Shenzi groaned aloud, "All you two do is eat!"
"So do you!" Banzai yelled back.
Ed stared at his two friends as they screamed at each other from across the cave. He was amazed by how much they could yell, even when Banzai's voice was all shaky and crackling.
Banzai growled and ducked low to the ground before he pounced on Shenzi. They did a few somersaults before they crashed into a pile of bones. They both stood up and began to roughhouse one another until they were panting.
Ed trotted over to them and sat as they began to talk again.
"I won, totally," Shenzi stated, tossing her bangs so that they stayed to the side of her eyes.
Banzai cleared his throat, what he always did around Shenzi, "Fine, you won."
She smirked and hit him on the shoulder with her paw. He smiled a bit and then let out a rather dry cough. He swallowed and sighed.
"I sound like a dying zebra," he told them, his tail thumping.
Ed giggled at him, then held his tongue after Banzai sent him a death glare.
"I gotta admit, you do sound pretty stupid," Shenzi joked.
He looked at her, "Lucky, you're teeth are already grown in!"
Ed glanced at Banzai, seeing that he was giving Shenzi a compliment. He looked to see that, indeed, Shenzi had rather large and sharp teeth shining in her black mouth.
Banzai looked at Shenzi. She was the most mature of them all. She has drop dead gorgeous grey fur that shimmered in the sunlight. Her black mane and tail hair made her look even more adult. Her eyes were the perfect shade yellow while her irises were almost as black as her pupils. He shook his head to snap out of his thoughts.
"Hello? Did you die of jealousy?" She said as he stared at her.
He only got the joke a second later, and then laughed hoarsely, "Yeah."
She stood up and began to leave the cave. Banzai and Ed glanced at one another, then at the hyena.
"Where ya goin'?" Banzai asked.
She threw her head at them as she walked, "Ta get a nice, juicy zebra for dinner."
Ed licked his lips and then took off to swim in a pile of bones. Banzai sat down where he was and looked down at his paws. They were a shade of midnight black. He stretched his claws out to see that they weren't too impressive. At least, so he thought. But at the same moment he began to think about a certain hyena, a certain hyena was thinking about him.
Shenzi walked into the grasslands. She spotted a herd of zebra, grazing. One of the smaller males seemed to catch her eye, and she knew that was the one to go after. She lurked over to it, keeping close to the ground. When she was less than ten feet away, she leaped into the air and landed on the zebra's neck. She bit down hard and didn't let go as the animal struggled under her. Finally, the zebra fell to the ground she dragged it back to the graveyard, proud of her catch.
Banzai spotted Shenzi dragging the zebra into the graveyard. He ran to her aide and helped her drag it towards the cave. As soon as they let go of the corpse, Ed dashed out of the cave and practically jumped into the zebra. Shenzi and Banzai laughed as they began to eat as well.
When they finished, they moved the bones into a pile for another time when they didn't get to eat and sat down together. Ed looked at his friends, how they seemed so akward around one another. He stood up and left them alone, wishing only for one thing…
Now Shenzi and Banzai were sitting alone together. They looked at one another once before snapping their heads back to its frontal position. Banzai, like always, cleared his sticky throat. But this time, he felt a strange feeling in his stomach. That stupid zebra, he told himself. He hunched over a little bit to keep the odd feeling down in his gullet.
Shenzi felt her fur go on-end thinking about Banzai. She told herself that she was just cold, but she knew it was more than that. She pushed her timid thoughts to the back of her mind.
He looked at her as she looked at him. This time, they didn't try and look away from one another. They looked right into each other's yellow eyes.
Banzai thought silently, she doesn't like you. You're just a male who can't shut up to her.
As did Shenzi, he hates you. You're just an overdramatic female to him.
Their head moved closer to one another slowly. Banzai swallowed a nervous lump in his throat. Shenzi stared at Banzai as their noses touched. Their black lips were only a few centimeters away from each others'.
Shenzi took a small breath and then pushed her soft cheek on Banzai. She felt her mane practically shoot up in joy. Banzai rubbed her back with his whole head. She rubbed his neck more now, feeling him quiver underneath her head. Banzai licked her shoulder, which was still in his licking distance.
They sat back up and looked at one another. Shenzi gave a huge smile, "I still think you're voice sounds a little raspy."
He smiled and licked her on the snout.