*Just a small short story, of a little Tama and Malka romance.

The Talk.

Tama

I had to roll my eyes, as I continued walking down the path. I knew he was still following me. Ugh, he was like a little annoying cub, like Ari, aka my annoying little brother. As a pushed pass tall grasses and trees he did the same, calling after me.

"Tama!, Tama will you wait up?"

"No."

"Please?" he was trotting behind me still, but his large black mane and muscle body slowed him down a bit. Making it harder for him to catch up to me. As I'm half his size and lighter on my feet.

"Why?" I stopped, and turned around, starting him right in his orange eyes. The setting sun glisten in them. Like the world would be seen reflecting from his eyes.

"Because I was being a jerk and I'm sorry."

"I know, what's new? You've always been a jerk to me." I turned around and kept walking, he sped up and blocked me.

"yes, but you have to know what I said wasn't true."

"Oh really, why would I believe that?" I raised a brow, he always talked about how I would be forever lonely because of my independent nature. How I was so out spoken and over baring that no one wanted to be around me. I didn't care, in fact I don't want to be with anyone, it will only bring me down- and if I were with someone-which I'm not. They would try to change me. guys always have to be in the right, and in control, well not with me. and if a guy can't handle that, then he can't handle me. not my fault.

"Because it's not true." I tilted my head, with an 'oh please' expression.

"Yea right, the way you always tell me I'm too this and too that, it must be. Not that I care." I pushed passed him again continued walking, then what he said next stopped me in my tracks.

"So we're not going to talk about what happened last night?" the black mane male argued. I shook my head at him, what was there to talk about. It was a dare we kissed, end of story.

"No, why would we."

"because you didn't…feel different afterwards."

"Oh you mean discussed that I had to tough your lips, then yea. I did feel different afterwards."

"And then after that?" he asked, and he meant the kissed after the dare. I threw my head back and sighed, why was he doing this to me? it was a stupid dare, why was he making such a big deal about this.

"What do you want me to say Malka? What is was fun and we should do it again sometime?" he just looked at me with those big orange eyes, ugh, I could tell something was really bothering him, and on his mind. But I just- I didn't have to time to think about stuff like that. Thinking about those sort of things, wasn't my thing.

"No, but you could tell me what it meant, did it mean something to you?" I paused, thinking back to the night. And Chumvi and his stupid idea to play truth or dare, kings I wanted to just punch his face in when he dared Malka and I to kiss. Obviously I wasn't going to back down from a dare-Tama never backs down from a dare. But every snice then, there have been problems…feeling type of problems.

"Why would it?" I asked, maybe he could answer his own question. Malka just shrugged his shoulders.

" I don't know…"

"Than that's your answer." I again pushed passed. And again he had me stop in my tracks from the words coming from his mouth.

"At first it didn't…but not the second time did." I turned to him.

"What?" he froze, I could tell he didn't know what he was trying to say next. "what do you mean the second time did? Malka? Malka tell me?"

"I…" he paused, ugh would he just spit it out already, what was he trying to tell me? finally he found his voice, and told me what he had been trying to say. "Look, the first kiss was all fun and games, but the second one…I, I felt something."

"Something?" what the hell is something? Malka looked at me as if I should know what he were talking about, but did he forget who he was talking to? I'm Tama, I don't do the whole…I think I feel, mushy gushy stuff.

"Yea, I did…you didn't?"

"Nope." I shrugged my shoulders, and looked plainly at him.

"Strange, saying how you started it."

" I did not!" and that got me started, what was he talking about. I don't remember doing such a thing.

"Oh please Tama don't act like you don't know!"

"I don't!"

"Do…do you have feelings for me?" what? That was so out of nowhere, where in the world would he get that idea? Yea we are cool and all and like the same stuff, but he's Malka, he like another annoying little brother…he's like Ari's times 10! Why would he even think such a thing. But the look on is face told me he was serious and I felt strange thinking about it…did I have feelings for him?

"Of course I don't, why would I have feelings for a lion that constantly makes fun of me every chance he gets?"

"You know I don't mean any of that."

"Oh really, could have fooled me-"

"I don't say your independence and cocky to make fun of you…I actually like how unapologetic you are for being you." Well this was a first time every hearing something like this come from his mouth. And for the another moment…I again saw him in a different light. what was going on with me? "I admire it."

"…Really?"

"Yea." He didn't say anything and neither did it. "I just don't come across as it being a compliment I guess."

"No really."

"Well…I'm sorry." He walked up to me, and placed a kiss on my cheek. I looked at him, and rubbed my spot his lips just touched.

"What are you doing?!"

"Giving you a kiss…"

'well don't!"

"I…I thought you liked me?" i…I I don't know, I don't like him I don't! that kiss was just stupid a mistake! A dare gone wrong I have never had feelings for him, never ever ever! "I like you Tama-"

"Don't say that!"

"why?" suddenly I found myself overwhelmed with emotions. I was so upset I had to sit down and really think about what I was going to say.

"Because…because you don't mean it."

"I do mean it! I've always liked you."

"Then what about Shani?" I argued, Malka grew very quiet, I knew it. "see…you were just trying to play with me-"

"Shani and i…it's complicated." Oh really, just my luck that has to be the one line for every male on his planet! It's complicated.

"Complicated? Malka she's your girlfriend, what so complicated about that!"

"things are just different between us from you and me…"

"How are they different…"

"With Shani…it was like crush and onetime thing-"

"Like me with me?"

"No! with you it's different…I like being around you, and talking with you…I get you."

"You get me?" clearly he did not know what he was trying to say, because I h=for one was not understanding. So Shani the lioness he feel head over paws with a few months ago was a fling? But he showed her off so much and right in front of my face! "You know nothing about me Malka!" I pushed him away from me. he was just trying to get in my head. Okay so what if I did have feeling for him. It wouldn't mean anything, it didn't mean anything. It would be nothing but trouble, I would end up just like my mother Amra.

"I know you're my best friend, I know what you like, what you dislike…I know if I were ever in a fight you'd be the fight one I look to call to. I know I can be a stupid ass when I get nervous, because I'm not sure enough to say what I really feel…" but his stupid words grew me in again and I found myself looking to him, in those bright orange eyes. Seeing myself in them. " Tama I…I like you, and I want to be with you." No there goes his stupid smile, and flicker of his ear. He's lying to me, he's playing me I knew better than to listen. Now I'm over here near tears because…becsaue I don't even know! He just wants to make a fool out of me…

"I have to go home."