Happy Birthday Xion!

[provenworth]

Happy Birthday Xion!

Characters: Elena, Turk Family, Team Ragnarock and anybody who is friends with the birthday girl
Setting: Floor 62 , November 18, afternoon - evening
Format: Open, anything goes
Summary: It's Xion’s birthday – at least the one selected. So, being proper parents, Reno and Elena are throwing their bitty girl a birthday party on the beach that will bleed into a solstice bonfire later into the evening.
Warnings: None for now

 

[Let the party begin!]

[Solstice Bonfire]

Comments

Hiiiii 8D

[attheclocktower]

[Xion had already been trying not to turn beet red, trying to figure out what to even say to that. Then Elena came and scooped her up, making her squeal in surprise and delight]

Elena!

[Truthfully she has no idea how to handle this. But, maybe she can at least start by...]

Thank you. Thank you both so much.

[No, those aren't tears. You're imagining things]

[midgarhorizon]

Hey, this's the kinda things parents do. No need to thank us.

[Reaching out to take her hand, he slips something over it- a bracelet made of tiny seashells, like the kind that littered the sand around the beach.]

[provenworth]

[Her head nods in agreement with Reno, a hand resting still on the girl's shoulder.]

Besides, you and Shion deserve the best that we can offer you. Spoiling you two is more of a treat than anything else.

[With Reno taking the first move to bless their little bitty with her present, Elena can only grin, slipping away to the tables where she'd left Xion's present. It isn't wrapped prettily, but it was the best she could do. Once Reno was completed with adorning Xion with her bracelet, she extended the small box towards Xion.]

Here!

[attheclocktower]

[Xion doesn't know how to handle what they're saying, again, so she opts not to say anything, though her face was still rather red. Someday she'd get used to this sort of thing. Being treated like she was someone important in much bigger and grander ways than usual. But that day was definitely not today.

The bracelet though, makes her stare in awe]

It's beautiful!

[She's still admiring it when Elena returns with her gift, which Xion accepts. She lifts the lid carefully, tentatively, almost as if holding her breath over what might be inside.]

[midgarhorizon]

I'm gonna die of cavities here.

[Grinning, Reno hovers while she opens the present, just as curious as she was what it could be.]

[provenworth]

[Elena doesn't have many special gifts and, given the equipment available, she's limited. But this gift. This had taken every lace ounce of underlying skill that she could muster.

Inside the box is a small pendant necklace. The ShinRa logo carefully embroidered into a piece of fabric, stretching the size of a gil coin. On the other side a message, stitched out in carefully chosen calligraphy:

For my darling girl. All my love, E.

Elena shifts nervously at Reno's side, hands playing at the fabric of her sleeves.]

[attheclocktower]

[Xion's breath catches a little when she sees the pendant, turning it over in her fingers to see the inscription on the back. She bites her lip as she sees it, blinking at a sudden pressure behind her eyes, lifting the pendant and hanging it around her neck.

After a moment she looks up, wiping at her eyes a little before flinging her arms around them both in a hug.]

Thank you so much for everything... Mom, Dad.

[It's the first time she's called them that aloud.]

[midgarhorizon]

[The impact it has on Reno isn't immediately apparent; instead, he just stands there in shock, allowing her to hug him but not really being able to do much more than blink stupidly and wrap an arm around her shoulders.]

[provenworth]

[The impact on Elena, however is immediately apparent. But carefully held in check to ensure that she doesn't make a scene. A smile starts small, watching Xion look the pendant over. It wasn't much, and she would have preferred to give something more. But the girl's reaction tells her that it's enough.

Mom.

Now that was a title - name? - she'd never expected to hear. Parenthood had never been on the forefront of her mind, especially over the last two years. It was all about survival. Waiting to see the dawn of the next day. At one time, maybe, when she was younger. When she thought life would be something far different than it really was.

It was awkward, but not uncomfortable. Not here, when this was really her last chance to have these sorts of experiences. Arms around her earn a hug in return, around both Reno and Xion, giving the girl a quick kiss on her forehead.]

You're welcome, sweetheart.