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"Bennet! You coming out tonight?" shouted the red headed girl from Sophie's doorway, already tipsy and extremely excited about the party she was headed to. Sophie smiled kindly, walked over to her and grasped her arms, holding her steady.

"Not tonight Yvonne, I have that assignment to do for English," she told her friend, scraping her blond hair out of her face and tucking it behind her ear. "Have fun though, okay?"

"I will," she red head chuckled, her brown eyes crinkling up in happiness. "You should get out more, meet a guy!"

"Alright, maybe one day," Sophie laughed, rolling her eyes as her friend sauntered off down the hall, shutting the door behind her and locking it. The blond took a deep breath, smiled to herself as she heard muffled footsteps behind her, and she turned around to look into warm green eyes.

"You have impeccable timing," she whispered as she felt his hands grasp her waist and she let him push her into the door, their chests coming together, her arms wrapping around his neck, their lips brushing together hesitantly before they gained that confidence again, becoming more insistent, passionate, loving.

"I'm good like that," he muttered between kisses, and Sophie felt herself snort slightly with laughter, making him laugh too. "I'd better leave you to that English assignment though, eh?"

"Oh, yeah obviously," she muttered derisively, rolling her eyes. "And I'd agree if it existed."

"Lying to friends, not the best way to go Soph," Bunny chuckled, pressing his lips to her again, making her sigh happily and relax against the wooden door as he wrapped his arms around her waist. "I missed you."

"Missed you too," she whispered, pressing her face into his chest as he leaned away from her, nuzzling her nose into his fur. "A lot."

"Come on love," he murmured to her, his hands dropped to her backside and he picked her up quickly, making her cry out in shock before she wrapped her legs around his midriff to stop herself toppling backwards out of his arms. He carried her over to the bed, dropped her on it unceremoniously and smiled when she scowled up at him. He simply shrugged at her as she rolled about on the duvet, trying to tidy it up before he sat down, but she only made everything look more haphazard.

"I told you I always make a mess," she muttered darkly, and he laughed earnestly before he dropped down beside her, stopping her in her fumbling and he pulled her close to his chest. She was lying next to him, her leg hooked over his, her arm draped over his chest while he kept his firmly around her shoulders, holding her there so she couldn't roll away.

"You don't make a mess, stop being so down on yourself," he told her, his voice suddenly stern, and her bright green eyes widened ever so slightly until she managed a small nod. Bunny grinned in a somewhat triumphant manner, and she felt herself blush as he muttered under his breath; "good."

They just stayed like that for a while, cuddling silently, just taking in the feeling of the other being there so close to them, then Sophie remembered something and she looked up at him, her green eyes meeting his, and she flushed again when she realised he'd been watching her.

"Did you tell the Guardians about us?" she asked quietly, and a grim look crossed over his face and he nodded his head jerkily. "They didn't take it well?"

"Ah... well no. I mean Jack and Tooth are okay with it... you told Jamie, Jamie told Jack, Jack told Tooth, and they all think it's cute and figured it was gonna happen one day. Sandy doesn't give a toss either way, so long as I don't upset you."

"So... North?"

"North," he agreed glumly. He'd been the one they were most anxious about telling, because they knew he wouldn't be happy with it. Whereas everybody else simply saw two beings that cared deeply for the other, perhaps even loved the other, North saw an eighteen year old girl he'd watched grow from being a toddler to a young woman, and he saw Bunny as a rabbit. He couldn't see past physical differences and the age gap, he saw it as Bunny betraying his duty to care for her.

And he'd told him no less, just in a loud voice with some very colourful language thrown in.

"Did he threaten anything?" Sophie asked, knowing that North would only resort to violence when he felt it absolutely necessary, and only when he felt very strongly about things. It was his way of being protective, and although Sophie knew that, she didn't want him hurting her Pooka.

"Just threatened to bash my head in if I upset you, but he admits he can't stop us... you're a legal adult now, you're free to do as you please."

"So... he's accepting the fact that we're a thing?" she asked quietly. They'd never really discussed them being an actual item before, a couple... but she did love him and consider him her significant other. He saw her the same way, they just hadn't made it official, and Bunny picked up on that.

"We're definitely an item then?" he asked, a small smile tugging at his lips.

"I'd say so," she started, but before she could add anything else on she felt him heaving her up so she was lying on top of him, their lips pressed fiercely together, and she simply melted into it. She didn't care if he was different to her, she absolutely adored him, and she always had. It had just developed as she'd grown into something stronger.

Between each and every kiss she could feel everything becoming a little more intense, the emotion there wrapping around them and sealing everything. Her heart was pounding more rapidly as a million ways to express how she felt for him ran through her mind. The most obvious was, well, obvious... and as much as she wanted to make it special, significant, her mind kept reeling back to those three words, and before she knew what she was doing she blurted them out.

"I love you."

It was quick, a mere gasp, but it was enough to make them both freeze and stare at one another, shock on their faces as they tried to comprehend what she'd said. The way her eyes bored into his told him she meant it, she was being plainly honest about how she felt, and Bunny felt his heart swell as he drank it in, smiling.

"I love you too," he whispered huskily, stroking a hand through her hair, meaning every word of it, putting his heart and soul into those words, and more.

Their lips met again, gentler this time, slower, more tender. It felt right, and wonderful, and Bunny found himself smirking slightly as his Sophie curled her fingers into his fur and moulded her lips to his.

She finished her first semester in college in two weeks, and that meant a road trip home.