Well, at least she would say his name. That was a start, considering how worried he was that she was angry at him for not talking last night and then just disappearing on her. Now the question was if it was a good idea to wake her up the rest of the way. He cringed a little at the thought of her yelling at him, but if it was going to happen he might as well get it over with.

"...You awake?" he asked softly, trying to keep his voice soft enough so that if she wasn't he wouldn't accidentally wake her up.

He cringed again as a light breeze blew over them, reminding him about the injury from his mother. But he'd already spent the whole night worrying about it, and dreaming about it, and getting more and more distressed over it. The best thing he could do now was to just be there for Kiara, which he hadn't done last night at all. Her father had almost been killed, and Kovu had really only been thinking of himself. He...needed to apologize.