(AIM log between Keantha and I.)
Zana was chuckling to herself when she slipped into the den they called home. It was only noon, but like many of the pride she tended to take a nap during the hotest parts of the day. She blinked violet eyes as she looked around, "Well good gods...this is a first!" For the first time since the birth of their cubs...the den was completly empty.
Kimya waited for the news to settle in before he pounced on his mate. He’d been trailing her for a while now, content to let her go in first so that he could play the ‘dominant’ one for once. The blue male slapped her rump with his paw, slipping into the den with a goofy grin on his face.
She let out a squeal when she was 'attacked' then squealed again with laughter seeing who her attacker was. "Oh so that is how this is gonne be? I see!" She wiggled her rump when he slapped it, tail flicking at him. "I don't have to take this kinda abuse here!" She trotted a few feet inside to the sahde and flopped down, "I'll take it here instead!"
Kimya just rolled his eyes with a playful huff as he padded closer to his mate. His fluffy paws skirted across the shaded sand, dancing on the edge of her fur without ever really touching until he saw fit to sprawl out on top of her. He rolled onto his paws, digging his shoulders into her torso.
It was true Zana would never be a chunky lion, but she had put on a bit of weigh since they became parents making her a little more solid. "I'll eat your face!" She roared as she tried to curl around him to get at his ears. She loved the playful side that was coming out in her normally quiet and reserved mate. Being a father had done wonders for him.
Kimya just laughed silently and rolled his legs above his head, using his hind paws to block her attacks. He tried his best to bury his face behind his mane, playfully batting his eyelashes around the luxurious fur before ducking away.
"pffft! Pitiful!"Zana smirked as she nommed on his mane still trying to get to his ears. "As if all this fluff shall protect you from me!"
In a last ditch attempt to save himself, Kimya flipped himself over, taking only a moments pause before covering his ears with his paws. Take that! Can’t get them if you can’t see them, can you? It was juvenile, he knew, but after spending so long with five young boys it tended to rub off on a man.
A wicked glint entered her eyes as she pounced and promptly bit his rump. "Take that you ruffin!!"
Kimya made a scratchy, rumbling growl before he tried to shake her off. That crazy female! Didn’t she know he was the only one who could top around here?
Of course, his larger size her could buck her off, but she was quick from years of dancing and whipped around trying to get his ears again.
He jumped to his paws in a flash, and stood, using his height advantage to escape her for the moment. It was all the time he needed to dip his head down and try to get a bite out of her own ears.
His height soon turned against him as she skidded on her belly to get at HIS belly nomming playfully.
Kimya couldn’t help buckling under the ticklish assault. He flopped onto his side, silent laughter giving him a serious case of the shakes.
She giggled at him moving to lick his check tenderly as she butted her head against his jaw. It lightened Zana's heart to see this playful cub like nature emerging from the once shy and scared male. "I love you so."
Kimya scooted closer so that he could wrap his mate up in his arms. It was moments like this that made him grateful that he’d followed her out of the jungles into the desert. Because of this playful little scamp he was able to smile, talk with a long-lost brother, and chase after five willful sons. It was a wonder he wasn’t insane, but he loved every moment, and to show her, he dipped his head to nuzzle his nose against hers.
A soothing purr spilled from her as she sighed contently. He had given her everything she ever dreamed of. She had feared so for their unborn cubs with her cursed bloodline, but luck had won out and all five of their insane crew were healthy and whole if not a little wild at times.
Still not quite out of his playful mood, Kimya started to nibble against Zana’s ear with just enough force to gain her attention, but not enough to hurt her. It was a rare occasion that the boys were out and about, so why waste it? The could sleep when they were dead!
She shot her mate a teasing but wicked grin, "Ready to try adding to the family again are we?"
Kimya gave her a droll stare. As a Scribe, he knew there was no way they could have more until their current hellions grew, and now was the perfect time to fool around without any….surprises.
She knew it too but it was so much fun to tease her overly serious mate at times. "Oh well ok then if I must," she sighed dramatic
Realizing all too late that he’d been played, Kimya gained a mischievous grin. If she thought she was going to get off that easily, she was seriously mistaken. He picked himself up so that he could look down on his mate, soaking in each and every ounce of her.
Zana cocked her head to the side then at his serious look, her own grin slidding away slowly, "Baby? Is everything ok?" She had no idea that every time she looked at him, her eyes seemed to brighten with love, nor that he tone changed when she spoke to him or of him.
Kimya tilted his head to the side, his impish grin being replaced with a seductive smile. She was everything he could have hoped for in a mate, and as much as it hurt him to not be able to tell her so, he could at least show her. He rolled his shoulders, flashed a little fang, and dipped down to give his lady one helluva fun time.
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