*~Aurora’s POV~*
The lion growled while it was in front of . I wanted to reach for the knife, but it was too far away from . "Calm down, lion. I an no harm," I said. The lion growled louder as it started crawling toward . I imdiately got up and started running, and it chased after .
"Husband, help!" I scread for Leon to co help , but he didn’t. Instead, he just remained there, laughing his heart out as the lion chased .
"It will kill ! Kill it!"
"You are a man!" he said.
But how can I take down a huge-ass lion, literally big enough to tear apart in just one slice? I managed to get behind a tree, hiding from it, as the lion stood there. Then it started sniffing out.
"Oh my God! Leon, help!"
The lion caught my voice and then, in one slice, cut the tree. The tree fell, and I imdiately fell on my butt. The lion started walking toward . So here it is— dying.
Then, that was when Leon finally rushed over to my side, and then, the lion pounced. I imdiately closed my eyes, knowing I’m dead already.
Then, there was silence.
Is this heaven? Because absolutely not—absolutely not—is the lion pouncing on , feeling disgust. When I opened my eyes, it was the lion licking my forehead. I turned over to Leon, who was also wearing the sa confused gaze, and he said, "What is this? And what is he doing?"
"It seems you tad the lion. That’s even more of a man."
"Tad?" Then I saw the lion wiggle its tail and hop around, then co back and lick again. I got up, and the lion imdiately approached again, licked my feet, then my hand.
"What is he doing, husband?"
"You’ve tad the lion. I’m guessing the lion likes you. This is actually the first ti I’m seeing a lion get tad. Should I scare it off? Or are you still scared?"
"Yes, please."
Then the man was about to shift when the lion licked again.
"Wait, wait, wait." I imdiately stretched my hand toward Leon. "I think I like him."
"What?" He turned to . "This is a huge lion. Don’t tell you’re about to keep it as a pet."
"But he’s so cute. Look at the way he’s looking at . I guess he likes ." The lion circled again, and then Leon tried to touch it, but it growled at him.
"Uh-oh. Looks like my pet does not like you."
"Pet?"
"Yes, it is my pet from now on, and since I’m going to be living in a place as boring and ugly as this, I’ll need sothing to cheer up." I bent down and rubbed the lion’s body as it purred. "Oh my God, isn’t it so cute?"
"This is a wild animal that can kill you the mont it becos hungry," Leon said. "I am married to a wild animal. Of course, I can also keep another wild animal as a pet. But you’re married to a wild animal. You are a wolf. You literally can also eat when you’re hungry, and I am just a witch—cosplaying as a human—so soday I may appear as a delicious delicacy for you."
"The only ti you appear as a delicious delicacy for is going to be on the bed, not literally."
"Well, I see no difference between you and the lion," I said as I kept rubbing the lion.
"What? There are differences—many differences—between and this dumb-ass lion." Leon raised his voice, and the lion roared at him, making him pounce back.
"Well, you see the difference? The lion is not scared of you, and you are terrified of it."
"Please." He brought out his claws. "I can cut this lion’s head right this mont, and I will never let you—"
"Leon is mine from now on. You need to respect that." I stood up. "Where can we put this lion?"
"This is a lion, Aurora."
"Eric," I corrected him. "My na is Eric from now on. And what could be more manly than keeping a lion as a pet? So cute. It is nice to be a lioness."
"It is a lion," Leon said.
I bent down, checking the lion’s genitals. "So, I am now a man from now on. I did not kill a wild animal; I tad the wild animal."
I got up and started walking, and the lion followed .
"Have you seriously lost your brains? No way this lion is going to be living in my house."
"Our house," I corrected him. "Now, let’s get back to building."
"In the middle of the night? Hell no." His stomach growled again. Mine did too. And soon, with Kovu’s growl joining ours, I guessed we were still hungry.
"Now I guess we are going to be killing your pet," Leon said. "Do you want to die of hunger? The goddess literally sent us this lion for us to eat, not for us to keep as a pet."
"No." I imdiately wrapped my hands around it. "We are not going to be killing—Kovu."
"Kovu?"
"Yes. That’s his na. I’ve nad it. Kovu."
"How can you be naming our dinner a na?"
"This is not a dinner. This is my pet. And you need to respect that." I said raising my finger at him.
"Respect my food, Aurora. Aurora, please. We have no ti left. We need to sleep. Early to bed, early to rise. We need to continue building tomorrow. And maybe see the Alpha. We need to be on our best feet. Let’s kill this lion, eat it, and sleep happily."
"How about we kill you instead? I an your wolf. How does that sound?" I asked putting my hands on my waist.
"Horrible!" His eyes widened.
"Yes. Horrible. We are NOT going to be killing the lion." I glared at him.
"Oh, damn it! Why are you so hard-headed now?"
"Hard-headed now? Did I used to be hard-headed before?" My voice softened as I glared at him. He also seed to reduce his voice.
"Oh yes. You used to be very hard-headed. And you’re even more hard-headed now."
"Well, it’s in the blood," I said waving my hair as if it were still long.
"Your hair is short, Eric. Get used to it." He eyed .
"I know." I sat down, and my stomach growled again in imnse anger. "I’m still hungry. Husband, can we look for sothing else to eat? Without killing Kovu?" I rubbed the lion’s back as it sat down right next to .
"Well, yes. But where can we find what to eat? The only thing surrounding us is trees and leaves. Only if we can eat that, then we are good to go."
"That is it. Trees!" I gasped. "There must be so kind of fruits nearby." I imdiately got up. "Kovu, do you know any place—any tree—that can provide edible fruits for us to eat that will sustain us for the night?"
Leon pinched the bridge of his nose. "Don’t tell you’re seriously asking that wild animal for help."
"Well, yes." I smiled. "He can tell ."
Then Kovu got up and started rushing toward a direction.
"Wait, Kovu! Co back!"
And then he rushed even farther away from us.
"Guess your pet is gone," Leon said. "We should have killed him while we still had him. But he ran away."
"No, he can’t run away. He’s my pet." I almost started crying.
"Well... sorry."
But then, in the next mont, Kovu dashed back.
"Look! He’s back!" Leon said.
And Kovu ca back holding a papaya in his mouth.
"Look at this! He brought a fruit! He really listened to . Where did you get this from, Kovu?"
Then he started running away again, and Leon and I chased after him until he led us to a huge tree filled with different papaya fruits.
"Wow. Good boy, Kovu." I rubbed his hair as he licked . "He’s a little more useful than you."
Leon climbed the tree and brought down several papaya fruits, then started cutting them and removing their seeds. Then he divided them and gave so as we ate in silence. Kovu and I—well, I gave Kovu so too, but he did not eat it.
"Why didn’t Kovu eat the fruits? He is a wild animal. You are probably his next food."
"Is that true, Kovu? Will you eat ?" I asked. Kovu purred and then licked .
"See? He won’t eat ."
"He just literally licked you. He gave you an answer which was ’no.’"
"Yes, Aurora."
"Eric," I corrected him again.
"Please give back my Aurora," Leon said, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Well, Aurora is gone now, and Eric is here." I stood up, putting my hands on my waist, standing strong like a man—the way n stood in the storybooks Mother used to read to .
He sighed. "I have never, for once, thought I would be seeing Aurora like this."
"Okay, so tell —what kind of person was Aurora?" I said, looking deep into his eyes, while Kovu got up and slept on my lap, and I patted his back.
"Okay, I’m eating right now, and I will tell you later."
"No. I want it now." I looked around and gently picked up a stick. Then I threatened him with it. "You’re going to tell now."
"By demonstrating it? How?" he asked.
"I an by acting it out. Anyti Mother wants to tell a story, she will act it out for . Now, I want you to act out how Aurora is and tell how you and Aurora fell in love. I want to listen," I said, petting Kovu while Leon just held the stick, looking at confused.
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