The Son of Zarkon

Distance

Lance's P.O.V.

It has been several months since we rescued Shiro, but the black lion has still refused to accept Shiro as its rider again. Which, in turn, has been forcing Keith to continue piloting both the black and red lion. That was until Keith forced the black lion to accept Shiro back by keeping his distance. Though it wasn't just the black lion that he was keeping his distance from, but from all of us. As he slowly started spending more and more time with the Blade of Marmora. Which hurts me as everyone, but Keith, of course, knows that I have a crush on Keith, which is why I am upset that I never get to see him. Though today is a good day because Keith had just finished a mission with the Blade. Meaning that he will be coming back to the castle. Waiting in the hanger with Blue, I perk up when I hear their ship docking. Getting off of Blue's paw, I ran over to the loading bay. Though when the loading bay comes into sight, I slow down to not seem so excited. When I get there, I find Keith talking to a Galra with a reptilian-like tail. If I remember correctly, his name is Regris. Noticing me, his mask disappears as he reaches up and pulls his hood down. Revealing some small abrasions on his face which makes me worry about him slightly. That is when Regris suddenly swats Keith in the back lightly with his tail. Which gives him a slight shove in the process as he says something to him that I can't hear. Keith glares at him before making his way over to me. "Hey Lance."

"Hey Keith."

When Keith comes to a stop in front of me, I can't help, but frown slightly. As I can't help but notice that something is different about Keith. That is when I realize that he is ever, so slightly taller than me now. Which can't be right because I was always taller by a few inches once we turned eighteen. Now he stands at least three or, so inches over me. Which does surprise me because I thought we were done growing. "Wow, did you hit a growth spurt or something?"

When I say that a flash of worry comes across his face as he tugs up at the collar of his Marmora armor. As his worried look is quickly replaced by one of his rare small smiles. Which does make my heart flutter a bit at the sight of it. Though he doesn't answer my question, instead he answers it with his own question. "Hey Lance. Do you know where Shiro is? I need to talk to him."

Hearing the slight seriousness in his tone, I perk up as it catches my attention. Keeping me from making any of my usual jokes at him. "Yeah, I think he is in the training room. I will walk with you."

"Alright."

Together, we head off to the training room, and eventually, we start to bicker like we used to do. It made me a bit more relaxed despite my slight worries a few moments ago. Luckily, when we got to the training room, we did find Shiro training away against the sparring dummies. When we enter, Keith tells the training program to stop. Which makes Shiro grumble in a bit of irritation, that is, until he turns around and sees Keith. Which makes a large smile spread across his face as out of all of us, Keith is closest to Shiro. The pair practically being like brothers to each other at this point. Once they reach each other, Shiro pulls Keith in for a tight hug as he has also been missing Keith deeply. When he finally lets Keith go, he also realizes the same thing that I did when I first saw him. "What in the universe has the Blade been feeding you? You must have grown almost half a foot."

Though just like with me, he doesn't answer the question about his newfound height. Instead, he changes the subject yet again, which makes me frown. "Actually, Shiro, we unfortunately didn't come here to relax. We actually have another mission we are going to leave for soon. But there is something that Kolivan and I need to talk to you and Aullra about in private."

He glances at me, and my heart can't help but break ever so slightly. 'What could he want to talk to Shiro and Allura about that he can't tell me. Does he not trust me enough? Is he leaving us to join the Blade of Marmora fully?'