Happy Valentine's Day, everybody!

In celebration of the holiday, I took it upon myself to go ahead and whip this up to get myself in the mood for it. For those of you unaware, the cubs here are named Kenta and Nia. Kenta is the firstborn son of Kovu and Kiara, and Nia is his very best friend (And maybe something more later on.) Here, Kenta is kindly greeting her shortly after they wake up, deciding to do so in a very loving and tender way. At this point in their lives, the two cubs are starting to realize that their odd feelings for one another aren't going away, and that they may be able to make something of it sooner or later. Ah, won't the parents be proud.

The title of this drawing was inspired by the Beatles song 'Dear Prudence', which I think is an absolutely perfect song to go with the setting here. I wasn't sure if I should bring that sort of thing in if it was cubs involved, but hey, it's the Beatles; They were all about love like this.

*The Lion King © Walt Disney Studios