I Just Wanna Spend Some Time With You

Walk | Talk | Think

As if a child still, her boy entered her den and pressed close. She welcomed it completely, dark brown eyes closing with a gentle laugh as she nuzzled into the fur of his neck, wishing a little that he could have still been small enough for him to snuggle into the space between her outstretched forepaws and her chin. How had time gotten away from her so badly? It seemed impossible that her little boy, in fact all of her children, were already a year old. So much time had passed in what felt like a blink of an eye, and she felt as if she had been left behind, still expecting things to be as they had been instead of how they were. It was silly to wish for time to turn back, and so she tried to content herself with the present, grateful that at least one of her children had not entirely grown away from her.

His quiet whine and simple, pleading phrase brought tears to her eyes, and she held them tightly shut to keep them from leaking through. Time. That was all he wanted from her. Just a little of her attention to keep those deep bonds together and to assure him that she still cared. After being so distant, absent and afar on her searches, when he had been younger, how could she even think of telling him no? When she felt strong enough not to fear losing her composure and crying, Mercianne drew her head back enough to place a gentle lick across Emery's forehead, nuzzling him there as she answered. "Why don't we go see if we can't find some herbs? I haven't collected any in a very long while." No, she had been much too caught up in finding her family. She smiled warmly at him, adding quietly, "And maybe something to eat too."