I'm baaaaaack! I apologize for being gone for so long without explanation. Lots of drama and stuff, and I haven't had much time. I'll update some of my more popular fic's next, I just had a good idea for this chapter, you know? Love you guys!

"It's just my life Pidge. That's all."

"But you never talk about yourself, Hunk. I really want to more about you."

Hunk grimaced, then opened back up the book. "Ok, if you really want to know."

He squinted at a page. "It doesn't translate correctly and my grammar is absolutely horrible. But

I can try. Where do you want to start?"

Pidge flipped to a page in Samoan, one with little doodles of food in the corners. "What's this one about?"

Hunk read through the page quickly. "Oh, this is one of my early entries. I'll read it."

"Tina got a new job today. I rarely see her now. Tama stays at home all the time, and he seems pretty sad because of his leg. I try to make him happy, but it's really hard. But he does like it when I cook, so I'm trying to learn more recipes and stuff."

Pidge looked over at him. "So that's why you like to cook?"

Hunk smiled longingly."Yea. It seemed to make everybody happy."

"Why was your father upset about his leg?"

He sighed. "Tama was in the military, serving near our capital, when a bomber, the very first terror attack we ever had, exploded himself in a suicide. He lost his leg in the blast, and was unable to provide for our family, which was supposed to be his duty. We didn't care, just happy he was alive, but it messed with him on a mental level for a long time."

Pidge adjusted her glasses. "Do you miss them?"

"More than anything."

Pidge put a hand on his shoulder. "I know how you feel. But we'll see them again."

"How do you know that Katie? Nothing is promised, especially to us."

Pidge had never really seen this side of hunk before, he was always the upbeat one. She thought about it for a minute before replying. "Hunk, I don't know that, honestly. But for me, I tell myself I'm going to get home, because if not, I'm going to give up. Just like how we all say we know there's a God, but were always crossing our fingers hoping were right. Hope, hope, hope."

Hunk wiped his eyes and nodded. "I guess were alike in that fashion. I do that too. Let's talk about something else though."

Pidge hesitated, but looked at him. "I only have two more questions, if you're willing to answer."

He nodded. "Of course, I'll do my best."

She flipped over to the page with scribbles that said "KURON" on the front. "What is this?"

Hunk sighed. "Trust me, it's extremely unsettling and will make you feel horrible. You really want to know?"

She gulped and nodded. "All knowledge is good knowledge, as my father used to say."

Hunk flipped over the page and gestured for her to read. He got up, and grabbed his computer .

Pidge eyes widened more every word that she read. "Galra radio chatter? Shiro's eyes? Hunk, are you telling me...?"

Hunk clicked on a sound file and fast forwarded to a bookmarked spot.

"Operation Kuron is successful, sir. The clone has all memories and is fitting in well with the others. Clone is not sentient about its true self, and still will terminate itself if cover is blown. Voltron is completely oblivious about their so called "black paladin"."

Hunk pressed pause and looked over at Pidge, who was in complete shock. She blinked and said, "Holy shit.. What do we do?"

"Well, nothing now. What are we going to do? We have to wait until we can be certain. The text I'm doing tomorrow will prove it."

"What's the test?"

Hunk flipped over to some notes and things. "If his eyes truly are cameras, they have to send files back through to the galra. I'm going to try and intercept it. I'd do it now, since they probably have a constant stream of data, but my equipment needs to charge. Tomorrow we will have answers, so let's get back to this and try not to think about it."

Pidge snapped out of her trance. "Still up for the last question?"

"Hit me."

She flipped over to the page she scanned earlier. She took a deep breath and turned to face him. "Are you in love with me?"

is not working.

He knew this was coming, she read the whole journal. But that didn't mean confrontation was any easier. "uh...Quite possibly?"

He snapped out of it, realizing what he said.

"But if you don't feel the same, it's fine. I know it's completely out of line and could mess up our formation, so I can put feeling aside. I'm so sorry I shouldn't of-"

Pidge rolled her eyes, leaning in to kiss him, cutting off his words. Hunk was in shock, but kissed back, enjoying the moment.

She pulled away after a second and raised an eyebrow. "Better?"

Hunk tried to make sense of the world around him, as everything was still not working.

"Much...Much better.."

She scooted over to him and buried her face in his shoulder. "This has been quite the emotional rollercoaster. I'm ready for bed."

Hunk flushed red. "Yea... it is getting pretty late huh." He glanced down at Pidge, and to his surprise, found the paladin asleep. He laughed quietly, being extremely careful not to disturb her. He planted a kiss on the top of her head, and focused on enjoying the moment.

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I think I'll make an epilogue, years in the future after this. And yes, I did my research on Samoa, but Voltron takes place in a near future, so I'm going with it.