Simba had a hard day. Nala comes and cheers him up. A short cute story about Simba and Nala.

Hey I'm PureLion. I'm a fan of Lion King and yea. So um yup. Enjoy!

Her Smile

Simba's POV

It might be a happy day for some but not for all. Well I won't know. All I know is that I'm not happy for them, but not for myself. I slowly walked into the den. Nobody was there so I was alone. I proceeded to the very back and collapsed on the ground on my stomach.

I was having a very hard day. I recapped all what had happened which was a terrible sight. I assumed it was black, pitch black. Yes, that was how bad it was with a little red in it too. Very dark colours is what I see in it. I stared outside at the open and it was a perfect day. I knew I should have been happy but I had so much on my mind. I turned back into the dark and scraped the ground with my claw. I was really in a bad mood. Maybe the worse mood I ever had.

I'm sure that I'm the only one who is in depression. When I was coming back to Pride Rock, I saw birds happily singing, giraffes were teaching their young ones to walk and other elated animals chatting. It's never gave me the urge to ruin it for them. No I will never do that. I am glad their happy, and I really want the whole kingdom to be happy all the time. But if the pride is happy, shouldn't I be happy too?

I sighed and sunk my head into my paws. I wanted to cry but I held it in. Why things had to be so difficult as a king?

I then heard quiet foot steps from outside. I didn't even bother to raise my head and say anything. I just kept it down.

"Simba" I head a familiar voice. "Are you ok?" she finished. I knew it was my beautiful mate Nala. I kept my head down slightly ashamed. I didn't want her to see me like this. But I shouldn't be so sad. As all these thoughts raced through my mind I felt a drop running down my cheek. Yep I'm definitely not gonna raise my head. I then felt her stoking her cheek up and down my mane slowly and gradually. It felt very smooth. As she did that, I felt the urge to raise up my head, but I refused. "Simba…what's wrong?" Nala asked very concerned. "Nothing.." I murmured. Nala brought her face closer to my cheek. "Simba…I know you're not alright. She always knew what my moods were. I turned my face to her. I didn't raise my head though.

Nala then gently smiled. Suddenly, all of the bad thoughts from black and red vanished from my mind. It was like the memories never happened. Everything was gone lifted my head and looked down for a while. I then turned my head to her. She was looking very worried. I gave her a warm smile " Yes Nala, I'm fine now," Nala smiled. She then came closer and nuzzled me before I nuzzled her back.

Maybe that was all I needed to clear up a bad day….Nala's smile.