Ma looked up when Timon approached, her mouth stretched into a painfully
reassuring smile. But, it did nothing to ease his worry and he looked
passed her to the hyena a few feet away.
"How is she doing?" Timon asked.
Ma turned her head over her shoulder, gazing at the hyena that was laid carefully on a bed of leaves with her wounds cleaned and wrapped. She sighed and returned her eyes back to her son, answering, "She's better."
Timon nodded numbly and went to step passed her to go to Shenzi, but was stopped by his ma's paw on his arm. He gave her paw a quick look in question, before sliding his eyes up to her face.
"Timmy," she began, gazing at him. "Do... do you have feeling for her?"
"Feelings?"
Ma frowned and struggled to rephrase. "Do you love her?"
"Heh," Timon blurted in nervousness and then quickly shook his head. "She's a hyena, ma."
She wasn't satisfied with that reply and asked again, "Do you?"
Timon gazed at her for a long moment, before sighing. He reached down and took both her paws, squeezing them and saying, "She's my friend. I love her in a way only a friend can."
Ma nodded and gave him a small smile, and he patted her on the shoulder. She watched as he turned to walk toward Shenzi, before deciding to give them some privacy and leaving the area.
Timon slowly approached her, almost afraid. He finally reached her side and sat down, reaching out and gently touching her nose. Her eyes fluttered and her face instantly split into a smile.
"Hey ya, Squirt."
"Hi," Timon said softly. "How are you doing?"
"Oh, I'm really peachy," she huffed. "Doing great. In fact, so great, that I just might take a nap after this."
Timon grinned a little and shook his head, before saying, "Our friends really have it out for us, huh?"
"Oh yeah."
Timon took a breath and then shook his head. "They won't do it again, I swear."
"See, that's where we run into a gray area," Shenzi replied, lifting her head and giving him a sad smile. "Your colony did something beyond the achievable. They took down a HYENA! By themselves! And the toughest one too, might I add," she said with a wink.
"They didn't know... They were just..."
"But Squirt, you're missing the point," Shenzi said, cutting him short. "What's to say the next hyena isn't me? Will they hesitate? Or will they do it again?"
Timon opened his mouth, faltering a little. "I... don't..."
"They HAVE to do it again." Shenzi carefully pushed herself into a sitting position and gazed down at him, her face holding a sad smile. "That's why this can't work."
Timon furrowed his brow. "What you mean?"
"Our friends will never understand. We can't make 'em understand."
"But..." Timon began to say but thought better of it. He slowly slumped down and stared at the ground, digesting what she had just said. After a moment, he looked back up at her and shook his head, "We are from two different worlds, aren't we?"
"Yup, the small and the large. The weak and the strong. The dumb and the smart..."
Timon glared at her. "Okay, I get the point."
Shenzi grinned and placed a paw on his head, rubbing it back and forth. "It was great while it lasted, right?"
"Yeah, it was..."
"I won't forget this, Squirt," she grinned, and then rolled her eyes, adding under her breath, "Even if I tried."
"So, that's it?" Timon asked, peering out from underneath her large paw. She lifted it up and frowned at him. "We just walk away from all this and act like we used to?"
"No, we just walk away."
Shenzi struggled to stand and Timon held out his arms, protesting, "Maybe you should lie down some more!"
"Nah, I need to get out of here," Shenzi replied. "I'm a sucker for long goodbyes, so I have to go away before this gets ugly."
Timon dropped his arms uselessly at his side, watching as she turned and started walking back toward the rolling dunes. His eyes lit when he thought of something and called after her, "Shenzi!"
She stopped and turned to look at him with a crook of an eyebrow.
With a small smile, Timon replied, "NOW we're even."
Note: Sorry guys, I have a lot on my plate so my chapters are coming in small spurts.
"How is she doing?" Timon asked.
Ma turned her head over her shoulder, gazing at the hyena that was laid carefully on a bed of leaves with her wounds cleaned and wrapped. She sighed and returned her eyes back to her son, answering, "She's better."
Timon nodded numbly and went to step passed her to go to Shenzi, but was stopped by his ma's paw on his arm. He gave her paw a quick look in question, before sliding his eyes up to her face.
"Timmy," she began, gazing at him. "Do... do you have feeling for her?"
"Feelings?"
Ma frowned and struggled to rephrase. "Do you love her?"
"Heh," Timon blurted in nervousness and then quickly shook his head. "She's a hyena, ma."
She wasn't satisfied with that reply and asked again, "Do you?"
Timon gazed at her for a long moment, before sighing. He reached down and took both her paws, squeezing them and saying, "She's my friend. I love her in a way only a friend can."
Ma nodded and gave him a small smile, and he patted her on the shoulder. She watched as he turned to walk toward Shenzi, before deciding to give them some privacy and leaving the area.
Timon slowly approached her, almost afraid. He finally reached her side and sat down, reaching out and gently touching her nose. Her eyes fluttered and her face instantly split into a smile.
"Hey ya, Squirt."
"Hi," Timon said softly. "How are you doing?"
"Oh, I'm really peachy," she huffed. "Doing great. In fact, so great, that I just might take a nap after this."
Timon grinned a little and shook his head, before saying, "Our friends really have it out for us, huh?"
"Oh yeah."
Timon took a breath and then shook his head. "They won't do it again, I swear."
"See, that's where we run into a gray area," Shenzi replied, lifting her head and giving him a sad smile. "Your colony did something beyond the achievable. They took down a HYENA! By themselves! And the toughest one too, might I add," she said with a wink.
"They didn't know... They were just..."
"But Squirt, you're missing the point," Shenzi said, cutting him short. "What's to say the next hyena isn't me? Will they hesitate? Or will they do it again?"
Timon opened his mouth, faltering a little. "I... don't..."
"They HAVE to do it again." Shenzi carefully pushed herself into a sitting position and gazed down at him, her face holding a sad smile. "That's why this can't work."
Timon furrowed his brow. "What you mean?"
"Our friends will never understand. We can't make 'em understand."
"But..." Timon began to say but thought better of it. He slowly slumped down and stared at the ground, digesting what she had just said. After a moment, he looked back up at her and shook his head, "We are from two different worlds, aren't we?"
"Yup, the small and the large. The weak and the strong. The dumb and the smart..."
Timon glared at her. "Okay, I get the point."
Shenzi grinned and placed a paw on his head, rubbing it back and forth. "It was great while it lasted, right?"
"Yeah, it was..."
"I won't forget this, Squirt," she grinned, and then rolled her eyes, adding under her breath, "Even if I tried."
"So, that's it?" Timon asked, peering out from underneath her large paw. She lifted it up and frowned at him. "We just walk away from all this and act like we used to?"
"No, we just walk away."
Shenzi struggled to stand and Timon held out his arms, protesting, "Maybe you should lie down some more!"
"Nah, I need to get out of here," Shenzi replied. "I'm a sucker for long goodbyes, so I have to go away before this gets ugly."
Timon dropped his arms uselessly at his side, watching as she turned and started walking back toward the rolling dunes. His eyes lit when he thought of something and called after her, "Shenzi!"
She stopped and turned to look at him with a crook of an eyebrow.
With a small smile, Timon replied, "NOW we're even."
Note: Sorry guys, I have a lot on my plate so my chapters are coming in small spurts.