The Pride Lands (Zeke, NM, kovu42, morri908)

[kovu42]

"Can I let go of you without you attacking Tai again?" he asked and without waiting for a reply he got off of Zeke. "And Tai," he said, turning to the younger lion. "I'd watch my tongue if I were you. I won't always be around to keep you two apart so you may want to be a little more careful." His thoughts turned back to Mila, "Now Mila's fairly upset. Zeke, you know her best, you should go and talk to her. I'll stay here with Tai."

[Zeke]

"Fine, just let me up," Zeke stared back up at Bakari with the same fierce look on his face. "I'll go out and talk to Mila, just get off."

[kovu42]

Bakari release the eager lion and watched him head off for Mila. "So, I think you'll like it here Tai," he teased, sitting down in the cave entrance and watching Zeke travel off. "Just try not to make any more major statements, especially concerning Zeke and Mila. They definately like each other but are fairly emberrased by it, so just be careful around Zeke." He rolled on his back lazily, letting the sun warm his belly as the light danced through the cave entrance.

[morri908]

Taisaku walked up and sat down next to Bakari and said, "I didn't mean to reveal that, I'm sorry, I owe everyone an apology. Especially Mila, but what is Zeke's problem? I didn't do anything to him, I was just here, and he acts like I did something wrong." Taisaku then stood up, and walked a few yards away, turned around, and flopped to the ground, thinking of the problems he had caused.

[kovu42]

"Well, revealing that Mila was pregnant in front of the lion she likes could be very easily seen as a mistake. First off, she probably wanted to be the one to tell him and he very likely would have wanted to her it from her. Secondly, Zeke is getting a bit territorial. He probably feels that you're barging in here and changing everything. Give him time and some space and you'll be fine."

[morri908]

Taisaku decided that he needed to apologize to everyone, but that would have to wait until he was on better terms, or at least Zeke calmed down. "I really didn't mean to do anything, I probably shouldn't have even come here with Mila anyways, I just wanted to make sure she got back okay. You know, seeing as she has such bad stomach pangs and seems to fall a lot.. "

[Zeke]

Zeke ran after Mila who was now a speck in the distance. All of a sudden, she disappeared into the horizon and he sped up. A he got closer to her, he saw that she now lay on the ground, crying. He ran up to her side and began to speak. "Mila, I didn't mean to snap at you like that. I'm sorry"

[NightmareMoon]

Mila didn't speak. She didn't feel like talking to Zeke. She wanted to be the one to tell him. "I'm scared, Zeke... I can't manage myself. How will I manage a cub?" She cried.

[Zeke]

Zeke lay down next to Mila to comfort her. "Mila, you just need to pull yourself together. We can get through it, I could help." Zeke sit and waited for Mila's reply, she was still distraught.

[NightmareMoon]

Mila looked over at Zeke. "You mean... you would help me raise it?" She asked. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.