The planet was small, one of the smallest they had come across. They had only bothered to stop by it do to Coran saying that it, at least used to, hold high energy crystals. 

They could help with some experiments and tests Pidge needed to run. Plus it's always good to have some backups. 

It was quite cute; the grass was purple, of all colors, and the animals all seemed fuzzy and adorable. The sky was a pale yellow, the white sun peeking through cotton-candy-pink clouds. Lush, blue tress held fruit spotted hot pink and white. 

Pidge and Shiro were gathering samples of plants and things for the Green Paladin to analyze while Keith, Lance, and Hunk looked for the crystals. Allura was down on the surface too, Coran and her just enjoying the pretty planet.  

Hunk led them to a cave useing a scanner he and Pidge had made. The opening down into the ground showed that the rock was different shades of brown. Mocha, caramel, cinnamon, all swirled together like a coffee, the soft purple grass covering the overhang that jutted out. 

The only real life-forms they had come across were like weird versions of rabbits and cats. The cats had longer ears than on Earth, and has various bright colors of fur, but the weirdest thing was the tails. Spilt into two, swishing around with heart-shaped pads at the end. 

And generally, the rabbits were the same. They were slightly bigger than those on earth, their ears more pointed, and their tails were strange too. The tails were like cat tails, covered in fur and elegant. The tops of their ears, and the end of their tails, had heart shaped tips 

Lance was fawning over the creatures, Hunk wanted to join his bestie-but he also didn't know anything about the creatures and didn't want to risk them being harmful. Keith smacked Lance on the side of his head, dragging him away from a fairly small bunny and towards the cave. 

"We can look at the wild-life later, Lance. Right now, we need to focus." The Red Paladin of Voltron snapped, usual frown in place. 

Lance pouted, being dramatic and sighing. "Keith, you are a complete dud!" He flailed his arms, trying to break free and go see the cute creatures that seemed to gather at the entrance of the cave. 

The teammates were too busy arguing and bickering to notice the cats and rabbits in the grass, eyes beady and waiting, as they walked further into the cave.

Inside, the ground had a faint, warm glow that made the atmospheres pleasant and comfy. Keith finally let go of Lance's suit, the Blue Paladin glaring before stalking up to walk next to Hunk. The two friends chatted while walking down further into the planet's crust.  The water they had seen had matched the rest of the world, pale pink, and little streams flowed inside the cave, trickling from the walls. 

Keith scanned the area, on high alert, as always. He saw something move being a cluster of chocolate-colored rocks. His ears pricked up, and he debated telling the others. But, he let it slide, it didn't seem like the planet was dangerous. Coran's scans hadn't come up with anything. 

The Red Paladin's eyes drifted, watching anything and everything, until they landed on the back of certain brunette's head. Keith swallowed the lump in his throat, repeating in his mind that this wasn't the time to dwell on that. They had a lot on their plate as is, Keith did not need to add his emotional problems to that. 

Lance laughed, and Keith smiled softly from behind the friends. 

Well, it wasn't the time to dwell on it, but it sure was just a great opportunity to check out the way Lance's hips swished as he walked. 

Keith bit his bottom lip lightly, pupils dilating a bit and nostrils flaring ever-so-slightly. 

His mind was running, and he was so distracted it wasn't a surprise he was caught off-guard. Something tackled him, hard, to the cave floor. 

His grunt of surprise caught Lance's and Hunk's attention, both gasping as they turned to see Keith wrestling with monkey-type thing. Except it had a tail like a scorpion and was the color of a star-less sky. Lance ran back towards Keith, Hunk hot on his heels. 

Keith gripped the thing, its long arms were wrapped around his neck, and made to throw it away. Right before he broke its hold, the tail lashed out and stung his neck. The creature ran away, seeming to not have given up-but accomplished what it wanted to do. 

He laid on the ground, panting, as Lance kneeled next to him, cursing softly as he gazed down at Keith. "We've got to get him to Medbay, what the hell was that thing?" Lance hissed. 

Hunk kneeled and tilted Keith's head to look at the mark on Keith's neck, right above his collar bone. "I don't know Lance, contact the team, I'll carry him." Because Keith couldn't move. 

His brain felt like it had been pureed, scrambled, then shoved back in through his ears. Bright white lights flashed in his vision, goosebumps broke out all over his flesh, and pain flashed through his veins. 

Webbing through his blood, as if something was seeping into the very biology of him. Lightning, arching his back as he gasped. 

It wasn't unpleasant. 

That wasn't the problem. 

He wasn't in terrible pain, but his heartrate picked up and sweat broke out on his forehead. 

What was happening? 

Hunk carried the Red Paladin, running beside Lance who was talking to Allura and the others through his re-donned helmet. They had taken them off because the air was almost the same as Earth's.

They all converged in the Medbay, sitting Keith on a table. Allura and Coran rushed around, running tests and scanning him.

Keith had passed out, and that only made Lance go from worriedly biting his lips to pacing in the corner.

Allura blinked at a screen. Coran looked over, they exchanged a look, both swallowing.

This made Lance bristle. "What?" He asked, voice strained and eyes wide. "What's wrong?" 

Pidge and Shiro eyed him, both were stood out of the way of the Alteans, Shiro with his arms crossed, Pidge wringing her hands. Hunk was biting his nails, his eyes not leaving Keith on the table. 

Allura cleared her throat. "Um, good news, he isn't in any danger. The creature's sting didn't do any permeant damage. Um, but what it did do . . . is strange." She bit her lip then continued. "It seems to have released a chemical into his blood stream, and this chemical can have some weird side-effects. I have heard of creatures that can do this sort of thing, but they are very rare."

"What does that mean?" Lance snapped, losing patience as he watched Keith's chest rise and fall. 

"Keith has been stung by a creature that, essentially, makes its own love potion." Allura breathed. The team all made their confusion known on their faces. "Once he wakes up, he will lock onto someone, if he hasn't already while under, and . . . Until the sting wears off, be very . . . Attached to them." She winced, looking at her Paladin laying on the table. 

Shiro cleared his throat. "We could lock him in a cryro-pod until it leaves his system." 

Coran shook his head and sighed. "I'm afraid not my dear boy, the sting has to work itself off, if we leave him in a pod, it will only happen when we take him out." 

"Looks like one of us is going to have to put up with a pet for a while." Pidge mocked, pushing up her glasses and rolling her eyes. "Nice going Keith." 

"You aren't far off Pidge." Allura chuckled. "Depending on the person, this can go different ways. I've heard stories of people fawning over the one they chose, bending to their every will and doing anything to please them. I've heard ones where the person stung only hovers, is completely content just to be near the object of their affections." She had been smiling but as she was about to continue she broke off, face growing red. "Then again . . . " 

"What?" Hunk looked concerned. 

"I've heard ones where the um . . . victim of the creature became very . . . agitated." Her face was cherry pink, Pidge blinked then started roaring with laughter. 

"You mean," She laughed, one hand on her knee, the other partly over her mouth. "There is a possibility, that Keith is going to wake up and be horny as fuck?" 

Shiro stared at the Green Paladin, shocked, glanced to Keith, then went bright red. Right before he broke down and laughed too. 

"In phrasing that I wouldn't use," Allura pouted. "yes." 

Lance went red too, holding one hand to his mouth and the other to his elbow. "So we can only wait? What if we just . . . all leave?" 

Coran sighed, "It won't make a difference, he'll just look for us. The moment he choses someone that sting is going to take over. He might have already chosen, we can't tell until he wakes up." 

"When, exactly, will that be?" Shiro asked, calming himself down a bit, Pidge was still chuckling though. 

"Soon." The Alteans answered, locking their eyes to the Red Paladin's sleeping form. 

Soon, apparently, meant only a few minutes of chatting amongst the team. 

Keith groaned, starting to sit up, one hand going to grasp the side of his head, black hair filtering through his fingers. His amour clanked together as he sat up and blink blearily. He seemed dazed, crossing his legs crisscross-applesauce style, and rubbing at his eyes. 

No one moved, afraid to bring attention to themselves. 

Keith frowned as he looked around, eyes skimming past Shiro where he stood next to Allura. Pidge tensed as those purple eyes flitted to her for a moment, sighing when they left her blonde hair to see Hunk in the corner. But Keith just frowned further as he saw Coran beside some computers. 

He stood up and stretched, yawning. He was still drowsy, as if in a trance. His dark eyes scanned the room again, as he spun around. He stumbled a bit towards the door, everyone watching him as if he was a ticking time-bomb. 

Lance was leaning against a pillar next to the door, off to the right. He was tense as Keith passed him, almost through the door. Then Keith's back when ridged. 

Pidge winced, watching the boy cock his head to the side. 

Faster than anyone could think a sleepy Keith could be, he launched himself away from the door. His arms wrapped around one of the Paladins, his face burying in their chest. 

Laughing broke out, the loudest being Pidge as she pointed and cackled. Shiro tried to hide his smile behind his hand, face scrunched up. Allura just blinked, mouth open. Coran chuckled while twirling his mustache. Hunk laughed into his hands. 

Lance . . . Lance was bright as a cherry, hands up in the air, as Keith clung to him. The shorter boy was the perfect height to rest his head on Lance's chest. "G-Guys! Not funny!" He stuttered. "A little help here!" 

Allura chuckled softly. "Lance we can't. There is literally nothing we can do, unless we lock him up in a cell." 

Keith didn't move only tightening his grip on Lance's waist. 

"Keith!" Lance protested. "Stop." He tried to peal him off. Keith looked up at him, big purple eyes playful as he grinned. 

"Why? You're warm." Keith made his point by brushing his thumb under the edge of Lance's armor plate, against the black suit underneath. Lance blushed even brighter, trying to shove at Keith's hands. "Come on Lance," Keith teased, gripping Lance's waist a bit tighter. "you know I'm stronger than you." His breath tickled the shell of Lance's ear as he whispered the words.

Keith had moved to have one hand holding the back of Lance's neck, leaning up on his tip-toes, and brushing his right cheek to Lance's. 

The words sent a shiver down Lance's spine, one he fought back, but Keith had felt it anyways. 

"Wait." Pidge was still laughing, rubbing at her eyes as she bent over her own knees and gripped her stomach. "What did Keith say?" 

Lance went bright red again, still trying to shove Keith off. 

"Nothing." Keith chirped back to the Green Paladin, grinning and sending her a wink. 

"Oh. My. God!" Pidge erupted again, Shiro joining her as he clutched a hand over his mouth. "Keith managed to be one of those! Oh, my god! I can get so, so, so much blackmail out of this." 

Allura swallowed her laugh and made a stern face at Pidge. Space Mom Mode Activated. 

"You shall do no such thing." The Princess stated, a hand resting on her midriff. Pidge frowned, still lightly chuckling. "You are all dismissed. We will not be bothering going back to that planet, who knows what else lurks in those caves." Her tone was light, playful even as she watched Keith grinning up at Lance. 

The Blue Paladin managed to get Keith off him, only because the Red Paladin wanted to know where Lance would go if he did. When Lance bolted down the hall Keith chuckled before sauntering after him. 

Shiro shook his head, "This is going to be a mess. Especially since it's those two." Hunk nodded, sighing.

Pidge chuckled again "Hey at least now, maybe all that sexual tension will leave." She squawked as Hunk shoved her in the shoulder. "I only said what we were all thinking. Those two pinning after each other is gross." 

Hunk frowned. "Yeah it is, but it's not our place to interfere. This is going to be hard on Lance, so back off a little with him." Pidge rolled her eyes, but nodded anyways. Shiro clapped the Green and Yellow Paladins on their shoulders then they all walked off to wherever they wanted to hang out. 

Allura glanced over at Coran. They hadn't told the others one thing. One thing they agreed to keep to themselves, unless the knowledge needed to be shared. 

The chemical didn't make someone more or less in-love with someone. That's why responses to it varied from person to person and to whomever they chose to attack to. All it did was make you act. 

Allura glanced down to the floor. 

Poor Keith and Lance.