Chapter Text
"Lance don't eat that!" keith hollered at the shorter boy
Lance rolled his eyes "And why's that?" he took a bite of the sweet round fruit, it would have been identical to an apple if not for the bright blue stripes. Keith looked on in annoyance, trying to get the fruit away from lance.
"you don't know what it is, you'll get sick!"
Lance downed a few more bites before keith knocked it out of his hands. Keith grabbed his hand, dragging him towards the rest of the group "If you are gonna act like a kid you'll be treated like one," lance huffed but let himself be walked to the group where allura was talking about safety on unfamiliar planets. he got bored quickly, started tapping his feet, rocking on the balls of his feet and finally trying to free his hand from keith's grip.
along with board he also felt sick, maybe Keith was right and he shouldn't have eaten that fruit, maybe he was just like a kid.
"Lance pay attention!" allura yelled at the poor boy.
the day was finally over, lance was allowed to go back to his room without everyone yelling at him, he didn't do anything actually wrong.
he'd only just sat on the bed when he was called to come to dinner, he huffed but came and sat at the table. "Green goo again?" he asked sadly, looking at his plate. he was answered by a large amount of it being put onto his plate. he felt sad and unlistened to, he stared kicking his feet, refusing to eat, his shoes fell off as he kicked them. shiro looked at him confused "Lance..?"
the small boy crossed his arms, he was picked up from behind, confused he looked up to see keith, he looked much bigger.
"we need to do some testing, now!" keith panicked, he ran the small boy into the a bio camber that tests the blood, lance protested, kicking and screaming at the older lad, pidge read the results as fast as she could before smiling. "how could you be happy, Lance could be dying!" hearing this lance started to tear up.
"He's eaten a fruit that causes the body to mimic the brain," she saw everyone raise a brow so she explained farther "What age he is mental he'll become physically, so if he's scared he may feel younger but if he's happy he will be round his normal age."
lance got a look at himself in a reflection, he started to cry "I dont want to be a baby!" he sobbed. Shiro picked up the child, he immiadatly hugged the older male letting himself cry until passing out, you cant really blame him, after all he is only three.