What Lies Beneath

Chapter 7: We will never be together

It had begun to rain in the pridelands, clouding the sky making it grey and gloomy. Alcuthe had decided to go home after he asked the kids to do the same due to the rain. The whole walk home, Alcuthe had thought about Saka and if he would succeed or not. Alcuthe would argue with himself in his mind, telling himself that Saka could do this and does deserve Jasiri. Once he got home, he immediately decided to lay down and listen to the rain hit the ground outside, he really loves rainy days and the sound of rain.

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"Saka?" Jasiri asked sorrowful. "H... hi." She finished and looked down the ravine with a sad expression, hearing her father's voice and seeing his face.

"I... I got you... something." Saka said, shaking with excitement and joy and then noticed she looked a little down. "Jasiri? What's wrong?" Saka asked as he slowly brought himself closer to Jasiri and Jasiri immediately pushed Saka away violently, causing Saka to fall to the floor and the flower to fall in a puddle. Saka looked at the flower and then up to Jasiri. Jasiri heard her father's voice and seen his face when Saka had gotten that close, which scared her.

"Saka, don't you understand! We will never be together... Ever!" Jasiri barked and Saka began to tear up. Saka started crying and got up and ran away and Madoa came up to Jasiri.

"Jasiri?! What was that? You just hurt his feelings." Madoa said to Jasiri, shocked and upset. Jasiri then took deep breathes quickly and repeatedly and then looked down at the flower in the puddle and seen her reflection in the puddle and began to tear up.

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Full of what seems to be endless tears, Saka had ran for a few minutes now, weeping and sniffling. He eventually arrived at his den, where Alcuthe was laying there and immediately jumped up from the sudden surprise. Alcuthe immediately took notice of Saka's tears.

"Saka... What's wrong brother?" Alcuthe asked and approached Saka.

"J... Jasiri..." Saka said, still sobbing and crying heavily.

"What about her?" Alcuthe asked and in his head he said 'She didn't...' and hugged Saka.

"She... she yelled at me stating we'll never be together." Saka replied as he buried his face into Alcuthe's chest. "I had the flower... the moment... her, what happened?!" He stated, crying harder than ever.

"W...what? Really?" Alcuthe began. "I'm so so sorry man. Here... lay down." Alcuthe finished as he helped Saka to a wall at the side of the cave and helped lay him down. "It's gonna be alright man, everything will. It's just part of life." He comforted, making Saka cry more. "Well... I'm gonna go get you some food man, stay safe and I'll be back in a little while... It's all gonna be fine." Alcuthe bro-nudged him and exited the cave, to find Saka some food.

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Jasiri sat there, crying in Madoa's shoulders, regretting what she had done.

"Madoa... I swear I didn't mean to say that... any of it." Jasiri exclaimed pouting.

"Jasiri, it's OK. I believe you." Madoa started. "But you need to apologize to Saka... he really wanted to impress you, he always talked to me about it and even asked me for permission to be your mate... he was proposing to you." Madoa explained and Jasiri cried even more.

"I... I'm going to apologize to him... right now." Jasiri stated and looked a the flower, it was exactly what she described, 'he worked so hard to get this... and I yelled at him.' Jasiri thought to herself. Jasiri then ran off to where Saka lived. A few minutes later, she saw Alcuthe walking around and Jasiri approached Alcuthe. "Alcuthe... where's Saka?" Jasiri asked. "I need to see him." She finished and Alcuthe gave her a dirty look.