Ha! Didn't expect this update now did you?! Hehe my holiday was postponed till next week, and I had absolutely nothing to do yesterday so decided to do this :)
Enjoy~
The Hare panted heavily as he ran, not daring to look back. He could hear their thundering yowls sounding behind him, they were so close he could almost feel them breathing down his neck. He paid no mind to the sharp branches which tore his clothing and cut his skin, he knew if he stopped running they'd kill him.
Though he came to an abrupt stop as his path was blocked by a large fallen tree and surrounded by thick thorn bushes, there was only one way out; and that was blocked by the pack of cats. They were much bigger than him, their claws unsheathed and ready to rip the practically defenceless Hare to shreds. He cringed and waited for his life to end, squeezing his eyes shut, but the blow never came.
Instead he heard the slight click of expensive heels against the hard ground. He slowly opened his eyes to look up at the cat that was now towering over him. He saw vibrant red hair, a bloodthirsty grin, acid green eyes, along with pointed pink and purple ears with a matching long striped tail flicking back and fourth behind him.
"Y-You," Hare stuttered, terrified as he looked up at the one his friends had chosen over him.
The cat only chuckled in response, the sadistic cold-blooded laugh of a murderer. He inched closer to the frightened Hare, and the last thing William saw was the white flash of those serrated teeth.
"Ahhh!" Hare's eyes snapped open as he hit the floor, he quickly sat up at looked around; he was home in his den, not a single cat in sight. He panted heavily as he tried to slow his breathing, he was covered a cold sweat, his heart was racing and he felt as if his stomach was doing summersaults. It wasn't the first time he'd dreamt of the cats which attacked him all those years ago, but now that bloody Cheshire had invaded his nightmares.
If the Dormouse and the Hatter where in their right minds they wouldn't be keeping such a hazard here, this is supposed to be a safe haven away from carnivores like that cat. Dormouse should be terrified, cats eat mice like him more so than they do Hares, yet the mouse acts like the cat is one of them, which it's not, a dangerous creature like that could never be one of them.
He sighed and looked out the window; the sun was starting to rise, too late to go back to sleep now. So he just decided to have a shower and some breakfast, and then go see if he can talk some sense into Undertaker.
Hatter yawned as his eyes opened slowly; the first thing he was aware of was the morning sun shining through the window, the next being the weight on his chest. Once his eyes adjusted to the light he looked down, to see what or who was on top of him. He was honestly shocked to see Grell curled up and fast asleep on his chest.
'Beautiful' Undertaker thought to himself as he looked over the sleeping feline; everything from his fluffy pink ears which twitched slightly in his sleep to his vibrant red hair which shone in the sunlight streaming through the window was just gorgeous to the silverette. He smiled warmly as he draped his arms around the redhead, stroking from the top of the cats head to his lower back repeatedly, causing the feline to purr louder in his sleep. Hatter wondered how the cat got out here in the first place, maybe Dormouse put him here? No, if the cat was moved by force he would have yowled, despite being a rather heavy sleeper; Undertaker doubted he could sleep through that. He must have come himself, but how? Why?
Hatter was pulled from his thoughts as the cat stirred awake and quickly attempted to pull out of his hold. Undertaker instinctively held him tighter, one to keep the cat from hurting himself, and two because he wanted the cat to stay with him. The cat's eyes widened and he looked up at the Hatter in a bit of shock as he was restrained, a blush covering his cheeks.
"What's the hurry, Kitten?" The Hatter smirked down at the flustered cat.
"Uh… I-I just… sorry…" The redhead stuttered and looked away nervously.
"Sorry for what?" Undertaker frowned slightly as he ran a gentle hand through the cat's soft hair.
"S-Sleeping here…" the feline squeaked out, still looking away.
"Kitten its fine… besides, who wouldn't want to wake up to find a pretty little Cheshire like yourself on them?" He smiled warmly as he spoke and scratched the feline behind the ears gently, earning a few more soft purrs.
"P-Pretty?" The cat's blush darkened; no one had ever called him that before.
The silverette chuckled and nodded slightly, bringing one hand up to cup the redheads cheek, while the other rested on Grell's lower back, "Yes, very~"
The cat didn't really know what to say, no one had ever complemented him before and meant it. So he just smiled blissfully and leaned into the larger males touch, letting his eyes fall closed as he simply savoured the closeness of the other.
"Chesh… I… I need to tell you something…" the Hatter murmured as he ran his hand which was previously on Grell's cheek through his silky red hair, letting it come to a stop at the cat's lower back with the other.
Slowly, the cat opened his eyes to give his attention to the Hatter, "Yes?"
Undertaker took a deep breath as he tried to slow the pounding in his chest, a slight blush colouring his pale cheeks, "Kitten… I l –"
He was cut off as the front door flew open and Hare stormed in, with Ronald at his heels. The poor mouse looked ready to collapse, only being able to keep himself upright by holding onto Williams jacket, he panted out something that neither Hatter nor the cat could hear, only making out the words 'stop' and 'harmless.'
"Hatter, it's got to go!" Hare bellowed, glaring daggers at the poor feline, who whimpered and hid his face in Hatter's chest, his ears flattening back timidly.
"Hare please…" Ron begged once he'd caught his breath, "j-just let it go…"
"Be quiet Knox, this has nothing to do with you!" The dark haired man snapped at the Dormouse before turning back to Hatter, "Hatter that… creature… has to go. It doesn't belong here and, I don't know about you, but I don't want to end up as cat food!"
Hatter let out a slight growl and rolled his eyes, "You're just being paranoid because of your past encounters with cats…" He didn't want to deal with Hare's bad temper this early in the morning, not to mention he'd just interrupted at the worst moment. He finally got the motivation to tell Grell how he felt and Hare had to barge in and ruin everything, typical.
William continued to ramble on about the cat being dangerous and not belonging here, though Undertaker tuned out most of what the bothersome Hare was saying. He could faintly feel the feline's slender body trembling, as if he was on the verge of tears.
"Shut up!" Undertaker finally snapped, glaring daggers at Hare, "You know nothing about Grell! Quite frankly, you don't need to! He's staying and that's that!"
William for once was speechless, it's not often he gets yelled at, especially not by Undertaker. His usual haughty attitude wasn't gone for long though. He turned and stuck up his nose as he walked out the door, "It's your funeral…" He muttered before slamming the door behind him.
The Dormouse just sighed, giving the silverette and the feline an apologetic look before quietly leaving after Hare.
Once the room fell quiet again, Hatter looked down at Grell who had lifted his head up. His ears were still flattened back in a sad manner and a few silent tears slipped down his pale cheeks, "I-I can't help what I am…"
"Shh Chesh," he gently wiped away the cat's tears with the back of his hand before wrapping both arms around the kitten's slim waist, "Don't listen to him… His opinion doesn't matter, Dormouse likes you and I…" He trailed off as he thought over what he was going to say, was this really the best time?
"Y-You what?" The cat whimpered, looking up at Hatter with those stunning jade-green eyes.
Undertaker sighed and flicked his bangs out of his face so his eyes were visible to Grell, wanting the cat to be able to see that he was sincere, "Kitten, I think saving you may have been the single best thing I've done in my life. I adored you before I even got to know you, and the feeling has only got stronger over the past few days… I love you, Grell."
