Chapter 6: It Starts

 "Keith?" Shiro calls out as he steps into their shared condo. "Guess he's not home yet." He sighs, filling up the cat's bowls as Kuro rubbed against his leg. Red was perched upon his little Cat Tower. Shiro chuckled. "Hey Red. Keith should be home soon and you'll have your cuddle partner back." Red seems to scoff and lays down on the tower. Shiro shakes his head at the cat. "Fine fine." He leaves Red to sulk and Kuro to eat.

About ten minutes later, Keith comes through the door like a fierce fire. He slams the door closed with his foot and just silently fumes there for a moment. "Oh, hey buddy. Did something happen." Evidently, this was the worst thing to have asked Keith because the boy whips his head towards Shiro, totally red in the face. "EVERYTHING IS FINE! I'M FINE! I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!" With that Keith storms off to his room, Red following close behind.

Shiro lifts an eyebrow. "Oookkaaayy." Shiro looks to Kuro with a concerned and worried look. "I guess something happened with Lance again." Kuro meows. "Should I talk to him?" Shiro pets the cat as she purrs in his lap. "Probably not right?" For a moment it looks like Kuro nods and Shiro sighs. "Maybe we could talk tomorrow. Sleep always clears his head."

But tonight, sleep was the last thing on Keith's mind. Red was curled up on his chest as he looked up at his ceiling. He slowly pets Red's soft fur as he thought about earlier that day.

"Shiro. We should get home soon. Well, I have to take Lance home, but make sure to feed Red and Kuro if you get home first." Keith pushes Lance out of the booth. "You got it." He hears his brother call after him as he takes Lance outside. "Come on~!" Lance whines. "Why do you always stop my fun?" He teases. Keith rolls his eyes as they both walk to his bike. "Because you shouldn't make fun of Hunk at a time of his happiness." He grumbles. "I was not!" Lance interests. Keith mainly ignores him after that as he gets on his bike and takes Lance home. Even if Lance had tried to say something, Keith was going too fast for any conversation to transpire. Keith pulls up to Lance's house and sighs. "We're here." Lance slowly lets go of Keith and gets off the bike. "Thanks," Lance said quickly, but he lingers at Keith's bike. "Yes? Something else you wanna say?" Keith asks with a bite in his tone. Lance takes a deep breath. "Okay... I know we fight and bicker," He puts his hand on Keith's shoulder. "But I do consider you a friend." Lance smiles brightly. "Don't forget that, okay?" He pats Keith's shoulder before heading off to his home. Keith says there for a moment, mildly red-faced, before speeding off towards home.

Keith slowly opens his eyes (that he hadn't realized he's closed in the first place) when a knock comes to his door. "Keith. I'm going out to train with Allura. Call me if you need something." Keith sits up, making the small tabby to fall into his lap. "Okay! I'll be here!"

Shiro laughs a little to himself. "Cool! See ya later." Shiro grabs his skating bag and heads out to meet up with Allura at the rink. He opens the doors to see Allura already doing warm-ups. "Do you just live on the ice?" He asks, loud enough for her to hear while putting on his skates. Allura just laughs as she stops and leans over the border. "No. But pretty close to it." She smiles and Shiro blushes a little. "You know. You really should smile like that more, Princess." He joins her on the ice with a smile.

Allura rolls her eyes. "Anyways. Did you bring the music? I brought the, what did you call it, the boom box?" She says, gesturing towards the stereo sitting on the ice rink border. Shiro pulls a CD out of his hoodie pocket. "Yep. No worries." He gives her a bright smile as he skates over and puts the CD into place. "What set do we start with? Parachute or Treat You Better?" He asks, ready to push play at Allura's command. "How about Parachute? I've been listening to it, trying to think of choreography and I think I've got a start of something. And I was hoping if we did it together it would come out better. Ya know?" She explains.

Shiro laughs a little and pushes play on the CD Player. "You don't need to explain yourself to me, Allura." He holds out his robotic arm to her. "Just show me what you have and I'll follow your lead. For now." He teases.

Allura narrows her eyes, but a smile graces her lips as she takes his hand. "Fine. Do try and keep up." She teases back.

Shiro scoffs and they begin to glide across the ice.

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