Cheering Spirit

Voltron High

Quick Author note:

I do not own Voltron nor do I own the characters in the franchise or the fanart. So credits go to original artists. Also, if you couldn't tell, this is a high-school AU for Voltron. Some of the characters may be out of character so I apologize in advance. 

Present day:

"Katie Kat! Get up! Or you'll be late for school!" Matt called from the other room into Katie's room, also known as pidge. Katie just groaned and sat up. "Fine! I'm up, I'm up." Her light hazel hair had gone hay-wire and she rubbed her golden eyes. She hated the school she was in: She was bullied for her intelligence and was often alone at times like break and lunch. However she did have Lance and Hunk. The trio had been besties since they were children so she confides in them a lot.  They tease each other quite a bit too, all in good humour though. As Katie arose from her bed and stepped onto the carpeted floor, she saw her room was a mess: Her inventions laying carelessly on the ground, and the soon to be constructed were in a pile of boxes stacked on top of each other. Katie sighed and ignored it  'Ill do it when I return from hell' She thought to herself. The young girl had chosen a light pink dress with some pastel doc. Marten boots and white tights. She had combed her hair and put a pastel blue headband behind her ears. When she stepped out her room she smelt the sweet smell of pancakes wafting from the kitchen. Slowly but surely she made her way to the kitchen, only to find her brother Matt frying pancakes. "She lives. hehe" Both share a chuckle before Katie playfully punches Matt's arm. "Yeah, yeah" She sits at the table as Matt puts the pancakes on the plates for them both and he sits down as they both eat. "These are amazing Matt!" Katie praised his meal "Thanks Pidge" Matt smiled. They had a good sister- brother relationship between themselves. 

Once they had finished eating and put their plates to one side, both began to walk to Voltron High. "Tell me if anything happens alright?" Matt requested as they reached the school and was about to split off. "of course i will. Will you do the same?" Katie asked back. Matt nodded as he walked inside and Katie waited for Hunk and Lance. She smiled when she heard the two familiar voices of laughter behind her and turned around. "Hunk! oh my god that's so funny!" Lance held his stomach as he laughed. Hunk just chuckled "Hey pidge! How are you?" He asked as Lance leant against him for support. "I'm good, How about you two?" She smiled at the pair. "We are good too. Are you excited to see if the Voltron Lions got into the competition?" Lance poked his head up. "Yeah. But they will. I know because they have their sharpshooter, Lance." Pidge spoke confidentley as Lance smiled. Hunk nodded in agreement. "Aw. Thanks you guys. but it's also the teams work too." Lance smiled and rubbed the back of his neck. Pidge looked over Lances shoulder and saw the him. Takashi Shirogane. Also known as Shiro. Pidge had a crush on him since the beginning of Voltron high. She sat next to him in Science and they talked, but not much. A faint blush spread on her cheeks as she quickly looked at Hunk, who coughed noticeably, seeing Pidge look at Shiro. Lance turned around and shook Shiro's hand "Hey Shiro, ready to see our results?" Shiro took Lances hand "Of course. I'm so nervous" Lance chuckled and decided it was a good time to tease his friend. "You know, I think we will .After all, you do have your sharpshooter, according to Pidge." Shiro looked over at her as her face went pink from ear to ear and looked away to avoid him from seeing it. "She's shy" Hunk mumbled to Shiro as Shiro put a hand on the small girl's shoulder. "Thanks for the support. Now I'm feeling better" He genuinely spoke as he smiled. Pidge nodded, hiding her face in her hands as Shiro let go, hearing his brother sigh. "Come on Shiro. Hurry up" Keith Kogane wasn't the most patient of people, nor was he social, quite to opposite. Shiro nodded "See you later Lance, Thanks for the confidence Kid" 

Once the pair were out of view, Pidge let out inaudible mumbles of distress. "I can't believe you Lance. How could you do that to me?!" She looked at him, the pink slowly vanishing. "I had too. Besides didn't it make you feel better when you heard how confident you made him?" Pidge couldn't help but nod. The bell rang and they travelled to their classes. 'Yes! Science. oh no, i have to sit next to Shiro'  Pidge slightly blushed at the thought but shook her head, getting into focus as she entered the classroom. Shiro hadn't arrived yet and she sat down and took out he book and pen and ruler. Though the pen wasn't an ordinary pen. It could change to a pencil and changed to any colour she wanted it to, literally. This was one of her own inventions. She looked up to see the teacher walk in talking to Shiro as he laughed a little and took his seat beside Pidge. He looked over at Pidge and smiled a little and closed his eyes "Hey, You alright? You seemed a bit red earlier" Pidge looked to the side "Uh..Yeah. I'm alright. I was just a little hot." She lied convincingly and Shiro nodded a little. "Alright. But seriously, thanks for the motivation." He chuckled as Pidge faced foreward. "No problem" The two quietened down as the teacher called for silence and took the register. After the lesson the two laughed as they went to their next lesson. "Ugh, Physical Education. I hate this" She groaned a little. "It's good for you, you know" Shiro chuckled "Pidge was it?" Pidge nodded a little. "Well, I'm off to change. See ya"  Shiro left the small girl alone, something she wished he didn't do. This was usually when she was encountered by the bullies. "Well Well Well. If it isn't Science nerd Pidge. Come to see what scientific knowledge you can pick up from this lesson?" They mocked her and she walked by them, ignoring them till she felt a hand grab her arm. "We never said you could leave, Nerd. Now how about you just leave? No one likes you and no one will" Pidge sighed. "Unlike you guys,I have true friends who would never betray me. And they would defend me as I would for them." She looked the leader dead in the eye while speaking. "Now let me go so I can change" The young man growled and raised his hands into a fist. "Stupid brat! I'll teach you to talk back to me!" He swung his hand down as Pidge closed her eyes tight, bracing for the impact. Though it never came.

Holding the man's fist was Shiro. He was shirtless and his prosthetic arm was holding his fist with ease. "Leave Pidge alone. Clearly she is unaffected by your words and would like to continue with life. You don't help with that." Shiro had abs. And damn good ones according to Pidge. Her face flushed scarelett red as she looked at Shiro. He released the man's hand as the group ran off. Shiro waved his hand infront  of Pidge's face. "Hello? Earth to Pidge?" Being so short, she had a direct view of his abs as she fainted. The taller male caught her and excused himself out of the lesson, laying her on a bench before quickly changing and then picking her up, bridal style and transporting her to the nurses office. Pidge was laying on the bed as she woke up to two voices, The nurse and Shiro. Slowly she sat up and looked at them. "Ah, Pidge it seems you have awoken. Are you alright? You seemed to pass out so suddenly." The nurse walked over and checked her forehead. "I'm fine" She watched the nurse then looked over at Shiro. "Wait. Why are you here? You should be in lesson." Pidge looked slightly concerned at him. "Well when you passed out I had permission to skip the lesson and take you here." Shiro explained. "But isn't this your favourite lesson?" She went back to watch the nurse while listening. "Well, yes. But I don't mind missing it to see if you're okay." This brought a slight blush to her cheeks as she also realised the other reason she fainted was because of Shiro. "It seems you have a small fever miss Gunderson." She went under the Alias of Gunderson so she wouldn't be asked about her father, Sam Holt, a famous scientist. Pidge sighed "Does this mean I have to go home?" The nurse nodded. "Shiro, return to your lesson but please inform the teacher that Miss Gunderson had to go home. I shall contact your brother to inform him you went home." Pidge nodded getting up and feeling slightly nauseous, realising she was ill. She put her hand to her head to try and maker herself focus as she took her bag the Shiro brought with him to the nurses office with Pidge and began to walk out of School and to her home. Meanwhile Shiro returned to his lesson and just spectated the students after informing the teacher as he was told to. But he couldn't stop thinking about Pidge: 'Was she alright? Did she get home safely? How far away was it? How is she getting there?' With all  these thoughts clouding his mind, he didn't realise the lesson was over until Keith came over and tapped his shoulder. "You okay?" He asked concerningly. Shiro just smiled and nodded "Yeah, just. Just thinking about something." Keith glanced at him "Alright. Remember you can tell me anything, I'm your brother, that's why I'm here." Shiro chuckled. "I know, I know." 

The issue was no matter how hard he tried, All thoughts lead back to pidge.