Way at the beginning of season 1, before the bonding moment, it was confirmed by the space mice that Lance had a secret, though it was never verbally stated. My friend, @bleulily, made a comment about how she wanted to know what the space mice found out about Lance when they were gossiping with Allura. I was curious, too, and re-watched the scene. I think I’ve figured it out.
So, the scene starts shortly after Hunk and Keith are messing around with the drinks and snacks. The mice show up, and Allura confesses to them that she’s not sure that any of the have what it takes to be paladins. She asks them to keep it a secret then gets curious, asking “Who else has secrets?”
For reference, before the mice begin pantomiming they look like this:
The mice decide to start with Hunk’s secret, using Platt as a stand-in for Hunk so that they can mime the secret to Allura, and us the audience since we can’t read their minds like she can. To which Allura replies “Hunk tried to eat what? That is rather amusing.” Suggesting that it’s a secret because Hunk tried to eat something that he would be embarrassed to admit that he did.
Allura asks the mice for more secrets, and they deliver by moving onto Lance. To share Lance’s secret, Chulatt hops onto Plachu and begins twirling his tail around, pretending to fire it like a gun then gives Allura a flirty look. To which Allura replies “That seems like Lance.” Except neither of those are secrets. She knows that Lance can fire a blaster and likes to flirt. That’s when you look a Plachu and realize that he’s also in a stance.
One might assume that he’s upset because Chulatt suddenly jumped on him, but Plachu seemed fine using Platt to mime his bit. On top of that, it’s been shown that the mice are extremely comfortable standing on each other.
Chulatt could also be standing on Plachu to imitate Lance’s height, but he remains on Plachu when he does the reveal that Pidge is a girl to Allura, who is the shortest one among them. I’d, also, like to note in the following picture that Plachu seems more relaxed than when Chulatt was miming Lance’s secret, not nearly as grouchy.
So then why did Chulatt decide that he needed to hop onto Plachu in order to get his point across about Lance’s secret? Well, look at the above picture of the mice again and then look at this.
Plachu is holding himself and mimicking how everyone perceives Keith to be, as grouchy, especially when around Lance. Of course, that’s not a secret either. It’s been made clear to everyone that Lance and Keith don’t get along, and Chulatt wouldn’t need to be on top of Plachu to show that Lance is getting on Keith’s nerves. They could have taken a stance like this instead:
Instead, it looks like Chulatt is literally crushing Plachu. Also, right now, all Allura knows about Lance is that he’s flirty and slightly immature. It could sound like him to secretly have a crush on Keith and annoys him because he likes him, which to Allura, would sound like Lance and would be a secret that Lance wouldn’t want spread around.
Also, the mice that they picked to play Keith and Lance have the red and blue color scheme:
Much like a different pair we know:
So, in conclusion, Lance’s secret, the one that the mice revealed to Allura, is that he likes Keith but isn’t emotionally ready to do anything about it.
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