Disclaimer Thing : Me not own ToS. Though I do have a copy, that Im not alowed to play any more becuase school is starting cries
SPOILEEEEERS! The Hiiiiilllllls are aliiiiiive with spooooooiiiillleeeeeeeers!
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 please give me some pointers. o.o
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In the doorway a man was striking poses, flexing his small muscles and flipping his long, red hair. A sweatmark huge enough to crush Lloyd fell quickly, and would have flattened him if it hadn't had halted instantly beside his head. "Now, now…" Zelos nodded, "I know how pretty I am, and I know how much you'd all love to stare at me, but now's not the time!" He struck another pose. "Because its time to start this party!" He slowly opened his eyes when he heard nothing. He took a step back, running into the wall, when he realized Sheena standing angrily right next to him. "Ahh! When did yo- OW!" he clung to his head. "What was that for-OW!"
Sheena smirked, shed almost forgotten how good it felt to hit him. She hadn't hit him in almost a year. "I see you're the same." She said, placing both hands behind her, grinning. She looked at Zelos, who was wearing what seemed to be the exact same thing.
Zelos rubbed his head, and put on one of his sad faces, "Yea yea…" he said looking down. He should have known shed be the same too. Sheena returned to the kitchen.
"Aaaaanyways …" Lloyd began, turning back to Kratos, who had already turned back to Nikhil. He was about to say more when Zelos hugged him from behind, rubbing their cheeks together. Lloyds eyes flattened, he now wished Zelos had never come.
"Hey, bud!" the red haired man exclaimed. He then gasped and let go and walked over in front of Kratos. "And who's this guy?" he asked, reaching for Nikhil. Kratos glared at Zelos and pulled his grandchild away from the man. Zelos placed his hands on his hips angrily. "Well, your as grouchy as ever." He said to Kratos coldly.
Lloyd sighed and stood up and pulled Zelos away to the chairs, where some others had sat waiting for early dinner, and the two sat down. Zelos began the conversation stating how much Lloyd looked like Kratos and they went from there. They talked for about an hour, the subject changed and some others joined in and out. And in the end Lloyd ending up talking, if you could call it that, - it was more little tidbits everynow and again, one on one with Colette.
Suddenly Kratos burst out laughing. His grandchild screaming happily. Everyone looked over, stunned. OO; Kratos broke off his laughing quickly, blushing immensely, looking from person to person, while the child kept giggling. There was a long awkward moment. He looked around awkwardly, his heart pounding. He stopped, Wait - What's wrong with laughing? He asked himself bitterly and slowly began playing with the child again, still aware of the many eyes starring at him strangely.
Yuan looked over at Kratos, a very odd look of thought apon his face. Even though most the others were happy to see him not grouchy, Lloyd was by far the happiest. He and Colette were the first ones to stop the awkward starring and look at each other. They smiled, about to burst out laughing themselves. And they would have if not Regal, after recovering also, announce that dinner was ready.
They all gathered around the enlarged table. Lloyd and Colette sat on opposite ends, Kratos sat next to Lloyd with Yuan next to Kratos. Genis looked around as if for help, leaning in his chair to make sure not to touch Yuan, scared that he would be attacked if he did. Sheena sat on the other side of Lloyd, next to Zelos, then Raine and Regal. Presea was left the seat next to Genis, which made him feel a little better.
Dinner lasted about two hours, though most of it was talking. Kratos and Yuan never spoke a word. Though Kratos did ask something that made Genis pass something awkwardly past Yuan to him. Lloyd didn't talk much either, except in small voices with his son, letting him know what the others were talking about and some explanations for words.
Zelos stood up and went to the bathroom, and when he returned, he sat somewhere else rather than the crowded table. Sheena then left to use it too. Kratos asked to hold Nikhil from Lloyd and left to the couch, leaving his spaghetti untouched. The others all got up too. Presea, Raine, Regal, Genis and Colette cleaned up dinner quickly and sat down in random groups. Yuan sat back down at his place at the table once he knew he wouldn't get in the way. Sheena finally returned from the bathroom, which received a slap-worthy comment from Zelos. Colette looked over randomly, then noticed the lone Yuan at the table. She looked down at her fidgeting fingers. After a sigh she plastered on a smile and walked over to him.
Lloyd was sitting with Kratos, talking now and again, but not much. He sighed, it was so hard to talk with him… he then wondered how he would act drunk, smirked and gave a small chuckle as his mind showed him a funny picture. His mind wondered from subject to subject, as it usually did. He looked over at Kratos when his mind led him to Kratos again. Lloyds father was looking around, which made Lloyd look around stupidly. "What is it, dad?" he asked.
Kratos 'humph'ed before replying, "Just wondering where Yuan was."
"Oh, Yuan?" he said grinning, "He's at the table with Colette, talking for once." He grinned and decided not to ask what was Kratos' seemingly troubled mind. He never did get a respond anyway.
Later in the evening, Lloyd led his guests to their rooms on the second floor. One for girls one for boys. Sheena, Genis, Presea, Raine and Regal retired to rest. Zelos, after realizing that chatting with Kratos, Yuan and Lloyd was boring and rather … depressing, retired too. He paused as he passed the ladies' room, but continued into the men's' one. He entered loudly, not caring as usual, angering Genis greatly. The 'boring' men downstairs stared at the ceiling oddly as Zelos and Genis argued, almost at the top of their voices.
"SHUT UP!" screamed Sheena angrily through the wall after a few minutes of it.
"YOU SHUT UP!" replied Zelos. "AAAHH! IT BURNS!" A thud and some crackling was heard.
Genis' evil laughter echoed through out the house. Noishe whined.
"EVERYONE - JUST SHUT UP!" yelled Raine. The door leading to the master bedroom opened revealing a troubled Colette. It was quiet for a while. And after some quiet whispering arguments between Zelos and Genis a few minutes later the house finally fell silent again.
Colette sighed in the door way and returned back into her room, after glancing quickly into the room where Lloyd and the other two were. Lloyd noticed her starring at Yuan before she left and a sickening thought entered his mind. It was highly unlikely, but he decided to check.
After nodding to Kratos and Yuan, who were in a conversation about something that left Lloyd far behind, he got up and walked over to his room. He opened the door to their room quietly, turned on a heel and closed it gently. Then, slowly, he turned to see Colette on the foot of their bed, Nikhil on her knees. Lloyd studied the wooden floor as he made his way to sit next to her. They sat silently, as they usually did. He scratched the back of his head and she glanced around the room as their son sat quietly fiddling with his hands or feet or something nearby such as Colette's dress or finger.
Lloyd cleared his throat. "Sooo… what did Yuan talk about?" He brought up the topic much easier than he had expected. Blinking a few times he patiently waited on her answer.
"Umm…" looking down at their son blankly, she began to get nervous. Lloyd could see this easily.
"Well?" he asked, his gut twisting.
She swallowed nervously, "… It was nothing." She shook her head.
He looked down, sighed heavily and placed a hand on her shoulder as he stood up. She looked up innocently and seemed a little shocked when Lloyd said he loved her. Her words stumbled and she blinked quickly, looking around. Lloyd sighed, gently removed his hand and walked out of the room. The door quietly snapped shut. With a large sigh, Lloyd rested his forehead on the wood.
After a few minutes of deciding what to do, he chose to sleep out on the couch. He slipped off his boots were he was and walked as quietly as he could back into the main room. Finding Yuan apparently asleep while sitting in a chair seemed to ease his mind, though he still stared at the blue haired half elf for quite a while, ignoring the quizzical looks from his father.
Lloyd finally retired to the sofa, its soft cushions giving way beneath him. Kratos stood up and sat back down on the floor, giving Lloyd more room. Slowly, Lloyd laid down, feeling a little guilty taking the spot from Kratos but also silently thanking him. He sighed, cleared his mind and drifted off into slumber.