I only own Ocs…. And dang did I need to get back on this. My excuse on this though is the fact that I've taken to illustrating for a book. So, yeah, updates will be late. Also, I am so going to butcher Vitaly in this. And there is gonna be a whole lot of translating here.

Eli H. Lee

Vitaly stared at the lioness before him as the effects of the small taste of love potion started to take over. Not that he knew of course, all that the tiger was aware of was Rosella looking concern at him. How hadn't he noticed the way her brows quivered or how ruffled the fur on her face was before now? Had her eyes always looked like the night or-?

"Vitaly? Vitaly? Are you ok? Vitaly are you even listening to me?"

When did her voice started sounding to sweet? Vitaly felt a smile creep up on his face. He began standing up, his eyes still on her. Now looking down at her, he couldn't resist cupping her chin with his paw. "Of course I am listening. Vhy vould I not pay attention to you, moya lyubov'?" The look on her face made him chuckle.

Rosella on the other hand was shocked and becoming even more concerned at her mentor's words. She didn't need to know Russian to understand the last part of his question, not when the tone of his voice and gesture said it for her. She took a step back, looking past the tiger to look at Melba and the other spirit with her. They had panicked looks on their faces before meeting her eyes. She saw Melba mouth the words "potion wasn't done" to her…. Oh no….

"MIlaya moya, vhat is wrong?" Apparently she had given a panicked expression a chance to show on her face. Vitaly looked behind him and glared at the loas before looking back at her, gripping her closer to him. "Do not vorry about them, dorogaya moya. YA budu derzhat' vas v bezopasnosti ot nikh," he whispered. Rosella's eyes widen and tried to back away.

'Please don't, please don't, please don't, please don't, please don't, please don't…'

Vitaly smiled and kissed her.

Only to have Rosella punched him in the mouth and ran into her cart, shutting the door behind her. Vitaly staggered a bit, the paw that had been caressing her chin now one his lower jaw. A chuckle escaped from his lips.

Apparently, one can learn some new things about themselves any day.

And he just found out that he liked getting punched by Rosella.

…

Rosella glared at the loas in front of her.

"Rosella, I'm sorry, I just thought that-"

"Melba, now it not the time! Now what was missing from the potion?" she said, running to the other side to look at whatever books could hold the needed information.

"Just the amount of time needed to be stirred and sit for."

"Then we can just make the normal antidote, good," the lioness breathed out. Tearing out a page from the book in her paws, she looked up to where she kept such things disappointed. "Which we don't have." A knock on her cart door made her freeze up.

"Oh Roza, you know you cannot vin zhis vitte game. You cannot make me vait out here forever."

Melba and Rudo looked at each other before turning to Rosella.

"Listen, we'll distract him. You'll have to ask the others for help on the ingredients."

Rosella nodded and was out the other side as quickly as possible. Rudo glance back at the other door that was still shut. "So, what are we going to say to a tiger that drunk a love potion and is now love sick for his apprentice?"

…

"Gia! Alex!"

The jaguar and lion in question looked from the trapeze set to see the lioness run up to them in a panic.

"Rosella, what-a is wrong?" Gia asked, jumping down before finding herself being firmly held.

"It's Vitaly. Melba was making a love potion with another loa and he ended up drinking some!" Alex blinked as he jumped down as well.

"Who's Melba?" both he and Gia asked, looking confused by the mention of a loa in general.

"That doesn't matter now. Right now, Vitaly is acting as if he's in love with me and I need ingredients for the antidote! Not only that, but I need Vitaly away from me while I'm making it! Please, please say you'll help me with this? Please?"

"Wait, what-a?"

"We'll help you, Rose. We'll have to tell the rest of the circus of why we need Vitaly away from you, but we'll help you. What ingredients do you need?" Alex quickly looked at the paper that was thrusted into his paws. "Oak twigs? Slug slime? What the heck is a 'bleeding heart?'"

"Type of flower and you really only need the roots. Just, please help me with this. We can't have Vitaly jumping me during the circus act this week!"

"Alright! Alright!"

"Roza! Zhere you are, moya luna!"

All three felines turned to see Vitaly running towards them. Or, more so, Rosella. A voice that neither Alex nor Gia recognized but could only guess was Melba yelled out, "Sorry! He broke the door!" Quicker than anyone thought that lioness could be, Alex and Gia saw her climb up on of the poles that held up the trapeze set. Standing in front of the said pole, Alex held his paws up.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey there Vitaly! Listen, my dearest cousin is a tad busy. Err... Gia and I need her to ... help us with the set and all. You know, see if there's a maximum of hoops that we could use a- hey!" The lion quickly was pushed to the side by the tiger. Vitaly smirked at the sight of the lioness at the top of it. He quickly hit against the pole, which caused Rosella to quickly lose grip and fall down into his arms bridal style.

"Ah, moya lyubov'. Neveroyatnyy, kak vy prekrasnaya luna mne, palyashcheye solntse, nyet? Kak by my ne vstretilis', prezhde chem prisoyedinit'sya k nashey tsirk?" he said, holding her close to him and trying to kiss her as Rosella struggled against him. Alex gave a confused look as Gia help him up.

"Vitaly-a! Rosella still needs to help with-"Gia was quickly cut off by Rosella starting to punch and kicking the tiger. Though, that wasn't what got both hers and Alex's attention. More so, it was Vitaly smile through it.

"So… when was Vitaly into loving pain?" Alex said, glancing at his girlfriend.

"Never, from-a what I know-a."

Next hour was dealt with separating Vitaly from Rosella.

This was going to be a long week.

And every single Vitaly fan is probably sending me hate mail right now. Eh, at least it was worth the laugh.

And now I'm stuck translating the Russian that I have placed here…. F***.

moya lyubov' – my love

MIlaya moya – my darling

dorogaya moya – my dear

YA budu derzhat' vas v bezopasnosti ot nikh – I will keep you safe from them

moya luna – my moon

Ah, moya lyubov'. Neveroyatnyy, kak vy prekrasnaya luna mne, palyashcheye solntse, nyet? Kak by my ne vstretilis', prezhde chem prisoyedinit'sya k nashey tsirk? – Ah, my love, Incredible how you are the lovely moon to me, the burning sun, no? How have we not met before you joining our circus?

Oh gods, I am so going to get hate mail.

Eli out.