Fall Into Me (Kidge One-Shots/AUs/Pics)

10/24: Pumpkin

Lance slurped loudly from his cup, (intentionally) oblivious to the death glares he was getting from both Keith and Pidge. While the couple themselves had only grown closer since the birthday incident, they had also bonded over their desire to get revenge on Lance for the photo he had taken as blackmail.

"I can't believe you made us come all the way back to Earth just for Halloween," Keith grumbled under his breath. "And a week early at that."

"Well, where were we supposed to go trick-or-treating in space?" Lance asked, arms crossed. "Besides, Allura's never been and trick-or-treating's needed to have a soul! I mean, look how you turned out!" he added, earning another scowl from Keith.

His expression was mirrored on Pidge's face, although her disdain was directed at something else entirely: Lance's drink. As annoyed as Keith was at Lance (an inevitably constant state, it seemed), he couldn't help but notice how adorable she was when her nose was crinkled up like that. Also, formidable. ...Obviously. He knew Pidge wouldn't like any other response.

She shuddered as he took another sip from the cup, before finally saying, "I don't know how the hell you manage to drink that trash without dropping dead immediately."

Lance stared back at her innocently. "It's just a Pumpkin Spice Latte." Inside, he agreed with her whole-heartedly; it was disgusting. But, hey, sacrifice in the name of being annoying was practically his motto. Come to think of it, that was probably why it took so long for him and Allura to get together. "I love pumpkin!" he added: another lie.

Little did he know those words would lead to his downfall.

***

"EEEEEEEE!" Lance jumped around the house, elated, as he brought the package in from the doorstep, shutting the door with his foot. His costume had finally arrived. It had taken ages to decide on a theme, but, once they had picked Avatar: The Last Airbender (the animated show, obviously), it worked out perfectly. Pidge was Toph, Hunk was Aang, Keith was Zuko (duh), Allura was Yue, which made Lance... "A pumpkin?" he stared in shock at the inside of the cardboard box.

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"Oh, I will," Lance muttered under his breath. How in the world had they managed to get his order this wrong? It was as if they hadn't even known what he'd ordered in the first place! "Oh." Lance rolled his eyes and sighed. "Pidge!"

She stared at him innocuously. "What? Did it not look the way it did in the photo?"

Lance crossed his arms. "Haha, very funny. You've had your laugh. Can you fix it now?"

"Don't know what you're talking about," she said, taking a step backwards.

"Don't lie to me," he said, stepping forward a little to punctuate his point. "I know you hacked my order."

She shrugged nonchalantly. "Alright, you got me." She put her hands up and shrugged. "But, to be fair, you did say you love pumpkins. In fact, that's why we even got you a little something extra."

The last thing he saw was Pidge smirking right before a bucket full of pumpkin insides was dumped on his head.

Squelch!

Total Word Count: 553 words