Love Lost and Love Found (Devyn)

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Bunny was not having the best of times.  For starters, the new medicine that her doctors had put her on a couple months ago, while seeming to keep some of her symptoms under control, had the unfortunate side effect of weight gain.  She was still petite, but she'd bloated enough around her waist and bust that she'd had to adjust some of her dresses to fit her better.  Her face has filled out a little too, which she tried to minimize as much as she could with makeup, but there was only so much that she could do.  

But that wasn't all.  No, Jackson had gone and broken up with her with some ridiculous claim that he was gay, and only weeks before Valentine's Day!  Now the poor girl was going to be spending the holiday alone again, and it made her want to do nothing more than cry and stuff herself with chocolate ice cream.... But she knew that that would only make her body look and feel worse, so she resisted the urge as much as she could manage.

At least she did have a lot of sweet guy friends - and relatives, for that matter.  Bailey had been coming by more often to check on her and make sure she was doing alright, since he knew she was having a rough patch.  In fact, he was in the other room with her dad now, watching football or basketball or some other sport, she wasn't sure.  Because Bunny was busy in the kitchen preparing some snacks for her friend Devyn when he came over, which should be any minu-

There was a knock on the door, and Bunny looked up from the apples she'd been chopping to smile and skitter towards the sound.  She flung open the door and flung herself into the (strong) arms of her friend Dev, super glad to have him over to keep her mind off of unhappy things.  "Hi Devvy! Come in!" she chirped, waving him inside and shutting the door closed behind them.  "I was just finishing a snack - you like apples and peanut butter, right?"

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Devyn's friendship with Sunar had done a lot of things for him, especially when it came to meeting new people and actually making friends. It was hard no to get suckered along with the boy's cheerful and friendly antics. His friendship with Bunny was at thanks to his roommate and he was quite thankful for that. He enjoyed talking to her even if it was mostly through text because Devyn kept himself rather busy and absent of free time.

Especially with the addition of Xun in his day to day life.....

They had since become even closer, which he was unsure how that was even possible. He'd slowed down on the gifts, especially the sweets because frankly they both needed to cut back on those, but not because he didn't want to get them for the male but because he was becoming aware that it was probably a bit too much.

Even if they weren't dating, and both had expressed the desire to not do so, he had (and still) felt a need to spoil the older teen. Despite the lack of titles it was still the first time Devyn had felt affectionate towards someone and actually let himself express it....even if they were staying rather secretive. It was a secret he was used to keeping but with the added pressure of almost wanting to rant about how well... amazing Xun was. How had he gone so long without getting to know his shy roommate? He definitely regretted not doing so.... but there was a reason for his going to see Bunny. Reasons that weren't Xun-related, which was rare for him right now.

Devyn laughed as the small girl flung herself into his arms, and he hugged her tightly, feeling terrible for her and her current troubles. He hated that she had so much going on all at once, he didn't like when people were hurting, but he especially didn't like that such a sweet friend of his was.

He lifted her up briefly before setting her back down on her feet and following her in when she invited him in. "Yeah, of course! I like all of your food though Bunny." He smiled at her, a hand resting comfortingly on her back before stepping away to follow her to the kitchen. "How... are you?" Devyn spoke cautiously allowing her the opportunity to turn down talking about it if she didn't want to, but he thought maybe she might want to get it off her chest and wanted to be there to listen through a non-phone medim.

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Bunny was thankful to Sunar, too, for both his friendship and the one he’d unintentionally given her with Devyn as well. She didn’t know exactly why Dev had been asking for so many sweets lately, but she was happy to oblige when she was feeling up to it – she often used the desserts she made for videos, so it was a win-win situation. The panda cupcakes had been especially fun, and a huge hit with her audience.

Besides, Devyn was super cute, and she could never say no to cute boys. Bunny didn’t know that the older boy was gay, nor that he had someone that he was sort of with, but she was still too bummed over Jackson to do anything more than act friendly towards Dev. She did wonder how some girl hadn’t snatched him up yet, though – he was cute and super sweet!

And gave great hugs. Bunny smiled happily as Devyn’s arms wrapped around her, not wanting to let go but knowing it would be weird to just hang there on him, so she eventually let go after he’d literally swept her off her feet and put her back down. “Okay, good!” she beamed with a small giggle, already feeling a delighted blush on her cheeks. “It’s nothing fancy, I just thought you might be hungry.” Once inside, she motioned for Dev to make himself comfortable in the dining room while she finished up the snack nearby on the counter. Once done, she put the plate of peanut butter and chocolate chip apple sandwiches between them on the table and plopped down next to her friend.

At the question, her expression fell slightly, and Bunny reached forward to pick up one of the snacks as she thought about how to answer. “I’m doing okay,” she finally replied. “I’m… really sad and confused about Jackson… especially so close to Valentine’s Day… But if nothing else you can be my valentine, right?” She mustered up a smile and let out a sheepish giggle.

Before she could say more, though, a certain jock had apparently become aware of the presence of food and snatched up on of the apple sandwiches from behind her, cackling playfully as he did so. “Thanks for making these, cuz!” Bailey smiled as his cousin gasped and smacked his arm uselessly – he’d already started nibbling on his stolen treat. “You guys won’t eat all of them, right?” The older boy sent a wink towards Devyn as Bunny pouted. “I made those for Devyn and I, you meanie,” she replied, but it was obvious she wasn’t upset as she poked the boy in the tummy. She sent an apologetic smile to her friend. “Sorry, Dev… Bailey likes to come over and steal my food sometimes.”