Tori daiyo!

"What you'll see yourself in 10 years?" Kuga once asked, the prince almost spit his drink. Lonky looks at Kuga with such intrigue expression, back then he will always say things like:

"I will be in the 1st rank"

"I will be king the Giraf throne!"

Now, he is unsure of himself; seeing that maybe 15 or 20 years he ain't achieving something that might promise of glory to his tribe. Especially his father who didn't appreciate the bare minimum of his own existence, but maybe being a king wasn't his destiny.

"I don't know... Maybe a prince who would still try and try again... Only to ended up falling from grace to another young prince." Lonky respond, Kuga nodded and turn to the other way.

"The stars are beautiful" Lonky spoke, it was indeed beautiful. Thanks to Kuga's window where they get to see the stadium, the soul tree and of course; the stars.

"They are... Just like you." Kuga replied, his voice is firm but gentle almost tender. Lonky sighed as the latter drank his orange soda again, he felt his own grip tighter.

"I ain't those kind of stars, after all... They shine like the rest of us, I don't know if I as unique from those stars."

"All stars shine differently" Kuga answered, he stood up and knelt down to him like a groom proposing his bride. Lonky then held the tiger's head softly.

"Some shine duller, some shine brighter; it wasn't about whose beautiful or shine the most. It's more one that serves to see the tale and tell it to the next star."

"Hmph, poetic.." Lonky chuckles, he then looks at Kuga and asked: "What about you?" "What do you see yourself in 10 years?"

"Home, probably doing my duties of guarding a temple or becoming a master. Maybe having a family, who knows?" Kuga replied, while his hand held at Lonky's knees gently. Like the prince, he wasn't sure about himself.

"But... I won't get to see you again." He spoke grimly.

"However, promise to me... That the next 10 years, when we all haven't had anyone in our lives. Let's settle down.. together."

Lonky then held the warrior's hand and nodded.

"Promise."