Pyrrha Nikos sighed as her son was once again hiding away in his room.
Father's day was always tough on him...
She absently stroked the band of metal on her ring finger.
When Jaune had died, she had been inconsolable, and raising a child as a single mother hadn't been easy, but every time her son smiled - the same goofy, bright, and stupid smile - he had inherited from his father, she knew she made the right choice. He had always been curious about his dad, sometimes he would get mad and curse Jaune, other times he would get sad and wish he could have met him at least once.
She bit her lip and frowned as one memory flitted through her hand.
"How was school today Alex?" Pyrrha inquired as they got home after she picked him up from school.
The young boy stared at the floor, "It was good."
She gave him a look, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing..." He replied, "Mom, is it okay if I skip dinner? I'm not feeling hungry."
She blinked as he slowly trudged his way up the stairs and into his room.
She had come into his room and made sure he was asleep only for a folded paper on top of his desk to catch her eye.
Silently she picked it up and opened it only for her heart to sink.
"Bring Your Parents To School Day!"
"Oh Jaune... if only you could meet him..." She whispered.
She noticed a muffled voice coming from the room and quieted down, straining to listen.
"Mom said you really loved me... and that you didn't want to leave when you did. She said that you went because sometimes, you need to give up on what you want... so you can do what's right... I try really hard to do what's right... and sometimes it's really hard. I wonder if it was as hard for you to go as it is for me to do what's right. I think it was... Mom said that when she said she found out she was going to have me, she was really scared of what'd you would do... and you might leave her. She said she didn't want to say anything, but you had to know. So she told you and waited for you to freak out, but you didn't. You simply walked up and placed a hand on her stomach, and asked if I was really there. Then you picked her up and spun her around while laughing. She said that you would have given up on being a hunter in a heartbeat, but she wanted you to live your dreams."
Pyrrha eyes filled with nostalgic tears.
"I wonder if you still watch me, and if you are proud. I hope you are dad. Because I try my best, and I think that's all you would've wanted.
I lost steam for this a while back...
-YARN