Ha, seems as though everyone's sympathy's going to Giggles. What do you guys think of Cuddles? Warning: song used contains a word some may find offensive for a T rated story.

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 THREE: SUNSHINE IN A BAG

I didn't wanna hurt you, baby

I didn't wanna hurt you

I didn't wanna hurt you, baby

But you're pretty when you cry

I didn't wanna fuck you, baby

I didn't wanna fuck you

I didn't wanna fuck you, baby

But you're pretty when your mine

-Pretty When You Cry by VAST

Toothy crossed his arms and looked at Handy, an action which he quickly dropped considering as this may come as an insult to his friend.

"Well, what do you think?" The beaver asked.

"I don't know…" Handy replied slowly, twiddling his nubs thoughtfully. "Petunia and I have kind of grown apart since the whole… getting sewed together thing."

"I don't care about that; I just need you to ask her what happened this morning. If she gets shaky, pry at it until she tells you."

"What makes you so sure Cuddles wasn't messing with you when he said that?" Handy asked.

"Cuddles isn't in any position to lie," Toothy said, though the thought had crossed his mind. "Plus, why would he?"

"Well, Cuddles has at least a small ego." Handy said, tilting his head. "He's more of your friend than mine. Don't try to defend him if you want to help him."

"Well I need you to be sure." Toothy sighed.

"Well, I guess I can." Handy replied, with a shrug.

"Thanks." Toothy smiled.

"What are you going to do about this whole thing?" Handy asked.

"Well first of all, I need you to keep quiet about it. I don't think it would help the situation if everyone knew."

"I concur." The other nodded.

"But at this moment, I'm going to see if I can get some of whatever it is that Disco Bear sells and find out what it is."

"It's some kind of drug isn't it?" Handy asked.

"I think so, but we have to know everything, and I don't think Cuddles will tell me what it is."

"Speaking of which, where is he now?"

"Dead. I think tomorrow he'll head toward Pop and Cub's. Call it a hunch." Toothy sighed.

"Why would he be going there?"

"He goes there when he's depressed. He's actually very close to the two of them. I've been with him once and he was like a big brother to Cub and an old friend to Pop."

"I never knew that," Handy mused. "Well maybe they can calm him down."

"They usually can."

"I wonder if he'll tell them about his problems."

"He confides in Pop pretty deeply, so hopefully."

"Do you think Pop will take his side?"

"Maybe."

"Have you taken his side?" Handy asked, his eyes searching Toothy's for a true answer.

Toothy thought for a good three or four minutes before sighing and shrugging.

"I don't know. I feel like, since he's my friend, that it's my duty to, but… I don't know if he's right. How about you?"

"Well… I'm kind of torn here… I think my vote is with Cuddles though. I don't really think he has anything to apologize about."

"Why's that?" Toothy queered.

"Well, look at the facts. He's her boyfriend and she went and betrayed him by calling him a thief."

"What about what happened last year?"

"I don't see what the big deal is. He got weak, and got caught. Do we need to kill him over it? Besides, Giggles has been unfaithful as well. I begin to question weather they belong together."

"I do too, but Giggles does have a little bit of my sympathy. He was very mean to her. And that whole thing happened with Flaky."

"You think it was his fault?"

"I wasn't there."

"But you are accusing him." Handy persisted, a bit of defense in his voice.

"I said I wasn't there," Toothy said. "I don't know whose fault it was."

"Just keep an open mind," Handy replied. "Maybe under that mousy exterior, Flaky's a lustful time bomb."

"I doubt that." Toothy said. "But I will consider it."

This was a lie. He wasn't even going to think about Flaky as a suspect. But he didn't want to fight with Handy, no matter how wrong he thought his friend was.

"Hey, check it out." Handy said suddenly, pointing with one of his nubs.

Giggles was walking down the street with Petunia. The expression on her face was unreadable.

Giggles reached into the fold of fur at her right hip that served as her pocket and pulled out a few coins. She jiggled these together in her paw as they made their way down the street. Her eyes were still wet but she was not crying.

"What are you going to spend that money on?" Petunia asked.

"I saw Cuddles buy some of that stuff from Disco Bear, I'm going to get me some."

"You can't take drugs!" Petunia cried in shock.

"Nobody ever said it was drugs." Giggles replied calmly.

"What else could it be?"

"We'll find out." Giggles replied, ringing the doorbell on the large house in which Disco Bear lived.

There was a small pause and the door opened. Disco music was playing inside and the bear stood before them. When he saw the two girls, he put on his annoying suave smile and lent against the door.

"Well," He said in his deep voice. "What can I do for you ladies?"

"You can't do anything for us." Petunia spat.

"Be cool, Mama." Disco bear replied, impervious to the comment. "What can I do for you?" The last question was directed at Giggles.

Giggles held out her palm full of money. "I would like to purchase some of your "secret stuff"."

Disco Bear's smile widened and stepped out of the way of his door, his arm directed inward into his bachelor pad.

"Ah, please come in." He said, smiling at them as they walked in.

Petunia scowled but Giggles did her signature giggle, as though this were said by some boy she liked. He smiled wider at this, if that was possible while maintaining the suave curt to the crook of the lip.

He closed the door and danced into his kitchen. He turned as he went in, his head sticking around the corner.

"Be back in a minute, babes." He said, disappearing out of sight.

"You aren't seriously thinking about doing this are you?" Petunia scolded Giggles when they were alone.

"I am thank you." Giggles replied.

"You're not seriously going to take drugs from that freak?"

"Be nice." Giggles said defensively.

Petunia could feel the strange pit in her stomach that grew when she knew this was about to get worse. Disco Bear returned with a small paper bag that was weighted down with something. He handed it to Giggles and took her money, slipping into the open flap of his golden jacket. Giggles smiled at him widely.

"Thanks." She said.

"No problem, but honey, don't open that until you get home. For me, a'right?" He said, patting her paws which were clutched around the opening of the bag.

"Sure thing." She replied, her eyes, half lidded. It was as though she was enjoying this.

"But I have to ask," the bear said. "What got you interested in old Disco's recipe? Was it Cuddles?"

Giggles flinched at the mention of the rabbit. Petunia could tell she was fighting back tears but she thought Giggles deserved it for how she was acting at the moment.

"Not exactly," Giggles said, regaining her composure as she continued and leaning a little closer to Disco Bear. "I just heard it can make you happy on a rainy day."

"I can do that, baby." He replied, leaning a little closer as well.

"I'll keep that in mind." She replied, kissing his cheek. Petunia bit down on her tongue so hard, she could feel it bleeding. "But we have to go."

"I'll be here when you need me." He replied smiling.

He walked them to the door and opened it for them. Petunia glared at Disco Bear, while Giggles waved and batted her eyelashes. When he closed the door, Petunia grabbed Giggles and shook her.

"Are you out of your freaking mind?" She cried.

Giggles broke free, glaring at Petunia.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." She said defensively.

"I'm talking about throwing yourself at that greasy pervert!" Petunia yelled.

"I merely thanked him." Giggles denied, and began walking away.

"You can't betray Cuddles!" Petunia shouted after her.

"Something not shown in his actions." She said back and rounded a corner.

Petunia almost followed.

Giggles approached Handy and Toothy. They turned as she came over, with a suave smile they swore they had seen on Disco Bear more than once.

"Where's Cuddles?" She asked.

Toothy and Handy looked at each other in surprise and then at her.

"Uh, he was… um… killed by Mole not long ago… I'm sorry." Toothy said slowly.

A small sliver of a smile crept across her face for a moment and then disappeared.

"He'll be back in the morning, though…" Toothy said almost warningly.

"It's a long time until then." Giggles said, as that smile passed again and she waved goodbye.

Ironically enough, it was a stormy night. The rain was pounding Petunia's window, as she and Flaky sat watching TV. The clock read: 8:00 PM, but it felt like midnight. Flaky had insisted upon staying away from her favorite soap opera, and now they sat watching a horror movie. If the irony got any thicker, Petunia thought she might suffocate. Flaky was cuddled up to her, not wanting to watch, but taking a peak every now and then. Though the movie was scary, and Petunia was feeling a little on edge, it didn't compare to the horror she felt right now at what was happening before her eyes.

She knew what was going to happen to Giggles. She knew what the little pink chipmunk would do. She knew that she was making a bad decision that she would regret. And yet Petunia could do nothing to alter the course of her friend. And nothing could prepare her for what she knew was coming. The best she could think of; was to drop by Disco Bear's house later and try to keep anything vaguely romantic from happening between the two. Well you couldn't call it romantic. Maybe fake lust. Giggles was only trying to get back at Cuddles and Disco Bear… well he was being himself mostly. Petunia was distraught at the events that were unfolding. She didn't believe Giggles should try to get back at Cuddles, and even if she did, this was definitely not the way to do it. She hoped that Giggles wasn't stupid enough to sell herself completely. Her lips were horribly enough; any further was material for considering a break of friendship.

Well maybe not that. Petunia wasn't sure she had the strength to do something like that, despite how mad she could be at Giggles. She sat up, flicking off the TV. Flaky looked up cautiously.

"I'm going to make sure Giggles doesn't do anything stupid. Do you want to come with me?" Petunia asked, standing up, Flaky still latched to her arm.

Flaky was reluctant to let go of her arm. "I… um… I dunno…" She said, still nervous from the movie. "Is it safe out there?"

"It's okay Flaky," Petunia said, helping her friend up off the couch and giving her a gentle hug. "It was just a movie. Completely fake."

"Still…" Flaky murmured, looking down at her feet in embarrassment.

"If it will make you feel any better, you can spend the night at my house," Petunia said. "You can stay here until I get back if you want."

"No, no… I mean well… I don't want to impose…"

"No, I'd love to have you."

"Well if I wouldn't be a burden, then yes… but I'd rather come with you…" She replied, looking up at Petunia.

"Sure, come on." Petunia said, taking her friend's hand and leading her out the door.

Anyway, that's the next chapter. Please leave a review for my inner Nutty, and please look forward to an update.