To the one I Love | Valentine's day gift

[RHINESTONE.]

Valentine's Day. Rhinestone really hadn't been thinking much of the holiday this year, considering she didn't really have anyone to celebrate it with. Her remaining children were around, of course, and she made sure to shower them with love and affection, but in terms of a romantic partner? Vaas was gone, and she felt far too mixed up and busy to get involved with anybody else at this point. Especially considering she barely had a hold on her own gender at this point. Everyone these days was referring to her with she and her, and she found that she liked that, but... what did that mean? Was she trans? She had never really considered it before, but then again, she had never been in a female body, either. Even when she had been in her birth body, she hadn't thought of herself as particularly masculine. Instead, she had just felt sort of... neutral. It was all a big confusing mess, and didn't exactly put her in an overly romantic mood.

However, she hadn't even considered the fact that one of her children could get her a gift. She would've never expected it, considering she expected it to be the other way around. After all, mothers gave their children gifts, and she never wanted to be a burden on Onyxpaw. Deep down, though, the legate knew that she wasn't being a burden - especially when one took into consideration how gleeful Onyx seemed. Plus, the amount of effort the other had put into it - even with the tangled knot of a bow on top of it - would succeed in making Rhinestone's heart melt.

Rhine had been within her den beneath the meeting rock when her daughter's call reached her, large ears twitching as she looked up. She immediately smiled at the sound of the other's voice, glad to hear no traces of panic or fear in the new discens' tone. After stashing away her notes for the next meeting, Rhinestone got to her paws and headed out of her den, her tail swaying happily behind her as she padded up to Onyxpaw. It was hard not to notice the brightly colored gift the hybrid had brought with her, and the tasmanian tiger tilted her head to one side before speaking, "Hey there, little Onyx..." Even if the other was a discens now, Onyxpaw would still be her little angel. Leaning over, Rhine touched her nose lightly to her daughter's head before she questioned, a soft hum leaving her, "I see you've got a gift there... is it for me?" The legate was fairly sure that it was, but she didn't want to make assumptions. Maybe Onyx was just looking from approval from her before giving the gift to someone else.

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