John and Sharon could only watch in mild confusion as their children ran out to play with the other lion cubs their age. They could hear them from all the way up here - laughing, play-growling, having a great time as they rough-housed with the other cubs. It was amazing, it was hard to believe.
"So..." was all that John could bring himself to say.
"So," Sharon answered.
"Well," Jabari chuckled from behind them, bringing their attention to him for a moment. He had a fairly smug look on his face, arms folded at his chest. "Maybe you two could take cues from your children and enjoy yourselves? I promise you, you will enjoy this if you let yourselves. There has never been an experience like this in the history of humankind, and I wanted to share it with you. You deserved this experience."
He took a few steps back, back towards the hotel door.
"So I'll leave you two alone for now, give you some time to each other to think things through. I trust you'll come to the right decision."
And with that, Jabari was out, closing the door behind him, leaving Sharon and John to look back out upon the hotel's makeshift savannah, to where the lion cubs were happily playing.
"I can't remember the last time Derrick and Julie looked so happy," Sharon said.
"Yeah, they're really... hell. If they can bring themselves to enjoy this, why can't we?" the more John thought about it, the more negligent he felt. He neglected to read things through, and for that, his entire family was subjected to something they weren't prepared for.
"I think that soudns like a good suggestion," Sharon said with a sly smirk as she turned towards him, pulling the curtain shut after her. Immediately, John was stricken by how... good she smelled. Her scent... it was amazing. Intoxicating, even.
"So then you have something in mind," John returned her smirk.
"I do. I want to take that lion equipment of yours for a test run," she put on a lower, huskier tone of voice as she spoke, placing a pawlike hand against his chest and walking the fingers up to his chin. And God almighty, all of a sudden John felt so damn confident... he really did feel like he was the king of the jungle. It was incredible, this feeling.
"Far be it for me to not give my lady lion what she wants," he growled a playful little growl as he scooped her up into his arms and walked her over to the bedroom of their suite.