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"Our anchor we'll weigh,
And our sails we will set.
Goodbye, fare-ye-well,
Goodbye, fare-ye-well.
The friends we are leaving,
We leave with regret,
Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound."

His voice was nothing to sing home about, if anything it was rough and salty, it sounded of the waves that he had lived beside his whole life. When you were born by the sea you got used to mouth falls of saltwater when you caught fish, a throatfull when you swam in big waves and sand in every oriface including your nose and throat, it made the voice rough but also gave character. Triton had character in spades. He was after all descended of one of the oldest lines in the Bahari, a long line of guards and captains whom had always protected the shore line.

The sea, this place, the pride it was his home and he couldn't think of a better place to live. Of course he had also gotten other things on his mind of late. The unusual events at the crowning of the new king, his mothers words about him being a grown adult now, but mostly, the soft pink pelt of the female he had met at the celebrations. He couldn't get her out of his head that was for sure and that, was problematic. He'd spent the whole of his young life making sure he was throng and tough like his ancestors so he could be the very best guard he could be and now he was feeling distracted. The song he worbled down the sands was a reminder that he was home, that it was his dusty to protect it. It just so happened that maybe there was something else he needed to protect that wasn't just 'The Pride'.

Shaking his head from his reverie the pale male lion stopped in his song and his tracks as the soft pink female materialised right in front of his eyes. "I was just thinkin' about you lassy." He blurts his pale cheeks flushing pink in an instant. He really hadn't meant to blurt that out. Well it was out there now. "Uh I mean I was thinkin' about how you're settling in..obviously." He clears his throat turning his ice green eyes away, he didn't want to stare after all, he was pretty sure she wouldn't like that.

Triton smiled lightly, his ice green eyes falling on the petite female as she sat down beside him. Resting his own hindquarters down in to the sand. Lowering his head his dark mane touches her pale pink shoulders.

"I know being around me makes you uncomfortable." He whispers tilting his head in a comical fashion. " I wont be angry if you walk away." He lowers his body further towards the sand his belly resting on the soft grains.

Turning his nose upwards so he was looking up at the lovely female instead of staring down at her he smiles a wide grin. "I hope you think of this place as home one day. I'v never felt home sick, I'v never even gone past the borders of the Bahari." He lets out a gentle sigh. "I suppose that doesn't help. I'v never wanted to leave here though so maybe you can make it home."

'Males'? His ears twitched at the word, it was said almost like she was frightened of the word. It made him sad for a moment, he didn't want to upset her after all but if his gender pained her, well, he didn't want to do anything to hurt her. He opened his mouth to say something and closed it again in an instant. It wasn't him, she had said so still he felt the need to say something more on the subject before allowing her to change it.

"I thought maybe you were frightened of me because of my size. My family we are descended from pridelanders and Firekin, my great grandfather, he always tells me how large everyone is from there." He smiles a goofy grin. "I'm glad you're not frightened of me." He rumbles.

As she spoke of the cubs from the sea he turned his ice green eyes to the waves. "They will grow up knowing only love and protection here. The Bahari has always been about caring for its young. I suppose that is why so many of us never leave.." he pauses for a moment turning his eyes back up to the soft pink female "I'm glad you decided to stay, I promise I'll protect you." He clears his throat "I mean, we, we will protect you, of course, you don't need to worry about any males here. I'll make sure no one bothers you if that's what you wish." He grins sheepishly, he really wanted to stick with the 'I' but he wasn't sure how she would feel about him offering his protection.

The big male smiled as she lay down beside him, his pale green eyes dropping over her. He felt he had over stepped his bounds. Lowering his ears in to his mane he looked her in the eyes an embarrassed look crossing his gaze. "My great grandfather, he always says females don't need any protecting, that they usually protect us." He tilts his head gently "I didn't mean to underestimate you. I'm sure you can protect yourself." He says sincerely flickering his tail to land over her hind quarters.

"I'm glad you like it here." He sighs turning his gaze to the sea for a moment, he had a hope he was almost afraid to say it. "You're looking for home right? A place to feel loved, to feel safe?" He settles his eyes upon her a questioning tilt to his dark maned head.

Triton opened his mouth and closed it again . His ears vanished for a moment in his thick curly mane, his soft green eyes closed for a moment and he took a deep breath as a cool breeze rolled off the sea.

"It's getting cold." He mumbles turning his gaze on the soft pink female. He was inexperienced in these things. He ha dog course watched his mother and father his whole life. He knew they loved each other and he had even asked his father about the ways of love. His father had always told him just follow her lead. He had no idea what that meant. He could feel himself becoming frustrated. He had no idea what he was supposed to do.

Moving his massive head the pale male let out a little laugh "Yes my sister is. You should meet more of my family. My parents are equally interesting." He chuckles he hadn't even noticed the tease, he took pride in that the pretty female found his family interesting.

"I'm sorry, I know I'm an idiot. My mother tells me so often, she says I can't take a hint even if it hits me like a tonne of fish." He lets his chin fall to his paws. He tilts his head looking up through his wavey mane. "I don't.. I don't really know how to speak to girls that I'm not related to." He grins a foolish, innocent grin. "I hope you can forgive me."

Unfortunately for Triton, his cheeks were pale and therefore his embarrassment could not be hidden, a deep blush rose accross his cheeks and nose and his eyes looked entirely too stunned for words. "I uh.." he stumbles, suddenly his lips and tongue felt very dry and he couldn't form a complex sentence.

Taking a deep breath the big dark maned male grinned a wide sheepish grin. "I'd like that...I'd like that more than anything." He manages his ice green eyes settled happily on the pink female. He had really been smitten since the second he had met her but he was so unused to females being flirtatious. With a slow dawning herealised how much of a fool he had been making of himself.

"I'm sorry you you had to spell it out for me. I'v liked you since the day I met you, you're just so.." he paused searching for the perfect word his mind picking up and throwing away a plethora before he came up with just the right one "Perfect." He breaths.

Triton smiles a very goofy grin as she leaned against him and without a moments thought, for once, he placed his maned head over her shoulders. He hoped she wouldn't find it too uncomfortable because it felt like the right thing to do.

He had never really done any second guessing in his life and she, well Saugus was making him second guess everything. He felt like the biggest fool in the world knowing she had needed to spell it out so clearly for him. He had never really spoken to any female out side of his family unit though it was a strange and wonderful sensation.

The big male closed his light green eyes and let out a deep breath feeling a weight lift off of his shoulders. This was something so very right he just hoped she wouldn't get fed up of him being so naive.