The lounge was still large enough to fit everyone. Coran had gotten Allura up to speed and she was staring at the two girls curiously. Her galaxy eyes resting on the children with a perch of her lips. Her eyebrows furred together in confusion as silence took up in the atmosphere. She raised a hand, pointing her index finger to the ceiling as if she was in Elementary school.

"Forgive me for asking, Keith, but I was under the impression that you liked others of the same sex." her question didn't phase Keith very much. After all, he was gay, he just had a child with a woman and also was fathering her other daughter. it was confusing for others of planet Earth to understand, let alone an alien species. Keith did his best to hide his blush and push down the embarrassment he felt every time he had to explain the situation. He forced a smile on his face as Zelda curled up next to Nova. Nova's cheek was resting on this thigh.

"That's.. That's a fair question," he told her.

Allura smiled and allowed him to explain. Keith was obviously uncomfortable but decided it was better to explain to a room filled with everyone once then have to do it multiple times. Pidge spoke up before Keith could explain.

"I was kind of wondering the same. Don't get me wrong, you don't have to justify anything to us. It's just that we all assumed you were gay."

Nova giggled and Zelda elbowed her.

"Sh!" She hissed with a small smile. She loved it when her Daddy told the story of their mother. The mother the girls had known before she had started dating some older man who smelled like a skunk bathing in pinecones. Zelda didn't know why she snorted Pixie Stick powder, but it made her mother act weird. She knew that she didn't like that, so Daddy stepped in.

"The girls' mother is not fit to raise them, let's get that out of the way," Keith said as the team quieted themselves. "She and I had known each other for as long as I had known her parents. Born in the same hospital which her parents insisted was some sort of sign from the fates." He took a breath, Nova brushing her cheek against his thigh as a source of comfort. If anything, it made Keith feel more guilty.

"She was my best friend, and her name is Delphine. Delphine Rosaline Hernandez." He chuckled.

"She hated her full name. Anyway, Delphine was young and, to put it bluntly, beautiful beyond every man's dream."

Lance decided to interrupt Keith's story.

"So you slept with her?" He asked in an obnoxious tone. "You saw a beautiful woman and decided being gay was too boring and knocked her up? Ruined her life?"

Shiro hissed Lance's name and gently pushed on his shoulder. Lance rolled his eyes and lowered his body. His back was on the couch cushion and feet were limply laying on the floor.

"As I was saying, she was beautiful. And one night, after a few shots of whiskey, someone took her home. I found her on my porch crying more than you can shake a stick at." he paused for a moment. "She was 14, she and I stupidly acted like we had it all together after that. No more drinking, no more parties, and never speak of that... bad, bad night. Those were the rules." He stated.

"Pa was dead, not like he couldn't stop Delphine from livin' with me. So she did, and we were okay for a bit. But, sure'nuff she was pregnant."

"That's how I was born!" Nova exclaimed while jumping from her father's thigh. Her delicate wrists shook as she attempted to do jazz hands. Coran gave a chuckle before Nova decided to be quiet again and listen to her Daddy. She rested herself in his lap again, and Keith started his story back up.

"I remember what she told me the night I learned of Nova. She said, "not plum but pert near, Akira"."

"She then had Nova, and I wasn't there. I was out trying to get a scholarship, and she insisted she was okay. Sure enough, I got pissed, punched some of the wrong people, lost hope of a scholarship and went back home. Nova was two months by then, and we raised Nova the best we could. Just she and I, nothing romantic about us. She was almost 15, and I was 11." He explained, his hands wringing around themselves in habit. A small accent leaking out at certain parts of his life story.

Lance couldn't bring himself to make fun of him, not after Shiro was already mad at him for asking if Keith had had sex with Delphine already.

"Shiro met me not long after, said he had met me before but I didn't recognize him. Sorry Shiro," Shiro brushed off Keith's apology. He then urged the Red paladin to continue.

"By the time Nova turned 3, we had our lives goin' for us. I had enrolled in the Garrison, and Delphine had found a nice job working as a waitress. So we decided to let loose, give Nova to the neighbors for a night." Nova smiled, she fondly remembered the visit.

"Zelda, Nova, I need you to cover your ears." They obeyed and Keith started up again.

"Wasn't soon after that we got drunk and decided to experiment. I was already known as the town's faggot, and it wasn't like Delphine and I gendered any feelin's for one another. Just sex, meaningless sex. It was almost comforting." He tapped on Zelda's forehead and signaled for her ears to be unplugged. Zelda pulled her hands off her ears and Nova followed in pursuit.

"Then we were surprised with little miss Zelda when I was 14 and Delphine was nearly 18. Then she got into some guy, Jake or some shit. Fell in love with him and his drugs. Between y'all and I, I think Jake had a light or two burned out on his string. He was that guy."

"Yeah! And he smelled icky!" Zelda added in, Nova nodding before adding her own comment.

"He didn't like us playing princess with him. So we put lipstick on his shoes!"

Keith laughed in an out of character fashion.

"Darn right."