You never really think that you and Leona are close close, friends maybe but not all that buddy buddy or that's what Leona implies. You do hang around Savana Claw either to hang out with Jack or help Ruggie with whatever he's doing, but no matter what Leona always knows that you're there. If you were sitting on a bed or a dorm lounge couch he'd usually lay in your lap rubbing up against you, if anyone tried getting too close he'd usually let out a small hiss enough to get them to back off.

You always chalked it up to him being to lazy to move and just using you as an extra pillow...but you started to realize there was more going on when you were assigned a project by Professor Trien, it was mostly about studying an assigned animal or a good month and come back to class explaining your research, surprise, surprise you got cats. That was like the easiest thing you could work with...but when you looked at the report sheets it showed some fun facts about cats.

'funfact! Cats that rub on you are most likely rubbing their scent, marking you as their territory, in short claiming territory over you.' wait... 'Funfact! If a cat has ever purred whenever you interacted with it, the cat is signaling that it feels safe around you.' no way...' Funfact! Cats hiss for many reasons but it mostly hiss at threats or anything that disrupts it's territory.' You looked back at the paper trying to hold back a laugh, these were all stuff Leona did. There's no way Leona would act on such primitive instincts, just because he's a lion beastmen doesn't mean he acts like a cat.... right? You thought about it for a while and wanted to test your theory.

You returned to Savana Claw after a few weeks away, Jack and Ruggie greeted you like always but Leona just stood there crossing his arms glaring at you. Without another word he went for a hug? Not any hug, you could feel him nuzzling your neck, his nails digging into you slightly. " You've been with that lizard haven't you? You smell like scales and magic." W-was he jealous?