[PRIVATE: DGFone & Thewhistlerify]

[DGFone]

Umeme felt her face warm up. She blushed and looked away, hoping that Muroki won't notice. "Really?.. I, err..." not knowing what to say, Umeme leaned over and buried her head into Muroki's mane again. "I would like to do that," She whispered, "Thank you." With her head still in his mane, Umeme looked up at the sky, wishing that it would get dark soon.

Delano grinned at Lina. "No problem," he answered smoothly. Now he was certain that for the most part, he knew what he was doing, and in turn, it gave him the confidence to sound normal again. "But you know," he told Lina, "in the end, this place is just another waterhole. But you are special." He grinned, hoping that Lina would be able to regain some of her composer.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki smiled as Umeme buried her head in his mane again and took liberty of hugging her close with one of his forelegs. "No problem." he too looked up at the sky. "It's still morning though... It'll take time until it's dark..." he grinned, looking at Umeme again, "Not that it will be a problem, since time flies when I'm with you." he nuzzled her again, absolutely delighted to be there with her.

Lina's face turned even redder. Earlier that morning she planned on actually getting to tell Delano how much she liked him, but she planned on doing it slowly, much slower than things seemed to be turning out right now. She was still nervous, before suddenly understanding just how stupid she was being. There was the male she had a crush on, telling her how special he thought she was, and she was acting like an idiot. After all, this was just what she wanted. "Thank you, that's so sweet." his smooth tone made him look even more handsome in her eyes, "I think you're really handsome, especially when using that tone." she figured that if she was already going that far, she should take it to the end, "And I really like you."

[DGFone]

Umeme let out a small laugh. "Yeah, it's still the day. But I will wait for the stars," she said, "with you, even waiting doesn't have to be so bad." She nuzzled Muroki back, not knowing nor caring if they were going to do this for the rest of the day. Umeme closed her eyes again, letting her head rest against Muroki's, and letting him hold her body in place.

Delano grinned. "Really?" He asked. "That's... very kind of you to say that." He gently nudged Lina on her shoulder. "You're not bad yourself." He let out a small laugh. "In fact, you're rather..." Delano paused momentarily, but quickly found the courage to say it. "You're rather cute." He felt his face redden, but instead of looking away, he forced himself to stare into her eyes, hoping that she wouldn't notice.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki nuzzled Umeme for a few more seconds before opening his eyes again with a smile, happy that Umeme was there and that she was appearing rather peaceful as well. He could already imagine himself spending almost every day in the following future with her, and he didn't have a problem with the idea at all. "Have I already told you how beautiful you are?" he asked with a grin, touching his muzzle to hers again.

Unfortunately for Delano, him having his face turn red was one of the things Lina found cute about him, which is why she was always on the lookout. She couldn't help but blush herself when Delano told her that he was finding her cute. With a giggle, she smiled and stared back into his eyes, not wanting to look away. She couldn't think of how to respond, so instead she turned her thoughts into actions by leaning over licking his cheek once, giggling again as his face turned even redder.

[DGFone]

Umeme let out a small giggle. "I think you did," she answered, "but I don't remember it very well. So remind me." She continued to nuzzle Muroki, letting herself get lost within his mane. "But you, you are so..." she searched for the right word to use. "...handsome." She smiled, happy with her decision.

Delano closed his eyes in shame as he felt his face turn even redder. Lina's lick left him immobilized and shocked. He opened his eyes in surprise and looked at Lina. She simply grinned back at him. Delano grinned back at her, regaining some control over himself.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki, despite the fact that Umeme was already aware of his feelings for her, couldn't stop his cheeks from turning red as Umeme called him handsome. "I'm very happy to hear that, especially from someone like you." he said, smiling and nuzzling her as she rested her head in his mane.

Lina couldn't help but blush slightly as Delano grinned at her. He was so handsome. Eventually almost a minute passed with neither of them saying anything, causing Lina to chuckle. "Well, are you gonna say something or not?" she asked, raising an eyebrow in a joking manner.

[DGFone]

Umeme smiled, not bothering to answer. There was no need. Just been there with Muroki was enough. As she breathed into his fur, Umeme was glad that he was here next to her. Before, Umeme had a hard time telling Lina that she missed Muroki. But now she felt like she could hardly wait to tell her friend about today.

Delano pried his mouth open. "Uh, yeah, I... can," he fumbled with the words, trying to form a coherent phrase. "I, uh, you surprised me back there." He grinned at her playfulness, feeling some of his composure returning. "N- not that was bad. Just um, shocking." His face felt as if it were on fire because of how embarrassed he felt.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki sighed and gently placed his head on top of Umeme, not saying anything else. He wanted to just stay there forever, holding the lioness he fancied in his arms like that. Like Umeme, he wanted to tell Delano about how great today was. Then again, he didn't really want the day to end, so it kind of conflicted with the urge to prance over to his brother and tell him how happy he was.

Lina giggled as Delano ended up barely saying one sentence without a single pause. "Well, I'm not sure about you," she smiled and leaned over, "but I liked it." closing her eyes, she gently nuzzled Delano's mane, purring as she felt how warm it was. She nuzzled him for a few moments before shuffling a little closer, resting her head under his chin and in his fuzzy mane.

[DGFone]

Umeme let Muroki hold her, supporting her body against his. She grinned slightly. "Is this what you imagined would have happened when you were away?" She asked. "Because for me, this is even better." She pressed her head even deeper into his mane, wanting to be even closer to him than she already was.

Delano smiled when Lina nuzzled against him. "Yeah, I liked it too," he told her. He allowed her to rest on him, liking the feeling of her soft body against his. "What made you think I didn't?" He teased. With her head already under his, Lina gave him the perfect opportunity to continue nuzzling her without having to move too much. He didn't want to move, should he accidently ruin the position they were in. But feeling Lina next to him, her head under his, Delano smiled brightly, not really able to believe yet at how lucky he was to be with her.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki chuckled at what Umeme was saying. "To be honest?" he figured that he could tell her of how paranoid he was a few days before they came back, because now that he was looking back at himself he really did look a little ridiculous. "You should have seen how paranoid I was about how you would react, it was laughable." he had no problem talking about it now that he was there with her.

Lina's purring only became louder when Delano finally nuzzled her back and she continued resting her head in his mane, remembering how she liked to cuddle up in her father's mane when she was still a cub. "Nothing made me think you didn't." she said with a chuckle, "After all, how could you not?" she knew she was definitely going to come to their new spot again sometime soon.