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The girls were all off playing or exploring or something to that effect, and it was something that Kijibwa loved to see and encouraged. They'd been in the jungle for quite some time now, long enough that he and Siku had realized their feelings and had started raising their very own cubs. He was having the time of his life, always happy, always proud of all four of his girls.

With a big smile on his face he decided to go talk to Siku and take advantage of one of their quiet moments. "Siku," he called, walking a small circle to find her.

Emerging from the cavern near the waterfall, Siku siled softly at Kijibwa, padding over happily. She'd certainly grown since the two had headed out for the jungle, and changed from when she was a cub. She did still think of home every so often, and how the other members of her family were doing, but she'd never admit that to Kiji. He was happy here, and so were their girls. She wouldn't take that away from any of them.

"Yes, Kiji?" She asked happily, stretching out a bit as she reached Kiji. Laughing softly, she looked around.
"It's been a while since I had time alone, and I just wanted to get a bit of ininterrupted rest in."

"None of that for you," he replied jokingly at her explanation of her hiding and resting, chuckling and nuzzling her affectionately. As much as it hurt his head sometimes, Kiji had been thinking too. He remembered when he first met Siku, and while he was still pretty young then, she couldn't have been too much older than the girls were now when she agreed to go adventuring with him without so much as a goodbye to her family. It made him somewhat wary about the girls' wandering, but he was optimistic that if they went off they'd be just as happy and well off as he and Siku had been. Aside from that, Kiji also remembered the night Siku was in a panic about her mother. Combined with his usual desire to wander, he'd been thinking about a change of scenery.

"Do you remember," he murmured, taking a seat infront of her and looking at her with bright blue eyes, "that first night when we decided we didn't want to be apart?"

Smiling brightly at Kiji, so happy to have a moment alone with him, Siku raised herself from the ground, padding over and sitting next to him, leaning her head into his shoulder.

"Of course I do, Kiji.. how could I ever forget it?" Sighing softly, she closed her eyes, leaning into him gently. It was a moment in time she'd never forget, not in all of her days. She was too much in love to ever forget a moment by Kijibwa's side.

"It was the first night we slept right next to each other, like this.." Siku purred, trying to remember what sleeping alone genuinely felt like. It'd been a long time since she'd been without Kiji by her side.

Kiji positively beamed when Siku came over and leaned on him, and he inched around a bit so he comfortably nuzzle against her in return. He hasn't expected her to forget, and he hoped he never would forget it. If he remembered anything, he wanted it to be his love. He stayed like that silently for a moment, just enjoying sitting with Siku, before he sighed dreamily and decided to continue.

"Do you remember what we were talking about before that?" Kiji asked in a hushed voice, still very much enjoying the moment. It was almost as if talking too loudly would ruin it.

Kiji smiled softly at the surprise that his mate could barely hide, and even kept the smile when she almost choked on the word. He couldn't say he was certain it had not been on her mind, but he knew he hadn't thought too much about it until recently. He licked her affectionately on the nose to try to get her to relax a bit.

"You weren't much older than the girls now when we first travelled across the desert," he reminded her, though he was sure she didn't need it to remember, "Y- Well- don't you think they might like to see you? And the girls?"

Kiji could tell if he didn't just blurt it out, he'd start rambling and that is not what he wanted. It was a semi-important conversation afterall! And to think he was the one who started it.

Kiji tried to prepare himself for her reaction, but when she started to cry it was too much for him. He did not expect that kind of reaction from her! If anything, he hoped she might be a little more excited by the idea. He leaned back a bit, trying to give her some space. When she leaned in again, though, he couldn't do anything but lean back and nuzzle against her. He let her get all her words out before speaking up again.

"You were a little older than them," he repeated, trying to reassure her, "I- I was kind of thinking you could all go and I'd just hide out." He threw the joke in there, knowing he might not be so welcome having taken Siku away as a child. After all, he'd not be so happy if it happened to one of his girls!

"We could talk to the girls about it, see what they think," he suggested in a gentle whisper, nuzzling his love once again.

Kiji stayed against Siku comfortably, letting his own thoughts drift back to the Pridelands. It wasn't his home but he had spent most of his life there, and found the most important thing in his life there. His only bad memory was there too, that angry red lioness.

"I don't mind, love," he murmured, "I wouldn't have suggested it if I didn't want to go."

When Siku questioned what they would next, he leaned out and looked in her eyes. He remembered their other conversations, their plans to move on and explore as far as they could. He was also aware of the fact they had cubs to think about now.

"We'll go to the Pridelands," Kiji said in a decisive voice, "And we'll see how the girls take that trip before we decide what to do next.. if you want." His confidence faltered in the end and he grinned submissively at Siku. He would easily be swayed by her opinion, it was clear.

Finally, Siku sounded more positive about the idea and Kiji felt relieved. He grinned goofily at her as he considered her question. He too suspected that the one who'd take it the hardest might be Jedi, but he was also certain he could convince her if some problems came up!

"We'll talk to them as soon as we can find them all," he said, taking a moment to look around, "Actually, it might be better not to talk to them as a group- we might get someone or someones forced to say they like the idea." Kiji was mainly referring to Jedi, but he knew they all had strong influences on each other.

Kiji paused and looked around yet again, "Where did they all go anyway? We don't usually get much time to ourselves." He glanced back at Siku with a wink. He wasn't genuinely concerned about where they were, they enjoyed themselves and that's what mattered. Besides, this would be a different conversation entirely if the girls had all been running around them.

"Y'think so?" he asked in a hushed voice, looking around in a joking wary manner. It was entirely possible they were being watched at this very moment, but he hoped they weren't. Their plan wouldn't work out so well if they'd been overhead.

"Who?" Kiji repeated thoughtfully, and reviewed the logic in each. Like his mate, he too had thought of Jedi and her likliness of being swayed against her own true desire and was about to suggest it when she spoke up. He nodded his agreement as she suggested Jedi.

"So, we'll have to talk to her first chance we get alone with her," he purred, quite pleased with how the conversation had gone. He was looking forward to moving on again. Siku saw the Jungle, just like she wanted, and his family was born here.. but it would be nice to have a change of scenery.

"If we're being eavesdropped upon, now would be a good time to find out, eh?" Kiji winked at her cheerily and gave a glance around them to see if anyone did pop out of the jungle to bother them. He chuckled when it was obvious nothing would be surprising them.

"Well, I have to use my head for something," he joked, not sure how else to approach the wonderful comment. It was hard to maintain the same joking attitude, and, beaming, he nuzzled her, "Of course I think about these things, love. Nothing's more important to me than you and our girls, and you don't have to worry about ever being without me! I love you, Siku."