Response Challenge: Family
Title: Mother
Words: 145
A/N: First in a series of two loosely connected drabbles
"Mommy?"
A tug on her skirt. She glanced over her shoulder to find a small boy looking up at her plaintively.
"Mommy?"
She leaned down, bringing her face level with his. "I'm sorry," she said gently, "I'm not her."
"Where's mommy?" he said, lower lip trembling, "I lost mommy!"
For a moment, she paused. Then she smiled and held out her hand. "Come on," she said, "I'm sure we can find her if we look."
Scrubbing at his eyes, the little boy nodded.
It was short work to find her, only three aisles over. "Thank you," she said after comforting the boy, "I'm glad he found someone who could handle a child. Do you have kids?"
She ducked her head. "No, I'm only nineteen."
"Well," she said, beaming, "I'm sure you'll make an excellent mother one day,"
Karasuma nodded, trying to hide her blush.