Cinnabunnies (Jackson)

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Bunny had been half-tempted to invite Jackson over her house to bake, since it had a lot more resources and she was more comfortable in her own home, but she figured that might be a little too much for a first 'date', not to mention her parents would probably be breathing down Jackson's neck the whole time.  And she didn't want to give him a bad first impression!  So she'd texted him and asked to meet in the Home Ec. room a couple hours after classes were over, which had given her time to go home, clean up, and dress up appropriately for the occasion.

She'd had a very hard time trying to decide what dress to wear, but had finally settled on her favorite floral dress.  Bun was rather thin at the moment, bouncing between her weight fluctuations due to medication adjustments, so she hoped it wouldn't look too clingy on her tiny figure.  She had also put on some of her cutest stockings and a pair of floral shoes; she would have liked to wear some heels, but Bunny knew it was a bad idea for her to wear those if she was going to be standing for too long, such as baking.  She topped it all off with her hair tied back in a satin bow, both to look cute and keep it out of the way for working in the kitchen.  She kept her makeup light, but made sure to wear eyeliner that made her eyes look big and innocent, as well as a dark peach blush on the apples of her cheeks.  Overall, she had probably spent way more time on her appearance than she needed to, but it made her feel more confident knowing she looked the best that she could.

She had arrived at the classroom about a half-hour before she'd asked Jackson to meet her there, in order to gather the things she needed and get any ingredients prepped that needed to be.  Bunny had already tied her apron on, and had another, larger one hanging nearby for the blonde boy to wear when he got there.  The whole time she prepped, Bun was grinning and giggling excitedly to herself.  She hoped that Jackson liked cinnamon rolls, because that was what she'd picked out to make today - and not just any old cinnamon rolls, but rolls shaped like bunnies.  Because cinnabunnies!  She'd even brought along her camera in case she decided to do any vlogging about the date; she figured she'd see how it was going before whipping it out, because that would just be kinda rude.

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Jackson hadn’t necessarily forgotten about his little ‘date’ with that cute girl from yearbook club. It was simply the same reason why he forgot the year events for that first meeting when he met the girl. His mind was distracted, on and off, floating from one useless thing to the other in an unconscious effort to keep it so preoccupied that he didn’t have time to think about the events of this past summer. Between Rue’s fight, losing his virginity, and then his grandmother passing, Jackson hardly in a state to function properly, despite him trying so hard to do so. it was still only a few weeks into the school year, and already Jackson was feeling like his attention in class was slipping, along with his ability to concentrate on his homework. They’d told him he could take time off if he needed to, but Jackson outright refused that offer. If he didn’t have something to do, he was just going to dwell until it drove him to doing something destructive again. Even Jackson knew that wasn’t healthy.

He still didn’t know what was going to happen over the next few months. There was talk of his aunt coming out, but he had his doubts as to how well that was going to turn out. Jackson didn’t really want to see her.

Anyway, it was the culmination of these things on his mind that made it so that when he’d gotten the sudden text from Bunny telling him where and when to meet him for their baking date, he’d nearly bruised himself with how hard he face-palmed. Jackson looked at the clock on his phone, calculating how much time he had left to get back to the dorms from the basketball locker room, get on something decent, make himself seem not so sweaty and smelly, and hike it back to the school so he could sample these tasty treats. Jackson ended up booking it back to the dorms(thank god for stamina), and spent the next 20 minutes taking the fastest shower ever and tossing on the first clean thing he could find, which ended up just being a simple kpop fan t-shirt and jeans. Should he run back too? No, he didn’t want to show up all sweaty and gross, girls didn’t like that. And when did Jackson start thinking of this as more than just a feeding meeting that he cared so much about his appearance? Well…Bunny was a girl, right? Why shouldn’t he look presentable when meeting with a girl?

Jackson ended up being a whole fifteen minutes late because he decided to walk rather than run back to campus. When he showed up, he knocked softly on the open door and meekly poked his head inside. “Hey, I’m here,” he said nervously. “Sorry I’m late, I had to…I had practice. For basketball. Because the season’s started, y’know, so I need to practice.” What were words? Something that Jackson didn’t have a handle on at the moment.

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The first five minutes after the time they had arranged to meet, Bunny didn’t really think anything of it. Boys were late to things all the time, right? He had probably just miscalculated how long it would take him to do something, no big deal. She busied herself with organizing the ingredients just so, so it would be easy to go through each one with the inexperienced boy. However, when it got a little later, Bunny began to worry. Maybe he… Maybe he was standing her up? Not coming? No… he wouldn’t do that, he was really nice! Still, Bun bit her lip in worry and began pacing back and forth, wondering how long she should wait for him to get there.

Thankfully, there was a knock on the door not too long after, and she turned with relief to see his face. It immediately made her bright again, as was evident by her big smile. “It’s okay!” she chirped, waving at him. “It just gave me some extra time to get stuff ready.” She wouldn’t mention how worried she had been, because it had all been pointless! She oogled at this new information. “You’re on the basketball team?” she squeed. “So you’re a great leader and athletic and really cut- uh, c-cool?” She blushed under her makeup at her almost-slip. And then she noticed….! “And you like K-pop???”

Bun skittered over to him and smiled, reaching for his hand with both of hers to tug him over to the counter. “I, um, I could turn on my playlist, if you’d like,” she offered meekly. If he agreed, he would go get out her phone and play the first song that popped up – Let’s Not Fall in Love. Good song. “So, um, I thought we could make cinnabunnies today!” she exclaimed, clapping her eyes and smiling bright-eyed up at him. “They’re just cinnamon rolls shaped like bunnies. You like cinnamon rolls, right?” Who didn’t?

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Maybe he should’ve texted her to let her know he was going to be late? Jackson didn’t realize that was even a possibility until after he’d already arrived. His head really was in the clouds. Well, not in the clouds, that implies a floaty good place of being. Jackson’s head was more floating in a bog of…stuff, yeah he couldn’t even think of a good metaphor for that right now. Whatever, it didn’t matter! He had a cute, pretty, dressed up girl right here in front of him and that was more important than any of his woes.

Well, not really, truly, but she was a darn good distraction.

Actually, now that he looked….Jackson felt incredibly underdressed for this affair. Were they really only supposed to be baking sweets? She looked like she’d just walked out of a southern cottage and should have a pretty pink parasol and a cute little white teacup poodle. She was…darned cute, that’s for sure. And he was just….t-shirt and jeans. Maybe he should’ve looked for something better? But…that didn’t seem to bother the girl too much anyway. In fact, she seemed pretty ecstatic over…him. Jackson blinked at the sudden bombardment of praise, a twitch of a smile at the corner of his lips and a soft pink in his cheeks. “Uh…yeah, I am. Soccer team too.”

He stretched out his white t-shirt, the large letters V-I-X-X stapled across it in gothic black lettering. “Ha ha, yeah. You too?” he asked, looking up at her optimistically. Most of his school friends thought he was weird for liking it, but then dismissed his interest as just being an ‘Asian thing’. As if him being Asian had anything to do with it. He was only half Korean anyway, so why did that matter? “Who’s your favorite?” he asked with bright, interested eyes.

The color returned stronger to his face when she wasted no time in grabbing his hands and pulling him further inside. “Uh….s-sure, if you want,” he said with a dopey half-smile. The song that came up….this was that sappy one that just came out that girls seemed to like, wasn’t it? Wasn’t bad. He preferred the other one that came out with it, though. “Cinnabunnies?” He snorted at the adorable pun. So cute. “That’s pretty clever, y’know. You come up with that yourself?” Jackson didn’t think Bunny could be that clever. He nodded. “Yeah, that makes sense. Uh….y-yeah, of course I do!” The idea of cinnamon covered bunnies already had him drooling. Gah, just thinking about it was going to raise his blood sugar, wasn’t it? He was going to have to be careful about how much he sampled during preparation.

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Bunny didn’t care too much about what Jackson was wearing. He was adorable just on his own! Seriously, with that super-cute face with those panda eyes… It was enough to make her swoon on its own. She just enjoyed making herself look put-together and girly. Bun really hoped he liked it, though she didn’t necessarily expect him to say anything, this being their first time alone and all. That thought made her blush some more. Alone with a boy…! “Soccer?? Really?” she exclaimed, clapping her hands together. “Maybe I’ll have to come watch a game sometime! I wish I could play sports, but…” Bunny made a face. “My doctor says it’s too dangerous.” If she were to get too hot or get knocked around too much, who knew what might happen? “So I’ve gotten very good at being a cheerleader,” she finished with a good-natured giggle.

She nodded brightly. “Mhmm! VIXX is… They’re not my favorite because some of their videos are kinda scary, but they have some nice songs!” Bun just stayed away from Voodoo and Hyde. She hoped she hadn’t offended him, though, because she didn’t have very many friends that liked that kind of music either. “Um….. I really like Red Velvet and EXO,” she replied meekly. “And SNSD!” Bun was much more into girl groups because their videos were usually more cute and girly and not so…Dark and angsty. Although she totally thought the boys in BigBang were babes…. Swoon~ <3

So of course she liked their new song. The music video was absolutely adorable and she soooo badly wanted to be the girl with Jiyongie! Ahem… But anyway… She giggled and glanced away as he snorted at her dessert name, and shook her head. “No, it’s just the title of the recipe I found,” she replied, holding up the piece of paper with a picture of the desserts at the top. “I wish I had, though! It would be, like, my best dessert, because of my name and all….” Duh. And plus she loved all things rabbit-shaped anyway. “Oh, good!” she chirped happily. “I meant to text you beforehand to make sure you liked them, but…. Yeah, good!” Bun blushed once more at her word stammering and turned to her ingredients. “So, um, I thought I could measure out the ingredients and you could put them in and do the stirring? It can make my arms really tired if I try to stir too long when the batter gets thick, and since I have a big strong man with me here today, well…” Her blush deepened. “I th-thought I would take advantage of that.” Bunny glanced shyly up at him. “Would that be alright?”

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Should he compliment her? Why was he even questioning it? He was normally so good at dishing out the compliments, often without thinking and then getting ten kinds of flustered and embarrassed over it later. But…but….no buts! He was just…no justs either! Jackson shook his head, trying to get rid of those senseless thoughts. He should just…focus on what was going on in front of him. The conversation. The moment to say something about her cute appearance would present itself eventually, it was way too awkward and unnatural to bring it up now.

“Yeah, soccer’s my favorite, actually. Well, I really like basketball too, so I guess they’re both my favorite.” His smile brightened. “Would you? I don’t know, I just figured most girls thought that stuff was pretty boring.” Unless they were on the cheer squad. Was this girl on the cheer squad? Jackson didn’t think so. But given her energy, she probably should be. Jackson would much prefer her encouragement than those of that she-male whatever that person was that was always there. (Jackson couldn’t tell if it was a boy or girl, and that fact alone bothered him to no end.) “Oh, really?” So she had some sort of health issue? “Sorry to hear that,” he offered sympathetically. Then he laughed. “Ha ha, I was thinking you’d make a good cheerleader. You have that glowing cheer aura about you, I bet you’d do really well in the cheer squad. I’ll bet you’d look pretty cute in the cheer uniform too.” Jackson grinned, feeling pleased that he got out the compliment he’d been trying for, though it wasn’t exactly the one he wanted. “I mean, you look cute in that too, so I can imagine…” What was he trying to say? Darnit, he lost it, and now his face was just a bundle of red heat.

“A-anyway, so you like VIXX?” he moved the subject away from his shortfalls. “Yeah, I guess they are.” Though Voodoo and Hyde actually were his favorites. He didn’t know why he liked the dark theme so much though. It was just really cool, he thought. Jackson just smiled and nodded at her choice of girl groups. “Ah, yeah, Red Velvet’s pretty cute.” He wasn’t a fan of EXO. “SNSD, right, they have some good songs too.” He didn’t like them all, though. He could definitely relate to her affection with BigBang though. Swoon~ <3

Wait, no, that wasn’t right….

Girls. He definitely wanted a girl. This one. This one? Why this one? And when did she become an option anyway? “Ohh, well…it’s still clever, I think,” he said with a chuckle. Yeah, he didn’t think she was smart enough for that. “And cute. And it still fits with your name, even if you didn’t come up with it!” They matched and that’s the important thing. Nobody could ever take the name “Bunny” away from her, and that was was a fact. Even if her name was Margery. It wasn’t a terrible name. Bunny was definitely cute though. “I can’t imagine anyone not liking cinnamon buns, honestly.” What kind of freak wouldn’t like them? Even Rue like them and he was a fuddy old man. Jackson nodded as she laid out her game plan. Wow, guess even bakers had to have a game plan for getting things just right. Jackson really didn’t know a thing about it. “Uh..yeah I can do that!” he said, holding up his arm in a weak flex. “Just leave it to me! And if you need anything else, don’t hesitate to just tell me what to do, I don’t know a thing about cooking so I’m counting on you.” Heh heh heh heh~

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Bunny hung onto Jackson’s every word as he spoke. Honestly, he could say just about anything, and she would think it was cute or charming or swoon-worthy in one way or another. “I see,” she chirped when he talked about his sports. “That’s really cool! Sports look like fun.” Just not her thing. Bun giggled and nodded enthusiastically. “I don’t think it is! I mean, I never really know what’s going on, but…” But any chance to watch cute athletic guys running around, she would gladly take. She was a cheerleader already, in that sense (just look how she cheered as she watched the dance team). “It’s okay!” she assured him with a smile. “Nothing I can’t handle, I’m tough.” Both of those things were a lie, but he probably could tell anyway. “Y-you think so?” she stammered, eyes going wide and cheeks blushing pink as he spoke. Her cheeks got even hotter at his compliments, and she hid behind her hands, giggling up a storm. “You’re too sweet!” she finally replied. “But I-I’m glad you noticed, I… I try to look nice, especially on a date, s-so…” So she was really relieved that he liked how she looked.

“Yeah… I think G.R.8.U is my favorite of theirs!” Bunny replied after some thought. “I really like Ken…” He was super cute. But she wouldn’t say that in front of another cutie! She bobbed her head along to his comments about the girl groups. “Gee gee gee gee, baby baby baby~” she sang, then laughed again. “I think I listen to girl groups more. There are so many cute fashion concepts and makeup designs….” She had made more than a couple videos dedicated to K-pop fashion and beauty. Her vanity was full of Skinfood and Etude House products…

She began fussing with her ingredients in an attempt to look away from the cute blonde boy and try to stop blushing so much. That likely wouldn’t happen any time soon, though, if he kept throwing out compliments and such! “I think so too,” she grinned. Bunny looked up brightly. “It does! I love anything with bunnies or related to bunnies or looks like bunnies… I even have one! Her name is Peaches, you should meet her sometime, she’s really little and cute and sweet and…” Now she was rambling. Bun flashed him an apologetic smile. “…. Sorry, I get a little carried away sometimes.” She bit her lip and began fidgeting again. “Right? I guess some people might not like super cinnamon-y things, but I love cinnamon, sooo…” She beamed when he agreed to her plan. “Wonderful! You’re the best,” she squeed, playfully bumping into his side. “I’ll let you know if anything else comes up. For now…” Bunny checked the recipe and began to work, taking the measuring cups and filling them with flour, sugar, milk, and all the rest, handing each ingredient to Jackson after each one. Fairly soon, they had a nice, thick, sticky batter going. “We should set it aside for a little to let the yeast rise before we bake it,” she explained after a while. She had a bit of flour on her nose that she didn’t notice. “We can go ahead and making the icing and filling now, if you want!” Bunny beamed up at him. It was so nice having a man to help out in the kitchen.

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“Oh, well, I guess if you don’t know the game, you can get lost pretty easy, especially when the ball’s changing hands so much.”  Cue the bright idea.  “I can teach you, if you want.  Like, I can teach you how to follow the game and how it works and everything…if you want.”  If she wanted.  Did she wanted? Somehow he really hoped so.  Why did he hope so? She was acting pretty darn adorable, though, especially with how flustered she seemed to get when he complimented her.  “Ha ha, yeah, I wish I’d thought to dress up a little more,” he said, looking down at his t-shirt and jeans.  Wait, back up.  Date?  Was this a date?  Like a real date?  He only vaguely remembered that he used the word before when arranging this meet-up, but he didn’t really associate as…a date  Jackson’s cheeks flushed pink upon that realization.  Should he say something? Well….no, he didn’t want to disappoint her. 
 
At least now he knew why she’d gone through the trouble of dressing up so nice.  That she did that for him made the boy smile as he listened to her go on about her favorite kpop artists.  “I like that one too! And Error, I think that one is my favorite…maybe.” It was hard to pick just one, honestly.  Same when it came to choosing a bias.  “Ken’s nice…I think I prefer Leo, though.  That voice of his is phenomenal, and that pouty lip, I kinda wanna---“  Jackson stopped himself, realizing exactly what he was about to say and to whom he was about to say it to.  Yeah, it would be weird for him, a guy, to gush about how attractive his favorite male artist was.  And about what he wanted to do with….
 
Ahem, yeah, not going there, not with a cute girl in front of him.
 
“Yeah, I really like the cute ones, myself, more than the…the, uh…other ones, y’know?” The sexy ones, with the butt shaking and leg spreading dances.  Why did they always do that, it wasn’t attractive at all!  Or maybe Jackson was just that gay….. (he refused to believe he was all the way, though.) 
 
Of course, Bunny likes bunnies.  What else could she possibly like other than bunnies.  She’d named herself after them, after all.  Sorta.  At least she didn’t name her bunny “Usagi-chan” or something obvious like that.  “Peaches, huh?  I’d like to meet her. Sometime.”  He’d basically just repeated what she said, what was wrong with him? Jackson wanted to facepalm…but that would bring attention to his awkwardness, so he refrained from it.  Instead, he shook his head.  “Nah, it’s okay, ramble as much as you want. I tend to do that to everyone else, it’s about time someone does it to me, ha ha!”  Which was more than true.  Bunny sure did like to talk, though. 

“You know, I always try to imagine what it’s like to not like something as great as cinnamon, but…I honestly don’t understand why someone would dislike it, y’know?” It was unfathomable to him. Oh, well, their loss. Just meant more for Jackson. He snickered as she bumped him and smiled down on the short girl, daring to bump her back. Once they’d gotten things going, Jackson was getting into the rhythm of working as Bunny’s helper, following her instructions as closely as possible and helping her with anything she had particular trouble with, like stirring the thick batter. “Oh, okay,” he said dumbly, not having a clue as to what she meant. But Jackson figured Bunny knew better than he did. He grinned, looking down at her and seeing the flour on her nose that had somehow gotten there during their preparations. “Sounds good. But first…” He reached out with his finger and briskly swiped the bit of flour from her nose. “There. Now you’re all pretty again.” Did he really just say that?

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“Yeah…” Bunny giggled a little awkwardly and rubbed her arm. “I think my brain just isn’t made to understand sports.” His idea, however, made her brighten visibly. “I would love that!” she gasped, clasping her hands together in front of herself. “Would you really??” Did that mean he already wanted another date with her!? And he’d only just gotten there, eeee~! Bun shook her head when he talked down about his clothes. “It’s okay!” she assured him. “You’re, um, you’re cute enough on your own, so…” More giggling and hiding behind her hand. Besides, girls were supposed to dress up more than boys anyway, right?

She bobbed her head as he kept talking about VIXX. “Oh, yeah I like that song too!” she chirped. “The music video was kinda weird though…” Seeing those boys’ heads on half-made robots was creepy, in her opinion. When he started gushing about his bias, Bunny continued to smile obliviously, having no idea what Jackson was going to say. “He is a really good singer!” she agreed, not paying attention to his trailing off. “I think… My favorite guy singer is Daesung, though. He’s sooo good~” And cute, but that went without saying. She had other favorites for other reasons, though. Like Chanyeol… Mmm….

Bunny wrinkled her nose and nodded in agreement. “Yeah… I… The other ones make me uncomfortable…” she admitted, looking down at her feet. It surprised her that he didn’t like them, though. “But, um, aren’t boys usually supposed to like… those dances…?” she asked innocently. Maybe he just wasn’t a creep!

She’d chosen the nickname because it was her favorite animal, definitely. Bun was just fortunate it sort of fit with her last name, too. “That would be great!” she squeed. “She loves meeting new people.” And other bunnies, although she didn’t know too many other people that had those as pets, which was sad. “Do you have any pets?” Bun wasn’t sure if he lived in the dorms or not, but she did know it was harder to have pets there, so she sort of doubted it. “Are you sure?” she giggled, rising up on the balls of her feet and back down. “I wouldn’t mind listening to you ramble. I’m sure you have a lot of nice things to say.” Jackson sure seemed like a sweetie, at least.

More nodding. “Right!? I don’t get it!” she agreed enthusiastically. “I mean, I wouldn’t eat like, a spoonful of it, but just a sprinkle is so yummy…” No, even though she was a Youtuber, she hadn’t ever done the cinnamon challenge. It was too dangerous on its own, let alone with her health issues. Bunny smiled broadly as he bumped her back, and stuck her tongue up at him. It was all going so amazingly well, and she chattered on when he wasn’t, talking about unimportant things and just getting to know each other. When he reached down and brushed her nose, however, Bunny froze, not expecting the somewhat intimate touch. A rush of adrenaline flooded into her veins, and before she could stop it, her hair was shortening and she grew about a half-inch and any tiny curves she had were replaced with a thin, boyish figure. “Oh no….” she whined, feeling like crying. “…. I’m so sorry, I… I don’t have very good control over my ability yet…” And now how stupid did she look, standing there in girl clothes and looking like this? Tears welled up in her eyes. “….. I understand if you want to go….” Bunny mumbled pathetically. Who would want to be on a date with her now?

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“Sports aren’t for everyone,” he agreed. “But you don’t have to be lost if you don’t need to.” He’d be glad to help someone understand the sports that he really loved playing. She seemed so excited too. It brought an amused smile to his own face as well. But then a moment later, he hitched back slightly and a rose color touched his cheeks. “Um…t-thanks! You’re pretty cute too…I mean—! Just as you are. In that.” Okay, shutting his mouth now, that was totally not smooth and he should be ashamed of that delivery.

Did she notice him gushing? About a guy? No? …..she was more oblivious than he thought, if she didn’t even stop to wonder why he was talking about a male kpop artists lips so excitedly. “He really is!” Jackson agreed, continuing the conversation more carefully. “He might be my favorite male singer. Daesung’s nice, but he’s got a weird face, and maybe I’m terribly for saying that, but I can’t really get into him.” TOP though, he could get into, with that deep baritone voice. “Taeyang’s pretty cool too though. I love his dancing.” And the fact that he never wears a shirt. Jackson chuckled, feeling strange about bonding over their favorite kpop artists like this.

Jackson blinked when she challenged him not liking the sexy booty dances that was all the rage of girl groups these days. “Oh, well…I just think it’s overdone, y’know? And honestly, I can get the same show at a high school cheerleading performance.” And he often did, when playing the basketball games. “It just doesn’t impress me, is all.” That’s how he rationalized it, anyway.

Jackson shook his head. “No, I don’t. I can’t think of any that I’d even want to keep with me at Hammel anyway.” They all seemed like they’d be high maintenance. And expensive. Jackson still didn’t have money. Maybe he should consider getting a part time job? Hmmm…. “My friend has a couple of cats though, and he lives in town, so sometimes I go over there just to play around with them.” Because who didn’t like cats? Jackson tried(and failed) to hold back another blush accompanying his meek smile. “I don’t….really….I just talk about whatever comes to mind first. I guess I’m just one of those people who doesn’t like silence much.” Save when it was convenient for him.

Ha ha, looks like the both of them had a terrible sweet tooth. At least that meant she wasn’t going to get on him about eating sweets all the time, right? Because then he’d just swing it right back at her. “I wouldn’t either, I hear that’s actually pretty terrible, eating cinnamon just by itself.” He remembered watching a youtube video about that once. “It’s best as a topping. On white frosted buns.” Yup. Just like the ones they were making now. Luckily, Jackson didn’t get too much wrong with the girl instructing him on the whats and hows of what to do. Damn, she was cute and Jackson was half tempted to start throwing flour balls at her from behind. Wouldn’t that be just the best start of a romantic comedy? He daydreamed about that as they worked, and nearly burst out laughing at the irony of her getting flour stuck to her nose like she did, without any of his help. Wiping it off was the gentlemanly thing to do…

But after he did, he couldn’t avert his eyes as the cute girl before him… suddenly…. morphed… into an adorable, short haired boy. And Jackson wasn’t even sure he was seeing things correctly, or what was going on, not until Bunny spoke up about her ability. Her ability….she could….turn into…a boy? That was going to take some processing on his part, but as the moments went on, he was taken aback by the sudden tears starting to form in her(his?) eyes and… Jackson moved on instinct. With a crying girl(guy?) in front of him, there was only one logical course of action. Jackson pulled her(him?) into his arms and pressed her head into his chest. “Shh…it’s okay, I’m not upset, so…don’t cry, okay?” Jackson couldn’t help noticing how much cuter she was now…and that made him feel terrible.

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Bunny wasn’t used to getting complimented so much. It made her face so hot, but she felt so happy! She just wanted to… to… Kiss his cheek! But she was too shy to try something so bold. “Thank you,” the shifter finally managed to get out with a giggle. “I… I’m glad you like it.” She wouldn’t admit how long she had taken to get ready.

Why would a guy gush about another guy? The comment had just floated over Bunny’s oblivious head. His comments about Daesung made her tilt her head and think. “He is pretty unusual-looking,” she admitted with a shy smile. “But I still think he’s cute. He has a really nice smile. Like you.” Whoops. Cue more blushing. “Not that you’re unusual-looking!” she added quickly with a nervous laugh. “Oh, Taeyang is…” Bunny pretended to swoon. “I mean, who wouldn’t like him?” People with no taste, that’s who! This was really fun, heehee…

Bunny made an ‘ahh’ sound and nodded in agreement with Jackson’s logic. “Yeah… I like the cute stuff more. I’m worried that all girl groups are going to end up like Stellar or something…” She put on a tiny smile and glanced shyly up at Jackson. “Or maybe I’m just jealous that I can’t dance that way and get boys’ attention.” If Jackson didn’t like it, though, she was alright!

“Mm, that makes sense,” she replied with a nod. “I heard it’s hard to keep pets at Hammel anyway.” One of the many reasons why she loved living at home. “Oh really?” she perked up in interest. “I love kitties too! I just can’t have one because I’m afraid it would bother Peaches.” And she would rather have her bunny <3. Bun giggled and playfully nudged him again. “Well, you can talk all you want, and I’ll listen to it all,” she promised. Especially if he was complimenting her, heee…

Nope, she would more likely be stuffing her baked goods down Jackson’s throat than reprimanding him for eating them. Look out, Jackson, you’ll gain ten pounds in no time with Bunny… “Yeah, I hear that too,” she replied with a frown. “It’s not worth the risk.” But on top of things… Mmm. She couldn’t wait to start putting the cinnamon-y part inside the rolls, but first it needed to rise and they needed icing. She would have gotten right to work on the latter had she not gotten flour on her nose, which led to Jackson touching her face, which led to her becoming a boy right before his eyes. Bunny just knew he would freak out and run away, like any normal boy would do, right? She continued to sniffle with tears dripping down her cheeks until she suddenly found herself wrapped in his strong, warm embrace. Bun’s wet eyes went wide with shock. “Y-you’re not?” she stammered in her slightly lower voice. “Really?” How was this possible? “I… I sh-should have told you earlier that it might happen… I d-don’t have good control over it when I’m nervous or excited and stuff… But I’m still a girl!” she insisted. After letting him hold her for several moments, Bunny pulled away a little to wipe her eyes and gaze up at him adoringly. “You… Really don’t m-mind?”

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Jackson blushed at the compliment. “Thanks,” he said with an uncertain smile. Of course he wasn’t unusual-looking. Apparently girls found guys with strange, unusual features to be more…appealing? Maybe that’s what Jackson’s problem was. He was good-looking, he knew that much, but Jackson didn’t have any strange features about him, like a crooked nose, or a giant overbite, or pouty lips, or fox eyes that disappeared when he smiled. No…handsome he was(and vain), but it was a very generic, unnoticeable sort of handsome. Though, it actually seemed to get a little better after dying his hair…or maybe he was just imagining it? At least they agreed on one thing. “Yeah. I mean, he’s just the perfect picture of a man, right? I wish I could get that ripped.” Impossible, not with Jackson’s work ethic.

“Stellar?” he asked with an inquisitive tilt of his head. “Sorry…there’s a bunch of groups I still don’t know about yet,” he said meekly. “I only got into it a couple years ago and I don’t always have access to the music and stuff.” Since he didn’t have his own computer and his phone didn’t get web-services. But what he did like, he liked. “Ha ha, I can’t dance worth anything either, and besides, I don’t think you’d need to, you’re cute enough all by yourself.” Ack, did he really just say that?

The boy smiled. She was a sweetie, even if she was a little bit of a dope. “If you say so, don’t blame me if you get bored of my rambling,” he warned.

To be honest, Jackson was a little put off by the girl who suddenly turned into a boy before his very eyes. That wasn’t something you saw every day, after all, and now he wasn’t 100% sure which one she really was! Was she girl? Or a boy? Regardless, she was initially introduced to Jackson as a girl, so that’s the best he could identify her as right now, and right now there was a girl crying in front of him and any man who was a man knew exactly what to do when presented with a crying woman. Because that’s what a gentleman did! Though…once the girl(boy?) was in his arms, he couldn’t help noticing how….no, that wasn’t right. That would mean he definitely was ga—.

Jackson shook his head, both as an answer to her question and to rid himself of those unholy thoughts that were starting to sprout within him. “It’s okay. Yeah, I get it. I’d hate to be a guy turning into a girl, so it’s probably not fun the other way around, right?” So she was a girl…who was sometimes a boy. A real boy. This was really confusing for him, and he didn’t know if he could ever wrap his head around it properly, but… Jackson looked down on her pouty face with the tear filled eyes. The short hair looked good on….her. Jackson ran his fingers through….her…hair briefly, and then stopped himself, thinking it was a little too touchy for a girl he’d just met. “I-I don’t mind…” he did, but he didn’t want to upset her again. “It’s fine. And…you still look pretty cute like this too.” And she really did, he had to admit! She was taller like this too, which was nice. Jackson gave a slightly strained smile. “So….when you turn into a boy….like, all of you is a boy? Like, uh…” Jackson blushed, was he really going to ask something so embarrassing. “Like your, uh….lady parts are now boy parts, is what I mean to ask, I’m just trying to understand this is all, I’m not trying to be weird or anything, I promise!” he rambled hastily, backing away slightly from her, his face turning to a deep crimson.

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Jackson was super handsome! Bunny had good taste, she knew a cute boy when she saw one! Sure, he wasn’t as exotic as some other Korean boys she knew, but with his blonde hair and panda eyes and cute, chubby nose (not to mention his lips… mmm…), he was perfect enough in her eyes. “He really is,” Bun sighed dreamily. “Those chocolate abs…” She giggled and playfully poked Jackson’s tummy. “I like your figure too!” she protested. It was soft and looked really comfy to snuggle up against. Mmm….

“Oh, yeah, they’re not super well known,” Bunny replied with a small chuckle. “But, well… They, um, they keep resorting to over-s…s… sexy dances in order to get any attention,” she replied, stumbling over the mostly unfamiliar word. “Even though they don’t want to, their company makes them do it.” It was really sad. What wasn’t sad, though, was how Jackson was making her feel! “Oh, gosh, you’re really j-just too sweet,” she giggled shyly with a blush and a dip of the head. “We can… We can be terrible dancers together!”

Who wouldn’t be shocked by a girl suddenly becoming a boy? Anyone would be, especially if not warned beforehand. Bunny should have known it would happen eventually. Unfortunately, being a boy (at least physically) didn’t make her any less emotional, because she thought this date had all gone downhill and he’d never want to go on a date with her again.

She was completely surprised to hear his responses to her explanation and apologies, and would have been even more so if she could have heard what he was thinking. “I-it’s really not,” she sniffed, wiping the moisture from her cheeks. “People make f-fun of me sometimes because I can’t control it, s-so sometimes I’ll be in class and look silly because I’m a boy wearing a Hello Kitty dress and s-stockings.” That was why she brought boy clothes to school, just in case. Bunny wondered if she should change into them now… But if Jackson didn’t seem to care, then maybe she didn’t need to worry about it? Her eyes widened as she felt his fingers through her short strands, and the young girl looked up with amazement. “You really mean that…” she murmured, and it wasn’t a question. He really was the best boy she’d ever met! “You’re so nice!” she exclaimed happily, glomping him into a hug without thinking about it. Bun pulled away, slightly embarrassed, a moment later when he started asking about… Those things. “W-well, y… yes,” she replied meekly, eyes downcast. “I… I try not to think about it too much.” But it was hard when… Down there started feeling weird when she saw someone cute. Bunny still didn’t know why that was. Hopefully it wouldn’t happen today (it probably would). “Do… Do you wanna keep making the icing?” she asked shyly, with a small glance back up.

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Okay, that made Jackson blush, especially the tummy poke. “What figure?” he asked shyly. “My belly’s just a blob when you really look at it.” Rue said he liked it too, and Jackson didn’t quite understand what was so appealing about his chubby tummy.

“Ohh,” he said with a nod. “Yeah, I think it’s a shame when they have to do that.” Especially when it made them all look like sluts. There were still so many kpop groups and idols he didn’t know yet, to be honest, so he might just be making assumptions. He hadn’t really been into kpop even when he first started listening to it, just barely paying attention to the group member’s names save for his favorite ones(Jackson mostly just liked listening to the music because it had a fresh hip-hop beat), but ever since his sleepover with Phen and Finn, he’d been paying just a little bit more attention to things. Mostly because those two knew more than he did and Jackson didn’t want to get left behind. It was hard though, because he didn’t have easy access to the music. He might have to make more efforts, though, if he wanted to keep up with Bunny’s obvious knowledge. “Ha ha! We can look ridiculous trying to dance to BigBang, right?” Jackson wasn’t sure he had enough swag to pull off their dances though. Well, he’d try anyway.

“They do?” Jackson asked. He shook his head and pet her hair again. “That’s terrible. Don’t you listen to them, Bunny. I think you look absolutely fine.” She really did to him, though. Even as a boy in a dress, he thought she was cute. “You just look like a short haired girl, is all. If you just keep your chin up, keep your confidence, nobody would be able to tell the difference.” Which was true, for the most part. She just looked a little more butch and awkward in the dress. But not any less cute. He wasn’t expecting the hug, but maybe he should have? After all, he was already holding her, so it stands to reason that she might think it was okay to return the favor. Which was fine by him. Jackson didn’t mind being glomped on by a cute girl.

Maybe he shouldn’t have asked about….those things. Given her reaction…which was completely understandable, it was an awkward question, but….he really wanted to know!! “Oh,” he said with a nod. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable.” Hopefully she didn’t hate him too much now. But that didn’t seem to be the case, as she casually steered the conversation back to what they came here to do. Jackson smiled broadly at the slightly shorter person in front of him. “Yeah, I can do that,” he said calmly. “Just tell me what I need to do, okay?” Because Jackson still had no kitchen skills.

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Bunny was blushing now too as she tried to think of how to voice her thoughts. “W-well, I mean… I… I would think that, um, someone a little softer would b-be nicer to… you know… cuddle and stuff…” At the end of her talking, her speech was so quiet it was barely audible, and her face felt like it was on fire. Would they really cuddle someday? She hoped so….

“Yeah,” Bun sighed, shaking her head slightly. “So many of them are such good singers and dancers, I don’t know why they have to…” Couldn’t people just appreciate the music and stuff? She definitely knew more about K-pop than Jackson did, but Bunny was more familiar with girl groups. Well, she liked guy groups too, but mostly just looking at them… Hee…. It was hard for her to choose an absolute favorite, but she did really like Chanyeol and his silly expressions. “Okay!” she chirped happily. It sounded like Red Velvet was playing on her playlist now, though, so she giggled and swayed a little along with it until the shift happened.

She closed her eyes and let herself enjoy the hair pets. Mmm… she could really get used to that… Maybe having short hair sometimes wasn’t so bad. “Okay,” she breathed, opening her eyes with an expression of trust. “I’ll just… I’ll just think of you when I’m feeling insecure, and maybe it’ll make me feel better!” Maybe she could even text him during those times. Bunny wondered if he would mind… Well, he didn’t seem to mind the hug, at least, so that was a good sign.

Bun didn’t really mind that he’d asked those questions, she just… Hadn’t expected them. It wasn’t like she had any idea of what he might really be thinking about her in this form. “It’s okay,” she said brightly, trying to get rid of the awkwardness. “But we should get the icing done pretty soon before we put the cinnamon rolls together and stuff!” She nodded in agreement and once again went to work measuring and handing ingredients over. It had far fewer than the dough, though, so it didn’t take too long as long as Jackson stirred thoroughly. “There!” she exclaimed happily. “Do you wanna be the official taste-tester?” Bunny grinned up at him, already having forgotten all the awkwardness from before.