Okay this is also the first chapter to "Shoot First, but Save His Mouth for Questioning!". This is because the plot has become wide ranged, so I'm tying this story in to the first, so that all events can be explained while the story not being extremely long. This deals with the fight between Cuddles and Giggles more than the murders but once again, it does tie.

SUGAR COATED POISON

BY THE YOUNG AND FREE DRAGON

Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen

(Amour Amour
Everyone just wants to tame you
Amour Amour in the end
caught between your teeth)

-Amour by Rammstein

CHAPTER ONE: THIN LINES

Sie sagen zu mir
schließ auf diese Tür
die Neugier wird zum Schrei
was wohl dahinter sei

(They tell me
unlock this door
curiosity becomes a scream
what could be behind it)

-Klavier by Rammstein

Cuddles sat on the ground looking down at a puzzle he was working on. He and Giggles were in "Hell's Playground", and trying to enjoy their Sunday, though they were very bored. Giggles was looking at the clouds, one hand messing around with the ear of Cuddles' left bunny slipper.

"How was your time last night?" Giggles asked mildly.

Cuddles stomach turned a little. Though Giggles liked him, she never trusted him completely for flirting with another girl one Saturday night while she was gone last year. The initial shock had ended with her running into the street and crying, only to be hit by a bus. Seconds later, Cuddles was nailed in the head by Mole, who was golfing and smashed the poor rabbit's skull in with his club.

"Fine. Same as always."

"I see…" She said with distrust on the tip of her tongue.

He sighed. "Flippy and I went to the disco with Bear and hung out a bit."

"Anything else?"

"We stopped by Lumpy's afterward."

She sighed heavily with disdain. She disliked Lumpy on a cellular level and would never let Cuddles hang out with him in front of her eyes. She still hated that he did things with Lumpy but she had decided that Cuddles was in control of his life… whenever she wasn't around. But when it came to the matter of the flirt, it had never been solved. He had comforted her at the time of it, she would now kiss him on the cheek as she always did, but she'd never said she'd forgiven him and obviously hadn't.

"I take it that's why you weren't on the phone at 11'o'clock?"

"He… accidentally…" Cuddles stuttered.

"Killed you with a firecracker. I went over to see why the fire department was over there."

"Y-yeah…"

"He's in jail for two months for bunny slaughter."

"I know."

"He probably killed that guy last night."

"What?"

"Some guy got killed last night. It looked like murder and also, the guy hasn't regenerated."

"Creepy… dying is bad enough but if we didn't come back…"

"I know…" She said, and then suddenly sat up looking at the side of the puzzle.

With one quick motion, she brushed the puzzle pieces aside, destroying what Cuddles had managed to fit together.

"Hey!" He cried. "What the heck?"

"Where's my special bow?" She cried.

"Your what?"

"I put that bow my mother gave me at the side of your puzzle remember! It's gone!"

"Well maybe you just left it at home-…"

"I've got to find it!" She cried, running off, smacking him in the face with her tail as she ran away.

Giggles room was a mess after she had torn it apart, looking for her bow. Her mother had left to go to the store, and it was getting dark. Giggles felt alone in the house and was close to tears. She had examined everyone who was capable of stealing something. Everyone she didn't like who would do such a thing. It had taken hours of interrogation until Lumpy accidentally severed his own throat with his nail file. She would attack him more tomorrow.

But truthfully, she knew he didn't do it. She just had a gut feeling that said he didn't. Her mind was racing over every possibility of anyone who would take it, and it finally came down to those she had come in contact with today. She had only met Petunia at the outside of the store, but she had been killed by a motorcycle driven by Mole. She was still feeling the trauma of the incident but all the violent deaths that took place here, and the fact that her friends who regenerate the next day numbed her to the idea.

But now it came down to the only person she had been in contact with today and her mind was unsure already. She kept telling herself that Cuddles would never do something like that to her. Of course he had gone and flirted with another girl one night but it had been nothing major, only a light peck on the lips, and she had burst in. But still… could she trust him? What proof did she have that he wouldn't do something like this?

Suddenly the phone rang. She took a few deep breaths to keep from crying and answered it.

"Hey Giggles?" Cuddles voice said. "I was wondering how your search was coming?"

"I… I still haven't found it."

"I checked around the meadow but didn't find anything."

"That's okay… I checked there at least fifteen times… thanks… honey…"

"I also checked the store where Petunia got killed. Nobody in the store knew anything about it-…."

"I already check Petunia's body parts. She didn't have it."

"I wasn't saying she would've taken it. She would be one of the last people I'd would expect."

"Well… ha ha," She laughed nervously. I bet I am talking to the thief. "She makes jokes of things like that sometimes…"

"No she doesn't."

"Oh she does… she just doesn't with her guy friends, you know? G-girl thing." She stammered, about to burst in anger but wanting to address it lightly so maybe guilt would take him down and make him give it back!

"I've never seen her do it." He said.

You filthy little brat! How can you act suspicious of me? You're the one who took-… Okay give him some slack on his crime. You know that there's a good person inside, despite his bad behavior… I'll bet he gets the influence from Lumpy…

"She does, just trust me."

"…Okay…"

"Anyway, have you gotten clues or leads?"

"Not really."

"I'm so worried it could be anyone of our group!"

The group she mentioned was just the close bond between her, Cuddles, Toothy, and Flaky. They had formed this over time. But now the even closer bond between her and Cuddles was at stake because of his actions.

"I doubt that," He replied. "Toothy and Flaky are not really the sort to do such things."

"Well the whole group is at question!" She laughed nervously. "But I'm pretty sure Flaky didn't do it. She's too shy." She paused for a few moments. "Did you hear that Toothy got killed this morning at One by Flippy's rampage? I feel sorry for-…"

"Gee, inspector," Cuddles voice came through the receiver; it was lined with sarcastic anger, and betrayal. What the-…? "If… Flaky didn't do it… and… Toothy didn't do it… I wonder who you could suspect." He drew it out in showing her at how mad he was.

She suddenly began to wonder about her conclusion. Maybe… he had always been honest since that one time… maybe she could take his word.

"I'm not accusing you." She said defensively.

"Oh sure, skank."

"Hey! You have no right to call me dirty words like that!" She yelled, anger rising in her again.

"Screw you, you called me a thief."

"Hey! Just say you didn't take it, and I'll totally believe you."

"I shouldn't have to say I didn't take it."

"Look just promise you didn't take it, and we can be done with this!"

"Try this; go to hell Giggles."

"Hey! Calm down alright, it's not like it's a capital insult and besides how can I trust you after what happened last year?"

"Oh come on!" He shouted. "I am sick and tired of this! You either forgive me for what happened, or you don't, but you can't keep throwing that in my face!" And the phone clicked.

She sat silent for a moment, her teeth were biting into her lower lip and it was quivering. Finally tears came and she didn't force them back.