When some members from the Blade of Marmora comes to talk with Allura, they misunderstood something and Shiro was seen as the paladins' father. (again)

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Kolivan stepped into the Castle of Lions with his two guards, nodding in acknowledgement towards Coran.

"Nice to see you finally here! The princess is waiting for you at the bridge. If you would please follow me," Coran gestured to them and with swift and silent steps, they followed the Altean along the soft-blue corridor.

Just as they approached the door that leads to the bridge, a loud shout could be heard, followed by a low growl causing Kolivan to stiff up and his guards to shift in a defensive stance. And just as sudden as the noise had appeared, the room beyond the door had suddenly gone quiet.

Not fazed at all by the ruckus that was happening, Coran confidently stepped into the room, glancing around with critical eyes before settling his gaze at the occupants, amusement and slight exasperation dancing in his eyes. "Mind telling me what happened?"

"Fucking cockroaches," Pidge grumbled as she pushed her sliding glasses back on her nose.

Coran quirked an eyebrow at that.

"How in the holy hell they got in here, I will never know, but fuck if I want to see one again. If I do, it will be too soon." Lance hissed as he glared at an empty spot of the room, like as if it had offended him. Hunk nodding vigorously in agreement beside him.

"Lance, language." Shiro frowned as he reprimanded the teen. When he turned around to apologise to Coran, Shiro noticed the visitors standing behind Coran.

"Ah, Kolivan. You are here. Excellent." Allura greeted with a smile, noticing them as well. The other paladins finally noticed the extra presence and shifted their focus towards the newcomers.

"Oh, hey Kolivan!" Lance greeted enthusiastically before he was whacked by the back of his head by Keith. Groaning in pain, Lance glared fiercely at Keith, the Red Paladin doing the same towards the Blue Paladin.

"Alright, that's enough. Come on now kids, you need to give them some privacy." Shiro said as he ushered them out of the room.

"But I want to hear what they're planning!" Pidge pouted but did as she was told, walking sullenly towards the door.

"Nope. This is an adult-only conversation and all of you are clearly not adults yet. So no eavesdropping, no trying to hack into the castle, no using the ventilation shaft and absolutely no fighting while I'm gone." Shiro looked sternly at the young paladins before him, especially Lance and Keith, before breaking into a smile. "Go and have some fun. Try not to blow or break anything okay?"

All paladins nodded at once and said, "Yes, father," with a lazy mock salute before dispersing, heading towards their own desired destination as per ordered by Shiro.

Turning his attention back at Allura and Kolivan, he offered them a thin smile, joining their gathering around the holographic image without a word.

Kolivan gave a critical eye at the Black Paladin, making Shiro very uncomfortable. "Is there something wrong, Kolivan?" he asked the Galra in question.

"No... I am just surprised to know that those paladins are actually your offsprings. I was not made aware of that. But now I can fully understand why you are very protective of the youg halfling when he did the Trials." Kolivan explained.

Shiro blinked at that while both Alteans smiled, already used to this kind of misunderstanding.

"I'm sorry but they're not my offspring." Shiro said once he came out of his initial shock.

"They are not?" Kolivan question in surprise. "Then why do they refer to you as 'father' then?"

"Uh..."

Before Shiro could answer, he felt a hand resting on his shoulder. Glancing at the back, he saw Coran smiling a bit too bright than his usual ones. "Coran, what-"

"Yes, Shiro is their father."

Shiro had turned his head around towards Allura so fast, he could hear something cracking. Most probably his neck. But he paid no mind to that as he stared at Allura in shock.

"I see. Then I shall inform the rest of the Blade so they will be properly informed." Kolivan decided which was agreed by Allura 100%. Shiro could just stand there, syill in shock to do anything.

"Let us continue our meeting then, shall we?" Allura asked, snapping Shiro out of his scattered thoughts. With a heavy sigh, Shiro chose to just go with it and think about all of this later. Consequences be damned.