Simba's Pain Chapter 26
By Mr_Toast
Discord: Mr_Toast#1679
Story Discord: bit .ly /SimbasPain
Welcome Back y'all. So now that it's no longer the first month of the year, writing will be easier since work won't be as busy so hopefully, I can post chapters a little faster, but with me, no promises lol. As always, there's not much to say here, so with that, Enjoy!
Simba was currently walking back to Pride Rock and could hear that Sarafina was speed walking to catch back up, and could already tell the rest of today and probably most of tomorrow were going to be just miserable for him. It was the pain from his cracked ribs that he was worried about, but the fact that every time something like this happened everyone had this irrational fear that somehow he was going to die unless they all kept him trapped in Pride Rock until he managed to find a way to escape.
"You ok?" Sarafina said upon catching up to him, knowing she had already asked that question a few times by now, but the current look in his eyes didn't make it seem that way.
"Yea... sorta" Simba said, looking over to see that Sarafina was giving him a look that told him he needed to be more specific. "Well... It's just that the worst part about getting hurt isn't the pain. It's everyone overreacting and taking control of your life" Simba said, knowing that it's what's going to happen as soon as he enters Pride Rock.
"The girls" Sarafina said, knowing who he was talking about, and knew how they could take a mental toll on Simba after long periods of time.
"Who else" Simba said, wondering why the girls were the only ones who ever got super clingy and emotional when he got hurt, and never the adults.
"Maybe you just need to talk to them and let them know you hate it when they do stuff like that" Sarafina said, wondering why Simba didn't even try to take a very simple and easy approach to it.
"Only to have them tell me how I should be emotionally supporting them when things like this happen and how If I didn't get hurt then they wouldn't have to trap me?" Simba said, knowing exactly how that conversation would go.
Sarafina sighed a bit when he said this, party knowing that he was right and that there wasn't much anyone could say to them to get them to calm down any. "Well, you can always stay with me and the adults" Sarafina said, wondering if that would be able to take some stress of him for at least tonight.
"They'd still be upset if I did that and make it out to seem like I didn't care about there feelings" Simba said, having thought a lot in the past of what he could do when things like this happened, and so far he had never come up with anything that would work.
"Well, then you need to do something about it. Just tell them you want to be left alone, and that's it's nothing personal and you understand they're upset, but make them understand you just want some space. If you ever want them to stop you can't let them walk all over you, especially if you have the power to tell them otherwise" Sarafina said, wondering why it was so hard for Simba to realize that he was king and what he said had a lot of power.
"If I use my power over them they're either going to ignore me or get all emotional and pretend that my love for them is fake or something" Simba said, knowing how they would react to something like that.
"Simba. They don't understand that just because they might love you or want to protect you that it gives them to right to disobey their king. You need to start enforcing your position as a king, as well as start acting like one. Just because you give someone an order doesn't mean that you're killing a relationship or friendship, it simply means that you need them to do something for you because it's important" Sarafina said, wishing that he wasn't so submissive and would start acting like a normal male for once.
"Fine, I'll do it your way, but I still don't think it's going to end well" Simba said, knowing that they were going to protest and that it wasn't going to be pretty.
"Maybe not, but next time might be better, or the time after that. You have to start somewhere, or else nothing will ever change" Sarafina said, knowing that the girls weren't going to change on their own and needed to have a reality check of their own.
"I know" Simba said, hoping that it wasn't going to lead to any unnecessary fights, breakdowns, or overreactions. Simba and Sarafina continued to make their way back to Pride Rock in silence, and Simba was glad that he could finally have a little peace and quiet before having to enter Pride Rock.
Upon reaching Pride Rock, Simba stopped at the hill that led to the top, hesitating to enter for a moment, before feeling Sarafina gently nudge him to get him to start moving again, and Simba slowly began to walk up to the top.
Simba entered Pride Rock at a slow pace, and as soon as he rounded the corner into the cave he saw Nala, Tama, and Kula walking towards him at a rapid pace, and sighed a little.
"Are you ok?" Nala asked, kissing the side of his muzzle and inspecting his chest to see for herself how bad the damage was. Upon seeing that it wasn't all that bad, she felt better, but still wondered how he was so reckless as to do something this stupid.
"Fine" Simba said, gently walking through the semi-circle they had created, not stopping as they had intended him to do. Simba felt them quickly walk up beside him and attempt to steer him towards their usual spot, but Simba continued to walk towards the back of Pride Rock and could tell they were confused.
"Where are you going?" Nala asked, wondering why he wasn't going there normal spot.
"I was going to... sleep with Ariya" Simba said, looking around for a split second and seeing her first. Simba saw that she looked to be a little suspicious, and knew that she was going to start questioning him.
"Why...?" Nala asked, never having seen him sleep with her before and wondered why all of a sudden he seemed interested in doing so. To her, it seemed like he was using her as a means of escaping for a while.
"You know... she's cuddly..." Simba said, wondering why he used that as an excuse as he knew exactly what was coming next.
"We can be cuddly" Kula said, cuddling into him, and felt that he was a bit stiffer than he normally was.
"Ok fine. I hate it when you guys keep me trapped in here. I'm not going to die because you're not attached to me or something stupid like that, and yes, I'm sure you think I'm trying to avoid you, because I am" Simba said, deciding to be blunt about it and try Sarafinas method, changing his direction to their normal spot and laying down, watching from the corner of his eye that they were all standing there with shocked looks on there face, probably wondering what had just happened.
After laying down for a few moments, Simba felt someone gently kiss his cheek, and opened his eyes so see Nala standing over him with a guilty look in her eyes, making him regret being harsh towards her.
"I love y-" "Nala" Simba said at the same time as her, and watching as a few tears escaped her eyes upon doing this, and quickly stood up and nuzzled into her. "Nala I'm not mad at you" Simba said, realizing that he had cut her off and she probably thought he was mad at her and didn't want to do anything about love right now. "I'm just a little tired and cranky that's all" Simba said, feeling as she threw herself at him upon feeling him nuzzle her.
"I love you" Nala said, nuzzling into him so she knew he could hear it, and felt him return the nuzzle.
"I love you too" Simba asked, wondering why she was acting all emotional all of a sudden
"I… we hate it when you get hurt" Nala said, speaking for Tama and Kula as well. "And our first instinct is to protect you even though you don't need it" Nala said, doing a poor job of explaining why they were clingy when he got hurt.
"I know, but If I ever need you guys for something like this I'd tell you. Trust me" Simba said, wondering if they'd ever come to terms with the fact that he didn't need to be coddled after ever bruise or cut, and that he would be fine.
"I know… I just can't help it" Nala said, unsure of why she couldn't just accept that he was fine. No matter how hard she tried, it always ended up with her clinging on to him.
"I can tell" Simba said with a slight chuckle, and watched as she smiled a little. Simba leaned forward and nuzzled into her, and Nala returned his nuzzle, before leaning back a bit and drawing him into a kiss. Simba returned her kiss, and felt her abruptly end it and pull back with a slightly disgusted look on her face, making him wonder what was wrong.
"Your breath is awful" Nala said, wondering what he had eaten or drunk that made his breath smell and taste terrible.
"Oh, right, I threw up a bit a little while ago" Simba said, and watched as Nala sighed a little. He could tell that she was in an internal conflict of wanting to protect him and make sure he was ok, but also knew that since he didn't bring it up to her he was also fine.
"That's… nice. You should go drink some water" Nala said, deciding to leave it at that, trusting that he was fine as he hadn't brought it up yet.
"Yea" Simba said, giving her a small nuzzle before turning around and beginning to walk towards the waterhole. Simba saw that Tama and Kula looked to be both surprised and confused that Nala was letting him leave, and were probably wondering why she was letting him go when he was hurt.
Simba exited Pride Rock and walked down to the waterhole, shocked and glad that Nala was trying to improve how she acted in times like this, and knew that there was probably still going to be times in the future where she would trap him, but was happy that he was free this time.
Simba walked down to the water's edge and began drinking and spitting water out, washing the inside of his mouth out and heard that someone was approaching him. Simba guessed that it was either Tama, Kula, or Sarafina wanting to know where he was going and how he was doing and was surprised to see Matimba waiting patiently a few feet away from him when he turned around.
"Uh… hey" Simba asked, wondering why Matimba was standing behind him. Simba stared at her for a few seconds, before she suddenly walked up to him and gently hugged him, being aware of his injuries. Simba was a little surprised by her action, confused why she was hugging him, and felt her pull away and nuzzle into him.
"Thank you" Matimba said in a soft voice, nuzzling into his mane and being amazed at how soft it was. Matimba could tell that he was a little nervous right now, and knew that he didn't know her that well but would warm up to her more and more as time went on.
"Uhh… for what?" Simba asked, wondering why she was thankful.
"For saving me" Matimba said, breaking the nuzzle and looking up at him.
"Oh… right. How's your shoulder?" Simba asked, knowing that he had hit her shoulder pretty hard when he slammed her out of the way, and wanted to make sure that he didn't hurt her at all.
"Fine. How's yours?" Matimba asked, wondering how he was doing.
"Broken" Simba said with a chuckle, knowing that it wasn't broken, but his entire left arm hurt.
"I can't thank you enough. At the angle, I was at and it's speed… the impact alone would have probably killed me. It's a miracle you survived, and even more so your walking around not even an hour later" Marimba said, wondering how he even survived.
"Yea…" Simba said, knowing how lucky he was as Sarafina had told him plenty of times he shouldn't be alive right now.
"Is there anything I can do to repay you? Anything you need?" Matimba asked, willing to do anything he asked of her since he was the only reason she was still alive to see her daughter.
"No" Simba said, wondering why people were supposed to pay him for doing the right things.
"Are you sure? There's nothing at all that you want or need help with?" Matimba asked, surprised that he had turned down her offer.
"Nope" Simba said, wanting her to just forget about it since it wasn't all that important.
"Well, I'm in your debt, and I will be until you need me" Matimba said, knowing that not repaying him at all wasn't the right thing to do.
"Matimba it's fi-" "My apologies your majesty, but I'm in your debt" Matimba said, and watched as he wore a slightly stoic face.
"Simba. My name is Simba" Simba said, wanting her to call him that instead of by royal titles.
"My apologies" Matimba said, not knowing he preferred his real name over his title.
"It's fine" Simba said, wondering why people couldn't treat him like a normal person like before. He was the same person then, and the only difference now was that he was king, and he wasn't sure why everything had to change because of that.
"Well… I guess I've overstayed my visit. I'll leave you to your thoughts" Matimba said, turning around and walking back to Pride Rock.
Simba continued to sit at the water's edge for a few minutes, before standing up and beginning to walk into the Pride Lands as he always did. Simba walked down a trail that he often used to get to the border of the Pride Lands, and decided to circle the Pride Lands again since he didn't have anything better to do and the threat that lurked outside could strike at any moment.
After walking the border for what seemed like an hour, Simba saw something that wasn't there after his patrol in the morning. A trail of paw prints that belong to a lion were imprinted into the ground from where they had entered from the Pride Lands, making him realize that someone was hiding within his territory and he had no idea if they were hostile or not.
Simba began to follow the paw prints, having little hope that he would find the person as he was currently walking on soft dirt that would leave imprints, but the ground density changed through the Pride Lands, meaning that any change of direction would leave them untraceable.
Simba noticed that they paw prints seemed to be fresh by what Sarafina had told him when teaching him how to track prey, and knew he couldn't be that far away. Simba watched as they suddenly veered to the right, and knew a small water hole wasn't too far away in the direction.
Simba cautiously followed them until he was at the edge of the tall grass, but couldn't see anyone in the clearing by the water. Simba carefully entered the clearing, and saw a lone lioness, similar in age to him, drinking water as if it were the first time she had seen it in days, with fur that was matted and dirty.
Simba could tell that she didn't know of his presence yet, and wondered how he was going to make his presence known passively. Simba knew that if he just walked up to her, he would most likely provoke a negative reaction as she was clearly a rogue and he was a male, and from what he could tell, that wouldn't end well.
As Simba began to think up way, he watched as she turned her head over, and froze when she saw him. Simba was still several yards away from her, but could still tell that she was uneasy by his presence, and wasn't sure what he should do next.
Simba slowly took one step forward, and watched as she quickly sprang back, and collapsed in the process of having an injured leg. Simba's first instinct was to see what was wrong with her leg and help her, but didn't want her to hurt herself further in an attempt to escape.
"You ok?" Simba said in a calm voice, staying where he was, and watched as she just continued to stare at him with a terrified look on her face. "It's ok, I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to help" Simba said, and watched as she remained stone still.
"I'm Simba, I'm the king of the Pride Lands. I don't mind if you stay here I just want to make sure you're going to be ok and won't cause any trouble" Simba said, not caring if she stayed here or not, so long as he knew who she was.
Simba watched as she continued to just lay there with a terrified look in her eyes, making him wonder what had happened to her to cause her to fear him so much.
"Got a name?" Simba asked, wondering if he could get anything out of her or is she was going to continue to remain silent. "Uh… well… I'm going to go now" Simba said, not wanting to stress her out and as far as he could tell she just wanted to get out of there. As soon as Simba turned around, he heard her rustle around and turned around to see her limp out into the tall grass and out of sight.
Simba had the usual thoughts in his head when in these kinds of situations. Who was she, where is she from, and why is she here. Simba had never seen her before, and wondered what a person her age was doing out in the savanna all by herself with an injured leg.
Simba wanted to follow her and figure out these questions, but at the same time he didn't want to scare her off, and knew that the Pride Lands was home to the only safe water source next to the Riverside Pride, but they were hours away, so she would be back.
With that, Simba began to walk back to Pride Rock to get some sleep, wondering how he was going to gain her trust and figure out who she was, maybe befriend her, and possibly get her to join his pride if she wanted.
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The next day, Simba woke up and gave the girls all the nuzzles he had to in order to let him leave for his morning patrol, and set out to survey the Pride Lands. The thought of the lioness from yesterday was still on his mind, and he was hoping that during his patrol he would be able to spot her and possibly try and get to know her.
Simba started to make his way towards the southern border as he always did, and began to circle up towards the north, looking out for anything that caught his eye. It wasn't long before he spotted her at a small deserted water hole, hiding in the tall grass to set up an ambush against small animals, but was failing as she was hiding downwind, and anything would pick up her scent far before getting near her.
Simba decided that he was going to help her out by catching something for her, and hopefully, that would help her trust him more. After catching a small squirrel, Simba walked towards the waterhole to get a drink in the direction that her trap was set up, and could hear her quiet her breathing upon his approach.
Simba broke the grass line, leaving the squirrel out of sight, and began to drink from the waterhole, listening as she quieted her breathing and remained still, thinking that he didn't know she was there.
"When you set up an ambush, set it upwind so animals can't smell you until it's too late. Winds come from the northwest usually. Also, you might want to try a more popular waterhole. Nothing comes to this one" Simba said after finishing his drink, beginning to walk away and tossing the squirrel in her direction.
Upon walking away, Simba could hear as she silently slipped out of the grass and inspected the squirrel herself, before picking it up and silently slipping away. Once she was far enough away, Simba began to follow her to see where she was hiding, and followed her to a tree that had fallen over and dug up the ground with its roots, leaving a large hole that she could fit in.
Simba sat at a distance for a while, wanting to give her some time to eat before he approached her again. Simba knew that she was shy and scared, which made this whole process much harder, but was willing to wait and be able to help her.
After what felt like a while, Simba slowly started to approach the hole, making his presence obvious by stepping louder than he normally did and approached from an angle that would allow her to see him coming from a distance. Simba sat down when he was several yards away from the hole, and waited for a while to see if she would be willing to come out on her own.
"There's no reason to hide. I'm not going to do anything to you. I just want to help" Simba said after a few moments of sitting there in silence.
"Look. You know as well as I do that you won't survive on your own. You can't hunt because of your leg and are too scared to travel near Pride Rock since you don't want to be seen. If you want me to hunt for you forever and just drop it off here, never talking or anything, I can do that, but you won't get in trouble for being here. I'm the king, and as king, I'm allowing you to stay here. So can I at least talk to you or get your name?" Simba said in a calm and soothing voice, hoping he would be able to get her to come out.
Surprisingly, Simba watched as she slowly inched out, watching him carefully as if her life depended on it, not allowing herself to get too close even though if he wanted her dead there was nowhere she could run or hide in her current condition.
"Hey" Simba said once she was fully in sight, watching as she was cowering down and away from him, sitting down funnily to get weight off her back leg. He could also see how skinny she was, and could tell she wasn't eating enough as she should. Finally, her right back leg was dislocated at the paw, and it was no wonder why she was nursing it as it would have been extremely painful to walk on.
"Can I see your leg? I can fix it" Simba said, watching as she gave him a very untrustful look. Simba slowly began to approach her, watching as she leaned away when he did this, but continued inching towards her, remaining very calm and docile so he didn't scare her.
Upon reaching her, Simba was able to see her eyes up close, and was amazed by their beauty and complexity. Simba saw that she was looking up at him with a terrified look behind a pair of purple eyes, unlike anything he had ever seen. He knew that blue, orange, red, green, and brown were a thing, but he had never seen or heard of a lion having purple eyes.
"Wow… your eyes are beautiful" Simba said with a slight chuckle, and watched as she looked down and fidgeted with her paws. "Can I see your leg?" Simba asked, and watched as she remained still.
Simba carefully circled around her and stopped when he reached her hurt leg, observing that it was only dislocated and would only require a simple pop in. Simba gently rested his paw on her leg, not resetting it yet, but wanted to let her know where his paw was, and felt her jolt in fear, but remained where she was. Simba could feel her trembling under her paw, and wondered what had caused her to fear him so much.
Simba rested his other paw on to her paw, and moved his paw that was resting on her leg down to her ankle. "This is going to hurt" Simba said, wanting to give her fair warning that there wasn't a painless way to do. Simba watched as she closed her eyes and gritted her teeth, and quickly jolted her ankle back into place.
Simba watched as she fell over in pain, gritting her teeth and having a few tears roll down her face upon doing this, but to his amazement, she hardly wheezed, making him wonder if she was even capable of talking, and that's why she had been so quiet. Simba felt her pull away and began to try and walk, but like before she was still limping.
"Give it some time. It's back in its socket but it's going to hurt and be sore for awhile" Simba said, not wanting her to hurt it again. Simba watched as she laid down, inspecting her paw, but also suspiciously eyeing him, making him wonder how she still thought he was going to do something bad.
"It's alright. You're safe here. Nobody's going to hurt you" Simba said, slowly starting to approach her, and watched as she didn't make any gestures to try and move away or flee. Simba walked over to her until he was a few feet away, and laid down next to her, keeping some distance so he didn't make her feel too uncomfortable.
Simba could tell that her fur was very similar to that of Nala and Tama's, but it was hard to see from all the dirt in her fur, and wondered what had happened to her to cause her to end up so dirty and have a dislocated paw. Simba watched as she remained still while eyeing him from the corner of her eye to see if he was going to do anything, and sighed a bit.
Simba slowly stood up and began to walk away, hoping that she would follow him. Simba saw her give him a curious look, and hoped she was thinking of following him. Simba watched as she slowly stood up, and began to cautiously follow him, and gave her a smile telling her it was ok.
Simba began to lead her towards Rafiki's tree so he could make sure that she was fine, noticing that she was leaving a distance between them and understood that she probably had the idea that he was leading her into a trap, so went slow and remained passive so he didn't startle her.
Upon arriving at Rafiki's tree, Simba hopped in and looked down to see that she remained hidden in the tall grass although curious as to where he was going.
"Rafiki" Simba said, walking up to Rafiki to see that he was making something again in his bowl, and wondered what weird thing he was cooking up this time.
"Yes?" Rafiki said, putting his bowl away and walking up to Simba, wondering if he had brought him some new wound to fix.
"Hey so I found this lioness yesterday and I was able to find her again today, and she's outside. She doesn't talk but she's sorta beat up and I was wondering if you could take a look at her" Simba said, hoping he wouldn't think his choice to befriend her was wrong.
"Hmm…" Rafiki said, making his way past Simba to see this lioness for himself, when Simba chased after him and stopped him.
"I have to warn you, she's very shy and timid. Let me go down and see her, and I'll call you down when she's ready" Simba said, not wanting her to be scared by Rafiki and trying to run away. Simba quickly hopped down from the tree and over to where she last was, and saw that she was still hiding there, and he motioned for her to come out.
Simba watched as she slowly started to come out, looking all around for any signs of danger, and after seeing it was safe, slowly approached Simba.
"Hey. I brought you here because of an old friend I have. He's going to make sure you're ok. He's a friend and only wants to help. There's no need to be afraid of him, I promise" Simba said, convincing her that he was a friend. Simba saw that she remained still and continued to stare at her paws, and decided that since she didn't try and move away at all, she was probably ok with it.
"Come on down" Simba said over his shoulder, and heard Rafiki make his way over to her with a curious look on his face. Simba watched as she looked over at him with a slightly confused expression, probably expecting his friend to be a lion, and allowed him to approach her.
Simba watched as Rafiki circled her a few times, noticing her hurt leg but leaving it alone, before walking over to him.
"She is fine. Do de others know?" Rafiki asked, hoping Simba had told someone about her.
"I'm working on it" Simba said, trying to think of how to present a total stranger.
"Clean her up. En t'ink of a way before dey find out on their own" Rafiki said, looking over at the strange lioness one more time, before going back up in his tree to consult with his bowl.
Simba sighed a bit, and watched as she stared at him with a concerned look, and Simba smiled at her.
"Come on" Simba said, walking over towards a small pond so she could clean herself off. Upon arriving at the pond, Simba sat down at the bank and motioned for her to wash, and watched as she carefully entered the water, probably on the lookout for crocodiles or hippos, and wondered again why she was so timid and scared.
After simply washing her fur and removing all the dirt, she stepped out and shook herself dry, looking over to see that Simba was smiling at her.
"Well… I guess this is the moment of truth. Do you want to split ways and live your own life, or would you like to stick around and become a part of my pride?" Simba asked, wondering if she wanted to remain a rouge or decide or join a pride for a change.
Simba watched as she began to turn towards the outlands and walk away, disappointed that she wanted to go, but he wasn't going to force her to stay or anything. Simba saw her stop, and look over at him, and he slowly stood up unsure of what she was waiting for. Simba was able to look in her remarkable Purple eyes one last time, before watching her turn around and leave.
Simba felt like trying to convince her to stay, but also knew that it was her choice over whether or not she wanted to go, but still felt like she could have had a place here. Simba released a small sighed, before turning around and walking towards Pride Rock, knowing that he had probably been out too long and people would start looking for him.
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Simba was walking down a trail, thinking back to the lionesses he had met earlier today when he noticed that someone was approaching him in the distance. Simba looked up to see that Sarafina was making her way over to him, and chuckled a little at how she had already been looking for him.
"Hey" Simba said once Sarafina was close enough and watched as she smiled at him.
"Hey, just wanted to see where you were since you've been gone for awhile" Sarafina said, wanting to make sure he didn't run into any trouble along the way.
"Yea, I ran into this lioness today, and after helping her, she left" Simba said, and saw that Sarafina had an intrigued look on her face.
"What was her name?" Sarafina asked, wondering if it would have been anyone she would have known.
"I don't know. All I know what that she was around my age, but she's gone now" Simba said and watched as Sarafina stood there and nodded her head.
"Nala's looking for you. She was expecting you to be back and she looking for you are the waterhole" Sarafina said and watched as Simba chuckled a bit.
"Probably shouldn't keep her waiting" Simba said as he began to walk towards the waterhole, and saw Sarafina smile. Simba nuzzled into Sarafina as he passed her, and felt her due the same, before making his way off to where he expected Nala to be.
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Simba was trotting down a trail he suspected Nala to be on, but for some reason, he wasn't able to find her. Simba began to venture off the trail to see if she was lurking around or off of it and spotted her walking in the distance.
Simba began to trot over her to see if she was available to enjoy a moment with him, and smiled at how she didn't know he was behind her yet. Upon getting closer, Simba slowed down and began to sneak up on her. Simba got within a few feet of her, walking quietly behind her when he saw her ear twitch and knew she could hear him.
Simba saw Nala look over her shoulder and could see a startled look in eyes, before watching her quickly punch him in the face and jump back with a snarl. Simba took a few steps back, surprised by her reaction, having only mean surprised her and not startle her. Simba watched as she followed up by getting into a defensive position to protect herself, before relaxing and looking to be confused.
"Simba!" Nala said, trotting up to him and inspecting that side of his face, not having realized that she hit him. "I'm so sorry I wasn't sure if you were som-" Nala was saying, before watching him lean forward and cut her off with a kiss. Nala was surprised by this and felt like breaking it to make sure he was fine, but when she thought about it, the idea of willingly breaking a kiss with him seemed insane.
Simba broke the kiss and looked down to see that Nala was wearing a very confused look, causing him to smile and release a small chuckle. "At least I was still able to surprise you" Simba said, glad that he was able to confuse her a bit. Simba watched as Nala inspected his cheek, running her paw over it to make sure that it was ok, before looking at him with a relieved expression.
"Where have you been all day? I've been looking all over for you" Nala said, wondering why she hadn't been able to find him and know that she had, he was acting all weird.
"Patrolling" Simba said, playfully nuzzling into her. Simba felt Nala return his nuzzle, before breaking it to talk to him. Simba followed up by leaning forward and continuing to nuzzle into her and felt her sigh.
"Can you jus-" Nala was saying, before watching him lean down and cut her off again with a kiss, making her wonder what was going on with him. Nala slowly returned the kiss, feeling as her worry started to melt away, before realizing that he was probably doing this for that exact reason, and quickly broke it.
"Stop" Nala said, not wanting him to subdue her. "You're not going to get out of this by kissing me" Nala said and watched as he seemed to be confused.
"Get out of what?" Simba asked, wondering what Nala was talking about. As far as he was concerned, he hadn't done anything that she was going to be mad about today, and was surprised to see that she was a little irritated.
"I thought you were going to come back after you were done" Nala said, remembering that he told her he would.
"I was returning when your mother ran into me, and told me to find you here" Simba said and saw that she seemed to have calmed down a bit by that statement.
"I... Sorry... I just keep forgetting that you're fine... and that if your ribs are hurting you that you'd tell me. I'm just overreacting" Nala said, remembering that she said she wouldn't do things like this again last night, but here she was today doing it again.
"You having trouble managing to handle me?" Simba said in a teasing voice, licking the side of her face and felt as she nuzzled into him.
"If I can handle Tama, I can handle anyone" Nala said with a purr, before pushing Simba over and jumping onto of him, kissing him as soon as she landed. Simba grunted a little when she did this, feeling as the pain in his ribs spiked for a few seconds, and felt Nala break the kiss and began to pull away to make sure he was ok. Simba quickly grabbed her and pulled her back down, drawing her once again into a kiss, letting her know that he was fine.
Simba felt that Nala was a little reluctant at first but slowly eased into the kiss as she always did. Simba felt Nala began to pull away, and broke the kiss, looking up at her to see she was wearing a smile.
"At least your breath is much better" Nala said with a chuckle, teasing him since his breath was awful yesterday, and watched as Simba smiled. Nala gently began to brush the fur on Simba's cheek, looking down at him with a look of pure romance and love, feeling so free and happy in that moment, almost the point where it felt like a dream.
"Nala?" Simba asked, wondering why she was just staring at him. Simba watched as Nala seemed to be broken from her trance, and leaned down to nuzzle into him.
"You're perfect" Nala said, totally relaxing and falling onto him, feeling as he held on to her to keep her from falling over. Nala pressed herself into his chest and mane, absorbing all the warmth and comfort it had to offer, and could truly say that she wasn't stressed for the first time in several days.
"Someone sounds happy" Simba said, bringing Nala back to earth. Nala was a little confused at first, wondering what he meant, before hearing how loud she was purring and felt embarrassed.
"Sorry" Nala said, not having realized that she was purring that loudly, and watched as Simba chuckled a bit.
"I don't mind" Simba said, wondering why people got embarrassed when they purred. Simba watched as Nala licked the side of his muzzle, before slowly getting off.
Once Simba was up, he felt Nala snuggle into his mane, and felt her lean into him, letting him support her weight, before closing her eyes and staying that way. Simba was a little confused about whether she was waiting for something or if she wanted to stay this way, and watched as she continued to rest into him. Simba gently nuzzled into the back of her neck, hearing her starting to purr and lean further into him, and smiled a little at her reaction.
"Want to head back?" Simba said, and felt her nod her head. Simba playfully liked the top of her head before letting her go and sitting up and felt her nuzzle into him. Simba watched as Nala slowly leaned up and gently began to kiss him, before suddenly pushing him back and taking off running towards Pride Rock. Simba smiled when she did this, and took off after her, determined to catch her before returning to Pride Rock.
Ight, So I know that this was a short chapter and that nothing important happened in it, but it is an extension of the previous chapter and sets up the next one. Also yes, I know this took a while lol. Anyway, I'm sure ab unch of you are wondering why I added that mysterious lionesses only to have her walk out again, well one, I felt like it, and Two, I might bring her back if I feel like it. Anyway, spoiler alert for anyone who takes the time to read this, the next chapter will be action-packed and awesome. So not much to say here, and hopefully you aren't disappointed with this relatively short and uneventful chapter, but the next one should be pretty good. I'll see y'all later. Mr_Toast Out!
