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The team and I were discussing upcoming missions for our plans to defeat the galra but my brain was not staying focused. I looked around the room getting distracted by the mice, then the stars outside, next I’m examining the fellow paladin's faces ‘oh shoot did Shiro see me staring?’ I think to myself. Suddenly I’m looking at Keith who is standing right beside me, his arms are crossed and his eyebrows are furrowed which is normal for him. He notices my stares almost immediately, raising a brow, his natural pout plastered to his face.
“Can I help you?” He whispers only loud enough for me to hear. “Am I taller than you?” I suddenly blurt out and he looks confused. “No?? I don’t think so” he replies Shiro seems to notice us cause he does his normal space dad face of annoyment. “Boys, what is it now?” He asks, crossing his arms. “It better be important for you not to pay attention to our important plans.” He mentioned the other teammates now looking at us two.
“Well I was just wondering who’s taller, Keith or I?” He mentions Shiro looks like he’s mentally face-palming himself. “Is that really important right now?” He asks and I stop to think. “I mean I guess not…? But it’s gonna bother me unless I know” I mentioned, I haven’t been on my prescription Adderall in a couple weeks now and it’s definitely been showing and making the team more frustrated with me. Shiro sighed. I never told him or the team (outside of Hunk) that I had adhd but I think after being with me a couple months in space on a floating castle ship everyone is at least speculating. “Fine, get back to back then we’re continuing alright?” Shiro said and I brightened up, I put my back against Keith’s making sure him and I are both perfectly flat footed.
“Hurry this up please” Keith huffed frustrated at us wasting time. Pidge and Hunk were suddenly intrigued in the argument Keith and I had to be pretty similar in height cause Pidge was squinting trying to see who was taller. “I’m telling you Hunk, it’s Keith.” He mentioned and Hunk shook his head. “No way! My buddy Lance is definitely taller” Hunk said I'm glad he had my side. Allura and Coran stepped in. “I believe it’s Keith?” Allura said looking at it the mice were now in her hair also looking and squeaking they were probably discussing their opinions in space mice.
“Lance appears to be taller,” Coran said going opposed to Allura.
“Come on, it should not be this hard to tell. Maybe we're just the same height?” Keith said frustrated with everyone staring at us. Shiro pushed down on our hair, flattening it. “I actually think Lance might be like….? A tiny bit taller not by a lot at all” he examined.
Eventually after a bit more back and forth we got Coran to use an altean machine to determine and sure enough here I was taller than Keith by the smallest bit. I took great pride in it all day. I had a massive smile on my face. When dinner came I made sure to greet Keith with “Hey short stuff” he just grumbled and cursed at me in some altean curse words Allura & Coran taught us. This continued for weeks and Keith’s argument stayed the same “why does it even matter you can’t even tell unless you use some dumbass space machine!!” He huffed. “Oh you can tell, plus I’ll probably keep growing and get taller then I’ll be like a head above you” I said in typically competitive fashion.
“You don’t know that though!” He argued back. “Just you watch.”