, help me find the blue-prints for the booster engines, I need to go ever them since they turned out to be a one use trick." And with the task she asked of him he helped her look around for it.

"So…" Keith started as he shifted boxes around.

"Yeah?"

"What are we going to do about us? He asked.

"What do you mean?"

"Like, are we going to tell everyone, or wait and see if they catch on to us, or only tell a few people?" Keith continued to look around as he saw something sticking off the edge of a high shelf. "Think I might have found it." He told her as he reached for the rolled up paper.

"Well, I mean unless you can think of a reason not to, I say we just tell everyone. It's not like Matt, Shiro, Allura and Hunk haven't been planning our wedding forever."

"Haha yeah, specifically Matt and Hunk." Keith laughed as he handed her the blue-prints "Here you go, and so I guess as soon as Colleen gets back we can tell her first. Where did she go?"

Pidge considered not actually telling him, knowing that he would go to the hospital at unreasonable speeds, but she didn't want to start off her first relationship with a lie "Well, she went to the hospital to check on Matt and Shiro."

"Wait?! They got Shiro stabilized?" Keith got excited but he quickly calmed down. "Okay, let's finish this and then check on them, sound good?"

"Sounds great." she smiled as she looked over the schematics, trying to see where she and Hunk went wrong.

"Any idea what went wrong?"

"Yeah, I think I see where he and I messed up, honestly from the looks of this, I'm lucky it didn't blow up like a bomb!"

"My god Pidge! You basically rode a bomb?!" Keith screamed in worry.

"Hey, what's science without risk? Can you lift it up while I try to fix the engine?" she asked as she crawled underneath to undo the all the bits and pieces there to connect to the engine to the base frame.

The two worked for next couple hours, having fun with each other, Pidge decided to dump an old can filled with some oil on Keith much to his dismay, and he decided to hug her.

"Ah, Keith!" she screamed as she too got covered in the oil.

"Hm? Sorry can't see you complaining" he laughed as he blew some oil dripping from his hair to his mouth "How about this?" he asked as he kissed her covering her face in oil.

"Ergh, KEITH!" she yelled, her eyes growing wide before she smiled.

"Hey, you started I just took advantage of the situation."

"I guess fair is fair. I think that's enough work, how about we cleanup and call my mom and check-in on Shiro and Matt?"

"That sounds great, Pidge." Keith said as the two walked back in from the garage.

"Go ahead and cleanup first, and I'll get your other clothes from the laundry room." Pidge told him.

"Oh, you are two kind m'lady." He told her playfully.

As Pidge was walking back with Keiths clothes, she heard the house phone go off "Hello?"

"Katie? Sweety, is Keith around you?" Colleen asked, worry in her tone.

"No, he's washing up, we kinda got oil all over ourselves fixing up Green." Pidge chuckled nervously "Why, what's going on?"

"I feel like this is a message that he needs to hear in person, will you tell him that you two can come to the hospital to visit and check-up on Shiro and your brother?"

"Yeah, I'll wash-up after him and we'll head right that way."

"Okay, stay safe, the storm maybe over but the roads are still slick." Colleen warned.

"Will do mom."

As soon as she hung up Pidge was startled by seeing Keith, half naked with a towel wrapped around him, right behind her "Holy sshh- KEITH!" she screamed slapping him on his chest leaving a red hand-print "If you want to stay in a relationship. You best stop giving me heart attacks!"

"Ow! Sorry! You were on the phone was I supposed to interrupt?" he asked rubbing the hand-print.

"Sorry about that…" she said as she too started rubbing the mark on his chest "I didn't mean to hit you that hard." She said quietly, tracing the mark.

Then it dawned on the two of them just what kind of a situation they were in.

"Um… Katie…?"

"I know, Keith."

"What happens now?" the raven haired boy asked

"I am going to slowly walk away and shower, then we are going to go to the hospital and not say a word of this to Shiro, Matt, or mom." Replied the short brunette girl.

"Got it."

And with that Pidge bit her lip, and walked away into the bathroom, and Keith walked into Matts room to properly change his mind flashing a thought of Pidge "No. No, no, no. Not here, especially not now, I know what's happening and it will cease." Keith spoke to himself in the empty room.

About twenty an some odd minutes later, Pidge finally walked out of the bathroom, fully clothed unlike her new boyfriend, and walked into the living room where he was waiting "Ready to go?" she asked.

"Yeah" he replied "can't wait to make sure Shiro and Matt are recovering well." He said as the two walked out to Red and drove off.


"Keith?"

"Yeah?" he replied.

"When we go in, just remember to stay calm. Shiro and Matt don't need more stress at this time."

"I know Pidge, believe me, I can keep my cool now." He told her giving her hand a light squeeze as they walked out and into the hospital.

"Hello, can I help you find who you're looking for?" the receptionist asked.

"We're looking for Takashi Shirogane and Matthew Holt."

"Relationship please?"

"Shirogane is my legal guardian, and she is Matt Holt is her older brother." Keith explained to her.

"Okay, it seems the two are in room S-1984, please for the sake of them and other patients keep your voices down as you approach."

"Will do ma'am, thank you." Pidge said to her as the two walked down the hall passing doctors, nurses and patients. "Here we go, think we should just tell Matt and Shiro along with my mom or just her?"

"We'll see if they can piece it together." He said as he grabbed her hand and opened the door "Hello? Colleen? Matt? Shiro?" he called out as they entered.

"Keith, Pidge you made it!" Matt said rather loud.

"Calm down Matt, you'll rip out your stitches." Colleen said as she placed a hand on the bandage on Matts face "Just because they gave you an anesthetic for the pain now, doesn't mean it'll last forever."

"Yes, Mom." The slightly drugged Matt said with a hint of condescension.

Keith and Pidge smiled as she went to go check on her older brother. Keith walked to the end of the room and got ready to pull open the curtain to check in on Shiro. But as he pulled it back he saw the bed was empty.

"Shiro?" he whispered "Colleen, where is Shiro?" he turned around facing the older woman.

"He's… they are performing surgery on his arm. They don't know if they will be able to save it, but he wanted you here as soon as he gets out of there so he can see you."

Pidge went and gave him a light hug "How long have they been in there?"

"Oh, a couple of hours maybe." Matt chimed in.

"Mom, why did they drug him up that much? Usually he would be a lot more anxious about the amount of time they've been performing surgery."

"Because he was fighting tooth and nail to go with Shiro into the operating room. This was the only way they could get him placid enough to not fight them on everything they said."

"Thanks for watching after Shiro for me, Matt." Keith told him, giving Matt a hug.

"I wish I could've done better."

"Hey, from what you're mom told me, you wouldn't leave his side at all. You risked your life to make sure he stayed safe too. You did all you could. Thank you for taking care of the man who raised me."

Matt smiled "Thank you, now when are you going to ask my sister out?" he laughed causing the two to stiffen up.

"Well," "Um, actually…" Pidge and Keith said at the same time.

"Wait- I was joking! When did you- how much time has passed!"

"I'd like some information too." Colleen said smirking.

"Well, heheh" Pidge chuckled "it kinda started when I woke Keith up."

A short time later after explaining Matt was giving Keith a hard time about dating his sister and a few 'rules' to follow, Colleen was having a similar talk to her daughter about 'rules' for her first relationship.

"Hello?" a man in a white coat asked walking in.

"Not at all." Colleen said standing up "Keith. This is the head doctor in charge of Shiros surgery."

"You're Commander Shiroganes next of kin?" the doctor asked turning to face Keith.

"Yes, now can you tell me how Shiro is?"

"The good news is that he will live. Little injury to his head aside from a large gash on the bridge of his nose." The doctor started.

"And the bad news?" Pidge cut in.

"The bad news… we had to amputate his right arm. I'm sorry but it was beyond saving. He should be brought in here pretty soon. He will be put under for a while and we will slowly work him out of it so he doesn't go into shock when he sees it."

"Wait." Keith started confused "He was completely conscious before he went back there for surgery, right? Otherwise why would he know to ask me to come here? And if he knew he was going into surgery, and knew that you were more than likely not going to be able to save his arm how would he go into shock?"

The doctor kind of gave a slightly exasperated look, but quickly wiping it away "he may have been prepared but suddenly waking up and missing a limb may still cause him to go into shock. I've seen his record and it doesn't look as though he's had many injuries in the field, so something this bad may have a negative effect on his psyche if we are not careful."

With that, the doctor left the room, leaving the four in there alone until Shiro was brought in on a bed. "Shiro." Keith spoke quietly as he sat down on the bed and Pidge joined him placing her hand on his shoulder rubbing it slightly.

"Keith…" Shiro dazedly said.

"Rest now, Shiro." Colleen spoke. "You three need to rest as well."


Days passed as Keith, Pidge and Colleen went back home. Soon after Matt was allowed to stay home with his mother and sister, while there were no reports on Sam being found at all. When Keith was not at home making sure everything was set for Shiros return, he would either be with Pidge or help her and Colleen watch after a Shiro-withdrawn Matt.

"You know what?" Keith asked Pidge as they laid down on the couch in her living room.

"What?" she asked cocking her head to the side as she slightly lifted herself up off of him.

"I honestly can't tell if Matt is pining after Shiro or not. And if so, he needs to do something about it now that Shiro and Adam are no longer together, and before he gets with someone else or something." He replied.

"Wait, Shiro's gay?! I thought Adam was just a really close friend!" she said surprised by this revelation.

"Well he could be bi from most of his interactions with the female gender, but yeah he favors men."

"Hmm, the more you know… anyways I honestly don't know what Matts sexuality is at this point. Far as I can tell he really likes women he really finds Allura attractive, but I think it's one of those 'He is the only person I'd be gay for' things for Matt." She pondered, rubbing her chin lightly.

"Haha" Keith chuckled.

"What?"

"You look so cute when you're confused or thinking really hard about something." He told her, pressing his forehead against hers looking into her big amber eyes.

"Thanks" she blushed as she leaned in to kiss him…

"HELLO HOLT RESIDENCE!" Lance shouted as barged in through the front door.

The sudden outburst caused both of them to roll off the couch in surprise, with Keith accidently landing on top of Pidge.

"Oh are we interrupting?" Lance asked wiggling his eyebrows.

"Lance, I told you we should have knocked." Hunk told him as he tapped his fingers together while slouching "Sorry guys, he wouldn't listen."

"It's fine Hunk, we're used to Lances stupidity. Um, Keith? Mind getting up now? This position, it's rather embarrassing?" Pidge laughed, as Keith stood up.

"Ssoooo, how is the happy couple?" Hunk asked leaning in closer to the two.

"Wai- WHAT?! You two? A couple? I was just joking!" Lance screamed "Who all knew this delicate information?"

"Let's see, me." Hunk stated.

"Allura heard the other day." Keith mentioned.

"Obviously, my mom and Matt know as well." Pidge chimed in.

"So… I'm the last one?" he sniffed wiping away a fake tear drop.

"Yeah, pretty much, I mean we told Shiro the other day when he was recovering but he was on a lot of pain medication so he might not remember it, so maybe you won't be the last one." Keith informed him, which brought a small smile to Lances face.

"Anyways, I'm happy for you guys. So? When's the wedding?"

"AH!" Pidge and Keith shouted in unison as they fell backwards.

"We literally just got together the other day!"

"Yeah, we are definitely not there. And probably won't be for a long while, right Keith?"

"Yeah, a long while."

"Hahaha! You two should see the look on your faces!" Lance laughed as he hugged Hunk for support from falling over.

"What are you two even doing here?" Pidge asked exasperated as she pinched the bridge of her nose. "Not that you are annoying or anything Hunk, and to a slightly less extent Lance, but we kind of had plans."

"Oh really, like what?" Hunk asked teasingly.

"I'm going to assume, making out and being lovey-dovey." Lance laughed.

"Actually, that was only part of the plan."

"Wait? We were going to make out?" Keith lightly blushed as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Maybe." She teased "But he and I were going to make armor for him like my riding gear."

"Oooh, can we join in? Please?" Hunk begged "I want some cool armor, too!"

"Hey, if everyone else gets armor, I want some too."

After a short amount of time of bickering and pleading, Pidge and Keith finally caved and let the two join them. Hunk was just amazed at the armor making process, and was gushing at the material that it was made from. Lance on the other hand was very confused at the whole ordeal, but thought the overall idea of having super armor was awesome, and he noticed a rolled up blue parchment out of the corner of his eye, he nudged Keith with his elbow as they looked at it.

"Hey what's this?"

"I don't know, Pidge? What's this?" Keith asked examining it.

"Huh? No! Put that down! That's a surprise, CLASSIFIED INFORMATION!" she lunged at him attempting to get the schematics.

"Nuh-uh-uh, little lady." Keith smiled at her as he raised it out of her reach " Come on, what is it?"

"Fine. Just give me the paper before you damage it." After finally getting the paper back she unrolled it on a table "I was playing with the idea of making some non-functional weapons to match the armor. Each weapon would match the personality of the user. For example, Keith, with your fascination with knives, you would get a sword. Hunk, you're built like a tank, and what do tanks do in rpgs?"

"Deal damage?" Hunk wondered.

"Exactly! So you'd get a laser mini-gun. Not lethal lasers of course. And Lance always sharp and precise with your comebacks, you'd get a sniper." She finished.

"What about you Pidge, what would you get?" Keith asked.

"The best way I can think to describe it simply, imagine a taser mixed with a double bladed trench knife, aaannd a grappling hook."

"How come you get this super OP triple useful weapon?" Lance whined.

"Ohoho, just wait until Keith proves himself loyal, then he'd get a super-duper OP mix of all our weapons. Plus a few bonuses exclusive to him." She laughed at Lances expression.

"What do you mean 'prove myself loyal'?" Keith asked cocking his head to the side raising an eyebrow.

"Basically, if you can handle being a leader and manage being my boyfriend for a full year, than you would deserve it." She said lifting herself up on her tiptoes to kiss his cheek. "Anyways, back to the armor. I need each of your body measurements. Hunk, you're first, and before you two complain, he wasn't snooping around my workshop and loOKING AT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL!"

"Fair enough." The two boys in question conceded as they coward down.

"Y'know? I think it's fair to say she wears the pants in this relationship." Lance laughed under his breath as he whispered to Keith. Earning himself a hit from Keith.

Pidge was smiling to herself listening to them as she continued taking the measurements "So?" Hunk started, breaking her from her thoughts "How is the happy couple? You never really answered earlier."

"Great. Like, really great! Honestly, I wish the two of us got together sooner." She smiled as she glanced over at Keith, amused at his and Lances arguing. "You wanted this to happen eventually, didn't you?"

"What can I say? Lance isn't the only romantic here. But for real, I'm happy for you little buddy." Hunk smiled as he ruffled her hair.

"Agh, Hunk! Just because I'm little doesn't mean you can ruffle my hair!" pouted the brown haired girl.

"So how do you actually go about making these suits?" Lance asked leaning over her shoulder.

"See that machine?" she asked pointing a pencil to the corner of the garage without even looking there.

"Yeah."

"Think of it like a super high tech 3-D printer, kay? I don't feel like trying to explain the science of it to a guy I know either, A: won't understand it. Or B: Won't even care about the science portion." She explained to him as she finished off everything she needed from Hunk.

"Fair enough." Lance said closing his eyes and rubbing his chin.

"Alright, over here Lance." Pidge voiced as she yanked him in front of her.

"Try to stay still, that way I can get the measurements as accurate as possible."

While they were working on Lance, Keith and Hunk walked into the main building of the house to get some food. "Hey boys, what you need?" Colleen asked as she was washing some dishes in the kitchen.

"Oh hi, Mrs. Holt! We were just going to look for something to snack on." Hunk smiled as he walked passed her.

"If you two can wait a little bit longer, I was actually about to start cooking dinner."

"Ooh real food sounds better than just a small snack! We can wait!" Hunk bursted with excitement not even letting Keith speak.

"Anything you need, Colleen?" Keith asked.

"No, I don't think so Keith- wait actually yes. Can you go check in on Matt? And if he's asleep wake him up please?"

"Yes, ma'am." He smiled walking around the corner to Matts room.

"Matt, you awake?" he asked opening the door, in return all he got was a groan from face down Matt "Come on buddy, wake up." Keith pleaded with him, taking the pillow out from under the other boys face.

"Oh god, my heads killing me!" Matt groaned finally sitting up "What time is it?"

"Probably close to five or so." Keith told him as he helped Matt up "Your mom asked me to wake you up for dinner, which she'll be starting to make soon."

"Any idea what she's making?" Matt wondered.

"Nope, she was in the middle of washing dishes when she sent me to get you."

"What about Shiro? Isn't he supposed to be coming home soon?" Matt asked while they walked out of his room.

"Yeah, hopefully in the next few days. And then they are going to try and get a good prosthetic for him."

"That's great news… Wait with you being over here all the time, is everything set over at your guys place for him coming back?"

Keith laughed "You kidding? I haven't hardly slept making sure that it's beyond set for his return."

"You know you can ask for help, right?" he asked stopping for a moment to look at Keith.

"Yeah, I know." Was all Keith said in return, earning him a grab on his shoulder from Matt.

"Seriously, me, mom, and Katie would be there in a heartbeat to help." Matt said pulling Keith back.

"I know Matt, seriously thanks. If I think of anything I need help with, I'll call you guys over."

"Good, besides, you need to learn to start asking your future brother in-law for help when you need it anyways." Matt laughed as he let go of Keith to walk to the kitchen. All the while Colleen, Pidge, Lance, and Hunk were stifling their laughter listening to the two boys interaction in the hall.

"So Keith?" Colleen started "You need to ask your future mother-in-law for help?"

"Come on, leave him alone mom."

Pidge told her as she grabbed Keith by the arm "Let's go. Your turn." She told her boyfriend dragging him towards the garage, lightly stomping her feet as they left her family.

"Maybe we shelve those jokes for a while…" Colleen turned to her son.

"Agreed."


"Argh!" the short angry girl screamed "Does everyone have to keep making jokes! Finally I'm in a relationship and they joke about the future of it!?" she huffed in rage.

Keith was lost, he did not entirely understand what was wrong with the jokes, but he did what he thought would be the best thing to do and tried to calm his girlfriend down. "Um, Pidge… How about we get started on this? I'm sure that'll make you happier."

She glared at him for a moment but took a breath and began working nonetheless. "So? What color weapon are you going to give me?"

"What color do you think I'll give you idiot?" she laughed, taking the tape measure to begin.

"I know you're going to give me a red one to begin with, but after that? What color?"

"Probably black, it's a good compliment to red, so I think it will be a good second for you. What do you think?"

"Sounds good to me. How long will it take you to make all of our armor?"

"Well the material is pretty expensive, but assuming that I have the amount of it needed, I could probably make all your armors in a little under two weeks or so."

"Wow! That's awesome." Keith said smiling at her enthusiasm.

"At this rate, we might as well make them real weapons and build giant robots for ourselves!" she shouted in excitement.

"Oh and what would we do with these giant robots?"

"Might as well do the most outrageous thing and DEFEND THE WHOLE UNIVERSE!"

"How much cartoons have you been watching here lately?" he laughed at his joke harder than even he thought he should have.

"Why do I love you again?" she asked playfully irritated.

"I'm super lucky?"

"Mm, sounds about right." She said as the two leaned into each other.

"Oh, get a room!" Matt said as he and Lance laughed in the doorway.

"WE HAD A ROOM BEFORE YOU TWO MORONS INTERRUPTED!" She shouted outraged at the two.

"Come on lovebirds. Mom has dinner ready."

"How long were we in here?!" she asked in shock.

"Long enough, come on." Lance waved them along as they all walked to the dining room.

Dinner went off without a hitch, or at least what Pidge would consider a hitch, no jokes from Matt, Lance or her own mother. As usual Hunk was super polite to Colleen, and Keith and Pidge were being overly cutesy too each other for Matts liking, causing him to silently gag and point into his mouth, earning him a scolding from his mom.

All in all a pretty good dinner.

"Hey Keith, can we go swimming at your place?" Lance asked.

"Is that the whole reason you guys came over earlier?" Pidge inquired.

"Yes, yes it was. So Keith what do you say? Swim session at the 'gane residence?"

"You know what? Yeah, I haven't went swimming in about a week. I assume you already have your trunks?" Keith asked.

"Yeah, got 'em waiting outside in Hunks vehicle just in case you said yes." Lance informed him.

"Colleen, can Pidge and Matt swim too? Or do you need them?"

"Just keep an eye on Matt, and you three keep an eye on Keith and Pidge and everything will be fine." She said turning to see a miffed daughter.

"Sorry sorry, but could you really expect me to go this long without being the laughably overprotective mother?" Colleen chuckled as she hugged her daughter. "Now you five go have fun next door, I'll clean up over here and check on you all later with some dessert." She smiled as she started cleaning up the kitchen.

"Okay see you two next door, thanks Colleen for everything." Keith said as he, Lance, and Hunk walked to his house to get in the pool.

Soon after Pidge changed into her bathing suit as she walked outside to hop the fence, "You know you're going to hurt yourself by climbing that fence, right?" Matt said as he walked around to enter through the gate on Keith and Shiro's side of the property.

"Yeah? Well I was able to successfully be at the pool like thirty-seconds longer, ssooooo…. nyeh" Pidge said mockingly as she stuck her tongue out at her brother as she slowly entered the water. "My god, this is cold. You could've said something!" She screamed as she jumped up and out of the water.

"Come on, it's not that bad." Lance said as he lazily kept himself floating.

"Shut up, Lance! Your element is cold." She hissed.

"Imma go with Lance sis, surely it's not that bad" Matt said as he jumped into the pool in a cannon ball position. "OH MY GOD! REGRET, HUGE REGRET!" he yelled throwing water at his sister "Ha, just kidding."

"You may have been joking, but now you are about to feel real regret." Keith said calmly, hiding a smile.

"Wha-? Oh my god!" the Holt boy panicked as he saw his sister diving at him.

"Calm down Pidge, you kill him right after his recovery, your mom kills me." Keith calmed her as he pulled Pidge off her brother.

"I wouldn't kill him… Brutalize, maybe. But not kill." She said looking up at her boyfriend smiling "Now, Lance!" she said as she and the Cuban boy both grabbed Keith and threw him under the water.

After a moment of being underwater he jumped up and gasped for air "Cheap shot beautiful" Keith said as his hair covered his entire face, dripping water down. "But guess what? I have an advantage in this little game of yours."

"Oh? And what would that be?"

"You're small enough I don't need help." He smiled evilly as he picked her up and prepared to send her under.

"Not fair. Clever. But not fair." She said as she kissed him.

"Thank you" he said appreciating the comment and kiss as he dunked her under water real fast and pulled her back up.

"Ooohhh that is cold, but at least I can adapt to the cold faster. Truce?"

"Truce."

In the time they all swam for hours on end Matt, Lance, Keith, and Pidge decided to attempt to throw Hunk under the water, but to their dismay they failed miserably and eventually gave up.

"Okay" Lance yawned as he looked up at the sky "Time to go Hunk, I want to get to my nice warm bed."

"Yeah, you're probably right." Hunk said as he too yawned "We'll see you later guys. Good night."

"Night guys." Matt and Pidge said as the two boys began to walk away.

"Night." Keith said flatly as they walked out of the backyard.

"M'kay… I am going to take an appropriate amount of ibuprofen and I am going to sleep." Matt voiced as he climbed out of the pool, completely drenched. "It's like one A.M. or something so be home soon Pidge, otherwise mom will flip out and all of us will have to deal with it." Matt began walking away as he rounded the fence to go to property on the other side "Oh, and Keith? Remember what I said earlier, come get me if you need help preparing for Shiro." He finished as he walked in the Holts backdoor of the residence.

Keith looked up at the moon and stars "How did I get lucky enough to go from being a motherless, fatherless orphan, to a guy with awesome friends, a great brother, and an amazing girlfriend whose family treats me like one of their own?"

"The universe decided 'He's been through way too much shit, let's give him a break.' maybe something like that?" smiled at him as she laid her head on his shoulder "I said it last week but you are the strongest person I know."

"Thank you Pidge, I love you… This water is starting to get cold again, wanna wrap up for the night and then we can do something tomorrow?"

"Yeah, sounds good mind if I come in and get a towel real fast? I forgot mine and my mom will more than likely get very upset if I get the house soaked." She laughed nervously.

"Haha yeah, come on let's get you dry." He chuckled as they walked into the house.

"If Shiro knew you were keeping this place so dark while he was gone, he'd drive his way over here right now to complain." She laughed as she walked past him to turn on the light.

"You're not wrong, go ahead and head to the bathroom to dry up, and then we can say goodnight proper."

As she walked up the stairs Keith thought to himself I am so lucky. Seconds later she walked back down with a towel wrapped around her.

"So how are we saying 'Goodnight proper', hm?" she asked raising her eyebrow.

"Well, I may have been hoping that we could go with the idea of making out for a quick moment and ending it with a goodnight and love you."

"Hm, maybe you can get that lucky." She said as she walked up slowly before they started to kiss… *BAM* there was a loud noise coming from the front porch.

"Oh my god!" they screamed in unison.

"I swear to God that if this is Lance again I am going to kill him." Keith said as he angrily marched to the door. "Lance!" he yelled as he swung the door open, to reveal there was no one there. The only thing that was around was a small knife, stabbing a note into the door.

"What does it say?" Pidge asked as she looked at the note.

"I heard what happened to your 'brother' I am sorry for it. But when he gets back ask him what he knows about your mother and this blade. P.S. that girlfriend of yours is cute, tell her that her father is safe."

"Wait, my dad's okay? Does it say anything else? Where he is?"

"No, this is it. But who could it have been from? And what could Shiro possibly know about my mom? She disappeared when I was a baby, I couldn't have possibly had any connection with him. And my dad never talked about him I don't think." Keith said clearly confused about everything.

"I don't know what to think of this, but I am just glad to hear my dad is safe. Let's put a pin in this, and tomorrow we get as much info on this knife as we can until Shiro gets home. Then you can ask him everything you need to."

"Yeah, and not to be overprotective or anything and I know you live right next door but with something like a knife put into my door, I want to walk you to your porch." Keith told her as he opened the door again as they walked to the next house over.

"Mom will be happy to know that dad is safe somewhere, mind if I keep the note to show her?"

"Yeah, night love you." He said as he handed her the note.

"Good night, love you too Keith."

A/N: Holy sh*t, when I started this six weeks ago on August 26th I was not expecting this at all! F*cking 27 pages and about 10,648 words later (11,291 if you include my authors notes) I made my biggest story yet. The original plan was going to be a short one-shot but now I am going to make a full story out of it. (Because 27 pages and 10,000+ words apparently isn't enough for me) so expect this to get another chapter soon, but do not expect it to be 27 pages. Anyways hope to hear your reviews soon and tell me what you think of it, hope you liked reading it as much as I loved writing it. Don't be afraid to PM me if you don't want to leave a public review but I'd love feedback of some kind. See Ya!