Here's one for you. I'm sorry for the freakishly long wait. I'm not going to waste characters on my excuse-I just didn't update until now. But thank you if you are reading this, though.

Disclaimer: I don't own ToS, unfortunately. If I did, I would've made Genis less annoying, haha. To be honest, the first time I played the game I hated him. But Meteor Storm and Indignation have caused me to warm up to him. :p

Title: Mother's Day

Character(s): Lloyd, Colette

Pairing: None

Summary: Colette helps Lloyd on a problematic day. Mother's Day.

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Lloyd pursed his lips as approached the school with his father. He frowned when his classmates went by with their mothers. Dirk must have noticed this for he gave the young boy a reassuring smile. It didn't help. Honestly, it made his frown worsen. It wasn't that he didn't want his dad there, it was just that he was being selfish. It was Mother's Day and he wanted to show up with a mother like everyone else. Instead, not wanting to have to go alone, he brought Dirk. He tried to convince himself that he didn't care and that Dirk was enough, but for an eight year old that wasn't an easy feat-it was impossible really.

The boy plopped down in his chair in the back as Dirk went to talk to the professor. But not the professor for much longer, Lloyd remembered as he glanced at Genis' older sister (Genis didn't have a mom, either). The scene actually looked quite comical when Dirk, a small and a buff man, came and joined the mass of mothers that Raine was at.

Lloyd scanned the room and noticed that Colette hadn't gotten there yet. He wondered where she was considering she was normally one of the first few to get to school. He asked her about it the day before and she shrugged and told him that she liked school. That conversation, though, ended up leading to a discussion about Mother's Day.

"I don't have a mom, either," she had told him.

"But at least you have a grandma. You can bring someone of the same gender tomorrow."

"True, but," she twiddled her fingers, "I'm sorry, Lloyd."

Lloyd rolled his eyes. "Dummy, you don't have to apologize. I'm just saying. It'll be weird for my dad to be the only guy there."

"He might not be," she denied with a pout of her lips.

Lloyd remembered that he had just shrugged it off and asked her if she wanted to pet Noishe.

When the door to the school opened, Lloyd turned his head towards the entryway and smiled at what he saw. Colette, with her hair in cute braids, was dragging her father into the classroom. Mr. Brunel greeted the group of women with a sheepish smile. He seemed to not know where to go when Colette released his hand and skipped away, but let out a sigh of relief when he saw Dirk in the room. Letting Colette go over to Lloyd, he joined Dirk.

When Colette approached Lloyd, he couldn't help but smile, especially after she chirped, "See? Your dad's not the only guy here."

Lloyd laughed at that and grinned. He was wrong. Mother's Day wasn't so bad, after all.

Short and sweet! Hope you liked this one. I thought it was kind of cute :)

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