- Aagiro smiled as she moved away from the nice, cool temple. Instantly she remembered days past when she used to think of it as some sort of odd cave and she buckled a little. It was not that long ago that she thought such things, actually. Aagiro and Nen had been at the ocean for a while, but they had decided to head back to these parts and seek acceptance into the pride. Luckily every thing had run smoothly. They learned new beliefs and customs way day. There was a lot of information to know and understand and remember but they were doing it! At first she had been most interested in the marriage customs, Nen had been happy to go through with that. It still made her throat rumble with a purr when she thought about it. She and Nen were bound together, forever. Things were much different now, since they had finally admitted what they truly felt to each other. Some things were the same of course, Aagiro could not restrain her temper all of the time after all. It did not matter to her any longer though, more often than not their fights had an amusing or almost playful air about them and she even secretly enjoyed those.
But after they'd been joined she finally began to take note of other customs and beliefs the pride had to offer. She wondered how long it would take of being in these lands and studying their ways before she no longer needed other members to remind her of what was what. She had become a hunter for the pride, she found it almost laughable because of how annoying hunting had become while she had been traveling with Nen. Still, it was different here and much more enjoyable. She had companions to hunt with, friends she could boast to and offer up friendly contests to. Friends she could tell stories about her travels to and who she could rely on. It was all very lovely. Nen's choice of rank surprised her until she had time to think about it. Nen, a nanny? That struck her as odd, she didn't even know that he liked cubs. But then she realized where the nannies spent most of their time and it made better sense. She also realized she probably was not being fair toward him and one day had gone to visit him while he worked. Sure enough he seemed to enjoy his time with the pridal cubs.
Which was all really good and well but it had pushed a large portion of Aagiro's mind back to the day they had made the bet, back to the day where the terms had been set. She wouldnever, ever give Nen cubs just because of some bet. However, she was fairly certain the bet was done and over with, 'forgotten' for the most part. But... they were life mates now, married and together... she liked cubs well enough. So did Nen... but was it too soon for talk of a family? What if it brought about some huge fight that a little cuddling could not fix? Maybe she was just being silly. But she also had to consider the fact that she and Nen were fairly young. Maybe not as young as some of the couples she had seen around the pride, but still young. What if one day they decided they wanted to do a little traveling... but lo and behold they had five tiny cubs to care for? Oh gods above! Five? Why had that number popped into her head? Two. Three. Those seemedlike good numbers... She had come from a small litter... of course he had also wandered too fr and had been away from her family since. She frowned slightly, what if one of her babies wandered too far?
Her paw shifted through the sands as she sat, mindlessly making lines and shapes in it that did not show one thing or another. She took a deep breath. All of there'd worries seemeto be surfacing because she did want cubs. She really did want to start a family with Ammon'nen... but was now the right time to do it? Did any lion couple really ever know what the right time was? She frowned and sighed, dark gaze sliding over the sky. What if she was a bad mother though? She knew a lot of mothering had to do with instinct alone but what if that wasn't good enough? And what if they grew up and hated she and Nen? Worse what would happen if they grew up and hated her but loved Nen more than anything in the world? She could not help the irritated growl that spilled past her maw any more than she could help which direction the fire ball in the sky sank and rose in. She also could not help that her tail was lashing back and forth, or that she suddenly felt more than foolish because she was angry at her grown cubs that only existed in her thoughts at the moment.
Her anger broke when amused laughter spilled past her maw and she shook her head. She was being ridiculous, she really was. The best thing to do would be to go find Nen and discuss these matters with him. Seriously she wouldn't be able to even have worries if he flat out didn't want to start a family with her so soon. But part of her knew that better not be his response or she might flip out. Indeed she would be very pissed at that sort of response. Well, probably anyways. She guessed it would all depend on how he worded it. But Aagiro knew better than anyone that Nen had this awkward way of saying things that just infuriated you. Of course, that also had a lot to do with her being her. She knew most other lions got on rather easily with Nen, but that was boring.
Her tail flicked again and she rose, stretching out her limbs. He had to think for a few minutes of how she would even approach the subject with Nen, but it came to her quickly enough. Her stomach was twisting with worries, she ignored those for the most part. How could Nen refuse her? How could he not want a family? He had brought up siring cubs not five minutes after they had met. That had to mean something, did it not? She took another deep breath and smiles, heading back to the temple because she knew Nen would be there. Even if they were not ready for a family she knew that she wanted one very much, especially with Nen. So she would find out what he wanted and could only hope his feelings were similar.
