You wanted EVERYTHING.

Your eyes sparkled seeing so many shiny new things but you knew better than to ask for anything. You turned to look at Keith and he just seemed frustrated as he looked for that scultrite whatever, you pouted seeing him not having a good time like you were, so you tried to find a way to make him happy.

It was pretty hard considering you didn't know much about this paladin. All you knew was that he liked the color red.

That's it.

Maybe he likes animals?

You tried to look for anything that would catch his attention, but in the end, you were the one who got distracted seeing little space animals.

You two stopped at the window display where the creatures played in their cages, they were weird but cute at the same time, you really didn't know how to explain it. You noticed Keith staring at a small animal in the corner, it reminded you of a tiny hippo!

"Do you like Hippos?" You asked him. Keith jumped a bit hearing you suddenly talk. Awkwardly, he looked away and scratched the back of his head.

"Well, yeah, I think they're pretty cool." He answered without making any eye contact.

"Yeah!" You agreed and turned to look back at the other animals, but you noticed that inside the actual store they were selling toys too!

And there it was.

A Voltron red lion plush toy.

It was next to the other lions like the blue, green, yellow and black ones but you liked the red one better.

"Keef look!" You shouted as you jumped up and down. Keith turned his attention to what you were looking at and playfully rolled his eyes, this wouldn't be the first time he's seen 'Voltron' Merch.

"Is there anything you'd like?" A kind-looking lady with big puffy white hair asked.

"Oh, nothing, we were just looking," Keith said ready to leave since he really didn't want to socialize with anyone.

"I see you've got your eye on the red plush little one." She commented. You suddenly felt shy and hid behind Keith with your head sticking out on the side. The lady simply chuckled at your cute actions. "Is she your sister?" She asked. Keith's eyes widened the slightest bit.

"Um, yeah." Was all he answered. The lady smiled and walked over to pick up the plush.

"I can see where she gets her shyness." She commented with a giggle and a slight blush. You watched her carefully.

Is this what they call flirting?

"Tell ya what, I've been having a pretty good day today, so I'll give this to you for free." She said while handing it over to you. You looked like you just won the lottery and you were about to grab it but Keith went and said,

"No, it's okay, really, you don't have to do that."

Keef shut up!

"Oh don't worry about it, this isn't that expensive anyway." She waved him off and handed you the plush.

"Thank you cloud lady!" You said while squishing the stuffed lion. The lady laughed at the nickname you gave her.

"You're welcome, sweetie." She then turned to look at Keith. "Come back any time you want." She added with a wink. You then furrowed your eyebrows and grabbed onto Keith's leg protectively.

"Mine!" You proclaimed. Keith felt his cheeks flare up feeling embarrassed.

"Sorry about that." He apologized for you.

"Don't worry, kids will be kids." She said dismissively.

"Thanks." Was all Keith said before leaving with you holding onto his hand tightly. The lady waved goodbye as you two left but she then took another close look at you.

Where have I seen her before? "Oh! Welcome to my store!"

~

"Come and see this new product!" Shouted a strange man as he held two ordinary-looking knives in his hands. This drew Keith's attention and walked you over to the stand.

The man demonstrated how well the knives work but you struggled to see and tried to stand on your tippy-toes.

Keith noticed your failed attempts at trying to stand taller so he discreetly picked you up so you could see better. Your eyes lit up being able to see from so high. Keith didn't look at you since he didn't really know how to act around you. You never really understood his grumpy or shy attitude but you liked it, it made him interesting.

You leaned your head in the crook of his neck as you watched in awe as the strange...man-creature? Cut through rocks and then cut a vegetable into extremely thin slices.

"So? How much would you pay?" He asked his potential customers, but soon enough, everyone started walking away except for Keith who took a step forward.

"So are you gonna buy something kid?" The man asked somewhat annoyed.

"I just had a question..." Keith said honestly. You watched as he carefully took out a blade from behind his back. You never noticed he had something like that in his position and you were curious as to why you felt like you've seen it before but somewhere else.

"Fine, what do you- whatcha want?" The man sighed and crossed his 4 arms over his chest.

"Have you ever come across something like this?" Keith handed over his dagger and the man examined it carefully.

"Whoa, this craftsmanship is incredible, and is this a luxite blade? The planet they mine this hasn't existed in decaphebs. Where'd you get this?" He eyed the Paladin getting suspicious.

"Someone gave it to me." Keith said simply.

"Okay, tell ya what, I'll give ya 1,000 GAC to take it off your hands." Keith looked at the man as if he were crazy.

"It's not for sale."

"5,000 and I'll even get that kid off your hands." He raised his offer.

"What??" Keith exclaimed. You looked at Keith knowing what the man meant when he said he'd trade you for some kind of money.

"You heard me. It must be a pain dealing with this kid, I'll pay ya and you get this kid off your hands for good." He offered. Keith looked back at you and saw the terrified look in your eyes. Your small hand gripped onto the plush and his jacket tightly, not wanting to be abandoned.

"No thanks, now give me it back." Keith reached over to try and take it away but the man pulled back.

"Tell ya what, how about I keep the knife, you leave that kid and you beat it before security gets here, I know the blade is stolen and that kid will just give you more problems, trust me."

"It's not stolen and I'm not giving her up!" Keith raised his voice and reached over to quickly take the blade away and ran in the opposite direction.

"Hey! Come back with that!" The man yelled angrily at him. "You think you'll get off the easily?" The man then picked up a phone and dialed a number.

"Hello? I found her, yup, she's with a guy in a red jacket if we catch her, 70% of the reward money goes to me, got it?"

Keith started running away and heard quick footsteps behind him. He looked left and right to find somewhere to hide but he was already drawing so much attention, so where?

"There he is! Hand her over!" There were more security guards, even century soldiers! and they had weapons at hand.

Keith turned the corner and ran to the bathroom. Thankfully there wasn't anyone there. He panted as he tried to catch his breath.

"Keef?" You spoke up in a scared tone.

"Don't worry Y/n. We're gonna be just fine." He gave you a small smile. Your eyes widened the slightest bit in surprise. This was the first time Keith has called you by your name, and as a bonus, he smiled at you! You thought he looked a lot better with a smile on his face.

You smiled as well and hugged Keith while burying your face in his neck, feeling safer. Keith was caught off guard and awkwardly patted your back.

He didn't hear any commotion coming from outside so you and Keith started making your way out slowly.

Once you guys were out, Keith immediately bumped into Hunk who was looking very frantic.

"Keith! He's right behind me!" He panicked.

"Who??" The security guard backs up, finding the three of you.

"There you are!"

"Run!" Keith shouted.

As the chase went on, you three would attract the other guards from before. But then Hunk noticed Lance and Pidge walking out of a store with what seemed like...a cow?!

"Gotta get moving guys!" Hunk shouted as he ran past them.

"Securities on our tail!" Keith added right behind him. Lance and Pidge noticed the numerous guards racing towards them and followed the others.

"Everyone hop on Kultenequer!" Lance said as you were all heading towards the end of the second floor.

"You bought a cow?!" Hunk asked in shock.

"It was free with purchase!" Pidge shouted as you were all air born.

"Fire!" One of the century soldiers shouted. You noticed them aiming for you and out of fear, you pressed the green button on your bracelet, making a forcefield appear. The electric shot was deflected but everyone was shocked seeing how they had aimed perfectly at your head.

"Can this thing go any faster?!!" Keith shouted in somewhat of a panicked tone.

"I'm trying I'm trying!!" Lance tried to maneuver as fast as he could. Before you all landed, you guys caught a glimpse of Coran walking out of a store.

"There he is!" Pidge pointed out.

"We gotta go Coran!" Keith hurried.

"I've got the scultrie lenes!" Hunk stretched out his hand and pulled Coran onto the cow.

"Hey! Hand her over!" The soldiers shouted.

"We're almost out of here!" Lance said as they road Kultenequer out of the space mall.

-

"Well, at least we got the lens." Said Coran with a long sigh while lifting up the bag. Shiro then walked into the room, looking a bit tired himself.

"Shiro, how did it go?" Asked Pidge while fixing her glasses.

"It went pretty well actually, looks like we won't have to worry about Zarkon for a while," Shiro said with a proud smile. "Is...that a cow?"

"Uh-huh! Her name's Kultenequer!" Lance said while patting the cow's head making her moo in response.

Keith took the chance, seeing everyone busy with their own conversations to walk over to Shiro. "Hey Shiro, can I talk to you for a second?" He asked while eyeing everyone else as if saying to talk alone.

"Yeah...sure. What's going on?" He asked while walking aways away from the group.

"So while we were getting the lens, we got into a bit of trouble..." Keith began.

"What kind of trouble?" Shiro squinted his eyes with an eyebrow raised.

"We were chased by the mall security and Century guards."

"What? Why??"

"In the beginning, we thought it was because of something we did but then they focused their attention on Y/n... They kept telling us to hand her over. They even tried to shoot at her with stun guns... "

"Really?" The two of them looked back at you as you played happily with the mice.

"I wonder who that kid really is, and is it really okay for her to be here?"

"We'll find out soon enough. For now, I say it's time for us to head to the Blade of Mormora."

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