Name: Heshima

Gender: Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexual Orientation: Lesbian

Parents:

• Mother: Unknown
• Father: Unknown rogue

Siblings: None

Love Interest: Kusai

Relation to TLK: Raised by Simba and the lioness of the pride

Personality: Often feeling unwanted and neglected due to the position of her pride, Heshima typically found herself lashing out and causing trouble as a cub. A lot of cubs and their mothers thought she was careless, but in reality she was just lonely.
 

History:

Having had relations with a rogue unrelated to the pride, Heshima's mother was shunned out by the lioness of pride rock. Whispers and rumours spread throughout the pride, grudges forming, predjiduces boiling, growing to the point that she felt she could no longer take it, and had to leave. Knowing that her life as a lone lioness in search of a new pride would be difficult for both her and her daughter, she had no choice but to leave the cub in their care and leave, hoping that Simba would help to keep her out of harms way.

As she had hoped, Simba was alerted to this cub right away. He did not approve of the way her mother had acted either himself, but knew that this cub was not to blame for the way her mother acted and so had no choice but to raise the cub. The lioness of the pride helped care for her too, by Simba's request, in an attempt to reduce the stigma surrounding the cub and her mother: Sadly, it didn't help.

Heshima was harshly ignored by those that cared for her: sure, they did all that was neccesairy to care for a cub, but she was given second priority, and rarely ever given the same parenting or play that the other cubs got: Particularly after the birth of Kiara, who then became the priority of Simba instead of her. This neglect had a lasting impact on young, impressionable Heshima, who quickly learned that the only way to get attention would be to cause trouble.

Through all of this, though, there was one cub that seemed to see through her cold exterior, and truly understood her - Kusai. Kusai was the complete opposite, kind and sweet, and loved by the entire pride. It was a surprise to everyone that the two would be so close, all things considered. Many tried to steer Kusai away from Hesh, but Kusai woudln't have it.

The two grow up together, and as they reach their teen years, their friendship starts to become something a bit more - and suddenly they're both flustered, blushy messes. Normal converdations suddenly seemed really personal, and suddenly play flights were too difficult to do with a straight face.
After a stupid amount of time, and dancing around the points, the two eventually confess their feelings for each other, and they're FINALLY a couple.

As a young adult, Hesh starts to express a desire to leave the pride. Having never been liked by anyone there, she wanted to make her own way out there in the world - and Kusai is fully supportive of this. So much so that she's ready to leave with her.