"Little!" Celsius' entire face went red, with both embarrassment and anger. He hated being called little. He was shorter than the average male his age. He was twenty...he wasn't done growing yet. But he was still shorter than usual, and was very insecure about that.

He inclined his head up and kissed at Logan's jaw. "Thanks..."

Almost immediately Logan softened up. " It's was no problem at all love." He said with a smile to him. He turned to face his love. He pulled out the hair tie he grabbed early. " So would you like to tie your hair up?" He asked.

"...No...no, I'll be fine," Celsius replied, his voice strained. "I don't feel like tying it up right now. Let's just move on and see the lions. What should we see after the lions?"

" Alright, if that's what you wish" He said putting the hair tie away. " I'm not sure. What do you want to see" He said. He took Celsius hand once more.

Celsius squeezed his hand as they walked in the direction the lions were supposed to be in. "Are there any tigers here? I know there might be one...one just recently died..."

" I think they may have a white one, I also know there was a story about them getting an orange cub or two soon. " Logan said. Though he wasn;t sure if that had happened yet.

"Oooooohh..." Celsius seemed excited, all of a sudden. Out of all the animals in the world, big cats like leopards, lions, and tigers were his favorites. As they approached the lions, he leaned against the railing and gazed out at the small pride with a dreamy look on his face.

" Well if they aren't here yet, we can always come back when they are to see them." He said with a smile.

"That's true..." Celsius cooed and fussed over the lions, specifically an almost completely white male near the back of the exhibit, for a while longer before he cuddled against Logan. "Where's the tiger exhibit?"

Logan pulled out the map," Well it seems it's just a short walk from here, and a right turn." He told him.

"All right, then. Let's go!" Celsius eagerly tugged Logan on towards the tigers' exhibit. Despite what was going on at home, he seemed like he was very cheery...

Logan was glad to see Celsius, cheerful, considering everything that was going on at home. He smiled brightly, as Celsius as he dragged him to the tiger cages.

Celsius' eager eyes scanned the cage and, as he'd expected, there was only one tiger in the exhibit. He was a large old Siberian male, with stark white black-striped fur and idle blue eyes.

" Well it seems they new ones aren't here yet." Logan said, as he scanned over the one tiger. How lonely it must be for that on tiger in that cage.

"He must be lonely," Celsius commented, echoing Logan's thoughts. He seemed to feel bad for the poor tiger. "At least he'll be getting some friends, soon..."

" Yeah, well at least he's getting friend soon. .I would hate to be locked in a cage all day by my self like that" Logan said. He really felt for the tiger.

"True." Celsius turned and nuzzled Logan's neck affectionately. He didn't mind having his hair down, though he constantly brushed it out of his eyes.

Logan smiled, and gave Celsius a very affectionate look. He brushed a few strands out of Celsius' eyes. " Is there any other animals you would like to see?" He asked softly.

"Maybe we can see the penguins?" Celsius had been glancing around at all the animals they passed. The only ones they hadn't seen that he really wanted to see yet were the penguins.

" Of course, we can go see them." Logan said. He pulled out the map," We'll just have to walk to the other side of the zoo." He said.

"That's okay with me...we can sightsee while we walk," Celsius reminded him, hopefully. "But if you're tired, we can always go and do something else, too. I don't mind."

" I'm not tired at all. Let's go" He said with a smile. He put the map away, and then walked with Celsius towards the penguins.

Celsius chatted with Logan along the way. He talked about nearly everything, from funny moments in their past to what they would do in the future...

They chatted about so many things, talked about many possible future plans. Plans and things that Logan really hoped would happen. Soon they came to a stop in front of the penguins. It seemed the zoo seemed to have a least a group of ten.

Celsius was so distracted by the penguins that he didn't notice a trio of people, two men and a woman, were studying him from a distance and gossiping.