Chapter 293: Naming

Chapter 293: 293: Naming

While everyone admired the new mates holding their little cubs, Sunnie smiled as she stared up at Zayn standing there and staring at the little tiger cub in her hand.

"Why don’t you come hold her? I’m pretty sure you’d want to," she said with a smile as everyone turned and stared at Zayn.

They watched as Zayn nervously stared at the little one. "A girl?" He asked, even more nervous now. He didn’t know how to hold the cub.

Sunnie smiled as she said, "Yes. It’s a female." She handed the cub over to Zayn, who reached out and held her firmly.

He was nervous—nervous that he might drop the little one since he was overly excited.

But Sunnie smiled as she said, "Don’t worry. It’s okay."

Zayn held himself as he stared down at the cub in his hand. She was so tiny that he didn’t know how to hold her properly. But he tried.

He managed to hold the little tiger cub. Immediately, the little tiger cub, who was crying, had suddenly stopped. She stared up at Zayn, who was holding her.

Slowly, the tiger cub smiled at Zayn. It was a warm smile that had Zayn burning with warmth at the scene.

He was simply moved, and so was everyone around who watched the scene.

"I guess the little girl already loves her papa," Azure commented with a smile.

"That’s so sweet," Maren smiled.

"I heard when you were little, you didn’t like your papa at first?" Mii teased as everyone laughed.

"I’m very sensitive. So I’d take my time," Maren defended as they all shook their heads with smiles while watching Zayn nervously hold the little one.

Sunnie turned to Karl, who was standing at the side. He had both arms folded while he watched as if he wasn’t really bothered by anything happening at the scene.

"You should come and hold the little egg. He’s probably excited to be held by his father," Sunnie said.

Karl hesitated but approached the scene. He gently picked up the egg sitting at the side close to Sunnie.

As he picked up the egg in his arm, he instantly felt the warmth from the egg rush through him. The egg had moved and kicked—he could feel it. The surprising incident had him staring.

Sunnie smiled as she said, "The egg recognizes his father, I suppose," she expressed with a smile.

Karl held onto the egg, holding him carefully while making sure it didn’t fall. He was as gentle as possible.

The scene was bustling with the warmth of the fathers holding and admiring their little ones while the rest teased and watched them.

While everyone smiled and watched the scene, Ronan stood at the corner close to the door and watched. He was the only one not getting close to see.

Luka had noticed. He had noticed how down he was looking and wondered what the issue was. "Are you okay?" He asked, leaning close to Ronan.

"Oh, I’m fine," Ronan forced a smile. But Luka could feel that he wasn’t.

"You should go closer and spend time with the others and also with your new siblings," Luka smiled as he said.

But Ronan shook his head with a soft smile as he said, "Don’t worry, I don’t feel like doing so now. I’ll be fine," he said with a casual smile.

Luka was suspicious. He stood and stared at him while nodding. But he couldn’t help but think that something was definitely wrong here.

And he didn’t know what it was.

"Why don’t we name the little ones?" Maren had brought up the idea as she stared at Mar, who was now carrying his two lion cubs. "You start."

Everyone smiled with their attention on the lion couple now. Mar smiled even more as he stared at the little ones. "I’ll name one, and Zuna will name the other," he offered as Zuna smiled with a nod.

"You should follow my Mama’s pattern and name them," Luna spoke up. "When Mama named us, she gave us similar names like Luna and Lune. So it’d be easy for her to remember!"

Luna casually said as everyone burst into laughter.

Sunnie smiled as she said, "That’s not it..." She shook her head. "I can’t believe this little one..." She laughed.

Eris folded his arms as he shook his head, saying, "Little rascal like you. We put so much thought into that name," he defended as they laughed even more.

Now everyone had their attention on Zuna and Mar while they thought of the names to give their little ones.

After a while of thought, they finally came up with something. Zuna went first. "I’ll name our little girl Tina," she said with a smile.

"Such a pretty name! Tina! I love it!" Mii and Maren expressed with smiles. They both gushed over the name while making adorable faces at the little one.

"And for our little boy... Aran," he expressed with a smile.

"I love it!" Lune said immediately with a smile as everyone laughed at his instant reply to imitate his elder sister.

And so everyone gushed over the little ones and their new names.

"Such pretty names for such pretty ones!"

"They’re so tiny and adorable!"

"I can’t wait to carry them!"

Soon, they turned to Sunnie as they said, "So what is Mama going to name our new siblings?" Luna asked, curious.

Sunnie smiled as she looked up at Zayn and Karl, who were still carrying the little ones in their arms. "Why don’t the papas name them? Since they’ve been so active with pampering me without stop, they should have come up with a name by now," she teased.

Everyone laughed while they stared at Zayn and Karl, who were carrying the little ones.

"Mmm..." Zayn stared at his hand. "I’ve already thought about something too..." He stared at the little one and said, "What if I give the little one the same name as me?"

"..."

Everyone paused, speechless while staring at him. They simply couldn’t believe their eyes and ears.

"Eh? Why would you?" Maren asked.

"It’s a girl too..." Mii said.

Zayn blinked as he scratched his hair. "Eh... Zayn can’t work for her...?"

"No," Luna shook her head. "You can’t, Papa. Please don’t."

Lune nodded. "No, you can’t do that."

"Never," Maren shook her head as Sunnie lay there staring and smiling. She didn’t get involved.

"Oh..." Zayn scratched his head in thought. "Then let’s see something else..." He began giving a list of names he had come up with.

He listed them, and the kids were judges. They shook their heads repeatedly at the names he had brought up.

It continued for a long time before Zayn was exhausted. He sighed as he said, "Maybe I’m not good at this. I guess Sunnie can do it... the only name I can think of is Sun..." He sighed, frustrated and exhausted.

Sunnie saw his expression while she said, "That’s a pretty name for the little one, though."

Zayn stared up at her, surprised. "Huh?"

Maren and Mii nodded profusely and repeatedly as they said, "Yes. Sun is a pretty name! We approve of that name for our little sister!"

"Yes, yes! Love it!" Luna and Lune both agreed.

Zayn blinked, surprised. He guessed he had finally done it. He scratched his head as he stared down at the little one in his arm as he said, "Then I guess I finally did it... I gave the little one a name... Sun."

He looked proud of himself as everyone laughed and nodded in agreement to the new name.

Now they moved to Karl, who was standing there with the egg.

"So what are you calling the little one?" Maren asked, curious.

Karl stared down at the little egg. "Eh, I don’t know what to name it."

"...." They were baffled at how bland he was.

"Come up with something now," Luna blinked with her big sparkling eyes.

Karl thought for a while and then turned to Ronan. "Maybe Ronan should come up with something. I remember he was good at naming things, and I told him he would help us with a name."

At that moment, everyone turned to Ronan, who was standing there quietly without saying a word.

"Yes, brother Ronan is here too. Why is he so quiet?" Luna asked.

"What’s wrong, brother Ronan? Are you okay?" Lune asked. Everyone stared at him, worried.

Even Sunnie had already noticed his silence and was worried slightly.

But Ronan smiled as he said, "Don’t worry at all. I’m fine." He looked ahead at the little egg and said, "Why don’t we call the little one Kan?"

"....."

Everyone was quiet as they thought about the name. Immediately, they all turned their attention to the egg, then to Karl, and smiled.

"Karl, Kan! I love it!" Maren said with a smile as Mii nodded in agreement.

"So creative! Brother Ronan is so smart!" Luna and Lune agreed as they instantly celebrated the name.

Everyone was pleased with the name. They spent the rest of the evening celebrating the new cubs and their names. Soon, they had all retired to their destinations, leaving the females to get some rest.