Vinata had woken up in her hammock alone the next morning after her date night with Silron'zem. Even though she was alone, Vinata felt as though she wasn't. Her heart was filled with a fire that Silron had ignited in her and the joy over the previous was enough to keep her even more chipper then usual in the morning. As she made her way out of her hammock she took in the early morning sky and the very few others who were awake at this time. Most of them where hunters like her, heading down to the forest floor to hunt before their prey had a chance to fully wake.
Sighing a bit wistfully Vinata closed her eyes and allowed herself to drift back to the previous night. How her and Silron had shared their love for each other in front of the Tree of Souls. Even though she was terrified at the revelation that she would have to meet his parents, she felt a bit excited as well. Why was terrified was because well not only had she never really met his parents but a small part of her worried that she wasn't good enough. Or she would accidentally do something in their meeting to make them hate her. But then, there was a larger part of her that wasn't. She loved Silron and he loved her. Even if she was compelled to say every word that popped into her head at the meeting with his parents he knew what she was like on a normal day and his father had already said he gave his blessing. So there wasn't much to worry about... Right?
Opening her eyes once more she turned and made her way from the hammocks and towards the far reaches of the pride for her hunting, thinking all the while. It wasn't like her to worry like this. But her future with Silron kind of depended on this. Well, a little bit. Kind of. Maybe. Vinata shook her head for a moment, still keeping her pace. She needed to stop worrying so much about this meeting. There were more important things to worry about if she was going to worry. Like the fact that it hadn't entirely hit her that she was with someone and that soon she would be living with someone. That was going to be a huge change from what she was previously used to.
Admittedly though she actually wasn't that afraid or worried about the notion of living with someone. Every time she thought of Silron her nerves eased a bit about all of her worries and the idea of living with him. Sharing not only her hammock but her life with him, it was more exciting then frightening. And it was then she realized that she wasn't that afraid of meeting his parents. Suddenly everything held a new meaning to her. Even the common 'I see you' her fellow brothers and sisters of the pride used when they greeted each other. She had always seen them, but with Silron'zem, she saw much more then she ever thought she could. He somehow caught her heart in a way no one had ever done before and she hoped like no one would since. Sighing wistfully she began her descent down a large tree to the forest floor.
When she finally reached the forest floor Vinata lifted her nose in the air, sniffing at it lightly. She could smell the faint scent of a hog probably not more then a foot or two from her current position. Smiling, Vinata took very light and quiet steps towards where the scent was coming from. When she was finally close enough to see her prey she immediately stopped and lost her urge to pounce. Before her was tiny baby hogs who where sniffing at the ground obviously still getting a hold on their new snouts. The mother was probably not more then a charge away. Vinata slowly backed away from the small pigs, retaining her light footsteps. She continued this way for a good yard before she resumed a normal pace and could walk normally. So the first hunt of the day was a bust, but there would be more prey to meet her nose shortly.
Which, this of course allowed her more time to think of Silron'zem and daydream about their future together. A smile once more crept up onto her maw as well as a light blush when she imagined herself further down the road with him, and small trail of black and white striped cubs following behind them, their blue eyes taking in the home, their pride. A small purr erupted from her chest. She could picture exactly what each one would look like and even found herself thinking of names or nicknames for each one. Vinata quickly stopped in her tracks and took a deep breath. "That is a long time away." She said to herself a bit sternly. There were more pressing things to think of. But she couldn't help herself from drifting back into that thought. She could just imagine Silron in their hammock, telling their future cubs various stories and legends and maybe even some of his tales as a warrior. Then she once more allowed her thoughts to drift, this time they were just of Silron. It was an image of them sitting in their hammock, looking into each other's blue eyes and just absorbing the love they felt for each other flowing between them. Of them laughing about something that had happened to them earlier in the day. Then her thoughts once more drifted to the nearest future. This one of them making their hammock together.
Snapping herself out of her daydreams once more Vinata turned back towards the direction of the pride. She wanted, no needed to see him. And hopefully soon her wish the night before would come true. That very soon he would be the first thing she woke up to every morning and the last thing she saw every night. "Yeah." She said, still smiling. She could spend the rest of eternity as anything, so long as she had him.
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