"Loneliness, Part 1"
Disclaimer: Not mine, this beautiful world of Tales of Symphonia. No profit made by this collection of drabbles neither.
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No matter where she went, there were people all around her. They smiled and laughed, bowed and curtsied, ascribing all the proper respect for her station. After all, she was the chief of her people and a hero besides.
So they lauded her while she walked among them. And if she still fell occasionally into a convenient hole while on a mission, her companions shrugged it off as just a coincidence. It could happen to anyone, they would say.
Still, they'd never really forgiven her for that single night, three years ago. One night. That's all they'd had.
He'd promised to find a way back. But it had been three years.
She looked down sadly at the slumbering form of her child, running a gentle hand through the toddler's dark hair. Even with the gift of that night and the friends who still remained, she had to admit that she missed him.
It was lonely without him here.
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AN: Drabbles, Tales of Symphonia style. Or something. I'd like to get back to writing in this fandom, but tiny obstacles (like not having the ability to play the game - it left with my brother and his gamecube) have gotten in the way. So I thought, 'Why not drabble?', and you have the result here.
Also, I'm pulling my inspiration for these from related ideas that I've had for my already written ToS fics, just to be clear. Most should relate to 'Hidden Hearts', but a few may also take views from my other tales.
Read it and let me know what you think. ^-^