Cover art by @tricodeku. This is set before the Kerbros mission, and is about Keith and his friends time at the Garriosn, starting on their first day, ending when they find the blue lion. Keith is Shadams son, and is 14, and newly enrolled at the Ga...
"Okay guys, we need to make sure that Keith's birthday is perfect. Which means that we have a lot to do." They all nodded. Me, V, Kinkade, James, Hunk, Lance, and Shiro were all gathered in the lounge room, planning Keith's birthday party. Adam was keeping him busy, along with Matt. He was working on an upgrade for the last set of pods, and it was a perfect excuse to get Keith away from the others. "Well, I talked to Iverson, and I can take four of you with me to Walmart. So who's going?" Shiro said, scanning our faces. "Well, Pidge and Hunk should go, since she knows what decorations to get and Hunk needs to get the ingredients for the cake." James said, and I nodded "Yeah. And we might need someone else here to distract Keith if they finish early. And it has to be someone that normally hangs out with him, so that rules out James and Kinkade." They nodded, and Kinkade said "Well, you could take the McClains. He doesn't hang out with Lance and Veronica a lot, and he'll think nothing of it if they're not here." "Yeah. And we can help you guys carry the stuff. But what about presents?" Lance said "Present are one of the most important parts." Fuck. I hadn't thought of that. "Well, us four can get gifts for Keith when we go, and maybe Shriro can take Kinkade and James later?" Veronica suggested. We looked at Shiro, who nodded in agreement "Yeah. But then how are we going to get him out of his room tomorrow?" Fuck, another problem. "Whatcha doing?" Someone said behind me, and I jumped "Holy shit!" Kinkade smiled "Hey Riz, Ina." Razavi smiled at him. "But seriously, what are you guys doing?" We looked at each other, and came to a silent agreement that we would tel them. "We're planning a party for Keith, and we need to keep him out of his room so that we can set it up." "Well does he know about it?" Razavi asked. "Yeah, but he just knows we're having a party, not what we're doing for it. He thinks it'll just be cake and snacks with Mario Kart afterwards." James said. "Well then set up the game in here. He'll think it's part of party and willingly leave the room, giving you time to set up." Ina said. "She's right." Kinkade said with a smile,while James frowned "But Keith likes to sleep in. Especially on the weekends." Shiro shrugged "then you pick him up and carry him out. He'll panic at first, but once he realizes that it's you, he'll be fine." James turned light pink, and I grinned. So Shiro knew. Lance just looked confused "How come?" Right l, he doesn't know. "He trust James. And it's normal for him to see him in the morning." Lance nodded. Shiro stood "Well, we all know what we have to do. Let's get to it!" We left to do our assigned tasks. Me. Hunk, Veronica and Lance with Shiro, James, Kinkade, Razavi and Ina to find Keith.
At Walmart
I pity Keith and Adam. The whole way there, Shiro played Taylor Swift songs, and him and Lance sung along. "PLEASE! MAKE IT STOP!" I yelled, as Hunk and Veronica covered their ears. I looked at Veronica "Does he do this at home?" She nodded "Yeah. His playlist is full of Swift, Beyonce, and others like that. He sings all the time at home. The worst part is, he's not bad at singing." We spent the rest of the ride trying not to rip our ears off. Luckily, we were able to change out of our uniforms and into normal clothes. I had on my green and white sweatshirt and shorts, junk had a yellow shirt, a dark green vest and shorts,. V had jeans and a tshirt, Shiro wore the same but in different colors. Lance had a blue and white long sleeve shirt, along with a dark green hoodie.
We walked into the store and immediately separated into two groups. The boys in one, and me and V in the other. "So..about Klance." She trailed off, and I smiled. "You think it might be possible." She nodded "Yeah. I mean, they went from completely hating each other to sitting in the others lap in less than a day. And Lance was very persistent that we got him presents."I smiled, grabbing some streamers "I know right? But Keith is SUPER into James. And from Shiro's talk with James, I think him and Adam will try and set them up." She grabbed some plates "So..are we team Jeith or team Klance?" I shrugged "It varies from moment to moment." I surveyed our arms, which were filled with decorations. "I think that's all. Let's go get him some presents."
We walked to the toy aisle where we met the boys. Shiro and Hunk had armfuls of ingredients, along with some candy and sodas. "Where Lance?" I asked, noticing that he wasn't with them. "He went to get a cart for all our stuff." Shiro answered. Then we heard crashing and creaking, and saw Lance riding the cart down the aisles. "Lance!" He just smiled and skidded to a stop in front of us. "What? It was faster than walking. So put your stuff in and let's get Keith's presents." We all sighed, but dumped our stuff in the cart. "Well, I think I should drive the cart. You've proven that you can be..reckless. And I have eggs in there." Hunk said. I expected Shiro to try and drive it, but he said nothing. First, we went to the stuffed animal aisle, where Lance pulled out a purple hippo. Shiro smiled "He'll love this one. He used to have one like that when he was little." Lance smiled brightly, obviously proud of his choice. Hunk had gotten him some Coke and Sour Patch, and Veronica picked out a fuzzy red blanket. Me, I grabbed a gay pride flag and some Hot Cheetos. I had ordered the flag online and picked it up in store, because for some reason they don't sell them in store. But Shiro, he got Keith a more interesting gift. He went over to the hunting section and got him a nice silver knife. When we all looked at him questionably he just shrugged "What? Keith likes knives. You should see him at dart throwing games. Straight into the target. Unlike us." He whispered that last part, and we all giggled. At checkout, the cashier gave us a weird look, probably wondering why a 20 something year old was with a bunch of kids buying party supplies, toys, a pride flag, and a knife. Shiro just smiled at them and showed them his license. They shrugged and rang up our purchases. When we got in the truck, Hunk rushed to be in the front. "I don't want to hear any more singing today." he reasoned, and me and V agreed. Lance looked offended "Do you not like my singing?" I shook my head and smiled sweetly "No, but you AND Shiro singing cheesy pop songs for an entire car ride is annoying as FUCK!" then, like Captain America, Shiro said "Language!" We all laughed, and started the drive back "So, when we get back, we're going to take the stuff to me and Adam's room, then I'm going to take James and Kinkade to get Keith presents." Shiro said, and we all nodded "And then tomorrow morning I'll start making the cake.." Hunk trailed off "And the next morning we get James to carry Keith out to play Mario Kart." I saw Shrio smile in the mirror "And then you guys go and set up his room for the party. We're lucky it's on a weekend this year. And that you guys don't have school." Yes, that's right. We used to have classes everyday at the Garrison, which led to us having a shorter school year, but they did away with that after the first year. And it's not like there's anything you can do but hang out around the Garrison until you're 16. That's when you're allowed to start leaving the school. "Right. But we'll also need a few other people with him. If it's just him and James, he'll complain and ask why they couldn't just do it in their room." Shiro nodded "Alright. So, Hunk, what ind of cake are you making?" Hunk smiled brightly "A vanilla cake, that all red. But I'm going to try and make it two layers with alternating shade of red in the batter. It'll probably end up tasting like a mixture of Vanilla and Red Velvet cake." I felt my mouth start watering at the thought of that cake. IT would be SOOO good. "Hunk, don't speak of it. Or I'm about to start drooling in Shiro's truck." Lance said, and Shiro gasped "Don't do that! It takes forever to clean this truck and get stains out!" I raised an eyebrow "How would you know? You didn't..do anything back here, did you?" Shiro went pink "Kaite Holt! Don't say that! And no, of course not!" I smirked "Ooh, my name. So scary." Shiro shook his head, face still pink "We didn't DO anything back there. But sometimes we spill things, like soda and ice cream. One time, Keith dropped an entire scoop of ice cream on the seat, and it took forever for me to get it out." We spent the rest of the ride talking and joking around. I smiled to myself
Maybe things will always be like this
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