Had to do this! Sorry if it's a little late, but I've been spending the day with my amazing mother. This is a fic to all our moms and motherly figures out there! Because of all that you do. You brought us into this world, took up all those exhausting nights in the early years, gave us with your kisses and hugs when we were scared or hurt. You cheered us on during all those games that we know you hated us doing because of the mess we made. Replacing the dead goldfish before we noticed. You kept us in line when we got into mischief. You cried at our graduations. So, this is my thanks to those amazing women who raised us. Of course, this is mainly Daniel centered. Sorry, moms that don't like him. But I still think you'll like it. It has more than just Daniel's mom. Also, I know you guys are gonna question me about this sooner or later: I don't know why, but I just see Daniel as Italian. I am sorry, but you cannot change my mind on this. I've already tried, and it will not budge from that.
It was Mother's Day, and some pilots weren't all that happy. They wanted to visit their mothers, not be stuck on a whole different planet than them with minor injuries that made them 'not ready for space travel' even though they pilot five gigantic robot lions. Yeah, quite stupid.
Daniel sighed sadly and twirled a ring between his fingers.
"What's that?" Larmina asked.
"The family crest ring. Every Chandler son gets one until he turns eighteen. Then he gets a tattoo and the ring is passed down onto his son, or his oldest daughter if he has no son." Daniel explained.
"Bummed out about not being allowed to visit your mom too?" Vince asked as he came in.
"Naturalmente." Daniel answered sadly.
"Pardon?" Lance interjected as he, Pidge, and Hunk came in.
"Naturalmente. It means, 'Of course' in my first language. Italian." Daniel told him.
"Allura knows a little bit of that." Hunk added.
"Sorry, usually I only revert to Italian when very angry or sad. I'm bummed because that idiota Lotor just had to set that robeast! I mean! Who does that?! Before Mother's Day too, might I add!" Daniel exclaimed began ranting in Italian at speeds as fast as his voltcom.
"Whoa! Slow the insults!" Lance stopped him as Daniel started using his hands.
"Sorry." Daniel apologized, ears turning red in embarrassment.
Vince just grinned as he got an idea. Quickly saying goodbye, Vince took off to find Keith and Allura. Oh, this was going to be awesome!
A few hours later…
Daniel was still moping around, though it looked like he now had friends to mope with. Lance and Hunk had joined the sulking teen and were reminiscing about their mothers. Pidge would occasionally join them, but he was almost always thinking of something, so he didn't stay for very long periods of time.
"On Mother's Day, I'd wake up very early in the morning to make my ma breakfast. Then we'd make demolition cars and watch my dad crash them." Hunk told them.
"I tried cooking for her once on Mother's Day. My mom said if I did it again she'd skin me alive. So I stick with buying her a card and present and taking her out to do whatever she wanted to do that night." Lance chuckled.
"For us, it was always me and my mom. Papà was always busy with my big brother and my uncle, so it'd be just me, Zia Rosalie, and Mamma. We'd always do what Mamma wanted to do. If she wanted to cook and bake all day, then we'd do it. If she wanted to garden all day we'd do it. It didn't matter. It was her day. Even when Papà and the others came home from work, they would just follow suit with what she wanted." Daniel said with a fond smile.
"We probably aren't helping each other by this." Lance mused.
"Yeah, but who cares?" Daniel questioned.
"I would care." a feminine voice said from behind them.
They turned and saw a bulky woman with brown hair and eyes.
"Ma!" Hunk cried, jumping up and running towards her.
He engulfed her in a hug while the other two smiled. Another woman stepped out from behind Hunk's mother and Lance all but scampered to her, hugging her tight.
"Hey, mom." Lance greeted, still hugging her.
Vince entered the room with a dark skinned woman beside him. She smiled at Daniel warmly as though she already knew him.
"Vince, did you set this up?" Daniel asked in surprise.
"Well, yeah. I saw how upset you guys were, myself included, and thought, 'Hey, why not bring the moms here?' It wasn't much of an issue." Vince said abashedly.
"That is great. I'm positive that the guys missed their moms as much as I miss mine, maybe even more." Daniel said gratefully.
"There's still one mother we have yet to meet." Keith said as he and Allura entered.
With them was a woman with soft brown hair that curled at the end. Standing at about 5'3, she was easily dwarfed by those around her. She had bright violet eyes and high, prominent cheekbones that showed she smiled a lot. Daniel gave her a genuine smile that looked so happy that the force first thought it was forced.
"Mamma!" Daniel cried, running straight towards her.
"Daniel! Il mio bambino! Guardati! Non sei altro che pelle e ossa!" the woman exclaimed, embracing the cadet.
Allura smiled at the woman's words and laughed when she started to fuss over her son. Keith and the others joined her as they watched their most difficult cadet finally let his guard down fully. Though they know it will be up once Mrs. Chandler leaves, it will be nice to meet the real Daniel.
So, they watch silently as Natalie Chandler hugs and kisses her boy while accepting hugs and kisses from their own mothers. After all, it's their day.
Okay! Done! Part 2 for chapter 12(?) is coming up soon! I just had to write this. Honestly, I'm too tired to translate the Italian. So if you really wanna know, just look it up.