Bonus Chapter: So, this probably happened.

Sometime during chapter 23:

Some muffled snickering echoed through the hall. Pidge and Lance were sneaking up to the common room with something concealed in Lance's hand. The taller jabbed a thumb in the direction of the room and Pidge nodded. They both snuck into the room where quiet, rhythmic breathing could be heard. Their resident furry (according to Lane) was sprawled across the couch, fast asleep. The two paladins peeked over the back of the couch, still trying to hold back their laughing. Lance cast a glance at Pidge and she nodded, grinning hugely. Lance reached over the couch and tied something around Keith's neck. Then they promptly ran out of the room.

The woosh of the door shutting woke Keith up. He blinked away the sleepiness and slowly sat up. When he did so, he heard a ringing. He blinked again and shook his head. There it was again; it sounded like a bell. He reached up to his neck and growled. His ears flicked as he heard snickering coming from down the hall. He ripped the bell off his neck and stormed out of the room. He found the two paladins sitting with their backs against the wall trying to hide their uncontrollable laughing. They hadn't noticed the Galra looming over them until he chucked the bell at Lance's head.

KONK!

Keith turned and walked off. "I'm not a fucking cat!"

Pidge was holding her gut in hysterical laughter, pointing at the knocked out Lance on the ground. A lump was forming on his head.

Hunk just finished serving breakfast. Lance was the only one who hadn't shown up to the table yet. Though, nobody wanted to wait for him so they all started eating anyway. When he finally did show up, he arrived in a blue bath robe, lion house slippers, and a green face mask on. He sat down next to Keith and began eating. Unnoticed to Keith, Lance cast a quick wink at Pidge and Hunk.

A little while later, Lance stood with his empty plate and proceeded into the kitchen. He came back out empty handed. As he walked behind Keith, he paused and held a finger to his lips for the others to see. Everyone was looking at him but Keith never noticed. Lance reached a hand up and began stroking Keith's hair between his ears. Pidge slapped a hand to her mouth to stifle her laughter at Keith's reaction.

Keith's eyes closed and he leaned into the touch. He began to purr. At that, everyone else also had to cover their reaction. Lance began to scratch behind his ears; Keith's mouth opened just slightly and his ears laid down in pleasure. Lance suddenly felt something on his waist; he looked down to find a purple tail wrapped around his waist. Distracted, he hadn't realized he stopped petting Keith. Keith opened his eyes to see everyone staring at him, mouths covered. Then he saw them look behind him. He tilted his head back to see Lance's hand hovering above him. He put the pieces together. His ears turned in annoyance and he stood up quickly, not realizing his tail was wrapped around lance. When he began to walk off, a deep blush across his face, he noticed Lance following him and muffled laughing coming from the table. He turned to face Lance angrily. Lance put his hands up innocently then simply pointed down. Keith saw his own tail coiled around Lance. His blush deepened as he tugged his tail loose and quickened his pace out of the room.

Everyone burst into giggles.

"Man! That was an awesome trip!" Hunk stepped out of the green lion, stretching backwards with his arms up.

"No kidding! We found some great herbs to use for cooking!" Pidge followed soon after Hunk and Coran behind her.

"Certainly," Coran twisted his mustache, "That was an excellent planet for plant life. We were able to locate some superb cooking herbs."

Pidge held a small basked filled with a variety of plants. She and the others made their way to the common room. They laid all the different plants out on a small blanket. Pidge began point at each one, naming them and their best cooking purpose. She thanked Coran for teaching it all to her. As she was talking, Keith began approaching the plants, walking on his hands and knees. Everyone froze when they saw him. He was… sniffing. He smelled each plant until he seemed to find the one he was looking form. His eyes widened when he came to one in particular. He buried his nose in it. Then he sat back, picking it up and rubbing it against his face.

This went on for about a minute until the sound of giggling snapped him out of it. He looked at the plant in his hand, then at the others. His whole face darkened, a deep shade of purple covering his expression.

Pidge looked at the plant. "Uh… Galra nip?"

Keith dropped the plant and covered his face.

"No- Shhhhh. This will totally work!"

"This is so lame. It's not going to do anything but get him mad at you."

"Maybe, but think, it will be pretty funny if it actually does work."

"Shhhhhhh! He'll hear us!" Lance peeked around the corner into the dining room. "Ok. It doesn't seem like he's heard us yet." He waved a hand at Hunk and Pidge for them to follow. They all snuck into the dining room. Keith's back was too them so they had the advantage. When they saw his ears flick, they all froze. When he went back to eating, they continued. Lance slowly slid a large green vegetable next to Keith on the table. - They had found this vegetable on the planet they found all the herbs on. It has a striking resemblance to an Earth cucumber. Lately, they had been watching some YouTube videos from earth (thanks to Pidge's genius) of cats being scared of cucumbers. That's when the idea struck Lance. - After he got the space cucumber on the table, they all snuck out of the room and watched from a distance.

Keith finished eating his lunch. When he made to get up, the three paladins held their breath …but he sat right back down, never noticing the offending item next to him. They all let out their breath. Keith finished off his drink and made to stand up again. They held their breath. He sat back down. They all groaned silently, growing impatient.

"What are you guys doing?" Shiro suddenly showed up behind them.

The three jumped and turned around with their fingers on their lips, but it was too late. Keith heard them.

Keith turned to see the four of them. "Oh. Hey guys. What's up?"

Shiro looked completely confused as to why there was a 'cucumber' on the table. "Uh…" He pointed to it.

Keith looked at what he was pointing to. What came next will never be forgotten… by any of them.

"What the fu-" Keith jumped five feet in the air, knocking over his chair. He backed up against the wall behind him before realizing what it actually was. He shot an angry, unforgiving glare to the four hysterically laughing paladins. He growled, baring his large fangs. "LANCE!"

Lance suddenly stopped, eyes wide as an angry Galra came rushing toward him. He turned and ran. "Why are you coming after me?! I wasn't the only one!"

"I don't care! I'm sure it was your idea! I. AM. NOT. A. FUCKING. CAAT!"

"Guys! Heeellpp!" The others heard Lance's voice from down the hall. They were already on the floor, still laughing.

SURPRISE! Bonus fluff chapter! Told you I had a surprise! Hope you all enjoy this little bit, 'cause it will probably be a little while before I post the sequel. Well… Until the next story,

NyteXade