His Beautiful Nightmare 》Voltron [Voltron WA 2017]

Chapter 25

I SWEAR IF WATTPAD DOESNT POST THE ENTIRE CHAPTER THIS TIME IM GONNA *SCREAMS*
Sorry not sorry for the strange cliffhanger tho XD)

Azalea pounced on Keith.

Now she was on top of him, their faces mere inches apart.

The floral scent radiating from her was overwhelming.

She laughed, "Found you!"

Keith groaned, "I know, Miss 'Lets-make-this-a-manhunt'!"

Azalea laughed, her black irises returning.
"Sorry Boots, but that's what makes it fun!"

"Did you have to add the yellow eyes?", he asked skeptically.

She nodded, smirking.
"Effect."

Keith rolled his eyes.
Then his face burned as he realized that she was laying on top of him.

His heart pounded.

"Um.... Zales? Can you get off of me so I can get up now?"

"No", she refused blankly.

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm....

"Seriously?", he asked.

"Not until I do one thing", she purred.

Keith was internally screaming.

"And that is??"

Azalea suddenly shook her hands rapidly through his dark locks.
His hair was a mess now.

"IT'S SO FLUFFY!!", she squealed.

Keith groaned in protest at the assault on his hair.

Azalea laughed hysterically, finally floating up and off of him.

Keith sat up and started raking a hand through his hair, trying to fix it.

There was no use, Azalea obliterated it.

"Okay, you lost", she chuckled, "So now you get to help me with the others. But don't worry you weren't the first one I found!"

Who was the first?

His question was answered when they left the basement to see Lance standing in the hall, his hands stuck in his pockets.

He smirked when he saw Keith, and it shone in his blue eyes.
"So, you finally met your worst Nightmare?", he joked.

Azalea's jaw dropped, "You did not just say that!"

Lance laughed and picked her up, placing her on his shoulders.
"C'mon, Zales! The next one's Hunk, right?"

Azalea huffed, playful annoyance on her face.
"Yeah, he's under Allura's bed"

"Then let's go!", Lance shouted, and marched off.

Keith followed a few feet behind them, but his eyes stayed on Azalea.

Ever since the day she joined him in the training room, everything changed. They went from barely able to tolerate each other, to super close.

She confided everything in Keith. They were each other's confidante. Even when Keith told her about his parents, she didn't give him pity. Instead she hugged him and wouldn't let go for an hour or so. 

But something else changed too. Something Keith couldn't explain.

Everytime he saw her, his heart does a set of backflips.
He can't go a day without seeing her wide black eyes.
Her adorably wide grin.
Without hearing her tinkling laugh.
Or without hearing her soft voice say his now favorite nickname.

There was just something about her now that he just couldn't live without.
It was as if her gravitational pull was centered directly on Keith.

Watching her smile as she rode Lance's shoulders, Keith realized something.

If Azalea were to ever leave, nothing would be the same.

As the months went by, she had slowly became Keith's favorite person on the ship.

If Azalea were to leave, Keith would have no one to confide in, no one who would willingly listen to him rant. No one to hug. No one to adore. No one to....

Love.

No, Keith scolded himself.

It could never work out.
She's Azalea.

I can't tell her. She definitely doesn't feel the same way, anyways.

And besides, when has emotions gotten anyone anywhere good?
Love is a weakness.

But his heart still beat a little faster when she laughed at one of Lance's jokes.

( author currently wants to just hop in and slam their faces together, but unfortunately there is still a plotline to follow ;-;)