When it seems all your dreams have come undone [Active]

[bunnyinthestars]

Character(s): Kovu, Kiara, Simba (eventually awake) and whoever else in Vyers' poor apartment.
Content: Kovu and Kiara arrive with injured Simba.
Setting: Vyers Apartment
Time: Yes.
Warnings: The lion drama continues.

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[scaronhisface]

The guilt that Kovu felt was far heavier than the burden of bearing Simba on his back. Lucky for him, even though it was a long walk to the apartment, Kiara hadn't seen what Zira had done to him. She was more worried about her father anyway. He wondered what that had to be like...he'd never felt that way about anyone but her.

At first, he thought he felt guilty because he hadn't been there to help Simba sooner. So he kept himself quiet as they walked. Looking over at Kiara every few seconds, it took only a few minutes for him to realize what it really was. He'd never had to deal with something like this before, and he had no idea how he could help her. So instead...he just stayed quiet. He did feel like Simba getting hurt was his fault, at least a little, and that didn't make it any better. He didn't realize how much she needed him.

So when they finally got to the apartment, he didn't feel any relief. Really...he only felt worse than before.

[cowardly_hero]

Simba had been out far later than Timon had anticipated. When the lion had said he was going out to clear his thoughts, he had imagined an hour, perhaps two at the most. But as time went by, and the sun finally set, he began to grow more and more anxious. Had something happened? Had something gone wrong? The meerkat continued to pace, his eyes every so often wandering back to the door. Pumbaa said he needed to be patient and show trust in Simba. He had scoffed at the idea, but ultimately did the best he could to restrain himself from going out and looking for the lion. As much as he hated to admit it, he had been too paranoid. Simba was a grown lion, he could look after himself. And should he ever need help, he knew where he could look to

[bunnyinthestars]

She was incredibly glad to hear Timon's voice through the door. She really hoped Timon would know what to do. Kiara wasted no time nudging the door open and stepping inside.

"Timon! It's... it's Daddy. Zira found him and she tried to... and... well... Kovu stopped her, but..."

She couldn't manage to get out the most important facts of the situation, but hopefully she didn't need to. Her upset expression and Kovu standing behind her with Simba unconscious on his back was probably more than enough explanation of the general gist of the situation.

[scaronhisface]

Kovu carefully stepped past Kiara to go inside, and he was careful to walk on the meerkat's right side so that the wound over his left eye wouldn't be so easy to see. Without waiting for either Timon or Kiara to say anything, he went to the couch, where he gently let Simba down, so there would be something to cushion him so he could rest.

Wordlessly, he sat on the far end, making sure his left eye would stay hidden from both Timon and Kiara, and from Simba when he woke up.

"She tried to kill him," he finally said, his voice full of resentment and just barely containing his anger.

[cowardly_hero]

Timon dropped back down to the ground where he was met by Kiara, the distress on her face noted before she even spoke. Something had gone wrong, terribly wrong. His eyes widened, the fear he had tried to push down quickly resurfacing and overcoming him. That name, Zira. She was the one who had sworn to… Who had been… His eyes wandered past Kiara, noting the ‘brownish gold’ heap carried by Kovu as he slipped inside. The unmoving ‘brownish gold’ heap. He fidgeted with his paws, rubbing them together nervously as he pried his eyes away from Kovu and looked back at Kiara worriedly