Like a Grape (Shidge AU) [Book 1]

Chapter Fifteen

Shiro was mostly asleep when he heard a knock on his door.

"What?" He said groggy still half asleep.

"I'm calling a team meeting." He heard Lance through the door.

"You can't do that." Shiro commented.

"Yes, I can. Now I want to see you in five minutes." Lance demanded as if he was the team leader.

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"So why did you call us here?" Keith spoke up first.

"We have a problem." Lance informed.

"What kind of problem?" Allura asked.

"For the past, who knows how many fights, we have been weaker, because we can't form Voltron."

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Pidge woke up randomly quite early, but couldn't go back to sleep. She was, though, kind of sad she wasn't hugging Shiro anymore, but had concluded he probably left after she fell asleep.

She stood up, grabbed her flashlight (Because there is no windows in the bedrooms, and no sunrises in space), and walked to her desk.

She grabbed her hair brush as she brushed the knotted mess on her head. She hadn't brushed it in who knows how long. Heck, who knows when was the last time she actually took care of herself.

Than she remebered something, Shiro knew her password. Shiro knew that her password was Takashi.

Her face turned bright red. Did he think she had a crush? Well, she didn't, or didn't think she did. The reason that was her password was because she loved the name. She said that last night. He would understand.

She changed into decent clothes and walked up to her door. The way Shiro comforted her, gave her confidence. So, she pressed the button on the left side of the door and the doors slid open.

The light at first blinded her eyesight, but than her eyes adjusted.

She looked at the floor in front of her room. She hasn't left her room since her birthday, and well today was May 10th. Too long for anyone.

She closed her eyes as she stepped forward. She left her room.

She hesitently walked down the hallway, until she heard her stomache growl. She was hungry.

She decided to head to the dining hall. Maybe, they would be plesantly surprised she left her room

"We miss you Pidge. I hope you know that."

Shiro said they missed her, of course they would be happy.

She rounded the corner as she saw the dinning room a few feet away.

"YOU CAN'T JUST DO THAT!" She heard Shiro yell.

"Shiro! We haven't seen or heard from her in a month! Heck, she might even be dead, and we wouldn't know! We need to be able to form Voltron, and Pidge isn't helping! We need a new green paladin." Lance defended.

"I hate to agree with Lance," Keith stated. "But he is right. Pidge had been absent, and we need a green paladin."

"So you are willing to just replace your best friend?!" Shiro exclaimed. "Keith! I thought you were close to her!"

"Shiro!" Allura yelled. "You need to stop! We need to be able to from Voltron!"

Pidge could feel tears fall down her face. Were they just going to replace her just like that? Just get a new green paladin like that.

She than spoke up. "You lied. Didn't you, Shiro?" She looked up at all the surprised faces.

Nobody talked. Nobody knew she was listening until now.

"You said everyone missed me. That they cared about me! That I was worth something! You lied to me, didn't you!? Everything was just a BIG FAT LIE!" She yelled. "I'm nothing to them! They want to replace me!"

"Pidge..." Shiro said frozen.

"Why would you lie to me?" She asked, her voice shaking with tears falling down her face. She than got louder. "Why would you lie to me, Takashi?!"

"Oh my gosh." Allura gasped as she covered her mouth. There she was. She had left her room, and found them at the wrong time.

Pidge turned around and started running and crying. Why was she so fooled that everyone else actually cared about her?

"Katie!" Shiro yelled as he ran after her.

"What have I done?" Lance said softly as he stood there in shock, realizing his big mistake.

Pidge just kept running. She didn't want to see Shiro or any of the team. At first she was going to run into her room, and lock it again, but Shiro knew her code. She couldn't go there.

She than ran to her lions hanger, grabbed her uniform, and flew off with her lion.

Tears fell down onto the lion's dashboard. How could she be so fooled?

Shiro ran into her hanger just a second too late. She had already left.

The rest of the team had followed behind Shiro, and had caught up with his five seconds later.

"Crap." Lance muttered.

"Yeah! You think so!?" Shiro yelled. "Look at what you've done!"

"I had no idea she was there!" Lance defended.

"How is that suppose to justify your actions?!" Shiro yelled. "Do you realize, she ran off with the green lion, and that there is a possibility that her second personality could've taken over!"

"Stop yelling at Lance!" Hunk exclaimed. "He was just trying to do what was best!"

"Move over." Shiro demanded as he pushed Lance out of his way as he headed towards his lion.

"Shiro!" Allura yelled. "What is wrong with you?!"

Shiro turned around. "What's wrong with me?! What's wrong with you?! Pidge lost her whole family! We were the only people she had left, and she got the impression that none of us cared about her! How would you feel?!"

"Shiro..." She sighed.

"You lost your family! You should know out of all us! Now I want you to imagine Caran and the rest of us treating you like pure and utter trash! Than you will get just a glimpse of how she feels!" Shiro defended.

Shiro than turned back around and continued heading to his black lion.

"Where are you going?" Keith yelled.

"I'm going to get Pidge back!"

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Forth update today!

Holy shoot, I'm so tired and all I did was write, and go to my littler siblings' Easter egg hunt.

Yeah, I may start writing Chapter Sixteen today, but I can almost guarantee that I won't publish it today.

Anyways, See ya later.

~KanGian

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