Escape (Keith X OC)

Chapter 14

A/N: I didn't know what song to put, so have some EDEN.
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     Keith had ran to Tera's side, holding her in his arms as he saw Sendak run off onto a hover bike that was obscured by a shrub. Tera tried to get up to run after him but was held back by Keith, "Stop. It's too late. We'll get him some time."She looked upset and was helped up.

     Everyone crowed around her and Shiro spoke, "Come on, guys, we'll get the jewel back. Let's just report back to the palace."

      Lance looked over at Tera and noticed something, "Uhh, Tera, are you sure you're alright? Your nose and head-" There was blood trickling down her face, not too much but enough to take note of.

"I feel alright," she assured, "trust me it's no big deal, I've had worse." They all reluctantly nodded and headed back to their ship and lions.

      They got back to the palace, empty handed of course. As they walked into the control room, Allura gasped, "Oh, good! You all are back, but-"

       Pidge explained, "The Galra took the jewel. They followed us and ended up stealing it."

       Allura put her hands over her mouth, taking in information, "I see... Tera! Are you quite alright?" She rushed over to inspect her head, "Coran, would you please clean up these wounds on Tera?"

      Coran agreed, "Yes, princess," he walked up to Tera, "my, that's quite the blow to the noggin, isn't it? Come along now." She followed him out as she was told to do.

       The paladins were dismissed and went back to their rooms since they were all exhausted. Tera's injuries had been tended to, so she went to her room, changed and was ready to go to sleep, but then she heard a knock. She got up and cautiously opened the sliding, metal doors.

       Of course, it was Keith, "I was just checking if you were okay...are you alright?"  He was awkward, but cute.

       Tera laughed, "Yeah, I'm fine like I said before." She went back in her room to brush her hair, "Is there anything else you wanted to say?" She turned around to see Keith still standing outside infront of the door way.

He just looked at her, "Yeah, do you need anything?"

      Tera rolled her eyes, "Yeah, for you to stop acting weird." She pulled him in the room and the door closed.

       Keith was showing some kind of panic attack, "uhh, I don't think I should be in he-"

      Tera pulled him to the ground to sit next to her on the floor, "Why not? We haven't had a nice talk in a while." Tera couldn't tell why Keith's face was getting redder.

      He could barely form sentences, "I- just, um, I don't-ah, what do you want to t-talk about?"

       She laughed, "Yeah, you're definitely one of the weirdest people around here." He could feel his face burn.

       Keith asked, "Wait, what? Me?"

Tera smiled, "Yeah, you! I've never met someone who acts funny like you. But it's fine, I like it." That's it. He was done. His face was basically a burning bond fire. He wanted to hit his head on the floor over and over again. Keith some what regretted checking on her.

      He didn't expect her to invite him into her room. It felt weird. To matters worse, she was picking on him for being just him. Not in a mean way, but in a friendly way.

      She started talking, "Okay, how about this to start conversation: what's your favorite animal?"

       Keith noticed again how random Tera could be sometimes, but didn't bother him at all. He blinked several times before actually answering, "Um, well, let's see...dogs, like, a wolf? Or if you're talking about something cute, uh, a cat or bunny?" He actually tried to put consideration into the answer since it was Tera asking.

        She looked at him, "Why not say a puppy then as the "cute" animal since you said dogs or wolves are generally your favorite?" He actually had no clue. He wanted to call the whole thing stupid, but he couldn't do that.

        Keith was intrigued by the simplicity of conversation they were beginning to have. After the past few days, he needed just a random, chit-chat kind of talk and Tera was perfect for that.