[PRP] A rare day away (Tahirah & Yaya)

[Tanakako]

It had been a long night, the new litter couldn;t sleep and had spent most of the night pining for their parents. Tahirah fully understood, and she had stayed up with them, curled about them and speaking in soft, reassuring tones to try and get them to sleep, and to avoid them getting too loud and waking the other cubs. Eventually, as dawn broke, they had settled and fallen into an exhausted heap, leaving Tahirah sleepless a she dealt with the older cubs just waking.

One of her colleagues had finally come along after breakfast and taken over from Tahirah, relieving her from her shift. Barely awake enough to stumble down into the valley in order to grab a bite of breakfast, the young nanny had slipped away and made it all the way down to the lake shore before collapsing in a heap of exhaustion herself. She knew she had to go back eventually, but it was nice and peaceful by the water, the warm sun caressing her fur and soothing away the stress of the previous night. Tahirah loved the cubs she cared for, but every so often she just needed to rest for the day.. today was probably going to be one of those days.
 

[Tanakako]

Having been staring out across the lake for long enough that her mind had switched off and drifted elsewhere on some fairy tale she had told the cubs recently, the sudden voice close to her ear made the young female squeak rather cubbishly herself and leap into the air. Eyes wide and fur stuck straight up, she stared over at the dark lioness, blinking rapidly as she struggled to breath around her heart which had lodged itself in her throat.

Finally she went bright red as she blushed in embarrassment, but managed to un-lock her legs and shake her fur back down...

"Yaya?" She guessed, having met the other lioness around the pride on the odd occasion but didn't really know her well enough to be casual.. yet. Puffing out a soft breath as her pulse rate finally started to slow, she gave the other female a shy smile. Tahirah herself rarely left the cub den, and while she was an excellent nanny, she had absolutely no confidence once she was outside of the den and away from her young charges.

"... How are you today?" She asked, voice soft and quietly shy, her smile timid but gentle and honest.
 

[Tanakako]

The laughter made the young nanny blush again, dark eyes slipping low as she curled he tail about her paws shyly. Did she have something on her face? Or did she just look that haggard?

Still, the other female seemed friendly so Tahirah smiled softly again. Realizing the other was searching for a name, Tahirah offered hers. "I'm Tahirah, and yes... the youngest litter didn't sleep well, it was their first night without their parents." She was obviously tired, but seemed proud when she spoke of the cubs, a warm expression crossing her delicate features.

Lifting her head she looked up at the vibrant blue sky. Yes, it is beautiful... tough I fear I may just fall asleep out here..." The sun's warmth was making her relaxed as well as sleepy, now that the fright the other female had given her was wearing off.
 

[Tanakako]

As the other lioness chattered about the pride, her hunting trip that morning, and all manner of other topics that were comfortingly familiar, Tahirah found herself slowly drifting on the tide of Yaya's voice. The words slurred and smoothed out into a gentle lullaby that rose and fell with the huntress' enthusiasm for her topic of choice. Tahirah barely said a word, only listened and gave the occasional nod or querying noise, which more than sufficed to keep the other female talking. Before she realised it, Tahirah had fallen asleep where she sat, eyes closed and a gentle, soft smile on her maw.