There's gonna be one more chapter. I dunno if I'm happy how this one came out :/

The last one will make up for it in fluff and shit. Ah well!

iPastatalia, sorry if I've not done it justice, but I've tried xD and I powered through writers block to do it!

Enjoy :)

Bunny was the first to wake up the next morning, lying flat on his back lengthways along the back seat, Sophie lying on top of him, her arms wrapped around his torso, her face nuzzled into the white fur of his chest. She looked so peaceful he didn't want to move her, but today she'd have to sign into the University to make sure she was fully enrolled.

He had to wake her up.

"Sophie," he muttered, prodding her gently, and she mumbled in her sleep and drew her blanket a bit tighter around herself before opening one groggy eye and glancing around. "Soph, you need to get up."

"I don't wanna move, you're comfortable," she whispered, nuzzling into him. He felt his heart skip a beat before racing on, and he heard the blond giggle slightly as she could feel it drumming away beneath her head.

"You have to, enrolment day today," he said glumly, and she moaned before shifting herself, her arms stretching up on either side of his head before she pushing against the seat and looked down at him, her hair falling about her face like a veil. She leaned down a little, brushing her lips against his, savouring the moment before she raised herself up again, and he shifted so he was sat up facing her, watching as she tugged her pyjamas down from under her armpits where they'd rode up, rubbing her eyes to get the sleep out of them.

"I don't want to go now," she huffed. "What do you reckon you and me just hit the road? Never look back?"

"If we could I'd take you now," Bunny chuckled, rubbing his nose against her. "But I don't think people would be happy with us."

"Probably not," she huffed, rolling her eyes. "Anyway, out the car, I need to change."

Bunny complied, slipping out of the car quickly so the cold morning air didn't get in, standing and breathing in the smell of pines and sequoias, and the dew that clung to the long grass. He felt sad for a moment, despite everything. He wondered if those kisses they shared last night, the kiss this morning, would be the last. If it was all to end before it began properly. If she'd go and find a boy – a human boy – and decide she loved him more and be with him. He wouldn't begrudge her that... a normal life with a man who could provide things for her that he couldn't? He wanted her to be happy, so if that's what she wanted then he'd let her.

He didn't want her to go and find another bloke, somewhere in the pit of his stomach he felt something for this girl that was a lot stronger than just a liking for her. Some kisses were just... kisses. The ones they'd shared, though few and brief, meant something more.

"Struth..." he moaned, rubbing the spot between his eyes with the palm of his hand, trying to make sense of what was going on in his head.

"Bunny?" came a voice, and the Pooka whirled around to see the blond leaning against the car dressed in fresh clean clothes with her hair tied up in a high ponytail. He could see the sharp outline of her jaw, her eyes looked bigger and shinier. For a second he stared at her, taking in the curve of her waist and hips, her long legs, how she was smiling ever so slightly at him. Without thinking, he stooped and kissed her, not knowing why he was doing it or what compelled him to carry on. Knowing full well that if she did decide to find someone of her own damn species to see then he'd have to let her. All he wanted was these few moments, just something to remember the intimacy they shared. Try desperately to memorise the way her soft lips parted ever so slightly and moulded around his. How she'd shiver slightly if he ran his hand along the side of her ribcage, and gasp lightly when he squeezed at her hip. Her arms snaked up around his neck to pull him closer, deepen the kiss, and he pushed her back against the side of the car, trapping her there.

"Bunny," she mumbled between a kiss, and he broke away to look down at her, and it shocked him to see she looked sad.

"Sophie, what's wrong?" he asked, stepping backwards away from her, feeling guilty and terrible for initiating that kiss.

"Is this going to be it?" she asked, her fists clenching by her sides, a look of pain crossing her face. It wasn't physical, it was emotional, and he felt increasingly guilty about all of this.

"Is what going to be it?" he asked, his arms crossing of their own accord.

"This... we kissed, and it doesn't feel weird, but I'm going to college and you... you're not going to be with me."

"I'll be there when you need me to be," he said gently, uncrossing his arms again so he was able to reach out and cup her face, tilting her chin upwards so he could look at her properly. He'd be there every second she needed him to be, hold her when she wanted him to, kiss her when it felt right – if that's what she wanted.

Their green eyes met, and she seemed slightly happier, but she was biting her lip looking a little nervous.

"I, well I kind of just presumed you didn't think it was weird. You don't do you?" she asked, grinning sheepishly.

"I wouldn't have kept on if I thought so you gumby," Bunny chuckled, smiling warmly down at her. "As it is though... we need to get you to college."

"Yeah, I know," she sighed, turning and walking around the car to the drivers' side door, while Bunny climbed in the front.

They spent the rest of their journey chatting happily, feeling considerably more comfortable now they'd realised perhaps something was going to happen despite her being at college and him being not exactly her species. It was a little strange, and he didn't know how things had suddenly changed in the five years he'd not seen her, but he didn't mind. And apparently neither did Sophie.

It felt like time flew, and then Sophie was pulling up outside the college, looking around slightly at the parking lot for a space that was rather secluded so he could open a tunnel and leave.

"You'll be back, right?" she asked quietly as she leaned across the seat and pressed her face into his shoulder, letting him pull her over into his lap to cuddle her properly.

"Course. You settle in though alright? Make friends," he told her, kissing her forehead, and she smirked up at him.

"Get drunk, meet boys," she added, chuckling, and he sighed slightly, nuzzling her hair.

"If you absolutely have to, but I'd rather you don't," he whispered, and Sophie looked up and smiled at him, tilting her head so she could brush her lips against his.

"I'll try to behave, but I'll only give you a week to come back before I go off the rails," she laughed, and he grumbled as he captured her lips, effectively shutting her up.

For a small while they stayed in the car, Sophie sat across his lap, curled into his chest while he held her close, and both were reluctant to leave and end this moment they were sharing. In a week he'd see her though, so the Pooka bounced his legs, making her squeal and jump off him before he opened the door to get out.

"I'll come back in a week love," he told her, smiling.

"Okay, fine, but Bunny," she started, and he raised one of his brows at her curiously. "Just don't tell Jack, cos he'll tell Jamie and he won't be happy he didn't hear first."

"Not – he won't be happy you're kissing an overgrown bunny?" he asked and she laughed, blushing furiously and shaking her head.

"No, he read my diary years ago, all I wrote about was how much I missed you and fancied you. He's fine with the idea."

"Fair dinkum, I'll keep it under wraps," Bunny promised, not mentioning how pleased he was at the fact that she'd liked him for a while, instead ducking his head into the car to kiss her again before he left.