Chapter Ten
"Saiyuri," Near whispers into Saiyuri's ear to wake her up. Saiyuri opens her eyes and blinks the sleep out of her eyes. She looks at her cell.
"It's 3 in the morning," Saiyuri said drowsily. "Is something wrong?"
"I want you to come with me to the lake," Near answers as he pulled Saiyuri out of her sleeping bag. They leave the tent and head to the lake.
"Are the bunnies doing something?" Saiyuri asks.
"Well . . . ummm . . .," Near stutters.
Meanwhile, Matt wakes up and cannot go back to sleep. He decides to leave the tent and walk around the clearing. He was disappointed to see the rabbits gone. He then decides to check on Near and Saiyuri. He walks up to the tent and looks insides. He saw that no one was there, so he freaks out and runs back to the tent where he was. He enters the tent and wakes up Mello.
"Mello!" Matt shouted.
Mello wakes up with an angry look on his face.
"What the hell!" Mello shouted. "It's 3 in the fuckin morning!"
"Near and Saiyuri have disappeared!" Matt said frantically. "We have to find them!"
"Ok," Mello said, "we'll search for your girlfriend."
Matt gives Mello a death glare, then slaps him upside the head.
"Owww!" Mello complained. "I was only kidding!"
Saiyuri and Near get to the lake, then Near leads Saiyuri to the small pier on the lake. When they get there, Near takes both of Saiyuri's hands and holds them. Near gives Saiyuri a warm look, and turns bright red. Saiyuri pretty much knew what was coming.
Meanwhile, Matt and Mello scan the woods and the other clearings in search of Saiyuri and Near.
"I wonder if Saiyuri and Near got eaten by a bear," Mello asks.
"If that happened," Matt explains, "the police would think that we killed them, and we would spend the rest of our lives in prison."
"Sheesh Matt!" Mello complained.
"Ummm . . . Saiyuri . . ." Near mumbles, "I have something important to tell you."
"What is it?" Saiyuri asks.
"I . . ." Near stumbles, "I . . . I . . . I love you!!"
"They might be over by the lake." Matt said. "Hurry!"
"Okay, okay!" Mello whines.
"You do?!" Saiyuri said excitedly. "So that's why you're so nice to me."
"Yes," Near said, "I came with you to go camping so that I can spend time with you."
"Well," Saiyuri said, "you are the sweetest guy I've ever meet, but I've always thought that you were like this all the time."
"No." Near answers. "I'm usually emotionless. I'm like this around you."
"Oh Near!" Saiyuri shouted happily. She then pulls Near close to her and presses her lips against his.
As Mello and Matt scan the forest, they find themselves close to the lake. They run towards the lake faster until they saw the glistening water. They see Saiyuri and Near, but decide to stay away and hide behind the bush, seeing something they could never imagine in a million years.
"Oh," Mello said.
"Dear," Matt said.
"Gawd!!" They both shout at what they saw.
Near and Saiyuri were kissing on the pier of the lake, but that wasn't the only amazing thing around the lake.
Hundreds of winged rabbits circled the lake, staring at the 2 lovers under the moon. Some of the rabbits saw Mello and Matt and nuzzled on them.
"The 2 rabbits we helped must have called upon their bunny brethren," Matt pointed out.
"This cannot be real!" Mello whined. "This place is so fed up! I must be on drugs again!"
"Silly Mello," Matt said to himself.
When Near and Saiyuri lose their breath from kissing, they look around at the countless number of winged bunnies starring at them.
"What is this," Saiyuri asked, "the meeting place of the rabbits?
The site was amazing. The 4 campers now felt that this trip was all worth it. Saiyuri and Near look around at all of the rabbits and were able to spot the couple they helped.
"Check this out," Saiyuri pointed out, "The mom healed from the painful labor in only 4 hours, and look!"
The mother rabbit had a beautiful ribbon basket big enough for a big dog to sleep in. The babies were in the basket, covered up in a soft, yellow blanket, sleeping soundly.
"Awww," Saiyuri and Near both said.
I can now see why those rabbits come out on the clearest of a full moon night Saiyuri thought. A night like this is very beautiful.