HEY EVERYONE! Sorry for taking so long to update. I have been too caught up in school so yeah sorry. I also realize that Ash is Rockets son so I apologize for that and from this point forward he will return to his rightful spot as Koba's nephew. Anyways here we go. Also at the bottom of the page is a toll of who wants Mira paired with whom so yeah!

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Chapter 4

Maurice's POV
Maurice noticed Koba's softening expression towards their newest member and couldn't help but smile internally at his comrade's sudden change in feelings. Koba had been hateful far too long in Maurice's opinion and this human girl seemed to be exactly what Koba needed to change that. Mira had not even been in their home for a full day and already she had such a strong influence on the members of his family.

Maurice returned his gaze back to Mira who simply sat on the nest still looking fearful of everything around her. Maurice could practically smell the fear on her body, rolling off of her in waves. Although he could understand it, he knew the fear she probably felt just as he was certain Koba was.

Koba's POV

Koba began to realize that the last time he felt anything remotely like what he was feeling towards a human was with his past human caregiver Mary, only instead of filling the role of a mother figure, Mira was filling a space he thought would never be filled again.

Carefully he approached the fearful female and knelt down to her level so he was able to look her in the eyes. But she did not hold his gaze long and quickly dropped it in a submissive manner, not even daring to glance back up.

"Do not have to fear me… Will not harm…" Koba spoke softly, though it still held a gruffness to it that caused Mira to flinch away. "Why are you so hateful?" She asked softly with tears filling her eyes. Koba would have laughed at the irony. "Humans did this." Was all he said, motioning to his scarred and damaged body. Mira's eyes instantly went to his scarred eye and travelled until she had scanned over his entire body. "You were abused by my kind." She deducted her voice soft and kind as her brows furrowed slightly.

Koba merely nodded sitting beside her carefully, still keeping his eyes on her unique ones. "We humans can be so cruel, that's why I became a doctor, to help people on the bad end of the stick. At least that was what Shadow would tell me." Mira sighed, wincing slightly at her wounded side.

Maurice's POV

A pregnant silence fell between the trios before finally Maurice decided to "speak".

'You had a mate before sickness?' He asked, unsure of how Mira would react to such a personal question. "He wasn't exactly my mate, we never actually mated or anything. We were just dating or courting as you would probably call it. His name was Shadow and he was just a couple years older than me. He died from the first wave when the virus struck." Mira explained reaching into her pants pockets and pulling out a worn, soft edged photo depicting two humans, one was obviously Mira judging from the unique bicoloured eyes and the other a male much taller than her with sandy brown hair and deep green eyes. He had an arm around Mira's shoulders and was placing a kiss on her cheek with a smile.

Mira looked at the photo fondly, the ghost of a smile on her lips. "He was going to take me to the ocean one day and build a little house on the edge of the cliff overlooking the water." Mira said her words soft and filled with nostalgia of the past. She seemed to zone out for a minute before shaking her head, folding back up the photo and returning it to its spot in her pocket. "Any ways, when Shadow died, any hopes of those dreams coming true died with him." She sighed turning away from the primate's. Maurice could see a single running down her face, but she quickly wiped it away. Though he felt sorry that Mira had lost someone she held with such respect and love, it also gave him a sense of reassurance somehow at the fact that Mira was bound to no one.

It made him slightly guilty and sick to feel these things, but one look at the fragile human and such guilt disappeared. She was beautiful, even as she sat wounded and covered in filth, and even despite the fact that she was a human. Koba seemed to also find a great interest in the human, but left quickly, giving Maurice a grunt before he left, signing that he would be visiting again.

And once again Maurice was left alone with the female, who had yawned and begun to lie back down once more. Maurice thought this an appropriate time to make his own departure, but found himself stopped by Mira's small hand on his wrist.

"Please don't leave me alone." She begged tiredly, looking at Maurice with eyes filled with both fear and fatigue. Maurice found himself unable to say no, instead giving a nod to which Mira returned with a small, nearly invisible smile. Maurice then sat by Mira's side and gently stroked her hair, causing her to give a small hum of approval as she drifted off into a blissful sleep. Her hand still lightly clutching Maurice's arm.

Hey everyone so here's the poll so far:

Maurice - 5

Blue Eyes – 2

Caesar – 3

Koba - 0

Although I won't be pairing Mira with Caesar simply because he already has a mate and I plan on keeping those two together. Sorry anyone who has been voting for this, but it just does not sit well with me.