An Age a Month

3 Years part 4

Keith clutched at his hair as he paced in the training room. He wanted to go after Lance but the others insisted he talk to them first assuring him Coran was with him. It had been silent for a while, the only sound was Keith's pacing.

"Keith.." Hunk approached carefully. "Can you tell us what just happened?"

Keith stopped and sighed. "I - I don't know, exactly"

Hunk, Pidge and Allura looked at Keith.

"Don't know?" Pidge asked.

"I don't know what I just saw!" Keith shouted. "It's like... I saw what Lance did.. argh! I don't know!"

Allura stepped forward and placed a comforting arm on Keith's shoulder, grounding him.

"It's okay Keith. What do you mean you saw what Lance did."

"I know why he ran out, why he is so scared. I saw what he did, it was like a flashback but I saw it too." Keith rambled. "I need to find Lance, where is he?"

"we know, we know," Hunk reasoned. "But can you tel us what you saw first?"

Keith sighed frustrated but sat down. He recalled the events during his dream like state and this weird flashback. Hunk was in tears and Pidge and Allura as good as.

Keith finished talking then rushed out of the room to find Lance. The two now had somehow connected emotionally. Pidge and Allura immediately got to work on how Keith seeing Lance's flashbacks were possible, while Hunk went after Keith. No one bothered to think about Shiro, all being to angry to deal with it.

Keith didn't make it far down the corridor before he ran into Coran holding Lance who was playing with his moustache.

"Papi, what this?"

"This my boy is my moustache."

Lance laughed, "It's prickly."

Coran exaggerated a gasp. "I contitioned it this morning." Lance laughed some more, before noticing Keith behind them.

"Daddy, Daddy, Papi has moo-tache" Lance reached for Keith.

Keith took him and looked questionably at Coran. "Papi?"

"I believe it is some Spanish term for grandpa." Keith nodded before turning his attention to Lance.

"Are you okay?"

Lance nodded. "The scary man gone now?"

Keith hesitated. "For now"

Lance pulled himself closer to Keith mumbling into his jacket. "don't like scary man, scary man mean."

Keith held him close. It was quiet but both Coran and Keith heard Lance mumble.

"You are better. Real daddy"

Hunk saw this and decided not to interrupt. Instead he hunted down Shiro. Said paladin was hiding out in his room, head buried in his hands. He looked up at Hunk as he entered his room.

"Shiro, what's going on?"

Shiro looked dreadful, he looked like he had been crying.

"Honestly... I don't know."

Hunk folded his arms. "Don't know?" he voice firm.

"I - I know it's no excuse but I don't know what came over me. Its like I'm not myself. like, there's some sort of control over me..."

"I'm sorry."

Hunk softened. "thanks, but I'm not the one you should be apologising to, I would wait till tomorrow, he's still in shock. He likes Coran though, calls him papi" he trailed off.

Shiron nodded. "Thanks for keeping me updated"

Hunk gave Shiro a small smile before he left for the training room to help Pidge and Allura.