Raised by Lions

Chapter 49: His Scars

"At least try it out once, you won't know if you don't try," Legosi offers as he, Toby, Louis and Kai are on their way to the biology rooms that Friday afternoon.

Legosi has been alternating between the wolf room and the komodo dragon room every week, this week he is with Toby again, so they were both looking forward to just relaxing and talking again.

Kai is also known to jump between the mongoose room and the hyena room because of his upbringing and apparently one of the hyenas is his cousin, so they're always happy to be able to hang out.

Louis has only been going to the deer room, even though Gon has explicitly told him he's welcome to go to the lion room if he wanted to. The thing was, Louis didn't know any of the lions in the school and wasn't sure if they would throw him out if he tried to go in there.

Legosi and Kai were doing a too good job of convincing him to try though, so when they passed the lion room, Louis split off from the group and went inside, a little nervous but hiding it well.

The other three walked Kai to the mongoose room and then Toby and Legosi made their way to the farthest biology room, the komodo dragon one.

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The lions became quiet when Louis stepped into the room. Of course everyone knew by now that he was adopted by lions, but to see him willingly enter a room full of lions still caught them off guard. Most of them were stuck between staying quiet or asking him to leave and in the end no one said anything, so Louis just stepped in further.

One of the bigger lions, likely a 3rd year, walked up to Louis, shoulders squared and looking about to throw the deer out. Memories of Miguel telling Louis how to instantly win an altercation with a lion popped into his mind.

"Your family may be lions but that don't mean you're allowed in here," the male said, every lion in the room's eyes were on them. "Principle Gon says otherwise, big guy," Louis says, a smug look in place and likely acting a lot bigger than he physically was.

The male lion bristled, "You're still a herbivore!" He says indignantly, trying to grab Louis, who simply sidestepped him and grabbed his tail, yanking it before kneeing him in the stomach.

The large lion ended up on the floor on his ass, wide eyed at the display. Those quietly watching were also surprised. "Nice try," Louis said with a grin.

It took all of ten minutes before Louis had that large lion mewling like a kitten while brushing his mane and styling it.

Some of the lionesses were making idle conversation with Louis, taking note of how to style manes and have their males enjoy the experience, while the males weren't sure how to react. It looked nice, if nothing else.

So the males took turns getting their manes brushed and styled by Louis, the last of which got into casual conversation with Louis while the lionesses tried to emulate what Louis did with their boyfriends.

"You're really good at this," the lion said. Louis noted he was maybe a year or two younger than himself. "I'm Airdo, by the way," Airdo introduces himself, purring quietly as the brush passes through his mane. Louis smiles, "I'm Louis. It's nice to meet you, Airdo."

Airdo made light conversation with Louis throughout the hour. Louis would answer back, the light conversation being a nice change of pace from the grumbling of the others who were apprehensive of letting him do this.

The deer had to admit, it was nice to just spend time with lions outside of his family. Maybe Legosi and Kai were right.

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Legosi laid down on the grass immediately, sighing out as he became aware of the dull headache that thrummed between his ears.

Toby took off his mask, hooking it on the wall before taking a seat on one of the benches that resembled a rock. The artificial sun and heat felt nice.