AUTHORS NOTE: Did any of you miss the fact that Allura and Shiro are in fact married? It CLEARLY states it well within the first paragraph that have been married. Possibly dating during the war in general. There were no assumptions made- I had clearly put it in the very first paragraph of the fanfiction.
Yes, Allura and Shiro are in fact OOC in an AU world. Well sort of AU- as it still takes place on Altea after the war. So please, keep your mean comments to yourself unless you ACTUALLY read the story.
To all of those who have been leaving nice reviews, thank you! You guys are the ones that keep me going. So enjoy this back to back chapter at 7:00 in the morning.
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Everyone's eyes focused on Allura, Shiro was already shaking his head as travelling to Earth while Allura was pregnant could cause havoc. Keith was also shaking his head. Both Pidge and Hunk were emotionless, Lance looked eagerly at the couple.
"No! Definitively not! Not in Allura's condition! It would be the perfect opportunity for Zarkon to attack!" Allura's eyes snapped on Coran. He was now pacing nervously around the large dining hall.
"Coran-"
"Allura please listen to me. I think it would be a horrible idea."
"Coran!"
"It gives them the perfect opportunity!"
"CORAN LISTEN TO ME!" Allura yelled, looking at the red haired Altean. "I think it is a wonderful idea, but not now. With the baby on the way, and in case Zarkon attacks, we need our Paladins here, to form Voltron."
"It never hurts to ask." Lance said as he shrunk into his chair. Allura was eating the green goop now, and so was Shiro. Coran continued to babble about how many different scenarios could arise if the Paladins were not there to protect Altea. Allura glared at Coran, as it was still too early for her to be functioning.
"I am going to go back to my room, I am still very tired. Paladins, please train today, I will be overseeing your training." Allura didn't even finish the goop before she picked up her plate and put it by the sink, Shiro went to stand to help her move but she shook him off. "Shiro, you should train too and brush up on your skills." She said, kissing his cheek gently. "Coran can you watch them?" She asked, looking over at the red haired Altean.
"Yes, your majesty." Coran said, as he rushed all five Paladins out to the training decks. Allura smiled, she could have five minutes to herself at least. She meandered her way back to the bedroom and placed a warm robe around her shoulders. It was becoming quite cold on Altea and Allura's body was rapidly changing, along with her hormones. She even made Shiro add more blankets on top of the bed, then she requested that he wore a sleeve on his metallic arm- just because she was always cold. When she entered the room, she noticed that the bed had been made, sheets replaced and the smell of sex had been covered by a flowery smell, and it was nauseating. Allura huffed and she went to open a window, but then realized how cold it actually is and Allura decided to leave them closed, instead she put a fan on. Lady Anaphiel walked into the room, slightly surprised that the Queen went back to bed.
"My Lady!" She proclaimed, Allura quickly turned around and smiled at her brown haired lady in waiting. "I'm sorry I should have knocked first!" Allura couldn't help but chuckle, she and Shiro weren't doing anything- nor was he here to do anything with.
"Oh Lady Anaphiel! It is perfectly fine. You weren't expecting me to come back." She said, taking off the warmth of the robe and she pulled the sheets back off the bed, and crawled into it. The robe was placed over her, as it smelt of Shiro. Lady Anaphiel seemed slightly confused at the Queen's behavior.
"My Lady, are you alright?" She asked as she rushed to her side. Allura shook her head as she took the book that was on the nightstand beside her.
"I am perfectly fine, just a little tired."
"From your activities with King Shiro?" Allura's face changed from its tan color to a soft pink, embarrassment.
"Um no I am just very tired Anaphiel." Allura said, now opening the book that she wanted to read. She turned on her left side, a body pillow between her legs and the book propped up. Some would say Allura turned into a bookworm when she was sick or tired- and that statement was very true. She indulged herself in the novel she was reading, absorbing every word that the author had wrote down, though the book is in English, she was taking her time to read it, as reading English words is still hard for her. By the time Shiro was done training, he hadn't seen his wife. He ran towards their bedroom and opened the doors, spotting his napping wife in bed. The sound of the doors closing woke the Queen up.
"Hey- I'm sorry I woke you up." Shiro said, as he started to take off his armor, Allura sat up in bed and wiped her eyes. She checked the ticker and noticed that she had been asleep for four hours.
"Oh no!" She said as she quickly tossed her legs over the side of the bed and went to stand up. Shiro looked at her and let out a chuckle.
"Allura get back in bed. I have cancelled your day along with mine so the two of us can have a lazy day." Shiro said, climbing into bed with her, Allura sighed and put her hand on him. For the rest of the day, they both pampered themselves, with lots of love, kisses, belly talk, and researching baby things.
The four Paladins were now walking along the newly cobbled streets of Altea. All of them were disappointed in their leader, Shiro, for abandoning them to spend time with his wife. Pidge was completely understanding though, she would give the Paladins reminders that this is their first child and the two of them are very worried and being overly careful.
"It isn't fair."
"Lance, she's having a baby. Of course Shiro is going to tend to her more." Pidge would remind them. But she too, deemed it slightly unfair that Shiro could vanish from his own duties, which now they were being supervised by Coran.
"But still, it is not fair." Keith shrugged his shoulders at Lance's comment. Lance probably would not give up on the fact Shiro is not here.
"Lance just cut it out." Keith said, Coran was looking at the pull up computer screen; Allura was sending him a message over the message cloud.
"I have orders from Queen Allura." Coran said as they stood still, the four Paladins circled around him.
"What are they?"
"Did she give Shiro any?" Lance said snippily. Keith pushed him, telling him to knock it off. Lance stuck his tongue out at Keith.
"Yes, she did, matter of fact. Shiro is currently taking care of the finances inside the castle." Coran said, skimming through the messages. The back of the screen was black, so that way nobody could go snooping. "Pidge, she's asked you to check over the electronics in Area A, Section B- someone complained that the lights were off. Then she said if you can, return to the castle and do the upgrade that you were talking about at dinner the other night on one of the lions."
"What upgrade?" Pidge asked slightly confused, she had many plans for each Lion. But they still didn't know the exact specifications and processes each lion had, they've only been their Paladins for a year and a half.
"I don't know- she wasn't specific." Coran said, as he continued to skim through the messages, writing back to Allura about what specification for the upgrade. "Oh! She said that the Yellow Lion's Tail Laser needed tinkering. So Hunk, you can go along with Pidge. Allura asked that you tended to both gardens and one of the farms. She also stated that if you do not want to go to the farm, by all means that is fine."
"Wait- so I have to go check up on the gardens then head to the farm?" Hunk asked, he actually didn't mind doing the dirty work. He missed it actually- memories of being home. "Sweet!"
"Don't forget to meet up with Pidge!" Coran said as the Green and Yellow Paladin left. Pidge had a little map up leading her to Area A, Section B. That was the area that was still under construction. Now, all that was left was Keith and Lance. The peep went off on Coran's screen, it said.
"PLEASE DO NOT READ ALOUD! - Shiro has informed me that Keith and Lance have a thing for each other. I want to push them together, so please do not make it obvious. I would like for them to be set up. Send them to the new construction site, and have them work with the foremen there. Homes need to be done in a months time, as all five Paladins will be venturing off to a new planet to scout for Alteans."
"Such an odd request." Coran said with a shake of his head. Keith and Lance had their arms crossed as Coran turned off the small crystal. "Well, Allura would like you two to head over to the construction site and work. With the two of you working side by side, things should move faster!"
"Why are we going to work on the houses?" Lance asked. "Last time we did, the roof leaked."
"Yes. I do remember that Lance. But the foremen are there and they will not allow you to work on the roof this time." Coran said as he ushered the duo off towards the construction site. "These houses need to be prepared by next month- as you guys will be bringing back more Alteans home."
"But why do we have to-"
"Lance! Go get to work!" Coran hurried off, leaving the two Paladins with the construction crew. There were twenty construction workers all together, and adding Keith and Lance, there were twenty-two. All of these workers were muscular, and appeared to be doing their job with much ease. Unlike the struggling Lance, Keith on the other hand was much more versatile. The Blue Paladin was taking a break, his armor was off and he was wearing a pair of blue work out shorts. Keith had also, taken off his armor, wearing a pair of red shorts. Keith's hair was in a ponytail, and it made him look rather dashing.
"Keith this isn't fair." The Blue Paladin complained, Keith couldn't help but laugh. "I'm literally melting."
"Maybe if you trained more seriously and not slack. You'd be more of a use." Keith said, lifting up another board and walking it over to the construction workers. Lance huffed, why did he always have to slack off- typical Earthling. Keith helped lift the board up, while one of the workers got it up.
"Keith- you of all people know how hard I do train." Lance said, holding the hammer. He walked it over to where Keith was, one of the workers chuckled. "Hey! What's so funny!"
"Don't hurt yourself princess. You might break a nail!" The workers who heard this all started to die of laughter. Lance's face turned red, from bother anger and embarrassment. Keith couldn't help but snicker at the comment as well.
"HEY! THAT ISN'T FUNNY!"
"No it actually is. Because you're holding the hammer and nails." The worker laughed, and he had to put the board down. "Oh that was a good one!"
"THAT ISN'T FUNNY!"
"Lance calm down."
"I WILL NOT CALM DOWN!"
"Lance-" Keith said, quickly grabbing Lance. He looked at the Blue Paladin and he sighed. Lance was definitively angry. "Maybe the heat is getting to you. We've been at this for six hour. Lets go back to the castle." Keith said, trying to distract Lance. He went and picked up the armor. Lance huffed and grabbed his own armor and they headed back towards the Castle.
"That wasn't funny."
"Lance, just stop." Keith said, returning his hair back down into the long mullet. When they arrived at the Castle, Allura and Shiro emerged from their apartment and were sitting in the operation room. Shiro was learning the castle controls and Allura was sitting down behind him. Keith and Lance were the first ones to appear, of course.
"Now what happens if Zarkon attacks the city?" Allura asked, she was actually wearing something casual. She had on a striped shirt and a pair of leggings. Shiro, on the other hand, had his training outfit on and he seemed confused by the Altean words that were presented to him on the colored keyboard. "You got ten seconds-"
"I would set the particle barrier up around the um town!"
"Close- but you would divert the third balmera crystal towards the town and each house would set up its own particle barrier."
"Since when do we have a second and third balmera crystal?" Keith asked, Lance was still furious at the construction workers. Allura jumped and she quickly stood up. Shiro turned around and faced the Red and Blue Paladin.
"We haven't yet. We have the ports for up to five crystals." Allura said with a soft smile. "I am allowing Shay and the balmera to recover before we come and exchange gifts for the balmera crystal."
"King Alfor had set up those extra spaces when the Galra was attacking and that is what made the castle survive all this time." Coran said, he was supposed to be helping Shiro co-pilot and direct the castle ship in this training module.
"How was your day?" Allura asked with a polite smile. Lance rolled his eyes and he pointed at the queen.
"It was horrible! I got made fun of and then was called a princess!"
"Lance, I swear you sound more and more like a girl each day." Keith muttered, shaking his head in disappointment. "I don't even know why I call you my best friend." Allura and Shiro raised an eyebrow at each other.
"Alright, now can you two find Pidge and Hunk in the Yellow Lion's hangar? Your lions also need some tinkering as well." Allura said as she turned around to help Shiro. She had pulled some masking tape off and she was telling Shiro what to write on them. The tape was placed underneath the buttons.
"Allura, you're going to ruin the controller."
"We need a new one Coran- and one that is baby proof." Shiro said, as some of the keys were already falling off of it and the parts were duct taped to the stable unit.
"That also reminds me, we should baby proof the lions."
"Allura- you're starting to go crazy yourself." Shiro said, but Allura crossed her arms. She was determined to baby proof at least one of the lions.
"But honey. What if Zarkon kidnaps our baby and we need to bring him/her home?" She asked, sitting back down behind Shiro. They still had plenty of work to do with him behind the controller. Shiro bit his lower lip, she did in fact have a solid point.
"Fine, we can baby proof my lion." He grunted, focusing on each control. He was still having trouble memorizing the controls.
"Shiro, I think I know what your problem is." Coran stated, as he looked back at him. Shiro's attention was caught as the red haired Altean made his way over to him. "We're not in dire need of a battle. You, work on whim. Like your lion."
"But you do need to know which controls to hit when you're in a stressful situation." Allura stated, she turned her head around the tall ceilings. Nothing has really changed since she was a child. Allura used the sides of the chair to stand up. "There's an emergency control, that only separates the royal apartments in dire emergency. There's an extra control hidden there. The button? Is this one." She placed his hand underneath the counter, he could feel a round bump and he didn't push it. "To activate it. These four buttons need to be on." She pointed to it. Coran looked away, and gave the two some space.
"Allura, why are you telling me this?" Shiro turned to her, taking both of her hands in his. Allura looked away, but Shiro tilted her head up to look directly at him.
"Well you know I'm delivering here at home and if Zarkon attacks while I'm delivering. It's an emergency escape." She said, looking up at him. "My father designed it back when my mom was pregnant."
"Don't think worst case scenario. You have me, and everyone else here to protect you."
"But I don't need protecting."
"Allura, you're out of commission until after the baby is born."
"I can defend myself."
"I believe you. But you have this little one to nurture." His hand moved from her hand to her baby bump. Allura watched him as he moved it, gently placing it on her belly. She pouted, and then looked at him. "You do need to be careful."
"Shiro, I know." She sighed at the end of her response. "Lets go see how the other Paladins are doing. My head hurts anyway." She took his hand and brought him to the lions hangar. She had a hand placed on her back as well. The blue lion was being worked on at this very moment. Hunk and Pidge drenched in sweat when the couple arrived.
"LANCE DON'T TOUCH THAT!" Hunk yelled, but Lance touched it anyway. It was of course an ice shot heading straight for the couple. Shiro grabbed Allura and pulled her to the side, nearly missing the ice.
"LANCE!" Shiro yelled at angrily as his teammate. Lance peered out of the lion then went back inside. He then turned to look at Allura and made sure she was okay.
"Quiznak! I'm so sorry!" He was safe inside of the lion, for now.
"Can't you control him?" Allura asked Keith and Keith laughed.
"I ask that same question." Keith replied; Allura looked rather disappointed in him. The Queen turned her head and looked at Lance. It appeared that he was pretending to pilot the lion, pulling at the steering wheel and by the shapes of his mouth he was making noises.
"Hunk- where are you at with the um-"
"Almost done, no thanks to Lance." Hunk said, as he came out from the Lion. He wiped his forehead and closed the hatch. "It's all set now."
"CAN I TEST IT?" Lance exclaimed, but the lion stayed turned off. Everyone jumped at this remark including Allura.
"NO YOU CANNOT LANCE!" Everyone screamed, which made Lance slightly disappointed. He looked down and got out of his Lion, muttered a few words then made his way towards the castle. Allura had her hand on her abdomen; Shiro's hand was around her waist. They looked at each other and smiled when they did. Heading back into the castle, everyone seemed at ease.