𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎 - 𝙺𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙺𝚘𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚡 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

Chapter Twenty-Four - Sticky Situations

"y/n?", Keith called, walking into Pidge's room. After talking to Allura, Keith wanted some time to clear his mind and what better way than going out in his lion to search for Shiro? So, he sought after you, wanting to see whether you wanted to come along, and found you sitting with Pidge, swaddled up in blankets as you played video games. "Darling?"

"Hey, Keith,", you chirped, feeling a little better after spending some time with your best friend to get your mind off your earlier conversation. "Something wrong?", upon closer inspection of the ravenette, it became apparent that he was distressed. His shoulders sagged, and his hair was messy in a way that told you he had run his hands through it a few too many times. Noticing this, a bout of worry surged through you, and you frowned, standing to close the distance between you. "Everything alright?"

"I should be asking you that,", he chuckled, caressing the sides of your stomach through your shirt as he regained his frown. "But yeah, it's fine. I just wanted to know if you wanted to come on a ride with me in my lion. I need to get away from everything for a while,"

"Are you sure you're okay? You seem exhausted,", you commented, hands moving to hold his face. Pidge fake gagged, interrupting your thoughts as Keith poutily pulled you closer to him. "Sorry, Pidge. I forgot about your 'no happiness' rule,", you rolled your eyes playfully, the brunette laughing in response as she pulled a face at you.

"Yeah, you did. Get that lovey-dovey shit out of my room, please and thank you,", she shooed the two of you out, allowing you to resume your previous conversation as she returned to the game you had been playing before, not wanting to lose her place. "See you later!"

"Bye, Pidge,", you hummed, smiling as Keith relaxed into your touch, the stress dissipating from his body now that you were alone. "What's going on up there?", you tapped his temple softly, watching his violet eyes flutter open tiredly and stare at you.

"I don't know how to describe it. I just feel trapped, and I need to get out of this place for a bit. Plus, it wouldn't hurt to have another look around for Shiro, right?", he admitted, turning his face to press a soft kiss to your palm before turning back and waiting for your reply.

"Let me get changed into my suit, and then we can go, okay?", he nodded, and you released each other, him walking you to your room to make sure nothing happened.

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All was well as the two of you were flying. Keith, though reluctantly, allowed you to stand up behind him as his lion had no other seats and insisted that he would be getting Pidge to find a way to somehow add one in for you later. He couldn't have you standing for too long at nine months pregnant. So now, you flew in silence, your hands gently rubbing his shoulders as he flew, trying to release all of the emotions he had been feeling recently.

Then it happened. Like the flick of a switch, the lion's eyes lit up, and a mighty roar sounded from the beast, powerful enough to make the entire lion shake at its guttural volume. Keith grunted, looking back to make sure you had steadied yourself then scanned the area, confused as to why the lion had made such a sound.

"What's wrong?", he asked the lion, gasping when a radar opened in front of him, displaying a distant but detectable spacecraft. The ravenette knew who it was. It was Shiro. He was alive, just as Keith had said he was. Eyes widening, Keith glanced back at you, shell-shocked as he grabbed one of your hands in his. "We found him,", he spoke incredulously, almost not believing his eyes.

"We have to get the others,", you whispered, squeezing his hand, e/c eyes remaining trained on the radar. Nodding, Keith sped back to the castle, informing the others and prompting Allura to open a wormhole which took you to the small aircraft that Keith suspected housed your lost friend.