Where is my hair?

Where is my foot?

Why is here place…

Cold darkness here?

Part IV: .x.X. Beloved .X.x.

Having been wandering for what seemed like hours had certainly taken it's toll on poor little Black's frail body. His feet had begun to sore, and his stomach growled at him for the neglect. Black, abruptly, ceased his walk. 'My,' he thought, those beautiful midnight orbs wandering to the lush treetops above, and around the wooded areas. 'Don't I simply look pitiful. A young rabbit, lost, and the only excuse for having been so is looking for yet another lost rabbit. Perfect prey, for a starving wolf.'

Suddenly, to Black's surprise, his mind played a trick and made a faux hallucination of a wolf's mouth. It's fangs sharp and pearly, lunging straight at little Black. Black screamed, stumbling backwards, digging the heels of his little palms into his eyes. "G-go away!" he shouted out. But soon he released a cry, for his footing had been lost and down to the ground he tumbled.

A harsh groan was emitted, and Black warily cracked his beautiful eyes open, only to stare into a set of sea-green ones. The young rabbit let out a scream from his start, bolting right up into a sitting position and scrambling desperately to his trembling legs. Oh, but the poor rabbit had been so frightened that by the time he bolted, he had run and collapsed to the ground again from tripping.

Poor little Black. Beginning to tremble once more, the rabbit braced himself for what was to come. Fangs. Blood. Pain… Everything a wolf was able to inflict upon a young rabbit such as himself. But instead, he heard something odd.

Chuckling.

Were his ears deceiving him? Playing tricks to further frighten himself? If that was the case, then certainly he was sick in the mind. Though, to make sure he was not sick, or that he was being fooled, Black peered almost shyly over his shoulder. Alas, he was not being jested, and that indeed the wolf he had encountered was chuckling. 'L-laughing?' Black thought, twisting his body all the way around, propping himself up onto his elbows. 'I-Is he mocking of me? How rude of he!'

However, Wolf merely ceased his deep throaty chuckles, and eyed the rabbit tumbled on the ground. He knitted his brows, leaning a little closer.

"…Yer not R'd."

Black's eyes widened a fraction of a second. "…Red?" he asked, voicing his hollow thoughts. His face took on it's natural façade; blank and emotionless. Though, after a split moment, it contorted into anger, and sudden fear. "How do you know of Red?" he spat out, clambering to his feet. Compared to Wolf, he was a small boy.

Though Black had tried his best to sound venomous - and to an extent succeeded - Wolf seemed un phased. His eyes had narrowed in the slightest, making his demeanor all the more intimidating. Though Black as determined, teeth gritted and hands clenched till the knuckles turning a pasty white. "Answer me," he seethed, taking a single step forward. Wolf stayed put, straightening his large frame to stand, to Black it seemed, a foot taller. He was about to open his mouth to speak, when a gasp had cut him off.

Black snapped his head around, those lovely snow blonde locks of his falling out of place into his eyes. He flicked them away, only to catch the sight of Red standing like a young rabbit about to be attacked by a wolf. His violet eyes wide, and his body shaking.

Black skipped no beat in speaking.

"Red, what is the meaning of this?" he snapped out, stepping forward to grip his friend's smaller, more frail wrist. The younger rabbit whined, attempting to break it free. To no avail; Black had grown stronger than he. "I demand to know how that… that animal knows of your name."

Red peered at his friend, seeing the hurt and anger in the midnight orbs in front of him. Poor Red - he had never seen Black grow so angry, or look so hurt before. His yelling was shaking the poor rabbit, encouraging fear and guilt to arise. "H-he.." Red started, though stopped. He peered shyly over his best friend's shoulder, meeting the eyes of Wolf. He said nothing.

Black's grip tightened, making Red whimper. "I-I… It's because…"

"Because?" Black stressed, his own heart racing and eyes flashing with hurt. Why? Why was Red being so hesitant? They shared everything - everything! - together with one another.

"…Because he's my lover," Red spoke so softly, his eyes fluttering shut. He couldn't meet the gaze of Black, which soon turned into one of shock, anguish, and betrayal.

"…Lover?"

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Oh god.

Guys, I am so sorry. Earlier, I had posted a chapter of this, but it turns out it was the wrong one. You see, I have two versions of this story - the other is placed on a different website. The other is the complete opposite of this one, having it be SuNor with one-sided SuFin. I really apologize for that, and the utter confusion. If you had read it, please, try to forget it. That wasn't the chapter, this one is. I had mistaken the two, since they're both labelled the same thing. I had just been too distracted to read through it and make sure, since they both had the same beginning. If it hadn't been for two reviews I had gotten, I probably wouldn't have noticed. Thank you to those two people, even if one was anonymous.

Once again, I apologize. I promise that it won't happen again.

...I'm going to go hide in a hole now.

/slinks off/