Chapter 2

Lance is usually the relaxed and worry free one of the team, but now he felt like he was about to explode with how tense and nervous he is. And he had good reason to be nervous, for Shiro and he were to finish their 'talk' soon. Currently, the team just left the Balmerans after freeing them and restoring the Balmera itself.

During the operation, Lance was able to ignore the slow burning feeling in his bottom. No one noticed him acting any different because of the urgency of freeing the Balmerans. Everyone retreated to their rooms to rest afterwards, so it was not suspicious that Lance did the same.

Lance was so thankful none of the others knew about what happened after he was freed from his makeshift prison. Presently, he was pacing around his room, worrying about his upcoming punishment. 'Maybe Shiro is going to talk to me tomorrow. I can't sleep knowing what will soon happen to my butt. Or maybe he'll sp-punish me in front of the team! What if he used his Galra hand! I just don't know what to expect from him.'

Lance is not a newcomer to being spanked. He came from a large family where spanking is the norm. He's felt the hands of many on his bottom in the past. He stopped getting spanked after he started to train himself to get into the Garrison. When he earned his scholarship to the Garrison, his family deemed him mature enough to handle the consequences of his actions on his own.

At first, Lance was overjoyed to finally be free of the childish chastisement last. But, he soon realized this meant he was on his own from now on. No longer will his parents and older siblings be there to bail him out of trouble. No more clean slates after a trip over someone's lap. No more hugs and forgiveness for his mistakes after being punished. He found out being grown up is harder than it may look. He on the brink of having a breakdown before he embarked on this journey. He was almost happy to escape the pressure of the Garrison, but then he experienced the space life. He was used to sneaking out with friends, flirting with anyone imaginable, and fighting the oppressive power of teachers. Now, he can't sneak out of a space castle, Allura won't return his casual flirting, and he's fighting a 10,000 year old alien dictator.

When they were on their way to save the Balmeran, they made a quick decision to respond to a rescue call from a nearby moon. He forgot to take his medicine because he wasn't able to get away from the others, so he was a little more manic than usual. Thus, it made sense to him to try and have some fun when he saw Nyma. He was immediately drawn to her unique alien beauty and he couldn't resist trying his hand with her. He almost felt like he was back on Earth trying to get a date, not fight an evil space Warlord and his army. He almost felt . . . normal.

But, then it all went crashing down once he realized he was hugging a tree and the blue lion was taken. He tried to break free of his bonds as he could hear the silent pleas of his lion. 'My dear paladin, do not worry. You and your team will free me. I am sure of it,' she reassured her pilot through their connection. She continued to reassure him until she was too far away to keep the connection going.

Lance knew for sure the team will get her back, but he might not be welcome at that point. He almost didn't believe his eyes when he saw the black lion landing near him. He actually thought they might not come for him. Then he saw the stern look on Shiro's face and decided he probably wants to kick me out personally.

When he was actually pulled over Shiro's lap, he was in shock because he almost felt like he was back home for a minute. Then the older man's heavy hand fell down and Lance was reminded that he was still in space, not on Earth. The actually spanking didn't hurt that much compared to some of the thrashings he got from his parents, aunts and uncles, and older siblings. But, it was still a shock to him, not to mention Shiro mentioned his punishment was not over yet.

While the young man was worried about his impending doom, Shiro prepared himself for the task before him. He wanted to attend to Lance right away, but had other duties to do first. First, he checked up on Allura through Coran. Then he made sure the other paladins were fine and found them all asleep. Shiro smiled as he thought of normal his fellow team mates looked when they are asleep. After checking the castle's systems, the black paladin soon arrived at the blue paladin's room.

All the paladins choose to have rooms far away from each other so they do not disturb each other. Coran chose to have his room near the control room and Allura's was near the room that housed her father's memories. This coincidence will allow none of the other residents of the ship to hear Lance's punishment. The soundproofing of the rooms will most likely make sure no one over hears anything, but who knows how strong it is after 10,000 years?

Shiro raised his hand and knocked on the door before him. A shaky voice responded, "C-ome in." The doors slid open, allowing Shiro to enter the room. He was met with the sight of an anxious looking Lance, which alerted him that something is wrong.

Shiro cross the room and pulled the younger man into a hug. Surprised at first, soon Lance relaxed as the older man held him in a tight embrace. Gently, Shiro asked, "Lance, what's wrong?"

When he did not respond, Shiro took a seat on his bed and tilted his head forward so their eyes met. "Lance, before we can talk about the rest of your punishment, I need to make sure you are fine. Please tell me what's wrong?" After hearing how worried his leader was, Lance soon responded to his question, "I'm worried about this whole . . . punishment thing. I've been spanked before and I don't know what to expect from you in particular."

"That's understandable and I will explain everything, okay?" Shiro asked kindly.

"Okay," Lance whispered, as he pulled away from Shiro's hold, slightly embarrassed.

"I've only spanked a few people before, but that doesn't mean this won't be a new for both of us in some ways," Shiro began. "First, I will only be spanking you with my hand for now."

Lance did not like the ominous way he that, but he decided he could ask more questions about that later.

"I will never harm you in any way that will leave long lasting damage. You might be sore for a while, but nothing that lasts more than a few days," Shiro explained as Lance listened attentively.

"I will also never use my . . . galra hand on you. I am here to punish and protect you, not damage you for life. Do you understand that, Lance?" the older paladin asked.

Lance realized Shiro's words were similar to his father's when he first spanked him. There wasn't much different from how others have punished him before, except for the fact that they were in space. So, he put on a brave face and responded to the question asked, "Yes, I understand."

Shiro was relieved at that answer, but then he remembered he had to punish him for his actions. He had to be firm with the younger teen or else he'll repeat his actions. "Lance, let's get this over with so we can put this behind us, okay?" Lance lost his fearless façade at hearing those words and quietly nodded. Shiro gave him one last hug before motioning him to stand up.

"Lance, I going to need you to pull down your jeans." Lance tried using his puppy dog eyes, but Shiro did not relent, "Either you pull down your jeans yourself or I can do it for you." With those words, the blue paladin quickly pulled down his jeans, not wanting to suffer any more humiliation then needed for this ordeal. With his pants out of the way, Lance was soon in a familiar position he hasn't been in for a long time.

Lance hopes of keeping his underwear up during the spanking were dashed when he felt them being pulled down. He thought Shiro would start to lecture him before starting the spanking like his father used to, but that idea was soon forgotten as the first of many blows landed.

Shiro wanted to get this spanking over with fast so they can both rest after such a challenging day. His left hand continued to deliver heavy smacks to the reddening bottom before him even as it tried to wiggle its way off his lap. He held on tight to Lance's waist to make sure he stayed in place.

Lance knew this spanking would be terrible, but he did not expect it to be this bad. It's been far too long since he's been over anyone's lap, so he had forgotten the burning feeling of a spanking as the flames continued to be applied to his backside. His legs were kicking up a storm, but they did not stop Shiro from continuing to impart his lesson to the younger paladin.

Shiro stayed strong on the outside, but Lance's cries were breaking him on the inside. He didn't want to do this, but he had to do this for his own good. With that thought is mind, Shiro pulled Lance forward a bit, so his sit-spots were in the perfect place. The teen clearly realized his position and started to protest.

"Shiro! Please not there! I'll listen! I promise!" he protested, but his cries fell on deaf ears as Shiro continued his course of action. Lance's punishment continued, this time on his untouched sit-spots. As Shiro continued to roast the sensitive under curve of his bottom, he started to ask some questions.

"Lance, why are you being spanked?" he asked, slowing down his spanks to give Lance a chance to answer. His swats were very light as this point, as most of Lance's butt was already well spanked, so even the lightest of touch was enough encouragement for Lance to answer his question.

"B-because I took Nyma into my lion without asking," Lance was able to answer as Shiro's hand continued to come down to encourage him.

"And?"

Lance tried to think of the answer, but he could think of one. Then it hit him. He was suddenly reminded of a spanking his older brother gave him once. He only 13 years old when he decided to take a stupid dare from some older kids. They dared him to climb the statue in the abandoned park near his home. He was just about to reach the top when he heard a yell behind him. He almost fell, but was able to hold on to the statue. He turned around to see the other two boys run away, leaving him behind his older brother, Daniel. Danny was furious with him and as soon as Lance's feet were on the ground, he was under his arm, receiving a sound spanking. When he finally stopped, he held on to Lance tightly and started to tell him how worried he was to see his brother climbing a weak old stature in a dangerous old park. He gave him another spanking that night and told him that putting himself in danger will always earn him more than one thrashing.

Lance's was pulled out of his memories with a few strong swats to his under curve.

"Am I boring?" Shiro asked in a stern voice.

"NO! I was trying to -OW-find the answer!" Lance answered as the hot burning swats continued to fall.

"Well, do you have the answer to my question?"Shiro asked as he lowered the intensity of his spanking and relocated his hand to continue his assault on the crimson bottom before him.

"YES! I put myself in danger! T-that's the other reason I am getting this spanking," Lance cried out.

"I don't want to do this again, Lance. I don't like punishing you, but I dislike you putting yourself in danger even more. You could have been injured or even killed if Nyma was any more dangerous. If anything ever happened to you, I could never forgive myself," Shiro lectured.

Lance finally realized how worried he must have made Shiro and the rest of the team with his action. He could have been killed out there, leaving Shiro to feel guilty for something that would have not even been his fault. Lance gave up any form of resistant and started to sob in true remorse.

He didn't notice Shiro's punishing hand rubbing his back. When he finally started to calm down, Shiro pulled up his boxers, causing Lance to yelp a bit as the soft material touched his butt. His jeans had already been kicked across the room earlier. He pulled up Lance and held him in his arms until his tears finally subsided.

"Lance, I want you to know that the slate is clean. You've been punished and we don't need to talk about this again, okay?" Shiro asked gently. Lance just nodded in return.

"Now, no one has to know about this, okay? The rooms are all soundproof, so you don't have to worry about anyone overhearing what just happened. But, that means I won't hesitate to punish you like things again if the situation call for it, understand?"

"I understand," the younger boy responded.

"Now, is there anything else you would like to tell me? Now's your chance, because if I find out that you've done wrong later, you're going to regret it," Shiro asked, with a firm look.

Lance just laughed it off and said, "Does fighting with Keith count as wrong?"

Shiro just smiled as he responded, "No, some harmless arguments are okay as long as they don't go too far or hurt anyone's feelings, okay?"

Lance nodded, as his eyes started to droop, the day's events finally catching up with him. Shiro gave Lance one last heartwarming hug and bid him good night as he too left for bed. As soon as he was gone, the blue paladin quickly locked the door. He then proceeded to lift the edge of his mattress up and pulled out a small white container.

Lance sighed in relief and thought to himself, 'Thank goodness, Shiro didn't find my pills! I can't live without them. I got to remember to take them in the morning." With that thought in mind, Lance got into bed and was soon lulled to sleep by the soft whispers and purrs of his lion.