SIMBA

Wow, in three more days I'll be a married lion. Hmp, still had to wrap my head around at times, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it. Right now I've been looking for a new place for Kenya and I to live. Still within the territory. Her father has been helping me actually, I guess he would want some stay in where his daughter would be living. "So you've going to take the big step."

"Yea, I am." as we were walking I was trying not to pay attention to him. He kept bringing the subject up in subtle ways and then dropping it again when I gave him a simple answer. He probably wants to have some conversation about it... I guess. but I'll just give my focus on finding Kenya and I a new home.

"Well, I figured the time would come, sooner or later. I hope I didn't have a cause in your decision." of course you did. "Haha I'm just kidding son, I had everything to do with this."

"I know..."

"But don't of it as a mean thing. Like I would ever force you to. It's a big commitment."

" I love your daughter sir, so I have no choice. Besides you were right, it was going to happen sooner or later with us. Why put it off."

"Well okay, don't say I didn't try to warn you son." wait, what is he getting at, warn me? so now he's changed his mind and he doesn't want me marrying her? I stopped walking, and once Kye noticed I wasn't right beside him he turned to look. "What is it?"

"What are you saying with you're trying to warn me? I thought you wanted us to be together and now you're saying I should have second thoughts?!" suddenly I was heated. I felt like he was toying with me, everyone was always toying with me. Why couldn't I be capable of making a decision myself? I don't need the opinions of others. I've already made up my mind.

"Whoa relax son. I didn't mean any harm."

"Sure you did, you're making me want to have seconds thoughts...like-like I'm not ready or like you can control me. I see what you'

re doing Kye!" the older lions shoulders tensed. He eyed me as he had never seen me before. This version of me, a pissed off me.

"What?" I asked. Kye raised an eyebrow.

"What's with the attitude son? I told you I wasn't knocking you, I was just saying it to be sure." the entire time I've been here, I've never had a falling out with Kye. he was as cool and understanding as a lion could get, especially a father. "Do you really want to be tied down now?"

"Will you stop trying to manipulate me! kings, I said what I said!" I was done feeling like a joke, I decided to leave. this little filed trip was canceled. something told me not to bring him with me. I should have listened to myself, but I didn't. I never do, Kenya had suggested I take her father with her. And see what happened!

"Hold up Simba!" I felt a force swing me around, so now I was facing the opposite way...great. " look I don't know what you're problem is here, but I swear to you I'm not your enemy. Now that look that you've got there, I don't like it." I rolled my eyes, how many times have I been told I've done things others hadn't like. I felt like I was born to spite others sometimes.

"I don't have a look, I'm just annoyed."

"and quick to react about it too." I watched him shake his head in disapproval. what- I can't lose it one time and I didn't even lose it, lose it, I just got annoyed. since when is losing your temper a crime? I'm not hurting anyone here. If that's the case my uncle should have seen his due justice a long time ago. His temper was always on thin ice. "what's going on kid?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing? am I suppose to believe that?"

"Yea, if you tell yourself that enough times you'll start to believe it." trust me. "Look..." I took a breath." I'm sorry I lost my temper for a bit. It won't happen again. I just have slight issues with others when I think they are trying to control me and questioning me."

" I see ha, if I would have said anything else you might have snapped my head off." he laughed, but I could tell he didn't like what just happened. he was trying to figure out a way to talk to me about it. "What's that issue rooted in?"

"Nothing."

"you have a lot of nothing problems Simba, hell more than I can count. And even realized."

" Just my . I feel like little things of my past try to squeeze there was into here."

"So what you're saying is it's a very long story?"

"Too long."

" You know you're too young to have these...nothing problems. but I can't fault you for it. life really sucks when you think about it. You're born, you live, you get old, you may have a few cubs or few moments in life that's with meaning to you, then you die."

"I knew life could have a bleak outlook but damn Kye..."

"Hey my life wasn't always easy either, and I wasn't always this old and happy."

"So it looks like you have a 'long story' to tell me then huh?" he waved his paw in the air and laughed. "what?"

" Yea I have, but I've lived to see those all storied, and leaned from them too. That's why I kept asking you about it earlier. I'm not trying to put a bug in your ear and change your mind. I'm giving you more options than what you think you might have. yes you're young and life can be spontaneous, but some spontaneous decision have lasting effects. when you get older, you wish you never made. but too late you're locked in now, you're committed." ...I know what a committed is. I've always kept my word.

"Yea."

" The girl's mother, wasn't the love of my life. Really she wasn't my love at all. Things just happened-when we were young. We did the right thing by each other and stayed together. She gave me my girls, and I loved her for that. But there was his other lionesses that had my heart from the beginning of time it seemed. she was from another pride, so he would never work. but then again, we never tried. I was afraid of heartbreak, and failure so I settled. Why mess with it if it's not broken right?"

"you weren't happy were you?"

"Not as happy as I know I could have been. But the same was for my mate as well. She felt trapped like she was missing something, at times I felt that way too. like there was a calling I was missing out on. Now what that said calling was, I don't know."

"That feeling, that...knowing something is out there, waiting for you feeling. Does it go away?"

" With time yes, but like... sometimes the past likes to squeeze it's way through the cracks, just to remind you. It's like a terrible game son. You'll always end up losing." he sat with me for a minute, it wasn't late yet, and the girls were still on the hunt probably. There was no rush to head back, yet there was no point in staying here either. "look, im going to head off and give you some space."

"Listen I'm sorry about before and losing it. It won't happen again and Kenya has never seen me like that either."

"I know. I know you'll fix it when the times comes. won't you."

"Of course I'll fix it, sir, I won't let old issues follow me here."

+ I'm trying to show an underlying frustration in Simba that's clearly connected to his past. I know I need to dive deep into him more. Tell me how I'm doing and you can give me any pointers. This is being brought up again in later chapters.

KawaiiCutie12, Yes I welcome all the puns lol, and don't worry they won't. Nuka is too busying ruining more lions' lives to care about them.

RyanSquad, I don't think he'll see that thought way, I mean who would dare touch him... we shall see.

Guest, I feel you completely and I can say they will all grow from this crazy life experience they were forced to have. How Simba will handle the situation with Nala and Nuka will be challenging. One, I don't know if or how she'll tell him. The subject will have to be brought up eventually as they interact and clearly he will want to know what happened to him home. Two, we all know Simba abandoned the pride lands, especially when he saw hoe deranged Nuka had become. who's to say he could even handle the truth of what happened? we'll have to wait and see when that bump comes in the road.

The ( be a prepared pun was great ) I hope to grow as an author as well to continue making more fanfic stories. Thank you for the review.