The funeral was the darkest day Raven had ever seen. Storm clouds that blackened the day, a cold bone chilling wind swept right through you and stole your breath away. The rain threatened to fall hard and the freezing water droplets would feel like needle pricks on your skin. Wrapped in a long black trench coat and hands deep in her pocket, she stands next to her ex-boyfriend, now the father of two and his two kids with her brother, Qrow. One of them was hers, the other was Summer's.
The warmest of person she had ever met in her life and the most beautiful of roses. Summer Rose didn't deserve the fate that had befell her and it seemed everyone agreed with it. The soft sobs and heartbroken looks only prove it. Raven swept her gaze over the crowd and narrowed her eyes at all of them, she didn't like any of these people here.
Raven's brother and kid were an exception but if she was honest with herself, she kept them distant. She rolls her shoulders and squeezed her arms close to her sides to keep the cold away from her form. She ignored the old man saying a prayer of passing and then she saw those who were close to Summer set down the reddest roses she'd ever seen.
Raven was nudged by Qrow and she declined the rose. She didn't deserve to give it to Summer. Summer deserved so much more than a socially detached and broken woman praising her death with roses. She deserved to still be alive.
Everyone was in their own worlds and it was at that point that Raven took a step back from the crowd to leave. No one noticed or cared and that was a good moment to go mourn in silence somewhere else.
Turning on her heel, Raven made her way to her car but the smallest of tugs on her coat had her stopped dead in her tracks. She stiffened and braced herself for what she was about to find. She turned slightly and then when she didn't see anyone, she looked down to see the saddest of grey eyes she'd ever seen.
"Miss Raven…. Where are you going?" the youngest rose asks, still a bud and had years ahead of her before she would bloom. She had tear tracks down her cheeks, nose running and eyes puffy from crying so much.
Raven felt her spine stiffen and she kneels down in front of Ruby, "Because Ruby… I don't belong here."
Ruby didn't seem to believe it, "Mommy would want you here! She liked having you around!"
Raven felt a knife stab and twist in her heart. She closes her eyes and sighs so heavily, "Summer Rose was a saint." Thinking thus before patting Ruby on the head, "Your mom- She…." she couldn't think of what to say to the young Rose. She definitely couldn't lie. "I should have visited more."
Raven looked past the rose and saw the one thing she didn't need. A pang of guilt runs through her when she sees Yang. A heavy set glare throwing daggers her way. Jealousy of the rose… Anger at Raven… Sadness that the cub honestly didn't deserve. She didn't want to see it.
Raven stands up and released her coat from Ruby's little grip, "I have to go, Ruby." she takes a step back and turns to leave. Walking with haste and ignoring the pleas to stay. Ignoring the hiccups of a sob and Tai Yang yelling something that slid right off her back.
Raven grabs out a pack of cigarettes and puts a death stick in between her lips before lighting it with the flick of a Zippo. Inhaling deep before blow out a large puff of smoke trail behind her as she is walks.
"Goodbye, Summer. I'm going to miss you this winter."