"The One That I Love"

Rated T

Disclaimer: I do not own anything associated with the webtoon "Ever After High" or its characters. Ever After High is owned by Mattel and the author of the Ever After High books, Shannon Hale. Anyway, I decided to do a collection of drabbles featuring canon, fanon and crack couples of Ever After High with a different theme. I hope you enjoy! And salud, everyone!

Chapter 5: Cerise Hood and Hunter Huntsman - Tending

Cerise Hood was in a total crisis. Running around the woods like she was running from the fires of hell itself.

Truthfully, she was holding an injured animal in her hands. And to her utter surprise, it happened to be her pet wolf Carmine. He was a big wolf to be sure, despite being a little light when Cerise carried him. As he was whimpering, Cerise looked down on him with such concern.

"Don't worry Carmine, we're gonna find help." She insisted. "Just hang in there and we'll be fine."

He painfully nodded and stayed quiet throughout the rest of the run.

Luckily for Cerise, she saw Hunter Huntsman practicing his bow and arrow technique on empty soda cans standing on top of a branch. Realizing how good he was with animals, Cerise managed to go to him for help.

"Hunter?" She shouted.

Hearing her voice, Hunter turned to the daughter of Red Riding Hood immediately.

"Hey Cerise, what is it?" Hunter replied before looking down at Carmine. "My goodness, what happened to him?"

"We were out racing through the woods and suddenly, Carmine tripped and felt a branch stab him in the back!" Cerise explained to him clearly.

Hunter then checked out the wound. He cringed in agony when he saw a tiny branch being stuck on Carmine's furry skin. It was centered around his rear end, which looked pretty normal. Except that the branch was stuck around two inches deep inside the skin. This was gonna be no easy task for Hunter, but nevertheless, he wanted to risk it all just to save Carmine's life.

"Ouch, that's fairy bad." Hunter gulped.

"Can't you do anything to help?" Cerise suggested. "If I try to latch this branch out of him, I'm afraid it's gonna get worse."

"No problem." Hunter smiled, "Let me see what I can do with him."

Taking Carmine carefully off her hands, Hunter managed to set him down on a stump. As he laid down stomach first, Hunter managed to grab a huge bucket of water from the lake, along with a wet towel. Hunter managed to wet the towel up, wringing it nicely. As he wrapped it around the wound, Hunter managed to grab the top of the branch.

"I know this is gonna hurt and all," Hunter said to Carmine, "But stay strong, okay?"

As the wolf nodded, Cerise managed to cover his mouth as Hunter gently lodged it out of the wolf's skin. After minutes of rocking it back and forth, the branch was finally out of Carmine, but the wolf let out a painful, yet gentle cry. It hurt him a little, but he couldn't manage to live the pain any longer. Quickly, Hunter managed to press on the wound with the towel, therefore stopping the blood. While he was doing that, he turned to Cerise.

"Okay Cerise, I want you to hold the wound in while I get the bandages." Hunter insisted.

Following his words, Cerise held on to the towel while Hunter ran off. She then heard Carmine cry in pain. Hearing him broke Cerise's heart. She could never help but feel empty without him by her side. Just to calm him down, Cerise petted him.

"Don't cry, Carmine. Be strong." Cerise whispered.

As the daughter of Red Riding Hood managed to keep calm, Hunter came back with a huge roll of medical tape. As Cerise let go of the towel, Hunter placed a white patch on the wound. After that, he managed to wrap the pain around Carmine's stomach and back. The way the patch absorbed Carmine's little glob of blood, forced the wolf to feel less pain. His butt was still numb, but with the rehabilitation needed, he knew he was gonna make a quick recovery.

"There, that shall do it." Hunter said, rubbing his hands. "It may take a while for him to heal up, but he should be strong as ever."

"Thank you so much for helping him, I really appreciate it!" Cerise said as she hugged him.

"No problem, although that hug was a bit unexpected to say the least." Hunter chuckled.

"I owe you so much." She whispered.

"Relax Cerise," Hunter chuckled again, "You don't have to owe me any-"

However, Hunter was soon cut off by her lips, which attached his in a gentle kiss. Hunter was surprised that Cerise would do something like that. After only five seconds of that kiss, Cerise formed a smile yet again.

"Trust me, I do owe you." She smirked.

Cerise then turned to her newly healed pet wolf, who was struggling so hard to stand up. But it wasn't a problem at all when she picked him up again.

"Don't worry, it's gonna be fine." She smiled to Carmine, who also smiled as well. "Now let's get some rest."

As the two left the woods altogether, Hunter was still stunned by the kiss from Cerise. The way her vanilla-scented lips surged through his actually made him like it. While she and Carmine were nowhere to be seen, Hunter had no choice but to smile as well.

"Heh, I guess she does owe me." He smirked as he went back to his arrow practice.

Truth is, I had a little trouble over this chapter because I just couldn't figure out what to do for a theme. Plus, I struggled with the chapter itself, so all and all, I don't think it looks half bad. That's for you to decide.

Anyway, any couples and themes I shall use for the near future? Let me know by review or PM. And don't forget the feedback too!