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It’s a simple concept, being raised as a bunny hybrid cooped up against a kitten hybrid all your life. Though it should also be a dangerous concept considering the kitten will grow into an adult feline with the intention of carrying out a predator role while the bunny cowers at the very sight of it.
But it’s also unlikely in Jungkook and Jimin’s case. Why is that? Again, they were practically raised together. With the bunny’s ears flopping around over Jimin’s head and face, sometimes even his body as well, just to encourage a playful nature around them. Jimin gnawing on one of his extremely sensitive ears and making the bunny’s leg jolt until his foot is tempted to thwack against the ground insistently.
Sometimes he wants to kick the poor kitten right off with the force of a hurricane in tow, but he doesn't. The gentle feline always helps keep the bunny’s hygiene in check at least, sniffing at him every so often after long hours of play. Jungkook can confirm Jimin isn’t that bad, but maybe he’s only saying that since all his life he was raised in a pen alongside the other hybrid. Sometimes they shared food, other times the bunny got crabby if he woke up from early slumber during nap time to find the lecherous kitten nibbling at his carrots. Then he’s got an issue with him.
There is one major issue that Jimin has with Jungkook also, and that is the fact of the ball of fur on the top of the bunny’s ass. Sometimes it twitches and wags when Jimin pulls certain things with the boy, and he enjoys embarrassing him from the noises Jungkook makes at times. Like now, he’s clamped his teeth down on one of his ears again, it’s late in the afternoon at the clinic, and Jungkook had been giggling joyfully up until this very moment where he squirms against the kitten’s smaller weight. “H-Ha! Hey! Let go–” Jungkook is whining where he’s sat across from him but all Jimin hears while he’s bent over his head is the telltale tiny thumps against the soft carpet.
He knows it is his fluffy tail quivering from excitement and a waft of fear mixes in with it naturally, but it enticed the kitten to munch on the inner part of his ear now. Jungkook goes rigid and paws at his chest with his heart beating erratically in his chest, hoping the feline will pause his ministrations soon. They had never really fought before, but now as he feels the cat’s fangs prick his skin through the fur, he yelps and kicks him off abruptly to scurry away to the fence barricading them in. Other groups of animals in the pet shop, along with small hybrids like themselves, are situated in rows and on shelves around them. Jungkook is propped up with his hands between his legs, sort of positioned in squatting as he stares with wide eyes towards the kitten who is now mewling in distaste that his prey had escaped his clutches.
“Gukkie! You hurt me!” The kitten mewls more and hisses in pain as he scrambles to sit up while holding one of his wrists, a deep pout set across his lips. There is no serious intent of harm here, but still, Jungkook knows the night will be tense now that the other hybrid has beckoned a threat towards him. Maybe Jimin isn’t even conscious of what he’s done, but regardless, the bunny huffs in defense, “Yeah well you hurt me too!” He drops down into a sprawled sitting, legs propped open and his hands resting against the smooth floor as he glares towards the kitten whose glancing over at him full of concern. Yeah figures, he hadn’t known.
“W-What? What’d I do now?” Jimin’s wrist is throbbing in dull pain, but he ignores it now as he catches a whiff of faint sanguine hanging in the air. He must have drawn blood from the poor bunny somehow. Jungkook pouts this time and looks down at his hands, scraping his nails along the floor. “You bit me again…”
Jimin frowns, feeling guilty as always. “I’m sorry I wasn’t really paying attention Gukkie—”
Jungkook interrupts him with a shout, “Don’t call me that! You can't call me that when you're being mean! Maybe I should bite you too and you’ll know what it feels like!” He snaps at him, not caring that it’s brought an uproar to their neighboring friends. They’re being watched more than likely but Jungkook’s getting tired of being on the receiving end of things. He takes a moment to shift forward on his hands and knees and then he crawls towards Jimin, who is still rubbing at his wrist looking upset with himself.
Without realizing it, Jungkook has crawled up between Jimin’s legs that part open so easily for the bunny hybrid who is flushed in the face now as Jimin’s own face is several centimeters apart. The kitten’s ears perk up with surprise and he wears an expression of that exact emotion, his own tail curling beneath him with a twinge of fear. “Gukkie—” His tone is breathier this time and the older hybrid looks panicked suddenly. Jungkook is loving it too because he's creating this effect on him, his floppy bunny ears resting against either side of his head while he scolds Jimin with a searing gaze. “I said don't call me that!”
The bunny leans forward and nips the tip of Jimin’s nose, drawing out a small noise of bafflement from the kitten. “S-Sorry,” Jimin gulps, his own face heating up now. Surely Jungkook wouldn’t bite him too hard in return right?
Jimin waits a good ten seconds and the younger hybrid does nothing but stare, Jungkook’s expression morphing into pure awe. “It’s okay,” The bunny finally says, ruffling the other’s fur on Jimin’s long tail with his fingers sprinkling soft touches here and there along the base rooting towards the tip. Jimin squeaks out in response and shrinks under him, tail flicking between them and trying to lash away but the bunny seizes hold of it before pulling on it experimentally. “But I'm still gonna get my revenge,” Jungkook leans in precariously close with an evil smile dancing across his lips, tugging again just because Jimin outright purrs and goes lax in his hold. It's amazing for the younger to witness, because now he’s learned one of the hybrid’s weaknesses. “I’ll be sure to do this more often when you attack me, Jiminnie!” He tuts at him before scooping Jimin up in his arms and cuddling him against the hard floor, embracing them both in warmth. “Now let’s have a nap so we can play more later.” He suggests as he noses down the older’s neck, giggling when Jimin tenses up and writhes a little.
Though what can either complain about when they have forever in their own little world to play and play until they can’t anymore. Jimin is sure he’ll bite Jungkook again, and he’s sure Jungkook will hold his end up too. They really were something. “Okay,” Jimin hums back to him, nuzzling against the bunny’s head with his own and wrapping his own arms around his body. “Let’s play tag tonight,” He mumbles sleepily into Jungkook’s hair, already dozing off. All he gets is a small hum in reply.