Chapter 2

2 weeks later

Pidge and Peter are sitting alone together working on tech.

Peter wipes sweat off his forehead with his shirt "Pidge you don't mind if I take this off do you?"

Pidge shrugs "I've lived with all guys and a princess for months. Maybe even a year! So knock yourself out."

Peter laughs slightly and pulls his shirt off before resuming his work.

Pidge feels her cheeks heat up "Pete? I think that was the heater?"

Peter looks at the machine and adjusts a few things "There? My bad. It's been awhile since I've worked on Altean tech?"

Pidge laughs and slides under the machine beside him "How long?"

"10,000 years or so?"

Pidge smirks "Clearly. You put plugged the cords in wrong."

Peter blushes faintly and rearranges the plugs.

Pidge "That activates the air conditioning."

Peter pouts "Mind showing me the right way?"

Pidge laughs and fixes them.

Peter smiles at her "Thanks Pidge."

Pidge turns to him and their faces only inches apart.

Both feel something kick their feet and they slide out.

"Oh? Did I interrupt something~? Nice job Pidge~!" Lance winks.

Pidge rolls her eyes "Look lover boy. Not everyone focuses on romance. Some people focus on science."

Peter looks at her and Lance knows the look all to well.

Lance "Whatever. I know true love when I see it!"

Peter blushes but Pidge doesn't notice "I-it's not like that Lance!"

Lance "Uh huh? Peter. A word."

Peter gulps "Oh? Alright?"

He whispers to pidge "He's not gonna kill me is it?"

Pidge shrugs and Lance and Peter leave to Lances room.

Peter "So? Uhh? Lance?? What's this uhh what's this about?"

Lance crosses his arms "Pidge is like a little sister to me."

"Huh?"

"I saw the way you look at her! You like her don't you?"

Peter's Altean marks light up turning pink "I don't!!!"

Lance "What's happening to your cheeks?"

Peter looks in the mirror at them "Oh no…"

Lance looks confused.

Peter "I gotta go find Allura. See ya Lance. And as for Pidge? Don't say anything yea? I won't hurt her cause I'm not gonna say anything."

Lance "Wait? You're not gonna confess? Were you not about to kiss her just now?"

His cheek marks shine brighter "L-Lance! No!!"

"Okay what's the deal with your Altean markings?"

Peter covers them "I don't know okay. This hasn't happened before…"

"Does it have to do with liking Pidge?" Lance asks worried.

Peter "I don't like pidge that way!!!!"

Lance "Do you think you'll confess to Pidge at some point?"

"What no! I said I don't like her! Even if I did you heard her! She's only interested in science and technology… Besides she wouldn't like an ordinary altean servant boy."

"You said you were a tech genius?"

His marks stops shining "Oh I am. I was the youngest and only altean to ever be able to reprogram the entire castle only in half a varga! But my smarts was all I had going for me. Don't tell the Princess this I'm pretty sure she doesn't remember. But when Princess Allura and I were kids we were friends. Well I was the one who taught her a lot about technology from other worlds and King Alfor taught her Altean."

Lance blinks "So you two are childhood friends?"

"After 10,000 years I'm not sure if she remembers?"

Lance smiles and nods "She might."

"The princess doesn't remember me. I was just a servant boy. Who was younger than her!"

"Wait you're younger than the princess?"

"Yes and no. Technically I'm around 10,027 decapheebs old. The princess is 10,018. But when I was 5 I had come across something when working on new tech. I was trying to make something to stop time or travel through it but it slowed my aging. Every 1,000 decapheebs counts as 1. Which is why I look 15."

Lance blinks "Yeah… I don't know what you're talking about but Pidge would. Don't hurt her or your dead. I don't care if your Altean. Hurt Pidge you die."

Peter nods "I need to find Allura. See ya Lance."

That night Peter and Allura are in the control room with Coran.

Coran "What was that Peter?"

Peter nods "Do either of you know what it means? I don't understand why but my altean markings started glowing?"

Allura "Mine did that but it was because of something that definitely isn't this? What was going on at the time?"

Peter "Well Lance and I were talking about Pidge and they started glowing?"

Coran "There is an old Altean legend?"

Peter looks confused "You don't mean…"

Coran nods "But it's extremely rare. Most are born thousands of decapheebs apart! It'd be impossible unless you aged wonky like we did!"

Peter blinks "Right right. You guys may not know…"

Peter tells them about his experiment and how he ages.

Allura thinks for a moment "It sounds like the tale I was told as a child? Coran how'd it go again?"

Coran begins telling the old tale he grew up with. When he finishes Peter sits there with his marks glowing.

Peter touches the marks "It can't be true?"

Allura "But it is! You're soulmates! You have to be!"

Peter turns completely red "Can't Be. No way! It didn't start happening until today! And I don't like Pidge like that!"

"Well? Since it started today that means one or both of you have acknowledged feelings for each other!"

He blushes deeply and his marks shine brightly "Y-you're wrong! Princess there's no way me and Pidge?!"

Allura laughs "You don't have to be so formal Peter. You may just call me Allura."

"B-but you're the princess?"

"I'm the princess of a species that's nearly extinct."

"I'm altean you're the princess. Even given our past I couldn't."

"Our… past…?"

Peter sighs "I'm not surprised you don't remember."

Peter tells her the story about everything "Anyway that's the past. Past is past."

Allura smiles "I wasn't expecting it to actually be you…"

Peter's eyes widen "Y-you remember me?"

Allura crosses her arms "I recognize that distress call anywhere."

"The signal…"

Coran "You two made that signal when you were both just kids."

Peter smiles and chuckles "Yeah…"

Allura "It's really nice to have you back a Peter… I'm glad you and Pidge get along so well."

At the mention of pidge's name Keith comes in

Keith "Speaking of Pidge has anyone seen her? I need to ask her to run test again."

He sees the alteans and gets the situation "Did I interrupt something?"

Peter "N-no! What'd you need… uhhh…"

"Ke-"

"Keith!"

Keith nods and peter rubs his neck nervously

Peter "I'm still learning names…"

Keith "Yeah… So any idea where pidge is?"

Peter thinks for a moment "We were working on repairs in the wing with the green lion a few Vargas ago? She's probably done though."

Keith groans "Great… when she works on tech there's no talking to her…"

Allura "Well? What test did you need her to run?"

Keith "I wanted to know more about my heritage so I needed her to run test."

Peter "I can do it if ya want?"

Keith shrugs "Seems like you three are in the middle of something. I'll just wait for Pidge or Hunk."

Coran "Hunk's cooking dinner."

Keith sighs.

Allura "Peter can you help Keith?"

Peter "Yeah sure. Let's go Keith. Later Princess. Later Coran."

The two go to a lab and Keith sits down on the bed.

Peter hands Keith a headband "Here our this on. And I need a drop of blood."

Keith does and waits for Peter to finish.

Peter "Well you're human. Wait what. No way?! How?!?!"

Keith "The Galra thing?"

"That's only part of it!"

"Huh?"

Peter "You're 50% human, 25% Galra, and you're……"

"What else!"

Peter looks at him and puts his hand on Keith's forehead.

Keith "What're you doing…?"

Peter "Double checking something now shut up."

Keith shuts up and feels his face feeling tingly.

Keith "What's happening… what was the last thing I am?"

Peter removes his hand and opens his eyes and looks at Keith "Altean…"

Keith "What the quiznaking quiznak?!"

Pidge pokes her head into the room "Oh boy! Are we experimenting on Keith! Let's see what else triggers his transformation!"

Keith hisses "Don't get the spray bottle again!"

Pidge laughs.

Peter smiles and tries not to let his marks shine "Hey Pidge. I was just running test on him. And the quiznak. Any ther Paladins not completely human?"

Pidge "Well Shiro has a Galra arm? But that doesn't really count? Lance is from Cuba so he's human. I'm surprising human. Hunk's a cinnamon roll."

Peter blinks "I'm not familiar with that species? What sector are they from?"

Keith laughs slightly and Pidge is holding her stomach laughing

Keith "It's not a species we're familiar with either. A cinnamon roll is type of dessert we have on earth."

Peter "So… in your planet… Hunk… is… food?!"

The humans laugh more and Peter looks extremely confused and scared with a faint blush (cheeks marks not glowing)

Pidge "It's just a metaphor! It means that Hunk is pure and innocent and basically a ray of sunshine!"

"He… makes his own light…?"

The Humans are on the floor laughing.

Peter "I'm so confused… Humans make no sense!"

Keith "Makes more sense than Alteans!"

Peter points to him with both his hands "Sir! You are altean too!!"

Pidge stops laughing a little "Wait what?"

Keith shrugs "Apparently I'm Human, Galra, and Altean."

Peter "I didn't look to far I just found majorities."

Pidge "Sooooooo. Now we have 5 known Alteans?"

Keith "Lotor doesn't count."

Pidge shrugs "4 Alteans."

"I'm not full altean."

"3 and a quarter Alteans."

Peter nods "Yes which makes no sense. His marks are hidden and he has GLARA blood! How?!"

Keith "Well I know my mom is Galra and my dad's pure Human… so my moms probably half galra half altean…?"

"An altean and a galra?!" Peter starts laughing "Impossible! Those two races haven't mixed since the war 10,000 decapheebs ago!"

Keith sighs "I don't know the story but it's the only thing that makes sense. My Mother did partly resemble an Altean."

Peter "Okay. If one more paladin says their not a human I'm going to scream."

Pidge "We're not sure what Lance is anymore."

Keith "Pidge is practically not a human."

Pidge smiles "I'm to smart to be considered a human."

Peter blinks "Does the room that's basically a black void that blocks out all sound still exist?"

Pidge "Yeah. Around the corner from the training deck."

Peter nods "Thanks. If anyone needs me I'll be shrieking into the void for a few hours."

3 hours later

Lance goes into the room and Peter's on the floor crying.

Lance "Pete? What's wrong?"

Peter "Keith isn't full human!!! Shiro has a galra arm!!! Hunk is food!!!!! And Pidge is quiznaking adorable!! I'm going to continue shrieking into this void!!!!!!!"

Lance pats his back "Big quiznaking mood. Keith's wrecking me."

"You like Keith?!?!?!"

Lance shrugs "No. I just think he's stupid with that out of date mullet and his dumb samari shit."

Peter laughs "Wow you're more denial than I am!"

Lance pouts and crosses his arms "Shut up Pete…"

Peter smiles and lays back "So you like Keith huh? That's the least surprising thing that's happened today. What time even is it?"

Lance "I do not like Keith!"

"Okay okay. See ya Lance. It's probably late so imma sleep."

Lance stands up and stretches "Yeah. Time to hit the hay!"

Peter looks at him "You're going to punch a greeting?"

Lance facepalms "That's it. All Alteans are getting a lesson on Earth phrases! And memes and vines!!!! I cannot live with such uncivilized creatures!!!"

"I'll have you know that Alteans we're an extremely advanced civilization!!! We've evolved passed far beyond your low savage ways!!!!"

"IT. IS. A. SAYING!!!!! THATS IT!!!" Lance kicks open the door throwing his hands up "THIS IS ANARCHY!!!!"

"No! This. Is. SPARTA!!!!!"

Lance starts crying "FINALLY A CULTURED BEING!!!!"

Peter has never been more confused in all 10,000 years of his life.

End chapter

Yeah. Idk. I have an idea where this is going and I swear we will get there!!! But it might be like lance flying the simulator in episode one… at least at first!! Then we get to Lance's sharp shooting!!!!