Well, you want a longer drabble, you got one. Part I of Chibi Days: It's Only a Rabbit.
Disclaimer: Everything is mine, minus Eiji and Sakuno (weeps).
When they were in grade school, she was in class 3-A. He was in 6-C.
She always had a fluffy little ballerina rabbit clutched in her hands, wherever she went. She painted with it, danced with it…even played on the monkey bars with it.
He didn't really notice her, that much. They were just neighbors, and he sometimes did the obaa-san next door a favor by walking her little girl to school
But they were still friends; she addressed him as Eiji-kun, he called her Sakuno-chan. He thought her bunny very cute, and sometimes they would make up stories about big dance recitals and elegant ballet rehearsals.
She was very happy, then.
He liked seeing her smile.
One day, while she was playing with her rabbit in the park, three big mean, girls saw her beautiful rabbit. They were jealous of her lovely rabbit, and snuck up behind her.
Laughing and jeering, they dipped the bunny's soft, snow white fur into a mud puddle. It was all splotchy brown and ugly.
Sakuno sat on the ground and cried, torrents of tears running down her cheeks.
He walked by after volleyball practice, saw her in distress, and ran towards her. He wiped her tears away with his own sleeves, hugged her. He even did a couple of cartwheels to entertain her.
"Don't worry about it, Sakuno-chan. It's just a bunny, nya. Cats are better, anyhow."
She cried even harder.
Eiji helped her wash the rabbit in the sink.
It became pure white again, after a few rigorous scrubs of soap.
She grinned happily.
He loved it when she smiled.
"You should take better care of it, Sakuno-chan. Don't take it everywhere you go, nya. If you love your rabbit so much, you should treat her like a special jewel."
She took his words to heart, and kept the bunny on her shelf.
The next year, he was gone to junior high. Eiji-kun was now Kikumaru-sempai.
They were never really close anymore.
But she would never forget the boy who helped her wash her bunny, made up stories with her, and performed cartwheels just to see her smile.
A/N: And, here's a dedication to Logi-bear (aka Logan). That was around when I was chibi-Saku's age: I was (sorta) sweet on him. He was (sorta) sweet on me.I got the idea from the cute little stuffed bunny that he gave me.
After listening to One Lone Flight (Anderson and Brown), I got up in the middle of the night and just started typing furiously.
I really enjoyed writing this one. Please review! Oh, and can someone tell me if this is AU, or not? I haven't completely finished reading entire PoT yet...
Thanks for reading!