Faune purred as Spirit nuzzled her. "I'm so happy, Faune." He meowed, curling his tail with hers. Faune hummed, resting her chin on her paws.

Spirit stretched his neck and lowered his head to the two little balls of damp fur nestled into Faune's stomach. "Two. We had two little cubs. They're beautiful."

"Lucky!" Cloade whined as he slumped just outside of the pen. "I swear, Pelae is holding them in just to annoy me."

Pelae huffed and rolled her eyes. "As if. I can't control the fact that they're not born, yet."

Faune giggled weakly, twisting slightly to groom the squirming cub. "A white cub and a grey cub." She meowed, rubbing her head under Spirit's chin. "I wonder what color your cub will be?"

Cloade flicked his tail as his eyes sparkled. "Purple, duh. A perfect mix between red and blue."

The green lion tilted her head. "Well, our first cub was violet, and our new cubs are white and grey. I wouldn't say that's a mix between green and black."

Spirit chuckled and nudged the larger, grey cub closer to his sibling. The grey cub had shorter fur than his sibling, but had more color, too. Soft streaks of green and pink littered his shoulders and trailed down his back and up his stubby tail. His paws were a creamy color with one black toe on his front, right paw.

The smaller, much fluffier cub, was a pristine, pearl color with black on her nose and two pale green paws.

Adaoe trotted through the open gate and lowered his head to get a good look at the little cubs. "They're still bigger than Cloade when he was born." He teased, earning a defiant grunt from his son. "What will you call them?"

Spirit pressed his nose into his sons fur. "Shade," he whispered, then rubbed his muzzle against his daughter, "and Mistah."

Adaoe purred and curled his tail. "Beautiful."

"Shiro!"

All the lions snapped their heads up, ears perked and alert as the two cubs whimpered and squirmed. They then relaxed, seeing as it was Pidge excitedly bouncing and eyes sparkling. She ran over and squealed.

Shiro bolted in, almost expecting something bad.

Pidge leaned over the fencing her and Hunk manufactured as far as she could go to look at the cubs. "They're so little!" Shiro jogged up to her, brows furrowed in confusion. "Look, look!" Pidge stretched out her arm to point and squealed. "Holy Quiznak!"

Shiro chuckled and placed his hand on her back. "Katie, quiet down. Don't disturb them." He pulled her back as she bounced. "You're going to fall over the railing like that."

"I've gotta get the others!" Pidge gasped and darted out. Shiro sighed softly, but smiled. He made eye contact with Spirit and they both shrugged.

~

Hunk, Pidge, Lance and Allura were all doing their best not to squeal and scream giddily at the sight of Faune, Spirit and their cubs. They all stayed out side the pen, admiring the squirming, mewling cubs. Faune purred, rubbing her muzzle against Mistah.

"Hey, Faune?" Said lion looked up at her paladin. Pidge grinned, resting her chin in her hands. "What'd you name them?"

Faune curled her tail and licked her sons head. "Shade and Mistah."

Pidge smiled softly. "That's so pretty, Faune. I love it."

"What'd she say?" Shiro asked, keeping a hold on Pidge.

"The boy is Shade," Pidge pointed to the larger cub, "and the girl is Mistah. The white lion and the grey lion."

Hunk cooed and grinned. "They're so cute and little!"

"Wait until there's more!" Lance gasped, then cheered. "They'll be so cute when they're all playing!"

Shiro and Coran sighed.

~

Cloade nuzzled Pelae as gently as he could, purring as quietly as possible.

Pelae purred as well, but her purr was slightly weaker. She rubbed her head against his cheek, then looked over her shoulder to the tiny little ball of fur nestled into Pelae's belly. Pelae curled her tail around the tiny thing as Cloade shifted to rest his chin on Pelae's belly.

"Just look at her." Cloade whispered, leaning closer to lick the poofy tuft of fur between the little cubs ears. She squeaked and curled into a tighter ball. Cloade's eyes sparkled and his tail waved happily. "She's beautiful!"

Pelae hummed and gently nudged her cub. "Why are you so shy, hmm?" She whispered as the cub nuzzled her in return. "Ajthine."

Cloade rubbed his muzzle into the little cub's side. "Ajthine."

Ajthine was very tiny, but that's not uncommon for a first-time mother to have a tiny cub. Her fluffy fur spiked out, making her seem much bigger than she was. Her fur was a sleek, pale grey with a large violet splotch on her back. All her toes were violet as well as the tip of her tail and her left ear. She had two bright blue streaks under her left eye and one under her right eye. Her chest had flecks and small splotches of the same blue as well as on her right shoulder and down her back, left leg.

Ajthine squeaked and burrowed into Pelae's fur, her tail sticking straight up. Cloade purred, lapping his tongue over her back. Pelae nudged him away as the tiny cub began to squeak. "I know you love her, but I think she's not enjoying all that attention."

Cloade pouted, slumping and resting his chin on Pelae's shoulder. "That stinks." Pelae shrugged, laying her head down.

Adaoe trotted over quietly once the new parents were asleep. He hummed and lowered his head to inspect the little cub. He chuckled as Ajthine yawned and rolled onto her back. She squeaked and squirmed, so Adaoe helped her back onto her belly. Ajthine quickly nuzzled back into Pelae and Adaoe padded away.

"First grandcub." He mused. "Yet I still don't feel old."