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to love is to suffer (bunny iglesias x reader)

Summary:

You are the biggest part of him that he can’t get rid of and he never plans to.

Notes:

Hello, it's been a while since I last sat down and wrote a fanfic. I wrote this fic while listening to Ethel Cain's "Nettles" on repeat and I feel like the song is pretty fitting for Bunny (albeit we don't know his backstory or his character as whole yet). This song inspired me to write this fic and I hope I did Bunny some kind of justice with this. I apologize if it didn't and if there were mistakes. Please enjoy and thank you for reading.

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Bunny feels relaxed and content, sitting under a tree with the one he loves the most, you. It had been a long while since he was able to take a break without anything related to football in his mind. The weather is nice, and it isn’t too hot to the point he would complain. He sighs, letting out the breath he didn’t know he was holding. He turns to look at you to see what you were up to. You too, were relaxed, letting out the stress that you have felt before by making something with the flowers. The wind blows into your hair. How lovely, he thinks. He lets a smile reach his eyes. He looks at you with awe in his eyes, feeling his heart beat fast as if it were about to burst out of his chest. He wants this moment to remain forever and could die a happy man with you by his side right then, right now.

At some point of his life, he believed that he was unlovable, but he still craved love despite what he thought and felt about himself. You came into his life when everything was unbearable for him, when he wanted to die. To him, you are like an angel, shining a light on his life. You made his life feel unbearable, filling in the holes of his once hollow heart and he’s grateful for that.

Love is a strange thing, he once thought. Fairytales wrote about it differently compared to what it is in real life, but then again writers could easily do whatever they wanted with their story and give out an unrealistic interpretation of what it is. Everything in fairytales ought to be perfect, and the characters were written to fit perfectly in the narrative and everyone gets to live happily ever after. The two main characters written to be in love live a perfect life in devotion to one another without any flaws, insecurities, or arguments that could potentially break them up.

When the both of you finally got together, it felt like a fairytale to him, but there were moments he had doubts about himself. He wondered if he was good enough for you or if you were happy to be with him. He was scared of losing you and a part of him still is scared that he was too difficult to love, but you would always reassure and tell him not to be worried. You would tell him that he was enough for you, that she accepts all of him, his sufferings, his past, everything. Once you told him that to love is to suffer and explained that it meant that love will come with good things, but also bad things, and that you would love him even if it comes at the cost of anguish and you were able to see him at his most vulnerable and worse even if it hurt you to.

If he were to lose you, he would lose a part himself. If he lost a part of himself, he thinks he would most definitely die. His biggest wish is to grow old with you. He wants to spend the rest of his life with you. You are the biggest part of him that he can’t get rid of and he never plans to.

“Bunny!” Your voice breaks him away from his thoughts, “Look at what I made for you.”

You hold a flower crown for him. He smiles, touched by your gesture. He gently grabs the flower crown from you and looks at the flowers on the crown, then he puts it on his head.

“How do I look?” Bunny asks.

“Cute,” You answer with a grin. You dig into your bag, looking for your camera, “I’m going to take a picture. Can you pose for me?”

“Okay,” Bunny replies, doing a peace sign. You find your camera and adjust it to point in Bunny's direction.

Click! The picture was taken and you smile happily.

“Thank you, Bunny,” You say, hugging him. He hugs you back, then gives you a kiss on the head.

He’ll think of the all the time that he’ll have you which he hopes is forever.