Lance entered Pidge's lab.

"Hey guys. Woah, what happened here?" He asks concernedly.

He stood there, taking in the scene of Pidge and Hunk's panicked faces, along with the broken glass on the floor. And more importantly, he took a look at you sitting on the floor, gazing intently at Lance with a glazed-over expression.

"(Y/n) was bitten by the bug I got from planet Diligite," Pidge explains worriedly.

Lance approaches you cautiously. Once he gets with in arms reach, you stand and wrap your arms around him in a cuddly manner.

You giggle, "You're warm. And soft." You bury your face into his chest.

He blushes at your touch.

"E-Explain?" He stutters to Pidge.

"The bug causes whoever is bitten by it to temporarily be really clingy and feel like they're in love with the first person they see."

"I think we need to call a meeting," Hunk suggests, finally calming down.

"Y-yeah, let's do that."

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"Oh! I've heard of this before. They're called 'love bugs.' Their effects only last about a week," says Allura.

"A week!?" Lance and Keith exclaim.

"Yes, but hopefully since (Y/n) is very strong-willed, it might last less than that," adds Coran.

Team Voltron were all sitting together in the common room.

You were snuggled up against Lance, with Keith sitting uncomfortably to the other side of you.

Lance still had a faint blush on his cheeks. Sure, he should be used to this, since the past month was spent with hand holding and hugging and stuff. But all of that was because he was the one who initiated it. You were never the one to grab his hand or kiss his cheek.

"What happens if we try to separate them?" Shiro asks curiously.

Keith suddenly perks up. "Yeah, what happens if we do that?"

"Let's see." Hunk walks over behind the couch that you and Lance were seated at. He puts a hand on each of your shoulders and shoves you in opposite directions.

You whimper and cling to Lance's arm tighter.

Hunk sighed. "No use. I'm sorry, guys. This is all my fault," he admits, scratching the back of his neck sheepishly.

"It's okay, Hunk, just try to be more careful next time. There was no real harm done, anyway," assures Shiro, placing a hand on Hunk's shoulder.

"Yeah, don't beat yourself up about it. And plus, it was partially my fault for keeping a potentially dangerous creature in a breakable glass container," says Pidge.

Hunk smiles gratefully at his forgiving friends.

You rested your head on Lance's shoulder. "You're really comfy," you mumble to him happily.

Lance's cheeks redden further. "Thank you. You are too," he manages to choppily reply.

Keith scoffs and stands up. "Okay well, since we're done here, I'll be in my room."

Lance temporarily breaks his nervous behavior to smirk in a smug manner as Keith exits the room.

Everyone else eventually leaves as well, since the meeting had concluded.

Lance stands up, and so do you.

"So, love bug, whaddya wanna do today?" He asks gently.

You shrug cheerfully, smiling up at him with an admiring gleam in your eyes.

He resists the feeling to curl up into a ball at the sight of your cuteness. "We can play hide-and-seek?" Lance suggests.

"Okay!"

"You hide, and I'll count. Got it?" He says as if he were speaking to a child.

You nod enthusiastically.

He turns around and closed his eyes. Lance counted to 50, then turned around and started to run to go find you.

Except, right when he turned around, he crashed directly into you where you were standing with a big smile.

He hastily reaches out to steady you and keep you from falling.

"Woah there," he gasps, "I thought you were gonna hide from me?"

"Why would I wanna do that?" You ask in all seriousness, furrowing your eyebrows.

Lance facepalmed.

This was gonna be a long week.

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-Author's note-

The 'love bug' idea was inspired by @/eyugho 's art on tumblr :)

tell me what you thought about this chapter! looks like Lance is in for crazy next few days, huh?