Catherine wasn't entirely sure, how they had managed to end up in this particular position but she found that she was somewhat stuck.
Her back was pressed against Bunny's front and he had reached his arm around her and pulled her into him tightly. His chin was resting on her shoulder and he'd buried his face in the crook of her neck.
His breath tickled her lightly, but she was too busy trying to escape from the rabbits grip and get to school. She didn't have to be there for another hour and a half but she'd like to grab a shower first.
Bunny muttered something, rolling over and taking Catherine with him. She bit back a yelp as she went from being beside him to laying on his chest.
"Bloody rabbit." She growled, rolling so that she was on her side and not her back, Bunny grunted but didn't release her from his grip.
"Wake up." She hissed, pushing herself up onto her arms and then reaching down to flick Bunny's nose.
His eyes opened suddenly, and she glowered down at him.
"You have one hell of a grip." She told him and he snickered, chuckling up at her.
Both stayed there, staring at each other.
"I need to go to school." Catherine blurted out and she slid from Bunny's know weakened grip, and rushed out of the room.
Holy crap that was…awkward? Catherine wasn't entirely sure what word she would have used to explain the situation but she couldn't find a positive word for it…alright, that wasn't true she could find several positive words about it and that worried her more than the list of negatives that had leapt into her head.
She flicked on the shower and cranked up the temperature as she stepped under the almost scalding stream, hissing as the water aggravated her cuts and bruises. It didn't matter to Catherine, she knew that they only stung because the dirt was getting washed out so it didn't bother her all that much.
You enjoyed that way too much.
Catherine grunted to herself, switching on the radio to drown out her own thoughts.
Bunny sat on the bed, and the first thing he did was slap his paw to his face in an attempt to clear his head. Catherine had run off and he'd heard what sounded like a shower switch on moments later, and then a radio of sorts.
What was he thinking!? One, he was a pooka, she was a human. Two, he was immortal, and she was not. Those two reasons were quite enough for Bunny to know that he was getting in too deep with this girl.
He'd said to her that he would be hunting down Gorgyra today, so that gave him an excuse to get out of this place for a while and clear his head.
But he knew he'd come back if she called, and that really didn't help his slowly fouling mood. What also didn't help was that he was almost one hundred percent sure that she wouldn't call even if her life depended on it.
Bloody pom.
He'd have to keep an eye on her that was for sure, she just attracted trouble.
He pulled himself from the bed, peering down at his injury. The fur was starting to grow back but it would be a while before it was all the same length again, and the injury looked far better than it had before. Every day it got better and Bunnymund got stronger, he knew Jack was on his way and that meant that it would be even easier to find Gorgyra, although not necessarily easier to beat her.
Of course, his mind kept returning to the thought that Catherine was target number one. How would he explain that to Jack? Well, alright explaining that to Jack would be easy, explaining to Jack that if she got hurt Gorgyra was going to end up with her head on a spike would be much harder.
"Hey, your up."
Bunny turned to the door and nodded with a small smile, reaching down to pick up his bag and broken boomerang, the other one had been lost somewhere along the way.
"Need to get searching for Gorgyra, mind showing me where this clearing is?" He asked, and she nodded raking her hand through her damp her.
Bunny tried to ignore the fact that she really looked quite beautiful when she did that.
"Sure, just let me grab my things." She muttered reaching for a bag on the floor before tugging it lazily over her shoulders, before she thought better of it, tugged it off, pulled on a jacket and then tugged the bag back on.
"Any idea how we're going to get out?" She asked and he frowned.
"The back door?" He offered and she rolled her eyes, heading towards the door and clicking it unlocked so that they could both slip through.
Her brothers and sisters would be at school, her mum at work. There wasn't really anything to worry about except the neighbours and their kids.
Catherine kind of didn't want him to go, she'd gotten used to his presence and the nightmares hadn't been so bad with him here. There certainly hadn't been any monsters since he'd been there, and that was a more than welcome change in Catherine's life.
They snuck down the stairs and out of the back of the house, and as Catherine peered around to the left she could have sworn she saw that flash of blue and white again. She pushed it from her mind, ignoring at as she and Bunny moved out of the back of her house and behind the shed.
"Why is tha shed in tha way of tha door?" Bunny asked her gently.
"Something got in once, I moved the shed so it wouldn't get in again." She told him with a light shrug of her shoulders, pushing her way through the door, she missed Bunny's scowl.
It may not have been intentional, but Bunny felt like she'd made a snide jab at him with that remark. He wouldn't have blamed her.
Once the shed was moved the two ducked out, Catherine leading the way down the twisting turning alleys until they came out to the edge of the forest.
"You know ya way around." Bunny mumbled and Catherine smirked.
"Should do. Lived here all my life."
They continued into the forest, and Bunny kept one of his large paws on the undamaged boomerang as they moved deeper, they reached the clearing and Bunny stopped to peer around him.
"Not bad." He mumbled.
The trees opened up at the top and light rushed down into the clearing, it was lined with dainty flowers and thorny bushes with plenty of natural covering to keep anybody away, Bunny wouldn't have been able to find it had Catherine not been there.
"Stumbled upon this little beauty when I was seven." Catherine told him proudly as she twirled around in the centre of the clearing, and Bunny watched as she meandered over to a small tree, where the trunk was hollow and pulled out a few books.
"What a those?" Bunny asked and Catherine shrugged her shoulders nervously.
"Books. Things I write when I'm here." She murmured to herself and Bunny let it drop, whatever they were, they were private.
"I've got to go to school, I'll meet you back here around three, kay?" Catherine called as she stuffed the extra books in her bag.
"Alright, see ya at three." Bunny called to her as she vanished back out of the forest.
Neither heard the other, call out gently to each other.
"Be careful."
Right, have another chapter guys! First exam in like, THREE DAYS ASAHFGSGLSDF NERVOUS *DIES*
Invader sugar, I like adorableness cause it's adorable :3
Georgeisthewin, IT'S SO CUTE I'M GONNA DIE! *Ahem* Jack is coooomiiiiiiinnngggg!
Chocolate1999, I'm glad you found it too!
I-Am-Jack Frost, okay!
Lady Minuialwen, Indeed, but is this good? You may decide ahahaha :3
Fk306, Glad you like it!
Desiree Phantom, Jack and Bunny remind me of me and my brother(s) cause we act like that, but the moment someone insults the other we're like 'aw hell no get away from him/her!' so I really get it J
Dragoscilvio, I had actually something planned like that, although there will be plenty of Jack and Bunny brotherliness, there will also be a slice of Catherine involved.
Blackshadow, I hope I ace my exams too ahaha, glad you like the chapter!
Redwallgurl, Aw! I'm glad you've enjoyed it all!
