An hour had gone until Bugs had finally found Daffy sitting by himself outside a little café of the small desert town. The duck was slumped in his chair with his arms folded and a grumpy expression. Bugs sighed and realised he would have to approach his friend calmly if he was going to achieve anything.
Daffy saw Bugs coming and rolled his eyes. "Have you come here to lecture me bunny boy!"
"No…I just wanna talk to ya, doc." Bugs sat down opposite him.
"Well, good, because I believe homosexuality is disgusting and my opinions will never change!" exclaimed Daffy.
Bugs lifted an eyebrow, "I'm just a little confused Daff…isn't your cousin, Daisy, a lesbian? You don't have problem with her do you?"
"Of course I don't!"
"Then what's the difference between her and Road Runner and Wile E, doc?"
"She's a lesbian for God's sake Bugs!" exclaimed Daffy. "No guy in his right mind has a problem with lesbians!"
"So it's just male homosexuality you don't like?"
"Yes…it's weird and unnatural."
Bugs shook his head. He could not believe how his friend was reacting to all of this. He sighed and, like Daffy, slumped back in his chair. He wanted to somehow change Daffy's narrow minded views, but how could he? Daffy was a stubborn asshole!
"Anyway," said Daffy. "I think it's time we go home and get away from these queers."
"Daff! We've only been here a few hours!"
"We're going home Bugs and that's final!" The duck shot off his chair and started pacing rapidly down the street. Bugs, who still remained his chair, suddenly had an idea.
"Hey Daff!"
The duck turned around. "What now!"
"Fine, have it your way, we can go home."
"Good!"
"But, how about we have a little detour through Vegas on the way back…maybe see some shows, hit a few bars."
Daffy let down his guard a little. "You serious?"
"Yeah…why not? You said you always wanted to go to Vegas."
Daffy nodded and smiled, something which he had not done for awhile. "Alright, let's do it."
Lola could not wait any longer. She wanted to see him desperately. She packed her things rapidly and shot out of her LA house and into her open top sports car. She drove out of the drive and made her way into the rural desert.
Later that night, Bugs and Daffy made their way through Vegas as part of their little 'detour' before 'supposedly' heading home.
"You know what Bugs, let's not go to any shows, I just wanna hit the bars and have a good time."
Bugs look at his friend curiously. "You sure Daff?"
The duck grew suddenly impatient. "Yes I'm sure! Now pull over and let's grab a drink."
"Keep your wig on doc. There's a good bar just up the road. We're nearly there."
Soon enough they arrived at the bar. It was called 'The Edge' and this name was shown in bright pink neon light colours placed over a double door entrance with a rather large, yet well dressed bouncer hovering outside. Two flag poles were placed either side of the entrance and from them hung stripy rainbow coloured flags.
Daffy grunted at the sight of this. "Not sure about the pink, but I like the rainbows."
Bugs smiled and together they walked in.
The bar was full of all kinds of characters of many shapes and sizes. A lot of the males were topless because of the sweltering heat of the bar, whereas most of the females were in sleeveless or bikini tops.
The bar was quite a small pathetic thing placed in the right corner of the building, however the dance floor was vast (it took up most of the room) and packed with sweaty bodies. The lighting too was impressive – showing off an endless array of colours and weird and wonderful shapes.
A topless, muscular rhino character with an interesting tribal tattoo printed across his broad chest approached the toons. Daffy was a little scared and coward behind Bugs, at which the bunny rolled his eyes. The rhino wore tight, leather pants with heavy looking biker boots. His thighs were of extraordinary size and Bugs, who was studying this man, reckoned he must have to, at least, hit the gym three times a day to keep such an athletic figure.
However despite his intimidating appearance, the rhino's voice was surprisingly soft, "You alright fellas?" He then stood in quite a queer fashion with his hip popped out, his back straight and his chest up and out. He had a smug little smile and his bright, blue eyes were gleaming, as they gazed up and down on Daffy.
Daffy now came out from behind Bugs and frowned at the rhino, perhaps in disgust or maybe in jealously, however whatever it was, he found this stranger a little odd and therefore wanted to get rid of him. "We are fine, thank you! Now if you don't mind, my friend and I want to have a private drink!" With those words the duck marched off to the bar.
Now it was just Bugs and the Rhino. "Err, sorry about my friend, he's not exactly the social type."
The rhino shrugged. "It doesn't matter…what about you? Up for a dance?"
Bugs smiled. "Sorry, but…I'm taken…and I can't dance."
The rhino shrugged again. "Humph! Your loss darling," and he strode off, disappearing amongst the crowd on the dance floor.
Bugs went to join Daff at the bar, who already was devouring a pint of cider. Once finished, Daffy slammed the glass down on the bar's surface. "I'm telling ya Bugs, that rhino fella, he was like Road Runner and Wile E! A bloody poofter! Did you see the way he was looking at me! Geez you can't get away from them can you?" Daffy's voice was rather loud and Bugs became a little awkward.
"Daff, you may wanna keep your voice down. I don't think people in here wanna hear that…and plus he was only being friendly."
Daffy snorted. "A little too friendly I think."
Bugs was about to reply, but then saw the bar maid at the opposite end of the bar. There were two people attending to the bar, one of them being a big male, chubby brown bear with a friendly face – he was the one who served Daffy – but the other, a short, slender bunny girl with dark brown fur which seemed to shine like ebony.
Bugs leant an elbow on the bar and studied her for a long while and although he could not see much, because of the wild and dark lighting of the place, he certainly liked what he could see. With the bunny in his daze and Daffy now caught up in his own homophobic slurs, neither of them realised that someone was approaching them.
This someone was a lion with a clean shaven mane and an extremely feminine appearance. He was of a small, lean build and dressed in a white, tight fitting t-shirt tucked into some white short shorts. His legs were long and smooth and looked typical of a swimmer's. In addition to his simple outfit, he wore a white sailor's hat and a shiny silver earring upon his right ear.
The lion delicately placed himself between the toons and placed both his hands on the bar in a rather camp manner. "Wella, exth…cussee me!" exclaimed Daffy whose words were a little slurred from the cider. "You arrre being vvery…vvery-"
The lion turned his head to Daffy and gave a little pout, "I'm being very what, cutie?" His voice was soft too, yet had a low, seductive tone to it.
Lightweight Daffy who was drunk from downing just one pint of cider was silenced by the extreme beauty that stood before him. He gave Bugs a nudge and said, "Woo, isn't sh, she a pwetty one Bugsth?"
Bugs raised an eyebrow, "SHE? Doc I hate to tell ya, but that ain't a.."
The lion put a finger to Bugs' lips. "Sshh big ears," he said in a teasing tone.
Bugs realised what was going to happen, but then shrugged and said quietly to the lion. "Just look after him will ya? Be nice with him."
The lion gave a girlish giggle. "Don't worry Mr. Bunny, your friend is safe with me." The lion turned to Daffy who just looked extremely happy and was casually bobbing his head along to the music. "Come on sweetness, let's go have a dance." With those words the lion grabbed Daffy's hand and the two of them disappeared onto the dance floor. Bugs watched and could not help give a chuckle.
"You've been standing here for ages Sir? Do you want a drink or what," a down to earth voice asked. Bugs turned and saw that the voice came from the bar girl bunny he was eyeing up.
"Oh yeah sorry, may have a rum and coke please?"
The bunny girl smiled. "Sure thing." She turned her back to Bugs and started making the drink. He admired the cute figure hugging black dress she wore, it not only highlighted her features in all the right places but it also complimented the dark brown colour of her fur and her long dark wavy hair.
She turned back to Bugs with the drink in hand. "There you go Sir, that'll be two dollars, forty please." Bugs dipped in his pocket and handed her the required money. He was trying to think of something to say to her but was finding it hard, which was unusual for him. The girl bunny smiled at him and asked, "Was that duck friend of yours…your boyfriend? I'm really sorry if he was coz it looks like Lottie Lion stole him."
"Haha! No, no," laughed Bugs. "I don't have a boyfriend…well…I'm not gay."
The girl bunny lifted an eyebrow. "And yet you came to a gay bar with another man?"
"Yeah…well, gay bars aren't just for gay people are they?"
"No…this is true, but it just seems an awfully odd thing for a straight man to do on a Friday night in Vegas, when there are perfectly good gentlemen's clubs around…not to mention the brothels."
Bugs nearly spat out his drink. "I am not some randy man who goes out all the time trying to take a different honey pot home every night…You didn't mention that I may want to go see some shows or try my luck at the casinos."
The girl bunny laughed. "Chill out man, I'm just playing. I shouldn't really tease you because I work at a gay bar and yet I'm no lesbian."
Bugs suddenly felt a rush of excitement over his body. "Wow, you're not gay?"
"Haha! Did that surprise you? I didn't realise I gave off lesbian vibes."
"No, I, no…I…" Bugs did not know really what to say. Why was he being such an idiot in front of this girl? He had never had trouble chatting up girls before.
"The name is Coco by the way," she said casually as she held out her hand.
Bugs shook it. "Bugs…nice to meet you Coco."
The two bunnies stood together in silence for awhile and both smiled at each other.
Bugs and Daffy did not go back to LA that night. In fact something rather different happened….
Bugs was in bed. He was in his hotel room, 202. The hotel was only a small one with three floors but it was conveniently just down the road from Wile E's. He let his body sink into the mattress before letting out a sigh and turning over to look at his clock on the bedside surface…12:15.
"Geez, what time did I get back last night?" he said to himself. He rubbed his head. He perhaps had a bit too much to drink – he had to get a taxi home and leave his car parked outside 'The Edge.' At some point, he would need to get it, but not right now.
He then lay still for awhile enjoying the silence, but this was soon interrupted by the clatter of footsteps along the hotel corridor. The footsteps sounded familiar to Bugs and as they got louder and closer, he knew exactly who they belonged to…
Daffy came charging through the door. "BUGS! He yelled at the top of his voice. "Why on earth did you take me to a gay bar last night?"
Bugs sat up in bed, the duvet still covering his bottom half. "Whoa Daff, calm down…"
"CALM DOWN? Don't tell me to calm down bunny boy! The most horrific thing happened to me last night! That Lottie Lion character did not turn out to be a 'Lottie' at all. SHE HAD A PENIS BUGS! Lottie Lion was a man! And because she kept buying me drinks, I got real drunk and guess what…" Daffy halted in his rage and started gasping heavily.
"What? Daff, what happened?" asked Bugs hastily.
Daffy gulped. "I lost my anal virginity," he murmured under his breath.
Bugs pricked up his ear. "Sorry doc, I didn't quite catch that."
"I lost my anal virginity!" snapped Daffy much more loudly.
Bugs pulled a face. "Ouch. I bet it hurt."
"Yes! As a matter of fact, it did! If you tell anyone bunny boy about this, I swear I will…I will not be pleasant to you."
Bugs shrugged. "My mouth is shut."
Daffy let out a small sigh of relief.
"As long..," continued Bugs. "As long as you don't tell anybody about Wile E and Road Runner."
Daffy shot a look at Bugs. The bunny just casually smiled in return. The duck jabbed a finger at Bugs. "You planned this didn't you?"
"Well, not exactly doc, I didn't mean for…" However before Bugs could finish, Daffy dived upon him and started to wrestle with him.
Suddenly there was a groan from the other side of the bed. Bugs and Daffy paused their fighting and looked over. There was a lump. Someone else was in Bugs' bed.
"What's all the racket?" groaned a sleepy Coco as she emerged from the covers.
Daffy gave a horrified look at Bugs and all of a sudden it came back to Bugs what had happened last night…he and Coco got very merry, it started off with harmless flirtation at the bar, which lead to making out on the dance floor, which then lead to getting a taxi home together hand in hand, which finally lead to them sleeping together.
A shocked Daffy slowly removed himself from the bed. "I think we both did very regrettable things last night."
