Since I was the celebrated Chinese New Year (grammar on fleek, I know, I know), I will be doing a paladins oneshot... 'Cuz dem holidays all about that gathering with friends and family shiz.

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I swirled around in my traditional Chinese red dress, flowers and gold lining decorating the silk. I laughed and ran down the hallways.

"Guys! Guys! It's Chinese New Year!" I yelled, knocking on everyone's doors enthusiastically. They all got out of their rooms, groaning and rubbing their body parts.

"Anata ni shiawasena Chūgoku no shin'nen..." Shiro groaned, patting my head.

"Dangsin-ege haengboghan jung-gug saehae..." Keith yawned, stretching and rubbing his eyes, burying his face in the crook of my neck.

"Buon anno cinese a te..." Pidge said tiredly, patting my cheek.

"Feliz año nuevo chino para ti!" Lance exclaimed, refreshed after taking off his face mask.

"What the quiznack is Chinese New Year?" Allura and Coran asked, looking at me with confusion. I was about to explain with vigor when I felt something fall on top of me.

"Fiafia tausaga fou chinese tausaga ia te oe," Hunk grunted, still half-asleep. I yelped.

"Help me! I'm getting turned into a pancake!" I screeched, twisting my body under the big man. Hunk suddenly stirred up.

"Pancakes?!" he said, brightening up, "Where are the pancakes?" I giggled and gave my boyfriend a kiss on the cheek.

"No pancakes, Hunk," I chided, "I made some dishes for you guys to try!" He groaned, but smiled.

"Let's get ready first, then we'll try it, okay?" Shiro said, kissing my head.

"Yes dad," I said, teasingly.

(Timeskip)

All the paladins, plus Allura and Coran were seated near the table.

"Dig in, you guys!" I said, bringing the food to the table. They looked at the food and tried it.

"It's pretty good!" Hunk said, biting into a fried dough stick, "Thanks!"

"Yeah, the porridge is really good with the pork sung too."

"Mmm, I've never tried Dim Sung before, but I like it."

"Oh, this green onion pancake is pretty good as well." I smiled.

"I'm glad you guys like it." I sat down next to Hunk, who was getting second servings already. I giggled while I chatted with my friends.

(Timeskip)

I handed out small red packets to everyone.

"Hey! I got some money in here!" Lance said, taking out $20.

"Yeah. In China, we have this tradition where your grandparents would give the children money in red packets, if they were good in the new year," I explained, "The saying goes: 'Gong Xi Fa Cai.' It means have a Happy New Year."

"So... Were we supposed to say it before you gave us it?" Pidge asked, looking at me. I nodded slowly.

"Well, Gong Xi Fa Cai!" everyone said, smiling at me. I laughed, smiling back.

(Timeskip)

"Alright, everyone! Dinner time!" I called out to the paladins. They gathered around the table, eager to see what they were going to eat.

"So, there are some... Chinese superstitions we have to fill tonight. After you eat, we have to go outside, and break a plate. This signifies luck all year round. And the catch for the rest of the month is that you can't cut your hair, or buy new shoes in the month of March, since in Chinese, the pronunciation of shoes means bad luck, and cutting your hair means you'll have less money."

Everyone nodded, giving me a thumbs-up.

"Well, you guys can eat now, but make sure not to drip onto the table, or else you won't have any good luck this year," I chided, rushing off to their rooms. While they ate, I hung up red paper on their doors. This symbolized protection from 'spirits.' In an old Chinese legend, there was this monster that roamed around every night on Chinese New Year.

It devoured children's dreams and left them scared, and frightened. The village people learned that it was afraid of the color red, and light. So every night of that day, they would put on a spectacular show of fireworks, dragons, and dancing. On that day, they also painted their door frames a blood red, to scare away the monster.

I smiled at my work, upside-down Chinese characters hanging from their doors, to bring them luck and wealth in their coming days. I hoped they would like it, and remember this as the best Chinese New Year they've had.