He's my home | Marlex

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Alex's Pov

I was writing myself valentine cards, trying to make my miserable day better, but I couldn't find the right words. I hated myself too much for it. I had act like a complete coward. I was not the one I was back in New York, not the one I was back when I was brave enough to spend Valentine's Day with Marty.

Of course it never was the way I wanted it to be, after all how could I ever tell him I loved him? It was so difficult and being the King of New York I always felt I could fail the people if I didn't do what they expected me to do. If I fell in love with a guy, that's why I chose to hide my feelings, but I promised myself that this valentine's day everything would be different.

Instead of it everything was way worse. King Julian had made that stupid perfume that made people irresistible and I couldn't help but feel that I had lost Marty. He had so many people into him, and I didn't even blame him for not choosing me.

Why would he choose a gay lion over all those incredible girls that didn't stop chasing him? There was not one reason to choose me. I had lost him in that pretty boy paradise he was living in and if that potion didn't wear off I would loose him forever

I was trying to come up with another stupid quote when I suddenly found a valentine someone had written for me. I looked at it with a bright smile, not being able to believe my eyes.

It was Marty's letter. "I'm sorry" The letter said. It had a heart underneath. I thought he just meant it as my best mate, but it still was enough, all I wanted was to be with him even if I had to deal with being nothing but friends. It would be hurtful, but I would get to see him smile at me and look at me with that wonderful emarld eyes.

I stood up as I realized there was another card on the floor. The card leaded to another card and all these cards formed a line that took me to my valentines tree.

I smiled as I saw my friends looking at me. I ran to them and hugged them. I put my arm around Marty, trying to hold him as close as I could.

"You smell bad mate, you should take a bath" He said as he smelled the potion Julian had given me. I couldn't really blame him for his failed potion. I was desperate to get Marty's attention back and he loved playing cupid.

My friends let go off me, but Marty didn't. He put his arm around my shoulders, which made my cheeks turn red. I chuckled, trying to calm down. "I should probably get that bath Marty" I said nervously. He hit my arm playfully.

"I'm coming with you Ali Al" I looked at him, a warm smile on my face. "Marty it's ok, you don't have to come with me"

"Ah ah ah, I'm not leaving you alone again, that's not happening"

"Marty" I tried to convince him. "Ah ah. Nope" He answered. I rolled my eyes, and we went to the lake together

As we got into the water, I realized the hippos weren't there. There was noone near us. That's weird I thought. That time of the day was when all the animals came to drink or to take a bath, but today noone was there. Not a simple fish could be seen.

Being alone with Marty made me feel terribly nervous. It was still valentines day after all, and I knew my arrogance wouldn't allow me to end the day without telling him how I really felt.

Marty's Pov

Stupid Julian I thought. I had asked him to help me have a private moment with Alex, but this was way to obvious. I could feel how nervous Alex was or was he just uncomfortable? I had left him alone on valentine's day.

I had been such a jerk and the worst part was that I loved him. What the hell was I thinking about?! I wanted to impress him by being just like him, at least for a day. I wanted to show him that I could be a King too, that I could be his King, that we could rule together, but it got out of control. I ended up acting like a stupid macho and that was exactly the opposite of what I was.

I looked into Alex's eyes, and I could see how his cheeks turned red. I chuckled, not being able to believe what I was seeing. He fixed his hair, which made me confirm that what I believed to see was true. He always did that when he was nervous and I loved it about him.

"Alex, there's something I need to tell you" I said, trying to act relaxed. "What is it Marty?" He said, looking into my eyes

Alex's Pov

I was terribly nervous. What did he want to tell me? Did he love me back? That wasn't probably true, but I needed to tell him. I needed him to know how I felt about him and mostly I needed to get those feeling off my chest. "Marty I need to tell you something too" I said fastly.

He nodded, a soft smile on his face. "I..." We said at the same time. I chuckled softly. It was common for us to speak at the same time, mostly when we were excited about something.

He looked at me, telling me to go first. That made me even more nervous. I had to sigh and fix my hair before being able to speak again. "Marty I..." I was interrupted by the sound of my father singing behind me.

"Fuck" I whispered. He couldn't know I was gay, not yet. I was supposed to be his perfect son Alakey and since I got accepeted into the pride, I couldn't help but feel pressured by it.

Luckily he didn't hear anything. "How's my favorite son doing?" He said with a smile on his face. I turned to face him. "I'm your only son dad" I answered with humor in my voice, trying my best to act naturally