Purple Hearts

Chapter Eight: Toddler Prince

Lances POV
Ugh. My back hurts. I hate waking up early. Im a growing boy, I need my ten hours sleep. It doesn't help that I had a nightmare. I groan and roll over, turning away from whatever was trying to wake me. Someone sighs.
"C'mon sleepyhead, we're gonna be late." Keith says, kneeling on the side of my bed. He sighs again, swatting at me with his fluffy tail. "Laaaaaaaaaaaaaance. Get uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup! Nowwwwwww!"
"Mhmmm nooo." I mumble. "I don't wannaaaa."
"Stop being such a baby! I've been awake for an hour and I'm fine, so stop grouching and get your ass out of bed."
"Whyyyyyy"
"Because I said so Mister."
"Meanie." I sit up, still mumbling, and shuffle to the bathroom. "You go ahead Keith, I'll catch up." I pick up a brush and start attempting to brush my matted silver hair.
"No, you'll use it as an excuse to go back to bed. Forget your hair, just get dressed and we can go. Jeez, you really aren't a morning person, are you? OH MY GOD NO LANCE THAT IS NOT A SHIRT PUT IT DOWN!" He yells, wrenching a dagger out of my hands. "So much for powerful warrior, you can barely dress yourself."
Allura is waiting for us in the training hall, tapping her foot on the tile. "where have you two been?! I've been waiting for half a varga!" She yells, mostly at me because she was the one who sent Keith to wake me up in the first place.
"Somebody didn't want to wake up, and then he kept trying to use dangerous items as clothing." Keith glares at me. Funnily enough, he left his mask back in my room, and his hair is let loose on his shoulders instead of his usual braided ponytail (by the way he does that with his hair) , so he's obviously not any more awake than me.
"Says you! You kept trying to zap me!"
"So you'd hurry up and stop almost stabbing yourself. Can't blame me for all the sharp things in your room!" He's still glaring at me, but hes stepped closer so he has to look up. So short, so cute.
Coran walks in with a smile. "Alright kiddos! Let's get... Why are the princes fighting? Aren't they madly in lo-"
"SHUT UP CORAN!" I scream, turning on my heel. A deep crimson blush settles on my face. "CAN WE PLEASE JUST GET STARTED!"
Keiths POV
Lance continues yelling at his uncle, flailing his arms around. It's adorable, he looks like a toddler that just got it's favourite toy taken away. I turn to Allura, as if to say this out loud, and she basically reads my mind. She grins widely and nods. We start to giggle uncontrollably, causing the other two Alteans to turn and look at us, confused.
"Oh-Oh my god! This is hilarious! Allura screams, holding her sides.
"He-he-he holy shit how did we not see this before?!" I'm leaning on my staff, red in the face.
"WHATS SO FUNNY?!" Lance yells, waving his arms around even more, which just makes us laugh harder.
"Lance! Oh my god stop it!" Allura laughs, wiping actual tears from her eyes.
"I agree Lance, what is so funny?" Coran frowns.
"It's just- pfft!" I stutter, physically unable to calm down.
"Keef! Why are you laughing at me?!" Lance pouts pronouncing my name with an 'f' instead of 'th', which again, makes us laugh harder.
"Lance! You're like a giant toddler, and it's hilarious!" We manage to get out between giggles.
"I'll show you giant toddler!" He yells, lifting me onto his shoilders. I scream, Lance is taller than Shiro, plus my height (which isn't much but still) equals the actual scariest piggy back ever. I wrap my arms around his neck and lean down so I'm not a high off the ground. I kick my legs, still screaming. Lance just laughs at my suffering and bounces me around. "See? We've got an actual toddler right here. He's even got the height." He may be torturing me, but damn he's hot. I blush, and tighten my grip around his neck.
"I AM A THOUSAND QUINTANTS OLD ASSHOLE! IM TWO QUINTANTS OLDER THAN YOU!!" I scream, swatting at him with every limb that isn't hanging on for dear life. Which, by the way, isn't many. Lance laughs at me, and sprints out of the room.
He runs through the castle, making sure I stay on his back. We pass Shiro and Lotor, who look confused for a second but then go back to whatever they were doing. Those traitors. Then we pass King Alfor, who strangely doesn't notice us. I continue to scream until Lance skids to a halt in front of a large green door. He kicks the door open and walks in.
"Pidgeon! Hunky Monkey! I have graced you with my presence!" He announces, and flops down on the floor. I take the opportunity to scramble away from him into a corner, hissing. "Aww! Was the little kitten scared!" He coos. I flip him off.
"LANCE! HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT THIS IS MY ROOM?! AND THAT I AM A GIRL?! I COULDVE BEEN GETTING DRESSED!!" Pidge yells, small face hovering over a computer screen.
"Please Pidge, you always wear the same clothes, and you Olkari don't sleep, so you wouldn't be in pyjamas. I have never even heard of you having a shower, so that's literally every possibility eliminated." Hunk says from Pidges unmade bed, munching on cookies.
"Thank you Hunk. I just saved Keith from having to teach me. Now entertain me. I'm bored." Lance peers over Pidges computer. He finds this uninteresting, apparently, but cause he turns to me. "Kittyyyyyyyyy! I'm bored!" He fiddles with my shoulder length hair, entertwining it in his fingers.
"And I would care because?" I snatch my hair back. "I still haven't forgiven you for making fun of my height. It's a sore subject." Galra are usually giants, yet the only person Ive ever met that's shorter than me is Pidge. Let's just say that it led to some... Teasing.
"But Kitty! You called me a giant toddler!" Pidge snickers at that, mouthing 'It's true' in my direction.
"You are! You're acting like one now too!"
"Kittyyyyyyyyy!"
"Fine! I forgive you! Jeez, you're so needy!"
"You love me." He grins, kissing me on the lips.
"Ew. Get a room. And Lance, if you're bored, since you're so all over Keith, go fuck him or something. I don't care." Pidge gags.
"You evil little Pidgeon." I giggle blush creeping up my neck. Honestly, I wouldn't mind if he obeyed her.
Authors note!
Heyo! Im so so so so so so sorry for not posting Thursday or yesterday, I've got three assignments that I still haven't finished, so I've been really busy and tired. I tried, I really did. I've only just been able to type up this chapter now. But anyways, this is the first chapter I've written down on paper. I really hope I dont have to burn this....
Also when I was writing this down I was really salty because:
1:The kids on the bus wouldn't shut up and it was annoying
2:We went canoeing and my friend kept trying to freak me out (We got swept into the middle of the lake so I was already on the verge of tears) by rocking the boat.
Anyways, bye!
-Cookie