"Look look! I did it!" Rapunzel eagerly tapped Bunnymunds arm, her face shining and eyes filled with joy as she proudly displayed the flower that had bloomed under her coaxing.
It's white petals spreading out, thick and velvety, radiating brightly, casting off a faint shimmer not unlike her hair.
"Great job sheila!" Bunnymund said proudly, reaching over and patting her on her head.
If someone were to attempt that on the over six foot Guardian, it would have been far less endearing and far more offence to the large rabbit.
However she felt as though a pat from him was worth more than any amount of verbal praise he could have given her.
"Pretty soon you'll be taking over Easter too!"
She laugh heartily, placing a hand on his furry arm and shaking her head, tears of laughter causing her eyes to glisten merrily.
"Not in a million years!"
She looked up at his face only to see a scowl as he looked at something over her shoulder, following his gaze she saw a figure approaching them, she knew him immediately as Jack Frost but she'd never interacted with him before, she knew from Bunnymund's stories of him that he was the Guardian of Fun, she'd been fascinated by him, yet somehow she had not expected him to radiate the amount of confidence that he was as he strode towards them.
"Wow I didn't expect to see you here! Small world isn't it?"
The feigned surprise did not make it past Bunnymund as he rose to his full height in order to greet Jack, blocking him from the timid Keeper of Spring.
"Unfortunately too small."
"Ouch and I thought I was the cold one."
Jack wiped away a pretend tear before leaning around Bunnymund to take a peek at the girl behind him.
She sat on her knees behind him, a large fully bloomed flower in front of her.
For a brief moment, blue met green before he stepped between the two of them again, cutting off the eye contact.
"Don't even think about it mate."
Sensing no amount of joking Jack stepped back, raising his hand defensively.
He knew that given his space, Bunnymund would drop some of his defensive attitude.
From the way he talked about Rapunzel it wasn't hard to guess he felt for her in a similar way that Jack felt for Jamie, like he was responsible for her, and needed to protect her from everyone, including each other.
Sensing that Jack knew this, Bunnymund sighed and relaxed a little, turning to help up Rapunzel who still sat knelt on the ground behind him.
Holding her hand he guided her in front of him and in full view of Jack.
"Jackson Overland Frost, meet Rapunzel."
Smiling she quickly extended her hand to him, knowing in her heart that Bunnymund would never introduce her to someone he didn't trust, he'd told her many stories about Jack, a great deal of them with annoyance at his pranks, but most with affection, he cared deeply for Jack, and any friend of Bunnymund's was a friend of hers.
Jack smirked, leisurely switching his staff to his none dominant hand before grasping her extended one firming.
Almost immediately he wanted to pull away, her warm hand causing a shock to spread over him.
A tingling feeling making its way up, starting from his finger tips and moving up his arm, numbing his fingers and wrist as it went, before he finally pulled away.
"Nice to officially meet you Rapunzel, Keeper of Spring."
If she felt anything she made no notice to it once finally freed, merely smiling and giving a small awkward wave before looking up to Bunny as if for directions on what to do next.
He gave none, opting to nod at Jack before turning and walking away.
Jack was used to that, Bunnymund wasn't being rude, he was just terrible at goodbyes and so he never said any.
That nod was his way of telling Jack that the conversation and greeting was over.
Satisfied that he'd annoyed Bunnymund just the perfect amount, Jack mimicked the nod to Rapunzel before leaping into the air and being carried off by the wind.
Rapunzel watched him be swept up, his hair wild as the wind teased it round his head.
It felt slightly warmer without him, glancing down she saw frost expanding out from where he had stood, melting quickly now that things were warming back up.
Lying down in front of the spot, Rapunzel committed the image of the swirls to memory, vowing to draw them later when she got her sketch book.
Her hot breath finished off the thin ice, melting it fully into the ground so that aside from a small wet spot, you couldn't tell anything had been there.
"Sheila?"
"Coming!"
She jumped to her feet trotting over to where Bunnymund had sat back down, spreading seeds out in front of him and gently covering them with dirt.
Rapunzel smiled to herself as she watched him, it always amazed her that someone so large and intimidating could be so careful, or that he would care so much about making Spring beautiful.
Placing her hands over top of his fresh mound of dirt, she began to hum softly, a tune with words she'd long since forgotten, her hair shimmered softly as the flowers began to grow, small bits of dirt shifted as the sprouts pushed their way to the surface.
Green stem growing ever upwards, a tiny bud at the top, leaves spread out from the stem before finally the flowers began to bloom, unfurling their petals to catch the sun.
Bunnymund watched the process, noting her distracted look.
This wasn't an effective way to grow springs flowers, but it was her favorite as it always produced far more superior flowers in color and scent then when they were left to grow on their own.
He noticed without surprise, as the petals unfolded, that they were a very specific shade of blue, almost an exact shade of blue as Jack's eyes.
He knew deep in his heart that would happen, that she would be smitten by the enthusiastic Guardian of Fun.
Words failed him at that moment, so he made no comment on the interesting shade of her flowers, choosing to instead scatter more seeds for her to grow.
Times like this needed no words.
They worked for a while more like that, he let her rant about anything and everything, she always did talk a lot when she was happy and content.
It was just before evening when they decided the field they'd been working in was plenty colorful and called it a day, stretching out on the sun warmed grass and staring up at the darkening sky.
It was all well and good that they did, for not long after they'd settled down, did the streaks of color appear in the sky, hues of green and pink lit up the world.
Bunnymund leaped up quickly, tapped the ground, a hole growing at his feet.
He looked to Rapunzel, a silent question in his eyes, she gave her answer by leaping into the hole, Bunnymund close after, the hole sealing up behind them.