Keith One Shots

~Injured~

This was requested by lillianna4265 . It's based around Season Two. I hope you like it!

Keith and Shiro had been training before the incident. Keith had suggested a hardcore training session where they would try super difficult levels. The plan had been for them to go into the healing pods straight after but near the end of their training the alarms started blaring. Shiro was fine, he only had a few small scratches. However, Keith had taken huge hits to the chest and legs. He hurt like hell but they needed to form Voltron so the two each headed to their lions.

Third P.O.V

Keith slumped down into the seat of his lion and just as he did so a private call opened from Shiro.

"Are you gonna be okay out there Keith?" Shiro said, a worried expression on his face.

"I'll be f-fine. It's just a scratch..." Keith reassured, trying to give Shiro a 'I'm fine' look. He didn't look like he believed it but he nodded and closed the call anyway. Keith sighed and put his hand by his injury. He had a huge scratch that went up the side of his leg and it hurt like hell. He regretted not training with his armour on.

"Okay team, let's do this" Shiro spoke, followed by hummed replies from each paladin.

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Keith really did try not to let the team down, but he couldn't stop the dizziness from him losing blood. He could feel himself sway side to side slightly in his seat. He found focusing difficult and he almost got hit several times. He could tell the team were starting to get annoyed at him. They kept shouting things like 'Stop daydreaming Keith!' or 'You are gonna be the reason we lose in a minute!'. Keith hadn't really replied at all but their cruel words hurt him. He had tried so hard to fit in with the team and all his efforts were being destroyed in front of his eyes. The team managed to form Voltron, but Keith was getting worse and worse by the second.

"Okay team! We need to charge towards them and take them by surprise by forming sword last second! You ready Keith?" Shiro boomed.

"Mhm" Keith's voice was weak and frail but he thought he made it sound believable.

"Don't screw us up this time mullet!" Lance shouted, making Keith wince.

"You sure you are ready for this Keith?" Shiro asked, sympathy obvious in his voice. Shiro had been the only one not to shout at him or insult him. Keith badly wanted to say he wasn't ready. He badly wanted to say he could barely lift his arms. He badly wanted to tell the whole team that his entire body was aching.

"I'm ready" He mumbled. He needed to do this. He couldn't let the team down anymore then he already had. He sat up as best as he could and prepared himself to form the sword. Voltron started speeding towards the main ship. He waited for Shiro's words...

"Three!"

He kept his eyes on the target.

"Two!"

He prepared his bayard.

"One!"

Suddenly he felt a wave of pain hit his leg and he fell back into his chair.

"FORM SWORD!"

That was the one thing he couldn't do. He tried to sit up but he ended up falling back into his seat. Voltron charged right into the main ship and started tumbling down into the nearest planet. Everyone was shouting and panicking as their lions weren't responding. Voltron disbanded as everyone hit the ground.

A few minutes after impact the team began gaining consciousness. Keith could tell by the sound of their voices that they were mad.

"What just happened?" Lance mumbled through the comms. 

"What happened? I'd like to know the same thing! Keith, what's the deal!? You've been letting down the team all day!" Pidge yelled, making Keith wince at the sudden noise. The team eventually all picked themselves up and exited their lions, meeting up by a boulder. Keith tried his best to hide his limp as much as he could. When he got to the boulder, he was met with three unimpressed faces and one worried face.

"Well? Explaining time Mister!" Pidge yelled, getting up in Keith's face. Keith leaned up against the boulder, letting his injured leg rest.

"I'm s-sorry..... I didn't...... I didn't mean to l-let the..... the team down. I'll do b-better next time" Keith said, barely even letting out a sound. No one except for Shiro seemed to notice the pained look upon Keith's face.

"You better Mullet! You could of got us killed, stupid!" Lance said as he kicked Keith in the leg. The same leg that he had injured in the same place. Keith let out a loud, distressed whimper and the whole team looked at him with confused expressions. Well, apart from Shiro.

"Keith, take of your armour. Show us the damage" Shiro said, walking up to Keith and carefully taking off his chest piece. At first Keith refused but he eventually just let it happen as he was too tired and in too much pain to refuse. The team gasped when they saw that massive cut down Keith's leg. Before anyone could say anything Keith started falling sideways and Shiro caught him and lowered him to the ground.

"I-I don't understand. How did he do that?" Pidge said, feeling extremely guilty.

"Keith and I were doing some extreme training earlier. We were planning on going in the healing pods straight after but the alarms started going off. I knew Keith was injured but I didn't think it was this bad!" Shiro explained, putting a hand on Keith's shoulder.

"Keith, why didn't you tell us you were hurting? We shouted at you for ages about being lazy but this whole time you were just in pain. You should of said something" Lance said, looking into Keith's half-opened eyes.

"I-I know..... I just.... I d-didn't w-wanna seem...... w-weak" Keith murmured, looking down in shame.

"Being injured doesn't make you weak buddy! We all get injured sometimes! We could of worked around it instead of us all pushing you to do things that hurt!" Hunk said, smiling softly at the red paladin.

"Plus, we could of put you in a healing pod back then. We will have to wait until the lions are rested up until we can fly back to the castle." Pidge stated.

"T-That's true..." Keith winced slightly as he felt another wave of pain hit his leg. "I-I guess..... I ...... d-deserve this..... huh" Keith said, feeling his head dropping slightly. Shiro sat closer to Keith and let Keith rest his head on Shiro's shoulder.

"You didn't deserve this. It just taught you a lesson for next time" Shiro said, gently ruffling the boy's hair.

"I wont..... l-let this h-happen..... a-again" Keith said, giving a small smile.

"Heh, you never know" Hunk said. After that the team had a small conversation until the lions were ready to fly.  Shiro took Keith in black and black carried Red. They put Keith in a healing pod and he JUST survived.

Next time he might not be so lucky..... 

I like ending my chapters with little phrases. Welp, there you go lillianna4625. I just realised I haven't written a single Season Six chapter and Season Seven comes out in 3 days. I don't think I am ready. I have a few chapter ideas in mind but I can never have too many ideas so feel free to request stuff. What would you guys think of a chapter that reflects on the Season Six fight between Shiro and Keith? Let me know. Or message me and we can talk about our thoughts on characters and theories for Season Seven. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed!

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~Author Mill