Fear, a heavy fear lie in Nala's heart as she slept beside her darling mate Simba. Simba however, didn't sleep. His heart was filled with hurt, when him and Nala had mated for the first time, she told him that he was the
first, the only one.
"Scar please," Nala cried in her sleep as Simba watched her paws move, as if running, or trying to run away from something, or someone.
"Nala, it's alright," Simba whispered, shifting closer to her.
"No Scar, stop, I said stop!" Her voice rose and her eyes flew open as she bolted upright, breathing hard. Simba sat up to look at her.
"Don't look at me," Nala said, turning her head. Simba placed a gentle paw and turned her head in order to look in her eyes. "Simba, I said to not...."
"Nala," he cut her off, "all I have to ask is, why did you ly to me? We all know Scar was capatable of murder, I'm sure rape was no big deal to him. You could have told me the truth."
"Simba, I couldn't!" Her voice rose and Simba glanced around to make sure the others were sound asleep, before he rose and beckened Nala to follow him to a place where they could talk. The queen hesatated before slowly getting to her paws and walked out behind him.
******
For several minutes, the couple walked in complete silance, each with there own thoughts. Nala looked down at the ground as Simba came to a stop under a tree, pride rock looming in the distance.
"Sit Nala," Simba commanded of his queen. Nala sat, her back against the trunk of the tree; "Nala, I love you, you know that, at least I hope you do."
At her nod he continued, "I know that it was against your will, I know that there was no love between you and him. The only love that there was that night was the love for Kamaria. It was a selfless act, a act of bravery,
especially when you ran away. I feel hurt because you lyed to me, I would've understood, he killed my father, he's tried to distroy everything that ever meant anything to me; don't let him distroy us."
By this time, Nala's face was streeked with tears, her body shaking with uncontrolable sobs.
"I tried so hard to stop him, I didn't want to fight him, I knew he'd kill me and I couldn't let that happen because of Kamaria. I am so sorry for lying to you Simba, forgive me." Nala layed on the ground, emotionally
draned as her tears soaked Simba's paws. Simba blinked back his own; he had to be strong for her. He gathered the sobbing Nala close to him, her tears soaking his main.
"Forgive me, forgive me," she wept.
"Shshshsh Nala, it's alright, he's dead he can't hurt you anymore, I'm here Nala, I'm here. I forgive you Nala, I forgive you." Simba softly licked her tears as they slowly ceased streeming down her face. Nala put her head down onto his shoulder.
"Are you sure? You still want me, need me, love me?" Simba pered in responce and lay, half his body on top of Nala, and the other on the ground.
"I will always need, love, and want you Nala, and no other. You are beautiful, smart, brave, kind, loving, and many more other things. Nala, we are one."
His queen smiled and moved a paw along his back, kissing him (or, a lion way of kissing.)
"Simba, I love you to," she whispered. The couple lay like that for a few more minutes before Simba raised his head, "we should get back."
"Simba darling" Nala said as she slowly rose and rubbed her body against his, seductively, "Simba, let's not go back right away." She pered;
"Nala, are you sure?" Simba inquired, knowing the emotional rollercoaster that the previous day had brought.
Nala smiled, touched by his question, "I need you," was her reply.
******
Much later, Simba held his beloved close to him, listening to her slowed breathing.
"You ok?"
"Yeah," Nala retorted as she gazed at Simba.
"We really should get back, it's nearly morning and we need sleep," Simba said, getting a playful slap of Nala's paw on his back.
"You know you were never like this when you were a cub, now look at you, the Mr. responcible."
Simba laughed; "We can sleep here," he said instead, as Nala burried her head in his main and fell asleep.
Simba ly for a little while, loled to sleep by the knolige that him, as well as Nala and Kamaria would get through whatever layed ahead in the morning.