Prompt: Anonymous

Category: Fluff and maybe a little Pining

Timeline: Garrison Student AU

Summary: After Allura gets bullied, Keith starts writing her anonymous love letters.

Other: Sequal to Day 3: Record.

Allura rounded the corner to find a small crowd around her locker. Her eyes began filling with tears, knowing exactly why they were there. She needed her books but couldn't bring herself to go get them. Trying not to cry, she spun around and ran for the girls restroom.

Keith watched as Allura, with tears begining to flow, flew past him. He quickly made his way in the direction she had come. He pushed through the crowd and came face to face with a very distasteful name painted on a locker. Katie pushed through after him and looked up at the locker. "Allura," she whispered before quickly disappearing again.

This was Allura's locker? Keith suddenly felt protective for some reason. No one should be treated like this, especially not Allura. This must have been why Allura hadn't been her light hearted happy self lately. In a moment of anger, he spun to face the crowd.

"Okay, everyone get!" he declared firmly. "This display of immaturity is over."

The crowd soon dispersed after prodding from Keith. The pilot turned again to the locker. 'This isn't right! Poor Allura,' he thought, reaching in his pocket for his phone. He quickly clicked on a contact and a hello came from the line almost immediatly. "Lance. Bring some black paint to Allura's locker. Of course you know where it is. You know where every girl's locker is."

An hour or two later, Allura decided that she could go no longer without retrieving some books from her locker. She heaved a shakey breath and glanced around the corner. To her surprise, there was no one at her locker. Even more surprising, there was more words painted on it. Allura took a step closer to see.

A black line was painted through the red word and underneath it was written PRINCESS. Upon closer inspection, Allura found the author signed anonymous in black. She looked around to see if any one was watching but no one was paying attention.

Allura couldn't help the skip her heart took when reading it. After hearing so many bad things said about her, she could hardly believe there was something good being said. She reached her hand out gently to touch the almost dried paint, a weak smile playing on her lips.

For the next month or two, Allura received a note from Anonymous about every day. She recruited Katie and Shay to help her figure out who this was but after only a day or two, they gave up. The notes started off simple and relatively vague like a compliment on her score in the simulator or a reminder of how smart she is. They slowly started to get more and more personal. Allura hardly cared about the mean comments and messages she was receiving, she just loved getting the letters. They filled her with hope.

During this time, she slowly started not crushing on Keith anymore. Instead, she became almost obsessed with figuring out who Anonymous was. With how personal the notes were getting, it had to be someone who knew her outside school. That limited it to like four people, Katie, Shay, Keith, and Hunk.

Meanwhile, Keith slowly began to fall for Allura. He started growing closer to her as their friend groups collided and the notes became easier to write. He did not think of them as a duty but more as a privilege. He was getting to show Allura aspects of herself that she didn't believe in. He loved watching her read a note that she had just found.

One chilly winter day, four months after the locker inccident, Keith almost got insinigrated while trying to break a record set by Commander Iverson. He was relieved to be alive but was heavy hearted when he realized Allura had not been present. Keith knew in that moment that he had some some kind of strong feelings for the woman.

He wrestled with himself, and with Lance, about whether or not he should tell Allura about his newly accepted feelings. She had become closer and farther apart since the locker thing. Keith was hesitant to say the least. Finally he came to the conclusion that be would confess to her through Anonymous.

That day would forever live in history as the day Keith blew up the cafeteria, Hunk kissed Shay, and Lance had to be taken to the hospital. Long story short, Keith's love letter was never delivered that day because of unforseen circumstances. He tried again a week later to deliver that particular note but to no avail.

Finally, a month later, Keith managed to slip it into her backpack at lunch. He heart pounded fast. He had never put himself out there like that. He tried to calm himself by thinking of how Anonymous signed it so if she rejects Anonymous then she doesn't necessarily reject him.

He was alone in his dorm, studying for a physics test, one evening shortly after giving Allura his confession letter. Keith headed over to the door where he had heard a knock. He came face to face with a very serious Allura.

"It was you, wasn't It? You're Anonymous," she questioned.

Keith moved to let her in. "Yeah," he responded quietly.

Allura's eyes filled with tears, tears of joy. "I can't believe it. After me trying to get over you because of Anonymous, you turn out to be the same person."

Keith raised an eyebrow. "Trying to get over me?"

Allura crossed her arms, a little embarrassed. "Yeah. I was practically in love with you until Anonymous came along. Then I started feeling this for this fake name so I had two guys to choose from. Luckily for me, you turned out to be the same guy," she explained, suddenly very self aware.

Keith couldn't believe this. Allura was in a love triangle with two of him. There was a moment of silence before he spoke. "You know I meant every word I ever wrote, right?"

Allura was silent for a second, her heart pounding over what she was about to ask. "Even that you fell in love with me?"

Keith looked at the woman across from him. He nodded. "Yes."

The next instant, he had no clue what was happening. Allura had almost lunged forward to grab the front of his shirt. She pulled him closer, connecting their lips. It took Keith only a second to kiss back. The kiss was quite passionate considering how both had pined after the other. Allura tangled her fingers through his hair as he wrapped his arms around her.

Keith's homework was completely forgotten as Allura deepened the kiss. He was happy just being an anonymous support for Allura but he was even happier being-whatever this was for her. He had originally signed Anonymous as a way of seeming mysterious and aloof. But it had become a way for him to express himself without being himself.

Allura found that knowing who Anonymous was is way better then getting mysterious love letters. She was going to be okay, even if the bullying continued. Keith was going to help her just as he did while Anonymous, except in person.

I really have no opinion on this one...

Please review!

~ Pickles