Overprotective
By Mr_Toast
This story is set when Simba and Nala were cubs. Also, I did a huge plot twist to where Mufasa was never killed and scar doesn't take place in this story. The reason being, I wanna focus on this story being romance between simba and nala without all the other crap going on. Anyway… Enjoy. :)
It was like any other day in the pride lands for the two young cubs, Simba and Nala. They were currently making there way down to the waterhole after waking up and saying goodbye to their parents. They were walking down from Pride Rock when Simba wasn't paying attention and lost his footing resulting in him falling the rest of the way down.
"Simba!" Nala yelled running down to where her friend lay. "Simba, don't ever do that again! You had me worried!" Nala exclaimed while nuzzling her head into his chest.
"Uhh Nala I'm fine, I just stumbled a little" Simba was taken back by this gesture. He didn't understand why his best friend was nuzzling his chest after he fell down a little hill.
Nala immediately realizing what she was doing shot back quickly and looked down so he wouldn't see her blush a crimson red. "Oh um yea…. W-well Just be more careful next time…"
Nala quickly took the lead so he wouldn't see her blush anymore. 'Why do I have these feelings for him… He's my friend, not my mate. I almost blew it, if he found out I had these feelings for him he would certainly run away not wanting to be my friend.'
When the two cubs got down to the water hole, Nala was about to start a conversation when she realized that simba had a little cut on his left shoulder from the fall. "Simba, You cut your shoulder!" She said in a worried tone while making her way over to him.
"Huh, Oh yeah, I do" He said while looking at his shoulder. What he did next almost gave poor nala a heart attack. "Better clean it out" he said while jumping into the depths of the waterhole.
"Simba!" Nala was frantically looking for Simba waiting for him to resurfaces. Nala wasn't able to swim, her mother never taught her how, so she assumed that Simba couldn't swim either. About 15 seconds later Simba resurfaced and made his way back to shore to be greeted by a rather angry Nala.
"Simba! What was that? You could have drowned and I wouldn't have been able to rescue you!" Nala was working herself up over Simba jumping into the water to clean himself that she was blowing her cover again.
"Nala, I know how to swim, I was just cleaning out the cut you pointed out" He said with a smile and turned to leave. "Well I'm going to sunbathe to dry off, then we can maybe play tag after that"
"Ok I'll come with you, I'm feeling rather tired today, I could use the extra rest" She said with a nervous smile. She wanted nothing more than to be with 'her' simba.
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After around 10 minutes of random walking, Simba plopped down on a large stone in the sun to dry off. He found one next to a tree so Nala could sleep in the shade.
Simba being the cub he was fell asleep almost instantly after lying down. Nala was just watching the slow rise and fall in his chest making sure he was still breathing. She feared at any moment that it would stop and she would watch her friend die.
'He sure is cute, the way he looks so relaxed in the sun, any girl would be lucky to get him as there mate. He smart, handsome, nice, and just an added bonus he happens to be the prince, which means one day he will be the king. Too bad it will never be me, we are just friends, and that's all will ever be, just friends. One day he'll fall in love with another lioness, they'll mate and have cubs of their own.' Nala continued to go on with those thoughts and she hadn't realized that she was starting to cry and sob a little.
Simba woke up after an hour or so and heard what sounded like someone was crying and sobbing. He looked over at Nala and he saw her laying down with her eyes shut, and tears were streaming down her face. He immediately stood up and went over to comfort her. Nala felt a warmness on the side and crook of her neck and opened her eyes to see a very concerned Simba looking at her.
"Hey what's wrong Nala?" He asked with a concerning voice that made her heart melt and she got ahold of herself.
"Nothing… it's just... Nothing, don't worry I'm fine" she said with a smile as a few stray tears left her eyes. Simba was not convinced
"Doesn't look like nothing if it made the bravest girl I know cry" With a playful stern look.
Nala was touched by this, she had stopped crying and found a new source of confidence, no one had ever called her brave before, and what made it even better was that it came from her crush.
"I tell you later" she said with a smile
And with that, the cubs ran around and played Tag and Pinned Ya for hours. Simba looked up at the sky and realized it was getting late, an idea then pooped into his head.
"Hey it's getting late, wanna go the meadow I showed you that one time and watch the star?" Nala loved that place because of that one moment they shared there a month ago. It was so romantic for her, of course, but Simba being well… Simba... didn't have a clue on what romance even was and thought it was just fun.
"Of course, that place was a blast last time" all she thought of was being able to hug and kiss the entire time away from stress and worry.
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When they got to the spot Simba was talking about, they started to talk about the stars and what they looked like. After a while, they just got lost in each other's eyes, each thinking the same thing, how beautiful the other was and how they wanted to be mates.
Nala decided that this would be one of the only time she could tell Simba he feelings for him with ensured privacy. She took all her courage and put it into her sentence.
"Simba, I wan-" But she was cut off before by a menacing voice.
"SIMBA, NALA! There you two are!" This voice belonged to Mufasa, and by the sounds of it, he wasn't happy.
Then the thought hit them both, they hadn't considered what time it was.
"Simba get over here right now! We're going home, now! And you're going to be grounded for the next two weeks!" Mufasa boomed.
Simba walked slowly to where his Father and mother, Sarabi, where and they looked furious. Simbas mother picked him up by the scruff and the three walked away.
"Nala you too…" said Sarafina, Nala's mother.
Nala walked over to her mother who began to lecture her while they walked home, then stopped and started sniffing the air.
"Is something wrong mom?" Nala's mother was never one to stop so suddenly.
"Come here Nala…" Sarafina sounded rather amused. Nala went over to her mother and once she did. Sarafina started to sniff he daughter private area, where no lioness allowed people to touch but their mates.
"Moooooom! Stop that's private, I'm not a cub, I can groom myself!" Nala hated to be groomed there, she felt so vulnerable when people touched that area, the only person she felt comfortable touching around that area was simba. She remembered when she sat on Aimbas hind leg to keep him from running off doing something stupid and it grazed that area and she had to suppress the urge to moan.
"Nala what were you doing with Simba?" Sarafina asked with a suspicious voice.
"We were stargazing why?" What else would Simba and I be doing inana open field at night away from everyone else Nala thought to herself?
"Nala… your wet.." Sarafina was now giggling realizing what was going on with her daughter. She was in love… and by the looks of it… she had complex feelings for him.
"Wet? I haven't gone in water in over two days mom? How can I be wet?" Nala wasn't even close to mating age so she wasn't sure what she meant by wet.
"Look down honey" Sarafina said while trying to suppress a giggle.
"What I… oh? Why are my back legs wet mom?"
"Nala, that happens when a lioness is trying to tell the males that they want to mate, seems my little girl is interested in the young prince" she said the last part in a sing-song voice and start to giggle some more.
"What! No! Why would I want to mate with the cutest cub I know? I mean the weirdest most….uh… no, I'm too young... ew gross!" Nala was struggling to find the words to explain.
"And that proves it! My little girl is in love with the young prince" Sarafina wasn't mad at her girl anymore because she was love struck.
"Ok fine I do! But don't tell anyone! Please! And how do I get rid of this sensation and this… wetness thing" Nala was completely embarrassed by this situation.
"Tell simba how you feel when he's ungrounded."
"Why not tomorrow, it's not like I can't see him throughout the day" Nala was starting to fear what her mother would say next.
"Oh you're not going to be grounded, but you can't be near simba while he's grounded, that should be a fitting punishment for you" and with that Sarafina went off to pride rock and left a very depressed Nala behind.
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The next two weeks went very slow for Simba, Nala wasn't allowed visit him while he was grounded making the cub very board. All Nala could do was a worry while Simba was all alone. She was worried that he would be in danger and be helpless without someone there. Nala pleaded her mother time and time again with the same answer, No.
When Simba was ungrounded, his father took him somewhere in the pride lands for his training to become king. This made Nala worry even more, and didn't go unnoticed by either Sarabi or Sarafina, they were taking notice of Nalas interest in Simba, and so they formed a plan that day, or an arrangement per say,
When news that Simba came back early spread, Nala was thrilled and bolted to pride rock to see Simba, which she hadn't in almost three weeks but was stopped by Sarabi before she could enter.
"You can't see simba right now, he's hurt and Rafiki is healing him" Sarabi saw the pain in Nala's eyes and felt horrible that she had to keep nala away from simba.
Rafiki them came out and patted Nala on the head before turning to address Sarabi.
"Sarabi, he should be ok, have someone watch him at all time for the next few days, come get me immediately if something happens" The tone Rafiki used made Nala worry even more. It was like he was doubting that there was much that could be done in this situation which just added to Nalas worries.
Nala immediately bolted inside to see her worst nightmare come true, Simba lied lifelessly on the ground, the only indication that he was alive was the steady rise and fall in his chest, Simba's left side from his shoulder to his gut was rapped in this green leaf stuff and had a couple scrapes and bruises on his legs and body. There were sticks that were rapped to his left leg lining the bones.
Nala ran to him and struggled against him and cried into his chest, right now she didn't care who saw her or what was going on, all she wanted to do was to be with her Simba. When she was younger, she had made a promise that if Simba was ever in need, she would be there for him, to whatever end.
She had overheard some adults talking about his injuries, Multiple scrapes and bruises, a large gash the started at his chest and went down to his gut, and a broken front left leg. He'd be lucky to survive with his injuries. If he didn't wake up soon, he wouldn't have a way to eat or drink and would most likely die of dehydration. And the mass blood loss wasn't helping either.
For the whole day, Nala prayed to the kings above that simba would make it and be ok, and things would be back to normal.
"Nala?" Sarabi called out. "Hey, Simba needs someone to look after him, your mom and I will be outside during the day, call us if somethings wrong" Sarabi's voice sounded choked and hoarse as if she had been crying a lot recently.
Nala was happy for the first time since she told of his accident. Even if she was told to not be near him, there was nothing anyone could do to get her away from her Simba.
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Nala didn't get any sleep for the next two days and only got a drink when her mother watched Simba and she ate next to him, the third night came and the lack of sleep was taking a toll Nala. She was struggling to stay awake, biting her tongue and slapping herself to stay awake. Her vision was starting blur and her strength waning. This didn't go unnoticed by her mother either.
"Nala you need to sleep, I'll watch after him" Sarafina told he's cub who was currently slapping herself to stay awake.
"No mom, I need to be awake in case Simba needs me" Nala had no plans of moving anytime soon. Nala was surprised by this. Her mother had just given up so easily and without even starting an argument.
"Ok then, see you in the mourning" Sarafina left but just watched the two. Within 15 minutes her plan had worked and Nala fell asleep. She went over to where Nala was snuggled up against the young prince and watched the two cubs all night.
Midway through the night, Sarafina overheard some sobbing and found out that is was coming from Sarabi. Sarafina felt terrible for her friend, the thought of being told your cub was most likely not going to survive and had a mere few days to live, would destroy just about any mother who cared about her child.
Nala woke up slowly, she forgot what happened the night before or why she was next to Simba, then it hit her, she was supposed to be watching Simba and shot up and was relieved when she found him breathing than looked at her mother.
"Ah Nala, your awake, it's a little after midday, the lioness should be back with food soon" Sarafina was watching SImba while Nala slept into the afternoon, and was met by a rather angry Nala.
"Mom! You watched me fall asleep and did nothing? What if Simba needed me?" Nala swore to watch Simba and now her mother was watching her sleeping on the job.
"Nala you will not raise your voice at me! You're are young and need sleep! you're not only supposed to take of Simba, but yourself!" Sarafina was now angry at how careless her daughter was of her own health.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not leaving, wake me if anything happens, and I mean it mom" and with that, the young cub nuzzled back under Simba and got what little she could with all that nightmares that plagued her mind.
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The next day, Nala was back on full watch over Simba, her gaze never leaving his chest to make sure he was breathing, when all of a sudden she heard a faint and weak voice "Nala? Is that you?"
She looked down and saw that Simba was awake and looking at her. She screamed with all that she was worth. "SIMBA!" She yelled while nuzzling his head.
As if on queue, Rafiki, Sarabi, and Sarafina rushed in the den over to them fearing the worst, only to see that Simba was awake and Nala nuzzling him. Sarabi's heart melted at the view that her son was awake and alive.
"Simba!" Sarabi ran over to him to nuzzle her cub, while Sarafina had to pry Nala off with much resistance. After Sarabi had her moment Nala reattached herself to Simba with a million questions.
"Simba what happened? Are you ok? Can I help? Please be ok! Just hang on ok!" Nala was drilling him with questions while Rafiki was giving Simba some water. All this incoming information put more stress on simbas mind, causing him to go back to sleep.
"Simba! No no no no!" Nala said through tears seeing him pass out and suddenly.
"Nala, he needs rest, he is still recovering, let him rest" and with those words of encouragement from Sarafina, Nala went back to watching Simba like a hawk. Waiting for there next chance to talk.
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Two days later Simba was able to stay awake but didn't talk to anyone but his mom and dad and that's only if he had to. He was so tired, staying awake was all he could do. He looked terrible, he looked thin due to the lack of food and water. His body exhausted by all the healing it was doing and the stress it was being put through. This made Nala grow impatient as time went on. She had so many questions, the biggest one she had was what happened. What could happen to Simba, the toughest cub she knew, to be too weak to even talk, something he was always doing.
She saw Simba doing what he was always doing while he was awake, staring at the walls of the den as if in deep thought, Nala got simba back for the most part but this wasn't the simba that she knew, the one she fell in love with. The one that made her laugh, the one that comforted her when she cried, the one that was outgoing, the one that did dangerous stuff, the one she wanted back.
"Simba? I just wanted to tell you that I'm here for you if you need anything, and I mean anything, just asked, please". She then put her head back down on her paws and closed her eyes. Nala only wanted to be able to talk to Simba, he looked so depressed and it pained Nala even more to see this.
"Nala?" Simba called out in a quiet tone almost like a whisper.
Nala shot up and went to face Simba. "Yes, Simba?" She asked with some enthusiasm in his voice, this was the first time in two days that he had said her name.
"Nala, please don't leave me… I don't want to be left alone" Simba said with a depressed tone.
"What? Simba I would never leave you, why would you even think that I would want to leave you?" Nala was hurt by these words, that fact that Simba thought she wanted to leave was crazy.
"It's just that you're always in here with me, and not outside playing with your friends, I thought that you would be bored and wanted to be with your friends" Simba said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"Simba, I'm right where I want to be" Nala said with sincerity in her voice. And it was true, there was no one she would rather be within the world than Simba.
'Thanks" He responded
"Simba? What happened, I know I shouldn't ask, but I really want to know what happened" Nala said with sadness in her voice.
"Oh, the ground shook beneath me and I lost my footing while patrolling the pride lands with my dad and I tripped off a ledge and fell 15 feet down and hit a rock, i broke my leg in the fall and cut my underside on the rock, I blacked out after that and remember waking up looking at you" Simba said before yawning and falling asleep, letting his body heal.
Satisfied, Nala fell asleep snuggled up against simba as she had for the past six days.
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One month had passed since that day and it was the day that Simba would get his bandages taken and splint taken off. Simba was able to move around by limping and with someone to lean on from time to time for support. Nala didn't like the idea of Simba walking around, at any moment he could fall down and heart himself.
Simba, Sarabi, Sarafina, Mufasa, and Nala were making there way to Rafiki's tree to check Simba's healing progress. When they arrived, Sarafina asked Nala to wait outside the hut until they were done.
"Moooom, Pleeeaaaase! I won't make a sound I promise!" Nala protested in a pleading voice. Sarafina went to speak back but Simba beat her to it.
"It's ok Auntie Sarafine, I don't mind if Nala comes in, I actually prefer if she did.
"Well I guess its ok then" She said letting her daughter in.
When they got inside they were greeted by Rafiki and got down to business. Rafiki asked everyone to wait outside, and they all did without resistance.
Rafiki removed all the small bandaged first and was pleased that they had healed up and the scars faded. He then went to the gash on Simbas underside and was relieved that it had fully healed but there was still a scar, and most likely always would be, only true love could make scars fade. Then to the splint and was even more relieved that it had healed and the bone was aligned, it seems that his old tricks for broken bones still worked.
"Now Simba, You're fully healed but take it easy, you still need to let your body heal. Now come here and let old Rafiki tell you something" Simba did and Rafiki whispered into his ear "Jump past everyone and run as fast as you can to pride rock, Give everyone a real scare" and said giggling afterward. Simba had a mischievous smile on his face and nodded.
The others were waiting outside when Simba bolted by them and out of the tree. Everyone Immediately shot and said in unison "SIMBA!" and sprinted after him.
Rafiki could only laugh at this as his prank had worked. He then decided to follow the others.
Simba had a lot of energy saved up and was able to pace Sarabi, Sarafina, And Nala,
But even at his fastest, Mufasa gaining on him. After a 20 second chase, Mufasa finally caught up to Simba and grabbed him the scruff.
When Mufasa put Simba down he rolled on his back dying with laughter as the rest of the group caught up and the four where very mad at Simba, But Simba was too worked up to even notice there glares. Then from the bush, Rafiki came out and distracted with the four with some 'important news on Simbas progress. Rafiki gave the signal for Simba to take off again and Simba was able to start running off again while the four were distracted.
"Hey, Simba…. Simba?" Rafiki asked as if shocked to not see Simba where he once was.
"Oh, he is grounded when i get my paws on him" Mufasa huffed and the Four of them ran off to pride rock where Simba's trail led to. When the four arrived at pride rock they saw that Simba was on his side huffing in and out. His breathing was very shaky and labored as if he sustained a lung injury.
They all lost their anger and went to make sure Simba didn't hurt himself.
"Simba are you ok?" Sarabi asked with concerned while nuzzling her son.
"Ahhhhh, You should of have seen your faces! I mean they were priceless! Hahaha! I mean, i gave you a real scare didn't I?" Simba said with laughing uncontrollably like he was before.
"Simba! You're lucky I'm too concerned about you to ground you but if you ever do that again! I swear to the kings above you will regret it!" Mufasa said while walking out of the den with Sarabi and Sarafina, leaving Simba and Nala alone.
"Simba why?" Nala said on the verge of tears.
"Because it was funny" he responded while laughing. Hearing this made Nala cry and sob to herself. Simba immediately realized his mistake and hugged Nala letting her cry into his chest, soaking it with tears. After a few minutes of crying Nala reluctantly pulled away from the embrace.
"Simba, I just got you back, I don't want to lose you again" It pained Nala to think of Simba hurt again.
"Don't worry Nala, I'll be careful, for you" He said with a smile looking into her eyes.
As almost like insurance, Nala and Simba nuzzled together for what seemed like hours to Nala but is was only less than a minute. Unknowing to Simba or Nala, Mufasa, Sarabi, and Sarafina where watching. Mufasa and Sarabi left to go talk about Simba's Future, leaving Sarafina to watch the young ones in a nuzzle war.
Simba effortlessly pulled away and looked into Nala's eyes saying "Besties forever" before turning and leaving to get water much to Nalas Displeasure. Her heart split in two at the world besties, she wished he could have used a word like mates or lovers.
Nala Heard a voice belong to none other than to Sarafina "Having fun?" Her mother teased her?
"Mom, I can ensure you that Simba and I are just friends" Nala said confidently.
Sarafina mocked Back "Says the one that gets wet every time she's around Simba.".
Nala quickly looked down and saw that she was dripping and some hitting the cave floor. "Oh, mom I uhhhh… I can't help it" She emitted embarrassed. Nala was going through heat and Simba wasn't really helping her by being cute and getting himself trouble. She was broke from her thoughts when she heard a yelp a pain coming from outside. She went to the mouth of the cave and looked down the rock hill leading to the cave and saw that Simba had fallen down like before but this time was in a lot of pain and rushed down to help him. Sarafina saw this as a moment for Nala to confess her feelings to him and watched from afar.
"Simba! You promised me you would be ok!" Nala said a bit angry at him for not even going a minute without breaking his promise.
All this commotion caused Sarabi and Mufasa come running about to see what was going on. Sarabi quickly ran over to him And scolded him for being so careless. "What were you thinking Simba? You need to be more careful!"
Suddenly Rafiki emerged from the bush as if he had the gift to pop up whenever he wanted. "She is right Simba, I hit some pressure points at my tree so you could run away, but that was only temporarily, You need to be careful, I suggest minimal walking for the few days"
Upon hearing this Mufasa stepped up and confronted Rafiki. "So that act was yours?" He said in a very angry voice.
Rafiki giggled and wacked Mufasa on the head with his staff whilst say "Gotta go" Before disappearing in the bush.
Sarabi took Simba back to the cave and told Nala to make sure to not let him leave while the adults talk. Leaving Nala and Simba alone again.
Simba tried to be clever and tried to outwit Nala into letting him leave, This only made nala angrier. "Simba this is serious, I'm not going to lose you again" She said trying to hide the sadness in her voice and keep away tears.
"Awwww come on Nala, you don't understand" Simba said in a cute little voice. This made Nalas temper start rise
"No, you don't understand!" She yelled before turning away to leave him, but where she could still see him if he tried to leave. "He doesn't understand love! If he did he would be more careful! I just wish he understood! I just wish i could tell him' While Nala was in though Simba could only just wonder what had happened.
'Man… Why did Nala get so mad at me? I didn't do anything wrong did I? And what would I not understand? I might be silly but I'm not dumb… I love her and I hate to see her like this' . Simba might love her, but he still didn't understand how love works.
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Nala was currently twisting and turning in her sleep. It was obvious to any bystander that she was having a nightmare and a bad one by the looks of it. She suddenly shot up panting and sweating. She immediately stood up and looked over at where Simba should have been. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw that he wasn't there. She immediately started to panic and frantically started to look for him until she spotted him in a corner of the cave where he was peacefully sleeping. She ran over to him and was greatly relieved when she saw that he was alive and breathing. She went to turn around to go back to sleep when a voice called out.
"Nala? Is that you" Nala was startled and turned around to see Simba looking at her with concerned eyes.
"Uhh… yeah, Simba, don't worry it's me, go back to sleep" Nala felt a little guilty that she woke Simba because of her own cause.
"It's ok, what are you doing" Simba asked in between yawns.
"I had uh…. I had a nightmare" Nala responded shamefully.
"I'm sorry, do you want to talk about it?" This made Nalas love for Simba grow even more. He was always so outgoing and caring for others.
"Uhh, no... But Simba…. Do you mind if i st-t-tay with you… Like as f-friends… To make sure you're ok… N-not L-lik-" But she was cut off before she could continue.
"Sure, If it makes you feel better" Simba said as he made room for Nala to move in and she did. She nuzzled up against him like she did for over two weeks each night while he was recovering. He moved on of his paws over her shoulder and she tucked her head under his Arm. She fell asleep almost instantly in her crushes embrace.
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Nala woke up next morning to realize that Simba wasn't next to her. She thought that he must have been getting a drink and made her way down to the water hole to see Simba down there but not alone… She saw that Kula had just nuzzled under Simba's chin before leaving, going off somewhere else. This made Nalas blood boil and she felt a new feeling… Jealousy…
CLIFF HANGER! Kinda… Anyway, this is my first fanfic and i thought that this would be a good place to stop. I'm going to be making a chapter two, but i could use some ideas and constructive feedback to help improve my story. Also, i apologize now for any minor grammar errors. I read the story over twice so I think i got them all. So please don't hate to much if it isn't that good. I'm a rookie in this field. So that's all for this time, also I'll answer any questions and comments at the begging on my fanfiction to acknowledge my supporters. See ya next time! Mr_Toast Out!