When I awoke, my S/T body wasn't sore, for the first time in... I don't even know how long. My large, E/C eyes fluttered open to a translucent, light blue glass door shielding me away from the seven, foggy figures outside. As I reached up to touch the glass, it disappeared, causing my frail body to fall forward. I was caught by a slim, athletic male, who looked strangely familiar. His hair was black as night, styled in a mullet, and his eyes were a striking shade of blue; they were almost grey.
"Hey, Y/N, you remember me?" he said, holding me up in front of him, his eyes gazing into mine as if he were searching for something. I meekly shook my head, slightly afraid of his intense gaze. "It's me, Keith. Your shitty excuse for an older brother..." My eyes widened, and I latched onto him, sobbing. He stumbled a bit from the force I used to launch myself into him, but regained his balance quickly, embracing me as well, one hand holding me up, the other running through my long, filthy, H/C hair. I buried my face in his chest as my older brother whispered reassurances into my ears. A cough was heard from behind us, and I was snatched away from my brother by a large, well-built male who had raven-colored hair with a tuft of white in the front. One of his arms was a robotic prosthetic; Galra technology. Upon seeing this, I screeched and flailed around, causing the man to drop me. I scrambled back, hiding behind Keith, who was glaring at the larger male.
"Y/N... It's me... I'm sorry..." he whispered, then stared at his mechanical arm, glaring. "I'll be on the training deck..." he muttered, tears falling silently down his face. He turned and ran out of the room as quickly as he could, seemingly ashamed of himself. No one quite knew what to do, so we all just stood there in silence until, once again, I was grabbed. The figure spun me around before dipping me.
"Just ignore him. The name's Lance. What's yours, pretty lady?" He was quite tall, with tan skin, short, dark brown hair, and chestnut-colored eyes. His clothes consisted of a brown and green jacket, a grey shirt, and jeans, with sneakers on his feet. Startled by the unorthodox introduction, I kneed him in the groin, hiding behind Keith once again. "Hey... What gives?" the boy groaned, clutching the tender area. The short, ginger-haired female wearing a green and white shirt and tan kakis and the large, dark-skinned boy with dark brown hair and a yellow bandanna chuckled, while Keith began to snigger.
My older brother cleared his throat and began to introduce the other people in the room, "The cuban asshole down there," he pointed at the boy rolling around on the floor groaning in pain, "is Lance McClain. Shortie over there," the ginger girl, "is Katie Holt, but she goes by Pidge Gunderson. The big guy next to her is Hunk Garret, and over here," he gestured to the two figures standing off on the side, the male with sky blue, triangular markings on his face, bright orange hair, and pointy ears wearing a blue and white suit of some sort, the female with pale pink, triangular markings under her eyes, long, full, white hair, and a blue, white, and pink dress, "are Coran and Princess Allura. They're Altean. The one who left, you know already." I gave him a questioning look. "You didn't recognize him, did you?" I shook my H/C-haired head in response. "That was Takashi Shirogane, from the Galaxy Garrison." I gasped in recognition, then looked down, ashamed of my reaction. The alien princess appeared to notice my distress.
"So, Y/N, was it?" I nodded. "Well, Y/N, let's get you out of that suit," I looked down, noticing the black, skin-tight suit I wore for the first time, "get you washed up, dressed, and fed, and then we'll address getting you reacquainted with Shiro. Sound good?" I nodded, then followed the tall female out of the room and down the hall, dragging Keith along with me. When Allura noticed, she was extremely confused. "You know you will need to be cleaned, correct?" I nodded, not understanding. "He won't be able to be in there while I wash you." My brows furrowed in confusion, and I grabbed on tighter to my brother's arm. He sighed, looking at me, then Allura.
