"Can everyone just sit down at the table! We are going to have a nice family thanksgiving!" Shiro yelled at everyone on the castle of lions.

Everyone was a bit crazy today, Pidge was off in her room on here device, Allura and Coran were asking a million questions about this human holiday, and Lance and Keith somehow managed to make a fight out of some stupid thing. The only one helpful was Hunk, who was cooking all the food.

"Now. I set the table, so everybody sit down, and I'm going to find Pidge again." Shiro said.

Everyone took their place at the table when Shiro went off, Hunk finished putting out the food.

"Ha! I sat down before you did." Lance said to Keith, oddly they choose to sit beside each other.

"We weren't even in a competition!" Keith snapped, grabbing one of the knives and slicing a bit of the turkey off.

"Well I still won." Lance said, grabbing some mash potatoes for himself. And gravy of course.

"Stop fighting." Shiro snapped as he walked back with Pidge and they all took their places at the table.

"I heard we have a bird called a turkey as the symbol of our thanksgiving." Allura said.

"Yeah that's the bird." Pidge said, pointing to the turkey.

"But... but it's dead." Allura was confused.

"We honor it by eating it." Pidge said. "Messed up, but whatever." She grabbed some sweet potatoes.

"Can we just have a peaceful thanksgiving dinner." Shiro asked.

"Not with Keith here. He is gonna probably Stab somebody cutting that turkey!" Lance argued.

"Your lucky it's the turkey... and not you." Keith said a bit annoyed.

"Keith the turkey is already cut." Hunk said

"Well I'm cutting it again." Keith said.

"Now that everyone is here... should we say grace?" Shiro suggested.

"I... I haven't done that with my family.... since well... forever." Pidge said.

"Me too." Hunk said.

"Weird to think of us as a family?" Lance chuckled.

"I consider you all to be my family." Allura said.

"I'm going to start this thanksgiving by saying I am grateful you are my new family." Coran said. Then looked beside him at Pidge

"Oh... we are doing this game." Pidge said. "Well I am... in grateful I found my brother and my dad."

"I am grateful we aren't eating thanksgiving goo." Hunk said

"I am grateful for our success so far in defeating the Galra empire." Allura said

"I am grateful for my height." Lance said

"That's a stupid thing to be grateful for." Keith said

"Well I'm taller then you. So Hashtag winning!" Lance said. "But I am also grateful for my new cow!"

Keith rolled his eyes.

"Keith it's your turn." Shiro said.

"I.... I guess I'm grateful for knives." Keith said

"Now that's a stupid thing to be grateful for!" Lance said. "What can't think of anything better? What about a pet? A friend? Or your family?"

"Lance!" Shiro snapped at him.

"What? We all know the guy likes knives." Lance said.

"I'm not hungry anymore." Keith said as he stood up and quickly walked off to his room.

"Was it something I said?" Lance questioned

"Yes." Shiro snapped

"What? Can the guy not be sympathetic?" Lance questioned.

"Lance. Unlike all of us here. Keith does not have a family. He hasn't since he was 10." Shiro said

"I thought.... I didn't know." Lance said.

"You know, you two just fight all the time. Would it kill you to try and get along?" Shiro yelled a bit. "I just wanted one family dinner! One homemade dinner where we are all just happy and getting along." He remembered his dinners with Adam and Keith... he was hoping to recreate something like that with everyone else here.

"I'm...I am sorry." Lance said

"Are you?" Shiro snapped

"Yes I am." Lance said. "And I'll prove it." He said standing up and following after Keith.

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Keith was in his room, with the lights off and the only light in the room coming from a small night light. He had his sword out, the one from his mother. He examined it with his eyes. It was all he had left of his family. That and the coat he wore from his dad. These were all he had.

What did he have to be grateful for? Shiro was back in his life, and they could hang out a lot more now.... but it was still busy. Hunk was a good friend to him from time to time, plus he made good food. Pidge scared him a bit with her knowledge, but they were alright friends. Allura has given him a purpose, to be a Paladin off voltron. That had made him happy. And Lance.... lance just hated him for some reason. And he didn't know why? He thought they could get along more, especially after their bonding moment last week. But that didn't seem to be the case.

There was a knock at the door before he heard it open, he quickly put the knife away and looked up to see Lance.

"Hey...." Lance said

"Hey." Keith said

"Look.... I'm sorry. I don't know that—" Lance began

"You don't need to apologize. If shiro made you do this—"

"He didn't!" Lance said. "I did. I... well Shiro told me you haven't had a family for a while." Lance walked over and sat beside him. "And. I am no good at comforting. But I shouldn't of said what I said. You can be grateful for knives or mullets or your weird legging pants. I shouldn't have an opinion."

Keith chuckled. "It's okay." He said as he looked over at him. "Honestly the one thing I am grateful for I couldn't say."

"What is it?" Lance questioned.

"It... it was our bonding moment." Keith said. "Made me, you know, bond with you. I never felt like we were closer to being a family then at that point."

"Bonding moment?" Lance questioned.

"Yes our bonding moment." Keith said

"I don't remember this." Lance said

"I cradled you in my arms!!" Keith said

Lance laughed. "Nope! Don't remember! Didn't happen."

"It was like this." Keith put an arm around his back and his other in Lance's hand and moved closer to him.

"Ummm...." lance blushed a tiny bit at their closeness. "I don't remember this."

"Yes you do." Keith said.

Lance chuckled. "Well... we were awfully close—" he caught a glimpse of Keith's eyes and couldn't help but stare.

"What?" Keith questioned.

"Nothing just.... I'm grateful to be seeing such beautiful eyes." Lance said

"Oh..." Keith found himself blushing a bit. "Well..." he looked at him. "I'm grateful to see someone who can always make me laugh."

"I am grateful to not be able to see that soft mullet of yours." Lance said

"I'm grateful to see your smooth skin." Keith said.

"I'm grateful to feel your breath on my cheek." Lance said, he wasn't going to stop this game. He wanted to win.

"I'm grateful to see your still this close to me and not awkward." Keith said

"Well I'm grateful I can get even closer." Lance said and moved a bit closer to his face.

"Well I'm grateful you brushed your teeth." Keith said

"I'm grateful you think I brushed my teeth today." Lance said

"Well I'm grateful you kissed me!" Keith said, then gasped as he realized what he said.

"I'm grateful I kissed you too!" Lance said, then paused.

Wait.... they didn't kiss.

Keith darted his eyes from Lance's lips to his eyes.

Lance's eyes connected with Keith's and he found himself quickly leaning in and kissing him softly.