Mother's Day

[totheb0ne]

When he really had to, Metody was capable of getting out of bed at the first sound of the alarm.  He'd done it today, scrambling first to his brief shower and then out the door, bound for his own world with gifts of fruit and trinkets in tow

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[vavarner]

Val opened his bedroom door, and crept out into the hall, a somewhat clumsily wrapped package in his hands. He'd wrapped it in some brightly colored paper, with ribbons and bows tied on it in an attempt to disguise its rather lumpy shape. Attached to it was a homemade card, with a sketch of a family of birds on the front of it, colored bright blue and decorated with little bits of glitter.

He padded out out into the living room, and smiled somewhat shyly as he offered the package over. "Happy Mother's Day, uncle Met. I got a present for you."

[totheb0ne]

He automatically took the package when it was offered to him. Metody looked down at it, then back at Val, his face confused and bewildered and a little hurt.

"Oh - you did?"

[vavarner]

Val's face falls at the look Metody's giving him. "I um, yeah well--"

He fidgets. "I know I got you flowers last year, but um-- I saw this and I thought it was really something you'd like. So... sorry there's no flowers."

He wasn't sure what he'd done wrong, but uncle Met didn't look happy about the present - it must have been the lack of flowers.

[totheb0ne]

"N-no, no, no, it's fine that there's no flowers!"

He'd gotten pretty good at accepting his role in the family and Val's life, he'd thought. Not perfect - he'd fled to his home as much to hide as to see his Mom - but good. The aching disappointment and the torn attachment had scabbed over.

Getting a present was like ripping off the scab. It hurt, and he felt an edge of contempt towards himself for that hurt that made it all the worse. He looked down at the package, turning it around and around as if he was searching for where to open it.

"I just- just didn't expect this. Thankyou. It's very nice of you. Thankyou."