DEEP IN THE OCEAN // Mother's Day

[roan ;]

[div style="width: 45%; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: times new roman;"]♡ — Today was Mother's day, and Roan felt awful. He didn't exactly have a lot of time to focus on creating some sort of gift for his own mother, since he and many others were so preoccupied with not only his sage duties, but also the general duties of cleaning up the destroyed territory. He could only pray that his mama wouldn't mind getting her mother's day presents a little bit late, rather than directly on the day in question. Luckily he had Michael assisting him as well, so they would only be a couple of days late, rather than weeks. However, this did very little to alleviate the guilt that Roan felt over not being properly ready. Even with everything going on, why hadn't he been planning something weeks ahead of time? Hadn't he done enough to his mother to weaken her love of him? He still winced whenever he saw the electrical burns that were now hidden mostly beneath her pelt, and he still had nightmares about the way she had sobbed when he had eventually returned from the Pitt. Even if he didn't regret his little journey of self discovery, he couldn't help but wish it hadn't left so much destruction in its wake.

Roan had been pondering all of this when he came upon Aphra, his own jaws clenched around a day's worth of herbs that he had scoured the damaged territory to gather. Upon seeing the destroyed looking expression on the other's face, Roan found himself frowning, growing worried. He had already known that Aphra was struggling, what with her eye injuries and all, but he couldn't imagine what mother's day must've been like for her. He knew she had been a mother through interactions with Goldie and Roxie, but he hadn't exactly met any of her children, so he could only imagine that they weren't around anymore. Heart sinking a bit as he watched her hold back tears, Roan hurriedly moved to put his haul away, shoving it within his shoulder bag. He then began to dig through the bag, searching desperately for a plant that was both pretty, and that he could afford to part with. It was difficult to decide, but he eventually pulled out a bundle of marigold flowers, holding them together in a bouquet as he went over to Aphra. Gently brushing against the other feline's side in a silent greeting, Roan put the bouquet in front of her, purring, "Mi hermana... happy mother's day. I'm sorry that I can't give you anything more substantial. I'm sure you already know that the last few days have been difficult." He could only hope that the small gesture would give her some comfort in this difficult time.
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