Rebel Team V

They're So Much Alike

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All of Team V sat awkwardly with Allura and Lance at the table. It was usually quiet when they ate and it was a comfortable silence. Now with an addition of two new people the silence was suffocating and awkward. Lance kept fidgeting in his seat every now and then. Allura had this look on her face, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't want to be the one to break the silence. Keith kept glancing up every few bites, noticing the tension. Hunk was also very tense as he ate while Pidge kept quiet and studied the two new faces as she ate, mostly staring at Lance who puzzled her a lot. Finally Shiro sighed. Something had to be done and it looked like he would be the one to do it.

"Alright let's talk, who wants to go first?" Shiro asked.

Immediately Allura spoke. "How can you all eat in such silence?" This caught everyone by surprise, even Lance who didn't even want to dare ask that. "I mean you've all known each other so long... so why?"

"It's better that way." Keith impaled some sort of meat with purple sauce on it.

"We used to talk, about the past, but that just made us all sad so I guess we stopped because that's all we could talk about." Pidge imputed as she cut her mystery meat.

"It must be nice though, to remember your past." Lance said, staring at his meat with a scowl as he roughly cut, his frustrations clearly shown through his movements.

"Lance." Allura spoke in a soft, but commanding tone and Lance stopped butchering the meat, realizing what he was doing.

"Sorry." He whispered so quietly it could barely be heard.

Everyone stared worried at Lance except for Allura. Allura stared at him with sympathy because she's seen how much pain this brings him. Not remembering anything at all about his past, she seen the little episodes he'd have when he'd get frustrated over it. At this point she just hopes he'd remember soon. "Don't worry Lance is just upset." Allura assured them all. "He doesn't really remember his past all too well."

"What happened?" Hunk asked with concern and curiosity.

Lance shrugged. "Just woke up one day on some random planet with no memories and a bandage wrapped around my head." He ate his butchered meat. "So what did the empire do to you guys?"

"What makes you think the Galra did anything to us?" Keith asked him.

Lance shrugged. "Question is who hasn't the Galra hurt?"

"They took my family." Pidge admitted. "I've been searching for any clues about what happened to them."

"They took my arm." Shiro waved his right hand which was a Galra robotic prosthetic.

"They took over Earth." Hunk said with a sadness.

"They took away a close friend of ours when we were little." Keith spoke softly for the first time that Lance and Allura met him. Lance gave him a sympathetic smile and Allura gave Keith a knowing smile.

"Well... Hunk this was the best meal I've ever had! Thanks!" Lance smiled at the big guy having finished his food.

Hunk's eyes widened for a fraction for a second before smiling back at Lance. "Thanks Lance, that wasn't even my best dish!"

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Later on they try doing more training in the training room. It was better this time, having gained more understanding about each other. Once done Lance sighed in relief. "That's exhausting, I think I died." Lance laid down on the floor.

Pidge laughed at this. She couldn't help but be reminded of a certain friend who made her laugh like this. It almost felt sad, but not as sad as it would've been. "Aren't you dramatic?"

"Are you kidding?" Allura asked. "Lance is practically the king of drama!"

"Hey I heard that! I'm not that dramatic!" Lance pouted, crossing his arms. Shiro and Keith had a surprise look cross their faces, but they shook it off. "If anything you're very dramatic, if I recall an incident on a planet sometime back-"

"Okay okay! No need to speak about that Lance!" Allura spoke quickly while Lance shot her a smirk.

One thought crossed the minds of the members of Team V. This Lance and their childhood friend Lance, they were so alike. It almost seemed uncanny.

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