Disclaimer: I do not own Voltron or any of its characters.I didn't want to own Nanny anyway.
Rating/Setting: Rating is M. Setting is DotU but is definitely AU – see challenge info below.
2nd Response to Cheetoy's KAEX Challenge "A Royal Twist." "What if Keith was the surviving Arusian Royal Prince and Allura was an Earth born hometown girl turned GA Starpilot? How will the prim and proper Prince deal with falling for a strong-willed GA pilot of no royal line? Sadly, Nanny and Coran insist on a Princess for our dear Kogane... But how shall they deal with the Drule Prince(ss)? Can they find their Happy Ever After?"
Author's Notes:
In this AU take on DotU, we are following the KAEX challenge that is listed above. However, you'll see that my writing of this Keith is much different than what I usually write and he isn't very prim and proper as mentioned in the original challenge. I hope you like my splurge. ;-)
Chapter Two
Allura had been on Arus for a month and had helped battle two robeasts during that time. Surprisingly, she hadn't had to battle the Prince of Arus at all. Except for a few flirtatious comments, he had been very well-behaved. She supposed she should be grateful for that, but a little more flirting would have been good for her ego. In fact, after the bathing suit incident just an hour ago, she had expected a number of flirtatious comments but hadn't received any. Her face turned ruby red again at the memory of her bikini top floating to the surface after she had dived in. The prince had been close enough that she was sure he had seen something. But he hadn't said a thing and here she was in her room to change into something to wear to dinner. A chime at her door surprised her. "Enter," she called without thinking twice.
"Hi," Keith said as the door closed behind him.
Allura straightened immediately. Her face flushed as she held a tee shirt in front of her as they were both still wearing their bathing suits. "Keith, um, what are you doing here?"
Keith graced her with a dazzling smile as he walked to stand within arm's reach of her. "I just wanted to let you know that I've admired you since you arrived and today, I saw even more to admire."
Red suffused Allura's cheeks as she concentrated on looking at his chin. "Thank you, Prince Keith. I'm glad that I meet your expectations. Now, if you don't mind-"
"Oh, I'd say you more than meet my expectations, Allura," Keith said as he took a step toward her.
As he stepped forward, Allura stepped back into the dresser behind her causing the bottles on the top to rattle as the dresser shook. "Well, that's nice to know…" What am I saying? What am I doing? I need to get out of here. The thoughts ran through her mind. Her plans of escape went out the window as she made the mistake of looking up into his smoldering eyes. She froze.
Taking her lack of movement as acceptance, Keith closed the small distance between them and took the tee shirt from her hands and dropped it to the floor. Carefully placing both of his hands on her shoulders, he felt her shiver and he smiled as his hands traveled up to cup her face. His fingers were buried in her hair as he leaned in to capture the lips that had been tempting him for the last month.
Allura trembled at the touch of his bare hands on her skin. As he leaned in to kiss her, her hands moved up his bare chest to tangle in his long hair. The heat from the lips that she had been admiring from even before her arrival lit a fire inside her. She leaned further into him and the heat from their skin touching in so many places made her feel as if she were on fire. Belatedly, she realized that his hands had left her neck and were tracing a blazing path to her back and rear. Understanding that his intentions were to remove her swimsuit, she tensed.
"Stop, Keith," she whispered against his mouth.
"Hmmmm?" he answered as his lips traveled to her neck and his hands went to work removing her suit.
Allura's response became slightly frantic as she pushed against him. "Stop… please!" Still her voice was little more than a whisper.
Instantly Keith stopped and leaned back, hands resting gently on her hips. His breathing was rapid as he asked, "Is something wrong, Allura?"
She knew that he was ready to finish what he started, but she wasn't. "I don't want… I mean, I didn't expect…Arrr!" Then she calmed down as she reached to pick up the tee shirt on the floor and pulled it over her head. "Just go, Keith. I'm not going to be another notch on your belt."
"Belt? I'm not wearing a belt," Keith asked in bewilderment.
It took effort to keep her eyes on his and not glance down to his trunks. Doing so she knew would only make her blush more. "Ask Lance, he'll explain." Placing a hand on his arm, she escorted the bewildered prince to the door.
"I didn't mean to offend you," he said as he stood just outside her door.
"I'm not offended," she said as she managed a smile. "I just don't want to be a one night stand." It seemed that Lance must have explained that phrase already as Keith seemed to know what she was talking about.
Keith leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Who said it had to be just one night?" He felt her hand firmly push him back.
With a smirk, she hit the sensor to close the door.
Smiling at the closed door, Keith thought about the passionate kiss and then turned down the hallway.
Allura started fanning herself and headed toward her bathroom for a shower. Those girls at the Garrison really had no idea….
Five months later, six months after Allura arrived…
Keith pressed the lovely pilot of Blue Lion against the wall in his suite. His lips pulled and tugged at hers as his hands found hers and lifted their arms above their heads. With her arms out of the way, he released her hands and let his hands skim the fabric of her uniform on the sides. As his hands went to her waist, he began tugging her shirt up and when his fingers found the soft skin of her abdomen, he moaned against her lips. Stopping, he leaned back so that he could remove his own shirt.
Finally having the chance to regain her senses, Allura saw the prince drop his shirt to the floor. Now he was reaching for her again. Putting her hand out, she said, "Wait, I'm still not ready for this."
The prince leaned forward until his bare chest came into contact with her hand. "You seemed ready just a few moments ago." He reached over and buried his hand in her hair at the nape of her neck. Pulling them together, his lips took hers again and once again she surrendered to him.
As his hand touched her bare abdomen again, she tore her lips away and said, "Stop it, Keith."
Groaning, he pressed his forehead against the wall next to her and moved his hands to the wall as well. However, his body stayed pressed against hers.
Allura felt no fear or concern. Keith had always stopped although his groans had grown increasingly louder since that first encounter they had months ago. "Why do you keep trying?" she asked.
Pushing back to give them a little room, he gazed into her eyes. "Because one of these times you're not going to ask me to stop." He smiled as she blushed profusely. Placing a quick kiss on her lips, he pushed away. Reaching down, he grabbed his shirt. As he pulled it over his head, he noticed that she was watching him intently. "Seems like you don't mind looking, Lieutenant."
Blushing, Allura turned away. "Now that I know that the security glitch with your window has been fixed, I'll head back to my rounds." As Keith laughed as she exited, she knew that the 'glitch' was most likely a result of the prince's own tampering, although he covered it well.
Walking back to Control, she thought about the last six months. After their first kiss, he had been more flirtatious, but only when not on duty. When he was in "commander mode" as the team liked to joke, he was all business. He cut her no slack and made no sexual innuendos… that was Lance's area. But Keith made sure that Lance didn't take it too far and for that she was appreciative. She often fired a few shots back at her friend, so she didn't find it offensive or harassing.
Off-duty, Keith could be rather flirty and tonight was the fourth time since their first kiss that she had found herself in the sexy commander's arms. She sighed. Each time she had said no. She was afraid that Keith was right, one of these times she might just say yes and she was worried what it would do to her when he moved on to someone else.