A/N: Keith was injured during a battle and once he woke up he had no memories of being in space or who Shiro and the others are.
*TW-Trigger Warning: Contains panic attacks and self harm*

Once his eyes focused he looked over to where the person stood, he had no idea who he was and Keith pulled his knees up to his chest as his right hand slid under his blankets and to his pillow where his blade was at. He could see the person speaking to him but what caught him off guard was the person moving towards him as if he knew him. It wasn't in a harsh rush towards him that would cause him pain but in a way where he wanted him to settle down and relax. But Keith didn't know who this person was. They had black and white hair with a metal arm that looked liked it could take nothing to squeeze Keith's throat and kill him. Keith's panic attack only got that much worst along with his fear.

As the person got closer, Keith yanked his blade out and pointed it at the figure.

"I don't know who the hell you are but stay away from me!" yelled Keith.

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"Keith? It's me. It's..." said Shiro as he took a small step forward towards his brother who was having a hard time breathing due to him panicking.

"No! Stop right there!" yelled Keith as he pushed himself up to where he was sitting on his heels, looking ready to attack at any given moment.

"Hey...it's okay. Just bre-" but before Shiro could say anything more, the door to the room swooshed open revealing Lance and Hunk.

"We heard yelling, what's going on?" asked Lance but the froze when he saw Keith the way he was. As soon as Keith's eyes landed on the new comers his blade went into their direction but he kept Shiro in the corner of his eye because he didn't trust him.

"Shiro?" questioned Hunk and Shiro pushed his hand back, signalling to them to move back out of the room but as soon as Shiro moved, Keith jumped up onto his feet.

"Who Are You!?! Where Am I-I?!?" Keith yelled through his raspy breathing. He took a move to get off of the bed but then he winced in pain and dropped to his knees. Shiro without thinking of the current situation, only seeing his baby brother in pain moved forward quickly to help Keith out.

As soon as Shiro's hand was upon Keith's shoulder, Keith twisted his blade outwards and left a small cut on Shiro's forearm. Shiro pulled back in a moment of shock.

"Who...who are y-you?" whispered Keith right before his eyes rolled back into his head. His body fell forwards but before it could fall off the edge of the bed, Shiro caught him. He looked down at Keith and felt a similar pain flare up in his heart, for this whole scene has happened before.

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Shiro slowly walked over towards the couch, tuning out his father's voice on the phone or his mother moving about the house. He walked over and knelt down before the little boy.

Shiro had seen him many times and every time he tried to talk or interact with the kid, he would either be yelled at and pulled back into the house or he would sadly shake his head no for he knew he wasn't allowed. When he shook his head 'no' there was a begging looking within his violet eyes, as if he was asking Shiro, a stranger to please stay there so he wouldn't be punished once again. After Shiro saw Keith get beaten up for even saying hi to him one day, Shiro did his best to sneak and try to help the boy but nothing worked.

Shiro knelt down with he saw the kid's eyes slowly flickering. Once they were open and focused, the small boy moved quickly to the corner of the couch, pulling his shaking knees up to his chest.

"Please..." whispered the small boy before Shiro.

"Hey it's okay. I-" Shiro began but was quickly cut off.

"Where am I? Who...I...I have to go back!" said the boy as he breathing began to pick up. "I-I...I need..."

Shiro slowly moved forward to sit on the couch but that was a big mistake. The boy jumped off the couch so quickly, Shiro could hear him wince in pain as he did it.

"Please...please don't hurt me!" cried the boy as he curled up on the ground with tears shining in his eyes. Shiro looked up and saw his mother standing there with tears of her own held in her gray eyes. Shiro slowly got up off the couch which caused Keith to move back in fear.

"It's Keith right? I'm Shiro, I live next door to you" said Shiro in hopes that would calm down the boy. Keith shook his head quickly as he pushed himself onto his feet.

"I-I...I can't be here. They'll be..." began Keith.

"It's fairly alright sweetie" said Shiro's mother as she took a step closer towards Keith, he flinched at the movement. Shiro held a hand out towards him in hopes to show that he meant no harm to him but Keith slapped his hand away for he knew nothing about trust.

"I have t-to go now..." said Keith as he took a step forwards to leave, he yelled in pain and his small, weak body came crashing down to the floor before anyone could help.

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"Shiro?" questioned Lance, for Shiro was just standing there holding a passed out Keith in his arms as memories flowed over his mind. Shiro turned around quickly to face them.

"Find Allura and Coran and get them to meet us in the med bay" Shiro said, sending both Hunk and Lance away for help.

Shiro adjusted Keith within his arms and carried him quickly down the hall, for they needed to find out what was going on with Keith, his baby brother, right now before things could get any worst.

He quickly made it to the med bay and it was all quite and empty. Shiro gently laid Keith down upon the small cot and brushed his bangs out of his eyes.

"It's going to be okay Keith, I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere" said Shiro just as the doors to the room swooshed open and everyone in the castle came flooding in.

So many questions were filling the air, both Coran and Pidge were fussing over the pods, trying to get it all set up and ready but Shiro was tuning it all out as his full attention was upon the small boy on the cot, the same one who changed his life forever. Shiro ran his fingers through Keith's hair for he knew how much he loved it and how it made Keith feel safe, he just hoped that somehow Keith could feel him there with him now, feel his concern and love and just know that he was safe.

"We need to get him into the pod as quickly as possibly" said Coran as he handed Shiro the pod suit. Shiro glanced down at the suit for a moment, not even focused on the fact that Coran was removing Keith's jacket until it was too late.

"No wait!" yelled Shiro but it was far too late, Keith's hidden secret was just revealed to them all.

"Shiro is that...?" whispered Hunk as his hand covered his mouth. Shiro heard Pidge gasp and wrapped her arms around herself. Lance slowly reached out and let his finger tips barely touch Keith's wrist.

"What are those?" asked Allura but they didn't have time to explain to her. Shiro pushed everyone away so he could get Keith into the pod suit himself. Once Keith was dressed, Shiro gently carried his brother over to the pod and placed him inside. Fog began to fill the pod and an icy chill covered the glass of it.

Shiro placed his human hand upon the glass as he knew the conversation that was about to be had. He sighed and closed his eyes, this was something he wasn't looking forward to but knew it had to be addressed for Keith to get better and remember, they must first cover and face that his past really happened.

For no matter how hard you tried to hide the past, it still stayed with you in your present and followed you into your future.