Red ~ // Klance

5 - It's Gonna be Okay

It's probably been half a Varga since Keith fell asleep and Lance was loosing his patience.

He did all the fun things he could being stuck inside a giant robot lion.

He tested out all the different ways he could sit in his chair. He memorized all of the visible buttons on the dashboard and what order they were in. He even taste tested his alien taco seasoning, which was actually pretty good.

Of course, all of that was completed within the first twenty doboshes. After sitting for what felt like forever, he decided to call Pidge on his helmet's communication device. Surprise, Red still refused to allow any calls go out from the ships panel.

"Hey Pidge." Lance whispered, not wanting to wake up an already irritated Keith.

"What do you need? Red hasn't let you go yet?" Pidge questioned, the distant sound of a keyboard rung into the communicator.

"No, and Keith is sleeping right now. We don't have a chance of leaving until he wakes up." Lance sighed.

"Let me guess, you called me because you were bored? Why don't you just wake up Keith and get your bonding over with?" Pidge continued typing away.

"I'm not waking him up, he's already pissed at me."

The typing paused as Pidge considered Lance's predicament. "And how do you expect me to help with that? You do realize you've been an ass towards Keith since he got here, anyone on the ship could tell you that."

Lance frowned "I get that. I'm asking for your help. I really screwed up things with Keith. We got into a dumb fight because I was mad at him and now things are akward. I just wish I could take back some of the stuff I said."

The green paladin stretched, pushing up her glasses. "You know Lance, there is this thing called an apology. You've grown up in a huge family, I'm sure you have some experience saying sorry to others. You have to remember that Keith didn't grow up in the same environment as you, he might have a harder time opening up about things. That's why it's up you to get the ball rolling. I'm doing my best to find a way to get you guys out but your best chance is to fix things with Keith."

Lance's mouth dropped open at Pidges oddly decent advice "I'll try that, thank you Pidge. For being the youngest paladin your very intelligent."

Pidge blushed from embarrassment, quickly playing it off cool "No need to thank me, someone around the ship has to be the brains. It's obvious that no one else around here is gonna accept the role."

Lance laughed a bit at Pidge's bluffing. "Hey! I can be pretty smart too you know."

She rolled her eyes though Lance couldn't see her since the call was audio only "Sure you are Lance. Oh, and one more thing."

"Yes?"

"Go get em Tiger. Or should I say Lion?" Pidge chuckled, disconnecting the call.

Lance now smiling to himself, sat his helmet to the side and spun around to look at Keith.

He was still curled onto his side, back facing Lance. Soon after Lance's eyes settled on Keith, he began to stir.

"Fuck, where am I?" Keith groaned, tossing over to see Lance. "Oh right..." Keith looked away, rubbing a hand over his tired face.

"Are you ready to talk, or do you need more time?" Lance moved to sit on the floor a few feet away from Keith, calm in the fact the Keith hadn't pushed him away.

"I'm ready to talk when you are. If we want to get out of here we got to try to be nice, alright?"

"Can I start by saying sorry?"

Keith couldn't help but give Lance a small smile, nodding at him to proceed.

"Keith, I wasn't planning on being such a bitch when you came. I was actually really excited to see you. Things just came out wrong, like really wrong."

"I can see that." Keith began feeling uncomfortable again.

"Before you left I was getting attached. We had been fighting alongside each other for over a year and for the first time in our relationship as paladins, we were actually getting close."

"We were. So why did that change when I came back?" Keith pulled his jacket over his shoulders like a security blanket.

"It's like a part of the team was missing when you left. It was like any emotional connects we made were just thrown away when you joined the Blade. It was like you were dead." Lance crossed his arms.

"Dead?"

"You rarely called, you were too focused on your missions. The only time you talked with us is when Kolivan told you to. Every week that went by we heard from you less and less. I understand you were busy but I- the team missed you."

"That's why you were pissed at me? Listen, I wasn't trying to ignore you guys. I had a job to do, if I didn't get it done then Voltron would suffer. I didn't give up my role as a paladin just to become useless. I may not be a 'defender of the universe' anymore but you are. If I don't do what I'm supposed to than you can't either."

"You're right, it's just hard for me to see you progress so much without Voltron. Your skills are increasing everyday and your growing up into the man Shiro always saw you as. I know it's selfish but you've changed so much, you aren't just that troubled teen at Garrison anymore. I missed a lot not having you on the team. I feel like no matter how much I try to piss you off, you won't fight me like you used to."

"Neither of us are the same, I'm 20 your 19, hell Pidge just turned 17. We came into this so young and inexperienced, we were bound to change. But I promise you. Whether I'm old Keith or not, I'm still Keith. I'm here right now, if you'd like to try to forgive me while I'm here you can. If not, I'm not going to force you to be happy with me. I'm doing my best, if that's not good enough than I don't know what to tell you."

Lance huffed, leaning in a bit closer to Keith. "Goddammit Keith! Stop being mature and stuff, your making me look like a baby."

"Well... I mean you do kind of act like one-" Keith began.

"Shut up" Lance pretended to be mad but he was secretly happy that Keith was back to joking with him.

Keith noticed Lance's dumb grin and before they knew it they were both smiling like idiots.

"I missed you so much."

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Ahahaha, guess who got out two chapters in one day? I'm on a roll :D

Again, sorry if there is mistakes.

Here's another question, because why not?

What Voltron character do you simp for? It doesn't necessarily have to a paladin, they just have to appear on screen.

(Okie, ngl I love Lance. I know he's a flirt but something about him makes me melt <3)