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Eos was a bit beside himself. He had recently met two very nice lionesses and they bot made him feel strangely. He thought they were beautiful, but was unsure what his feelings toward them might mean. He had just met the two, and yet he could not stop thinking of either one of them. The male wondered if perhaps he should talk to someone about how strange he felt. Maybe he was ill? He doubted that, but he was still curious enough about the way he was being haunted by the females' faces that he would try speaking to his mother... well, his adopted mother. His real mother had other things to worry over, and besides he was not quite sure where she resided.

Eos might have been going to find Zenobia to talk, but his mischivious side would not let him just walk up the lioness. No, first he had to creep, silent as a shadow, up on her from behind and sit, crouched behind her as she slept. He did not want her to be able to see him before he got on her and she had a habit of opening her eyes at the most inconvenient moments. Her habbits made it much better to creep up from behind so she did not have the chance of spotting the creeper early. The bright male reached out one paw from his crouching place, stretching it to full length, and ever so lightly touched Zenobia's tail.

Eos gave Zenobia a wide grin and moved closer. He nuzzled her face and licked her ear affectionately. "Hello, mum. I just thought I would come to talk for a bit... we do not do that enough, you know." Okay so he was buying himself time while he though of how to approach the subject, so sue him. The lion was still young enough that female troubles were hard to wrap his brain around in many ways, including how to talk about them. This was part of why he had to speak to Zenobia about them. The other part was he saw it as much too easy for his father to get females.

How could his fluffy, sweet father understand how Eos felt, when the older male could just turn on a bit of charm and get any and every female he wanted then walk away friends when they had cubs? Not to mention that Athena had Zenobia as his mate and could still do that. Eos was sure that his father could not possibly understand the difficulty, so here he was asking the only lion he thought might understand, Zeno. She was a female and a mother, and they understood EVERYTHING, or so he thought.

Eos settled himself in beside Zenobia and sighed. The lioness really was the only mother he had ever known, and he was finding himself much more at ease on trying to tell her what his issue was. "I met two lionesses... I like them both.. and I did things with one..." Oh yeah, that sounded SO good. He was really going to dig himself a hole here before he even got started. What if the female was pregnant? He hadn't even THOUGHT about that yet. Crap. Well... he might have cubs to work into the equation if so.

"I am not sure which I like better." Eos did not know what to think and the idea of cubs in things yet just made it bewildering. Maybe he should just hide under a rock for a while and let things work themselves out. He doubted that would work, though. Maybe his mother would be disappointed in him, but he was pretty sure she would have some words of wisdom on the whole mess too. He half leaned on the white lioness for support.

Eos sighed at the question. It was one of the reasons he had come to his mother. He was not sure how the ladies felt about him. He thought the one liked him all special like, but the one he had dallied with he was not sure liked him more than just a dalliance. The were both wonderful ladies, but what was he going to do? He could easily screw up everything with both of them and then they and he would all be unhappy. This was not at all what he had wanted to happen. He gave another sigh and flopped down flat.

"I don't know, mother. I think the one really likes me... the other one I just don't know how she feels. I mean, I think she likes me, but I don't think she wants to stick around. I just don't know." Eos really wanted to hide under his paws right now. He knew he was doing the right thing by talking to his "mother" for advice, but he also knew that Zenobia was probably very disappointed in him right now. How did his father handle this crap? He still could not understand how Athena did it.

Eos looked very lost even after Zeno nuzzled him. "But what if neither of them likes me?" He was a bit of a scardy lion at times, but eh, it was his mother he was talking to, he could get away with it. His adoptive mother was quite the tolerant lioness when it came to letting him have his moments and then kicking him in the rump to go do what he had to anyway. Right now was a prime example of something he was going to get kicked in the rump to go do. He wanted to hide as long as he could, though.

"I would be just as scared to ask you what you felt on something like this too, mom. I don't have dad's talent for charming ladies and making them love me." Eos really wished sometimes that he did. His father was absolutely wonderful at getting female felines to love him or at least like him enough to give him cubs. It was like a superpower, and the orange lion could have used that right about now. "He makes it look so easy... I wish I could do that..." His father could be as honest as he wanted and never have a cross word said to him and here Eos was facing the potential of two very angry lionesses.

Eos snuggled up to his adoptive mother and sighed heavily. "I hope one of them will have me... I only really want one lioness. I think I would get very tired doing what Father does." The young male knew he could never keep up with more than one lady at a time like Athena. He also had a desire to settle into one spot and raise cubs with just one female. It would never do for him to keep doing what he had with these ladies if he wanted that, though. The orange lion would have to try very hard to fix this and not do anything like it again.

"I know I am not you, mother... I could never be as beautiful as you." Eos batted his eyes at the lioness, sweetly. He had some of his father's charm, just not the knack for using it. He was hoping to get Zeno to laugh, but he was not sure if it would succeed. "I guess I shall have to go track down the females and speak to them... It could take a bit. I will let you know what happens, mother." If he did not she would skin him alive anyway, so he had to tell her. He knew this, and would return on his own to do that.

Eos shook his head at his mother's offer. He was not going to have her take on his burdens. He had gotten himself into this mess. He would have to be the one to get himself out of it, no matter how badly it turned out. "No, no. I have to do this myself... It will not do for them to think me a coward on top of everything else I've messed up." He might have been many things, but a coward was not one of them. The orange male did not back down from his responsibilities easily... even if these ones terrified him to no end. He would have to blame that on his parents and how they had raised him.

"Not I. I am a plain rock in comparison to my lovely mother, the beautiful silver butterfly. I will be back soon enough... hopefully with good news." Eos stretched himself and rose. He had a bit of travel ahead before he could fix things. It was best to get started now. He headed off with head held high and hopes that he could keep it that way after he spoke to the two lionesses that he was going to see. He certainly could use the ego boost of things going well for him. The gods knew he took enough blows to his ego most of the time.