Chapter 12-It still hurts

A/N: This chapter is post the blade of Marmora episode. Keith was injured a lot but the biggest injury was the wound on his shoulder and after a little bit, after it has been all healed and only a scar remains, it still at time hurts and bothers him.

The team was all standing around while Coran and Allura explained something about this new planet they were heading towards. 

Shiro glanced over towards Keith and watched him for a second. Keith was standing a little bit away from everyone which wasn't unusual for him, he wasn't very social and it was based on his past.
Shiro watched as Keith was unconsciously rubbing at his shoulder. Shiro looked at the others who didn't seem to notice this, this wasn't the first time that Shiro has seen Keith rubbing his shoulder that was previously injured during their time with The Blade of Mamora. Shiro slowly walked over towards Keith, causing him to drop his hand from his shoulder and look up at Shiro. 

His purple eyes were sharp as he stared up at Shiro.

"Yeah?" asked Keith.

"Is everything alright?'' asked Shiro as he watched Keith inhale sharply, picking up on that Keith knew that he knew something was up with him.

"Yeah, why do you ask?" said Keith who then glanced down at the floor.

"Well, I've just been noticing that you have been favoring your shoulder. And just now, you were rubbing it. Is it-'' said Shiro.

"No I wasn't!" Keith yelled angrily, causing others to look over at them. Keith shot Shiro a quick glare before storming out of the room. Shiro watched as Keith exited the room and he sighed. He knew that they would have to talk about this sooner or later.

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That evening, Shiro found Keith in the training room, pushing himself hard. Shiro stands off in the doorway, watching as Keith continues to train without him knowing that he is there.

Suddenly, Keith drops his sword and Shiro stand up straight, his eyes narrowing onto Keith more so. Shiro can tell that his arm is stiff and that he isn't moving it. Shiro takes a small step forward but stops for a moment to continue to watch Keith. 

Keith grabs his shoulder and then drops down and try to grab his sword in the other hand and that is enough for Shiro to step in and say something now.

"Keith'' said Shiro, shocking Keith who dropped his hand from his shoulder and slightly winced when he did this.

"H-Hey Shiro'' stutters Keith as he tries to walk past Shiro to leave the training room but Shiro reaches out and places a gentle hand upon Keith's shoulder, stopping him from going any farther.

"Keith, we need to talk'' said Shiro but Keith quickly shook his head 'no' and shrugged Shiro's hand off but Shiro then reached out and grabbed Keith's other arm and pulled him around to face him. 
Shiro could hear Keith wince and a ping of pain went through him for causing his brother pain, but he needed to know what was fully going on with Keith. If he had to do it the hard way, so be it.

"I'm Fine!" calls out Keith who turns away from Shiro with his head down.

"I don't think you are Keith, you haven't been yourself for awhile'' said Shiro. Keith then turned around quickly and glared at Shiro, their was a fire burning within his purple eyes.

"I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM!'' yelled Keith but once he realized he shouted that he lowered his head and looked anywhere but Shiro. Keith could feel Shiro's gaze on him which only made him that much more ready to get out of the training room. 

"Keith...'' began Shiro but stopped when he heard Keith speak. Keith spoke so soft it was a whisper and just the sound of it made Shiro sad.

"I don't want to talk about it'' whispered Keith and Shiro nodded his head. He didn't come here to talk about who Keith was but now he was even more worried about his little brother. Shiro looked over at Keith who still hung his head low. He now noticed that once again Keith was rubbing his shoulder and Shiro just couldn't stay quite about it any longer.

"It's still bothering you, isn't it?" Shiro asked and Keith looked up at him right away. As soon as their eyes made contact, Keith looked away and nodded his head.

"It's healed. It just...sometimes when I'm training or fighting it....it bothers m-me and I don't know why'' whispered Keith.

Shiro stepped forward towards Keith. "Why didn't you tell me about this?'' he asked.

"I-I...I didn't want you to think that I'm w-weak'' Keith said and slowly raised his head to look up at his big brother.

"Keith, I would never think of you as weak. You're one of the strongest people I know. It's just residual pain, it happens but I need to know this stuff right away when it happens, got it?" said Shiro and Keith nodded his head quickly. 
"Good. Now lets go get you something to eat'' said Shiro as he reached out and ruffled up Keith's hair, earning him a slight smile from the youngster standing before him.

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