Don't worry about me

Chapter 16: The Final Gift

The sun came up as groans and yawns filled the infirmary, Keith woke up to Shiro nudging him.

"What? " Keith grumbled

Shiro rolled his eyes as his lips formed into a smile and pointed beside Keith.

Keith looked beside him lazily then he realized he was sleeping right beside lance, trapped in a hug by the Cuban man.

Lance gave a giggle and kissed Keith on his forehead making the half-galra man's face turn red

"Good morning! " Lance said smiling at Keith with his face flushed pink

"Hold on! How did I end up here?? Wasn't I sitting on that chair last night?? " Keith asked face still red

"You looked cute sleeping I couldn't resist cuddling you! Surprisingly you're a very deep sleeper" Lance answered letting go of Keith

Keith groaned at the answer and got up, seeing the camera pidge and Matt had on their hands that were pointing towards them, he already knew what's gonna happen for the next few months.

"We'll leave you two alone for a bit, join us for breakfast in the lobby" Shiro said walking out of the door greeted by Adam waiting outside, the rest also went out.

"How are you injuries? " Keith asked

"I'm fine now! Cmon let's get going to the lobby too! " Lance said as he slipped on his slippers that were hanging on the side of his bed

He was wearing a casual white tank top with comfortable black pajamas with white stripes on each side

Keith was wearing a black t-shirt and red shorts that reaches his knees

Lance's back was facing Keith as he took off his tank top changing into the clothes set beside him.

This is the first time Keith saw Lance's back, and boy was he shocked

Lance's back was filled with old scars and some of them looked different and strange

Keith unconsciously placed his hand on Lance's back which made the blue eyed man flinch at the sudden touch, lance looked behind him noticing Keith's eyes fixated on his back.

Lance then realized what Keith was looking at and gave a sigh as he turned around and grabbed Keith's hand pulling him closer, lance embraced Keith and he couldn't stop it anymore.

Keith let the tears fall

"I-i was so scared! When he stabbed you! You could've died! You've been through so much!! A-and yet you- YOUR AN IDIOT!! " Keith shouted crying onto the bare chest of the tan skinned man

Lance patted his head and gave comforting words until Keith calmed down and then they got dressed and went to the lobby where everyone was waiting

"Just in time guys! I just finished breakfast, it's been too long since I cooked human food" Hunk exclaimed

"Awesome! Is that bacon? Oh how I missed this! " Lance said dragging Keith by the hand sitting on the two free seats beside each other

Hunk placed a big plate of bacon beside the plate with eggs and toast, everyone started eating once they gave their thanks and they were soon joined by coran who just woke up

"So paladins, since the war is over what are we going to do next? " Coran asked the group looking at the piece of bacon with suspicion

"The blade asked me to help them in some missions, I agreed but only 5 per year. Missions usually takes weeks or even months and I wanna spend time here on earth as well. " Keith said shoving toast in his mouth

"When you say spend time on earth do you mean with lance? " Pidge said with a smirk

Keith rolled his eyes and smiled taking another bite of the toast in his hand

"I'm going to continue cooking and even create my very own restaurant using the ingredients we got from other planets! " Hunk exclaimed

"We could evenbring you shipment of space ingredients. " Keith added

"Ooohhh yessss" Hunk squealed

"Me and Adam will probably continue teaching you cadets here in Garrison. " Shiro said

"So have you and Adam made up? " Lance asked

"Yeah, we had a talk and now we're together again" Shiro said

The paladins gave a proud face at their friend

"I'm curious about what's allura and coran gonna do though" Pidge said followed by the agreements from the others

Allura smiled

"I'm probably going to try and adjust to the human world, everything seems nice here and the food is great. Besides me and romelle agreed to help garrison for their research on space life. " She answered

"Coran? You? " Pidge asked

"I've received a letter from Mr Iverson asking me to assist in their research as well" Coran answered carrying his mustache

"What about you pidge? " Hunk asked

"I'm gonna study hard to surpass Matt and my dad, and eventually help them with their inventions and research. " Pidge simply answered

"Lance? " Keith asked expecting the Cuban man to join in and say what's he's going to do

Lance smiled rubbing his white altean like markings that seemed to be glowing.

"White and the other lions seems to want somebody to keep them company, so I'll probably end up staying here in Garrison to help in some departments and clean up the lions too. " Lance answered

"I know! Let's all agree that free up our schedule at the same date we defeated the galra! That way we can meet each other and celebrate! " Allura happily inquired

Everyone agreed to the plan and promised each other to meet at galaxy garrison on that specific date

Iverson walked to the laughing group looking at lance and whispered something go him

Lance smiled and followed the older man

"I'll be right back guys! Thanks for the food hunk! " Waving his hand to the group

Lance followed Iverson to a small room, in the middle of the room is a round table with a seemingly cube object covered with a cloth

Iverson exchsed himself as lance waved thank you to the man and unveiled the mystery object

Under the cloth was a black box with a metal lock that should be flipped upwards to open, lance opened the box.

Inside the box was a piece of paper and a picture frame, on the frame was their families picture. Taken years ago, a tear escaped Lance's eye.

He opened the note to read the contents

We won't nag you anymore, do what you want with your life now. Veronica will give you visits every month and live happily with that Keith boy, he seems like a good kid. I know I wasn't the best father but I raised you like how my own parents raised me, I should've known better. Give us a call sometime, I wrote the contact number of everyone down. Stay safe you brat.

Under the message are multiple contact numbers with names beside them, lance couldn't stop the tears just as he couldn't stop the smile forming on his face.

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Chapter 17: 1 Year