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Please comment!", "writing": "I stretch as the morning sun fills the cave with light. The warmth of the sun feels good, the stones of the cave were dry but cool all the same. Slowly I open my eyes, and pull myself to my paws. After another good stretch, I make my way outside where I find Kion thanking the bears for their help and hospitality.\n\n“Thank you very much for everything, Oberon.”\n\n“Of course, Kion. We are happy to help.”\n\n“Yes, thank you Oberon. You feel better, Kion?”\n\n“Yeah, I am feeling a lot better. I’m sorry for how I have been treating you, Kovu. You don’t deserve that.”\n\n“Thank you, Kion. Hopefully we can make it to the Tree before this treatment wears off.”\n\n“I hope so, but it is more likely that you have one last, long and hard leg to your journey ahead of you.” Oberon says.\n\n“I am afraid of that.” I say.\n\n“Well it shouldn’t be so hard now that you are interested in mating again, eh Kovu?”\n\nNot knowing what he is talking about, I just say, “Uh, I guess?”\n\nKion smirks like he knew a deep secret but I am totally lost. Either way, we finish our goodbyes and start off on the last leg of our trip.\n\nThe first couple of days go by without any problems. I take care of Kion’s needs in the morning, and when we stop for the night. It is nice to have him being gentle, and asking me instead of just mounting and pounding away. He keeps talking about how he is ‘glad I had fun’ with the bears, and that it is a ‘good thing my drive to mate is returning.’It’s like he thinks I mated with the bears! I even ask him about it a couple of times, but he just brushes me off like I am full of it. Through the whole thing, I am still turning my revelation over and over in my head. I love Kion. I know I should say something about it, but I am still scared.\n\nWe make our way through the foothills, taking the long way around the mountain. As we get higher, the trees steadily disappear, leaving only light brush around. The temperature drops too. Nights are long, and we do our best to find a warm place to curl up together until morning.\n\nAbout five days into our trek, I start to notice signs that the lust is returning. Kion needs more and more help, and he is becoming irritable. Good natured ribbing turns into snide remarks, and nothing seems good enough for him. At night, I head out for a hunt and manage to get three rabbits for us to share:a good couple of hours worth of work.\n\nAs soon as I get back though, Kion starts, “That’s it? Only 3 rabbits? Where were you for the last two hours, then? Off mating with some deer?”\n\n“Kion, I was hunting; I’m sorry but I did the best I could. There just isn’t much to be found tonight. Three rabbits should keep us going until morning, though. Here, we can each take one and split the third.”\n\n“That’s easy for you to say! You don’t have to walk all day, and then mate before bed and when you wake up!”\n\n“Of course I do, Kion! Who do you think you mate with?”\n\n“Whatever, all you have to do is lie there then suck or take it up the tailhole.”\n\n“If you would like, you can have two of the rabbits. I will just have one.”\n\n“I guess that will be fine for tonight.”\n\n*****\n\nYou asshole! I think to myself. How can you treat Kovu like that? He is doing his best, and just trying to help! He can try a little harder though. Not to mention, the thought of him with those bears is bothering me more since we left. Him mating with the females won’t leave my head; every time it comes to mind, the thought makes me so angry! I don’t even know why! I mean, I mated with them too! It shouldn’t be a big deal. He can mate with whoever he wants. But for some reason, it hurts. A lot.\n\nIt is getting really hard to think straight, lately. I know the lust is coming back, and with it the anger and frustration. It seems like every time I open my muzzle, I make an ass of myself and hurt Kovu. I have heard him cry himself to sleep on more than one occasion. It just made me feel worse, and somehow that made me treat him worse.\n\nI finish eating and go clean up. When I come back, Kovu is already asleep, curled up on the far side of the clearing. I decided I will try to make it up to him by going over and cuddling with him tonight.\n\nAs I walk up close, I hear him sigh and say, “Can I just suck you off tonight? I’m really tired.”\n\nMy heart sinks. I know he is right to say that, it is all I have wanted from him lately.\n\n“Don’t worry Kovu, I just want to cuddle tonight.”\n\n“Really?” He asks cautiously.\n\n“Yes, is...is that okay?”\n\n“Yeah, I would like that actually.”\n\nFor the first time in what seemed like a very long time, I feel warm as we curl up and drift off to sleep. We cuddle not just for the warmth in our bodies but for the warmth in our hearts.\n\nWhen we woke up the next morning, we both seemed to be in a better mood. I help Kovu hunt for breakfast, and ask before mounting him; moving as gently as possible. We clean up, get a drink from a nearby stream, and keep going.\n\nAs we start out, things are better between us. We talk and joke around like we haven’t been able to in a long while. As the day wears on, though, little things begin to bug me. Kovu gets distracted or tired and slows down. When I make him speed up again, he gets ahead of me, and I catch a glimpse of his little balls bouncing around between his legs, and that stirs my lust to no end.\n\nFinally, a couple of days later, we make it around the mountain and into a patch of woods on the other side. The trees are spread out enough so that the sun pours down on the trail, and we are able to warm up. There is more game to hunt and eat, and the path has evened out. Thank the kings for that, we no longer have to trudge uphill! It feels like we’re finally making for better time.\n\nI keep myself under control for a while, but as we walk one day, Kovu says, “It seems like those bears really helped you out a lot. They must have been really good at mating.”\n\nI can't help myself, before I could tell, it is out of my muzzle, “Well, you should know...”\n\nSuddenly, Kovu’s face changes. I can tell that is the last thing I should have said.\n\nBefore I can even try and take it back, he turns around and says, “How many times do I have to tell you, Kion? I didn’t mate with the bears! One of them came onto me and I turned her away! I’m not even into females!”\n\nThat last part stops me in my tracks. I knew Kovu enjoyed mating with males, who doesn’t? But not liking females at all?\n\nI start giggling at a funny idea I have, and say, jokingly, “Oh, so you are one of those lions only into manes? That's why you are always following me around? Because you're in love with me?!”\n\n“What?! NO!......... I mean, maybe... I guess I am.”\n\nI probably do the worst thing I can at that moment; I burst out laughing. The kind of rolling around in the dirt, feeling like you’re out of breath, belly laughing one makes when something so funny shuts down the mind. As I start to calm down, I look over and see tears streaming down Kovu’s face like a waterfall.\n\n“Oh, come on, Kovu, even you have to admit that’s funny.”\n\nIn the most devastatingly hurt voice I have ever heard, he responds, “NO Kion! It’s not funny! I love you... and... and I thought you loved me too!”\n\nI bite my lip to keep from laughing again and tell him, “Kovu, you're my best friend, I love you like that, but I’m not in love with you. Now, stop being so ridiculous, and let's keep going.”\n\n“How am I being ridiculous?! I have gone through hell to get you here! You have treated me like crap the whole way. I love you, and you...you just see me as your sex slave!”\n\n“Kovu, this argument is stupid. You are not my sex slave. Agh, look,we are burning daylight and have to keep moving.”\n\n“You don’t even care about my feelings, do you, Kion? Do you know how hard it was to admit that I love you? And you just threw it back at my face!”\n\n“This is absurd, Kovu. I am continuing to the tree. When you feel ready, you can catch up.”\n\n“No. I am going home. Goodbye, Kion. I hope you find what you need at the tree.”\n\n“Kovu, don’t be stu...” But I see he is already walking away.\n\nI roll my eyes and keep going. He will come to his senses soon and catch up, tail between his legs. I promise myself I won’t be too harsh when he comes crawling back.\n\n*****\n\nI walk for as long as I can before I find a small stream, collapsing next to it. At this point, I can't hold it back any longer, I start to cry. Not just tears running from my eyes crying, but full body, gasping, sobbing and crying. I don’t know how long I lay there and feed the stream with my tears. It hurts so bad. It feels like a physical pain in my chest.\n\nMy whole world has come crashing down around me in less than a minute. I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to go home, and I can't go back to Kion. Am I supposed to wander alone for the rest of my life? The tears keep coming and won’t stop. Mercifully, I eventually fall asleep.\n\nWhen I wake up, hours later, it is dark. A few tears roll from my eyes as everything comes crashing back, trampling me like a herd of elephants. At the same time, though, my stomach starts rumbling and I force myself to take a few deep breaths. I need to at least eat something. Halfheartedly, I go hunting.\n\nI take a couple of hours of traveling through the trees before I am able to come upon a meal. Normally, it wouldn’t have taken so long but my heart isn’t really in it. I ate my dinner in silence before finding my way back to the trail and the stream I am staying at. I figure I might as well just stay here until I decide what to do. Maybe, just maybe, Kion will come looking for me so he can apologize. Not likely, I think, but where else would I go right now? What else should I do?\n\nI plop myself down again, and lay my head on my paws. 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By the way, I’m Trevor,” the fox says as he finally comes out of his hole and into the light.\n\n“Yeah, yeah, yeah, just climb on and fuck me already then. I can’t take this much longer.”\n\n“Sounds good to me, Kion.”\n\nI turn around, away from Trevor, and get into position. He must be a fox of some sort. I remember seeing a few around the Pridelands, but he looks a different color and a little bigger. He’s still smaller than me by just a little. Hopefully, they have knots like the wolves. Those feel really good; once I get used to them, anyways.\n\nAfter a moment, I feel the fox climbing on top of me, and his cock starting to poke around my back. It takes him a minute before he finds the sweet spot and thrusts in. I yelp as his rod forces my back entrance to open quickly, and his unlubed cock shoves inside.\n\nTrevor starts to thrust almost as fast as the cheetah did. I can feel his little knot bumping against my tailhole every time he thrusts but it feels like it is a lot smaller than the wolves’. I clench my teeth and take it, though I am too frustrated and angry to enjoy it. For some reason when I should be in ecstasy, I feel nothing. I hope that when it is my turn to mount him it will help, so I reluctantly let him continue to take me.\n\nWith every inward thrust I feel his knot make just a little bit more headway inside of me. I take a deep breath and try to relax, hoping that will help. It doesn’t. Without sound or warning, Trevor gives one hard thrust and his knot pops inside of me. Suddenly, I cry out in pain as he pulls it out again! It dawns on me that he is going to fuck me with that thing until it gets stuck!\n\nI groan as he continues. There isn’t anything I can do if I want to try and get some relief, so I just let him tear my poor ass apart. The worst part is, it feels like his knot just gets bigger and bigger with each and every thrust! I start to worry it will get as big as that of the wolves. My tail hole must be stuck open so wide right now, that Kovu could fit his whole fist inside me! More than ever, I wish he was here with me. I wouldn’t have to go through this. All of this is his fault for running away!\n\nMercifully, I hear Trevor groan; his knot enters me one last time with a “pop”, and  he starts shooting his load into me. I can feel the hot seed filling my tailhole, and I can feel his knot still getting bigger and painfully stretching my insides. I hope he doesn’t plan on trying to pull that thing out of me right away!\nThe fox’s orgasm takes several minutes. I listen to his grunts and moans before Trevor finally collapses on my back. For about 20 minutes, he just lays there and pants. Eventually, I can’t take it anymore, and I clear my throat.\n\n“Oh, sorry, I think it is down enough now that I can pull out.”\n\nI roll my eyes and grunt as he starts pulling back. With a good tug, his knot pops out of me followed by a river of his cum. I take a deep breath trying to contain my emotions before I turn around to let him know it is my turn.\n\n“Okay Trevor, I hope you enjoyed it, but now it’s my....”\n\nHe’s gone. I look all around me but he is nowhere to be found.\n\n“TREVOR!” I holler in anger.\n\nNothing. I start to sniff around to try and find him, when I notice a trail of cum drops leading back to his den.\n\nI go over and say, a little irritably, into the hole, “Forgetting something, Trevor?”\n\nAfter a minute of silence, I hear back, “I don’t think so...”\n\n“IT’S MY TURN, FOX!”\n\n“You got your turn right after I came. It’s not my fault you were stuck.”\n\n“YES IT IS!”\n\n“How is it my fault? You should have specified no knotting.”\n\n“That is not what we agreed to at all!”\n\n“Sorry, no refunds!”\n\nI am so angry. I roar into the hole and start digging around the edges, frantically trying to make it wide enough so that I can get in. I am so frustrated, I dig at the hole until I collapse, out of breath. I have barely made any progress, and I am still so horny!\n\nGrumbling, I try to get what I can out of the fox, “Please, Trevor, please just suck it. I really need this.”\n\n“Only if you suck me first.”\n\n“I am not falling for that again!”\n\nAt that moment, I can’t take it anymore. I lose it completely. I shove my cock into his den and start thrusting into the hole. It provides no stimulation or relief, since the hole is far too big. I just start shouting and begging for him to help me, and all I hear is him laughing uncontrollably down beyond my reach.\n\n“Stop laughing! I don’t deserve this! I did everything you asked! You can’t just use me and throw me away! You can’t treat me like thi...”\n\nIn that moment it hit me like a fainting elephant. That is exactly what I have done to Kovu. I used him for what I needed and then cast him aside when I was done. Worse, all he wanted in return was for me to love him like he loved me. Piece by piece, everything fell into place. As I lay there atop the fox hole I had been trying to mate with, I think about the whole journey; everything Kovu has put up with, everything I have done to him, how it must have felt to watch me mate with all those other animals over and over again when he loved me like that.\n\nI start to cry. I roll over, curling up, and just let it all pour out. King’s Above, how could I treat him like that? He is my best friend. We did everything together, and I treated him like a slave. He is gone, and worse, he is all alone out there. My heart feels like it is breaking into a million pieces. I laughed. How could I laugh when he said he loved me? What is wrong with me?! I’m a monster! How can I ever face him again?! But I can't leave him alone out there...\n\nThat is when I hear someone clear their throat, “Uh, Kion. I guess I shouldn’t have reneged on our deal. If you want to stick your cock in my den again, I promise to suck you off.”\n\n“Our deal is that you let me mount you.” I grumble.\n\n“Yeah, well, I am pretty sure if I come out right now you will kick my furry little tail. So, if you want to get off, come over here and show me your cock.”\n\nI sigh and grumble, but beggars can’t be choosers, I guess. I walk over and “mount” the hole in the ground again. Shortly after, I feel a warm muzzle engulf my cock. It feels like heaven after having gone so long without. I mean, I have certainly had better, but this is better than nothing. His tongue explores my cock, running up and down it with each bob of the fox’s head. I have to stop from cumming within seconds, I know I need this to last.\n\nI find myself humping into Trevor’s burrow again. Thankfully, this time, there is a muzzle there to meet my cock. I can feel him swallowing frequently, so I know I must have been shooting a lot of pre into his muzzle. Eventually, I can't hold back any longer. With a grunt, I shoot a massive load right into the fox’s muzzle. I can feel him swallow multiple times before he pulls away. Then he is just gone. Even when I try to thank him, he doesn’t respond.\n\nAt least I’m thinking straight, for the time being. I start walking until I find a nearby pond to get a drink at. The water is cool and clear and feels great after all that mating and yelling. I lay down on the bank in the soft, dewy grass and sigh. I still didn’t know what to do about Kovu.\n\n“KING’S ABOVE! What am I supposed to do?!” I look up and cry out into the heavens.\n\nAt that moment, the starry sky darkens with quickening storm-clouds. Stopping suddenly, the thunderhead swirls into the shape of a large lion. As they take form, I recognize my grandfather above me.\n\n“Kion,” his booming voice thunders, “What troubles you?”\n\n“Grandfather Mufasa?”\n\n“Yes, Kion, it sounds like you can use my help.”\n\n“Yes, grandfather, I have screwed up so badly. Now I am all alone.”\n“It’s okay, Kion, you are never alone, I am here for you, and always will be.”\n\n“Grandfather, I have been so selfish, and pushed a good friend away. I treated him like the dirt beneath my paws when all he ever did was try and help me and even love me despite it all. Now he is gone, probably for good.”\n\n“I know, Kion. You hurt Kovu greatly with your actions, but even now he still loves you, and yearns for your return. However, if you are going to return to him, you must do so as a changed lion. You cannot treat your mate the same way you have been.”\n\n“Oh, uh, we’re not actually mates, grandfather.”\n\n“I see. Do you not spend most of your time with Kovu?”\n\n“Well, yeah, he is my best friend, I spend almost all of my time with him!”\n\n“And even before you were bitten, did you not mate with Kovu before any other lion?”\n\n“Of course, mating with Kovu is amazing, he is always so loving and adventurous...”\n\n“How about this journey? Is there anyone else you can possibly think of that you would rather have by your side?”\n\n“No... I don’t think anyone else would have put up with me for this long.”\n\n“Did you not care for him so deeply that, before the venom, you would always put him first?”\n\n“... I should be putting him first even now...”\n\n“Can you imagine leaving him and spending the rest of your days with anyone else?”\n\nI look away from him, down to the ground. As much as I want to, I can't actually disagree with any of those statements. But that isn’t love. That is just friendship.\n\nI look back up to face my grandfather again. “You are right, grandfather. All of those things you said are true. But that’s not the same as love.”\n\nHe chuckles warmly, “Oh, Kion, of course it is! It is the purest form of love.”\n\n“It’s just friendship. Love is different, you just know when you love someone.”\n\n“Sometimes. But sometimes it starts as a friendship and grows and grows. You fall in love with each other without ever even noticing.”\n\nI look away again, off into the trees on the far bank. Is he right? I sigh. This is too much right now. I have to think about it. Right now, I will settle for just getting Kovu back as a friend. \n“It doesn’t matter, grandfather. Even if you are right, Kovu will never have me now. After all I have done, he would be a fool not to hate me.”\n\nMufasa looks down on me with a warm smile, “Oh Kion, Kovu might be angry at you right now, and rightly so! But he doesn’t have a single grain of hate in his heart. Not for you, not for anyone. You, certainly, have some apologizing to do, and you will have to show you can treat him with the love and respect he deserves, but all hope is not lost.”\n\n“I should go find him, shouldn’t I?”\n\n“Yes, you should. He was not able to bring himself to go far. If you hurry, you should be able to get to him by morning.”\n\n“Thank you, grandfather.”\n\n“Of course, Kion,” he says as the clouds begin to dissipate.\n\nI sigh and plop down on the ground. I have to go back to Kovu, a changed lion, but I am not quite sure how to do that. As I lay there thinking about it, I realize there is one thing I can do to show myself I have changed. Immediately I jump up and run off to go find Trevor.\nAfter a few minutes of travel, I come back to the familiar hole in the ground. I look down into it and take a deep breath.\n\n“Trevor? Are you there?”\n\nIt takes a minute before a quiet voice comes back, “What do you want now?”\n\n“I don’t want to cause trouble, Trevor. I just want to apologize for the way I acted earlier. I shouldn’t be making deals for mating in the first place, and I shouldn’t have reacted the way I did when you didn’t hold up your end of things. And...,” another long deep breath, “I forgive you for your actions. I just wanted you to know that if we ever see each other again, there are no hard feelings.”\n\n“No, you just want me to come out of my den so you can hurt me!”\n\n“No, Trevor, I swear! I just want to apologize.”\n\n“Kiss my tail, lion! You aren't going to get my ass that easily!”\n\nThe anger inside bubbles up fast and hard. All I want, in this very moment, is to feel my teeth pressing into that fox’s throat. But I know that is exactly what I have to change. I can't let that get to me. It takes some time, several minutes really, to calm myself back down. I close my eyes and focus on my breathing. When I am finally calm enough, I open my eyes again. To my surprise, Trevor’s head is sticking out of his hole.\n“You really meant that, didn’t you?”\n\n“Yes, really. I want to be a better lion.”\n\n“So, if I come out...you’re not going to hurt me?”\n\n“No, I promise.”\n\nI am surprised when he actually does come out, he looks very nervous and hesitant. Hardly the cocksure fox I met earlier. I guess he didn’t get this a lot.\n\n“Well, if you can be a better lion,” he says as he climbs out of the hole, “Then maybe I can be a better fox.”\n\n“Thank you, Trevor. You are a better fox already.” I say before I pounce on him and lick the side of his face.\nI watch as his eyes slowly go from terror to realizing I am just playing with him. Then I see those eyes travel back and take in my still erect cock.\n\n“Well, I guess it is only fair that I fulfill my side of the bargain now.”\n\nSaying this, he turns around and lifts his tail for me. It is so hard not to pounce and take him right there. I am so horny and still need so much relief. The sight makes my cock jump painfully. He is so close, all I have to do is take three steps and mount him. It would be so easy! My heart is pounding with excitement. I know I can't though, it is tearing me apart inside, but I can't. I have to look away. If I keep looking, I would lose control. I can't do that. Not now. Kovu has to come first, before all the rest of my desires.\n\nI step back, taking a deep breath, and say, “Thank you, Trevor, but I have to go. I have to find my friend and apologize to him.”\n\nTrevor turns back around and stares as if I have two heads. Finally, he looks me up and down and smiles.\n\n“Kion, you are a better lion already. I wish you luck in finding whoever you are going after.”\n\n“Thank you, Trevor, I hope to see you again someday, and if you ever need anything, come find me.”\n\n“The same to you, young lion.”\n\nWith that I bound off down the path back towards the bears with the hope that I would find Kovu near by.\n\nAs I travel, I think about what I can possibly say to Kovu, how I can possibly show how sorry I am. I mean, what will I even say when I see him? Hi? After what I have done? I mean, what can I tell him? That I will be a better lion? What does that even mean? I know I have to stop taking advantage of him, that’s for sure. But what else?\n\nI can’t just ask him, ‘Hey Kovu, what do I need to change to make you love me again?’ That certainly doesn’t show that I am a better lion, just that I want to be one. This is so frustrating! He should just get over it! I shake my head. No! That’s one thing I have to change, this anger! I have to stay calm. What’s that phrase Makini used? . . . I remember, shwari. I stop, close my eyes and breathe deeply. Shwari, Kion, Shwari . . . After a minute, calm comes over me. Okay, I have to do that more often. I can’t let my anger out at Kovu again that’s for sure!\n\nBut I can’t just tell him I won’t be angry at him anymore either! I have to show him. But how do you show someone you won’t take your anger out on them anymore? Ah! This is driving me crazy. I wish grandfather would have told me how to be a better lion. But I guess that is something I should know by now, isn’t it?\n\nI never had these problems before. Back in the Pridelands, I never took my anger out on anyone. I never used anyone just so I could cum. I always put others first. I helped others, and didn’t ask for anything in return. I always did my best to solve problems with words and understanding. That is the lion I have to become again.\n\nI sniff the air and a shiver goes down my spine. Kovu is here...right on the other side of those bushes. What am I going to say?\n\n", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "I stretch as the morning sun fills the cave with light. The warmth of the sun feels good, the stones of the cave were dry but cool all the same. Slowly I open my eyes, and pull myself to my paws. After another good stretch, I make my way outside where I find Kion thanking the bears for their help and hospitality.

“Thank you very much for everything, Oberon.”

“Of course, Kion. We are happy to help.”

“Yes, thank you Oberon. You feel better, Kion?”

“Yeah, I am feeling a lot better. I’m sorry for how I have been treating you, Kovu. You don’t deserve that.”

“Thank you, Kion. Hopefully we can make it to the Tree before this treatment wears off.”

“I hope so, but it is more likely that you have one last, long and hard leg to your journey ahead of you.” Oberon says.

“I am afraid of that.” I say.

“Well it shouldn’t be so hard now that you are interested in mating again, eh Kovu?”

Not knowing what he is talking about, I just say, “Uh, I guess?”

Kion smirks like he knew a deep secret but I am totally lost. Either way, we finish our goodbyes and start off on the last leg of our trip.

The first couple of days go by without any problems. I take care of Kion’s needs in the morning, and when we stop for the night. It is nice to have him being gentle, and asking me instead of just mounting and pounding away. He keeps talking about how he is ‘glad I had fun’ with the bears, and that it is a ‘good thing my drive to mate is returning.’It’s like he thinks I mated with the bears! I even ask him about it a couple of times, but he just brushes me off like I am full of it. Through the whole thing, I am still turning my revelation over and over in my head. I love Kion. I know I should say something about it, but I am still scared.

We make our way through the foothills, taking the long way around the mountain. As we get higher, the trees steadily disappear, leaving only light brush around. The temperature drops too. Nights are long, and we do our best to find a warm place to curl up together until morning.

About five days into our trek, I start to notice signs that the lust is returning. Kion needs more and more help, and he is becoming irritable. Good natured ribbing turns into snide remarks, and nothing seems good enough for him. At night, I head out for a hunt and manage to get three rabbits for us to share:a good couple of hours worth of work.

As soon as I get back though, Kion starts, “That’s it? Only 3 rabbits? Where were you for the last two hours, then? Off mating with some deer?”

“Kion, I was hunting; I’m sorry but I did the best I could. There just isn’t much to be found tonight. Three rabbits should keep us going until morning, though. Here, we can each take one and split the third.”

“That’s easy for you to say! You don’t have to walk all day, and then mate before bed and when you wake up!”

“Of course I do, Kion! Who do you think you mate with?”

“Whatever, all you have to do is lie there then suck or take it up the tailhole.”

“If you would like, you can have two of the rabbits. I will just have one.”

“I guess that will be fine for tonight.”

*****

You asshole! I think to myself. How can you treat Kovu like that? He is doing his best, and just trying to help! He can try a little harder though. Not to mention, the thought of him with those bears is bothering me more since we left. Him mating with the females won’t leave my head; every time it comes to mind, the thought makes me so angry! I don’t even know why! I mean, I mated with them too! It shouldn’t be a big deal. He can mate with whoever he wants. But for some reason, it hurts. A lot.

It is getting really hard to think straight, lately. I know the lust is coming back, and with it the anger and frustration. It seems like every time I open my muzzle, I make an ass of myself and hurt Kovu. I have heard him cry himself to sleep on more than one occasion. It just made me feel worse, and somehow that made me treat him worse.

I finish eating and go clean up. When I come back, Kovu is already asleep, curled up on the far side of the clearing. I decided I will try to make it up to him by going over and cuddling with him tonight.

As I walk up close, I hear him sigh and say, “Can I just suck you off tonight? I’m really tired.”

My heart sinks. I know he is right to say that, it is all I have wanted from him lately.

“Don’t worry Kovu, I just want to cuddle tonight.”

“Really?” He asks cautiously.

“Yes, is...is that okay?”

“Yeah, I would like that actually.”

For the first time in what seemed like a very long time, I feel warm as we curl up and drift off to sleep. We cuddle not just for the warmth in our bodies but for the warmth in our hearts.

When we woke up the next morning, we both seemed to be in a better mood. I help Kovu hunt for breakfast, and ask before mounting him; moving as gently as possible. We clean up, get a drink from a nearby stream, and keep going.

As we start out, things are better between us. We talk and joke around like we haven’t been able to in a long while. As the day wears on, though, little things begin to bug me. Kovu gets distracted or tired and slows down. When I make him speed up again, he gets ahead of me, and I catch a glimpse of his little balls bouncing around between his legs, and that stirs my lust to no end.

Finally, a couple of days later, we make it around the mountain and into a patch of woods on the other side. The trees are spread out enough so that the sun pours down on the trail, and we are able to warm up. There is more game to hunt and eat, and the path has evened out. Thank the kings for that, we no longer have to trudge uphill! It feels like we’re finally making for better time.

I keep myself under control for a while, but as we walk one day, Kovu says, “It seems like those bears really helped you out a lot. They must have been really good at mating.”

I can't help myself, before I could tell, it is out of my muzzle, “Well, you should know...”

Suddenly, Kovu’s face changes. I can tell that is the last thing I should have said.

Before I can even try and take it back, he turns around and says, “How many times do I have to tell you, Kion? I didn’t mate with the bears! One of them came onto me and I turned her away! I’m not even into females!”

That last part stops me in my tracks. I knew Kovu enjoyed mating with males, who doesn’t? But not liking females at all?

I start giggling at a funny idea I have, and say, jokingly, “Oh, so you are one of those lions only into manes? That's why you are always following me around? Because you're in love with me?!”

“What?! NO!......... I mean, maybe... I guess I am.”

I probably do the worst thing I can at that moment; I burst out laughing. The kind of rolling around in the dirt, feeling like you’re out of breath, belly laughing one makes when something so funny shuts down the mind. As I start to calm down, I look over and see tears streaming down Kovu’s face like a waterfall.

“Oh, come on, Kovu, even you have to admit that’s funny.”

In the most devastatingly hurt voice I have ever heard, he responds, “NO Kion! It’s not funny! I love you... and... and I thought you loved me too!”

I bite my lip to keep from laughing again and tell him, “Kovu, you're my best friend, I love you like that, but I’m not in love with you. Now, stop being so ridiculous, and let's keep going.”

“How am I being ridiculous?! I have gone through hell to get you here! You have treated me like crap the whole way. I love you, and you...you just see me as your sex slave!”

“Kovu, this argument is stupid. You are not my sex slave. Agh, look,we are burning daylight and have to keep moving.”

“You don’t even care about my feelings, do you, Kion? Do you know how hard it was to admit that I love you? And you just threw it back at my face!”

“This is absurd, Kovu. I am continuing to the tree. When you feel ready, you can catch up.”

“No. I am going home. Goodbye, Kion. I hope you find what you need at the tree.”

“Kovu, don’t be stu...” But I see he is already walking away.

I roll my eyes and keep going. He will come to his senses soon and catch up, tail between his legs. I promise myself I won’t be too harsh when he comes crawling back.

*****

I walk for as long as I can before I find a small stream, collapsing next to it. At this point, I can't hold it back any longer, I start to cry. Not just tears running from my eyes crying, but full body, gasping, sobbing and crying. I don’t know how long I lay there and feed the stream with my tears. It hurts so bad. It feels like a physical pain in my chest.

My whole world has come crashing down around me in less than a minute. I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to go home, and I can't go back to Kion. Am I supposed to wander alone for the rest of my life? The tears keep coming and won’t stop. Mercifully, I eventually fall asleep.

When I wake up, hours later, it is dark. A few tears roll from my eyes as everything comes crashing back, trampling me like a herd of elephants. At the same time, though, my stomach starts rumbling and I force myself to take a few deep breaths. I need to at least eat something. Halfheartedly, I go hunting.

I take a couple of hours of traveling through the trees before I am able to come upon a meal. Normally, it wouldn’t have taken so long but my heart isn’t really in it. I ate my dinner in silence before finding my way back to the trail and the stream I am staying at. I figure I might as well just stay here until I decide what to do. Maybe, just maybe, Kion will come looking for me so he can apologize. Not likely, I think, but where else would I go right now? What else should I do?

I plop myself down again, and lay my head on my paws. The tears come easily as I lay there, all the horrible thoughts spinning around my head make them flow harder and faster as time goes on until, blissfully, I drift off to sleep again.

*****

‘Fucking Kovu’ I think as I continue on my way to the Tree. Why did he have to act like such a little bitch? I growl and swat at a rock, sending it flying off into the trees. Now who is going to help me with my urges? Pawing off does nothing. I rub my dick for hours but it doesn’t help.

I growl under my breath as I walk. What is wrong with that lion?! He loves me? What is he thinking? I am just so angry at him! I need him for this journey and now he’s run off back home. Selfish ass! Fuck, my cock hurts it’s so hard! It just wags back and forth down there as I walk drying out and hurting more. Finally, I find a stream a little off the trail and stop to at least wet my cock and paw for a little bit. It only makes it worse and I can’t even manage to cum!

Still, I miss the little shit. I don’t think I have ever felt so alone in my life. It is nice having him by my side, someone to talk to, someone to share the burden...someone to make me smile. Why did he have to be such an idiot and ruin it all?!

Maybe I can go and find another animal to help sate my lust. I start sniffing as I go along, trying to see what I can find. It is slim pickings for quite some time before I sniff out a pseudo canine-like animal. Remembering the wolves, I think that maybe this one can substitute well for Kovu. My hunt takes me to a hole in the ground at the base of a large tree.

“Hello?” I call out into the hole.

“WHAT?!” a shrill voice yells back at me.

“My name’s Kion, I’m a lion cub, and I need some help.”

“Help with what?”

“I need to mate with someone.”

“Then go find a lioness...?” he says confused.

I sigh, “Ugh, I can’t, look can you help me or not?”

“What do I get in return for letting you mount me, huh?”

“Well, I mean, I don’t really have anything I can give you...”
“What about that sweet tailhole of yours, cub?”

“You want to mate me in return for me mating you?”

“Well, since I don’t know you, I think the fair thing is for me to get my uh, payment first.”

I growl at him, “You just want to fuck me and then run back into your hole before I get any help!”

“What! No! Of course not! I promise that I will let you mate with me as soon as I am done with you.”
“Fine. But you better not be lying!”

“Relax, lion cub. By the way, I’m Trevor,” the fox says as he finally comes out of his hole and into the light.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, just climb on and fuck me already then. I can’t take this much longer.”

“Sounds good to me, Kion.”

I turn around, away from Trevor, and get into position. He must be a fox of some sort. I remember seeing a few around the Pridelands, but he looks a different color and a little bigger. He’s still smaller than me by just a little. Hopefully, they have knots like the wolves. Those feel really good; once I get used to them, anyways.

After a moment, I feel the fox climbing on top of me, and his cock starting to poke around my back. It takes him a minute before he finds the sweet spot and thrusts in. I yelp as his rod forces my back entrance to open quickly, and his unlubed cock shoves inside.

Trevor starts to thrust almost as fast as the cheetah did. I can feel his little knot bumping against my tailhole every time he thrusts but it feels like it is a lot smaller than the wolves’. I clench my teeth and take it, though I am too frustrated and angry to enjoy it. For some reason when I should be in ecstasy, I feel nothing. I hope that when it is my turn to mount him it will help, so I reluctantly let him continue to take me.

With every inward thrust I feel his knot make just a little bit more headway inside of me. I take a deep breath and try to relax, hoping that will help. It doesn’t. Without sound or warning, Trevor gives one hard thrust and his knot pops inside of me. Suddenly, I cry out in pain as he pulls it out again! It dawns on me that he is going to fuck me with that thing until it gets stuck!

I groan as he continues. There isn’t anything I can do if I want to try and get some relief, so I just let him tear my poor ass apart. The worst part is, it feels like his knot just gets bigger and bigger with each and every thrust! I start to worry it will get as big as that of the wolves. My tail hole must be stuck open so wide right now, that Kovu could fit his whole fist inside me! More than ever, I wish he was here with me. I wouldn’t have to go through this. All of this is his fault for running away!

Mercifully, I hear Trevor groan; his knot enters me one last time with a “pop”, and  he starts shooting his load into me. I can feel the hot seed filling my tailhole, and I can feel his knot still getting bigger and painfully stretching my insides. I hope he doesn’t plan on trying to pull that thing out of me right away!
The fox’s orgasm takes several minutes. I listen to his grunts and moans before Trevor finally collapses on my back. For about 20 minutes, he just lays there and pants. Eventually, I can’t take it anymore, and I clear my throat.

“Oh, sorry, I think it is down enough now that I can pull out.”

I roll my eyes and grunt as he starts pulling back. With a good tug, his knot pops out of me followed by a river of his cum. I take a deep breath trying to contain my emotions before I turn around to let him know it is my turn.

“Okay Trevor, I hope you enjoyed it, but now it’s my....”

He’s gone. I look all around me but he is nowhere to be found.

“TREVOR!” I holler in anger.

Nothing. I start to sniff around to try and find him, when I notice a trail of cum drops leading back to his den.

I go over and say, a little irritably, into the hole, “Forgetting something, Trevor?”

After a minute of silence, I hear back, “I don’t think so...”

“IT’S MY TURN, FOX!”

“You got your turn right after I came. It’s not my fault you were stuck.”

“YES IT IS!”

“How is it my fault? You should have specified no knotting.”

“That is not what we agreed to at all!”

“Sorry, no refunds!”

I am so angry. I roar into the hole and start digging around the edges, frantically trying to make it wide enough so that I can get in. I am so frustrated, I dig at the hole until I collapse, out of breath. I have barely made any progress, and I am still so horny!

Grumbling, I try to get what I can out of the fox, “Please, Trevor, please just suck it. I really need this.”

“Only if you suck me first.”

“I am not falling for that again!”

At that moment, I can’t take it anymore. I lose it completely. I shove my cock into his den and start thrusting into the hole. It provides no stimulation or relief, since the hole is far too big. I just start shouting and begging for him to help me, and all I hear is him laughing uncontrollably down beyond my reach.

“Stop laughing! I don’t deserve this! I did everything you asked! You can’t just use me and throw me away! You can’t treat me like thi...”

In that moment it hit me like a fainting elephant. That is exactly what I have done to Kovu. I used him for what I needed and then cast him aside when I was done. Worse, all he wanted in return was for me to love him like he loved me. Piece by piece, everything fell into place. As I lay there atop the fox hole I had been trying to mate with, I think about the whole journey; everything Kovu has put up with, everything I have done to him, how it must have felt to watch me mate with all those other animals over and over again when he loved me like that.

I start to cry. I roll over, curling up, and just let it all pour out. King’s Above, how could I treat him like that? He is my best friend. We did everything together, and I treated him like a slave. He is gone, and worse, he is all alone out there. My heart feels like it is breaking into a million pieces. I laughed. How could I laugh when he said he loved me? What is wrong with me?! I’m a monster! How can I ever face him again?! But I can't leave him alone out there...

That is when I hear someone clear their throat, “Uh, Kion. I guess I shouldn’t have reneged on our deal. If you want to stick your cock in my den again, I promise to suck you off.”

“Our deal is that you let me mount you.” I grumble.

“Yeah, well, I am pretty sure if I come out right now you will kick my furry little tail. So, if you want to get off, come over here and show me your cock.”

I sigh and grumble, but beggars can’t be choosers, I guess. I walk over and “mount” the hole in the ground again. Shortly after, I feel a warm muzzle engulf my cock. It feels like heaven after having gone so long without. I mean, I have certainly had better, but this is better than nothing. His tongue explores my cock, running up and down it with each bob of the fox’s head. I have to stop from cumming within seconds, I know I need this to last.

I find myself humping into Trevor’s burrow again. Thankfully, this time, there is a muzzle there to meet my cock. I can feel him swallowing frequently, so I know I must have been shooting a lot of pre into his muzzle. Eventually, I can't hold back any longer. With a grunt, I shoot a massive load right into the fox’s muzzle. I can feel him swallow multiple times before he pulls away. Then he is just gone. Even when I try to thank him, he doesn’t respond.

At least I’m thinking straight, for the time being. I start walking until I find a nearby pond to get a drink at. The water is cool and clear and feels great after all that mating and yelling. I lay down on the bank in the soft, dewy grass and sigh. I still didn’t know what to do about Kovu.

“KING’S ABOVE! What am I supposed to do?!” I look up and cry out into the heavens.

At that moment, the starry sky darkens with quickening storm-clouds. Stopping suddenly, the thunderhead swirls into the shape of a large lion. As they take form, I recognize my grandfather above me.

“Kion,” his booming voice thunders, “What troubles you?”

“Grandfather Mufasa?”

“Yes, Kion, it sounds like you can use my help.”

“Yes, grandfather, I have screwed up so badly. Now I am all alone.”
“It’s okay, Kion, you are never alone, I am here for you, and always will be.”

“Grandfather, I have been so selfish, and pushed a good friend away. I treated him like the dirt beneath my paws when all he ever did was try and help me and even love me despite it all. Now he is gone, probably for good.”

“I know, Kion. You hurt Kovu greatly with your actions, but even now he still loves you, and yearns for your return. However, if you are going to return to him, you must do so as a changed lion. You cannot treat your mate the same way you have been.”

“Oh, uh, we’re not actually mates, grandfather.”

“I see. Do you not spend most of your time with Kovu?”

“Well, yeah, he is my best friend, I spend almost all of my time with him!”

“And even before you were bitten, did you not mate with Kovu before any other lion?”

“Of course, mating with Kovu is amazing, he is always so loving and adventurous...”

“How about this journey? Is there anyone else you can possibly think of that you would rather have by your side?”

“No... I don’t think anyone else would have put up with me for this long.”

“Did you not care for him so deeply that, before the venom, you would always put him first?”

“... I should be putting him first even now...”

“Can you imagine leaving him and spending the rest of your days with anyone else?”

I look away from him, down to the ground. As much as I want to, I can't actually disagree with any of those statements. But that isn’t love. That is just friendship.

I look back up to face my grandfather again. “You are right, grandfather. All of those things you said are true. But that’s not the same as love.”

He chuckles warmly, “Oh, Kion, of course it is! It is the purest form of love.”

“It’s just friendship. Love is different, you just know when you love someone.”

“Sometimes. But sometimes it starts as a friendship and grows and grows. You fall in love with each other without ever even noticing.”

I look away again, off into the trees on the far bank. Is he right? I sigh. This is too much right now. I have to think about it. Right now, I will settle for just getting Kovu back as a friend.
“It doesn’t matter, grandfather. Even if you are right, Kovu will never have me now. After all I have done, he would be a fool not to hate me.”

Mufasa looks down on me with a warm smile, “Oh Kion, Kovu might be angry at you right now, and rightly so! But he doesn’t have a single grain of hate in his heart. Not for you, not for anyone. You, certainly, have some apologizing to do, and you will have to show you can treat him with the love and respect he deserves, but all hope is not lost.”

“I should go find him, shouldn’t I?”

“Yes, you should. He was not able to bring himself to go far. If you hurry, you should be able to get to him by morning.”

“Thank you, grandfather.”

“Of course, Kion,” he says as the clouds begin to dissipate.

I sigh and plop down on the ground. I have to go back to Kovu, a changed lion, but I am not quite sure how to do that. As I lay there thinking about it, I realize there is one thing I can do to show myself I have changed. Immediately I jump up and run off to go find Trevor.
After a few minutes of travel, I come back to the familiar hole in the ground. I look down into it and take a deep breath.

“Trevor? Are you there?”

It takes a minute before a quiet voice comes back, “What do you want now?”

“I don’t want to cause trouble, Trevor. I just want to apologize for the way I acted earlier. I shouldn’t be making deals for mating in the first place, and I shouldn’t have reacted the way I did when you didn’t hold up your end of things. And...,” another long deep breath, “I forgive you for your actions. I just wanted you to know that if we ever see each other again, there are no hard feelings.”

“No, you just want me to come out of my den so you can hurt me!”

“No, Trevor, I swear! I just want to apologize.”

“Kiss my tail, lion! You aren't going to get my ass that easily!”

The anger inside bubbles up fast and hard. All I want, in this very moment, is to feel my teeth pressing into that fox’s throat. But I know that is exactly what I have to change. I can't let that get to me. It takes some time, several minutes really, to calm myself back down. I close my eyes and focus on my breathing. When I am finally calm enough, I open my eyes again. To my surprise, Trevor’s head is sticking out of his hole.
“You really meant that, didn’t you?”

“Yes, really. I want to be a better lion.”

“So, if I come out...you’re not going to hurt me?”

“No, I promise.”

I am surprised when he actually does come out, he looks very nervous and hesitant. Hardly the cocksure fox I met earlier. I guess he didn’t get this a lot.

“Well, if you can be a better lion,” he says as he climbs out of the hole, “Then maybe I can be a better fox.”

“Thank you, Trevor. You are a better fox already.” I say before I pounce on him and lick the side of his face.
I watch as his eyes slowly go from terror to realizing I am just playing with him. Then I see those eyes travel back and take in my still erect cock.

“Well, I guess it is only fair that I fulfill my side of the bargain now.”

Saying this, he turns around and lifts his tail for me. It is so hard not to pounce and take him right there. I am so horny and still need so much relief. The sight makes my cock jump painfully. He is so close, all I have to do is take three steps and mount him. It would be so easy! My heart is pounding with excitement. I know I can't though, it is tearing me apart inside, but I can't. I have to look away. If I keep looking, I would lose control. I can't do that. Not now. Kovu has to come first, before all the rest of my desires.

I step back, taking a deep breath, and say, “Thank you, Trevor, but I have to go. I have to find my friend and apologize to him.”

Trevor turns back around and stares as if I have two heads. Finally, he looks me up and down and smiles.

“Kion, you are a better lion already. I wish you luck in finding whoever you are going after.”

“Thank you, Trevor, I hope to see you again someday, and if you ever need anything, come find me.”

“The same to you, young lion.”

With that I bound off down the path back towards the bears with the hope that I would find Kovu near by.

As I travel, I think about what I can possibly say to Kovu, how I can possibly show how sorry I am. I mean, what will I even say when I see him? Hi? After what I have done? I mean, what can I tell him? That I will be a better lion? What does that even mean? I know I have to stop taking advantage of him, that’s for sure. But what else?

I can’t just ask him, ‘Hey Kovu, what do I need to change to make you love me again?’ That certainly doesn’t show that I am a better lion, just that I want to be one. This is so frustrating! He should just get over it! I shake my head. No! That’s one thing I have to change, this anger! I have to stay calm. What’s that phrase Makini used? . . . I remember, shwari. I stop, close my eyes and breathe deeply. Shwari, Kion, Shwari . . . After a minute, calm comes over me. Okay, I have to do that more often. I can’t let my anger out at Kovu again that’s for sure!

But I can’t just tell him I won’t be angry at him anymore either! I have to show him. But how do you show someone you won’t take your anger out on them anymore? Ah! This is driving me crazy. I wish grandfather would have told me how to be a better lion. But I guess that is something I should know by now, isn’t it?

I never had these problems before. Back in the Pridelands, I never took my anger out on anyone. I never used anyone just so I could cum. I always put others first. I helped others, and didn’t ask for anything in return. I always did my best to solve problems with words and understanding. That is the lion I have to become again.

I sniff the air and a shiver goes down my spine. Kovu is here...right on the other side of those bushes. What am I going to say?

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