AN (pre-chapter) - I'm back! I am so sorry it's been almost 2 weeks since I uploaded the first couple of chapters? I am so sorry.

Sorry, I repeat myself a lot. I went camping the weekend after the first upload. And then I got to my cousin's that Sunday, and that led to meeting a couple of his friends, and they spent Sunday and Monday night. And playing video games, staying up until 4AM, getting an hour of sleep, and then doing it again the next day. Man, that was exhausting. And then I spent the next 4 nights and 5 days, catching up on sleep, just to do the same thing this past Saturday and Sunday night, and then playing catch up again. I'll be going home soon, so I'll be able to upload more regularly.

I do not own Voltron or any of its characters.
ENJOY!

2nd Grade (Lance's POV) (Keith's 8th Birthday) (Spring):

It's just before the spring recital, and everyone is talking about their families coming, or about the rain. Everyone minus one anyways. I know his situation, and I never expected him to just blatantly come out about it.

"Keith!" some of the girls in our grade squealed, running up to him; startling him from staring out of the window, where he was watching the April showers. "Huh?" He replies, and I huff. 'He's so lucky! Girls are just all over him.' I continue listening anyways;

"Aren't you excited?" one girl asks.

"About what?"

"Your family coming and hearing you sing. Duh!" another replies.

"Yeah! You're really good at singing." A third chimes in.

"I'm in foster care. They have 6 older kids of their own to worry about. They don't care about my activities." Keith goes back to looking out the window. The girls look at each other before walking away.

~Time skip to the concert.~

I hear a gasp from beside me as we are lined by height up on the risers. I grew an inch or two since last year, and he's the same height as me now. I look over to Keith and see him staring at someone in the crowd. I follow his gaze and immediately spot Shiro, the next youngest in the household, also from foster care, but has been adopted a long time ago. He's in 9th grade I think. "Happy birthday Keith!" he yells before we start singing. I glance at Keith, and wow that blush. Although I've heard Keith sing plenty, I've never heard the emotion that's in it tonight. Afterwards, I see Keith with Shiro, and I've never seen such a big smile on his face before. 'I never knew his birthday was in the beginning of April… I never cared before. Is this the feeling my parents keep telling me I'll experience when I find someone I care about? Because if it is, I want to be the reason for his smile.'

AN (post-chapter) - Thank you for reading.
vampireharry the 2 - I'm glad you think so! Here's the next chapter.
Guest: Rosa - Thank you! That's part of the reason I'm making the backstories.