The couple spent a little more time in bed each day, but today was a very special day. The couple was awake and Shiro was talking to the baby bump, reading it one of the Altean stories that was thankfully translated by Allura. The female laid back half asleep on the pillow, Shiro looked at her and smiled. She had been up for most of the night, uncomfortable and tossing and turning. Allura yawned, and she started to close her eyes.
"Allura."
"Yeah-" She replied sleepily, her breathing was relaxed and she started to drift off to sleep. He placed his hand on her belly, and he bent down to kiss the bump.
"My little Princess will grow up to be just like her mommy. Strong, beautiful, powerful, intelligent, creative." He said to the baby. They accidentally found out last night that they are having a girl- Hunk couldn't keep his mouth shut. Allura's jaw was slightly open as she slept; a little drool came out of her mouth as well. Shiro thought it was just adorable. He knew that Allura needed to sleep so he covered her up in the warmth of the blankets and tucked her in. He held her close in his arms, wrapped up tightly and safely. Allura sniffled slightly, as she had been sick for a while. Minda told her to rest up, drink plenty of warm tea and eat healthier. Shiro had been running around, doing what the Queen would be doing while she rested. He even piloted the rescue mission from the Castle! Allura moved her hand and ruffled his hair. She smiled softly and she started to get up. "Allura, please."
"Shiro- I am only going to the bathroom." She stretched her arms over her head and walked towards the bathroom, turning the light on as she closed the door. Shiro rolled over in bed as he was getting use to all of this pregnancy stuff. They even went out and bought a bunch of nursery items, and they started to set up the nursery in the empty bedroom next door to them. Allura left the bathroom and she turned the light off. She was wearing one of Shiro's grey t-shirts and a pair of black underwear. He smirked as he watched her walk back to the bed. "We really should get ready for the day- it is a long day."
"Allura darling- you need to relax."
"I have been relaxing!" She said, putting her hands behind her back, she stretched her back out just a bit. Lady Anaphiel walked into the room, as if she knew when the Queen would be awake. Allura bent down and picked up a pair of black sweatpants that was scattered on the floor- she picked up on Eathland clothing and actually liked it a lot more than the dresses.
"Allura- you've only given me one task out of the multiple things you do in a day." Shiro said as he stood up, the new guard started today, working the castle halls so the King and Queen needed to be present.
"I can't help it-"
"Allura you become so tired by mid day- you get grouchy."
"I do not!"
"You made Lance cry the other day because he asked you a question."
"That was a stupid question!" A maid brought in a carriage of food for the couple. With the flourishing garden, there was so much extra food for everyone. They even had a few farms on the outskirts of the kingdom. Lady Anaphiel walked into the master closet, Ramiel, Shiro's now right hand man. Allura was munching on a scone, when Lady Anaphiel had her go into the closet, she was still eating the scone. Shiro got up and ate something that Allura did not like at all- and stated that when she first tried it.
"No question is a stupid question." Shiro replied, he took got up and he went to grab his outfit. He changed into it easily and smoothly unlike Alluras.
"Can it be less tight?" She asked, Lady Anaphiel had tightened the corset a little too much and she felt like she couldn't breathe. She loosened it quickly at the complaint. "Thank you." The door opened and in walked Coran.
"Your Majesties, you have to be at the Guards Corners soon." Allura stepped down from her little block and stepped into her flats. She was wearing a blue and pink gown that had a slit up to the knee. She truly hated the corset but she needed to wear it.
"Are you ready?" Shiro looked at Allura and she nodded her head. She took his arm and then walked towards the new guards.
Within four hours, the Guards were now roaming the halls, it took sometime to getting used to. They changed out of their formal attire and back into casual attire. They were in the operation room, and just sitting there. Shiro was memorizing the keyboard, but they were getting a replacement keyboard. "Shiro- we should go on a baby moon." Allura said, looking at him as Shay's face turned up on the screen, Allura quickly stood up.
"Queen Allura- we have two Balmera crystals that are ready for excavation. When will you be ready to come?"
"Thank you, Shay. We will be there shortly." Allura said with a smile, the screen closed and Allura stepped off of the platform. Shiro, Coran, Minda, Lady Anaphiel, Ramiel, Hunk, Pidge, Keith and Lance all stared at the Queen. "What are you looking at me for?"
"You are going to extract two crystals today?" Shiro walked over to her and followed her to the bedroom; she changed into a pair of leggings and a pink top accented with a blue peacoat. She turned and nodded her head.
"Of course. We need the extra crystals as Altea is growing each and everyday." Shiro changed into his armor. All of the Paladins would be going along with Minda, Ramiel and Coran.
"You shouldn't push yourself. Maybe do one today and one tomorrow."
"We can't afford to do that, it takes more than one day to refuel and besides. What is the Galra Empire takes the other one?"
"We can stay there for the night then-"
"I'll just do both tonight, it'll be a lot easier." Allura said, frustrated as she headed towards the pod where Coran was waiting. She sat down in the passenger seat and buckled up. She saw all five Lions up in the air waiting for the two space crafts to head to Balmera. When the team carefully landed on Balmera, they looked around and noticed how well the planet has been thriving. Carefully leaving the spacecrafts, the group of nine people headed towards Shay and the rest of the natives. Hunk was rather pleased to see Shay- Allura wanted them to go steady but the two of them agreed to stay really close friends, but they would talk all night sometimes. Allura greeted Shay in a hug and shook the rest of the natives hands.
"Follow me, Allura." Shay said as they headed into the caves. The Balmera made sure that Allura had no problems getting to where the crystals were. Shay and Allura were quickly catching up, Shay was asking all the questions about pregnancy and the baby. Hunk stayed close as well, everyone stayed close in case the Queen would fall faint. The crystals the Balmera were offering were one of the largest that Allura and Coran had seen.
"Your Majesty, are you sure you can do this? These are quite large and will probably require a lot of energy that you have to use on nurturing the child."
"I'm sure I can do this. Please let me do my work." Allura said as she and Coran took to the crystals. Allura took the bigger one, despite Coran's attempts to take it. Speaking to it in its own language. The crystals started to move, Shiro, Ramiel and Keith assisted the Queen while Hunk and Lance assisted Coran. When Allura's crystal was fully removed, she nearly fell over, Minda, was lucky enough to catch her. "I'm okay. I need to thank the balmera." She said, she knelt down and started to do the regeneration process with what little energy she had left, speaking to it mindfully, thanking it for its sacrifice and allowing the Alteans to take it. She had a sharp pain, kind of like a period cramp, her face furrowed which made Minda very concerned. Allura finished her thanking ceremony and regeneration ceremony and then she sat down, her hand placed on her abdomen. Her chest was heaving in and out as she was already very tired. Minda was at her side quickly as the sweat dripped from her forehead.
"I knew that this was a bad idea." Minda said, helping Allura stand up. "I got you." Allura winced as she had another period type cramp.
"Thank you, Shay." Allura said, as she placed an arm over Minda's shoulders. Shiro quickly ran back to help Allura. He removed her arm from Minda's and put it over his own. Coran thanked the balmera as well. Shiro helped Allura get into Coran's spacecraft. She kept her hand over her abdomen as they rushed back to the castle of lions. Shiro wouldn't stop talking to Allura over the voltcom. When they reached the Castle of Lions and Minda quickly left her and Ramiel's spacecraft and quickly went to assist the Queen.
"Don't do much, my lady. You need to save the rest of your energy to nurture your baby." Minda mentioned, lifting her arm as they both walked to the Queen's bedroom.
"Can you please set up the crystals on their ports please?" Allura asked, her words were mostly stuttered, apart as she was very tired and exhausted. She felt the sharp pain once again, and winced slightly. Shiro followed by, helplessly. Minda scolded Shiro.
"Look, I will take care of Allura. You need to make sure the duties of the Queen also gets done. Please, leave- I will update you when she is doing better." Minda said, closing the door in his face. Shiro sighed and he turned around, going to help the Paladins with moving the crystals into the port. Six hours later, Coran made sure that each of these crystals were set up properly. Which made Shiro bolt to where Allura was. When he opened the door, he saw that Allura was fast asleep, laying on her left side. She wore one of his shirts because she couldn't fall asleep when he wasn't with her. Minda was knitting a blanket on a chair besides the bed. Lady Anaphiel was cleaning up the place just a bit.
"How is she?" Shiro asked as he took off his armor and slid on a pair of pajamas.
"She's having Braxton hicks contractions- which means that her body is over doing itself. She is asleep, so please- be quiet." Minda said as Shiro climbed into bed with her. She woke up just a little bit and then she whined and buried her head in his chest, he found it adorable that she was this tired. But it worried him that she pushed herself this much. "She'll be on bed rest for a few weeks at least." Minda finished where she was doing, and then got up, leaving the bedroom.
"WAIT BEDREST FOR THREE WEEKS?" The Queen yelled when she woke up three days later, she was very unhappy with that decision as she wanted to move and do work. Minda and Shiro nodded their head in unison. "THIS ISN'T FAIR! SHIRO-"
"No honey- I'm on board with this."
"Coran-"
"Don't ask me." Coran raised his hands up and turned around rambling about something.
"Hunk?"
"Sorry ma'am."
"Pidge?"
"I agree- you need the rest."
"Keith?"
"I think you should stay in bed."
"Lance-"
"I think you should do whatever you want- but in bed."
"YOU GUYS ARE WORTHLESS!" She yelled, throwing her head back onto the bed. "Can I at least work in bed?"
"Very little." Minda stated. "You need rest." She said as Allura started to shift her weight. "Paperwork only, meetings will be brought to you, you will not open wormholes or get out of bed longer than five hours a day."
"So that means-"
"No you cannot go and pilot a spacecraft."
"What about-"
"No, you only have thirty minute intervals to walk around a day. So, all together, you have five hours."
"But-"
"Everybody out, the Queen needs to rest." Minda demanded as everyone piled out of the room except for Lady Anaphiel, herself and Shiro. Minda glared at Shiro and Shiro quickly left- he had many objectives to complete for the day- both his and her own set. She groaned and threw her head back.
Allura was twenty-three weeks pregnant as she sat in the bed. She had papers surrounding her, a desk over her as she was doing work. She had gotten the finances settled, have interviewed a bunch of people and assigned jobs. She flumped her arms and groaned as she was getting bored. "Can you page my husband?" She asked Lady Anaphiel, she nodded her head and then went and paged Shiro. He came back to the room and looked at his wife.
"Yes, darling?" He said with a smile, Allura crossed her arms and she took the desk off of her lap and she stood up.
"How are the lovers?" He asks, in regards to Keith and Lance.
"Allura, I think you're nuts trying to set them up."
"But they are always together. Lance has even stopped using his pick up lines on me and that other lady-"
"Allura, I can see why he stopped using his pick up lines on you."
"We should set them up on a blind date."
"Allura-"
"I've been sitting around in bed for the past two weeks. I need something fun to do." She said, crossing her arms over her abdomen, she pouted slightly. Shiro groaned and placed his arms around her waist.
"I'll find you something to do."
"It is kind of too late, I already set them up on a date."
"You did what?"
"Yeah- they're going out on a date at the newly opened café up the street." She said with a smile.
"Allura-"
"Don't get mad at me I'm the one carrying your baby." She said, as she looked out the window. She saw Lance heading out by himself; Keith would leave fifteen minutes later.
"Allura-"
"We can watch the date here. I set up camera's in the shop." She stated as they sat down on the bed, the screen appeared in front of their bed and a camera popped up. Showing the table that Lance was now sitting at.
"Allura-"
"Let the show begin."
Lance was dressed in a much more business casual outfit; he had a pair of black pants on and a blue polo on. Nobody really knew why he is obsessed with the color blue other than the fact that he is the Blue Lion's Paladin. He sat down at the table and chairs that was reserved for him and the blind date. The café was rented out just for him, so it was obviously that there would be nobody here other than him and the date. The music was low and romantic, playing all of the Altean romantic music. Lance sat down patiently as he skimmed through the menu. The door opened and in walked Keith, startled Lance jumped up. "Wait a minute-" he said, scowling at Keith
"Are you here for a blind date?"
"Yes! Go away! You'll scare the person!" Lance exclaimed, crossing his arms. Keith was wearing jeans with a red polo. His mullet was tied back into a pony tail.
"I think we were set up, Lance." Keith said, sitting across from Lance. Lance continued to stand, determined that they were not set up. "You were given a time, I was given a time. We were both set up on a blind date. So just sit down and lets just please whoever did this."
"Fine." Lance said as he sat down, the waitress took their drink order. Then the two of them got to talking a little bit more. They finished the night laughing, giggling; they've bonded a little more than just friends. They walked each other to their pods and decided to spend the rest of the night in Keith's. Talking about their family life, and what happened back on Earth.
SOOOO classes have started and this is the last pre-written chapter I have. I will do my best to write and update as fast as I can- but please expect slow updates and posts. I will not forget about any of you I promise!
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