"Trouble In Paradise"
Lotor, a slim dark-skinned guy with white silver hair, walks up to his apartment door with a key in one hand. He just came back from working as a emergency physician in the E.R. Lotor unlocks the door and walks in the apartment complex.
As soon as you walk in, there is a living room where you can watch T.V at. The kitchen and the living room is a shared space so, the fridge, stove, and counter is in the corner of the room. Beyond that, is a small hallway that leads to two bedrooms and one bathroom.
In the living room, Allura, Lotor's girlfriend is spotted watching T.V and eating microwaved popcorn. "I didn't expect you to be in here lovely." Lotor said making Allura to turn off the T.V to engage in conversation. "Oh yeah, I decided to take a day off." Allura works as a pharmacist in a place called the GSC (Garrison's Service Center) named after the city. It's a job Allura had for a while, now working there for a couple of years after her major break-up with her ex.
"Coran is not here?" Lotor asks. "No, he finally got accepted in for a job." Allura says excitedly. Coran is her uncle that served his sentence for 12 years for illegal distribution of artificial money. He finally got out, but looking for a job was hard because his records follow him around constantly. "What's his job?" Lotor questions. "He just works at a grocery store nearby here." Allura says.
Lotor sits down next to Allura and takes her hand, "Since it's just us two, let's try again." Without responding, Allura looks away in doubt. "Allura...please. I really do love you and I really want to start a family with you." Lotor tells her, "What do I have to do? Take you out? Buy you flowers? Put a ring on it?" Allura snatches her hands away from Lotor, "Please stop Lotor! I'm just not ready for a kid." "What is the problem 'Llura? You never tell me why you dont want a kid or start a family." Allura gets up and heads to the front door, "I need some fresh air first."
Since her apartment floor is the third to last top floor, Allura heads upstairs to the rooftop.
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When Allura gets there, she takes small and slow steps forward near the railings. "A kid...I just can't have anymore kids. Especially after the last one.." Allura reaches in her pocket to take out a heart-shaped locket. She cracks it open to reveal the picture inside. 16 years ago in October when she was 18 and her ex was 20, a baby was born. Allura gently takes out the picture of the baby and she frowns. "I miss you so much Keith...why did he have to take you away from me? You probably don't remember your own mother..." Allura flips the picture on the back to look at the small handwriting on it.
"Keith Shirogane-Alfor 2002 9lbs."
Allura puts the picture back in the locket and closes it. Allura leans against the railing with her arms out resting on the outside of it. In her hands was the locket with the picture inside. Carelessly thinking, the metal slips out her hands and plummets down. Allura immediately looks down in shock realizing her locket is gone. "NO!" She yells as tears enters her eyes. She drops down to her knees bawling her eyes out, "It was...the last piece of you I ever had..."
With tears still pouring out her eyes, Allura forces herself up and goes back inside. She runs down the stairs to the lobby. Then, Allura rushes outside to where she thought where the locket dropped.
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After a half of an hour of searching, Allura gives up looking for it. "I just realized...how much I need to see my son again." Allura goes in her pocket to take out her phone to dial her ex boyfriend Takashi Shirogane.
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