SIMBA

"Are you really not going to talk to me this morning?" I stood there looking like an idiot, while Kenya blatantly ignored me. She's been like this all morning, she even had us sleep apart for king's sake! "Come on, Kenya it's been two days, I told you I'm sorry." Dammit! I knew I should have just left Nala alone, and let her figure things out for herself. Now im the one in the dog house, all because of her! "Kenya!"

"What?" Standing in her way was the only way I could get her to acknowledge me. It's rather ridiculous all the hoops I have to jump threw! like come one, how many times can I guy say she's sorry. "what Simba? I have to get ready to leave..."

"Please, just here me out."

"I have been hearing you out, I've been hearing you out for the last two days."

"Well, could you at least act like it." hell I've been following her around like a lost puppy, or some cub begging for forgiveness from his mother. "please."

"No, I can't." she swiftly moved passed me and continued to walk down to meet up with her sisters.

" Look, I don't like this tension between us." I voiced walking by her side.

"There's no tension between 'us'" ...for the love of why can't she just let this go. It's not that big of a deal... lions can have heated conversation with each other right. "But there is tension between you and someone else." I had to stop myself from rolling my eyes. " Are you really about to follow me ?"

"Yes, if that whats it takes to get you to talk to me. Heck if you'd like, I'll even help you and your sister for this morning hunt." I heard her suck her teeth. "Babe I told you-"

" Simba I know what you've told me. But im telling you what I heard, and the two aren't adding up." Kenya abruptly stopped.

"What isn't adding up?" I was telling her the truth, what she saw was nothing. It was me trying to help her and getting fucking assaulted for it. But no matter how many times I tell her this, I still saw a worried look play in her eyes.

"Everything I saw that night! Simba how do you I feel seeing you all over her."

"I wasn't- I was trying to help her and she attacked me!"

" And the arguing. What was that about? and don't say it was nothing. You two sounded like you were fighting like an old married couple. I stood there, I know what I heard and saw. Now tell me what were you guys talking about?" I felt my temper start to boil. Why was it always me being knocked down, time after time with some bs? It never ceases to fail!

"Fuck! I told you she shouldn't have stayed here..." it suddenly felt like everything was coming to ahead, and I had no way of stopping it. Let alone controlling it. As far as im concerned I've never been able to control anything in my life. and the ONE thing I did control when leaving the fucking past had to come back and bite me in my ass to make me feel even worse. It's like everything I do I pointless. Nothing I do lasts or makes a difference.

"...Is there something you want to tell me? Do you know her?" defeated and not knowing what to say, I said nothing. " you do know her..."

" Yes I do." finally answering her questions. Now that I did that, what was that supposed to help? Does Kenya, not understand I keep my life private to protect her. I know I'm no good at explaining or expressing myself. The Little she knows about me the better, how would she think of me if she learned I up and left my family, when they needed me most. I was being selfish, but I was also being smart. I knew what I had to do to take care of me. it wasn't my fault others didn't think to follow suit.

"Babe, why didn't you tell me that before?" I heard her tone change, seeing me get worked up was something she wasn't used to. I try to not let things get to me. She calls it building a wall, I call it protecting myself. I shouldn't have let that my wall be broken like that. I mean, just thinking of the things Nala said to me the other day, it was like she was out of her mind! Blaming me for her suffering when I suffered too. I'm not some prince that was promised to help the wicked and the damned!

As I said, last time I checked no was there helping me from my living hell. So why the hell would she expect me to help her?

"Because it's complicated." That is surely fucking was...

"Oh...so were you two like, together before?" ugh, this is all a big fucking mess. I let out a big sigh of frustration and sat down. reading Kenya's eyes I could see she was trying to make sense of it all. As anyone in her position would do " you said it was complicated."

"No, nothing like that. She was my best friend." How little do I even remember that time. It almost seemed like it didn't happen really. Like I dreamt it up myself, whenever I thought of her.

"Was?" Kenya sat right in front of me.

"Yea was." I saw my mate shift awkwardly, as she looked down at her paws.

"What happened?" I knew that question would come up. And I knew I didn't have the heart to answer.

"Shit, just a lot. Too much for me to get into...it's just a whole lot of garbage that I really don't want to talk about." then there was stillness between us. I wasn't relieved as I thought I might be to get this time to think. Her silence made me uneasy. when I looked over at her to see what she was thinking, her body was giving off an odd vibe to me. I could have sworn I saw her body shaking, but shwas doing it so small... I couldn't tell if I was imagining it or not." What?" i asked trying to break this tension.

"Nothing." Fuck, just com out with it Simba, stop being such a coward! It's always been me to hide and avoid confrontations, but I can't afford to be that lion now, especially at the cost of my mate. I need to be the best I can for her. Hell, I can even admit it, if the roles were reveres and I walked in on her and some lion entangled like how Nala and I were. I'd be suspicious too. The last thing I would want is 'not knowing'. So I need to say what's really happening.

" Nala's here to make me go back." the words came out so fast, I didn't realize that I had said them. I was surprised Kenya was able to catch it herself.

"Back...back where?" Her eyes rose and met mine, I could see water building behind them... fuck no.

"To my old home."

"What- why?!" my mate was on her feet in an instant.

"I don't know, I didn't get a chance to ask her."

"t-then how do you know she wants you to go back with her...I mean that's that pretty crazy..."

"Someone else from my home told me..."I guess she was too worked up to hear me. I got up to clam her, I could hear the panic rising in her voice.

"who?"

"...the mandrill from the forest." I saw her start to connect the dots" -But don't worry im not leaving. Trust and believe me Kenya. I'm not going anywhere, besides that monkey is crazy anyway. So he'll say anything! he thinks he's some wise prophet or something, he said he spoke with my dead father!"

"But...but there has to be a reason, right?" reason... it was then I saw her let the tears fall from her eyes. Kings, I haven't been married a week ad I've already made my mate cry? what kind of fucking mate am I?" W..why travel all this way go through all this trouble just to find you?" I embraced her. Her head kissed the bottom of my chin.

"There's no reason." and that wasn't a lie, to me I had no reason to ever go back to the pride lands. Ever! But I know Kenya was looking for a motive, a way to understand the crazy that was me. " I'm never going back there."

"Is your family? your family still there... I mean you don't know."

"No, I have no family there anymore."

"She said you had a brother?" my lip twitched, and tail flickered. just hearing her say that took me back to that night. I swear I wanted to strangle Nala...

"He wasn't my brother." the tone of my voice matched the expression I was feeling, bitter and cold. " I didn't even know him."

"Then she loves you"

"What?!" I couldn't believe my ears, what in the world would make her think that!

"...She loves you, that has to be it...why else would she want you to come back with her, she wants to back." No that didn't make sense and I know that NOT the real reason...but can I really tell her that? can I really tell her I'm the son of a dead king, with some washed-up pride in some deserted land that I have to leave her and rule?

" That's impossible. We never saw each other like that and I will never see her like that."

"...Would you leave me for her?" the hurt in her voice was tangible. It weighed heavily on my shoulders. Like I had been the ultimate let down.

"What?! babe NO of course, not I love you!- Why would you even think that?!"

"I... I just feel like there's a lot I don know about you..." I could feel her wanting to pull away from me, I refused to let her go. Kenya was my everything and I could not let her go. I was a lion desperate and in love, yes was I willing to do anything to keep it that way YES.

"No Kenya no I've told you everything. What else do I have to do to prove that to you, because I'll do it?"

"I...i don't know..." her voice was almost inaudible.

" Don't you believe me... I love you."

"I do believe you love me... I just don't know about everything else. This is all so...werid and confusing. first, you don't know her, then you do know her and it turns out guy used to be best friends...and now she wants you to go back with her and leave me..." I knew it, I knew this would happen if I told the truth. It didn't help with a damn thing! it only drove a wedge between my mate and i. my pasted continues to ruin everything! and my pride wants me to step up and be my father?! Fuck no!

"I'll prove it...I'll proves it.. by making Nala come clean, that damn monkey doesn't know what the hell he's talking about and I'll show you... I'll fix everything I promise I pro-" I heard laughter coming from the distance, it was Khali for sure. Kenya instantly parted from me, shaking herself off.

"I have to go... I'll see you when you get back." I had nothing to say as I watched her leave. I felt like trash knowing I didn't do anything but hurt her. I should have kept my mouth shut but instead, I had to tell her some truth. And Nala's going to tell her the rest. She was going to tell Kenya exactly what she needed to hear in order for her to trust me again. I'll make damn sure of that.

+RyanSquad, right, it must really be hard being them XD.

+KawaiiCutie12, we can say she inherited her badass trait from her mother for sure!