A/N

hello guys! I'm back with another chapter, I have exams next week so I don't think i'll be able to update every day this week, but i'll try to post one more chapter sometime this week, by the way wasn't last chapter an aww fest? there will be more of those for sure lol. As always thank you for reviewing and reading, tell me what you guys think!

love

-az

Chapter 21

-Simba's point of view-

telling Nala how I felt was the best decision of my life, I love her more every day, she´s beautiful, smart, kind and sweet, but she´s also tough and full of spunk, little by little her walls tumbled down and allowed me to get close to her, I've never felt so connected to anyone, I love talking to her, holding her, looking in to her eyes and seeing a perfect world shinning in them, I could go on and on about how much I love her and how perfect she is, yes I am now one of those guys, the type of guys that fall hard and only have eyes for one lioness, but wouldn't trade it for anything, I've never been so happy.

Nala's been feeling a lot better, she's very independent and self-sufficient and she doesn't like not being able to do things by herself, I promised to take care of her and she needs to recover completely before she can go back to normal, today I went hunting early in the morning as usual and was heading back to the den with the prey, when I got to the river I saw Nala sitting there smiling at me

"Hey" she said getting up

"What are you doing?" I said walking quickly to her

"I was thirsty" she shrugged

"La I could´ve have brought you the water, you shouldn't be walking, your paw-" I started worried

"Is completely healed now" she said holding up her paw for me to look at it "You worry too much Simba" she said shaking her head at me

I took her paw carefully and kissed it "only because I love you"

She rolled her eyes playfully "I love you too, but I'm fine, I can walk and even go back to hunting"

"Nope" I said simply She raised an eyebrow at me "not until I say so" I said knowing that it would annoy her

"Okay then if I have wait to hunt, then you´ll have to wait for me to do `other things´" she turned her back on me to return to the den flicking my face with her tail

I know exactly what she meant with `other things´, you see La and I haven't gone all the way yet, not that I didn't want to I mean that's what almost got me drowned a week ago, I just don't want her to feel pressured to do it, or to think that was the only thing in my mind. I decided I would wait until she's ready.

She turned around and said "I'm just not ready for strenuous activities" then gave me a cheeky grin before walking away from me

I know exactly what she´s trying to do, and it's not going to work, it's not going to… okay never mind its working, I got up and followed her leaving gazelle I caught earlier by the river, when she heard me approaching she giggled and ran away from me, I chased her and we end up play fighting neither of us paying attention to hillside behind her we laughed as we tumbled down, once we stopped she was on her back and I was on top pinning her down for the first time, I looked at her and she gave me a tiny kiss on the cheek, Nala stared at me with a seductive smile, I think this is her way of telling me that she's ready.

-Sarafina´s point of view-

After Moyo's funeral Ehsan and I decided to stay a while longer in the pride lands, today we'll return to the Furaha pride and I'm not really thrilled about it, Moyo is gone now but he still holding me as a prisoner, my duty as queen is to care the pride, and train the prince to become king when he's old enough I love Ehsan but my daughter would have made a fine queen if given the chance, I want to see her but I think she also needs time alone with her `best friend´ after all her father put her through all the abuse, the neglect and loneliness, Simba may be what she needs to overcome it. Maybe in the future when Ehsan is older I can come back to the pride lands and spend my last days here in my real home for now we must leave the pride lands and return to our regular life, it was time to say good-bye yet again to my dear friends

"Will you be okay dear?" asked Sarabi after we said goodbye

"I just hope I can handle it" I sighed "You know better than I how hard it is to be in charge of a kingdom" since Mufasa's got injured Sarabi have been in charge of everything, she's been doing great but it doesn't surprise me I always thought she was born to be a queen, it was her destiny, me on the other hand I was fine with being a simple lioness, I've had the tittle for years now, since Moyo returned, but I never had any real authority I was only supposed to stand by his side fake a smile and pretend we were the perfect family, now everything will be different, I just hope I'll make the right decisions.

"I think it's time we go now" I said with a heavy heart

"Have a good trip" said the tan lioness hugging me and Ehsan

"You'll be fine Sarafina" smiled Mufasa giving us a hug

"Easy for you to say it, you had years of training" I said to the king making him laugh "I'll miss you two, take care" I said giving them a last look before leaving

We made our way through the African plains headed north, and my mind drifted to all the happy memories I have from the pride lands, maybe now that Moyo is gone life will be better in the Furaha lands.

we neared the borders, the lands looked lifeless and there was no sign of the lionesses that would usually rest by the lake at this time of day, we saw half eaten preys scattered around and bones all over the place, and what's worst I smelled hyenas

"Ehsan go hide" I said to my son trying to protect him

"Mother I-" he tied to argue

"Go hide now! If there are hyenas here they will not hesitate to kill you" I said knowing how heartless those animals can be "I if don't come back for you in hour, run, run as far as you can okay? I said

The young lion sighed and nodded after that I ran towards the pride's main cave, prepared for the worst.