"Look love here they are, our very own cubs, our very own complete pride"
The words shook Ubaya like a volcano shook the earth, it was hard to believe that these 3 little critters where his very own cubs.

there where some distance in their age so the two girls had been around for a while, but now there was a boy too. and nothing was as official as it was now, that his mate for life full of love telling him that they where complete.

he had not shown the cubs much love up to this point, and why should he?
cubs are just a measurement of breeding, to keep your bloodline alive and to spread your genes, that was all there was to it, and all there ever would be just as his parents taught him, they are not worth anything, they are an ill Omen an Ubaya.

However as he looked down at his son, he felt joyed and relived....he had now secured his legacy, his blood line would move on and everything would be complete.

But that was just not quite it... because when he looked at his girls, he felt the same thing...no it was not heritage....it was not the primal desire to breed it was something else...

it was a feeling of pride, he could not describe it, but he did not look forward to the day of his daughters matured so he could breed them too. sure it was normal for a pride but instead of looking forward to breed them, he found himself looking more forward to how his grand children would look like...how strong his son would be, how much fun it would be to teach them how to hunt.

that feeling was love. and the only thing he could compare it to was to the love of their mother...he saw so much of Zuri in them thier furr colur might mostly be black but the eyes was defiantly Zuris..and the white spots only made it so much more clear.

this moment Ubaya decided.

He would not raise his cubs like he had be raised, he would not raise them to be cold and rough like him. he want to give them what his parents never gave him.

Love.

Ubaya looked down at his cubs with both love and worry....
How could he possibly raise them with love....what is love..how do you talk to a small defenseless being with love and care...

How do you express love....how do you show love....when you have never felt a parents love yourself...

Ubayas heart shattered the same time it was filled with love, and it pained him so..... what would he do.

Zuri seeing the father of her cubs expression, and she knew exactly what it was, and she warped her tail around his and whispers.

"Don't worry love, you will be a great father"

Ubaya looked at Zuri then to his cubs, this was exacktly why he loved her.
He might not become the best father , he might not even know how to be a father.

But one thing was sure, even if that was the case, even if he would remain the cold rough panther his parents shaped him in to even so he would still love his cubs and protect them with his life and even though he might not be good at showing it, one way or another they where going to know that he loved them, and that he would always be there for them.

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WOW just WOW , thanks so much  whitefeathersrain
This is absolutly just WOW , i have never been inspired so much by clean art hehe.

I dunno this just hit home so much, everything was just so perfect...this picture invoked the perfect emotions to share this story, Belive me i did not plan to show this side of Ubaya in a LOOOOOONG time, and there is still alot more to him, but this drawing is just way to perfect to pass up as an " Awwww moment"

Congrats people i have let you one step closer to Ubaya.

Ones again thanks so much  whitefeathersrain
Dont get me wrong i would absolutly LOVE reciving adult arts from you in the future too but DAMN. this is just so.... absolutely perfect freaking down to the title....so thank you! and i hope the rest of you all enjoy this little backround story ^^

Also this is really fighting my urge to keep all clean stuff in scraps >.0

Also if this where to be finnished, i would die....if this much emotion is evoked from a sketchish drawing my god what would a finnished one do 0.o