Lumi giggled as he played with his toy Hippo, it's used to belong to Keith but Keith took it out of the attic at some point and Lumi took a quick liking to it, now it was his favorite toy, he'd take it everywhere and only wanted Hippo related things like bibs and clothes,he was wearing a his hippo onesie right now as well, something he picked out himself
"Oma!" He giggled out making Keith look at him
"Eepo!"
Keith smiled warmly and gave a soft chuckle
"Yup hippo" he called back making Lumi smile and burry his face in his toy in shyness
"Awww so cute" Lance chuckled out a phone in hand videotaping his wife and son, Keith made eye contact with him and huffed out a bit in clear humor, making Lance give a soft smile in return, Lance gave Keith a sluggish kiss against his cheek and leaned back to look at Lumi who was happily playing with his hippo
Keith already informed his husband of the plan for the day which Lance was immediately unopposed to, he smiled and nodded when he heard of Hunk coming over, he also thanked Keith for telling him, which of course confused his omega, Keith felt as if he should ask him but decided that after they eat he will, Keith was still cooking after all
Lumi stared at his plushie, he nuzzled it with his nose for a second before pushing the rest of his face against its lilac colored fur, he pushed it closer and took a deep sniff, he giggled when he smelt the faint scent of his mother on the toy, his cheeks turning a light pink and his tail starting to wag, he looked at Lance with starry eyes filled with newfound excitement
"Paopa!"
Lance looked down at him and smiled as well adoring the brightness of his sons galran marks, he asked a simple "hm?" In question, indicating for his son to continue
"Eepo!" He called out as he stared at the toy again
Lance smile grew brighter as he looked at Lumi, he chuckled and pet his sons head softly, a kind and warm expression falling to his features
"That's great Lu, isn't the Hippo cute?"
"Kyu?"
"Ya'know? Cute? like Lu when he sleeps or like Eomma when he smiles"
Lumi smiled as he pointed at Lance, he giggled as he did so, a goofy grin coming into place, his hands clutched tightly to the hippo as he talked
"Paopa! Kyu!"
Lance's eyes grew wide in shock, he laughed a bit and shook his head, making his son stare at him in confusion his grin still eminent on his face and his cheeks still colored pink
"No no no! If anything Lu is cuter then Papa! It's just natural that way"
Lumi goofy grin brightened as he copied Lance in an adoring manner, he shook his finger from side to side much like Keith would when he'd scold him, he stared at Lance almost seriously as he babbled out
"Nao nao nao! Dif an'ting Paopa kyuta den Wu, natuwa dat wai"
Lance stared wide eyed and chuckled making Lumi copy him again, Filled with newfound love, Lance picked up Lumi and nuzzled against him making him giggle again but this time it was obviously filled with a considerable amount of excitement and amusement
"Ughhhhh, how are you so cute?? You make me so happy Lu! I love you"
Lumi's ears perked up at his fathers statement his cheeks turning a brighter shade of Pink as he gave a weird sounding giggle and started to hug Lance back his tiny fingers tightly holding onto his fathers loose shirt, he gave a cute sounding squeal as he pushed his face against Lance's chest
"Wu Wab Paopa too!! Wu wab Paopa wots!!"
Lance giggled just as loudly as Lumi did while Keith watched from their open kitchen, he smiled at his husband and Sons antics
'How peaceful..'. He mused in his head, he turned back around and continued with his cooking allowing them more time to goof around
He called them over once he was done setting the table and laying the food out, it was a normal breakfast, Lumi attempting to share his food and squealing in delight when his father accepted it, Lance smiling and gushing over his son, and Keith frustratingly asking Lance to allow Lumi to eat and not give away food, only to become a hypocrite and acting the same way Lance was once Lumi started to feed him too
Once they were done Lance washed the dishes as Keith tended to Lumi who was obediently staying still so Keith could wipe his mouth of remaining food, they took a bath, afterwards Lance wore a nice Black shirt, and some regular blue jeans, Keith was wearing a very pink pastel colored Shirt with a cardigan covering over it, he had jeans as well, Lance put Lumi in a Whinne the Pooh onesie which the baby adored, it's a show he and the other kids loved to watch together, The other children were supposed to wear some of them today if Lance remembered correctly
After awhile of Lance and Keith sitting on the couch watching Lumi play the doorbell started to ring, before either parent could stand up the door was slammed open by a familiar looking brunette
"Pidge! How many time do I have to tell you NOT to do that??" Hunk worriedly shouted after them, only for them to give the headband wearing man a shrug
"At least I rang the door bell this time" they muttered out proudly
Hunk sighed but walked in followed by Shay who was holding Bonnie. She had on pigtails as per-usual, and a Tigger Jumpsuit, she looked around the room and immediately lit up once she saw Keith and Lance, she was let down so she could greet them and ran off to play with Lumi who squealed in delight upon seeing his friend, behind them was Shiro Matt and Mahiro who was wearing a Piglet jumpsuit, he was still skiddish but he seemed a little happy to see Lumi, and right behind Shiro was Coran, Allura and Lota, Allura's son...but strangely enough, Lotor wasn't there,...
Allura smiled and walked over to Lance, Lotas tiny stubby feet following after his mother, he was wearing an Eeyore jumpsuit while Allura had big hooped earrings and a nice stripped jumpsuit, her hair pulled up in a high ponytail as she hugged Lance who immediately hugged back lightly tapping her back in greeting
"Hello Lura! How are you?"
"Ohhhh could be better you know?"
Lance chuckled and looked at Lota who was staring at him indifferently, Mahiro saw Lota and basically beamed in delight, he struggled to get down from his mothers arms, he whined and pursed his lips making Matt let him go
Mahiro stared at Lota who held his white lion toy close, Mahiro smiled and grabbed Lota's hand pulling him towards Bonnie and Lu who were already starting to play
Shay and Hunk caught up with Keith who was also trying to entertain Matt and Shiro, Lance was casually talking to Allura Pidge and Coran about what's been happening
"Did you guys know that Lance shows videos of Keith and Lumi all around work?? It'd be annoying if you hadn't had such a fond look every time you did"
Lance shrugged and scratched the back of his head sheepishly, Coran nodded and stroked his mustache, a orange fanta drink in his hand as he gave thoughtful "hmm"
"I have seen them, and might I say my boy that Lumi child of yours is rather adorable as they say, strongly reminds me of my youth" he sighed wistfully, lance frowned a bit, after Coran lost his husband and son du to a car crash it seemed as if the man lost is coranic charm of some sorts, but it also looks to be that Coran was starting to gain it back so that much was good
Lumi, Mahiro, And Lota were building a makeshift castle, Mahiro giggled when he put the red block on top, only for his eyes to blow out of proportion seconds later when Bonnie knocked it over, Mahiro stared at it in shock, he sniffled until he started to cry, Matt whipped around and sighed softly upon seeing Mahiro latching onto Lota who was calmly patted his back, it wasn't unusual for him to see, since Lota and Mahiro are good friends even though Lota doesn't speak much, he was a stoic baby after all, Matt walked over to Mahiro and bent down eye level with his son
"What's wrong Hiro-Hiro?"
"Ma-cha!" He whined out immediately letting Lota go in favor of latching onto Matt's shirt and sob against his arm instead
"Lota, mind telling me what happened?"
Lota gave a solitary nod and pointed at Bonnie, a very impassive expression on his face as he grunted to gain Matt's attention
"Bun-bun push block"
Bonnie looked around and pouted, she held onto her jumpsuit tightly her ears drawn back sourly as she looked up a bit, much like a puppy would if they were caught messing up the house
"I-I wasn't tryin'ta..I'm sorry Hiro.."
Mahiro stopped his whining to look at Bonnie , his cheeks pink and stained with tears, his sniffled and looked at Matt
"See Mahiro? She said sorry...do you forgive her?"
Mahiro nodded and let go of Matt's shirt to go back down on the ground to play again, Lumi giggled and pet Bonnie's Head making her look at him
"Bun-Bun..good! Mak Shay-imo happy!"
Bonnie smiled brightly and giggled, Mahiro smiled as he started to build the blocks again with the help of Lota who'd grunt every now and then to get his attention, Lumi smiled as he helped as well, Bonnie also happily building the blocks. They stopped when they saw Pidge who had a mischievous glint in their eyes, they grinned and basically toppled over the blocks and laid on top of them making the babies squeal in surprised confusion, they smiled at the babies who were quickly assessing what had happened
Suddenly Bonnie stood up and ran to Shay and started to cry, Mahiro ran back to Matt who groaned at a laughing Pidge, Lumi stared for a bit more until he started to cry too, Lota merely put the blocks back up in an attempt to fix it, his toy Lion leaning against him
"Dammit Pidge! I just got him to stop crying!"
"I know, but he's so cute when he cries! And it's also interesting that Lota here doesn't cry as much.."
Lota looked up and grunted, he picked up a purple block and shoved it at Lumi who stared at it through his tears
"Lu have.....Lu..help Lota"
Lumi gave a quiet nod and started to build their castle again, Shay was cooing at Bonnie, but put her back down when the baby decided to rub back over and start helping too, mahiro noticed and also decided to help, Pidge crossed their arms in question
"Hmm....seems like Lota is the back bone...and once Lumi follows they all do...interesting" they muttered out as they started to write down on their clip board
"Did you seriously just do that as an experiment?" Matt questioned, he didn't seem upset he seemed rather curious instead as he walked over behind his sibling to look at the clipboard
"People say toddlers are unpredictable, but it seems this assignment I did happened exactly like how I predicted.." they muttered out loud enough for Matt to hear
Matt and Pidge started to mutter to each other leaving the rest of the group baffled, they'd never understand the siblings' weird relationship
Allura finally stood up, he called everyone to her attention and allowed their kids to keep playing, Lota looked up at the sound of his mothers voice and Allura looked back, he blinked a few times and the usually stoic baby Smiled brightly at his mother making her smile back, he went back to playing allowing Allura to speak out to her friends she sighed as she opened her mouth to speak
"Okay....so you know how me and Lotor haven't been talking much?" She asked quietly making the group nod almost questioningly, Matt and Shiro patted her back to encourage her, she took a deep breath and spoke again
"Well uhh....me and Lotor are...not together anymore.."
Hunk gave a soft gasp and Pidge and Shays eyes grew wide, Keith clenched onto Lances hand making Lance rub his thumb over his wife's knuckles
"W-what happened if you don't mind me asking? I mean you can tell us but we'll understand if you aren't ready.." Hunk said softly
Allura nodded gratefully at Hunk and twiddled with her fingers
"Well we got along great you know? He loved me as much as I loved him but as we kept going along in our relationship it seemed as if he got? Bored with me? As if I was some summer fling? After we had Lota he didn't seem as keen to be around me anymore, he stopped giving me kisses when he sees me and he started to come home late, when I asked him where he was at he'd make a dumb excuse like ' I was with Axca and Ezor,Narti and Zethrid' but when I asked Axca she'd say she was on a date with Ezor? I don't understand why'd he lie about something so simple???....uh you...You know Romelle right?"
Keith and Lance nodded, they met Romelle a few months back, she was a doctor who worked with Allura and was in charge of keeping up with Keith's pregnancy, she was a really nice girl but she seemed very untrusting to new faces, it was understandable, since the girl lost her family due to one persons misgivings
"Apparently she uhh saw Lotor drinking and getting high, I remember when he decided to stop doing that kind of stuff for me...and for Lota...it just..it's like I had to be pregnant for him to stop but as soon as Lota was born he started again! And I'm worried about him so much but I don't want Lota to be influenced by that, so I had to put an end to our relationship...it just wasn't healthy you know?.....When Lotor left i asked Lota not to cry, and of course Lota said he wouldn't, he went as far as making it a promise, he thinks I'd cry if he did, but I just...I just want what's best for Lota I'm.."Allura choked up as tears started to pour from her eyes, Lance frowned sadly, he does admit, he had a bad feeling about Lotor, but he backed off thinking he truly cared for Allura, but hearing this made him unknowing on how to feel
Before anyone could really comfort Allura a tiny hand touched Allura's thigh, she looked up slowly and her eyes widened upon seeing Lota's teary eyes, the usually stoic baby was crying for a reason unknown to him, the hoodie of his Eeyore outfit fell off a little bit as he looked up at his mother, his lips quivering as he spoke
"Mama?.....Mama no cry.." he whimpered out, he reached his tiny thumb up and wiped away her tear, he sniffled as he pushed his face against Allura's chest, staining her jumpsuit with his tears, he gave soft sobs against her and pulled her close
"Lota Sorry..so mama no cry"
"Why...why are you apologizing it's not even your fault" Allura choked out
"Lota Sorry for crying...sorry mama...no cry" his words turned to sobs as he huffed against his mother chest
Allura felt herself tear up some more, she pulled her baby close to her and sobbed against him making him sob loudly as well, it was obviously pity crying, Lota felt his mothers sadness and expressed it in the best way possible, the group all started to comfort Allura, Coran held her close and whispered reassuring words to her, Shiro and Matt continued to pat her back along with Keith and Pidge, Hunk Shay and Lance were wiping her tears away, and Lota held onto his mother tightly, refusing to let her go
Once Allura calmed down the get together continued on quietly, Lance made a couple jokes here and there to lighten the mood, but Shiro would reprimand him when it got too PG, Lumi would giggle uncontrollably during Lance's jokes making Lance smile even though he knew full well the baby didn't know what was going on
Lota returned back to his usual stoic expression, but he kept a close eye on Allura making sure his mother was okay, when Allura caught him looking she gave him a warm smile making his eyes widen and making him smile back, he pulled on her jumpsuit making her look back down at him again
He pulled he Eeyore hoodie over his head, something he did when he gets embarrassed, he was obviously blushing before he muttered softly under his breath making Allura strain her ears to hear him
"Lota.ub...ma"
"Hm? Say it louder sweetie...what is it?"
Lota looked up at her his hands still on his head trying to push his Eeyore suit over his head, he made eye contact with her and pushed his face against her shoulder
"Lota...lub mama...and Lota pwomise protec ma...so mama no mo cry..."
Alluras marks lit up bright pink making Lota's pinkish ones light up just as bright, his grip on his mother tightened when Allura squealed happily and hugged him close making the group look at them
"I love you too!!! Thank you so much Lotus!"
Lota smiled brightly, surprising the group for this might be the first time they've seen him so happy, he gave a loud giggle and nuzzled against his mother, his tail waving from side to side in happiness
But the moment was ruined seconds later when Matt spoke up
"Wait wait!"
Allura looked up as well as Lota basically urging Matt to continue and explain why he stopped their moment
"You said Lotus earlier.....what's??"
"Oh? Didn't you guys know? Lota is a nickname! His really name is Lotus..." the group all gave surprised shrieks in realization making Allura flinch
Lota looked at his mother in confusion upon hearing his birth name, he blinked once or twice before he smiled once again, he reached forward and gave Allura a kiss on her cheek, he was obviously happy cause even though he didn't have his father, his mother is really all he needs, he looked up at Allura who kissed his forehead, yeah Allura is all he needs....
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OKAY NEXT CHAPTER COMING SOON!!!
The babies playing with blocks :)