Why did Kuron never send a video back to Earth at least to Adam? Do you think that maybe Kuron was that in love with Keith that at that point, no one else mattered to him, but Keith? It would make sense since Adam was alive, yet Kuron never thought about sending a video to Earth addressing that he missed him. Keith has no one on Earth so he has an excuse, but what about Shiro? Does that also mean that Shiro's parents are dead as well?
Even without Keith, I just don’t think the motivation would be there though. The thing is, I don’t really know anyone who–if given the opportunity to send one message back to someone on Earth–would immediately jump at the opportunity to reach out to their ex. Particularly when this breakup doesn’t end amicably, “If you do this, I won’t be here waiting for you when you get back,” is just not a “let’s stay friends! See you at the launch!” type situation. It’s very different, and I think it’s perfectly understandable why Shiro wouldn’t immediately latch onto this opportunity to get a message back to his ex from a hurtful breakup over a year ago.
There’s a reason why Shiro doesn’t bring Adam up throughout the series, why he’s not reflected in the mind meld exercise, any of Shiro’s memories up until season 7, ect. Adam simply isn’t a part of his life anymore. And the fact that so much has happened to Shiro in the interim, that he’s drastically changed even more over time–that only furthers that distance. I think people mistake Shiro mourning Adam for Shiro still loving him in the same way. You can miss a person, mourn a person, and the relationship that you once had. But that does not mean you have a desire to reconnect, to put yourself in that vulnerable position where you could get hurt again, to go back to a relationship that simply wasn’t working.
If Shiro knew that tape would’ve been his last chance to say something to Adam, things might be different. But as things stood, the fact is, he had no pressing desire to see Adam, hear from Adam, or even take the chance for some closure. Things ended badly, and Adam was the one who severed the relationship. It’s understandable Shiro wouldn’t be eager to open that back up years later. Even when Shiro finally does think of Adam, it’s merely part of the backdrop for his memories of Keith–that’s the focus. And it’s not his actual relationship with Adam either, it’s the breakup we see specifically.
Adam resurfaces in his subconscious like a bad dream. Shiro doesn’t say Adam was the thought that saved him, he clearly articulates that was Keith. “I was dreaming. Keith…you saved me.” Keith, who was directly paralleled to Shiro’s ex in this scene–even down to the eerie echo of lines like, “but I won’t go through this again,” and “You can’t do this to me again.”
And you ultimately get this juxtaposition of Keith vowing to stay by his side while Adam turned to leave. That draws a pretty clear picture of Shiro’s most important relationship moving forward compared to the one that’s left firmly in the past.
The thing is, Shiro brought Keith to the Kerberos launch. Not Adam. And we don’t see his parents either. So I’ve honestly always taken that to mean that Keith and Shiro, at that time–they were honestly all each other had. I don’t think Shiro had any family or anyone else really in the picture. He decides to spend his last day on Earth with Keith in lieu of his family or Adam, and that alone speaks volumes. Shiro never really speaks up and voices what his plans are when he returns back to Earth either, even when everyone else excitedly chimes in about reuniting with their family. I honestly just think Keith and Shiro’s homes have always just been with each other.
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