Life continued as it had for a while in the castle of lions; the paladins went on missions, Allura was stressed out and Keith was often gone looking for Shiro. Everyone aside from Haxus missed Shiro but they assumed he was dead, even (Y/n) lost hope of him being out there somewhere. Keith, however, still believed Shiro was still alive and continued his search for the man whom he considered as his older brother. One day in particular while Keith was gone again searching for Shiro, (Y/n) and Haxus were watching a movie in the room they shared together; Haxus denied that he liked watching movies but the way he intently watched everything play out on the datapad told (Y/n) otherwise. Truth be told Haxus wasn't used to watching movies, let alone ones from Earth, and he secretly enjoyed a few of the movies (Y/n) was able to find.

"I'm going to go grab a few snacks from the kitchen, do you want anything?" (Y/n) inquired shortly after the second movie started playing, pausing the video and looking at him.

"I wouldn't mind having a few scoops of that 'iced cream' the Yellow Paladin made." Haxus casually replied; he liked how the cool treat tasted and after trying it for the first time he was kind of addicted to it.

"Okay, I'll be right back." (Y/n) said cheerfully before she got off of her bed and headed out of her room, leaving Haxus alone while she was out getting them some ice cream.

Haxus just watched her leave, feeling content despite being a little hungry; he caught himself smiling from the thought of (Y/n) getting something for both of them to eat while they watched movies. He knew that he was going soft after living with her for so long, although he couldn't care less because he preferred living life to its fullest even though he couldn't go out very often. Meanwhile, as (Y/n) was walking to the kitchen she thought about which movie she and Haxus should watch after the one they were about to watch was finished. She occasionally got to watch movies with the paladins during their weekly movie nights, some of which were made by actual aliens, but she wished Haxus could join them; unfortunately if he did it would end very badly. (Y/n) was a little surprised when Pidge and Hunk ran past her in the direction of the infirmary, Lance following close behind the other two teens.

"Hey, what's going on?" (Y/n) quickly asked Lance who stopped running when he heard her voice, the young woman wondering what was going on.

"Keith found Shiro, that's what's going on!" Lance answered with pure excitement, grinning from ear to ear as he looked at (Y/n) who was confused at first.

"He did? Shiro’s alive?" (Y/n) queried before she followed Lance who started quickly walking down the hallway, keeping up with him as best as she could.

"Yeah, apparently he found him floating through space inside of a galra fighter ship." Lance answered while they walked together, turning the corner in the meantime.

(Y/n) couldn't believe it, Keith actually found Shiro floating somewhere out in space while laying in a galra fighter ship. She was afraid about how bad his condition was considering that he had been gone for such a long time; she briefly wondered if Shiro had another robot arm or not. While  (Y/n) and Lance were on their way to the infirmary Coran was putting Shiro in one of the healing pods, making sure the large device was set for the correct amount of time. After being gone for so long and nearly suffocating Shiro wasn't in the best of shape, especially since he nearly died a few times within the previous few months. (Y/n) walked over to Keith and Coran once she and Lance entered the large room, briefly looking at the long haired man within the pod.

"How is he?" (Y/n) questioned when the two men noticed her, feeling a little anxious about Shiro’s condition; she kind of liked his new hair style, though.

"He was barely awake and breathing when I found him, but he'll be okay. Now that Shiro’s back he can finally pilot the black lion again." Keith replied while looking at (Y/n); everyone was happy he found Shiro, and it meant life could finally get back to normal.

"Will Black even take him back?" (Y/n) asked Keith with curiosity, promptly looking at Coran who knew more about the lions than anyone.

"It's hard to say, really. We'll just have to wait and see what happens when Shiro wakes up." Coran answered solemnly, a worried expression etched onto his face.

Coran's answer made (Y/n) feel more worried about Shiro than before; what if the black lion didn't take him back? It wasn't that Keith wasn't a good leader for Voltron, he had some leadership skills albeit not very many, but Shiro was the best possible person to lead the others in the fight against the galra empire. She stayed in the infirmary for a while longer, talking to Keith in hopes of finding out more about how he finally found Shiro after the older man's absence. Eventually (Y/n) snuck away so that she could quickly get two bowls of ice cream from the kitchen; she felt guilty for getting distracted and leaving Haxus waiting alone in her room. She knew Haxus might be upset with her after she said that she'd be right back, although she definitely wasn't expecting Keith to actually find Shiro after he had been missing for such a long time.

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Haxus waited for (Y/n) as long as he could and then he waited some more, wondering where she was or if something happened during her ice cream run. Nevertheless, regardless of where she was, he patiently waited for her to return; he had a lot of patience after his training several decaphoebs in the past. In order to pass the time Haxus decided to have a look inside some of the books (Y/n) bought at the space mall; some of them had pictures in them and he could read certain parts but he wasn't fluent at reading any human languages. He missed the mystery stories he had downloaded on his personal datapad, the one that was unfortunately destroyed when Sendak's cruiser crashed on Arus. Haxus jumped slightly when the door to (Y/n's) room slid open only to reveal (Y/n) who was holding two bowls of ice cream with spoons in them; he quickly put the book down and sat up, acting as though he wasn't just looking at pictures in a book.

"I'm so so sorry about taking so long, something came up and I wanted to make sure everything was okay." (Y/n) apologized when she sat next to him on the bed, giving her roommate his bowl of ice cream.

"And what exactly 'came up' that was so important?" Haxus cross-examined, narrowing his eyes while he looked at her; he could tell something was going on and it made him feel unnerved.

"Keith found Shiro and brought him back. Shiro’s in a healing pod right now, but he'll be out by tomorrow morning." (Y/n) answered with a slightly shaky tone; she knew Haxus wasn't going to be happy when Shiro returned, but she didn't expect him to sound low-key jealous.

"The kit actually found the Black Paladin alive? It's surprising since he's one of the Empire's most wanted prisoners." Haxus commented dryly, turning his attention to his bowl of ice cream and grabbing the handle of the spoon between his pointer and middle fingers.

(Y/n) was a little offended by what Haxus referred to Keith and Shiro as, but she knew he was right about one thing; Shiro was a wanted man by the galra empire. She grabbed her datapad and pushed the resume icon to start playing the movie again before she started eating her ice cream, savoring the sweet coldness as she ate it. Back when Shiro was in galra central command he was one of Haxus' favorite gladiators, although it was only based on skill rather than favor. Haxus was pleased to finally be able to continue watching the movie with (Y/n); waiting for her was incredibly boring but he wasn't rude enough to watch it without her. Every so often he glanced at (Y/n) while he ate his ice cream and watched the movie that was playing on the datapad, thinking she was beautiful in a way he wouldn't have considered beautiful in the past.

"Is something in my hair?" (Y/n) asked Haxus which startled him; despite not having pupils she noticed how he kept glancing at her every few minutes.

"No, there isn't." Haxus answered bluntly, looking her in the eye before he went back to staring at the datapad.

(Y/n) was a little unnerved and wondered what was going through his mind, although she too went back to watching (R/m). She and Haxus put the spoons and empty bowls on the nightstand after they finished eating their ice cream, neither of them wanting to have to pause the movie again since (Y/n) could sneak the now dirty dishes to the kitchen later. In a way eating ice cream and watching movies together felt kind of like a date to (Y/n), but she ignored the thought that it was a date because it was irrelevant due to them not being a couple or even in love. Haxus was genuinely surprised that Shiro had been found alive, especially since ex-prisoners were usually captured by one of the fleets that patrolled the universe. (Y/n), however, was happy about Shiro’s return because she and the others missed him a lot while he was gone; until dinner she would spend time with Haxus and finish watching the movie with him so that he wouldn't get too jealous.