*giggles* This is a commission by  psybernetic of my character Perseus, who is undergoing his "initiation" into the pride as both the male...and the big lion cub of the pride. :P

As he slowly woke up, still a big groggy he found a loiness looking down on him, her long hair flowing down past her shoulders smiling with a purr.

"Aww, our boy awake?" the lioness purred as she petted his tummy.

"W-where am I?" he mumbled, still groggy and unaware of his surrounds.

"You're home, Perseus," she purrpurred, "And it looks like you just woke up too. How you sleep?"

"It was okie," Perseus mumbled some more, "Dreamed of mating a lioness, dunno why though since I a big cub." The lioness chuckled and blushed, biting her lip as if she was hiding something.

"You can call me Sarafina, or Sara...or mommy," Sarafina purred with a blush, "I'm the oldest of the girls in your pride and as such, I gotta make sure our Perseus is taken care of since he likes being a little boy."

"Perseus?" He asked.

"It's what we wanted to name you," Sarafina smiled as she ruffled his tummy, "We're so glad you wanted to come with us - never thought a human would make a better mate for us than all those lions the zookeepers kept trying to bring to us, but I'm glad it was so." He thought back to that odd night where he was locked in the lion exhibit where he was shocked that the lioness wanted him to mate like a real lion...and that he actually made love with her, which was reciprocated by the lioness. He just couldn't understand as it was unusual for something like that to happen - but less so after he discovered they could talk and they wanted him, right down to his "cubby" side.

"I didn't think that..." Perseus mumbled, watching Sarafina blush and bite her lip again.

"I know, humans don't think much of what we did," Sarafina confessed, "But I thank you for teaching me that mating is more than just mating." She leaned in and licked Perseus's ear, "It's about loving, too."

"I-I enjoyed it too mommy," Perseus sheepishly blushed, his minding becoming more innocent, "But can mommy promise that I get to choose when I'm ready to do that again? So I can understand my mommy and my girls?"

"Aww, sure you can, Percy," Sarafina purred as she handed him little lioness plushies, "For now, our baby boy has to get used to being a cute lion." Sarafina playfully poked his "underwear," which crinkled a bit.

"D-diaper?" Perseus blushed.

"Mhmms," Sarafina smiled, "We told you we don't mind if our boy wants them and you told us you would like to be our cub, too. So, we thought that our Percy should wear his pull-ups till he's ready." She could tell Perseus wasn't quite acquainted with his surroundings...or that he was in a room meant for a toddler as she ruffled his tummy.

"Rawr!" Perseus cutely whined, "Why am I in a nursery...and why can I not stop playing with these plushies?" She chuckled as she noticed he was starting to play with the plushie that looked like her.

"Because you are a big cub, silly Percy," Sara smiled and licked his nose, "And a big thing about being a full-grown toddler is letting go and just playing." She purred as he started to mindlessly play, "But...you're still a big boy so you gotta help us find a job you'd like to do." She awwed as he pouted while playing. He couldn't give her an answer right away but she was fine with that - it was already a big change for the man of the pride so she knew it'll take some time.

"Can it be a job where I can play?" Perseus cutely asked as Sarafina reached down to ruffle his tummy, "I originally wanted to be a biologist...but it isn't something I would want to do and not feel like workin'"

"Take your time Percy," Sara smiled, "Besides, we got some dinner ready for you."

"Okie Sara...mommy," Perseus sheepishly answered as he wiggled about playing with the plushies, still wondering where he was (though he was starting to like it).

A big thanks for a cute commission.

Perseus ©  charliekit
artwork ©  psybernetic