Sorry for the wait! Sorry, Gomen ne, Lo siento, Förlåt. It won't happen again!...I think.
In any case, I present you the second chapter of Colloyd Collection! Seems like some of you like this story.
Colette: Yay! Another chapter!
You're sure happy...anyway, I'll be a faithful writer and answer your reviews now. Let's see...
AnryMia24: Well, I'm glad you like this story. This story is gonna be much more nicer and heart-warming, but i can gurantee at least one chappie will be sad. But it'll mostly be the fluffy stuff you seem to like. :D
comicshop199: Thanks for liking and reading this story, dear friend. I hope you recover from your accident with that chapter, and that you contiune writing. Don't give up!
Mira Moonshine: Ahh, tenses. They're hard...for me, that is. I'm pretty good at everything else expect grammar, so you'll might have to bear with a few faults. No one's perfect. Thanks for the pointers, and I'll try to be on the lookout for that in the future.
Shiary: ^_^Kawaii! Happy you like it!
Colette: Well, let's start the chapter.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own ToS, or anything that may be included in this story. Thank you.
Time: A few years after the first chapter.
Other couples: None, unless you consider GenisxFireball.
Colette yawned as she got up from her desk. It was a long time since she felt this tired, and the reason was mainly school. Now that she was starting middle school, the subject increased and the amount of homework and requirements did too. With a tired glance, she looked over the person in the back, standing with a set of water buckets in each hand. Of course it was Lloyd. The reason for him standing there can be easily explained: He forgot to do his homework. And not only that, that was a homework for missing a homework. Raine didn't take that easily. The blondine looked at Lloyd dreamily. She was fascinated by his attitude, how he always was ready to help for someone in need, no matter what their problem. Lloyd was such a guy you could just go and talk to if you had any problems. Colette silently wished that she had the courage to do something like that. Of course, it wasn't all about courage. The other kids weren't really bullying her anymore, but they were a little….careful around her. Colette understood it was because she was the Chosen. The mysterious Chosen, who were to save the world from decline. The world's savior in dark times. But Colette didn't feel like a savior at all.
No, if she knew someone who was a savior, it was Lloyd. Lloyd was always there, Lloyd would help everyone. He might just be a teenage boy with Utopian ideas, but Colette knew that he would be perfect for the role as a Chosen. The people would love him. He's sure on himself, he's strong, and incredibly kind. Exactly what the people want the Chosen to be. And they got stuck with an oblivious blondine who was neither strong nor sure on herself. That she was envied for her beautiful blonde hair or that Lloyd was pretty stupid at school, was two facts that Colette either haven't noticed or totally ignored. Nevertheless, Colette continued to think about the responsibility she has as a Chosen. And when she combined the two words responsibility and Chosen, there could be only one result.
And that result was the very reason why she deeply wished that Lloyd never would be the Chosen.
She wanted Lloyd to live on. She really wanted that. She couldn't imagine a world without Lloyd. It was like imagining that the sun never rose or that there were only bell peppers as food…She couldn't stand that. If he dies, who will cheer everyone up and help them? Colette couldn't find anyone. Of course, maybe their new friend Genis could…She looked over to the white elf's desk. She smiled. Genis is, like Lloyd, an invaluable friend. He was smart, and he was the professor's sibling. Both of them had helped her. With school, homework, duties and most important; just being her friend. And then Lloyd. She really liked Lloyd. A bright blush spread across her face as she realized what she just thought. She nervously looked around to see if anyone heard that, until she realized she hadn't said anything, and she calmed down. However, a certain someone noticed.
"What are you doing, Colette?" Colette turned around to the source of the sound, which was the very man in her thoughts.
"A-ah, nothing." Her blush become even deeper, and she prayed to Martel that Lloyd wouldn't notice.
Lloyd frowned. "Sure? You're pretty red in your face. Is the questions too difficult?"
"Ah, y-yes! Very difficult." She could in the corner of her eye see Genis staring down at his bench, trying to not laugh. She nervously looked down to hide her red face. We got a question sheet? When did we get that….? She then realized that she must have wandered too much in her thoughts, and didn't see when Raine handed out the papers. Luckily for her, the time limit for answering was quite big, and she got to answer all the questions. Her face color had now returned to normal as she handed the paper to a suspicious Raine. Sighing, she exited the classroom to meet her friends outside. A yawn slipped out from her mouth as she left the building. She smiled as she saw her two best friends waiting for her. She quickly took some fast steps and was soon right next to them.
"Hi Colette!" the brown-haired teenager greeted her. The smaller white-haired elf nodded. Colette smiled "So, how are you feeling? You looked kinda strange in class…"
Colette blushed. "I-I didn't! Besides, you're one to talk! Raine seemed pretty mad at you for skipping homework…" Genis chuckled, and gave Lloyd a told-ya-you-would-get-in-trouble glare.
Ignoring the younger one's glare, Lloyd looked down a little. "Well…yeah, she was. But it's okay. I'd rather do that picnic we had again than get all Raine's wrath over me for the next thousand years." Lloyd smiled.
Genis started walking. "Come on then, lovebirds! We can't stand here all day, can we? Today's the last day of the year, so we better get ready for tonight!" he shouted to the teenagers.
Lloyd frowned. "Lovebirds? I've never heard of that race before…Colette do you kno-" he started, but then noticed Colette had started running towards Genis. Lloyd, utterly confused, started trying to catch up with a chuckling Genis and an embarrassed Colette who kept looking away and refusing to answer.
"Happy new year! Fireball!" The little mage's shout could be heard some distance, but as no one lived close to Dirk, it didn't matter. The fireball flew up in the air, and sparkled delightedly as it then vanished further up.
"Hoy! Be patient 'lad, midnight's not yet, you see. An hour to go-then ya can spit out so much fire you want." a groovy voice said from he inside of the house. The three friends at the balcony replied, and then they continued to talk. They had gone to Dirk's to see the magical things called "fireworks" that some mercenary group promised to shoot up near Iselia. To avoid the huge crowd that was inevitably going to show up at such an event, they decided it would be better to spend the night at Dirk's house. Colette still felt very tired, and it wasn't so strange, as the clock was ticking on towards 24:00. She looked to her right, where Lloyd furiously talked with Genis about something. Judging by the look on their faces, it looked like Genis was taunting Lloyd again. Colette smiled. These two were always like that. She could easily see that they were really close friend...maybe closer than she and Lloyd. Maybe. Colette somehow hoped not. As a girl, she felt it was considered strange to hang out with guys...but she didn't care. She wanted to be with Lloyd and Genis.
"I can't wait for the new year!" Lloyd exclaimed. "It's gonna be so great!"
Genis rolled his eyes. "You said the same thing last year. And so early as the second day of the year, you complained about how boring it was."
"Yeah, but that was when I was little!" Lloyd objected. Genis just answered with giving him an 'you're still little' look. Lloyd choose to ignore this. He suddenly stood up instead, and went into the house. His two friends looked confused after him. Soon he came back with three chairs, and after some minor problems (like Lloyd dropping one chair on his feet), the trio sat happily on the chairs. "Well I've to admit, you do have some bright moments sometimes." Genis sighed.
"Thanks so much for the chairs Lloyd! My feet were hurting after walking and standing for so long." Colette beamed.
"It's just what friends do, right? Besides, I was pretty tired of standing." Lloyd replied with a smile on his face. Colette smiled back. She then yawned, as she was still very tired. Lloyd seemed to notice this, as he asked: "Are you tired? You can rest on my lap if you want to." Colette's face immediately took a very red color. Rest on Lloyd's lap? She felt her face getting hotter just thinking the thought, but in the end, her tiredness won. She gently placed her head on the brown-haired boy's warm lap. Colette could feel the comforting warmth of Lloyd's body as she made herself comfortable. Ah...how nice. She then closed her eyes to take a rest. A short rest.
Soon, the clock announced that a new year had begun, and the little mage could now happily scream out "Fireball!" as he saw the first fireworks being shoot up in the distance. "Lloyd! They're shooting the fireworks!" the white-haired boy exclaimed. An excited Lloyd looked up to see exploding sparkles all over the sky. It was really beautiful, and it created a nice , magic atmosphere.
"Hey Colette, look! Aren't the fireworks pretty?" As he heard no response, he looked down ta her. "Hey Colette the firewor-" he stopped as he realized she couldn't hear him. Because on his lap was the petite Chosen, snoring heavily on his lap. After a few half-hearted attempts on waking her up, Lloyd gave up as she was wandering in her dream world. Instead, he patted her head gently, while looking at the show above them. He smiled as he looked down, and saw Colette's innocent sleeping face. He haven't seen her sleep often. He lowered his head down to her ear, and gently whispered so to not wake her up:
"Happy new year, Colette."
Yay for belated new Year's fics! But actually, because of how the planet and time changes when time passes, including that this is in an alternative universe, the actual day for ToS's new year's eve is...today! So I'm not late at all!^_^
Colette: You're just making that up...
As cheery as ever.
Colette: But thanks for making such a sweet chapter...just one question...
What?
Colette:...Why didn't I get to see the pretty fireworks?
Because you were busy sleeping on Lloyd.
Colette: *sigh* Well, please review!
Next chapter may come out...I dunno. When it does come out I guess. See you then! Bye!