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 Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:03 pm
Tana was a bit afraid of what Kif would say; honestly the lion didn't usually think about what he said before he said it. She could tell Kif was having trouble trying to accept Kiwi, though a part of him wanted to accept him as well.
As Kif finished speaking Tana smiled warmly at him. She wrapped her tail tighter around his for a moment, letting him know she was proud of his words and actions. As her pale eyes went back to Kiwi as he spoke, she smiled to him as well.
Tana decided to take the initiative and speak up before her mate could say anything stupid and kill the moment. Glancing to Moyo as she spoke, Tana nodded with a soft chuckle. "You are welcomed into our family, Janikiwiti. As a son, brother, mate and friend." She smiled wamrly to him and set her head against his in a greeting of family, then pulled away to gaze at Moyo and Kiwi standing together. How wonderful they were, and how beautiful Moyo looked when she was with him, glowing radiantly. Tana didn't think she could have picked a better mate for her daughter.
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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:09 pm
And the radiance was blinding him! Nitesh looked up at the pair, rather 'stuck' there for the point in fact that lovey-doveyness had taken over, and let out a bit of an immature 'blech' noise, before scrambling away to hide behind his father's leg, a pout on his expression.
"Dad! They're being icky!" he chimed immaturely, unaware that both mommy and daddy were being.. well.. not -as- icky, but still. Icky.
Poking his head out of hiding, he crinkled his nose and pipped up again; "I'm never gonna be icky like that! Never ever!" he declared like the hormoneless cub he was, before looking up at Kif with a blank expression.
"I don't have to be icky, right dad?" he then asked, curious as to whether or not the 'icky' was a requirement for proper living or not.
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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:15 pm
Kifijo chuckled yet again, not for the first time that day was he amused by his family's reactions.
"Was that good enough for you?" he teased his mate softly, licking her ear. "You should have more faith in me, love. Hurting family because of myself is the last thing I'd do."
Clearing his throat and eyes shining a bit more than usual--he was not going to cry, dammit. He was not going to cry--, Kifijo approached Kiwi as well, touching foreheads with the other male in the same family gesture that Tana had so graciously just demenstrated.
"Agreed." Kifijo's voice held the finality of a king, glancing at his shining, eldest daughter and her protective, kind mate as he spoke the one-word decision.
He had thought he had been the luckiest lion in the world when he and Tana had become mates. The first night had been heaven. The rest of the years...heaven could not possibly catch up, now. He could only hope that it was the same for his daughter.
And newfound son.
Kifijo blinked, suddenly asked with a question by his son. He grinned, nosing the chocolate-colored boy.
"I'm sorry they're being icky. That's why they're moving out and going to have their own den. And to save us from being scarred from them being icky," he teased Kiwi and Moyo. "No, you do not have to be icky if you don't want to. It is a free decision on your part. Most of the time," he added, mumbling in Tana's ear with a flirty nature he hadn't used in ages.
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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:26 pm
Kiwi purred as Tana pressed her forehead to his, and he purred again with Kif repeated the action. A warmth was building in his chest, finally feeling accepted somewhere. Moyo was the first one of his species to give him a chance, and now he was being accepted into her family. It was an amazing feeling and the purr continued, rumbling when he listened to Nitesh. He couldn't help but chuckle a bit at the cub. After all, surely he had felt the same? He couldn't remember it, since his love for Moyo had drowned out such memories, but he was sure it had happened.
Nuzzling Moyo, hoping it wouldn't "offend" her brother even more.
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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:31 pm
((*pokes her post* Blergh. Sorry it's so crappy ^ ^;;; Still fleshing out a personality.))
One by one her brothers and sisters, and even her mother left her side, leaving Johari alone in the den and a little chilled. The first thing the little female did was huddle in on herself stubbornly, but upon realizing that the cold was still there her eyes reluctantly opened. "Hey..."
Pale green eyes scanned a small area around her rather blearily. Hey, she just woke up, give her a little credit.
~... Where'd everyone go?~
The sound of voices up ahead alerted her to her family's proximity. They weren't nearly as far as she'd first believed, and as she found her tired legs Johari eased into view as if she was still half asleep. She yawned largely as her tail dragged along, only stopping (and promptly flopping sideways to lean on her father's leg, pretty much deaf and blind to the world and conversation going on about her while still under the stubborn hold of sleep.) once she'd reached her parents and siblings.
"What's going on, Daddy? Mommy, why's it smell different?"
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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:37 pm
Moyo blushed at her younger brother's words a bit, pushing herself to Kiwi even more.
What a happy day. It felt like she had discovered the feeling of love all over again. Times three, because of her mother and father. And Kiwi, of course.
"Well, I think we should head back," she stated, breaking the 'ickiness' that Nitesh had so named their moments. Moyo smiled gratefully at her parents, breaking Kiwi's embrace for a moment to nuzzle Tana and Kifijo gratefully and lovingly.
"Thank you so much," she breathed. Her eyes shone with glistening tears. Of joy. Of happiness. "I love you both more than I could every say." She gave each another nuzzle, to which they both returned, and went back to Kiwi, linking her tail in his and tugging him away.
Yes, it was a joyous fact: he was now a part of the family. A happy moment, to be sure. But if they were going to leave, they had to get enough rest. The sun was slowly sinking off to sleep, herself.
Part of Moyo regretted leaving the family Kiwi had just gained in order to find his biological one. Or his father, at least.
But she knew that even if his father did not want him, or things did not turn out the way her ever-optomistic mate hoped, they always had a family to return to no matter what happened.
She could only hope that he remembered that fact as well.
Moyo nuzzled Johari on the head, seeing the cub's eyes still covered in sleep.
"Go back to sleep, 'Hari. I'm just going away for a while, that's all. Be good for Mommy and Daddy, okay?" She smiled at her younger sister, giving each of the cubs one last nuzzle before finally turning and walking away, Kiwi by her side.
She didn't turn to look back.
She knew that if she did, she would never be able to leave, no matter how joyfull the situation was.
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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:42 pm
Johari's sleep clouded eyes reflected confusion, though closing to give an instinctive, affectionate purr at the attention paid by her oldest sister. The cub managed to paw at Moyo's chin before her head withdrew completely, and her words left Johari's ears pinning back. Of course she'd do as she was told, even if just for the fact that she loved her big sister to pieces, even at such a young age... but Sissy was leaving?
And who was the other lion with her? Maybe the others could fill her in.
"Mommy, daddy, when's Sissy coming back...?"
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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:43 pm
Kifijo allowed one, solitary tear to brush through his cheek fur before smiling and picking up his cubs one by one.
"Moyo will come back soon, cub. I promise, she promises; she'll come back. Johari is such a sleepy-head. You missed everything! I'm sure Nitesh, Paki, and Mvita would be glad to fill you in." He could see it: Nitesh imitating the 'ickiness' of the new lovebirds, Mvita grinning, and Paki just smiling in his mysterious ways, sniffing around and exploring some more.
Kif couldn't wait.
"Back inside, time for dinner, soon," he announced, leading Tana back in by the tail. Their cubs frolicked near their feet, excited for the hunt to come.
And as the six entered the family den, the two who had left were not forgotten. Their scents and emotions would live on as their bodies did not accompany them, giving their loved ones the feeling that they were always around.
Much like Riku. And so, Kiwi has joined Moyo's family, officially and emotionally. The big day has come and past, but now the true challenge begins: Moyo leaving her family--and the life she has known for as long as she's lived it--behind to help her mate find his past again. She knows not what lies ahead. She puts her entire trust and being into her mate because of that.
And as the sun sets, cries of joy from opposite ends of the jungle can be heard. But the cries are one, bonded with blood, family, and love, and shall never be forgotten.
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