Beneath the Stars

By Gold Sparrow

Mother's day Special: the Many Mothers of Starry Skies

To Zeina, it was not just another sunday, but rather a day to be weary of. Why? Because she had to tread as carefully as a tightrope walker around her many adoptive/screw-it-you're-mine-now children who battle for attention. When she woke up, and opened the door to her bedroom and peaked out, sighing thankfully that those kids from her sister's orphanage Zeina sponsors didn't come to her house this year. That's not to say that she doesn't like those sweet little boys and girls, but last year was…

Clang

Smash

Rattle, rattle

...Yes, it sounded just like tha-

Coming out of the doorway and praying that it's just Centola and Khadeja making breakfast, Zeina walks down the hallway and enters the kitchen.

Well, Centola and Khadeja are there, alright.

But so is Alexio, Dream, Masrur, Ja'far, Sharrkan, and a cluster of other kids. Her jaw hangs open, and then closes.

"Ja'far? Why are you, Rory and Sharr here?"

"We came…" Ja'far tries, sounding a bit flustered. "We came to make you breakfast...B-but that's because the kids asked for help!" Speaking of said children, they all swarm around the awakened blond, pulling on her nightgown and shouting their hellos.

"Well, hello there- Aw, Alexio, come here- Hi Dream! How are you-" They all ask for attention at once, resulting in a dizzied doctor.

Centola giggles.

"Who wants to serve Zeina her pancakes?" All the children's arms shoot up at once, running back into the open kitchen and squirming past the spatula wielding Ja'far. The three grown-up men come shuffling over to her, and she giggles.

"Good boys~! The older siblings have to take care of the youngers, after all~!"

"Yeah, we invited Sinbad to come but then he started muttering about how we never do this for him on Father's Day and we decided to ignore him" Sharrkan cracks his neck, smirking widely. Zeina laughs and gives each of the three a hug, greeting them fondly.

"Masrur, why haven't you been practicing at Catrina's family's dojo? I heard she confessed to you-"

"We do not speak of it."

"Hey Sharr! When are you getting a girlfriend?"

"Oh my God you're such a mom"

"Ja'far, has Khadeja harassed you yet today?"

"Keep your voice down! She might remember"

"Remember what?" The self-proclaimed servant breathes right behind the freckled advisor, who jumps and scrambles away like a chicken.

"Remember- um- you know-"

"Aw, you two are adorable~!" Zeina sighs, patting Khadeja's arm. "I'm so glad you started dating her, Ja'far!"

"What are you talking about? I didn't-"

"Yes, it was a great choice Ja'far" Khadeja starts grinning, throwing an arm around the pale man. "I'm so glad you finally grew a pair"

"Awww! Adorable!" Zeina is whisked away by her mass of adoring children before Ja'far can protest and Sharrkan snickers at his predicament.

"Yeah, I approve!" Ja'far is about to shout out that 'no, I'm not dating a knife-wielding psychopath' but then Khadeja whispers to him.

"Don't want to ruin Mother's Day, right? Take one for the team, Ja'whore!"

"Take one for the team" Masrur stoically repeats, giving him a thumbs up. Ja'far balks and looks like he's about to barf.

"I hate everyone"

Gyokuen pouts, crossing her legs. She stares at her phone for a long stretch of time before sighing.

"I have twelve children, not including cute little Kouhime. At least one of them should tell me 'happy Mother's Day', right?"

"Happy Mother's Day, Mama!" Bad comes bursting into the room, hoping onto the bed and throwing her arms around both her sleeping parents. Yunan blinks lazily and nods, turning to go back to sleep when Yamu gasps and hugs her daughter back, kissing Badroulbadour's pink head and squealing happily.

"Is it really~? A day just for me to spend with my beautiful daughter and loving husband?"

"Yes! Are you excited?"

"You bet!" Bad giggles when Yamu starts to tickle her, prompting Yunan to blink away his sleep and sit up. The blond throws an arm around his wife and with the other strokes his daughter's head, yawning.

"What are we doing today?" He asks, smiling a little.

"I made breakfast!"

"You did?" Yamu's eyes flicker with excitement, and she hops out of bed, pulling her daughter along by the hand. "Well, lets go eat! Come on, Mr. Wazir"

"Coming, Mrs. Wazir" He yawns again, stumbling out. "Can we eat in bed~? I like the darkness~"

"No." States both females at once, and Yamu 'ahhs' at the sight on the diningroom table. Platters of pancakes, eggs, cereal, yogurt, granola, fresh fruit and various drinks are placed across the stretch and even Yunan pauses to admire the handiwork.

"Wow, this looks great, Princess" He compliments Bad, who blushes and looks away.

"W-well, I just...You know...It's nothing…"

Too cute!

Both parents share the thought and sit down to eat.

"Mama!" Catrina takes her mother's arm, pulling her toward the doorway. "Let's go! We'll pick up Daddy and then go to brunch with Grandpa!"*

Aishia smiles, but she looks a bit uncomfortable.

"Are you sure, Catrina? Grandpa and Dad don't get along very well-"

"It'll be fine~! What's the worst that can happen?" Aishia sighs in defeat and nervously answers,

"Last time Grandpa tried to stab Daddy with a fork and Daddy blocked it with a knife while screaming, 'on guard!', so I honestly don't know how else to answer your question"

"Hehehe, that was pretty fun though, right?"

Gyokuen taps her foot impatiently.

"Stiiiiilllll waiting for the call!"

Eren hugs his mother, inhaling the scent of pine and the wooden cabin.

"Hey Ma! I'm here!"

"About time!" Uzza cries, snuggling into her youngest. "Ever since ya moved down to Magi for high school I've been worried sick! Why'd you have to pick a college down there anyways?! There's a great one up here!"

"Ma, I'll be finished with college next year. Besides, I have an awesome job down there too"

"Doin' what?" Eren chuckles nervously.

"Workin' at a fabrics store. But the pay is good and my boss is pretty- pretty nice, yes, pretty nice!" Uzza eyes the younger Chandlen suspiciously but then steps aside, allowing him into the lodge. Large and remote, the Chandlen mountains are a perfect getaway from city and suburb living, but of course the locals don't necessarily like the tourists as much as they do the hunting sessions and nice, large lakes.

"Everyone, Eren's home!" A mass of greetings rise up from his nine older siblings, sibling-in-laws, and nephew + nieces, all of whom come bounding over to him to pat his back and hug him.

"Lil bro, when'd ya get so tall?" Makin asks, the forty-one year old looking up at his twenty-years-younger brother. "And when the hell did I get so old?"

Laughing, Eren gives his oldest brother a brief hug.

"How's Kalila and my nephews?"

"Good!"*

Then his sisters come to him and cry over how big he is and ask him why he never comes up the mountain to see them, in which he responds that he loves them dearly and is sorry. His brothers come and question if their 'little Eren' is a 'man' now, in which he rolls his eyes and answers 'what do y'all think?'.

Then there's Hanif, who tackles his youngest in a hug and laughs merrily.

"How's my boy?"

"Good! Happy to see ya, Pa!"

And thus begins another round of Chandlen family hooting and greeting.

The tapping turns into stomping as Gyokuen's face turns dark.

"Any day now"

Zeina's Mother's Day: She doesn't actually have any blood related children, but since in Starry Skies she's adopted many children into the De Coverna Clan I decided that in this AU her sister Maysun owns and operates an orphanage and Zeina supports the children there. Also I think that include Sharr, Rory and Ja'far into the mix was cute.

Yamu's Mother's Day: I love YamuXYunan with their adoptive daughter Bad. It's adorable AF.

*Aishia's Mother's Day: So, you know, I'd just like to say foreshadowing and also that the reason Catrina calls her father 'Daddy' is because she's daddy's little girl. Omg I can't wait until I can introduce her daaaaadd it's actually killllllliiiiinnnnngggg meeeeeeee.

*Uzza's Mother's Day: I'm diving more into the AU! So, I know this is confusing but remember that Eren has nine older siblings. You don't have to remember them all. I mean, I had to look back to remember what their names were. So, like, don't feel awkward if you didn't know who half the people mentioned are.

Yay! I finished something (even though it's really short, which I apologize for)! I don't think the next chapter of Starry Skies is coming out today as planned, sorry. I tried, but honestly I'm so friggin' swamped with end-of-the-year work that it's not even funny. I didn't even get to practice my piano this week, and my teacher was...Scary.

Ugh, I realized I didn't do an Asad one. But then again, he doesn't have a mom...Oh well. Ya got the mothers of Starry Skies getting pampered, so I feel like that's a win! (PS sorry this isn't as funny as some of the other ones, I'm spending all my laughs on the next chappie of SS). Happy Mother's Day! Treat your moms well, and if you're a mom, then you're awesome!

BYE~~~~~~~