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“Shiro I can’t do this anymore. These people are driving me insane, like why can’t they just read the stupid sign?! It’s not like it’s in Korean or Japanese, It’s in English! English isn’t even my first language and I can understand the signs. It’s not that hard. And then the children, I swear to god Shiro, when you and Allura have children if they end up spoiled I’m blaming you and Matt cause I know Allura wouldn’t allow them to grow up to be like this. I just…I can’t do this anymore. And school is…UGH. I’m stressing out so much, we have a group project to do but no one in my group is getting back to me with what they have to do and I have a feeling I will have to do everything myself and I don’t know if I can cause it’s a pretty big project and I’m really worried I won’t be able to do this…”
Shiro had the phone on speaker phone as he prepared his dinner, he knew Keith could go on for a while, and by the sound of his slight slurring he was probably drinking. His stupid vegan alcohol always got him pretty drunk, and he wasn’t even vegan, at least for the most part anyways. Shiro sighed and he picked up his phone, Keith was still ranting about the group project for his Quantum Mechanics class as Shiro pulled up the contact information for someone.
Text History: SpaceDad to Merman
SpaceDad
“Can you please bring food and company to Keith? No matter how much I love listening to him rant I do have a detective test in the morning”
Merman
“Of course! What I am walking into?”
SpaceDad
“He is drinking that vegan wine again.”
Merman
“Oh wow, then that is a really bad day. On my way now!”
Shiro sighed as he set his phone back down, Keith had reverted to speaking Korean and though Shiro had taken up learning his little brothers birth language, he was not paying attention enough to listen to drunk Keith.
“I don’t know Shiro, maybe I should quit? I mean mom and dad are helping with rent and stuff and I would feel bad doing it but I don’t know if I can do this anymore cause I really want to punch everyone in the face and it’s really hard not to. But I love working with Lance and Pidge and Hunk and Coran and Allura…oh god Allura would kill me if I quit. And…why is someone knocking at my door? Ugh, got to go.”
Shiro sighed with a small relief as his brother hung up the phone. He then smiled and turned his head.
“Sorry about that Allura.”
Allura was already laughing at the exhausted look at Shiro’s face.
“I take it he calls you often to rant about The Garrison?”
Shiro gave a sheepish smile before he sat down next to his girlfriend on the couch.
“Yeah, I mean I don’t mind listening to him, it helps with his anxiety if he can just get it all off his chest. Why he comes to me I don’t know, he has Lance.”
Allura reached up with her left hand and cupped his face.
“Yes he has Lance, but Lance works with him. You don’t. To him, you are an outside person who he can rant to about work and you won’t really understand all of what he is saying. But is right about one thing. “
Shiro gave her a questioning look.
“I would kill him if you quit.”
Shiro let out a low laugh at that before he realised something.
“When did you learn Korean?”
Allura just gave him a smile before she leaned in and placed that smile on his lips with a kiss.