Disclaimer Thing : Me not own ToS. Though I do have a copy that I play at night when my dads asleep so I dont get in trouble.

OI CAP'N! SPOILERS AHOY!

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

YAY! DUMB CHEESY ENDING! XD

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Lloyd rushed through the house to their room. He breathed heavily, ignoring all the comments and remarks from his friends in the background. His gloved hand hovered above the door knob. Lloyd was about to open the door when it swung open with out him. A stunned face appeared on both Lloyds face and of the face of Yuan who had opened the door to leave the room. Yuan seemed to disappear, he walked so fast. And after grabbing his cloak from the back of a chair he hurriedly left the house. Everyone watched him through the window. Kratos stood, and had grabbed Yuan's arm pulling him back. Everyone stood still as Kratos tried to talk to his friend, of whom he had to keep pulling back towards him to keep him from leaving.

Lloyd saw Yuan give a slight nod, and Kratos released him. Yuan stormed off and out of sight. With that, Lloyd quickly turned and looked through the doorway to see Colette sitting on the foot of the bed again. "What was that about?" he asked coldly.

She looked up at him with frightened, blue eyes. He walked and stood in front of her, looking down. He heard Presea close the door respectively and silently thanked her

"… Colette?" he asked firmly.

Tears formed in her eyes and she clutched at her dress. Lloyds face was full of surprise as Colette let everything out quickly and bluntly. "I'm so sorry!" she pleaded shaking her head franticly, her golden hair twirling, "You didn't do anything wrong! I'm sorry! I don't even know why – it just like…" she began sobbing, "I'm sorry! I'm so so sorry!"

Lloyd rolled his eyes, first of all – this wasn't getting anywhere and second he was seriously getting tired of her apologizing for everything. "JUST SH- … q-QUIET!" he yelled at her.

She managed to look up at him.

He relaxed and looked back down at her, waiting.

"I-its just …" she began slowly, "Its just been so …" she took a long pause, she was obviously scared, so Lloyd waited quietly for her to finish. "Its so ODD between us!" she blurted out. "Everyday is just so awkward…"

Lloyd was stunned, but he knew she was right. He sighed and a painful looked crossed his face. After a few long moments of eerie silence he finally said, "If I let you have Yuan will you give me my son?"

Colette looked at him in fear, "N-no! Its not like that!" She shook tears from her eyes.

"Will you?" Lloyd said again, in a voice much like anyone would expect from his fathers. He saw her turn around and grab their child that had been trying to sleep on their bed. He grabbed her arm firmly. He then paused, "… It has been awkward? Hasn't it?" he asked almost in a whisper.

She nodded, slightly relieved he saw it her way. "I … I don't think we were meant to be any more than just friends…" she spilled out slowly.

Lloyd let go of her arm. He was stunned. He had loved her, he knew he did. Then suddenly … he wasn't so sure. He shook his head, his eyes watering.

"I'm sorry." She said again.

Lloyd grabbed the child with numb hands and a blank expression. Colette froze and began to tear. Lloyd looked back before reaching the door. He wanted to comfort her, but had a feeling he wouldn't help.

He walked through the small crowd of people and out of the house. Kratos stood up quickly seeing Lloyd return, his mouth ajar as if about to speak. Kratos' eyes watched as his son plopped down at his feet. A pitiful face grew on Kratos as he slowly sat down next to his son.

Back in the house, Zelos had long realized that it wasn't his fault and his mind had finally registered that Lloyd had a son. A stupid grin crossed his face as he turned to anyone, "Heeey, Lloyd finally got some!" he was quickly smacked harder than ever from Sheena. "Oowww…" he teared and rubbed his face, "What was that for – OW!" he rubbed his head were Raine's staff had clubbed him. He pouted, clung to the stair-railing, and decided to shut up again.

Lloyd sat, his legs spread out, with his child in his lap. Both Kratos and Lloyd stared quietly at the water flowing just fast their feet. Noishe whined, and they fell back into themselves. Lloyd watched his kid play in the shallow part of the river, with Noishe making sure he didn't get in too far.

"Please don't be mad at Yuan, Lloyd." Kratos said, shaking his head.

"Don't worry…" replied Lloyd, "I have a habbit of blaming either Mithos or myself for everything…"

Kratos nodded, as he understood perfectly. Nikhil walked up to Lloyds boots and did his buckling and unbuckling thing again. Lloyd sighed and Kratos smirked, mentally laughing, remembering all the stupid things Lloyd used to do as a child.

There was a long silence. The only thing that could be heard were the trees and a playful child messing with his fathers shoes. After a while, Lloyd couldn't handle it any more. He lifted the kid away from his boots and next the Noishe, who looked at Lloyd and whined. He petted Noishe gently and couldn't help but point out an amazingly ugly fish that was swimming against the current.

After getting no reaction, Lloyd sighed and brought up another, more interesting topic, "Hey, dad…" he started quietly, "What was I like as a child?" Lloyd watched as his kids climbed on top of Kratos' lap.

A smile cracked Kratos' lips, "You were much the same as this one," he said, again messing with the child's hair, "You were a perfect …" he breathed heavily, "You were such a nice kid… but you never did go to sleep."

"That's probably why I sleep so much now." Lloyd added, smiling.

"Heh… I never got any sleep either." Lloyd motioned for Kratos to pass over the kid, and Kratos gave him over.

Lloyd looked down at his son, holding him close, both of them smiling from ear to ear. "I love him so much…" a sad wave fell over Lloyd, "Colette does to… but I stole him from her…"

Again, there was a long silence. The child giggled and Kratos spoke up, "I should have been there with you."

"Meh…" said Lloyd shrugging. This caught Kratos slightly off guard and surprised him. "If you had, things would've turned out different." He grinned, "But I get what your saying."

Kratos looked down, slightly embarrassed.

Lloyd piped up again, "I guess that's why I took him from Colette." He said raising his child up and down, "I want to be there for him."

"To… no be like me." Kratos said quietly.

They sat silently, watching as Noishe and the kid played. Lloyd looked upward at the sky, sighed and looked back down to see that Noishe had picked up his precious child like a mother cat would pick up her kitten.

"NOISHE! " Lloyd got angry and demanded he put his kid down. "You'll put holes in the clothing!"

Kratos scooped the kid up, placing his arm underneath his belly. The kid squirmed playfully as he inspected the clothing. "… Yep, Its ripped." He said plainly, giving the child back to Noishe, who picked him up like before. The kid laughed and waved his short arms.

"Aww… spent forever on that…" Lloyd sighed pathetically.

"It was light material, you should have expected it." Kratos said plainly.

"What? You want me to give him some leather jacket?"

"… No." Kratos shook his head. "But it shouldn't take long to fix." He relaxes into a more comfortable position. He sighed and looked over at Lloyd, who was sitting in the same position : one leg out, one bent, and leaning back onto both hands. Kratos colored slightly and changed positions, searching for something to say. "… That was an ugly fish." He replied to Lloyds earlier comment after thinking about it.

"Yea…" sighed Lloyd. He changed the subject oddly again. "I have another guest coming later today…"

"Who is it?" asked Kratos.

Lloyd smiled and brought out the locket Kratos had given him and looked at it. "I met her before my son was born, in one of those new towns people have been building… I noticed her because she looked a lot like mom."

Kratos looked over, wondering if she was related somehow. "She's really quiet, but I think you'll like her. I know Nikhil will." He grinned.

"Well, we'll see about that." Kratos said.

"Yea," Lloyd joked, "You do have a weird way of reaching people. … I like her though, she's nice."

Kratos blushed slightly, "Yes." He said simply, and played with the child.

The four, including Noishe, sat around for what seemed like an hour, when Lloyd decided to start talking again.

"It was always a little odd with Colette," he remembered when the brown haired girl they'd just met had let them escort her back to her home town. "Especially with her around." He grinned blushing, and realized when his and Colette's relationship had begun to steadily decline.

"… Are you worried for the child?" Kratos asked.

"For him having no mom, slightly." Lloyd replied. Then partially joked, "I hope his child has a mother…"

Kratos gave a humph and closed his eyes tight. Worried, Lloyd quickly added, "But I turned out alright, so I'm sure he'll do fine too!" The two adults smiled at Nikhil.

Then something struck Lloyds mind, "Hey! I just realized something!"

"?" Kratos tilted his head.

"You name starts with a K, then I'm L and he's N!" Lloyd grinned not realizing his mistake. "Its like the alphabet!" He exclaimed.

"…" Kratos sighed, raising a hand to cover his face in embarrassment. Noishe whined.

"What?" Lloyds face was colored and confused.

"It goes K – L – M – N … you missed the M…" His words were cold but his face seemed about ready to burst with laughter.

"… … … oh." Lloyd sighed, but was quickly lit up again, "Well, M's are nice to have, but not all words need them." Both he and Kratos grinned from ear to ear, as the awkwardness between them was forgotten.

"Colette wouldn't have made a good M anyway." SaidLloyd cheerfully.