Adam's eyes widened as Shiro entered his room hesitantly. "Takashi…"
Shiro blushed slightly as he looked at Adam who was bedbound with a leg in a cast and cuts and bruises all over his body. Even broken and bruised, Adam was still the most gorgeous person he had ever laid eyes on. "Hey Adam. Is it ok if I talk to you? I know we didn't end things on good terms, but I would like to talk to you if that's ok with you."
Adam nodded. "It's fine. I would like to talk to you too. When they told me you were still alive…I didn't believe them…Takashi, I am so sorry for what I said before you left-."
Shiro shook his head as he took a seat on the edge of Adam's bed. "No. You don't have anything to apologize for. I'm the one who should apologize…Adam I am so sorry. I don't know if it's worth anything to you, but I never stopped loving you or thinking about you. I am not sorry for going on the mission because it was something I needed to do for myself, but I am sorry for hurting you. I know you cared about me and loved me. I just didn't want to burden you which I know we discussed that to death as we were arguing about me leaving but it's true. I hope you can forgive me and that at the very least we can be friends or even acquaintances if you don't feel comfortable with being friends. I know you probably moved on and wouldn't want to give us a shot again after everything that happened, not that I would blame you, but I hope to have you in my life in some capacity at least because you mean the world to me."
Adam's heart broke to see Shiro crying and he reached out for his hand surprising Shiro by taking it and gently squeezing it. "I forgive you Takashi and I do want to be friends with you, but as for more, I never moved on and I never stopped loving you either. We can talk about that move later. I want to hear about everything that happened to you since you left. You look different but you're still extremely handsome."
Shiro blushed as hope spread within him at the feeling of Adam's hand in his. "Thanks. Tell me about you and what you've been up to first."
"I'm afraid my story isn't half as interesting as yours. I continued teaching and… I never did move on from you leaving and always hated myself for not supporting you. I should have been more supportive and I'm sorry."
"Adam, you don't have to apologize. I forgive you," Shiro replied softly moving up the bed to sit by Adam's hip.
Tears filled Adam's eyes. "Ok. Tell me about what happened with you because I can't talk anymore because I'm so emotional."
Shiro told Adam about everything that happened to him, including how he died in space. Both of them were sobbing as Shiro told him about his death. "All I could think about was you and how sorry I was for leaving you. Now that I have a second chance at life and am free from my disease, I can promise I will never leave you again. Should we decide to enter into a relationship with one another again I mean. Even if not, I am still never going into space again. I have had more than my fair share of time up there." Shiro continued telling Adam about the adventures that he had with Keith, Lance, Pidge, and Hunk as Voltron. "I wish you could have been there with us. I would have been a lot less lonely. Everyone was great but they weren't you."
"Did you tell them about me," Adam asked softly.
"No, but only because it was too painful to talk about. Keith kept trying to get me to talk about you because he heard me crying myself to sleep most nights but I refused to talk about you because I couldn't. It hurt too much," Shiro said as a fresh wave of warm tears rolled down his face.
Adam removed his hand from Shiro's to reach up and wipe them away. "I understand what you mean. I couldn't talk about you either."
"You were talked about though," Shiro said with a smile. "Lance talked about you a lot. He told us some funny stories actually. Stories that were eerily familiar."
Adam blushed. "Takashi, I…"
"Used to entertain Lance with stories about how easy it is to sneak out after hours," Shiro interrupted with a smile.
"I never told him I snuck out with you," Adam said defensively. "Or the things we used to do when we snuck out."
Shiro smiled as memories flooded his mind of their past discreet adventures. "We always had fun together didn't we?"
"Yeah," Adam replied with a soft smile. "I can't wait to see what is in store with us for the future. We do have a lot to discuss but I'm willing to try again with you. You've always been the only guy I've wanted and loved."
Shiro squeezed Adam's hand. "I know we will never go back to what we had but I hope we can be better and stronger in the future…Is it inappropriate for me to ask if I can kiss you?"
"You can kiss me," Adam replied as Shiro smiled and leaned over to softly press his lips against Adam's, trying to transfer everything he felt for Adam into the kiss.
"I missed this. I can promise you, I will never leave you again. Having a second chance at life made me realize that I want a life with you. I know I look like I got old, but I want to actually grow old with you."
"You do look really old," Adam teased. "But yes. I would like the same things. It will take some time to build up trust again but I have faith we'll get there."
Shiro smiled. "So do I. I would love to talk more with you but there are others who want to see you if you feel like seeing them."
"Sure…Takashi, it's so good to see you again," Adam said as Shiro stood up to go get Keith.
"It's good to see you too Adam…Thanks for wanting to see me again. You have no idea how much that means to me."
Adam nodded as Shiro briefly left the room to go get Keith. Keith smiled at Adam. "It's so good to see you again. I just want to say that I know you and Shiro have your issues but he really missed you."
Shiro blushed and Adam smiled and motioned for Shiro to sit with him again. When Shiro sat down in the chair beside Adam's bed, Adam took his hand and squeezed it briefly. "We have a lot to talk about but I'm optimistic about the future…So tell me about your mom, being half alien, your new wolf and everything else."
Keith looked at Shiro. "You told him about all that?"
"Yeah."
Keith smiled and sat down before telling Adam everything he wanted to know. "I'm really glad that you're alive."
"Me too. I'm glad that you guys are all alive and back now. We've all been worried," Adam said with a yawn.
Shiro looked at Adam worriedly. "You need to rest now. We'll leave you alone."
"See you later Adam," Keith told him.
"Takashi, if you don't mind, I would like it if you spent the night with me…You don't have to if you don't want to though," Adam said blushing.
"I would love to stay," Shiro replied with a smile. "But you have to get some rest. It's my turn to take care of you now."
Adam smiled as he closed his eyes to get some sleep. "Thank you Takashi."