Scott's Fiction
Love's Journey
Prologue
The Picnic

 

Love's Journey is a Voltron Fan Fiction by Scott. This Fiction is rated R18+ due to extreme violence, adult concepts and the odd sexual encounter. The story focuses on the relationships between ALL the Voltron characters but especially on the relationship between Captain Keith and Princess Allura as they struggle with their feelings for one another. The story is VERY soppy in places so if that ISN'T your thing, turn away now.

I don't own Voltron or any of the characters depicted in this story save for the Original characters I introduce. Those characters are mine and please ask me first if you intend on using them at all. Voltron and all other characters are the property of W.E.P. This is an amateur fiction and no profit is being made in anyway from this venture.

I would like to thank SGB for his fantastic collection of Voltron and Golion images, without which many of the pictures in this fiction would not exist. Finally, thanks must go to Moira, who is responsible for not only the AWESOME pictures that feature throughout this book, but for encouraging me to post this fiction too! Thanks again Moira, thanks for all your support and encouragement!

NB. Some screenshots that may feature in the story I have had on HDD for some time and can't remember where I found them! If they are yours please, drop me a line and I will credit you for them! Any way, I hope you enjoy Love's Journey!

Love's Journey
Prologue

The Picnic

Hunk's blow found its mark and Lance slid across the wooden table near the fireplace. As he rolled off it, the table cloth and vase followed him, the vase shattering as it hit the floor. Lance sprang back and waited for Hunk's next attack; I have to get him off balance! He's big but he's not nimble......Come on Hunk; give me something I can work with here! Lance thought as he waited for the opportune moment to arrive. He couldn't even remember WHY they were fighting but one thing was for sure, if Hunk wanted a fight Lance was quite prepared to give him one. Hunk attacked again, unfortunately for Lance the CHANCE he was looking for never came and he grimaced as Hunk held him above his head, "This one's gonna hurt Lance!" The Yellow Lion Pilot roared as he threw him into the cabinet against the wall. The glass door gave way and covered the floor in front of it with tiny glass fragments as it smashed.

Lance shook his head and stumbled wearily to his feet, "Okay, now you're gonna get it big guy!"

Hunk just laughed as Lance approached, "Bring it on Lance!" What he wasn't expecting was Lance to throw a dummy move and as he lunged forward he found himself off balance. Lance felled the big man with a well placed sweep and performed a perfectly timed roundhouse kick that connected with his chin as he fell. The Yellow Lion pilot went crashing to the ground in a heap, his busted lip bleeding slightly as he looked up with a dazed look on his face. Hearing the terrible noise Nanny and Princess Allura came running in, the young Princess putting her hands to her mouth as she saw the epic battle. "Lance, Hunk, Stop fighting like animals this instant!" Nanny fumed.

Neither payed her any mind and they continued to slog it out with each other in the middle of the room. Both Nanny and the Princess gasped in horror as Hunk let out a bloodcurdling roar and sent Lance crashing over the table yet again. Allura ran to the door of the stair well, "Nanny I'll go and get the Captain!" She cried in a frightened and desperate voice.

The Captain she spoke of had just sat down with a pile of Galaxy Garrison reports. He was about to take his first bite of the scones Nanny had made him when he heard the desperate plea from his friend. "Keith, thereupstairshurtingeachotherandfightingandwe..................."

 

Keith's eyes flashed open with concern; he had not seen the Princess so worked up in a long time, "Hey, Allura calm down! Tell me slowly, what’s goin on?"

"Oh Keith its Lance and Hunk, they're fighting upstairs!" The Princess gasped before buckling over with her hands on her knees, panting heavily from her long run down the stairs.

"They're fighting? Oh I've had enough of those two for one week!" Keith snarled as he ran up the stairs. All week they had done nothing but cause trouble for the already tense young Captain. Now they were fighting with each other? Keith could hardly believe his ears. He entered the room and saw that Lance and Hunk had attracted quite an audience of young maids along with a very cranky looking Nanny.

"Oh thank goodness you're here Captain! You have to stop those hoodlums before they destroy my games room!" Nanny fumed.

Keith cracked his knuckles and walked out into the middle of the room, "Alright that's enough you two!"

Hunk and Lance completely ignored him and as Lance ducked, Hunk's wayward punch connected with Keith's jaw dropping him to one knee. The small crowd gasped as they saw the CAPTAIN go down, the young maids almost unable to believe their eyes. Keith calmly stood up and turned to the brawling pair in front of him. With a single punch Lance went crashing to the floor and with a quick combination of punches and kicks Hunk joined him, the Captain glaring at them both with his arms folded. Almost everyone in the crowd was amazed at what they had just witnessed, "He didn't even have to try!" One adoring young fan remarked with a proud smile.

Nanny waved her arms and raised her voice, "Alright get out of here you lot, you aren't paid to stand around watching young ruffians wrestle!"

Obediently the maids all went back to their various jobs, nobody in their right mind disobeyed the governess! Princess Allura could not believe how effortlessly Keith had brought the situation under control either and she was HERSELF impressed. It wasn't like she needed any encouragement to be impressed with the Captain however; she was madly in love with him and had been for quite a long time. He of course was unaware of this and she did her best to keep it that way, she knew they couldn’t be together even if he was interested. The Captain straightened up his jumpsuit and rubbed his throbbing jaw, "What the HELL are you pair playing at? Lance? Hunk?"

Lance wiped his bleeding nose on his handkerchief, "Keith I......We were.........I'm sorry Cap, I don't actually know!"

"Yeah, Me neither Captain!" Hunk added looking across at Lance with a befuddled look.

"Well I know what you WILL be doing! First, you will help Nanny clean this MESS up and apologise to her for behaving like a pair of wild Gorillas! Then you will take yourselves into town and.............no! On second thoughts you pair can't be trusted together, I will do that! Hunk, there is a mountain of drive chains that need greasing in maintenance, see that you are down there the MINUTE this room is straightened up! As for you Lance, when you have finished helping here you can go help Pidge untangle the power conduits from that missile battery he is replacing!"

Lance was horrified, "Captain I HAVE a date to go to in twenty minutes!"

Keith folded his arms and tapped his foot, "What's that you want guard duty on Friday and Saturday night? No Problem I'll schedule it immediately!"

"Okay okay! Fine!" Lance grumbled as he dusted himself off.

The Captain walked over to Nanny and the Princess, shaking his head in disgust as he apologised to them both. "I don't know what has gotten in to them lately! I am dreadfully sorry, look I'll go down to the village and get you a replacement door for your cabinet Nanny".

Nanny raised an eyebrow and slowly unfolded her arms, "Oh Captain you don't have to do that, I can always go down later myself"

"Nonsense I have to go down anyway!" He smiled.

"Well thank you Keith, I need some patterns from the dressmaker could you pick some up for me while you are down there?"

"Certainly Nanny, though, I wouldn't know what I was looking at I must admit"

"Well, Princess, would you mind going with the good Captain and getting me some of those new patterns that I showed you yesterday?"

Go with Keith to the village! Oh Nanny you read my mind! Allura thought as she nodded. "Okay Nanny, I will go and get you some".

"Thank you child, I would go myself if I didn't have so much to do!"

"Oh Nanny its no trouble, really!" Allura smiled and brushed her fringe away from her face.

Keith walked along beside her as they made their way to the coaches and apologised again for the appalling behaviour of his comrades. "Princess I am so sorry about that, I really don't know what's wrong with Lance and Hunk lately"

The Princess frowned and nodded, "Since the war ended it’s been so tense around here! I think maybe everyone needs a break! I know I sure do, if I hear one more time about the importance of getting married for my planet's sake, I am going to go crazy!"

"You don't want to get married Princess?" Keith asked in a surprised voice as he opened the coach door for her.

She waited until he climbed in and sat next to her, "Well I do ONE day but when I do I want to marry someone I love and I want to marry them BECAUSE I love them! Nanny and Coran would have me marry the first Prince pedigree that tips his hat! That's hardly my idea of a happy marriage Keith!"

"No I quite agree Princess, I'm sorry I had no idea it was that bad! I can't believe they would ask you to marry for convenience!"

"Oh you should hear it! ‘Princess Allura, we should hold a ball and invite all the Princes we can find!' 'Oh Princess there's a Prince on Planet whatever and he is looking for a Princess!' It really is starting to depress me! Oh I'm sorry Keith, you have more important things to do than listen to me ramble on!"

"Well I happen to consider you a close friend Allura! If you want to talk about ANYTHING and I mean ANYTHING, you know where to find me!

The Princess blushed, “Thank you Keith, I consider you one of my closest friends too, you always know how to make me feel better when I’m down and depressed”

“Uh that’s what friends are for!”

"Keith I invited Romelle and Sven here for a month or two to have a break and so I can spend some time with my cousin. I think a picnic tomorrow would be a good idea! Just the Voltron Force, Romelle and Sven, what do you think?"

"Allura I think that would be a welcome change around here! Where would we go though?" Keith asked scratching his chin.

"Hmmm, no that's too close........That’s too far……Hmmm GOT IT! Let’s go to the Alsaida forest, its beautiful this time of year!" She replied.

"Okay, Alsaida it is! It's a long way though isn't it?"

Allura nodded with a frown. "Umm yes, it’s a three hour coach ride but, well that's all part of it! It will feel like its so far away and we can all just forget about life for a while!"

"Well we should leave early around four o'clock or so in the morning so we get there at seven" Keith replied, organizing things as he always did.

She nodded in reply and stared out the window at the passing countryside. A sly grin came to Keith's face, "Princess it has come to my attention that you aren't smiling today!"

Allura choked, she wasn't smiling? She knew what that MEANT! That meant he was going to tickle her mercilessly until she did. She pretended to be horrified, "Oh Keith noooooo, please!.......Keeheeeheeeeth!"

He pulled her onto his lap and grinned as he tickled her! She shrieked with laughter, "Stooohohohop! Keeeeeeith!"

She was almost out of breath when he finally stopped and smiled at her, "Well? Are you going to smile?"

Allura LOVED it when Keith would play these games with her. She sat up and pulled a sour face, shaking her head and trying not to giggle. "WELL! You need more incentive then Your Highness!" Keith laughed as he tickled her yet again.

She struggled around in his arms and was in hysterics as he continued to tickle her. Finally, puffed and short of breath she sat up and flashed him a beaming smile. "There that's much better!" Keith chuckled.

He continued to tease her even as they shopped in the nearby village of Salern. He found a ridiculous looking purple, wide brimmed, sun hat with big yellow flowers on it and placed it on her head, it was so big that it sank down over her eyes. "Oh how MAGNIFICENT you look, Your Majesty!" He declared as he ran out of the store.

"KEITH! Ooooooh just you wait!" She wrestled her way out of the hat and giggled as she chased after him.

He roared with laughter as she tackled him and gently slapped him across the shoulder, "That wasn't funny Captain! That's something NANNY would wear!"

"Oh I thought it was most Princesslike!" He teased doing his best Nanny impersonation.

Allura pouted and glared at him but she couldn't hold her 'CRANKY' face and she covered her face with her hands as she burst out laughing.

A customer who had witnessed the shenanigans told the dressmaker, “You know, those two almost look like they’re in love, like a couple of teenagers!”

“I think it would be wonderful if they WERE, but I don’t think they are, they’re just good friends, Captain Keith can’t be in love with the Princess, the Royal court wouldn’t allow it!”

“Hmph glad my boyfriend isn’t royalty, that’s so silly, just because she’s royalty shouldn’t mean she can’t be in love!”

“Does round here I am afraid! Now that the war is over, the planet is reverting back to life as it was beforehand, there are rules for royalty, Prince’s to Princesses and vice versa!

The Captain and the Princess completed their shopping trip and on the way home the weary Princess fell asleep with her head resting on his shoulder. He slumped down in the seat so she would be comfortable, even though it was KILLING his back. As the coach slowly stopped at the castle he woke her up gently and they strolled up the stairs and inside. He carried the new door for the broken cabinet upstairs while Allura headed to her room with Nanny. She wished that she could have just stayed in the coach sleeping on Keith's shoulder. The smell of his after shave was still in her hair and it tormented her as she made her way up the stairs. Oh why can't I find a Prince who is more like Keith! Why can't HE be a Prince! It's not fair! She sighed.

Keith fitted the new door as Lance and Hunk walked in. "Cap, sorry about today, I don't know what's going on lately, neither of us can even remember WHY we were fighting!"

"Lance, Hunk! I think its time we had a break for a day. Princess Allura is holding a picnic tomorrow and only the Voltron Force and two extras will be attending!" He smiled.

Lance frowned, "Oh yay, Nanny and Coran I'll bet!"

"Aww Keith, not a picnic with NANNY!" Hunk grumbled.

Keith sighed and shook his head, "If either of you would just let me finish!"

"Sorry Cap!" They both replied in unison.

"Thank you! The two extras are Sven and Romelle, they will be here later on tonight and they're going to stay for a couple of months".

"Sven! Well now you're talking, he OWES me five cases of Arusian ale!" Lance chuckled.

"Well, I suggest you get an early night tonight as we are going to be up quite early tomorrow. It’s a long ride to the Alsaida forest".

"ALSAIDA! That’s a three hour ride!" Lance gasped in shock.

"Yes it is, so maybe you will want to get some sleep?" Keith replied flatly.

"Yeah okay Cap, will do!" Lance nodded.

Keith turned to Hunk, "You too big guy, getting you up at four o'clock is going to be a challenge as it is!"

"As soon as I have my meal I'll be out like a light!" Hunk replied giving Keith an OK gesture with his fingers.

"Okay, well if you will excuse me I have to meet Allura for her kendo lesson in a few minutes, I'll see you at dinner!" Keith replied as he strode towards the stairs to the gym.

When he got to the training room he suited up in his dark blue Kendo Gi and walked out to meet the Princess. She was performing exceptionally well against two training robots, the loud slap of her bamboo Shinai echoing out across the room. A Shinai was the training sword that was used in Kendo for practice sessions and for beginners. The Princess had been taking these lessons with Keith for almost a year now and she was becoming very skilled. "Move your feet toe to heel Princess, not side to side!" Keith called from the side of the ring. Ohh that girl, she just isn't going to listen until...............ouch that'll hurt! He thought as a robot slapped Allura across the shoulder with its Shinai, dropping her to her knees.

He walked over and stood her up, "Princess you have to remember that your movements must be toe to heel! You must remain in focus with your blade; stepping side to side will not help you in this scenario. The robot on the left is RELYING on you moving side to side while this guy over here is lining you up for a charge attack! Maybe we should drop back to one robot for a while, just until you have the technique right!"

"Keith it's fine! I just lost my concentration for a while that's all!" She replied in a determined voice.

"Okay well look, remember your footwork and take this seriously, if that Shinai was a REAL blade you would be minus a shoulder and probably an arm right now!"

"Okay Captain, stand back and I'll try again!"

Allura easily defeated both robots and as she finished she hugged her tutor. "Oh thank you Keith! I did it!"

"You're a good student Princess, now would you like a sparring match" He asked with a smile.

The Princess grimaced, remembering the last time she had sparred with him. "Only if you go gently this time!"

Keith shook his head, "Sorry but your opponents won't cut you any slack Princess and neither will I!"

"Alright then Keith!" She replied bravely.

They bowed and began their bout, she is FAST Keith, watch her footwork, that's her weak spot! He told himself. She attacked and he easily repelled her blow, Come on, calm down, wait until he exposes that gap in his right defence and exploit it! She thought as she went back on the defensive. Keith made a series of attacks and she deflected each in turn which totally surprised him. He had expected to strike with at least one and he attacked again, this time she saw the gap in his right defence and she made a lunge towards it.

Keith realised he was vulnerable and he countered her attack but she could see he had shifted all his weight onto his back foot. With her blade locked against his she kicked him in the back of the knee and sent him crashing onto his back. Keith was far too experienced for her to capitalise though and he quickly rolled back away from her attacks and regained his composure.

How the hell did she just pull THAT off! He wondered. She charged him again; he parried and kicked both her feet out from under her with a hefty sweep kick, sending her to the floor with a thud. She attempted to perform the same move as Keith had used to regain her composure but he had expected it and as she moved past he stepped forward and brought his Shinai down in front of her face. Puffing and dripping in sweat she looked up and realised he had beaten her yet again. He gently tapped her on the backside with his bamboo sword and grinned as he crouched in front of her. "I thought you had me there for a while there, well done Princess!"

She climbed to her feet and he gave her a congratulatory hug, "You're ready for the next level Allura, next time we train I will SHOW you how to perform that evasive move. You NEARLY had it right, which is pretty good considering you only saw me do it once and you tried to mimic what you saw!"

"Oh Keith I will never be able to beat you!" She sighed.

"Hey, Princess I have been at this for eight years straight! You've learned in one year what I did in four! In time you WILL be better than me!" He replied rubbing her shoulders.

They both headed to their respective change rooms. Keith headed out and up to his room while Allura headed to the landing platform to meet Romelle and Sven who were due to arrive at any moment.

Romelle saw her cousin as she stood on the platform helping Sven unload their luggage, "Ally!"

"Romelle, how are you cousin?" The Princess asked as they hugged.

Romelle rubbed her sore back, "Tired, actually, these shuttles are terribly uncomfortable!"

"Hello Ally! How are you this evening?" Sven asked as he carried the luggage over.

"Oh I'm fine Sven! How are you?" The Princess asked as she hugged him.

"I could use a nice long bath and a drink!" He grinned as the trio walked up the platform towards the castle.

Early the following morning the small group all piled into three coaches and made their way towards the luscious green forests of Arus's Alsaida province. Allura was asleep on Keith's shoulder again and he was asleep with his head resting on hers. Romelle looked across to Sven and nodded over to the Captain and the Princess. Sven smiled and shook his head.

I can't believe they can't see the way they feel for each other! Romelle thought as she lovingly stroked Sven's hair. That morning as the coaches stopped the small group disembarked out and gasped, the view was stunning and looking down they could see the sparkling blue Arensine River flowing through the green valley. They walked to a nice green clearing beneath some trees and Allura and Romelle set out two blankets and unpacked the food. Keith, Sven, Lance, Pidge and Hunk had meanwhile found a large Pine cone and were proceeding to play a rather rough game of rugby with it.

Allura and Romelle walked over as they finished setting up and demanded that the boys let them play too. "It's rough you'll get hurt!" Lance replied.

Keith wasn't about to have anybody left out and ran over and grabbed them both by the hands "Come on then girls, I'm on my own here!"

On one side of the clearing Hunk, Lance, Sven and Pidge were all waiting for Keith to make a move. He huddled around Romelle and Allura. "Okay team, here's the plan, Allura you trail along... well behind me and Romelle, you stay in between the two of us! Just before they tackle me I will throw the pine cone to you. As Lance and Pidge come towards you, throw it to Allura okay. Allura, when you get it, RUN to where Hunk and Lance have their jackets and dive onto the ground with it. Run fast and hard and try not to drop it okay!"

The two Princesses grinned at each other and nodded, Allura thought it was nice to be included in a game that she was usually ALWAYS excluded from! Nanny and Coran would have kittens if they knew that she was playing rugby with the boys....Heaven forbid!

"This oughta be real easy guys, just take Keith down and we've won! Oh and be gentle, no hurting the girls!" Lance remarked confidently to his team.

They nodded and Keith touched the cone to his foot, running forward towards the four men. Hunk charged at the Captain and just before he crashed into him Keith threw the cone to Romelle. She ran forward past the captain and Hunk and as Pidge and Lance approached her she grinned and threw it to Allura. The Princess easily outpaced Sven and dived onto the grass where Keith had said to land. Keith gave a cheer and thrust his fists into the air! "Way to go team!"

"Okay how the heck did ALLURA just manage to score?" Lance gasped in disbelief to his team.

"I don't know but it isn't going to happen again!" Pidge grinned.

As Hunk charged towards Keith's end of the clearing Keith tackled him and brought him down. Hunk rolled the cone under his foot and Lance threw it to Sven who ran down the outside towards Allura. She grinned as she and Romelle brought him down. Before he fell he had managed to pass the cone to Pidge who then passed it to Lance. Lance ran toward the line but Keith brought him crashing down and the cone rolled out from his hands. Romelle picked it up and threw it to Allura. Oh Romelle! Allura thought as she saw Hunk bearing down on her. She side stepped him and once again ran up and dived onto the ground near the jackets.

"Woohoo!" She cried as she looked up.

"I don't believe it!" Lance grumbled.

Keith ran up and hoisted Allura up onto his shoulders, "All hail Allura! Rugby Queen!"

She looked down and ruffled up his hair, "Hey I had help you two!"

That day they played all sorts of games, had a swim and after they had lunch, they went for a walk in the thick woods. Keith had his arm around Allura's waist when she announced that her feet were killing her. "Come on Princess, I'll give you a piggy-back!" He laughed.

She giggled as she clung to his shoulders and innocently kissed his cheek. She had no idea the chain of events that kiss would set in motion, Keith felt strange as he continued to carry her along the path. Captain, snap out of it! He told himself as he regained his composure and cleaned his thoughts up a few hundred percent. As they walked up a grassy hill he spied a four leaf clover and put Allura down. He ran over and picked it up, "Four leaf clovers bring good luck!"

"Really?" Allura asked.

Keith looked at it intently, thinking about his feelings for her as he twirled it through his fingers. God I think I am starting to fall for Allura! Oh for heavens sake I can't.........I've been through this before! It can't work! Okay, it will pass; it’s just a silly feeling! He told himself "Yeah, well so they say at least Princess!"

Allura looked around and realised that the others had walked on not realising that Keith had stopped. She gazed at him and smiled, looking away as he lifted his gaze to her. She walked over and folded her skirts underneath her, sitting down next to him. Maybe I should tell him how I feel about him, now IS a good time and we are alone! She thought as she looked to the sky. Keith held the clover up, "Ahh, my good luck charm!"

"Let me see it Captain!" She asked in a soft voice.

Keith shook his head, "Nuh uh! MY four leaf clover!"

"Oh really!" Allura grinned as she dived on top of him.

They wrestled around for five minutes until Keith let her have it, "Aww!" He laughed.

Allura took it and put it in his hair, "Oh you look sooo sweet!" She teased, clasping her hands together and blinking at him.

"Hey!" Keith chuckled as he pulled it out. He gazed in her eyes and she returned his stare, with a gentle smile. The gentle rays of sunlight lit up her hair and her pretty blue eyes sparkled. Her smile melted his heart and Keith realised as he continued his gaze, there was no maybe, he WAS in love with Princess Allura. He came to realize that he had been for a long time yet only now as they sat together in the forest it REALLY dawned on him. She moved closer and sat next to him, gently they drew towards each other, Oh please Allura, please feel the way I do, Keith thought as he moved to kiss her. She was shaking in his arms, the suspense was killing her as she waited to feel his tender kiss.

"There you guys are!" Lance and Hunk replied as they burst through a clearing.

Keith sat up and pretended to scratch his nose while Allura sat up and fiddled with her hair. Ohhhhhh why couldn't they have just waited five more minutes!!! She complained to herself.

Keith gave a cough and stood up dusting himself off, Shit! DAMN! Just a few more minutes! He grumbled to himself. Romelle and Sven walked back down the road, "Oh don't get up Keith, we were just coming for a seat, Romelle’s feet are sore!" Sven called out.

Keith sat back down and lay back trying to work out just how he was going to get her away from the crowd. He scratched his forehead and thought, I need just ten minutes alone with her, I need to know if she feels like I do! I think she does, I think........."

"Captain where do you think YOU'LL end up when you get transferred?" Pidge asked innocently.

"Tr..Transfered? Oh yeah Transferred, ummm I don't know I haven't thought about it much!" Keith answered. He had forgotten about that, for just a few hours he had forgotten all about leaving Arus altogether!

"I hope I get the Explorer, I'd love to see Chip again!" Pidge smiled.

Keith you complete idiot! It’s lucky you never told her! Imagine that, Oh I love you Allura, see you later I have to go forever now, bye! I am such an idiot! Keith thought to himself.

Oh Ally, come on you can do it! Oh I have to know, before he leaves I HAVE to know! Allura told herself. She shivered and hugged herself. Finally she looked across to Keith, "Keith would you like to come for a quick walk with me?"

"Oh I would Allura but I'm not feeling so good at the moment!" He replied trying not to hurt her feelings.

"I'll go with you Princess!" Pidge replied as he jumped up.

What's wrong with him? The Princess asked herself as she left with Pidge for a walk.

For the rest of that day Keith avoided her, he always remained in the middle of the group and he even ignored the two VERY direct hints she dropped about having sore feet. Keith just ignore her! Just ignore her and Pretend you didn't hear it! You were a fool for even THINKING about it! She's a Princess! You're a PILOT for heavens sake and you are about to be transferred at any tick of the clock! You CAN'T, it isn't fair on her! Keith thought as he battled his heart.

As they went to board the coaches to go home the Captain announced that he would ride with the guys on the way back and Pidge would go with Allura. That was NOT what Allura had wanted to hear at all, she had been looking forward to talking about her feelings with him on the return journey. Oh Allura you fool, you NEARLY made an idiot out of yourself, he was just being friendly! He doesn't feel the same way you do! She told herself. On the way home Pidge asked her, "Princess are you alright? You look like you're going to cry!"

"Oh I just feel a little sick that's all Pidge" She replied holding her stomach.

As the Coaches arrived home that night Keith went straight to his room and locked the door. Allura dejectedly wandered to her room and after Nanny had left her alone she cried into her pillow, she was crushed.

Romelle walked in forgetting to knock, "Ally I......Oh!.....ALLY! Oh cousin what ever is wrong?" She asked as she sat on the bed and put her arm around her.

Allura tried to stop crying but Romelle's question clawed at her and made her want to cry more, "Oh Romelle I'm a stupid fool!"

"Ally? What do you mean? Why would you say that? You’re not a fool at all!”

"I LOVE him Romelle! I love him so much and he doesn't see it! He doesn't know!"

"Ally WHO?" Romelle asked in a confused voice.

"Keith! I love Captain Keith! I nearly told him and that would have been silly! He doesn't feel that way about me! I made a fool of myself!" She sniffed.

Romelle smiled and put her arm around her Cousin, "Keith hey, so you DO see it after all!"

"Oh Romy I have been in love with him for so long, I just never told anyone!"

"Ally? If you didn't tell him anything how did you make a fool of yourself?"

"Because I was so sure he felt the same way! I was so sure he loved me too!"

"Well how do you know he doesn't?"

Allura sat with her head in her hands, "Because he changed Romelle, he didn't even want to ride home with me! He sent Pidge instead!"

"Ally, He probably just wanted to spend some time with the guys! He spent most of the day with us! He hardly got a chance to spend any time with them and he looked really ill after our walk today!" Romelle replied reassuringly.

"He did say he felt ill! Oh Romelle am I reading too much into this? Am I just being stupid?"

"Allura, you aren't being stupid, you're in love! I think you should give Keith some breathing room, see how he feels in a day or so!" Romelle smiled.

The following morning Lance and Hunk knocked on Keith's door. Keith sat at his desk with his head in his hands and promptly ignored them. He didn't want to see anybody he just wanted to be left alone.

His heart was fighting a desperate battle with his head and his chest cramped up and burned with an intense pain, I can't HAVE her! Damn IT WHY? WHY NOT? This is unfair! I WANT her! I NEED her, I need to see her, to be near her............

KEITH you can't! You have no right! You are leaving soon! How dare you THINK of breaking her heart like that! You had no business having feelings for her in the first place! Now you are GOING to stay here and you are GOING to forget her! These feelings will die down in time, just as they have been doing for the last year! There is no sense in hurting either of you any more! Just stay here and keep a low profile!........

I CAN'T forget her, I love her Damn it! The only girl I have ever loved and I can't have her! He punched his wall and looked to the heavens, tears running down his cheeks, GOD WHY? IS THIS YOUR DOING? WHAT KIND OF SICK JOKE IS THIS? YOU MAKE ME WAIT UNTIL I AM TWENTY SIX AND THEN YOU TELL ME I CAN'T EVEN HAVE HER! VERY FUNNY! HA HA! He finished cursing the heavens and collapsed in a heap next to his bed.

Looking up he saw a picture of the Voltron Force on his dresser. Even from the picture she reached out and tortured him, a symbol of the unattainable yet fantastic dream he longed to live out! The one love he could never have! He took it down and lay it face down in his drawer as his head finally won the war. He knelt at the foot of his bed and prayed for forgiveness, apologising for his earlier remarks. He had a shower, went to bed and from that night on, he became Captain Ice Cube! His heart was now totally ruled by his head and he was a bare shell of the compassionate and understanding man he had been. Over the next two days, Sven, Hunk, Pidge, Lance and even Allura tried many times to see him but he pretended he wasn't in his room. He would eat at odd hours when he could guarantee he wouldn't see her and he remained locked up away from everyone.

The End Of The Picnic

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