Lance knew Shiro wanted to talk, and a long one at that as too why he could only guess. He was 95% sure Shiro wanted to talk about how badly he screwed up in that battle three weeks ago, Hunk caved and told him there was a entire week he was missing. So instead Lance avoided the conversation by letting Blue be study by Allura and Coran and him figuring out all the mice's different routes around the castle. The only from him room to the kitchen was one of the first he memorized, he could take some of Hunk's hidden treasure of food and he was none the wiser. He'd have to ask him where he got candy from. Eventually the doll house furniture, that Pidge and Hunk were making, was completed. The installed his tiny bathroom in his normal one, it was nice cause while he was in it he didn't feel like he was 2 inches tall. He didn't have to train with the others but Allura found ways for him train anyways.
Too say that just because your armour and bayard shrunk with one does not by any means, mean that when active said bayard is your current size. He often skipped whatever training Allura designed for him and his reasoning was that getting around is a workout in of itself. Eventually he knew Shiro would locate him and they'd have the conversation he was dreading. He just didn't think he'd find him so quickly.
It's been three days since blue spat him out and today was just a bad day. The voices had returned and his current size was taking a toll on him. Currently was curled up in Blue, she made it dark for him to try to sleep, to shut out the voices.
Worthless, because of you the team can't form Voltron. Your putting them at risk, why because your useless sorry as was in battle and got hit by a spell.
They don't need you, they never did. Everyone was happier you were gone. Lance curled up tighter and put his hands on his ears. He only knew bits and pieces from the two weeks blue kept him hidden and from what he had heard, they seemed to have missed him.
They only missed you because the blue lion was missing. They need her, they don't need you. Never have never will. He could feel blue try and comfort him as she walked about.
"Hey Blue, is Lance with you? I need to talk to him." Of course Shiro had to find her right this moment.
"Please don't let him know I'm here you beautiful girl." Blue purred in the back of my mind before apologizing. I sent her a question thought but never had a chance to finish it. She spat me out again, this is starting to become a problem.
"Are you ok?" I looked up to see Shiro kneeling down with his hand out for me. Well there was no more avoiding it. I fixes my mask in place and stood up before walking towards his flesh hand. Since Shiro learned of my current size he never once offered his metal hand, it was always the flesh one.
"I'm great, Blue was just helping get to the bridge, when she decided to spit me out. Again." Lance could feel Blue apologizing, he knew she didn't want to hurt him.
"What's on your mind boss?" Shiro looked like he was caught stealing a cookie from the cookie jar. Lance thought perhaps he hadn't thought far enough ahead as to what he wanted to say.
"You know you can talk to me right?"
"Well yeah. You make a point about it all the time. It's one of the rules." Shiro seemed thoughtful for aa moment before he spoke again.
"Not just injuries Lance, you can talk to me about problems, or how your feeling. I'm here for all of you." Lance was thrown off by the conversation, what exactly was Shiro try to talk to him about and in a rounded about way? And why wasn't he lecturing him about his screw up.
"We're a team Lance but we're also a family. I want to protect this family, even from themselves."
There was no way he could know Lance had gotten good at hiding it, no one but Blue knew. No one, he even made sure to tell Hunk he was doing better he made sure no one knew. So why was Shiro hinting like he did? Did Blue tell Black? Was he not hiding it as well? Unconsciously Lance pulled his sleeve down. This caught Shiro attention, he moved his hand to his bedside table to allow lance down. He then put on his best paladin leader voice on.
"Lance have you ever harmed yourself before?" Shiro watched as he placed a mask back on, seemingly I don't wear that ever fell in the first place.
"What and scar this beautiful skin, no way." While Shiro could believe it, Lance's actions told him otherwise. Coran made sure no one but hunk ever change Lance into a cryo suit, the only two people who confided in him about Lance's mentality and their worries.
"Lance take off your jacket. Please I need you to be honest with me." Lance just looked at him, like he told him he was dying, which broke Shiro's heart even more so, when Lance decided he had enough and ran away from him.