the blue mermaid [(klance) Voltron AU]

chapter 2: the day

While Lance swam around his large and vast cave, he hummed a small tune, the tune was slow and extravagant in passion. The glass bottles clicked against one an other, making a soft rhythm for his humming.

Hunk was sleeping on a stone, that had been shaped into a lounging space, the stone was set under the warm rays of the dim morning sun perfectly. The soft humming from Lance turned into a quiet song.

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".. Lance, you know? No one really did compare to you and your singing" Hunk said as he flopped onto his back and stared at the fish swimming above them, outside of the cave.

"Yeah, it's still kinda embarrassing to admit though, I thought no one could match my rippling muscles, or my flawless skin, or maybe my good looks? But my voice is kinda embarrassing" Lance commented to Hunks question.

"Well, everyone really likes hearing you sing, even her highness did, she would sing with you and entertain the whole city" Hunk said reminiscent of the late queen, Lances mom.

"Yeah, haha, good times" Lance said laughing at his memories of the few times that happened.

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"Sweet, I've got everything, let's go!" Lance said happily as he carried an arm full of lotion, oils and bottles out of his cave with him.

Hunk was still dozing off and sitting on the stone lounge, watching the water mover the rippling rays of light from the surface.

"Hunk if you don't hurry up the shark'll get ya" Lance said, the Prince felt water pressure swish past him at imaginative speeds.

'Like always' Lance thought to himself. Lance and Hunk swam back to the castle in silence, Lance still humming his song with passion and query.

The two arrived at the castle by that evening, even though they left just before afternoon, Lance took his sweet time picking and choosing which bottles and oils to take home with him. This kinda made time fly by, Lance takes high regards to his skin. It's shimmer and gleam showing he is of the royal stature.

"Lance, Hunk, where did you two go off to this time?" Shiro asked his son and servant.

"Oh! I battled this massive white shark! But he had like three hammer head goonies, and they had these scares and bones stuck in them, so the big white he tried to bite me but I socked him in the nose! He went down and then the three goonies went after Hunk! So I raced over there so fast the water started to boil! And when I got there the sharks were already cooked, and me and Hunk ate them for lunch! Then-"

"Hahaha okay, you never fail to entertain me Lance, thank you" Shiro said holding his stomach and flashing, big, shiny pearl teeth at the two.

"Whaaaat!? But it did happen! I totally socked a white!" Lance said folding his arms and puffing out his cheeks like a four year old.

"Lance, today is a special day, so please go get ready?" King Shiro asked as he pointed his giant steel trident at Lances room.

"'Kay dad" lance said as he swirled and swam excitedly through the hall, his arm full of his cosmetics.

Hunk swam next to king Shiro, what hunk was going to do would probably break poor Lances heart forever.

"Sir... I have something to tell you.." Hunk said, his head down and low.

"Well what is it hunk?" Shiro asked leaning over the edge of his thrown.

"Sir.. Lance..he..." Something was getting stuck in Hunks throat. He swallowed and said what needed to be said.

"Lance, when he tells you stories, he's covering up his real whereabouts"

"Lance? Well I figured that out easily, is that all?" Shiro said smiling at Hunk.

"No" Hunk said, his voice becoming more steady as he talked. "Lance has been going to a cave, were he hides human cosmetics and mirrors. In the cave is a statue of a human, Lance has been infatuated with him since he was 17"

After a few seconds the two could he sniffling and some hiccups from one of the rooms entrees.

"H-Hunk.. how could you tell him.." Lance was standing at the hall entrance to the thrown room. Lances eyes became puffy and red, his cheeks flustered and puffed out.

"HOW COULD YOU!" Lance shouted as loud as he could.

"Lance, take me to this cave" Shiro asked kindly at first, not wanting to upset his son even more.

"No"

"..."

"Fine.. but if I every hear anything about interacting with humans tomorrow I will destroy that cave and statue"

"R-really?" A small smile appears onto Lances face, "THANK YOU SO MUCH DAD!" Lance screamed as he swam to Shiro and gave him a big hug.

"I swear! I promise! Please don't destroy my cosmetics! Those things work super well!" Lance said still hugging king Shiro.

"Anyway Lance, it's getting somewhat late, you have to be up early for you ceremonial leaving, and I know how much you love your sleep"

"Okay, and thanks again dad" lance said swimming off to his chamber. But not before he made a hard stare at Hunk.

Lance left and went to his chamber and got his seaweed and cosmetics onto his face.

".. Sir.. I'm sorry" Hunk said holding his head even lower than before.

Shiro chuckled, "Hunk you did the right thing, and I took it like an adult, you have nothing to be sorry for" the mer-king said to his sea lion servant.

"You really are to soft hearted since her majesty left" Hunk said smiling.

"Yeah, if she saw me she'd be wacking and hitting me with anything around here" the king laughed and hollered with joy of the find memory from long ago.

"Hunk, please follow lance and make sure he doesn't try to flirt with the wrong person again" Shiro said. "Last time he left for a day without you he came back with large claw mark on his back"

"Yeeeah.."