Kiara and Kovu walked through the grassy plains, an awkward silence fell among them.
"Kovu," Kiara gazed at her dark-furred mate.
"Yeah?" He asked softly.
"I need to tell you something..." She stopped walking and sat on the fresh grass.
Kovu kept standing, and stared into her orange eyes, "is everything okay Kiara?"
Kiara's left ear twitched as her eyes stayed fixed on the ground, a small grin formed on her muzzle as she slowly lifted her eyes to meet Kovu's gaze. "We are going to have a cub; or maybe cubs."
Kovu beamed, he couldn't even express his happiness in words, "I'm going to be a father?" He managed to ask calmly.
"Yes." Kiara replied, tears of joy leaked out from her eyes.
"I'm going to be a father!" Kovu shouted joyfully.
He nuzzled his mate, "Kiara, we are going to have a cub."
"Or cubs." Kiara reminded him.
The happy couple laughed as they playfully fought over names.
"It's going to be a girl, I know it." Kiara beamed.
"I'm voting on twins." Kovu laughed.
Kiara stopped walking, her eyes opened wide, "what if we have triplets?" Her voice started to get shaky, she didn't want to be overwhelmed with a litter of cubs; one would be enough of a handful.
"Only time will tell." Kovu grinned. He tried to act as if he didn't care how many cubs she had, but he really only wanted one; possibly two.
Kovu sat at the edge of Pride Rock, his brown pelt was being soaked by the rain.
Simba sat next to him, in silence.
Nobody said anything. They just sat there quietly. Worried about Kiara, who was giving birth inside Pride Rock.
"I hope everything is okay. Is this how long it took Nala?" Kovu asked his new father-in-law.
"I...Don't think so. Nala was quick." Simba looked at Kovu's expression full of worry. "I mean, it was so long ago. I don't really remember, it might have been this long, I'm not sure." He mumbled on, trying to calm down both himself and Kovu.
A few moments passed before Nala walked out of the cave, a huge grin on her face. "It's a boy."
"What does he look like?" Simba asked, "oh wait, it doesn't matter. I'm a grandpa!"
"I'm a father!" Kovu cheered.
"Come on, come see him. He is just stunning." Nala turned towards the cave and walked inside.
Kovu and Simba quickly hurried behind, eager to see the newborn.
"Kiara," Kovu nuzzled her and looked at his new son.
The newborn cub had a warm, sunny yellow pelt and the patch of auburn-brown fur at the end of his tail hinted to the pride his mane would be similar. Although his eyes would not be opened for a few more weeks, they were a deep blue, like Nala's.
"What's his name?" A cream colored lioness piped up.
A murmur of questions echoed around the small cave.
"What should we name our son Kovu?" Kiara asked her mate.
"How about Simba?" Simba smirked.
Nala chuckled, "oh my Simba...No, we are not going to torture that poor cub with your name."
"Excuse me? What's that suppose to mean?" Simba laughed.
Kiara and Kovu, along with the rest of the pride, exploded in laughter.
"What about Ptah?" Kovu offered as the laughter died out.
Kiara looked at him wide-eyed, "Ptah?"
Nala did a small giggle, "Kiara...Ptah is Egyptian, it means Opener."
"Why would you name him Opener?" Simba asked, still trying to convince his daughter to name the cub Simba.
"Because he has opened my eyes, showing me the beauty in life." Kovu responded, with a huge grin.
"I thought I showed you the beauty in life." Kiara teased.
Kovu and Kiara nuzzled each other, "Ptah. It's perfect." Kiara whispered.
Author's Note: Just in case you were wondering, Ptah is pronouced Tah. Haha, and sorry for an Egyptian name, I am inspried by Egypt. It's facanating :D
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