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Day 2: Lions

Day 2 1/28: Lions

#sheithweekunlimited #sfw

Much to Keith's annoyance, Red has been acting strange lately. Sure, she usually allows him to pilot her with no problem during battles. However, piloting her for training or just running maintenance checks are a whole different story.

Keith knows very well that Red can't make him do anything and he thought that she knew that she couldn't make him do anything either... But it turns out he is wrong. Whenever Shiro is around, she has the habit of pushing them together. When Shiro isn't around she has a habit of cuddling up with Black and trying to get Keith to do the same.

To his surprise, Black isn't much better. Black is pulling similar antics with Shiro, and seems more insistent than Red. So insistent, that during preparation for a particularly dangerous scouting mission, Black wouldn't let Shiro pilot her until he hugged Keith goodbye.

With their lion's antics only increasing over the course of the week, Keith and Shiro end up discussing the issue. "It's clear they're both up to something," Shiro says, with a tired sigh. "But I'm not sure what. Any ideas?"

"I only have one," Keith responds, with a faint blush on his cheeks, "and it isn't even a good one." At this, Shiro raises a quizzical eyebrow and waits for Keith to explain. "You know how Black and Red are always cuddling?" Keith asks, earning himself a "yes" nod from Shiro. "Maybe they want us to... You know... C-Cuddle."

To Keith's surprise, Shiro laughs. "Do you really think that's it? I hope it is as simple as that. Then again, I kinda hope it isn't. Otherwise, I'll feel ridiculous for letting Black boss me around all week." As Shiro talks, Keith finds himself struggling to tell if Shiro is blushing or if he's just looking at Shiro's scar. "It's worth a shot I suppose."

Shiro and Keith cuddle with each other once a day. This gets their lions to stop bugging them... For three days. After three days, the cuddling stops working.

"We've been cuddling! What more could you two possibly want?" Keith hollers at the lions, with a frustrated Shiro standing by his side. Before either Keith or Shiro can process what is going on, the two lions push them closer to each other. There is now just a few inches between them... A few inches that, if the two of them leaned forward, would cease to separate them.

"I think," Shiro whispers, with his eyes never leaving Keith's, "they want us to kiss."

"Gee I never would have guessed," Keith responds, with a laugh. After a brief pause, he adds, "And you? What do you want to do?"

"I want to kiss you," is Shiro's immediate response.

"Then kiss me."