Rose suddenly halted giggling, as her gaze fell upon Rhehan. He was now crying! It was not just a normel cry, but as if he was crying his heart out. The frustration and anxiety from all the years, the lonliness and struggle of all these years and now tha ultimate happiness of being loved!
The feeling of having a family and having the love of a different mystical world, who have always loved and supported him, had struck him hard. He was crying as if he was venting out all the negative emotions, stored in his body for years. He was still kneeling on the ground and was in fits of terrible crying.
"Rhehan!!! Please don"t cry!! Look they all love us so much! Look at their eyes once!" Rose kneeled down on the rough gra.s.s too, hugging the boy.
As soon as Rhehan looked up, his vision was covered by something pinkish and slimy, making his face wet. "Huh?" He saw a hyena standing before him, and licking his face. Rhehan smiled instantly, as he knew it was hyena"s attempt to wipe away his tears. "Were you the one, to see me first?" Rhehan smiled, rubbing its neck.
Hyena moaned cutely and tugged his s.h.i.+rt. Rhehan followed the hyena"s moments and stood up. "What? You want to take me somewhere?"
Rose too stood up and looked at hyena in confusion. "Yes! It actually wants to take you somewhere!"
Suddenly an elephant"s large trunk wrapped itself around Rhehan"s waist and he was lifted high in the air. But, for a certain reason the tremendous height did not scare him. "I.....Have done this before! Isn"t it!? Why do I find this feeling so familier. Gos.h.!.+ I am not even scared." The trunk landed the boy, on female lion"s back. Rhehan was stunned for a few seconds, untill he bent down and looked at the female lion"s face. "I hope I am not too heavy for you!" The lion growled loudly and startled Rhehan. "Ummm! I take it as an "ok" sign! Besides you are too cute! Can I call you cutie?"
The female imperial lion did not reply, but rather remained calm. "You don"t like the name? How about hottie?" The lion growled again, making Rhehan chuckle. "Cool then! Hottie!"
The lion cub snuggled on Rhehan"s leg lovingly and dozzed off.
Suddenly, Rose was also made to sit on the male lion"s back and she looked at Rhehan in confusion. "Where are we going?"
"Don"t know! Let us see!" Rhehan winked looking at the confused girl. Suddenly all the animals started sprinted back towards the woods and soon the pair of imperial lions also started sprinted deep inside the woods. The two held the neck of the lions tightly so as to avoid falling. The two lions were running at the speed of lightening, jumping every hurdle smoothly amd crossing various dense areas.
All this looked like a dream to Rose, but for Rhehan, none of it looked alien. Everything that was happening to him seemed to appear normal.
After a few minutes, the lions halted and immediately sat on the ground for Rose and Rhehan to get off. Rhehan carried the tiny cub in his arms like a baby, who had dozzed of on his leg. Soon many other animals started gathering around them and formed a gigantic circle around them. Rose and Rhehan looked at them in confusion. "They are trying to tell us something!"