Driving home for Voltronmas

Tis the Night of New Years - Kidge

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Side Note: Please overlook an earlier upload. I ended up uploading the wrong chapter by mistake. 

Keith glanced towards the clock and took notice how he was only a minute away from entering the new year. 

His eyes turning back towards those that were currently filling Hunk's private event restaurant. 

His family. 

It's been so long since he's been able to stand inside somewhere and feel filled with family.

He loves them all, he loves them all enough to never one foolishly die on them and leave them to carry on living without him. 

Memories flash within his mind as he takes in each and every person who has been invited to tonight's new years event. 

Everyone single person in this room is linked to an ex paladin, family, friends and loyal comrades that had grown into their space family. 

He might not have known everyone before him, some he didn't even meet until today but those he held memories with were important to him. 

He still remembered his first bonding session with Shay. Trying to understand an Balmera much better. Spending a weekend on the Balmera and living as Shay had once lived before she had became a chef under Hunk's watchful eye. As well as his girlfriend.. finally. 

He remembers how clueless he was over Veronica trying to flirt with him and being blocked by every paladin as they had been on team Kidge from the start. How Shiro had even ordered soldiers to step in and get in the way on the Atlas if they caught her alone with Keith. How the pair of them both laugh over it now and how happy she's grown with both James and Acxa, even if both she and James were only joining the Polyamory due to both loving Acxa with all their hearts. 

He remembers his mom sitting him down and speaking only over stories about his Father. Telling him his likes, dislikes and everything else she remembered over him. Both siting out in space on his spaceship and sharing sad but happy tears as they passed on facts over the man who they had lost. 

He remembers learning how to make the "perfect" S'mores with Matthew during a nature camping trip with him and Shiro. Needing to get away from real life and hide from their war linked nightmares that they were judged over by the public. 

He remembers how Hunk had tried teaching him some Galran dishes before mothers day to gift to his mom. Failing badly and having to apologize for destroying a kitchen without "forgive me" cookies due to not having a kitchen to use. 

He remembers opening his Christmas present early from both Colleen and Sam and learnt he was given a new Holt Christmas jumper. One given to him the first year he had started dating their daughter. Knitting him a new one now he was legally trapped to the family. 

He remembers racing against Shiro on their hover bikes and both gaining a speeding ticket if Shiro wasn't friends with both Sam Holt and Iverson now. Such tickets were merely turned into a simple warning and a "never again" lecture instead. 

He remembers his first and last time of cutting down a fresh tree for Christmas with Lance. Neither having done it before but deciding that this year they'd help to decorate the Kogane-Holt apartment with a fresh tree. Something that was soon moved to the McClain household as soon as his wife's allergies acted up by the tree. The pair of them weren't very good tree cutters and both had dearly missed their lions to just shoot it down instead.  

And he remembers his favourite memory. Marrying his wife and having to put their wedding on hold due to her rambling over the perfect solution over her current project at work. Both racing over to the Garrison in their wedding clothes and leaving him watching fondly over his now wife working on her whatever project. Both returning for the reception.

He glances back to the clock just as midnight was about to hit for earth. All the humans in the room preparing to share a kiss with love ones, family and friends. Those that were new to earths traditions were all excitedly standing in waiting to celebrate the tradition they've learnt over. 

His attention being stolen away as a pair of hands tugged on his Holt jumper and he was met with his beautiful wife.

He knew he fell in love with her all over again as he looked to her, knowing he was all he wanted in his life. 

Smiling back as he leans forward and shares a new years kiss with her once more and looked forward to sharing another one next year. 

Maybe even with a new Kogane-Holt member held in their arms.