The Symbiotic Relationship Between the Rabbit and the Black Panther

Ahin entered the bedroom early today, he suddenly put me on the bed without changing his clothes.

Then I lay on my stomach and slowly faced him. There was an awkward silence for a moment.

“Hey.”

‘Why?!’

Why were you staring at me like that?

As usual, I complained inside and carefully lifted my hips. It was burdensome because his beautiful face was so close.

He slowly opened his lips after grabbing the nape of my neck and sealing my movement.

“Today, a jackass … No, the wolf clan attacked me again.”

I closed my eyes tightly because I was dizzy by the fangs I saw right in front of me.

“So I got hurt.”

‘You got hurt?’

I opened my eyes slightly, wondering if it was a big wound like the one from before.

However, unlike that day, there were no traces of blood on the navy blue clothing decorated with silver epaulets. Moreover, I couldn’t smell any blood scent.

Looking at him curiously, Ahin turned his head and pointed to his left cheek.

“Here.”

I frowned as I stared at his white cheek. Calling it a wound was a bit too much, it was a scratch that would disappear in a day or two.

You said that as if you had suffered some terrible wound. He blinked his red eyes when I snorted.

“Won’t you treat me?”

‘Why me?’

How could a baby rabbit treat your wound? I laughed at his absurd request and shook my front paw.

“Won’t you do it for me?”

‘I won’t do it.’

The smile disappeared from Ahin’s face as I continued to ignore him. Then he got up, grabbed my back and lifted me into the air.

“I don’t need a rabbit that can’t even treat my wound. Ah~”

This crazy beast! Ahin opened his mouth with his head bent as if he was going to eat me.

‘Oh my gosh!’

Right below, the fangs were so visible that it made me feel faint, I struggled all over.

I felt like my hind legs would go into his mouth. Ahin brought my body close to his mouth, then he bent his round eyes .

“Do you want to treat me now?”

Of course. When I nodded my head, he dropped me back on the bed. He leaned down again and stretched out the cheek of a child lying down.

How am I supposed to treat that? As I looked at the red mark in confusion, Ahin’s eyebrows twitched as if he was displeased. It was like a silent urge.

‘I’ll treat it, I said I’ll treat it!’

I shook my head, then I looked at my front paws and the red mark alternately.

How could he try to swallow this Vivi in one bite. I wanted to blow his face with my front foot and make another scratch.

‘It’s difficult.’

How could I satisfy this jerk’s demand? Even if I thought about it, I couldn’t apply medicines with the body of a four-legged baby rabbit.

I was lost in thought, but Ahin’s eyebrows twitched again. I quickly approached him and licked his wound.

Of course, there was no way the wound could be healed, but this was the best way for now.

With a blank expression on his face because of the unexpected action, he straightened his head.

“Is this the treatment?”

Then what the hell do you want from me? Do you really want to get hit with my front paws?

Ahin’s face became more subtle as I looked at him in bewilderment. Somehow, it felt like we weren’t properly communicating with each other.

He straightened his back and sighed in dissatisfaction.

“Well—”

His red eyes slowly shifted towards me. Ahin stared at me for a moment, then smiled flatly and touched his cheek.

“This isn’t bad either.”

At last, he got up and walked towards the bathroom after spitting an unknown remark.

You suddenly told me to heal your wound, but now you did nothing. With a dumbfounded face, I kicked that cheeky black panther from the back.

‘Insolent beast!’

It seemed that the vase would be slaughtered if I did not take even such a timid revenge.

***

After the day I met her in the rose garden, when I walked in the garden, Ahin’s mother always had tea time at the same.

Thanks to her, rather than taking a walk in the garden, a strange tea time with her has become one of my routines.

“The weather is nice.”

‘I know right.’

I closed my eyes gently while feeling the breeze. The sky was clear without a single cloud, and the scent of roses carried by the wind created a peaceful air.

At first, I was very uncomfortable with Ahin’s mother’s fangs, but it wasn’t particularly difficult as the meeting continued.

Just chewing on the hay, I was praised for it, she said I was wonderful, I was so cool, and so on.

Moreover, quite a lot of information was acquired thanks to her frequent self-talk.

For example, Ahin had a coming-of-age ceremony this year. I was always busy avoiding his fangs and averting my gaze, but when I think of it, he had a subtle appearance between a boy and a young man.

As I stared into the air, I was immersed in my thoughts, and a soft voice continued to be heard.

“So cute, your mouth is so cute when chewing.”

“Bunny, give me your paws.”

“Are you going to eat this?”

Due to her pampering, I was gaining weight every day.

Knowing the existence of tea time, Ahin turned my body upside down and even called me a pig rabbit.

Ahin’s mother introduced herself as Valence Grace and told me to call her Madam Valence. Of course, there was no way I could call her.

Grace. There was a strange sense of deja vu when I heard that, but if they were a noble in the black panther’s territory, I could have heard it from somewhere.

“Would you like to try this too?”

Madam Valence’s expression became subtle as she watched me eating homemade hay.

She stretched her hand and flipped my body out of nowhere.

” … Baby.”

In her voice, which was much lower than usual, I glanced at her. Madam Valence, who touched the nape of my neck with his finger, opened her mouth again.

“After holding your breath for a moment, imagine pressing on the blood vessels in your body.”

Held my breath and pressed down on my blood vessels?

I couldn’t understand the reason why, but her expression was so strict that I held my breath as instructed. As I concentrated my mind, I felt a strange energy swirling through my body.

‘What— what is this?’

It was an unfamiliar feeling that I had never encountered before. Do you mean to lower this energy? Reflecting on the ambiguous words, I just put enough strength on my face.

After a moment, I heard her voice which became somewhat generous.

“You’re smart. You’ve done a good job.”

Her index finger gently stroked my head. After I was given a complimentary touch, I thought about the energy I just felt in my body.

***

Today was a special day than usual. Ahin took me, who didn’t leave the bedroom even though the morning was already bright, to a carriage early in the morning.

And Evelyn arrived a little later, also accompanied her in the carriage.

The front gate of the mansion opened with a rattling noise. Since I came here, it was my first time going out of the mansion, so I had no choice but to get excited even if I was afraid.

‘Wow!’

The scenery outside the window beside Evelyn changed rapidly.

It was a street lined with tall spires and green roofs. Just by looking at some parts of the city, I could see that the state of the black panther’s territory was ahead of other territories.

‘It’s fascinating.’

It feels like the small world that I knew was being poured out. It was a very happy and desperate moment for me to have the experience of facing the outside.

A little hesitant, I put my front paws on the window.

Would I someday be able to look around the world on my own, not by others? The refreshing wind somehow felt suffocating.

“Come on, if you can’t catch the doll, you’ll be eaten.”

After the spectacle, a small doll tied to a thread floated in front of me.

You punk. With my eyes wide open, I eagerly swung my front paws. However, ironically, if I thought I caught it, the doll left my front paws.

“It’s because your legs are short.”

“….”

“Fat rabbit.”

Ahin’s movement of stirring the thread like teasing couldn’t be more hateful.

Evelyn, who was watching the scene from the opposite side, sighed.

“Lord Ahin, she will be served on your plate in the morning. If you do that, Ms. Rabbit might really hate you. Even now, she is looking at you with hateful eyes.”

At Evelyn’s words, Ahin stopped shaking the thread and looked at my face. His red eyes blinked through the silver hair hanging on his forehead.

Soon after, he replied in a satisfied voice with a twisted smile.

“That’s a pretty good look.”

“I see. Ms. Rabbit, please continue to hate Lord Ahin as much as you want.”

“That’s good too. I think I will be thrilled.”

“Well, indeed.”

Their conversation was far beyond my standards, which has never met many people.

I was so annoyed that I gave up holding onto my anger and threw my paws toward the doll. Bugh bugh. In an instant, the doll was transformed into a sandbag.

“You’re an invincible rabbit.”

“This might be the birth of the first rabbit fighter.”

Evelyn, pressed his face close with a serious look. In anger, I pushed his forehead with my hind feet. These black panthers had a talent for making people angry with just their words.

“Evelyn, she must really hate you.”

“Yes. Ms. Rabbit, please understand my soft heart.”

What the hell. Ahin pressed my cheek hard, he lifted me and pushed me into his jacket pocket. It hurts! The ruthless touch showed no sign of change.

“We’ll be arriving soon.”

The coachman’s voice could be heard through a small window in the carriage. Seeing that the speed was gradually slowing down, it seemed to reach the destination.

I stepped out of the carriage and faced the large stone building, and my complexion was blue.

A building which I had a few memories of but unforgettable. The destination was the temple.

‘No!’

It was a place that I never wanted to set foot in because I didn’t have any good memories of the temple. Why do I have to go to the temple?

While struggling in his pocket, a hypothesis flashed past me like a lightning bolt.

Occasionally, young beasts who have not been shifted into humans were blessed when they stop by the temple and pour holy water on it. Of course, I’ve gone through that process several times.

However, I didn’t shift until my coming-of-age ceremony, so I visited again and asked for a diagnosis from the priest.

Ahin must have come to the temple to find out who I really was, who has pheromones even though I look like an ordinary rabbit.

Unable to calm down, I began to struggle in his pocket.

“Stay still.”

As the kick intensified, Ahin pressed my head hard.

I couldn’t help but resist this time, so I bit his pocket. We don’t need to go out, so let’s just go back. I hate temples.

I looked up eagerly, but Ahin and Evelyn entered the temple without hesitation.