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~Comfort~
He found her sitting alone under a massive tree, the broken lamp that had once held Jaga's disembodied spirit clutched tightly in her arms.
Lion-O slowly approached the woman who had in such a short time, become someone very important to him. They had been through so much together...seen so much...done so much with each other and the other ThunderCats, and it had cemented a bond between them.
But Lion-O wanted more from his bond with Cheetara. She made him feel...good...happy. In a way he had never truly been before. And right now she was hurting. And as Lord of the ThunderCats, their leader...and her friend...it was not within him to be able to watch her suffer like this without trying to help in some way, no matter how small. He didn't really know what he could say or do to comfort her, after having to watch her teacher and mentor sacrifice himself for them all...again...but he would do what he could to bring even the smallest amount of comfort to her.
"Cheetara..." Lion-O said softly as he settled down beside the saffron-haired young woman, and leaned his back up against the tree trunk next to her.
Cheetara's eyes which had been closed up until this point, flickered open slowly, and she turned her head slightly to look over at the young Lord of the ThunderCats.
They both stared at each in absolute silence for a few seconds before Cheetara once again closed her eyes, and leaned her head over so that it came to rest lightly against Lion-O's shoulder.
The young Lord let out a small breath he hadn't even known he'd been holding, as he slowly raised his arm and carefully slipped it around Cheetara's shoulders.
A small sniff drifted into the air around them, and Lion-O gently tightened his grip around the shoulders of the young woman who was quickly becoming his best friend.
"Jaga would be proud of all that you've done for the ThunderCats on our journey so far...done for me. He was a great man who loved us all, and did everything in his power to help us. He would want us to honour his memory by thinking of him in this way. We can cry for him, but let us also always remember him as the wonderful Cat he was. Jaga will continue to live on in all of our hearts, Cheetara. And most especially in yours. When you think of him from now on, do it with a smile on your face and in your heart, and love and warmth for the special, amazing Cat he was. Jaga would only want you to be happy," Lion-O said softly as he leaned his head against Cheetara's blond locks.
Cheetara's form against his began to shudder and shake lightly, and Lion-O realized that she was finally releasing all the hurt and sadness she'd bottled up deep inside, since Jaga's second and final sacrifice for them.
A warm arm slipped around his waist as Cheetara turned her body inwards towards his, and she buried her face against his chest.
"Thank you...Lion-O," Cheetara finally spoke in her softly-melodic voice, lightly thickened with tears.
Lion-O felt a soft smile pull up the corners of his lips, as he gave Cheetara's body against his a light squeeze. He then bent his head slightly forward and placed a small, light kiss against the softness of her hair.
He felt Cheetara shiver lightly in his arms once more, and just assumed it was a result of her releasing the last of her pent-up emotions.
"Anytime, Cheetara. I'll be here for you...anytime."
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