TMNTTLK lover; Well...sooner than you think.
For you wonderful readers, the next chapter of Delicate.
Also, beware of the suggestive themes. Enjoy!
It's been a little less than a month now since Sherise returned. Sherise was almost done with her lessons but she still had Talia and Sianna to raise. She was very grateful for her biological father and grandfather as well as her family she knew her whole life.
Because of them she was able to have a 'girl's day' with Amanda and Joyce.
Sherise felt a bit of weight lifted as she laughed and joked with her best friends. After catching her breath, the dark brown lioness turned her dark purple eyes on the dark yellow lioness to her left. "So, what's going on with you, Joyce? Amanda is married and a mother."
Joyce lowered her head before smiling which went to her brown eyes. "I know it's kind of unusual, considering he's my cousin. But after you left, Josh was so heart broken. We comforted each other and later fell in love. We're now mates and I'm expecting his cub in another three or so months."
Before Amanda or Sherise could respond, a new presence joined the young lionesses. The three friends looked up to see Vitani.
"Excuse me ladies," the tannish lioness strolled closer. "But I must have a word with my neice."
Amanda and Joyce nodded before heading back to priderock where no doubt their mates were waiting.
Vitani cleared her throat causing Sherise to turn her attention to the older lioness. "Don't it kind of make you feel left out? Your friends have mates, your brother has a fiancee."
Sherise turned her head away not sure what to say. As for the information about her brother. She met her future sister-in-law, the pale cream lioness was joy to be around. She liked Anissa, and saw why Desta fell in love with her.
"I know what that bitch said to you, Sherise." Vitani started to growl but she was more angry with the tawny-white lioness for threatening her niece.
"I... am-" Sherise began to say but was cut off.
"You're in love with Jesùs." Vitani stated plainly. "He may not feel the same but you owe it to you and him to tell him how you feel."
Sherise pinned her ears and lowered her head. "I don't have time for love anyway. The girls-"
"Sianna and Talia will be fine." Vitani looked away before looking back at Sherise. "Besides, you're the future queen. You're going to need a king to stand beside you. Or you plan on ruling solo like your mother?"
At this moment Vitani was standing and Sherise didn't know how to respond.
"Just know, Kiara was never happy ruling alone. She never took another mate because my idiot brother broke her heart for her to fall in love."
Feeling that she said what she had to, Vitani walked off leaving Sherise to her storm of thoughts.
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A Few Weeks Later
The sun was past it's highest point in the sky and herding the day to evening. Just as the sun began to set, a sparring amongst the guard members was taking place deep in the Pridelands. At the moment as the sun began decending, casting yellow and orange hues across the sky, a sparring match was going on. Kion vs Jesùs.
"Get him dad!" came Jesùs' preteen sons' shout of encouragement. Amell's small black mane tossed as they jumped around as did Javion's light brown mane.
Kion smirked at his partner, as they circled. "You're going down, Jesùs."
The little over three year old red-brown lion chuckled. "Don't count on it, old man."
"Come on grandpa!" shouted a gold cub. His dark green eyes shinning with excitement. "Kick his butt!"
Zawadi cleared his throat at his bit under two month son. "Elijah," before smirking and turning his purple eyes towards his father. "You heard your grandson dad! Kick his butt!"
Jesùs made a lounge towards the senior fiercest of the Pridelands. Kion moved out of the way for the two to circle one another with grins on their muzzles.
"Get him, Kion!" shouted members from one side of the field.
"Jesùs, pinned him!" came the shouting from the members of the other side of the field.
Jesùs swung a paw out and when Kion dodged, Jesùs pounced. Pinning down the golden yellow lion. Cheering erupted from both sides as Jesùs stepped back to let Kion up.
"You're getting pretty strong, Jesùs." Kion complemented with a genuine smile.
Jesùs dipped his head in gratitude as Kion instructed the rest of the guard to get back to training. "Do you wish for me to patrol, sir?"
Kion nodded towards the red-brown lion before heading after the departing members.
As Jesùs watched his fellow guard members head to the next part of training of the day, his ears perked at the sound of rustling of greenry.
Jesùs turned to a nearby tall grass and sniffed the air. His dark brown eyes widened as he knew that scent from anywhere.
"Sherise..?"
Stepping out of the grass was a beautiful dark brown lioness that he was sure he seen before. She still had the backwards dark brown fur on her head and her dark purple eyes bored into his soul.
"Hello General Jesùs." came the young lioness' angelic voice.
Jesùs gulped before answering. "It's...um...admiral now." he cleared his throat before smiling lightly. "Enjoy the show?"
Sherise blushed before looking away. "How did you know it was me?"
Jesùs chuckled lightly. "Lucky guess. Besides, I knew you since you were a cub." And man did maturity do her well. Jesùs shook his head to knocked out the inappropriate thoughts.
"Nice training." Sherise smiled shyly. It was the first time since she returned that she got to really see her old friend, with the girls and her lessons she really didn't the time. Plus, she was also kind of avoiding the red-brown lion.
But now Sherise could see that Jesùs had gotten muscular, taller and his black mane has grown.
"You think so?" Jesùs' deep voice knocked the future queen out of her unlioness thoughts.
Sherise nodded briefly before raking her eyes over the older lion before moving to his eyes. "I didn't know you were...so strong." the dark brown lioness finished with a unintentional purr.
Jesùs felt his throat dry before he cleared it. "I'm on my way to patrol the Mallow forest. Do you wish to accompany me? We can catch up." even though talking was suddenly far from his mind.
Sherise smiled and it made the strong lion's muscles and bones feel like mush. "I'll love to."
The two old friends walked through the Pridelands talking about what happened during the months Sherise was gone and laughing like they were never separated. They soon entered a forest that greatly resembles a oasis.
"There's a pond nearby that you can get a drink." Jesùs offered.
Sherise said nothing, busy thinking about the hurricane of emotions storming in her head. But she followed the red-brown lion to the crystal clear pond where she began to drink.
Jesùs stared at the gorgeous dark brown lioness with a sense of deja vu as Sherise looked at him and smiled that same numbing smile from his dreams before she ran off. To run back with a dark green vine in her tannish muzzle and splashes into the middle of the pond.
Jesùs instantly rushes over to the edge and looks into the still water, suddenly Sherise lunges up under him and pulls him in the water playfully.
Jesùs immediately climbs out dripping and miffed. Sherise comes out laughing, he smirks at her before pushing her back in before running off. Which ended with the both of them chasing one another. They ended up play fighting, causing them to tumble down a hillside and in a field full of mallow blossoms where Jesùs ends up pinning the younger lioness.
Sherise was winded but it was mostly from having the lion that she adored and was attracted to, so close. She couldn't help herself as she smiled and grabs his head with her paws before giving him a slow lick across his cheek.
Jesùs knew it was coming but it still startled him as he looked down at the breathtaking beauty under him. As the future queen stares back with a seductive smile.
"I love you, Jesùs." she purred lowly.
It hit him hard. That since she was at least a teen he did have a crush on her and during her absence, his feelings grew. The red-brown lion smiles back as he purred. "I love you too."
They rub heads, nuzzling and embracing. Before they followed through with their hearts and bodies.