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 Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:39 am
 The deep blue lioness padded quietly along the sand, she had much on her mind. Her babes had all gone to the waves and emerged victorious, happy, adults, they were all grown up, or nearly all grown up, at least grown up enough that they really didn't need her any more. It made her very sad, it felt to her as if time had flown past and that her babies had grown up too quickly. Much too quickly. It was with this in mind that she was searching for her mate.
Occasionally the big lug would vanish off down the beach, or up towards the rogue lands or where ever else he felt like wandering off to and she had to find him. Usually she would be in no mood to track him, but she needed a word and the word couldn't wait. Patience, was not one of her best virtues and when something was on her mind she had to get it off.
"Xenon?!? Xenon where are you?" She called, looking back towards their den, a slight pleased smile on her maw and a very pleasant muurr to her voice. It was a beautiful evening, the sun just about to set warmed her deep blue coat and she knew without a doubt that what was on her mind would get fulfilled, after all, she always got her way in one way or another when it game to her mate, even if he only sometimes fully agreed with her.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:07 am
She had that tone of voice again. Even from his place perched on the ledges just below their den, he could detect it. She wanted something, that silken voice and the sweet tone meant that she'd been dwelling and now she'd come to a decision. Afina was after something and if he were to bet any of his worldly possessions on it, he would say that he knew exactly what it was. His darling mate was broody and she had been terribly bad to hide it since the evening of their children's rites.
He had seen it coming, the second she had snuffled into his mane that sense of dread had fallen on his shoulders and he had known...
Truth be told he was impressed that she had lasted as long as she did. He'd given her a few hours at most but she had lasted much longer than that. That being said the inevitable had now happened and he released a sigh. Gazing over his shoulder, he could just about see her shadow nearby the den. There was really no sense in hiding or avoiding her, she would find him eventually and he would sooner she was in a good mood rather than an antsy one.
"Yes, Afina?" he called back in a much more pleasant and controlled manner than his mate. "What have you broken this time?" he added teasingly.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:25 am
The lioness smiled lightly. It made her laugh sometimes when she thought of how thy had gotten together. She had put it in her mind that he was the one for her and she hadn't given up until he agreed. She loved him, she loved him a lot and she could only feel pride that he belonged to her and really she belonged whole heartedly to him.
"When was the last time I broke something?" She quipped, bouncing up to him on light paws and settling herself firmly at his side. Looking up at her big mate she wrinkled her nose in a sweet, almost cute smile. She could be sweet when the need arose and it wasn't like she was some dragon lady, she just, knew what she wanted.
"Xenon, I'v been thinking." She pauses for a moment a sigh escaping her maw, a slightly over dramatic sigh to be sure, but that was her way. "The cubs are all grown up now and they will be making their own way in to the world soon, finding their own dens and mates." She pauses again "The den will be awful quiet and you know its a big den just for me and you." Shuffling her paws in the sand she looks up at him, her golden eyes hopeful. "Can't we have another litter? I promise to be as none dramatic as I can this time, and we can raise them at home, now the nursery is gone, please?" She looks up at him hopefully her eyes huge and hopeful, she really wanted to have more cubs, a bigger family to love and protect, and this time they would do it together, properly, without all of the secrets and anger and distrust. He just had to agree that was all.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:05 am
"Last tuesday," he replied smoothly and motioned to the broken sticks, shells and other little objects that were scattered along the path. "You broke a few shells," he replied teasingly, his pedantic remark clearly meant in jest rather than to pick holes in her remarks. That being said, he welcomed the female as she cuddled up to his side and then he waited, expectantly, for the words to escape from her lips.
He didn't have to wait very long.
"You want more children," he repeated slowly, distinctly recalling the chaos and drama that had followed the last batch. He adored his kids and he would slaughter anyone who attempted to harm them, but the prospect of going through that again was a little much. Oh she might promise that it wouldn't be filled with drama but he knew better, he knew how these things worked and there would be drama.
"You may promise that it won't be drama filled but I know how hormones work," he pointed out and raised a brow. "You could go mad."
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:42 am
Afina turns and looks at the few bits of broken materials pouting playfully. "They don't count, failed experiments are all a part of fashion." She states a smile in her golden eyes,s he didn't mind being teased a bit by Xenon.
The deep blue lioness huffs a bit and rolls her eyes "I didn't 'go mad' last time, I think considering the circumstances I managed to hold it together rather well." She pulls a tongue at him, and tilts her head in to his shoulder.
"Please, I really miss having no one rely on me and its so quiet in the den now." She sighs melodramatically. "I promise no drama and you will know they are yours from the beginning and, well you can look after me this time. Last time was all a bit hectic, I think we can do better a second time around. Xenoooonnn pleasseeeeeeee.." She pouts looking up at him hopefully.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:04 am
"I rely on you," Xenon was decidedly nonplussed by her declaration and lifted a brow higher as she continued. She had obviously made up her own mind and given that the only way to stop her was to abstain (not his favourite option), he was probably fighting a losing battle anyway. That being said, he couldn't help but argue on some points given that she was beyond mental the last time and there was no guarantee she wouldn't be this time round - suffice to say he was getting old, if she threw anything at him she might break something this time!
"And whether you like to admit it or not you went ballistic," he murmured and shook his head. Nowadays he couldn't help but look back and laugh at the entire thing, but at the time it had been a tremendous headache. She'd declared he wasn't the father, she'd taken him for a run around the mill and then she'd wondered why he had been so unimpressed - at that to the fact that she'd emotionally blackmailed him (via assistance from her sister) and he'd be fighting yet another losing battle.
They'd taken advantage of him.
...And she was going to do it again, he knew it.
"You could always make more noise as well, shriek a bit more, throw things, smash things... You're terribly good at that when you're having a hissy fit," he remarked teasingly.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:32 am
She smiles up at him, her tail flickering a bit, she could see she was wearing him down. "I will admit, things were a bit, hectic last time. But things will be different this time, I promise, and you know the kids have kept you young." She grins playfully. "Come on hubby, I really want to have some more children, the kids, they brought us closer together, don't you think?" She tilts her had gently, curiously. He would know she was right, she was convinced of that.
"I promise I won't be crazy this time, you didn't even get to feel them moving last time, it's really weird and amazing." She laughs gently.
"Come on Xenon, I want to experience that again before I am too old, or before I become a grand mother!" She shivers "which by the way you had better have informed the children that I am MUCH too young to be a grand mother!" She chuckles quietly and licks Xenons face. "Please, I will really try hard to be a good little wife and not go crazy mental again."
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:21 pm
Sometimes he wondered if she forgot how old he was when she made reference to grandchildren, truth be told he was probably the perfect age for him but he was sooner he didn't think about that just yet. When the time came he would face it head on, but given his litter had been compromised primarily of boys he was fairly safe, he only had to kill three unfortunate lions if they tried to hit on his daughters...if necessary, he could always hire assassins from the roguelands.
"Mmm, I somehow doubt that the concept of being forced together by the children is terribly romantic," Xenon remarked, hazarding a smile as he recalled the blackmail yet again. He did have to wonder whether or not things would have been different if she hadn't ended up pregnant. Would she have gone off with the rogue or would she have cracked eventually and apologised to him? He'd never know, but sometimes he did have to chuckle at the 'what if' scenarios, especially when she made comments like that.
"If you want to avoid being a grandmother it would be beneficial for you to warn them yourself, I have no qualms about being a grandfather," he pointed out and then heaved a sigh. No matter what he did he wouldn't win this battle anyway.
"However if you want children that much then...okay, but only on one condition."
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:27 pm
Raising a brow at him the lioness leans up and nips his cheek. "You know I loved you from the beginning Xenon don't you? I'm older now and mUCH better behaved." She grins playfully, her eyes dancing full of laughter. She adored her big old fellah, more than perhaps he really knew.
"Children kept us together, we were always going to be together." She rumbles nestling her head under his chin. "I should speak to them, though I think the boys would hear it better from their father."
A smile creased her face and she chuckles quietly "What is the condition?" She stays curled under his chin but the obvious smile in her voice spike of what she already thought of as a triumph. She had won.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:34 pm
It wasn't as if he was really going to deny her anyway!
She hadn't won anything as she hadn't had to fight for it, he merely wanted to string her along to see how far she would go. Alas, he knew his limits and rather than push her he had put her out of her misery fairly quickly. So she had wanted kids, deep down, he rather enjoyed the idea of it as well... he might be older but now that this new leader (strange as he might be) had abolished the nursery it meant that Xenon really could raise his own children and if need be, send them to the nursery to be babysat while he had things to do.
"All I would say is 'Don't have kids or your mother will castrate you', they'd receive just the same message from you," he pointed out teasingly and then heaved another sigh, eyeing his doting mate for a moment before he finally shook his head. If he was going to be a father again then he was going to do things in the right order - she'd mentioned it before and now seemed like the perfect time to mention it again.
"You can have them after we're married," he said at last.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:06 pm
Afina still jotted this one up in her mental note book as a win, no matter what Xenon thought, she liked to feel like she was in charge even though she knew if push came to shove Xenon was mostly always right. Which she hated to admit and would never admit to him, still, he was mostly always right.
"That sounds about right" She smiles and licks under his chin. "No grand kids until I am old." She sighs happily resting against her large mate.
"That sounds wonderful, I will have to speak to Ram again I think." She beams up at him cheekily. "A wedding and then children born of our matrimoni." She purrs "it's like a fairy tale." Closing her eyes the stocky female let her mind wander to things, new happenings, hew arrivals, a wedding and at some point a new litter of cubs. At least she knew what to expect this time and at least she knew this timeXenon wold truly be at her side which made her feel simply wonderful.
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