Klance Truth Fruit 2023 REVISED UPDATE

Chapter 3

"Everyone please report back to the deck for team bonding exercises" Shiro's voice was cast over the speakers, maybe an hour after the whole.. Breakfast ordeal. Soon everyone was gathered together again, Keith and Lance sitting closer together then usual which no one decided to question. Lance looked over to Hunk giving him a look that told him everything. "Alright, since Lance is forced to share I want all of us to share something as well. Something we don't tell many people and we don't have to answer questions if we don't want to. I'll go first." Shiro stood up, "English isn't my first language. I'm Japanese born and raised in Tokoyama for most of my childhood. I came to the US after I finished school but I mainly left because.. It was my mothers dying wish."

Next was Hunk, the order having be decided by Shiro before they began. "Ok so I tell Lance everything, but, I'm afraid of monkeys- There I said it! The creep me out and are crazy strong it makes no sense why they have the muscle mass to overthrow a city but the brain only smart enough for coloring books-"

Then Pidge, "So a while ago I confessed I was a girl. But honestly, I couldn't' care less what I'm called or what I'm referred to as. I've been Pidge for so long I don't really consider myself just a girl y'know..? I mean obviously I'm not gonna change anything like my pronouns I'm still like.. Y'know, a girl, I just don't care if there's add ons"

Everyone looked to Keith. He thought a moment, glancing at Lance for a moment before he stood up. "Well, I'm part Galra on my moms side as you guys knew, but I can't ask her anything because she left me when I was young and we never really talk, she left before my dad.. Disappeared. I honestly don't really remember him that much, I think he kept his distance because he was worried I might be.. Bad? I don't really know what he was thinking." 

No one said anything for a little while. 

"That's not it- Don't get up just yet." Shiro said, causing Hunk to look a little embarrassed and sit back down. "We have one more thing to do. To feel how everyone else feels. Not emotions though. But physical marks. For example, Pidge got a bruise a few days ago, now you'll have that bruise. But you won't have you arm being torn off like mine was. And you won't feel anything either, that might be too painful. You'll just see that marks, to get to know your team better. It'll also be color coded thanks to Pidges help. "

"Shiro-!" Lance and Keith said at the same time, they looked to each other but Keith spoke first, "Shiro please let's not do this ok? This is really a ba-"

"Keith, I know you very well, and as a team I'm positive we won't judge anything. I know it might seem a little unfair but I talked this over with Allura, we had planned this for last week but then the whole explosives incident happened so we're doing it now. I personally have a minor cut somewhere I'm not to please about everyone seeing  but I'm putting that aside for this exercise." Without another word he pressed the button and marks soon appeared on the paladins. A few green busies. Yellow burn marks from cooking. Red training marks, a few cuts and bruises. White marks from Shrio that.. Were embarrassing alright.. And blue.. There were blue cuts, bruises and burns spotting his entire body. He didn't realize there were so many till they were on someone else. Everyone looked to him, wide eyed and practically speechless. "Lance.. I-I'm sorry" Shiro finally said, turning off the machine as soon as he snapped back to reality. "I-It's fine."

"Is it?" Shiro asked, taking half a step closer wanting to comfort him but not knowing how.

"No.." He said back a little too quickly, "It's a bad, bad habit and I hate myself for not being able to stop. It's been going on for years and I don't know what to do-" His eyes went wide as he confessed. Soon after he rushed off again with tears pricking at his eyes. 

Everyone looked back to Hunk again, for some sort of answer, some kind of excuse to help them understand that it wasn't what they were thinking. But it was. And he didn't have an answer for them.