Broken Wish
Helping Hand

"All I wanted to do was help Keith out."

The cogs in Lance's head were honestly not working right, but they honestly sufficed, given the fact he did at least figure out what he felt was the most important part, that he'd actually wanted to help Keith out. Despite the fact the red paladin tended to rub him the wrong way, he couldn't not in anyway deny the fact Keith was his friend.

He also knew that Ryo rubbed him the wrong way, and was now enemy number one, outside of the Galra of course. He also had to admit that the younger Shirogane scared the crap out of him, but he stood up for Keith despite the fear coursing through his body. He wasn't expecting what the red paladin did next, or for Hunk to follow through with the order.

"Put me down Hunk."

"Um, no."

"Hunk!" The two passed by a group of girls, and Lance made a waving motion at the three, causing the female cadets to giggle.

The yellow paladin set him down, his chubby features twisted in worry. "Lance…"

"Why did you stop me?"

"Because that Shirogane kid was seriously going to kill you?"

"And what do you think he was going to do to Keith? Huh?"

"I don't know."

"Then why did you abandon your friend Hunk."

"Oh…" The yellow paladin's tone of voice strained. "Don't you go there Lance. See, I may get scared, and run away and all, but the one thing I don't do is abandon my friends. I didn't want to take off any more than you did, but you know what? I think Keith can handle that guy a whole lot better than you can, what with the fact he's trained with swords and all."

Lance folded his arms across his chest. "That guy kidnapped Keith."

"You know, I don't think that's what was going on."

"Come on! It was obvious that Keith didn't want to go with the guy!"

"That's not kidnapping though. I mean, I don't think it is."

Lance plopped down onto the floor just as the bell rang. "Well, what are we supposed to do now. I don't think Keith and that jerk were going to class." His eyes widened. "Say! You don't think he was trying to call Keith out, do you?"

"Call him out?" Hunk's eyes blinked a bit, before his mouth formed a circle. "Oh. Um, maybe. But if it is, it's not that bullying kind of thing, but the warrior's kind of thing."

"No." The blue paladin felt his mouth twist, before flopping onto the ground. "Quiznack." Hunk slid down beside him, a worried look on his face. Five to ten minutes passed by, when a voice made the two jump.

"What do you cadets think you're doing?" The two paladins looked up to see the new teacher, also a Shirogane standing there in front of them. "Class started five, ten minutes ago."

Lance and Hunk looked at each other, their eyes widening. The yellow paladin spoke fast. "Say, you don't think he can help us. He's also a Shirogane, so…"

"Yeah. He should be able to help."

The two paladin's stood up, just as the teacher named Shirogane let one eyebrow drift up, yet the serious look on his face remained. "Help you with what?"

"See…" Lance's hands flared out. "You know that new kid. The one who has the same name as you."

The young man's expression darkened. "If this is about what our relationship to Takashi Shirogane is, that is really none of your business."

The blue paladin held up a finger, his mouth agape. His hands swung out with enthusiasum with a motion indicating no. "Nope. Nada. Well, I have been wondering that, but…"

"It's got to do with Keith." Hunk blurted out, only to find the teacher's face going blank. His voice slowed. "Um. That new kid. I think he called Keith, like, Akira?"

The teacher's eyes widened, before letting out a sigh of exasperation. "Oh. What did those two do this time?"

"That new kid…" Lance felt something click in his head, but not into place. "Wait. What did you say? That new kid wasn't trying to kidnap Keith."

Hunk's voice drew the blue paladin's eyes away, so he didn't catch the look on their teacher's face now matching the earlier sigh. "I told you that might not be it."

"Yeah. But that new kid drew his sword on us."

"What?" The teacher spoke up, but his words fell on deaf ears.

"Yeah. You also kind of had that coming Lance."

"Did not." Lance folded his arms across his chest. "And besides, you're the one who took off with me, so we couldn't stop that other kid from…" Two bright blue eyes blinked. "To be honest, I'm not sure what was going on, but it didn't seem good."

"I only ran because Keith told me to. You were trying to get that guy to turn you into mincemeat, which was rather scary."

"Stop!" This comment from the teacher made the two paladins. "Look. I'm sorry Ryo went overboard. I'll have a word with him to make sure it doesn't happen again. As for Akira, he's fine."

"Yeah, but…"

The sound of a phone went off, and the teacher picked it up, holding up one finger. "Hello. … Calm down Ryo. … What do you mean it didn't get cleaned up? … Look, I'll be sure to send someone over from the garrison to take care of it. Have you two eaten lunch… … Three? … Um, well, I don't know who the girl is either."

"It's Pidge." Lance piped up, causing Hunk to shush him rather loudly.

The teacher named Shirogane continued to look rather annoyed, and held up his own finger to his mouth. "He what? … I get the fact you don't like the food choices, but… Ryo!" The young man took a deep breath. "Thank you for calming down. I get the fact you don't like the food choices. I don't either, and will have a talk to him about eating properly later. It's not as if you guys can cook anything until the kitchen is sanitized, so why don't you two – three – go over to that Japanese restraunt Shiro told me about. Akira should know the place."

Lance folded his arms across his chest, thinking a few things were far more important.

The teacher looked up. "Oh, and no more pulling your sword on cadets. Your blade is a tool, not…" The young man let out a sigh, and closed his eyes. "Sorry. He hung up on me, but I will be sure to talk to him later about that." There came a pause. "Wait. Ryo didn't think you were trying to harm Akira, did he?"

"Um. Like he completely spazed for no reason!" Lance gestured wildling.

Hunk, however, attempted to pull the blue paladin away, hoping the young man would forget the fact they were missing class. "Well, Lance did do somethings that might have been misconstrued that way, but that Ryo dude really did kind of jump th gun, you know."

"Uh huh." The next thing the two paladin's knew, the teacher was holding onto their ears. "Don't think for a second I forgot about you guys being truant from class."

"Oh man! Lance. Why do you always get us into trouble like this? I hate going to the principles office. You know that!"