1/2 Dozen Mixed

1/2 Dozen Mixed

Keith was always up early, way too early for any living being to function. At least, that's what he thought. When he went to see Rosa, she was already awake, sitting up on his bed. Just sitting there.

Keith walked over to her. "Why are you up so early?"

Rosa flinched a little at the sound of Keith's voice, but remembered who he was and relaxed. She shrugged her shoulders at Keith's question.

"Well, let's get you something to eat. Then you can watch me train if you want." He held his hand out to the little girl.

She hopped off of the bed and grabbed it. The two walked to the kitchen in silence, since they're both horrible communicators. When the reached the kitchen, Keith made two bowls of food goop for them. Rosa apparently didn't mind the taste of food goop, and ate it without question. Keith ate his alongside her, wondering what to say.

"So.. Uh...What's your favorite color?"

Rosa thought about it for a minute, then pointed to her hair. Apparently, her favorite color was purple. She then looked at him expectantly, apparently waiting to hear what his favorite color was.

Keith didn't figure it out at first, and looked at her in confusion. After a second, it dawned on him.

"Oh! My favorite color is red."

Rosa thought about it for a second, then pointed to his jacket that was laying across the chair next to him.

"Yea. That color."

She smiled triumphantly and finished her bowl of goop. He was about to take her to the training deck, but realized there is nothing for her to do there. She's like three, she doesn't need to train. What is she supposed to do all day? He stared at her, racking his brain for an idea, until he heard Allura walk into the room.

Maybe Allura had an idea.

Luckily, Allura she had a great idea for Keith.

"Just have the mice play with her."

Keith raised an eyebrow. "The mice? They like to play?"

Allura laughed. "Of course! I'll call them and ask them!"

Allura did a bird call so loud that Keith and Rosa covered their ears.

Keith uncovered his ears and glared at Allura. "Why?"

Something rattled in the vent above Keith's head. He glanced up, only to see a chubby mouse land on his face. The little mice used Keith's face as a trampoline to jump onto Allura's shoulder.

Allura smiled at her tiny mouse friends. "Hey guys! We were wondering if you wanted to play with Rosa!"

The mice looked at each other for a moment, then nodded excitedly. One of them tried jumped onto Rosa's shoulder to greet her. Rosa was not expecting this, and instantly panicked. She screeched and flinched back, flinging the mouse off.

Keith kneeled down to Rosa's eye level and picked up the mouse. "Woah woah, it's ok. You see? The mouse just wants to play with you! See!" Keith held his other finger out towards the mouse, even though it was recovering from the fall, gave him a tiny high five. Rosa glanced at Keith, then reluctantly held up her finger to the mouse, who also gave her a tiny high five. She giggled, and slowly took the mouse in her hands. The other mice came and climbed in her hands, also giving her tiny high fives.

Keith smiled. "Why don't you guys go play somewhere? But not the training deck or anywhere dangerous. The mice know where to go."

One of them gave Keith a tiny salute and jumped onto the floor, leading Rosa out of the room. She laughed and chased after it.

Allura smiled a Keith after she had left the room. "That was good. I thought that would've gone a lot worse."

Keith nodded. "Yea, me too. But hey, now she's got something to do. I can go train until Lance wakes up."

"What happens when Lance wakes up?"

Keith rolled his eyes. "Oh, he just wants to duel me. I'm slightly worried, since he had gotten pretty good lately. That's why I'm going to try and get a few minutes training before-"

Then almost like magic, Lance leaned into the doorway. "Why is Rosa chasing mice around the castle?"

Keith yelped and whipped around. "Speak of the devil and the devil shall appear. Oh, the mice wanted to play with her or something. It'll keep her busy."

Lance reigned shock at Keith's statement. "How dare you! I'm your boyfriend, not the devil!"

Keith snorted. "What's the difference?"

Lance sighed. "Well, let's go."

"So much for extra training time…"

Lance punched him in the shoulder. "And you're trying to cheat?! Dang Keith, I expected more from you."

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Sorry it was short, I've been pretty busy lately. More soon!...