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It’s been a long, eventful day. We finally got the lions all together in one place, got some new cadets that if taught correctly could take over our positions if the situation is dire enough, Lotor’s return from the dead with his new powers, and General Wade now knows that the Voltron Force is back and ready to fight. There are so many new things happening that I can only hope that Altea can stand strong during these times.
I quickly brush my teeth, put on my night gown, and lay down on my bed. I take a deep breath as I try to calm my racing thoughts, though they seem to mostly be centered on one subject, or one person I should say. I quickly lay on my side as I watch the Altean moons and stars. It's been a while since I last seen Keith. Now, I have talked to him several times but it was all over letters. We couldn’t risk his work while he was away but sometimes, I just wish he could have been with us, with me.
I don’t know. I sigh as I finally bring up my blanket to my chin and wrap it around me as I try to fall asleep though it’s a hardship with adrenaline still running from the excitement of the day.
Ten minutes later, I hear a knock from my window. I sit up with my hand already reaching for a blaster before I catch sight of Keith at the widow with a guilty smile.
I sigh in relief before I quickly scramble out of bed and race to the widow. I open it and lean against the wall as I raise an eyebrow at his arrival. He just shrugs his shoulders before he starts to explain why decided to climb toward my window.
“I got sucked into a sleep over with the boys but they all fell asleep pretty early so I thought I join you tonight.”
“And I'm more fun than the boys? I was trying to sleep before you decided to climb up here- which now that I think about it, why would you climb up the building instead of just walking down the hall?” I ask as I move away so he could get inside my room.
Once he jumps down and straightens, he turns before he answers, “They were all blocking the door and I was by the window so it was better move.”
I raise an eyebrow at him for that explanation, “So climbing a castle is more careful than just walking across the room and down the hall?”
“You know how they get after an attack; one mishap and they start fighting instead of realizing it was just somebody walking out of the room.”
“I almost blasted you myself,” I reply as I go back toward my bed, hearing Keith following.
“Yes, but you didn’t so I count it as a win,” and he goes to the opposite side of the bed and takes off his shoes.
I realize he still has his uniform on and I stop getting into the bed and just cross my arms until he notices me standing there, “If you were at a sleep over, shouldn’t you have been dressed for sleeping?”
He looks down at his attire and shakes his hand in a ‘maybe’ gesture, “I’m used to being on the run. It's easier to be ready than comfortable,” he explains and he takes off his jacket leaving an undershirt on before he slides under the covers.
I shake my head at him before I slide onto the bed and lay on my side, facing him as he does the same. We just stare at each other, memorizing each other like it might be the last time we get the chance. With the way our lives are, it just might be. This is something I always missed about him. Just being near him, able to feel his comforting presence surrounding me and protecting me from the universe itself.
“I missed you,” I whisper.
He grabs my hand brings it up to his face as he places a light, lingering kiss on it, “I missed you more.”
I smile at the simple words as I get closer to him and once, I'm within reach he wraps his arms around me and pulls me closer to him. My head is neatly tucked under his chin, his arm a comfortable pillow as he just kissed the top of my head. It's nice.
“I love you. I hope that you know that. Saying goodbye was like death by a thousand paper cuts,” he whispers as he pulls me just a little bit closer to him
“And I love you. Watching you leave felt like my heart was leaving with you,” I whisper back as I kiss his collar bone and snuggle closer to him.
We fall asleep like that, close and together again, just like we never left each other. It’s the best sleep over I ever had in a long, long time.