I'm just going to have most of Pierce's "Yandere-like-tendencies" pop out during his "animalistic" mode when his instincts start to take over. Basically when he's out of it and not completely in control.

I finally got my laptop back! Yay! Now I can actually have the stupid thing telling me if something was spelled wrong or not. ._. I feel like this chapter went a little fast..

I yawned, snuggling closer to the warm object that was cuddling me. I mumbled something and rubbed my head against the firm chest that I was using as a pillow, arms wrapped around the object's waist. Something tightened around my lower back and felt myself get pressed closer, something muttering softly in my ear. "Mmm...shut up. I dun wanna get up..." Something nibbled on my ear and I thought nothing of it, though my nose did scrunch up in confusion. The nibbling stopped, and instead something soft pressed against my forehead. Then my nose. Then it pressed against my lips. I pulled my head back and groaned, mumbling for the thing to let me sleep as I buried my face in the crook of it's neck.

I just wanted to sleep. I was really tired for some reason. I blamed it on all the shopping Vivaldi made me do. Crazy...woman... I started to drift off again,but instantly woke up when a shock went down my spine, something licking and biting my neck.

Wait...pillows didn't have arms, or waists, or even a neck...

Pierce's ear twitched as he pulled away, putting his face right in front of my mine with a lazy smile. My face flared, noticing how cute that smile was. "Morning..." His grip on me tightened and I froze, realizing the compromising position we were in.

Oh, hell no...

"C-Can-Can you-Can you let go of me, please?" I asked, pulling my arms away as fast as I could and trying to push him off of me. "Like, now?"

"Mmm...Still sleepy..."

"I-If you're sleepy, then go back to sleep! D-Don't keep molesting me!"

His tired green eyes opened and I froze as his breath brushed my face. "B-But...you're so warm and yummy..." His eyes darkened a little, appearing a little more animalistic than before. I pushed harder on his shoulders, trying to get a good amount of distance between us. I squeaked in alarm when he suddenly pulled me to him again, his lips tickling my left ear. "I won't let anyone else have you..." I tensed, eyes growing wide as he bit my ear. My face flushed and I quickly squeaked, raising a hand up and slamming it against my ear, forcing him to pull away with a frown on his dark face.

"D-Do-Don't-Don't do that! N-Now, l-let go of me!"

"No..." Alarm flashed through my face when he suddenly moved-faster than I could even process-and pinned me beneath him, his hands on either side of my head with his legs on either side of mine. I held my breath and watched his ears twitch again. His tail started to swish back and forth, and his eyes appeared not his own. It...scared me a little. "If I do that, you won't be mine..."

"P-Pierce...?" I asked, confused and worried. I swallowed, feeling a twinge of fear go down my spine. "What-What are you talking about?"

He tilted his head at me, his bangs falling out of his and allowing me to see both of his eyes. The normally bright and happy green now appeared soulless and...and just dark. They looked possessive. "They're trying to take you from me, Alexis...I won't let them do that. I'll play with them, okay? I won't let the scary men get you..."

I inhaled sharply and removed my gaze from his, trying to figure out what to say and get out of this position. "Uh, they're not gonna give-I-I mean take me away from-from you or-or anyone else, o-okay? So-So just-just get off of me already." His eyes gave me a bad feeling. And by bad feeling, I mean "holy shit I gotta be careful" bad feeling. His eyes...his eyes were reminiscent of Gasai Yuno's from Future Diaries. And if there was anything I knew about animes, it was their anime stereotype names. Everyone had a "stereotype" or at least something close to it. Now Pierce...

I really hoped he wasn't what I thought he was.

Suddenly a pair of hands cupped my face and turned my head forcefully, causing my eyes to widen as Pierce slammed his lips against mine. I froze as his tongue brushed against my mouth and felt my face flare red. I tried to sit up and move back, but Pierce quickly pushed me back onto the bed and laced his fingers together with mine on my right hand, pressing it against the sheets as his other hand wormed behind my head and tangled itself in my hair. As this happened, I ended up grunting and letting out a gasp as my back pressed against the soft fabric, accidentally allowing Pierce to dart his tongue into my mouth.

I went completely still, frozen to the core at the sudden and strange "alien" development. Pierce never kissed like this. He always did quick pecks on the face and lips and hugged you. This-This wasn't-Is this even Pierce!? His tongue brushed against my own and prodded it, causing me to inhale sharply before using my free hand and pushing against his shoulder. Sensing my resistance, he pulled back and muttered a breathless, "I'm not-going-" I squeezed my eyes shut as he pressed his lips against mine before pressing them against my bruised neck, saying, "to let them take you...You belong to me..."

"Pierce!" I said before forcing my hand out of his and grabbing his face with my hands, "Snap out of it already!" I ignored the taste of coffee in my mouth and glared, causing him to stare down at me blankly. "This-What's with you!?"

"...Hm?" ARGH! He's so stupid! I'm going to kick his ass if he doesn't explain what's going on-Wait.. Quickly reaching up and I grabbed onto his right ear and pulled, causing him to let out a pained squeal as tears welled up in his eyes and his face grew red from the tears. He released his hold on me to sit up and crawl away from me, holding onto his aching sensitive ear. "W-Why would you do that, Alexis!? Wh-Why are you being so mean all of a sudden!?"

I relaxed almost instantly, the amount of relief I was feeling making me want to cry. However, as the events that just took place replayed in my mine, I slammed a hand over my mouth as my face grew a dark cherry red, heart beating at a rapid pace. Freaking H-Hell, what-what was that-!? I couldn't even finish my thought, still able to taste Pierce's saliva. I don't know whether to be disgusted or extremely embarrassed and humiliated. Currently, I think I was the latter. "Wh-What was that all about!?" My voice squeaked and cracked multiple times, causing Pierce to look at me confusedly with teary eyes, his ears twitching rapidly. Stupid mouse hearing skills...

He tilted his head, frowning in confusion. "W-What do y-you mean? I-I was-I was just saying "G-Good Morning" and-and you went and pulled my ear!"

"What the hell are you talking about!?" I demanded, not noticing my language. I was still a little freaked out. The fact that he didn't remember anything scared me more, though. "You-You were practically raping me five minutes ago!"

"I-I would never do that to you!" Pierce protested, tears welling up in his eyes at the accusation. "Wh-Why would you say something like that!? I-I'd never go and-and hurt you like that!" Pierce then paused, rubbing his lips together as a thoughtful looked appeared on his cute face. He actually...looked more his age right then. My face flared red at the thought, but burned even more at Pierce's next words. "Why...Why do I taste chocolate?" Pierce licked his lips, utterly confused.

He-He really didn't-Oh, my god, this is utterly humiliating... Oh, god. I buried my face in my hands and groaned as I turned away from Pierce, thoughts running wild in my head.

"C-Can I just go back to the Clover Tower now?"

"Eh!? Why? D-Don't you like it here?" Oh crap. He's trying to guilt-trip me.

"I-It's not that I don't like it here-I-I really like it here, it's-it's homey and cool and stuff," Oh, yes, because that sentence totally made sense. "b-but I-I just want to hang out with Nightmare and Gray for a bit. They-They're my friends too, you know?" Pierce frowned at me for a moment, something flashing in his eyes, before he smiled and nodded.

"Okay! I understand-Chuu! Oh, I'll grab your bags-Chuu!" I watched him jump off the bed and run around, making himself a cup of coffee in the process, as he got all his things together. To see Pierce back to normal...was extremely comforting and relieving. He...scared me a bit when he was like that. Watching him quickly down his cup of coffee, now seemingly energetic, he ran over and held out a hand, the bags hanging on his arms. "This way, this way! We'll take one of my tunnels-Chuu! It's faster this way!" He smiled brightly at me, and I couldn't help but grin back. I hesitated before grabbing his hand, finding it much more warm than it was when he forced his hand in mine. "Don't let go, okay? You can get lost! I'll have to find you again if that happens-Chuu!"

"Heh, yeah, I guess." I laughed a little at his words. I then bit the inside of my cheek as my face flushed again, once again remembering the previous events.

How was it...that he didn't remember anything? Did he black out or...what? Did Pierce have a split-personality or something that I don't know about? I'm...going to have to ask Nightmare about this.

I then realized something and exclaimed, "W-Wait! My-My clothes! Sh-Shouldn't I, like, change back into them or something!?" I-I really highly doubted that he wanted me to keep wearing his clothes. He paused right as he opened the door to the tunnels, looking at me in confusion.

"Eh; why? You looks so cute, chuu~!" He suddenly lunged forward and kissed the tip of my nose, causing my eyes to squeeze shut out of reflex. When I opened them, I saw Pierce smiling at me. He turned and led me into the tunnel, commenting with a sad tone, "I wish I could just keep you here...I don't want anyone to steal you from me." I tensed at the familiar words, causing my heart to skip a beat as a chill went down my spine. His ear twitched and he turned his head to cast me a small glance, eyes darkening just a bit before returning back to normal. The door closed behind us and everything was encased in darkness.

It was impossible to see. I felt Pierce's grip tighten on my hand and found myself tugged along, turning and twisting and squeezing through cracks in walls.

"Ah, careful! This a ledge here...Mm, there you go, see! I told you I'd keep you safe!"

"R-Right..." I swallowed, fear tingling along the base of my spine and twisting uncomfortably in my stomach as I looked down, only able to see nothing but darkness. If I looked up, or right, or left, or even diagonally, it would be the same. All pitch blackness...

Once we got away from the ledge, I walked faster and grabbed Pierce's sleeve with my other hand, feeling him tense in surprise before relaxing.

"Hey, you don't have to be scared. I'm here to protect you, see? I'll keep you safe-Chuu!" His voice deepened a little before going up a pitch at the last sentence. I've determined that his slightly deeper voice is his actually voice when he's speaking normally, and that his voice is just higher when he says "Chuu" and gets really excited or really scared. Then he has the deeper voice, which is the voice he uses when he goes "dark". "We're almost there, chuu!"

I nodded, swallowing, before realizing that he couldn't see-or, he could and that was why he was able to navigate so well. "Can-Can you see in the dark?"

"Hm? Yep! This way, this way!" After a few moments, Pierce stopped walking and I slammed into his back. I stumbled backwards, but he quickly held me steady. There was the sound of something unlocking and the creaking of a door opening. I flinched and squinted my eyes as light blinded my vision, my eyes taking a few moments to readjust. Pierce led me into the room the light was coming from before he set the bags down on the ground next to him and pulled a vial out of his jacket.

"Didn't I already drink a shrinking potion?" I asked in confusion, not understanding what he was doing. Wouldn't I need to eat a cake or something in order to grow bigger? I flinched when he uncapped the cork and sprayed a bit on me, before pouring the rest on the bags. As I was suddenly growing back to my regular height, Pierce shot up to his normal size in a heartbeat, smiling as he watched me freak out a little before calming down. "Okay then." My voice squeaked a little, watching my fingers grow longer before stopping at their normal size. I breathed in deeply before letting out a sigh, fiddling with my fingers and making myself relax. "So not used to this..."

"You're so cute, Chuu!" He commented, grinning widely. I scowled at his words and grabbed my bags, standing up straight and trying to figure out which room we were in. I paused, my eyes widening.

"How...Dude, how the heck did you figure out which room I was staying in?" Pierce tilted his head at me curiously.

"I followed your scent. You smell distinctly like chocolate and strawberries-" He paused a little, a light pink coming over his cheeks as he seemed to hit a realization, "-a-and it-it led to the Clover Tower, so I-I t-took that tunnel instead of the one I was going to use originally."

"...Cool." I commented, not too sure what to make of that. I hefted the bags on my shoulders and grunted, flinching when it brushed against my wound. I ignored it however and walked over, dumping the bags onto the bed and pausing when something fell out of it. I blinked once. Twice. Three times... "Whoa!" I took a step back, alarmed. "H-How did-How did that get in there; that toy was already bought out!"

It was the bear I saw in the store when I went shopping with Alice. It had the hat and everything.

"Hey, hey, you like it?" I tensed as arms wrapped around my torso, Pierce resting his chin on my shoulder with a smile as he leaned down. "I was hiding in the store from the bad kitty when I saw you! You looked so cute hugging it so I got it for you-Chuu!"

I was stunned at his words. No one...really ever got me a gift before. I bit my lip as a smile tried to force its way onto my face, my face turning a little red. Reaching down and picking up the bear, I marveled at how soft it was before a childish grin spread across my face. It...was...so... "CUTE!" Pierce moved his head to look at me as I squealed, hugging the bear to my chest. It was so adorable! Wait...oh hell...he's gonna make fun of me now.

W-Wait, but-but he bought it for me right...? Th-That meant he didn't hate me and that I could keep the toy? I swallowed and turned my head, startled to see his face to close to mine. You'd think I'd be used to such closeness from Pierce by now... I think the incident freaked me out more than I wanted to admit, but...this was actually really nice of him. I leaned my head away from, pausing as I wait for his reaction, before quickly lunging forward and kissing the edge of his mouth before pulling away, my face a dark red as I turned my head and looked away from him. I felt Pierce stiffen in surprise at my sudden attack before he relaxed.

I-Is he going to react or-or what? What was he going to say?

"You're just so cute! CHUU!"

"GYAH-!"

The door opened and a voice commented in surprise, "Whoa. Are you already getting it on or what?" Pierce stopped attacking my face with his kisses and turned to look at Leia in surprise, frowning as he didn't recognize her. She held her hands up in defense, saying, "Relax, gravedigger. I only came to check if the girl came back or not. Lord Nightmare's been throwing a fit for three time periods straight because he was so worried and Mr. Ringmarc..." Her face tinted a light pink. She pursed her lips and said, "Well, let's just say he isn't too happy. He's been having more trouble catching Lord Nightmare than usual. I suggest you go and tell them that you're here, then again since you're finally in Lord Nightmare's vicinity he can read your thoughts and probably already knows that you are here. So..." She looked behind her and scowled, taking a few steps to the right as the door slammed open.

"ALEXIS~!"

"WHY THE HECK DO YOU PEOPLE KEEP TACKLING ME-!?" I screamed, just as Nightmare landed on top of Pierce and I. Pierce squeaked and I grunted uncomfortably as he was pressed roughly against me, hurting my chest and making it a little harder to breathe.

Nightmare quickly pulled me away from Pierce and hugged me, tears streaming comically down the left side of his face as he exclaimed, "I was so worried! I mean, I knew you were safe once you started to dream, but I didn't know where you were and Gray has been even more of a jerk to me than usual and who else am I supposed to rant to!?"

"Is-Is that all you ever need me for!?" I bit out, trying to get both heavy bodies off of me. Nightmare finally seemed to notice that he was on top of Pierce, who was on top of me, and crawled off. Pierce slid off of me next and I sat up, gasping for breathe as I placed a hand against my aching chest. I scowled. Being laid on top of like that was not comfortable for a girl. All I'm saying. "Just someone to rant to?"

Tears welled up in his one visible eye, "You-You know that's not what I mean! You're my friend; I was worried about you!" My eyes widened in surprise, stunned. He...was worried? A friend...was worried about me? I had the urge to smile at that, but bit the inside of my cheek to hold it back. "Hmph!" He huffed and crossed his arms childishly, lifting his chin up and glaring at a wall. "So much for caring-all you are doing is laughing at me!"

"N-No...That's not what I..." I tried to figure out a way to explain, but Nightmare quickly turned his head and grinned at me. I scowled and reached over, tackling him and hitting him repeatedly. He cried out in pain and tried to grab my fists, coughing up blood in the process. "Jerk! I hate you!"

The door slammed open again and I stopped hitting Nightmare, the man freezing and turning his head around in fear when Gray walked in, his face dark and reeking of pure evil intent. "Lord Nightmare..." He warned in a low tone, before pausing as he saw all who was in the room. "Alexis? Where have you been?" His voice raised in surprise, shock writing across his face. He then frowned deeply, asking, "And just what are you wearing?"

I blinked and looked down at myself, suddenly remembering I was still wearing Pierce's clothes...My face flared red and I quickly crossed my arms over my chest, realizing that since I was using them as pajamas, I wasn't wearing a bra. Nightmare hacked up blood and I scowled, glaring at him. He held his handkerchief over his mouth and looked at me apologetically. Jerk.

M-Meaning... I groaned and hung my head, before glaring at everyone and shouting at them to get out. They looked at me alarmed. "I said get out! I need to put actual clothes on! Out, out, out!" Leaving one arm crossed over my chest, I pointed with the other at the door. "OUT!" Nightmare and Pierce scrambled onto their feet and ran out of the room, Gray following in a dumb stupor as Leia followed laughing. I scowled.

Being Wonderland, the clothes I was wearing were clean, so I really didn't need to put new clothes on...I just needed to put on a bra. Which I did. Which felt a whole lot more comfortable. Freaking jerks...freaking-ARGH! I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE!

I huffed and scrambled over to my bed once I rebuttoned the shirt Pierce gave me to wear. He-He said he liked me wearing his clothes...right? I-I'm not doing it for him... I just think that they're comfortable, that's all. I jumped on it and laid down, stretching and yawning loudly as I collapsed against the soft green sheets. Ah...feels so good...

Pierce's bed was comfier. Wait, what? NO! I REFUSE! I-I am not going to agree to such an-an-A RIDICULOUS THOUGHT! (Well, that works, I guess) I groaned into my pillow, annoyed at myself. I've been here-what; a month? There's no way I like Pierce. However, Time flowed by different in Wonderland. It can go either really slow or really fast, or even just normal pace... Vivaldi said that gaining feelings quickly for someone here in Wonderland is no surprise; she said it happened all the time. For some reason, Vivaldi really liked to talk about boys despite her apparent disdain for them...

...Weird. Women are weird. Boys are weird. Adults are weird-people are weird. Yeah, that works much better.

M-Maybe it's not so ridiculous? I thought hopefully as I sat up, staring at the stuffed toy that was looking up at me with pleading glass eyes. I DON'T CARE HOW CUTE YOU ARE! YOU-YOU ARE JUST TOO FLIPPING ADORABLE! I squealed loudly in my head before tacking the bear, hugging it to my chest and giggling. I pressed a kiss to its forehead and smiled, curling up into a small ball.

Leia said that I was gone for three time periods, which meant one must have been when I first arrived at Pierce's, when he fell asleep and I soon after, and the next when we were in the tunnels. There were seven time periods left before I had go visit her Majesty. I think I'll just hang out at the tower until then.