73. roadtrip and shenanigans
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Makoto - ... I actually see myself moving here someday. [ sighs ] Now to figure out a way to drag you here with me-
Kiara - [ laughs ] Buy me nice things and you might get a deal!
Makoto - easy peaaaasyyyy
Serena - noice broooo
Kiara - UGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Mark - FOFUCKSAKE!!!!
slide 2 - text messages from Kiara's phone between her and Jace
Mark - GROUP HUG!!!!!
Serena - I’m gonna miss you so much baby…
Mia - Me too corazón... [ sighs ] one more week and we see each other again, yeah?
slide 5 - text messages from Kiara's phone on the group chat between Jace and Serena
Kiara - NOOO! DON’T GO IN THERE!!!!!
Mia - Oh god!!! I can’t watch!!!
Lucas - I don’t think the children can handle your movie choice, my love-
Benjamin - Nonsense!! We’re just getting started. Pass the popcorn, babe.
slide 7 - text messages from Jace's phone between him and Kiara
L.Faba - There’s no way in hell you pulled that woman I’m-
Jace - I KNOW- wait... SHUT UP!
Grace - I love you, angel-
Evanora - [ chuckles ] But I love you more!
Gemma - So yeah… I’m moving out-
Jace - Pumpkin… Are you sure?
Gemma - I’m sure! Darrel Darrel expects too much of me, and I can’t take it anymore. Being a spellcaster isn’t everything...
Jace - Alright, [ takes a sip ] so what’s the plan?
Gemma - Well for now I’m moving in with a girl named Ophelia? I think it was! She’s studying in Britechester, and I’ll apply for next year-
Jace - Have you told your mom?
Gemma - Nope!! You’ll help right, ghoul?
Jace - ...Can I ever say no to you?
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not me thinking about Mufasa's spirit playing with cub Kiara in the opening of lion king 2, her playful swatting at his breeze the first clue of her fire, her fun, who she is as Kiara before she was ever told she'd someday be queen
not me thinking about Mufasa watching helplessly as his son stifles Kiara, worriedly insists she walks in his paw prints- literally and figuratively- no exploring or adventure, no forgetting her future duties.
Mufasa, who pulled his young son in and dropped his own smaller duties as king to play pouncing with young Simba
now seeing Simba stop Kiara's playful pouncing with a restraining paw over and over again- The pain and fear that Mufasa's death scarred Simba with, now hurting Mufasa's granddaughter too.
(but not forever. not if Mufasa can help it)
Simba's shame and guilt at his dismissal of what it really means to be king, pressed onto his cub, his heir, his responsibility, weighing Kiara down even when she's still so young, isolating her not just from Simba but from herself- Kiara watching a baby bird try to fly and get chased back to the nest, her heartbroken face, her GLEE when the little bird is flying on it's own later...
and her helpless, bittersweet happiness as it flies away, doing what she can't do- not because anyone is physically stopping her but because she's been taught to stop herself.
Mufasa, watching Kiara get to be herself for the first time as she makes a new friend, as they save each other, as she is BRAVE in the face of danger, STRONG and SMART enough to make sure both she and Kovu escape it, and... proud of herself, finally. For doing something as herself.
Kiara so happy to finally play with a friend, before other old pains interrupt and separate them
and this is when Mufasa reaches out to Rafiki with a plan. A plan to heal the break in the pride lands, yes, but also- a plan to give his granddaughter some HAPPINESS. A way for her to have more in her life than just being queen
(or even... to not be queen)
Kiara gets a choice. Her grandfather makes sure she does, and that she knows it's hers to make
In helping nudge her and Kovu together, Mufasa leads them to the moment- after Simba refuses to listen to his daughter again, running from old shame and blindly chasing his father's legacy- as the stars watch over Kiara running from Pride Rock, finding Kovu, the two of them laughing as they chase each other through the ashes of past destruction-
(the simple joy of enjoying life together, Kiara's gift to Kovu, another cub who didn't really get to be one and has to learn who he even is now, all this time later- just she does)
there is no sign given to Kiara. No reminder to go home
no request from Mufasa that she heal the wounds Simba and Zira keep choosing to rip open
she could go. She could go, like Kovu says, leave and start a life with someone who she's happy with as herself, who loves her FOR herself, without needing her to be queen-
finally, for the first time in her life, she could be free. The joy that should have been hers as a cub, gifted now, under the silently watching stars
(she is Mufasa's grandchild without being anything else)
she chooses to see others in her own reflection. she chooses to go back- laughs softly at the idea of leaving-
(Simba passed Mufasa's words down to her, the part of Simba's father that Scar couldn't kill, that Simba wouldn't let die, the understanding that grandfather and granddaughter share without ever having met- that makes them the great king that he was, and the great queen she already is proving herself to be)
but that WAS her choice to make
to be queen. to go back. to again try making Simba listen
and....
to reach out a paw to Zira after Zira tried murdering her father again right in front her- after Kiara leaped in the way- a queen is brave and strong when she needs to be
but a king or queen must be more than that
Mufasa, looking up at his brother (who's resentment he knows well) begging for and trusting Scar would reach down and save him-
Mufasa's granddaughter, looking down at Zira (who's hate she has felt so personally) and reaching down desperately, begging Zira to let Kiara save her-
a circle completed. an old hurt, finally healing
(for those that choose it. Scar and Zira with claws out, losing themselves as they cut themselves off from those around them)
Mufasa couldn't be there when Kiara was a cub, to laugh as she pounced at butterflies and forget everything for a game of chase. He would have loved to see Kiara the silly, the playful, his granddaughter before anything else- like he did with his son
His not being there is what kept Simba from being able to be there for her either, what caused Simba to hurt his own cub without even knowing it, lectures in place of jokes and worry that cut between them like a gorge neither could cross alone
but Simba listens to Kiara in the end. when she reaches out to him, again, finally he reaches back
Simba ends up on Pride Rock with his daughter, with the lion she loves welcomed into their family, along with all those Simba once banished. two generations side by side
and Kiara is finally happy to be there
that is when Mufasa tells Simba he has done well. As a king? As a father
it wasn't just the pride lands that needed healing
Kiara is happy now
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Rafe understanding that you need time to process your feelings after an argument <3
The argument started with something stupid, like most of your arguments did. The only difference is that this time his emotions took the best of him and in the heat of the moment he yelled at you.
It wasn’t that you were afraid of him, but Rafe had never raised his voice to you, and in the heat of the moment you caught yourself flinching away from him. Not out of fear, but because you were taken by surprise by his sudden change of tone.
But your reaction alone was enough to make him feel like the worst person in the world. Now, he obviously wasn’t a saint, and you knew it, but he would never hurt you. Ever.
Ten minutes have passed, and you were sitting on the couch with your face in your hands. Taking a deep breath, he made his way to you and crouched in front of you.
“Baby, can we talk,” he whispered, touching your arm gently, “Please?”
“I don’t want to talk about it.” You say and raise your head to look at him. His gaze faltered and worry took over his eyes. Shit, he thought to himself. “But you can hold me if you want.” You speak, noticing him smirk a bit.
“Of course, darling.” He said and sat on the couch, pulling your body to lie on his and pressing a kiss on your head, resting his chin on it after.
As much as he wanted to talk about it and apologize for what happened, he knew you needed to take your moment. You had always been more sensitive about things, having to take time to process how you felt about them. He understood that, and he would stay there with you until you decided it was time to talk about it.
But for now, just the fact that you wanted to be close to him already made him feel ten percent better about it. For now, it was more than enough for him to just hold you close.
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