Sorry for Everything I've Done [Galra!Keith fanfiction]

Chapter Six: Lullaby

True Galra never let emotions cloud their judgement and affect their ability to quickly analyze any situation and make a decision. Putting one's own good over the good of the Empire or being corrupted by one's feelings may only be considered as showing weakness. A true Galra should always be ready to sacrifice everything it takes to keep The Galra Empire in prosperity and their honour of a warrior unspoiled. The blood bond doesn't matter when it comes to a family member committing unforgivable crimes against the Empire. Showing compassion for the criminal and warrior deprived honour by their family should be considered as a confession of guilt, and the criminal's family should be treated as partners in dishonoured warrior's crime.
The Book of Honour, volume 8, "The Punishment"

For the rest of the day Keith had been restless. He'd been thinking over the words Pidge said over and over. He tried to look on his past, more humanly self from different angle. Is that what people saw? Angry, who knows - cruel, harsh rude guy sending shivers down their spine? Is it what he truly was?..
No way, he thought. They say they couldn't trust him, so why was HE supposed to trust them, to open up? Being an orphan since eight leaves a burnmark on you. Keith felt so pitiful his guts twisted and tensed. He lied on the bed in embryo pose with his eyes closed, trying to remember every feeling he got about his comrades.
His thoughts stopped on Allura first. Did he hate her? No. She was so breathtakingly fierce and brave and never gave up, even though now that her entire race had burned to ashes along with her home planet, she could easily step aside and let herself drown in mourning her family and people. The fact that she didn't, that she continues her father's fight, resonated with Keith's rebellious and stubborn soul. He'd never let himself drown in sorrow. The pain that had been building up in him for years was a heavy burden, but it was HIS burden, and he carried it with chin raised up. How could he even dare to refuse to help Princess-warrior in her revenge on the monsters that deprived her everything? Unlike Keith, she knew exactly who her offenders were.
Someone might say Keith had romantic feelings towards Allura, but Keith knew - his feeling of total awe when he saw her in a battle, when her eyebrows furrowed at the sight of injustice and oppression of the weaker ones, when he caught her voice slightly trembling during motivational speech, when she smiled slightly, only with the corner of her lips - it wasn't love. The thing is that she'd always got him excited with every single thing she'd done; to Keith, Princess was the most unusual and spectacular being he'd ever met. In fact, she still is, he must admit. But if you admire the fire, be ready to get burned.
Who's next? Pidge. He yelled at her once for "putting the lives of two people over the lives of the entire Universe". These days, it sounded pretty reasonable. But later on, silently watching Pidge, Keith realised they had much more in common than he would've thought. Actually, they shared one and the same trait - they cared about their close ones very much.
Their only difference was that the only close person Keith'd still had was Shiro. Except for him, Keith lost everything.
Suddenly his thoughts were interrupted by heavy footsteps in the hallway that led to his cell.
— Keith, - a low voice said as Hunk's figure emerged from the darkness, - I have news for you.

That day

Hunk rushed through the corridors, pressing alarm buttons on the walls every now and then. He couldn't waste time to stop and talk to others through the comms. All he could do is hope that he'll arrive just in time to save Pidge from whatever's been going on in her lab.
A lot of things had been whirling through Hunk's mind, but nothing could have prepared him for the sight that opened before his eyes when he finally reached the lab's door.
Some terrifying, covered in blood creature held Pidge by the throat above the ground, her legs swinging in useless effort to free herself.
All of a sudden the creature turned its head, and Hunk literally froze into the threshold.
Keith scowled and loosened his grip on Pidge's neck, causing her to fall in the sea of shattered glass and blood smears on the floor.
Hunk smashed his hand into the button on the wall and shouted through the comms:
— Guys! Keith went nuts! He-
But he never had a chance to finish, as the air had been suddenly kicked out from his lungs.