The Beauty Within

What I Didn't See Before

Later on, Shiro had invited Keith to have brunch with him. Allura had once again dressed Keith in an outfit she had picked out. Keith was dressed in a pair of black pants, a grey undershirt, a red shirt with slightly puffed sleeves, and dark brown boots.

Keith smiled as sugar and milk was poured into his bowl. He wasn't quite sure what the meal was entirely, but when he took a bite with his spoon, he found the flavour quite tasty. Keith looked up to Shiro and let out a small gasp of surprise when he saw Shiro gobbling away at his bowl.

Hunk and Colleen winced as Shiro froze and glanced towards Keith who turned his head away as if trying to ignore it. Shiro frowned and wiped his face with a napkin that Pidge nudged his way. Matt pushed the spoon to Shiro who stared at it for a few moments, before taking it in his giant paw and attempting to eat with it.

Keith winced seeing Shiro fail at eating with the spoon. Keith placed his spoon down and picked up his bowl in his hands gently. Shiro smiled and lifted his bowl as well. The pair raised their bowls in a toast and continued to eat the rest of their meal.

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After brunch, Shiro and Keith headed outside. Keith had pulled on a dark purple cloak with white fur on the hood and on the edge of the cloak. Shiro had also pulled on a similar cloak, but without the fur. Shiro watched as Keith pulled bread crumbs out of a small brown paper bag and tossed them to the birds.

Keith could see Shiro wanted to try to feed the birds as well, he took some of the bread crumbs and placed some in Shiro's paws.

"There's something sweet

And almost kind

But he was mean, and he was coarse and unrefined

And now he's dear and so unsure

I wonder why I didn't see it there before"

Keith watched with a smile as Shiro bent down and held his paws out for the birds to take some of the crumbs. Though, the birds were too scared and kept flying or hopping away. Keith shook his head with a soft chuckle as Shiro continued to approach the scared birds.

Keith placed the rest of the crumbs into Shiro's paws and shoved the bag into his pant pocket. Keith then grabbed some of the crumbs and spread the crumbs towards the bird, leaving a trail behind that lead to the paws.

Eventually, the bird followed the trail and started eating the crumbs in Shiro's paws. Shiro smiled and Keith returned an equally excited smile as more birds approached.

"He glanced this way

I thought I saw

And when we touched he didn't shudder at my paw"

Keith held out his hand and a red bird landed on his finger. Shiro watched as Keith walked away to place the bird back in the nearby tree.

"No it can't be

I'll just ignore

But then he's never looked at me that way before"

Keith turned back to Shiro with a smile as the other went back to feeding the birds. Keith ducked behind the tree and pulled his hood off, brushing away his bangs from his eyes. He couldn't help but feel a small bit of doubt in him, despite all that Shiro has done to change.

"New and a bit alarming

Who'd have ever thought that this could be?

True that he's no Prince Charming