Kijamii smiled at Dakari's assurance that they were not far from his special place. But as they continued walking, her energy continued to show itself off. While Kijamii was prancing around the grass, giggling all the way, she began to wonder exactly what surprise this Dakari had in store for her...he made it sound like a great place, and Kijamii was sure it was, but exactly what was it, and why was it so special that Dakari had to make it a surprise?
Knowing she would recieve no answers, Kijamii simply focused on following Dakari whilst continuing to inspect everything she saw. Part of her wanted to playfully pounce Dakari, and engage in a play-wrestle, like she so often used to with Tanga, but somehow, she doubted Dakari would like that. Despite this, her tail flicked mischievously behind her, and every few seconds she was forced to resist the urge to punce Dakari again. Tanga had not wrestled with her for quite some time...and she longed for another one.
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Tanga smiled, but paused when Lina's giggling fit died down. Hearing the sounds of someone approaching, he quickly turned away from Lina, simply staring at the wall in front of him, pretending to be lost in though...although he was hardly pretending, as recent memories washed over him, threatening to bring his good mood crashing down again.
But before that could become too serious, a pale-furred lioness jumped into view, her triumphant yell cut off suddenly when she saw only Tanga. The adolescent lion did not need to fake surprise at Marini's sudden appearance, but it was her showing up that surprised him...it was what she looked like. Tanga had fully expected this Rini to be another cub, but instead he was faced with an adolescent roughly his age, and in his own, completely private, embarassing opinion, a rather pretty one, too.
As the lioness apologised to him, Tanga struggled to form a coherent response. "Oh, uh...no, I...it's okay, don't worry about it, you didn't disturb me." In his surprise at meeting her, he almost completely forgot about Lina hiding behind him, and the game she was playing with the lioness in front of him...and did not notice her enter the den, getting closer.