Thundercatians (completed 22/22)

Two Hearts Torn Apart

Previous notes from the author: two people, two hearts full of loneliness and pain, will they be able to heal and feel the hopes that will germinate in a new relationship and thus new smiles?

THUNDERCATHIANS

Chapter 15: Two Hearts Torn Apart

A pleasant climate prevailed in the capital of Thundera, where the inhabitants worked hard and with more friendly hearts because they had known first-hand that life could be cruel and that it cost nothing to reach out to others. "Are you sure about this, Leonore?" Lion-O asked the young mother, who was wearing a bricklayer's suit and was about to climb a staircase to paint the arch of one of the palace doors.

"Yes, Lion-O, I'm very sure."

"But I can send someone to do this work, you and your children are my guests."

"But I want to do this. I don't like to feel useless, I want to do something, besides, my children and their friends are playing in the gardens and don't need their "old" mother."

Lion-O did not see at all that Leonore was somehow old, did not even have the "lines of character" that preceded wrinkles, with a young and beautiful face that was further embellished by a look and a warm smile.

"I guess all kids want privacy, even though they love their mothers very much," Lion-O thought. "I wonder if I would have acted the same way with my mother if she hadn't died by giving birth?"

"Is something wrong, Lion-O?"

"No, nothing, don't worry. If you need anything, just let me know."

"All right."

The young king turned and started to come out when he turned and looked at Leonore painting the cheerful bow, her eyes sparkling with happiness as her smile showed her pearly teeth. The bricklayer's suit could not completely disguise the beautiful figure of the thundercat.

"She looks so cheerful and full of energy, I've never met anyone like her, not even Cheetara or Pumyra or..."

Lion-O realized that he hadn't really dealt with many girls, in fact, none at all. His obsession with technology had deprived him of even having friends of the opposite sex.

The thundercat must have thought about this for a long time because Leonore turned her eyes to him and greeted him joyfully with a smile.

Lion-O greeted her blushingly and then hurried to his room.

"Leonore's smile is different from all the other smiles I received from Cheetara or Pumyra or the other girls I saw in the corridors of the palace... it's not the same smile she gives her children, it's different... I like that smile."

After a while Lion-O returned to Leonore but couldn't find her.

"The arch is already painted, she should have gone back to her children."

Lion-O went to the gardens but could find no trace of the mother or her children.

The young king returned to the palace and walked with anxiety and anguish, all the corridors, after a while he realized that without his friends the thundercats, the palace was very big and he felt depressed and alone.

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A thin trail of white powder ran across a snowy plateau, this trail was produced by the advance of the feline tank, which ran at medium speed since going too fast would crack the ice under the silver colossus, while on the contrary, a very slow march would cause the ice to give way due to the enormous weight of the Thundercat vehicle.