Disclaimer Thing : Again... Me not own ToS. Though I do have a copy that I sleep with like a teddy.

And remember! SPOILEEEEERS!

This is my first fanfic… o.o; It randomly popped into my head while my dad was driving me around for like 3 hours! Its probably really bad, since I haven't written anything in like a year. So any pointers would be much loved.

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His fingers lingered a moment before gripping the door handle and opening the door. A huge grin grew on his face. "Hey guys!" He exclaimed, then quickly added, "Its me – Lloyd! Come on in!"

Both Regal and Presea, after starring for a while, nodded and smiled, and followed Lloyd in. "Its nice to see you, Lloyd." Presea said, smiling slightly. "You've changed, also, I see." She stated.

"Yes, greatly." nodded Regal in agreement. After a moment of awkward silence, Regal began to walk past Lloyd and Presea. "It'll be nice to see everyone after these long years." He smiled, then patted Lloyd on one shoulder before turning to Colette, Raine and Genis, who greeted him merrily.

Regal was still as muscular as ever, and seemed a lot more inviting with his cuffs removed. He wore pressed pants, black shoes, a white under-shirt and something that somewhat resembled Zelos' overcoat. Only fancier and with cuffed, long sleeves, reached closer to his neck, and didn't have anything except a few buttons, which he didn't use, to keep it together, and was of a darker green color than his pants. His hair was much the same, only much more groomed.

Lloyd turned to Presea and smiled. "Wow…" he stated, looking at her, "Its been so long, how have you been?"

Presea tilted her head and gave a weak smile, swinging her clasped hands slowly from side to side. "I've been well…" she replied, "How have you, and Colette, been?" Lloyd gave a slight grin, thinking on how much fun it'll be to introduce her to Genis. She had matured a little, and grown a little taller than Genis. She wore what seemed like just a new version of her old clothing to fit her body better. Her gloves were somewhat like Zelos', only with dark purple instead of pink. The metal-tipped shoes she had before were now replaced by shoes that were somewhat normal, besides the dark purple color. Her hair was exactly the same, but what caught Lloyd most by surprise was her eyes – which were so full of life and emotion that it made Lloyd smile more than he thought he could have.

"We've been well," he responded finally, "I'm sure Colette will be very glad to see you." He nodded. And after him and Presea had exchanged compliments with each other, they both walked over to the rest.

Not knowing really what to say to Regal, he decided to just sit out of the deep conversation he was in with Raine and the others, even though Colette seemed a little left behind, and sit with his son who he'd found climbing on the back of the sofa. Lloyd gently picked him up and placed him on his lap, smiling. He glanced out the window just in time to see Sheena walk up to the door. "Sorry, man." He grinned at Nikhil and left him again to answer the door.

He opened the door without hesitation, and looked face to face with a seemingly happy Sheena. "um… Hey, Lloyd!" She said, and smiled after glancing him over.

"Hey!" Lloyd replied grinning. "Come on in." He led her to where the others were - meanwhile Genis sat quite straight, nervously trying to make conversation with Presea. And Presea, who now seemed to understand why Genis always acted that way, was sitting straight also … her cheeks blushing slightly as they both looked around.

Sheena and Lloyd stood in-between the sofa and the open part of the room, where Regal, Raine and Colette were standing, talking about something apparently funny. Lloyd scratched the back of his head… again, what to say? Thankfully Sheena began, "You look nice." She said. "Kinda miss the red though." She added, grinning.

Lloyd looked at her, "Soo… its not a bad thing?" he asked, wanting to be reassured.

"N-no." she said, shaking her head quickly.

"Oh – good," he grinned, "From all the looks I've been getting I was starting to think I looked ugly or something." He smiled.

Sheena laughed, "No, your quiet the opposite" she stated. Soon she began to blush realizing what she said.

"Gee, Thanks!" He grinned. Sheena hurriedly joined in Colette, Raine, and Regal's conversation. "Oops.." he said, worriedly, under his breath. He'd forgotten to compliment her. But 'O well!' he thought and returned to his son who was standing as tall as he could on the sofa, messing with his hands and fingers, making shadowy shapes on the wooden floor.

Sitting on the sofa, Lloyd seemingly had the time of his life making shadow puppets with his son for about an hour, when finally the sun had positioned itself just above the window, making shadow puppets almost impossible to do. He laid back, resting an arm over the back of the couch and rested his face in the crevice of his elbow. Blinking slowly he wondered where Kratos was. Zelos, as he expected, would come much later, due to one thing or another. But Kratos? Lloyd had expected him to be in on time… maybe he was finally relaxing and taking his time? Lloyd smirked. His own son climbed on top of his legs and had begun buckling and unbuckling his father's boots. When he did this the first few times it had greatly irritated Lloyd, but now it was but a background noise - such as the chattering of his friends in the kitchen, debating what Regal and Genis should cook for dinner. Hair fell in front of his right eye again and he blew it away but to no avail.

Lloyd then noticed something in the distance coming over the slight hill to his house. At first it was just a smear of red and blue but soon became blurry figures of Kratos and oddly enough, Lloyd thought, Yuan. Following them was Noishe, who had been waiting for Kratos patiently nearly all day. A grin grew on his face as he turned to his son, "Your going to meet you grandpa soon!" Lloyd chuckled with his giggling son. He rebuckled his boots and got up to go to the door, but apparently Colette had seen them first and was already running up to them. Lloyd walked casually out the door, waiting painfully for what was about to happen. Colette ran up so them, snagged a foot on some air and had tripped, face first at the feet of Yuan, who rolled his eyes, Kratos and Noishe. Lloyd sighed and got to them soon after she had hastily picked herself back up and dusted off her outfit, which was much the same as what she had wore through their journey.

Lloyd stood beside her and petted Noishe after he licked his gloved hand. Lloyd smiled weakly at Kratos, hoping that he too wouldn't stare at him oddly. But was sorely disappointed. They looked at each other. Kratos was wearing his Judgement costume, or rather his 'fancier outfit' as Kratos had slipped one day while talking to his son. Looking over at Yuan, who had already finished his staring he asked, not expecting a true answer, "Why does everyone stare at me like that?"

"You look remarkably like your father." Yuan stated bluntly.

There was an awkward silence. Is it bad to look like your dad? Lloyd wondered to himself annoyed.

"Umm…" Colette said looking down. She suddenly perked up though as she glanced from Kratos to Yuan, "Come inside! Have a seat!" After the suggestion was made, Lloyd and Colette lead them through the front door and into the house. She walked off to the kitchen to see what was being brewed.

Lloyd turned to the couch to see his son raising his hands up at Kratos, who had sat on the other end of the sofa, looking down awkwardly and seemingly confused at the child. Yuan leaned back in a chair, his eyes closed, and a hand resting gently on Noishe's head, seemingly bored and not wanting to be here. He left for a while to grab some sort of drink for his empty mug, and when he returned Lloyd found his son on his fathers knees, Kratos running his fingers through his grandchild's golden-brown hair. Seeing a small smile on Kratos' face, which was larger than any other smile he had seen on him before, Lloyd couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.

Sitting next to his father, he took a long drink from his mug, and stared at the two. Nikhil brought a smile to Kratos' face, but seemed to bring even more sadness to his eyes, which hurt Lloyd. His fathers eyes had always been sad or angry, and he had hoped that would have changed by now.

Lloyd sighed and leaned back into the softness of his favorite piece of furniture. His head fell back onto the top of the couch, his hair falling away from his eyes. He was partially glad Zelos wasn't here, but was also silently praying he would come soon to rid of this quiet atmosphere. Sighing again he wondered why Kratos had brought Yuan along. He was always so quiet, and when he spoke – usually negative.

"Why didn't you tell me about your son?" Kratos asked blankly as he raised his hands slightly, Nikhil giving him two gentle highfives with each hand.

Lloyd colored and opened his eyes, finally realizing he hadn't told anyone about him, "Oooh…" He stared at the ceiling, a hand hitting his head. He looked over at his father about to sputter out some stupid excuse when the door slammed open. Kratos looked past his son at the door, Yuan had cracked open an angry eye, Lloyd looked stupidly over, Noishe gave a whine, and a few heads peeked out the door of the kitchen.