The Hanahaki Disease// Voltron AU

2.1: the mechanic

Playlist: I hate u I love u -gnash ft. Olivia O'Brien

After

With the first week of classes under our belts, Allura decides that to celebrate the new school year, we should have a pizza party. Which mainly consists of the seven of us sitting around, eating pizza and watching movies. We did the same sort of thing last year with just the six of us.

Hunk, Pidge and I get picked up by Matt after we finish all of our classes. Keith still has one at five so he's going to arrive a little later on his motorcycle. Which is fine with me. I think I really am beginning to annoy him. He gets mad every time I mention his hair and I've only known him a week. I must be pretty irritating. I wonder how my friends put up with me?

The six of us are lounging around in the living room. Hunk is sitting on the couch properly, like a normal person and I'm laying my head in his lap, my legs draped over the armrest and hanging down the side of the sofa. Allura had scolded me a little when I jumped on the couch with my shoes on and this was the compromise I came up with. Pidge is next to Hunk and they're both discussing the latest technological advance for something I don't understand. Shiro and Matt are arguing over what pizza toppings to get, which is something they always do before Allura steps in and decides. So all we're really missing, is Keith.

He blows into the apartment like an unwelcome storm. He's muttering under his breath, scowling and looking genuinely pissed off as he shuts the door to the apartment with his hip. Keith is the only one other than Shiro, Matt and Allura who has a key to this apartment. Apparently Shiro doesn't trust us enough.

"Y'all are just going to show up here whenever you want, eat all our food and leave. I'm not giving you three a key to this place." He had explained and we didn't argue with him because he was right.

"What's up?" Shiro asks.

"My motorcycle is making a funny sound. I literally just went to the shop to get it checked out so I don't know what's wrong." He said, his eyebrows arched down in an angry V as he put his helmet down on the kitchen counter. "And if something is broken, I can't go in to get it fixed. I blew all my money on the last thing that broke with that damn bike."

"Maybe it's not a big deal." Matt offered. "It could be a simple fix."

"A simple fix would still be like a hundred and fifty dollars I don't have." I glanced toward Hunk who had been staring at me ever since Keith started to complain about his motorcycle troubles. I gave him a funny look and he gestured outwards.

"Oh, right." I said, having completely forgotten that I know a thing or two about cars and motorcycles and engines. "Keith, I can fix it." I offer to him, excitedly. He scoffs.

"Yeah, Right." He grumbles.

"It's true." Hunk says, beginning to back me up. "Lance works at his uncles auto shop during summer. He can probably fix it for you." Keith glances over at us like we're kidding around.

"Don't you remember me telling you about the four days we spent in Lance's hometown? He really does work in an auto shop. I think I have some tools you guys can use in my car. Lance can go take a look at it." Shiro says. Keith turns away and moves into the kitchen where Allura is, still ordering pizza after she settled the argument between her two roommates.

"I guess." He mumbles, lightly.

"Well out with it, what kind of noise is it?" I ask Keith who is nervously running a hand through his hair.

"I don't know, like a grinding noise. Its like... It's better if you hear it." He complains. Allura pats his shoulder reassuringly as he grabs a water bottle out of the fridge.