Allura reaches out and gently adjusts her husbands necklace. It's a ceremonial piece, and they had both used to joke about it being so huge and gaudy that it may as well be the sun itself. She wants to bring up the joke now, but when she looks up at Shiro, her breath catches in her throat.

Shiro's eyes are rimmed with tears, and he blinks when he sees her looking. Though he tries to hide them, all it does it make them fall. Allura closes her eyes and leans into her husbands chest.

The pain in her heart spikes, and she can feel tears pricking against her own eyes.

It's been 18 years now since they lost their son. They do this ceremony every year, but they have no idea if it actually reaches him. If he has any idea that it is for him. If he knows how badly they miss him and want him to come home.

Shiro wraps his arms around her, and Allura realizes that she is crying softly. She reaches up and gently brushes away her tears, then she wipes away her husbands. They have to be strong for each other. They have to trust that their boy will be found.

Shiro smiles softly at his wife, then he takes her hand. Together they go to the balcony, where their special lantern waits for them. It has the kingdoms insignia on it, the beautiful glowing sun.

They each take a side, and gently they release the lantern into the air, along with all their prayers for their sons safe return.

Keith takes another flower from Lances open palm and sets it into the water. He smiles as it floats off to join the others. He's about to drop another one, when he sees a light in the reflection of the water, and he jerks his head up to see the first lantern appear in the sky.

Keith nearly capsizes the boat in his scramble to get toward the end of it, to get up as high as he can. Keith stares at the sky and breathes out softly, "All those days watching from the windows.

All those years outside looking in. All that time never even knowing... Just how blind I've been."

Thousands of more lanterns rise up to follow the first, and Keith's heart speeds up, his eyes widening at the beautiful sight before him, "Now I'm here blinking in the starlight, now I'm here suddenly I see. Standing here it's all so clear. I'm where I'm meant to be."

Lanterns rise from the ships in the harbor, and soon the whole sky, Keith's entire field of vision, is filled with their shine. It looks like there are thousands of stars, so close all he has to do is reach out for them, "And at last I see the light, and it's like the fog has lifted. And at last I see the light, and it's like the sky is new."

Keith sighs softly, and he feels more happy than he ever has before, like he's finally pieced himself together, "And it's warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted. All at once everything looks different..."

Light shines brightly behind him, and Keith turns to see Lance, holding two lanterns in his hands, a soft smile on his face.

Keith's heart might stop beating all together as he whispers softly, "Now that I see you."

Keith sits down opposite Lance and smiles, then he reaches down and pulls out the satchel, "I have something for you too."

Lance stares at it blankly, then looks back up at Keith.

"I should have given it to you before, but I was just scared. And the thing is," Keith smiles a little wider, "I'm not scared anymore. You know what I mean?"

Lance reaches out and gently pushes the bag out of Keith's hands, back to the floor where it belongs, "I'm starting too."

Keith smiles and takes the lantern from Lance, and together they release them up into the sky.

Lance stares at Keith as he watches the two lanterns rise up in the air and laughs softly, "All those days chasing down a daydream... All those years living in a blur, all that time never truly seeing things, the way they were."

Keith is leaning over the side of the boat now, and he grins widely as a lantern with the kingdom's insignia floats toward him. He pushes it back up into the sky, and Lance looks at the way the he glows here in the middle of the bay and whispers softly to himself, "Now he's here shining in the starlight. Now he's here suddenly I know, if he's here it's crystal clear; I'm where I'm meant to go."

Lance can't help himself as he reaches out for Keith's hand. Keith looks down at their intertwined fingers and smiles beautifully, moving closer to Lance and reaching for his other hand.

They speak as one, staring at each other, because there isn't anything else they'd rather look at, "And at last I see the light."

"And it's like the fog has lifted," Lance smiles, squeezing Keith's hands. "And at last I see the light."

Keith leans in closer, "And it's like the sky is new."

Lance gravitates toward him, and nothing else matters as they sing together, "And it's warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted..."

"All at once everything is different, now that I see you." They're breathing each other's air as they speak these last words, and Keith's eyes slip closed as Lance gently brushes his hair out of his face and cups his cheek, "Now that I see you."

Lance is just about to kiss Keith, something he wants more than anything else, when he sees the green light from the shore. He looks over and can see Sendak and Haxus standing there, watching them. His eyes narrow, and they vanish behind some boulders, but he receives the message loud and clear.

"Is..." Keith eyes open slowly as Lance's hand falls from his cheek, "Is everything okay?"

Keith is glancing from Lance to the shore, and Lance shakes his head, and gathers Keith's hands in his, "Yes, of course. I just-"

Lance frowns, and paddles the boat toward the shore line, Keith is quiet, and looks both worried and confused. Once they hit land, Lance tosses himself out of the boat and grabs the satchel from the floor. "Keith, I'm sorry. Everything is fine. There's just something I have to take care of."

Keith smiles a little, but Lance notices how his hands tighten into fists, "Okay."

Lance smiles, "I'll be right back."

Lance can hear Keith mumble softly to the tittering lizzard behind him, "It's okay, Pidge."

The man takes a deep breath and turns around the corner, forcing the biggest grin he can manage on his face. All he has to do is get through this, then he can go back to Keith.

"Ah! There you are." Lance smiles, "I've been searching everywhere for you guys since we got separated! You know, those side burns are coming in nicely, the purple hair looks good, you really rock it."

Sendak glares at him from where he's widdling a stick into a point.

Lance clears his throat, "Anyway, I just wanted to say, I shouldn't have split. The crown is all yours. I'll miss ya, but I wish you all the best."

Lance turns around to leave but slams into Haxus, and his heart stops, panic seizing him. Haxus arches a brow, and Sendak speaks from behind him, "Holding out on us again, Tailor?"

Lance whips around, "What?"

"We heard you found something. Something much more valuable than a crown." Sendak stalks toward him, kicking the crown as he does, and now Lance knows he's in trouble, "We want him, instead."

The panic in Lance vanishes as he realizes Sendak means Keith. No one can have Keith, and he'll fight them with everything he has to keep him safe.