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A yawn escaped her lips as she feasted on her dinner. It was a delicious baby zebra and she couldn't have planned it better herself. It was fate that led her to this meal. The little thing had be separated by the herd by some hyenas and wounded. Instead of letting them have it, she chase the two members off and took the baby down herself. Now she was enjoying the tender meat and could almost moan at the flavor. It wasn't her favorite meal, no, but it was close enough. Lately, Luljeta feasted upon rabbits and badgers.

Once her stomach was full enough, she looked to the carcass and grinned. There was still enough meat on the body for a snack later. Stretching out and licking what blood she could off, the female grabbed the zebra by the neck and ignored the blood that spilled over to stain the grass and paws and started dragging it towards her make shift den.

The sun was high and warming her up from the previous chilly night. For that, Luljeta was truly thankful. "Mmm.." She was oblivious to the fact that the blood would attracted other hungry lions.

A voice put her on edge. It was male and that's all she needed to know. Dropping the zebra, Luljeta stood over it and crouched, growling low in her throat as she looked in the direction of the voice. Indeed, just like most females, she was very territorial over her meal. Damn it, it was hers! No one was going to get it without a fight!

But seeing what talked to her, she blinked and stopped growling all together. Well! He was... really handsome. Smirking mentally, she tilted her head and stayed over the zebra body. This pretty male didn't look like he was hungry. He looked really healthy. He had a shiny coat and no matted fur, so what did he want? Curiosity got the better of this cat.

"....It's a good day, I suppose...." Her voice was hesitant, but not threatening.

Though he said that, the female would still be possessive of the meat she really wanted to devour. Alas, she could not. This male here was preventing her from eating. She would not eat in front of another. Years int the rogue lands had taught her to drag her kill off and find somewhere private to eat unless you wanted to deal with a pack of hyenas trying to steal it. Honestly? She did not want that at all. Pale blue eyes narrowed as she listened to his words.

He sounded like a cub. A horribly optimistic cub that knew no better. Where did he come from to have that kind of mindset? Clearly a pride. No rogue lion in their right mind would have that mind set. Bad days happened even if you wished them good. She was unsure about this day. She had caught a zebra, but encountered a male that seemed intent on talking to her despite the fact she had a meal to get to.

Instead of standing over her meal to chat with him, Luljeta shifted and sat beside it. Her ears flicked this way and that; ever on alert of someone trying to sneak up on her. The smell of fresh blood would draw several out towards her. Damn! She really needed to get somewhere else.

"Do you have a point in talking to me?" She asked, arching a brow as she let her eyes dart to him and then back around.

Hold up. He wanted to just take her back to his pride? She arched a brow and narrowed her eyes a little. This male was clearly delusional. What made him think she was looking for a place to call home? She was, but did it just scream from her body or something? Frowning at that, Luljeta sighed and rolled her light blue eyes before watching him again.

"So you meet a girl, don't even ask her name and try to take her home with you? What, are you a playboy or something," she asked, both brows raised. In shock and amusement, mostly. "I'm not sharing. I killed it, so you can just back off if that's what you're trying to do. Or if you're trying to seduce me, well, you aren't doing a very good job at it." That pale head bobbed a little as she talked. Apparently, Luljeta was a very animated lioness and spoke with body language as well as words. Her ears would flick back and froth, tail would thump against the ground or just move with her words. Sometimes, a paw would come up and wave in the air, as if she could get her point across better like that.

"Who are you, anyway? Tell a girl your name before you offer them a pride, or whatever."

She watched his face change as he spoke and thought about something. Her expression softened a little as she looked to the kill and then heard a hyena laughing in the distance. Maybe she would take him up on that. She'd be able to eat in peace, wouldn't she? Honestly, fighting off hyenas and letting the meat spoil wasn't something Luljeta really wanted to do. The female felt half starved as it was because of that. Sighing, those ears flicked this way and that in thought.

"I guess I'll follow you. But I'm not joining or anything. I just don't want to fight off the hyenas I hear," she clarified, eyeing him pointedly. With that, she wrapped her mouth around the neck of her prey and watched him, looking at him expectantly. She waved her paw to single him to start walking. This thing, after all, was rather heavy. Even baby zebras had a lot of weight to them.

Love was the furthest thing from her mind right now. Safety, food, maybe a nap. That was what was on her mind right now. Luljeta followed him, having to stop every now and then because the weight of the zebra became a little too much and made her jaw ache. She was strong, yes, but this zebra wasn't exactly a baby. It was young, yes, but it just a tall, muscular thing.

Sighing a little more, Luljeta worked her jaw as she stopped once and shook her head. Gods above, her jaw was killing her. "Hang on a second. This thing is getting heavier the longer it's dead. Dead weight and all that, after all." She said, sighing heavily. The pale one sat down and let her tail curl around her legs, tail tip twitching this way and that. "Sorry. I just couldn't do it anymore. Let me rest a little more. It's just my jaw. This makes me wish I could dig my claws into it and drag it like that, but I can't." She worked her jaw a little more and sighed.

This was half stupid. She was hungry and was getting even more and more tired.

The laughter of the hyenas made her look back and her ears pin to the back of her head. Okay, a break was far out of the question, wasn't it? Sighing a little, Luljeta just watched the other one, short of breath a little and very nearly growled when he picked up her zebra. Whatever. She wouldn't have to deal with it. Still, she walked on with him and in silence. The pale female liked the silence. Questions couldn't be asked that would make her uncomfortable. Stories weren't swapped that would make her feel pity, and soft hearted. It meant she could keep herself guarded.

Then that all shattered when he spoke again, her ears pinned back. "...Luljeta," she spoke slowly, sighing. No, she wouldn't think he stole her kill. He'd already earned that much of her trust. Which, wasn't much, but it was trust. Lettering her tail flick, she neared her supper and started to dig into it after answering the question. She was absolutely starving.

As she ate, she kept glancing up at him, licking blood off of her muzzle before going back down for more. Finally, when she was finished and the zebra nearly gone, she stepped back to clean herself. "So how far do we have to go?"