Chapter 25: Moulin Rogue II
Shere Khan walks out of the building and heads to his car as he begins to drive to the hotel that Vitani was dropped off last night; Once there, he enters the front office of the hotel as a female owl looks at the tiger and asked
"May I help you at all sir?"
"Yes, I'm looking for a Miss Vitani, I wish to pay her a visit" Shere Khan replied.
The female owls checks the records and looks back up at the tiger and said
"I'm sorry but there's no lady by the name Vitani in our files"
Shere Khan just leans closer to the female owl and asked
"Excuse me?"
"I...I said we don't have a lady by the name Vitani here" The female nervously replied.
Shere Khan was confused as he suspect the rumors might be true as he replied
"Never you mind, I must have the wrong place, my apologies"
"No harm done" The owl nervously giggled.
"Have a pleasant day" Shere Khan softly replied as he left.
"Y-You too sir" The owl replied.
When the tiger left the hotel, he scratches his chin as he kept thinking why did Vitani lie to him about where she lived...Shere Khan was now bound to know where she is and he will get some answers from her.
He then had a hunch where she could be due to Bagheera's rumours. He then drives to the Moulin Rouge II as he heads inside the strip club.
Once there, a security guard blocks his way and softly demanded:
"ID?"
The tiger sighed and shows his ID before the guard added: "Very well, you may process"
Shere Khan passes through as he looks at some of the females doing sexual acts for the men in the club before the tiger reaches the bar section and sees a female dog name Rita.
"Good afternoon sir, I'm Rita and welcome to the Moulin Rouge II, How may I pleasure you today big boy?" Rita flirted.
"I'm looking for Vitani O'Vera" Shere Khan answered.
"Ooooooh! So you're the handsome tiger that my sweetie has being talking about...And boy she wasn't kidding about you being so handsome and a sexy DILF" Rita giggled.
"So it's true...Vitani is a prostitute" Shere Khan sighed.
Rita then gazes at the tiger seriously and replied "Not by force, darling"
"What do you mean?" Shere Khan asked.
Rita sighs before she motions Shere Khan to follow her into one of the VIP rooms, passing Layla as Rita said
"Layla, cover for me will you darling?"
"Sure thing honey" Layla nodded.
Once the duo was all alone in the quiet VIP room, Rita looks at the tiger and explained:
"Listen...last year, I found Vitani, all alone in the park, asleep in the cold...I felt she was a lost soul. I took her in and she explained to me that her parents were killed by a small gang of hyenas while on vacation outside near the Outlands; she didn't had any family left and needed to find a way to live so she got here into the city by sneaking onto a pickup trunk without getting caught. Sadly for her, life was not easy for her in the city too, she had no money and she just wanted to get her life on track"
Shere Khan noticed the way Vitani's parents murder was similar to the ones in the Pride Rock City hotel that Alan Russel got killed years ago but shook off the thoughts for the time being as he questions Rita with:
"So you offered her to be a stripper?"
"No! I didn't ask her or forced her to be one...She kindly volunteered because she wanted to help out with the family" Rita explained.
"Family?" Shere Khan questioned in confusion as Rita firmly explained:
"Listen tiger, we maybe strippers, ladies of the nights, etc; but we're not complete sluts and whores...These girls who work here, live here too thanks to the society's bad side, most of these girls have broken dreams and no home or family to go to..."
"Those girls include Vitani are like daughters to me, I'm a kind of foster mother to them; I take care of the ladies here because I love them, I give them food, shelter and kindness. In return, we gladly do this club together to keep this going in service and we are all happy together"
"I understand" Shere Khan nodded.
"So...do you wish to see her?" Rita asked.
"Yes" Shere Khan replied.
"Very well, follow me" said Rita as she begins to lead the tiger to Vitani's room.
The female took Shere Khan to Vitani's room as the tiger sees the young adult lioness getting out of her room shower before she notices Khan inside her room
"S-Shere Khan?!" Vitani gasped and covers herself with the towel.
"Hello Vitani" Shere Khan softly greeted.
"I...I can explain everything" Vitani shudders in fear.
Shere Khan looks at Rita and asked
"Could you give us a moment alone?"
Rita gave the tiger a small glare as she softly warned:
"Alright but know this honey, if you harm her or try anything bad on her...You will answer to me"
"I assure you madam, I will make no harm upon Vitani" Shere Khan vowed.
Rita continues staring at Shere Khan cautiously for a moment until she leaves the room and closes the door.
The tiger sits near the standing lioness and looks at her until he said:
"Come sit down, my dear; I'm not mad at you"
Vitani slowly nodded and sits beside the older tiger for an awkward while until she spoke out:
"Yes it's true, I'm a prostitute but I don't enjoy it...I just-!"
"No need to explain...Rita told me everything" Shere Khan assured Vitani.
"S-She did?" Vitani nervously asked.
"Yes, I'm sorry about your family being murdered" Khan apologized.
"It was so horrible...I never expected my family would never return from their vacations...I never knew this was the last time I saw them...My life has changed that day, I had to do something to make a living on my own and I tried, believe me, I did but I never had the chance to work on my work experience since now I couldn't make money for my home and I had no other family members" Vitani sadly confessed.
"You know in a way, you're kind of like Nessa" Khan pointed out.
"Yeah...true but I only slept with those men to raise money for this place and for myself, I don't enjoy it but...it was the last resort...What can I do?" Vitani sighed,
"Well at least you were lucky to get a part time job at the Lion Technology Company" Khan said.
"Only for a while but eventually I go back doing the same thing every day, just being a slut" Vitani softly shrugged.
"Hey! You are anything but a slut or a whore, you're better than that, Vitani and that's what I like about you" Khan confessed while making Vitani gently facing him.
The lioness smiles at the tiger before she said:
"I'm sorry about last night on what happened at the end"
"Under these circumstances, I understand but why would you lie to me about this, Vitani? After all this time we spend together...You could have told me anything; I would've help you out as much as I can" Shere Khan replied as he stares at Vitani.
"Well for one, I didn't know what you would say because I sometimes hear rumors at Lion Tech. Company" Vitani started.
"What kind of rumors?" Khan asked.
"Well, I don't think it's true but half of the company told me that you're a bit of player on the sex side and just wish to use girls like me for sex which is why you were fired from your position as a doctor" Vitani nervously confessed.
Shere Khan looks back and softly touches her as they look in the eye and the tiger asked
"I see...Is that what you believe of me then?"
"No...I don't want to believe it" Vitani denied.
Shere Khan moves closer to Vitani and asked:
"Do you want to know why I'm not a doctor anymore?"
The young lioness looks at the tiger and reply with:
"Yes please, I really want to know why your job as a doctor makes people keeps spreading those silly rumors about you"
Shere Khan puts an arm around Vitani and confessed to her:
"It was years ago and I had a girlfriend who is slightly older than your friend, Rita, here...We used to work at the Pride Rock hospital together and we were a team...Until one night, I got drunk and was in heat so I went to my girlfriend and started to flirt and playfully touch her while she was working"
"She was seduced by this moment and one thing lead to another and we made love in the closet before we were discovered by the head of the medical department...We were both fired from this and once my girlfriend's family discovered this disaster, they denounced her in front of the entire family and her father, who never trusted me with his daughter, forced her to break up with me"
Vitani looks at Shere Khan who was in shame and looking down coldly as the young lioness was surprised and shocked.
"I...I see" Vitani nodded slowly.
"I even went too far one time and refused to save her father from having a heart attack, he looked at me when he spotted me outside, begging for help but I was in too much anger and hatred for what he did to his own daughter and me that I refused and walked off" Khan continued.
"D-Did he die?" Vitani stuttered.
"No he survived but he told his daughter on what I didn't do and she angrily rebuffed me and said she never want to see or have anything to do with me again and I don't blame her, I could have saved her father and he would have give me and his daughter another chance but my hatred and anger got the better of me" Khan shamefully concluded.
Vitani looked at Khan blankly before the tiger coldly whispered:
"You don't have to hide it...you can say it"
"Say what?" Vitani asked.
"I'm a despicable asshole...That's what most people call me nowadays" Shere Khan said.
Vitani thought about it for a moment, this was not the tiger she knew now; the tiger in front of her was a kind, sassy yet generous man she's ever met...yet despite his past mistakes, Vitani feels that the years gone by made Khan into a better person and that is what she believes in.
"You may have done the wrong thing, I do things wrong at times like what I'm doing here now is clearly not the best thing to do but we all learn from our mistakes and in the end, we can choose to be better people even if others refuse to see it" Vitani explained.
"You really believe that?" Khan asked while he strokes her head.
"I do Khan, you don't sound or act like the tiger you told me about in the past" Vitani agreed.
"Thank you Vitani" Khan gratefully thanked the lioness.
"So...you really are in love with me?" Vitani questioned with a blush.
" Vitani, I cannot begin to describe my love for you...you are so beautiful and the way you are to me is so amazing, You make my heart warm and make me feel like a new tiger every time I see you" The tiger confessed.
"You...You mean that?" Vitani nervously blushed
Shere Khan chuckles deeply and gives Vitani a kiss on the muzzle as the young adult lioness was surprised by the sudden kiss and confession.
She was about to pull out but the passion inside her took over and begins to kiss back as she was falling completely in love with Shere Khan throughout all the time they have spend together.
When they pulled out, Vitani looks at Shere Khan romantically as she said
"You are an amazing changed tiger and I was right about you, you are one handsome and sexy tiger"
"Oooh yeah" Khan sexually purred.
"So...you wanna go on a date with me?" Vitani asked.
"Madam, I would be more than proud to go on a date with you" Shere Khan deeply purred.
The two felines kissed again before Vitani accidentally lets go of her towel, letting it drop down to the ground before the lioness realizes she was nude in front of the tiger
"Shere Khan...I...I..." Vitani stuttered embarrassingly.
"No worries, I'll close my eyes" Khan chuckled and closes his eyes for the lady.
"You are such a gentleman" Vitani giggled and quickly got changed into clothes.
It wasn't before she surprised Khan with another kiss on the lips before she lovingly said:
"I'm in love with you, Shere Khan"
"I'm in love with you too, Vitani O'Vera" Shere Khan purred.
The two felines smiled as Shere Khan then added
"So tell me, Vitani O'Vera. Now that we're together, how would you like to live in a proper home with me" said Shere Khan.
Vitani looks at the tiger in happiness as she replied
"First you said you love me and now you want me to live with you? This must be a dream"
"I assure you Vitani, this is no dream" Shere Khan chuckled.
Vitani hugs Shere Khan as she was purring happily and replied
"Thank you Shere Khan, for everything, how can I repay you?"
"Just one thing" Shere Khan said.
"And what's that?" Vitani asked.
"Will you be my girlfriend?" Shere Khan asked.
Vitani purrs louder as she replies
"I would love to be your girlfriend, Shere Khan"
"That's my girl" Shere Khan purred back.
Rita was watching the whole thing and was smiling as she wipes a tear away. Later, Vitani got her things packed and says her goodbyes to everyone in the club as Shere Khan took her to the car and drives them to Shere Khan's house.
"I never thought this could happen to me" Vitani happily said.
"Believe it my love, your new part of life has begun now" Shere Khan proudly replied.
Shere Khan learns that rumors are true, but he doesn't mind, now Shere Khan and Vitani are boyfriend and girlfriend. What is going to happen next? Find out next time on Nessa's Story.