Voltron One Shots/Preferences

Allergies - Shiro

Requested by: Anonymous

Even though it was around 2 in the morning, you had come down with a case of the late night munchies right in the middle of your Star Wars marathon. Unfortunately, when you had gone to your fridge, you found nothing even remotely edible. It was basically empty! There were absolutely no marathon worthy snacks, which meant that this called for desperate measures. And so, you begrudgingly slipped on a pair of shoes and walked out the door of your tiny apartment.

You yawned while walking towards your car, rubbing the sleep out of your eyes. You unlocked it, lazily hopped in, and revved the engine. A low purr emerged when you started it up, driving smoothly out of the parking lot and onto the road. On the way there, you decided to put on some music while lightly drumming your fingers against the steering wheel, but before you knew it, you had arrived at the grocery store. With your purse in hand, you stepped out and felt a chilly breeze sweep across your face. Now shivering, you hurried inside.

You cringed as the wheels on your cart let out a deafening screech when you tried to turn down the dairy aisle. You grunted and repositioned the cart, strolling along the aisle in search of your favorite yogurt. Your eyes scanned the chilly wall of shelves, reading the flavor on each label. Finally, you came across the right one and your stomach let out a loud growl to signal its approval. You absentmindedly grabbed a few, shivering slightly as your skin made contact with their cold exteriors.

Now that you had your yogurt tossed haphazardly into the cart, you proceeded to your next stop, the chips aisle. You moseyed your way on over, trying to ignore the screaming wheels, when something interrupted your wandering thoughts.

Achoo!

A loud sneeze emanated from the aisle next to you. It wasn't a big deal, it just distracted you for a second, and unfortunately your mouth moved quicker than your brain. Out of habit, or maybe as a reflex, you shouted over to the sniffling shopper on the opposite side of the wall, "Bless you!"

For a second, you kept walking, perusing the wide selection of chips that lined the shelves. Then, what you had done finally began to register in your mind. Your hand flew up to your mouth and you immediately felt heat rise to your cheeks. Your thoughts began racing a mile a minute, criticizing you for being such an idiot. Considering you had just yelled as loud as you could in the middle of a grocery store, not to mention to a complete stranger, it seemed like an appropriate response.

As if the situation wasn't bad enough already, you heard a quiet, yet confused "Thank you," come from the other side of the shelf between the two of you. Your heart pounded in your chest and you prayed that he wouldn't walk over to the aisle you were in. Fortunately, you remained alone, surrounded by various crunchy snacks that you continued to pile into your cart. You exhaled, letting out a breath which you didn't realise you had been holding in. Once you had picked out a few more items throughout the store, you headed towards the check out and started placing your variety of junk foods onto the conveyer belt. You watched as the cashier scanned each one, listening to the loud beep that accompanied each swipe.

All of a sudden, as if God had heard your previous prayers and just felt like being a huge dick, you heard a familiar sneeze come from directly behind you. You froze and felt your whole body tense up in an instant. He had actually gotten in line behind you! You couldn't help yourself, despite the many protests in your head, you turned around to face him. He. Was. Hot. Like, supermodel hot. You shyly made eye contact and he sniffled once again, meeting your gaze. As if you hadn't humiliated yourself enough already, you mumbled a small, "Bless you."

He stared at you wide eyed and neither of you said another word for quite sometime. Then, the cashier cleared his throat, indicating that all of your items had been bagged. A soft blush dusted your face as you reached into your purse, digging around for your wallet. You pulled out the required amount of cash and handed it to him, nodding curtly. In the short span of time that you waited for your change, you decided to sneak a peek back at the guy behind you. To your surprise, he was looking right back at you.

You quickly turned your head back to the cashier and accepted the change, heart pounding out of your chest. All of a sudden, you felt a light tap on your shoulder. You tensed up and timidly looked at him again. He had a bright smile plastered onto his face and his hand held out in front of you. "Thanks again," he let out a slight chuckle, "I'm Shiro by the way." You shook his hand and introduced yourself, "Nice to meet you, I'm Y/N." Without warning, it happened again.

Achoo!

Your hands unclasped as he brought his arm up to his face, covering his nose. Thankfully, he had enough time to do this, so not as to sneeze right onto your face. His hand then reached into his pocket, pulling out a tissue. As he blew into it, you tried to stifle your laughter, but failed miserably. Still giggling, you remarked, "You sure do sneeze a lot, don't you?"

He sighed defeatedly and answered, "It's my allergies. I swear they'll be the death of me one day."

"Allergies, huh? I know a really great tea recipe that always clears my head; I could make you some if you'd like." You replied, shocked at yourself for being so bold.

Spirits now lifted, he exclaimed, "Really? That'd be great!"

"Of course! I'm actually in the middle of a Star Wars marathon, if you'd like, you could come watch it with me while you drink the tea?" You offered, feeling more confident now.

"Are you serious? I love Star Wars! I'm practically obsessed with anything space related" He brought his hand up to the back of his neck and chuckled nervously.

There was a silence that hung in the air like thick fog, but it was abruptly broken when he stammered, "I-It's a date then?"

You blushed furiously and nodded, "It's a date."

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Omg it's my first one shot!!! So, I know it's not insanely romantic, but I saw one of those "Imagine your OTP meeting like this" and I thought it was cute. I really hope you guys like it tho! I'm working on a few more at the moment as well, but I think the next one shot will be a Keith x reader. And can you believe we passed 900 views?!?!? It's crazy!! I'm so glad you guys are enjoying this book!!!

- Rachel <3