Chapter 5

"I'm sorry, Bunny. You're a great guy and all but I don't think you really love me."

Desperately, Bunny gripped her arms, feeling as though he was gonna lose Jackie again if he didn't hold on to her. "But how could I not? Ya look like and act like Jackie!" he exclaimed.

Jacklyn turned her back to him and rubbed her forearm uncomfortably. "That's my point. You say I look and act like Jackie and that's why you think you love me. It's not me that you have feelings for; it's Jackie."

His large ears fell back behind his head. The dark spirit had a point. Did he really have feelings for Jacklyn or Jackie? It was pretty obvious to the female spirit awaiting for an answer, but it was very confusing to him.

"Okay then, how about this," she faced him again and cupped the sides of muzzle, looking up to see his solemn face looking down at her, "You let me stay in your warren and we are only to be considered friends. And when you're sure that you've fallen over me and not that Jackie, then maybe I can start feeling the same over you."

Reluctantly, he nodded his head.

Months have gone by and Bunny kept his promise, only be Jacklyn's best friend. He would always try not to blush when his arms hugged her in bed together; he would always try not to kiss her smile when she showed him a newly painted egg; he would always try not to hug her too long when she was finally able to cook something that was actually edible, and he would always try reminding himself that the strong emotions he had was for the original hyperactive girl.

However, there were some differences that he noticed to like. One example was when Jacklyn would playfully hide one of his belongings in some of the most obvious places, he wouldn't even consider looking into. Jackie would've freeze his belongings instead and laugh at his angry outburst. Another was when Jacklyn would hide in trees, awaiting for him to come looking for her, only to be tackled onto the ground by her small laughing form. That was something Jackie never did because she'd rather fly than climb.

It all seemed the two would forever be friends, but one event changed that.

Rain had once again pelted the warren with water. Bunny told her that he'll be the one cooking today while she read a book.

Bored, she put book down to see how the food was going. By the time she got there, Bunny wasn't cooking. Instead, he was sitting on the table, elbows on it, and his paws covering the tears stained in his eyes.

By instinct, the dark spirit rushed forward, putting her hands on his wrist to remove them. And when she did, the kangaroo's green eyes were looking up at her, despair residing within.

"What's wrong with me?" he told her.

"W-what?" she stuttered for an answer.

This time, Bunny was the one to hold her as he placed her on his lap, burying his snout in her dark hair and his arms holding her tight. "Every person I've fallen for, they end up dying."

"Then explain and maybe I can help you.."

"My first mate was another Pooka but she died when Pitch attacked because I was too weak to protect her."

She nodded her head. The spirit of despair had heard of Pitch before but she also learned he had died somehow. It had to do something with ice.

"Then next was of course was Jackie, a human winter spirit that everyone's ignored for 300 years. But I just had to go ahead and hurt her, physically and emotionally. The pain she must've felt made her go crazy and nearly froze the entire world. So I had to-"

"Put her down," Jaclyn said for him.

"Yeah, I did. And I'm so close in falling in love with ya, I'm afraid you're gonna die too," he finished, very concerned .

With all that said, she turned around to face him once again, cupping the sides of his muzzle like what she did when they made their promise months before. After many debates in her head, she leaned forward to give him a soft kiss. He had a look of surprise when she drew back, but that was expected. After Bunny's own debates in his head, he leaned forward to give his own version of a kiss; rough and his tongue inside her mouth. It's been so long since he shared his feelings for someone, that he couldn't help it.

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