#squirrel han

Summary: After spending the night with Jisung at the shelter you signed the adoption papers and took him home with you. But somehow he didn’t act like his usual self when you arrived at home and you started to get really worried.

Contains: fluff, little bit of angst

Warnings: none

Wordcount: 3,8 K

A/N: I’m sorry writing this part took so long but I had a really bad writers block whenever I came back to this story. I still hope you like this part.

Enjoy!

Part 1, Part 2

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I dried Jisungs tears with my sleeves and softly kissed his forehead. His eyes were still closed as I looked at him again. God he was way too cute to handle.

“You should rest now. After all this drama you must be tired”, I suggested since I saw that his eyes were almost shutting by themselves as I stroked his cheeks.

He nooded and slowly laid down on the bed. Jisung reached for my hand after he had covered himself with his star blanket and looked at me with big puppy eyes.

“Can you stay with me? I mean… you don’t have to spend the night but maybe…just at least until I fall asleep?”, he asked in a tiny voice with so much hope in his eyes that I couldn’t say no to his wish.

“Of course I’ll stay with you”, I answered and squeezed his hand reassuring.

Seeing him be so at peace just from knowing that I would stay with him made my heart melt. He really seemed to have opened up to me a lot even though I still didn’t know that much about him. I took off my shoes and laid down next to him. He looked at my face first to make sure that I wouldn’t push him away before he wrapped his arms around me and snuggled against my side.

“I’ll stay with you tonight.”, I whispered and softly kissed his head again.

“Thank you”, he whispered back and pulled me even closer.

“Good night…Hannie”, I hesitated since I was afraid he would get angry at me calling him that again.

“Good night, Y/n”

I watched Jisung for some time just to make sure that he was able to fall asleep before I closed my eyes. I would have a lecture in the morning but I didn’t really care about that right now. I could just get the information I would miss from a friend later on. Jisung was my top priority now.

As I woke up the next morning Jisungs and my legs were tangled under the sheets and he had snuggled even closer to me at night. I looked at the peaceful look on his face, moved my hand from his back to his head and began to softly stroke his hair. I watched his mouth curl into a smile.

“Good morning”, I whispered.

“Morning”, he mumbled still a bit sleepy and opened his eyes.

“Did you sleep well?”, I asked and softly stroked his cheek.

Jisung closed his eyes again and pressed his face against my hand. He quickly nodded. I was glad that he managed to sleep ok. I looked at the clock and sighed. Right now, I should be at university watching my professor talk about some “very important” things. I did feel a bit bad for slacking off but looking at Jisung right next to me with the happiest smile on his face eased my worry again. I couldn’t leave him alone after what had happened. I knew he needed me and to be honest, I needed him too. He must have noticed that I was lost in my thoughts since he had moved his arm from around my waist to place his hand on my cheek. I smiled and turned my head to kiss his palm before I began to speak again.

“Are you feeling better?”

“Yes. Thanks to you”, he said with a slight blush on his face and hugged me tight.

“I’m glad”

I hugged him back and nuzzled my face against his neck. He was so comfortably warm that I could almost fall asleep again. To my surprise, Jisung started to softly stroke my hair and I snuggled against him.

“When you go home today…will you take me with you?”, he asked whispering and kept holding me close to him.

His voice was full of hope and his tight grip around my waist showed me that he was afraid that I would leave him here.

“Of course I will take you with me. I’m not going to leave you behind”, I mumbled against his neck and playfully tickled him to lighten up the mood a bit.

He giggled and grabbed my hands to stop me from tickling him some more. I looked at him and smiled. His eyes were sparkling and he looked really happy.

“God why are you so cute?”, I asked and watched him blush as I cupped his face and nuzzled my nose against his.

“Stop…”, he mumbled embarrassed and moved his hands to take mine away from his cheeks before he hid his face in his own hands.

“I’m just telling the truth, Hannie”, I whispered and smiled as he peeked through his fingers.

“You can’t just do that…my heart…”, he said and took his hands back down to reveal his dark red cheeks.

My heart was melting right then and there. I would shower him with kisses right now but I didn’t want to make him even more flustered, so I decided to stop the teasing. I hugged him tight one more time before I rolled to the side and sat up on the edge of the mattress. Jisung watched me as I stretched myself yawning and got up from the bed.

“I’ll go and look if bf/n is here already so I can talk to her about taking you with me.”, I announced and saw Jisung smile.

“Alright…but come back soon”, he said and watched me leave the room.

I walked towards the entrance and already saw bf/n standing there completely focused on the computer screen in front of her.

“Hi”, I said and she flinched.

“My god! DON’T SCARE ME LIKE THAT!”, she almost screamed making me laugh.

“Sorry. You were so focused you didn’t even notice me”

She held her hand over her heart and breathed heavily.

“You almost gave me a heart attack. Jesus”, she added and took a deep breath before calming down.

“Oh come on. It wasn’t that bad”

“Enough about my weak heart. How did our squirrel sleep with his human body pillow?”, she asked smiling.

“I think he slept really good. Jisung was really cuddly already”, I explained and had to smile thinking back at the big ball of fluff.

Bf/n had to smile too. She grabbed some papers from her desk and laid them out onto the counter in front of me.

“I guess you are here for these. Am I right?”, she stated and I looked at the adoption papers.

“You know me too well”, I answered and grabbed a pen putting in all my information that I had to fill in.

After finishing filling out the papers I handed them back to her and watched her stamp them before she went to make a copy for her binder. She came back and handed the papers to me.

“I don’t have to explain the rules of adoptions to you since you already know that. I also think that the week of testing out if he can live with you is unnecessary since we both know how much he loves you and the same goes the other way around. So I guess there is nothing keeping you from just taking him home now. I’ll stop by sometime to see how you too are doing. Obviously not because I’m curious but because I wanna see my best friend and favourite squirrel, alright?”, she explained and I laughed at her last suggestion.

“I think we can arrange that”, I said laughing and winked at her.

“Now go rush to your cutie. I’m sure he’s already packing his stuff nervously waiting for you to come back”

She didn’t have to say that twice. I walked back to Jisungs room and peeked in through the slightly opened door. Bf/n was right. Jisung was sitting on his bed packing clothes into his bag and kept glancing towards the door every now and then. I opened the door and leaned against the doorframe.

“Aren’t you the cutest?”, I asked with my arms crossed in front of my chest and smiled at him.

“I’m not”, he said with a pouty mouth and a blush creeping onto his cheeks.

“Yes, you are”

I walked towards him, leaned down so I was on the same height as him and placed a kiss on his forehead. He giggled and looked up at me with big puppy eyes. Seeing him enjoy how I was showering him with love and affection felt amazing. He looked so happy.

“So?”, I asked and pointed to the bag next to him.

He raised a brow in slight confusion before I continued to talk.

“Are you ready to go home?”, I added and watched his eyes slightly start to water.

“HOME…that sounds so nice”, Jisung mumbled before he stood up and fell into my arms.

“Thank you so much”, he whispered against my neck and hugged me tight.

After hugging for a few minutes we separated and I helped him pack the rest of his stuff into his bag before we walked to the front desk. All the way there Jisung didn’t dare to let my hand go as if he was afraid that I would leave him if he let go. We said goodbye to bf/n before we walked to the bus station together. He kept on holding my hand the entire way home and didn’t say a word. He seemed to be really excited but also a bit scared of what was waiting for him when we arrived. I understood since this was going to be his home in the future and he had no idea what it even looked like. I was kind of getting worried about him not liking his new home even though I was sure that he would be fine as long as he could spend time with me. As we arrived at the apartment I opened the door and walked in with Jisungs bag in my hand.

“You can come in. Don’t be shy”, I said trying to encourage him to come in since he stood there hesitating to move.

“Should I take off my shoes?”, he asked walking in with small steps and then carefully and quietly closed the door behind him.

“You can keep them on if you want to”

He shook his head as he saw that I had taken mine off and then removed his shoes before he looked at me again as if he was waiting for me to tell him what to do now. I guess the confidence he had just a few minutes ago had vanished completely and was replaced by confusion and anxiety.

“You can go and take a look around. I’ll put your luggage in your room for the time being. If you need me I’ll be in the kitchen making us something for lunch. Take your time. I know this is new to you and  I can understand that you need some time. So go ahead and just look around”, I suggested and smiled at him.

“Ok”, he said in a quiet voice and then walked past me into the apartment.

I was a bit concerned since he seemed to be very anxious and scared but I decided to let him be for now. If something was going on I was sure that he would come to me. I quickly put Jisungs bag into his room and then walked into the kitchen to make us a simple lunch. I decided to make a simple noodle dish with a quick tomato sauce. While I was waiting for the noodle water to boil I looked around to see where Jisung was. He was nowhere to be seen from the corridor, so he was probably in one of the rooms. I went back to check on the water when I heard quiet steps behind me. As I looked to where the steps were coming from I saw Jisung walk in and sit down at the kitchen table. I wasn’t sure if he was really enjoying being here since he was so much quieter than this morning, but maybe it was just him being nervous.

“I’m making us noodles with tomato sauce and cheese. I hope you’re ok with that”, I said and saw him nod.

“Can I help?”, he asked still in a quiet voice.

“It’s fine. It will be ready in a bit and you can’t really help with anything at the moment”, I said, turned back to the oven and put the noodles into the water.

“Oh…ok”, he said in a slightly disappointed voice and stayed seated where he was.

I felt bad for refusing to let him help as I looked over my shoulder to see that he had a slightly sad look on his face. I looked around if there was something he could do, even if it was just something small.

“You can bring me two plates. They’re in the cabinet over there”, I said towards him and pointed to the just mentioned cabinet.

His face lightened up a bit and he jumped up from where he was sitting and grabbed two plates. Jisung brought them to me and I playfully pat his head.

“Thank you”, I said with a smile and watched him smile back.

Even though it was just a small praise, he seamed to really enjoy it. Since the noodles were ready, I separated them equally onto the plates and poured the tomato sauce over them. As I turned to put the pots I used into the sink I noticed how Jisung grabbed the plates and brought them to the table. He came back to me and looked through a few drawers before he found what he was searching for. A pair of forks and spoons for us to eat with. He brought them to the table before he sat down and waited for me to join him. I sat down across from him.

“Bon appetite”, I said before I began to eat.

He must have been really hungry since it didn’t take long for him to finish the entire plate.

“Did you like it?”, I asked and he nodded.

It took me some time to finish my plate since I was a little bit distracted by the way he was watching me eat. While I moved the empty plates from the table to the sink to wash them I continued to talk.

“Since I still have to work on an essay that is due tomorrow, you’ll have to entertain yourself for a few hours. You can unpack in the meantime and maybe think of something you might like to have in your room like decoration or something like that.”, I said and walked towards him after drying my hands.

“Ok”, he said and looked at the floor.

“Alright”

We walked to our rooms and I turned towards him as I arrived at the door.

“My room is right here so if you need anything just come in and ask.”

I opened the door to my room and waited to see that he went into his room before closing the door. I was still kind of concerned about him but maybe I was just overthinking the situation too much again. After sitting down at my desk, I was so focused on my essay that I didn’t even notice the time flying by so fast. I was brought back to reality when I heard something shatter in the next room. I instantly rushed to Jisungs room since it must have come from there. As I walked in I saw him kneel on the floor picking up pieces of the mirror that was now shattered on the floor.

“Hey. Don’t pick them up. You’re going to hurt yourself”, I said, quickly walked over to him and pulled him away from the sharp pieces on the floor.

I just now noticed that his face was covered in tears and his body was trembling like crazy. Oh no.

“Jisung…”, I whispered and placed a hand on his shoulder.

“I…I didn’t mean to break it. I forgot it was there and…I turned around and knocked it over. I’m so sorry”, he cried looking at the pieces of the broken mirror that he was still holding in his hand.

“It’s fine. Don’t cry, please. It wasn’t your intention to break it so I’m not mad at you. Give me those shards. I don’t want you to hurt yourself”, I tried to calm him a bit and carefully took the broken mirror pieces from his hands putting them onto the table where the small mirror had been standing before.

As I turned back towards him I saw that there were some small cuts on the inside of his hand. Nothing major but they were still bleeding a little bit. I grabbed his hand and lifted it up to my face so I could take a better look.

“See. You hurt yourself just because of that stupid mirror. I don’t care about it being broken or not but I do care about your wellbeing. So please next time when something like this happens don’t pick up the pieces. Just let them lie there and call for me. I’ll handle it then”, I explained and softly kissed the little wounds in his hands.

“O…Ok”, he said still sniffling.

“Come here”, I said and pulled him into a hug.

“Everything’s ok. I’m not mad at you. So don’t worry about it too much”, I whispered and hugged him tight.

He buried his face in my neck and held me as close to him as possible. It probably wasn’t just the mirror why he was crying. There was something else he wasn’t telling me.

“Let’s clean up this mess and then I’ll treat your cuts, alright?”, I asked and cautiously separated from the hug.

Jisung nodded and stayed seated on his bed while I grabbed the vacuum, a shovel and a broom to get rid of all the shards. He was watching me carefully while I gathered the left-over pieces of the mirror making sure that I wasn’t hurting myself. After I was done I walked towards him and reached out with my hand for him to take it.

“Come on”

He hesitantly took my hand and stood up from his bed following me to the bathroom. He sat down on the edge of the bathtub as I searched for a bandage and some ointment and then kneeled before Jisung. He watched my every move as I applied ointment on the wounds and then carefully bandaged his hand so it wouldn’t get infected. I carefully took his hand in mine and softly stroked it.

“I hope it doesn’t hurt too much”, I said in a soft voice and pulled him up with me.

“It’s fine. Thanks to you”, he answered and squeezed my hand as I dragged him with me into my room.

Since the essay was almost done I decided to focus on Jisung now rather than writing the last pages even though they needed to be finished soon. He was my top priority right now. I sat down on the bed and pat the empty space next to me. Jisung looked as if he wasn’t sure if he should join me or not so I waited for him to decide. He hesitated a bit before he crawled onto the bed and looked at me. He didn’t need to say a word for me to understand. I opened my arms and he instantly took that as an invitation to cuddle. Jisung snuggled close to me and wrapped his arms around my waist. I placed one hand on his back and the other in his hair running my fingers through it softly. After some time of silence I began to speak.

“If somethings wrong you can tell me you know that, right?”, I said more as a fact than a question.

He nodded his head and stayed silent for some time. Maybe he didn’t want to talk about it with me or it was something he didn’t feel comfortable sharing with me yet.

“You haven’t been acting like yourself ever since I brought you here. Do you not like it here? Or did I do something wrong?”

Jisung lifted his head and looked at me. He had that sad expression on his face again that I couldn’t really understand.

“No. It’s not that I don’t like it here. It’s just…I’m scared…”

“Scared of what?”

“Of you bringing me back when I’m being myself. I know that I’m too clingy and excited and loud. I don’t want to lose you just because I’m me”, he explained and avoided to look me in the eyes.

“Jisung”, I said in I quiet voice trying to get his attention back to me.

“Hannie?”

He finally turned his head towards me again. The look on his face made my heart almost break. I reached out to softly stroke his cheeks. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the touch.

“I wanted to take you in because you were being yourself and weren’t trying to act different just to get my attention. So please don’t hold back and be your quirky self like usually. I want you to run around and almost jump into my arms when you are excited. I want you to be as clingy as you can. Who doesn’t love the cutest squirrel on the planet clinging to themself all the time?”, I explained and watched his expression change from sadness to slight confusion.

“I don’t understand…why are you like this?”, he asked.

“Like what?”

“You are so understanding. You are encouraging myself to be who I am. You aren’t bossing me around telling me what to do. I don’t understand why? What do you get out of it?”

I was confused. Why would I want to get something out of this?

“I don’t get anything out of it, and I don’t need anything. I’m not sure if you’ve understood this already but I’m not and I will never treat you like a pet. You’re a human being and I will treat you like one. I have no intentions to make you feel inferior to me. You are worth just as much as I am.”, I explained trying to make him understand what was behind my behavior.

Jisung buried his face in the crook of my neck before I heard him sniffle again.

“Hey. Don’t cry”, I whispered and softly stroked his head.

“I can’t believe I found you. I’m so lucky”, he cried against my neck, his hands gripping me tight.

My heart was starting to race at his words. He was way too cute.

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Summary: After spending your evening at the shelter you had to head back to do something for university even though it was hard for you to part with your favorite squirrel. Since university was stressful and time consuming you couldn’t manage to visit the shelter as soon as you wanted to.

Contains: fluff

Warnings: none

Wordcount: 4,2 K

Enjoy!

Part 1

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A huge smile grew on Jisungs face after I had promised him to visit him as often as possible. We kept laying in each other’s arms for some time after that just until he had fully calmed down. Thankfully his sniffling had stopped and he sat up to lean with his back against the wall. He looked a bit flustered since his cheeks were tainted a faint pink, probably because he felt a bit embarrassed for crying and clinging to me in his weak moment. He had scooted a bit away but he was still looking at me from his position. I moved on the bed so I was sitting at the edge of the bed facing the door. I looked at the clock next to it seeing that it was already 4pm which meant that I already spend half of my day here at the shelter trying to get Jisung to smile again. I looked back at Jisung to see that he was still watching me with his still slightly red eyes from crying. I send him a smile and scooted back to lean against the wall too, still keeping that little distance between us.

“Are you ok for now?”, I asked and watched him nod.

“Do you feel like joining the others again or do you want to be alone some more?”

I asked this with caution since I didn’t want him to think that I was trying to force him to go back to the other hybrids. Jisung looked as if he was thinking hard about my words. He scratched his head before he began to speak.

“I think I’ll be fine. You can go home”, he mumbled quietly and avoided to look directly at my face.

He must have noticed that I was thinking about going home soon since I kept looking at the clock from time to time. I still needed to prepare something for the next day since I would have to return to university again for some lectures. Jisung somehow looked a bit sad now that I looked at him a bit closer. I felt guilty for being the cause of the sad expression on his face right now. I reached out with my hand and placed it on his trying to sooth his worry about me leaving.

“If you don’t want me to leave yet I can still stay here a bit longer. I still have to do something but it’s not as important as you right now”, I explained and softly squeezed his hand.

Jisung looked at me and softly smiled. He shook his head and retreated his hand from mine.

“No, it’s ok. I’m ok. Don’t worry about me”

“Are you sure?”, I asked still concerned for the boy right next to me.

“Yes. You go home and do whatever you still have to do”

I wasn’t sure if he was just trying to cover up the fact that he didn’t want me to leave or if he really was ok for now. I stood up from the bed and grabbed my bag. I saw Jisung unwrap himself from the blanket and start to fold it until I stopped him.

“Don’t. You can keep it. It’s yours now.”, I said and wrapped the blanket around him again.

With my hands still resting at the edge of the blanket and right next to his face, Jisungs cheeks turned a darker shade of pink and he tried to hide his face in his hands.

“Thank you. I’ll treasure it forever”, he whispered and peeked through his fingers.

I couldn’t handle his cuteness. I softly ruffled through his hair before I held out my hand for him to take it.

“Let’s go to the others, shall we?”

He grabbed it and nodded happily. We walked out of his room and through the corridor to the common room where the other hybrids were playing. As we walked in 5 bunnies came walking over and gathered around us.

“Hannie how are you?”

“Are you feeling better?”

“Don’t get sad again, ok?”

They attacked him with thousands of questions and I thought Jisung would go back into panic mode but he stayed calm by my side and let all the questions get poured over him. One of them pulled him into a hug and the others shortly joined after. I had to smile at the sight in front of me. Jisung was in the best hands right here. I cleared my throat to get their attention again before I started to talk.

“You guys have to promise me to keep him safe and take care of him while I’m not around.”

“You’re not staying with us?”, a bunny asked and walked over to hug me.

“No, I can’t stay with you. But I’ll come visit you more often. So I’m counting on you to take care of that little ball of fluff over there”, I hugged him back and pointed at Jisung who shyly smiled in my direction.

“We will take care of him. Don’t worry”

“Alright. So I gotta go now. I’ll keep in touch with bf/n so if anything happens just tell her and I’ll know what’s going on. I’ll be off now.”

Before I could leave the common room Jisung came over to me. He stood in front of me and looked at me. It seemed like he wanted something but didn’t know how to say it.

“Do you want a hug?”, I asked smiling at him and he nodded.

I pulled him closer to me and wrapped my arms around him cautiously. He hugged me tight and buried his face in my neck again.

“Get home safe and visit soon”, he mumbled and squeezed me one last time before he stepped back and smiled at me.

I ruffled through his hair, which made him giggle and then made my way to the entrance. As bf/n saw me she came from behind the counter and hugged me.

“You’re going home?”, she asked.

“Yeah. University starts again tomorrow and I gotta prepare something for the lectures, so I have to go. If something happens with Jisung you contact me, right?”

“Of course. You’ll know when somethings going on. Text me when you get home”

“I will”

I waved goodbye before I left and walked back home. As I arrived at my apartment I texted bf/n that I arrived at home and then sat down at my desk to prepare some stuff for tomorrow. I was planning on visiting the shelter again after the lectures but I still wasn’t sure if I would be able to.

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Since the lectures went longer than expected and we already had to do a lot of stuff I didn’t really find the time to visit the shelter the last two weeks. I sometimes called bf/n and asked how Jisung was doing but other than that I just couldn’t manage to see him. Today was the first day after a while that I found the time to visit my best friend and my favorite boy. I arrived at the shelter at around 3pm. Bf/n was currently talking to some potential hybrid owners when I walked in through the door. I waved at her and walked past the entrance to the common room. As I walked into the room I saw that Jisung was sitting in the corner on a bean bag, reading a book while he was wrapped in his star blanket. I had to smile. He really seemed to love this blanket. I walked over and stood next to him. He didn’t even look up to check who had entered the room. He seemed not to really care.

“What are you reading?”, I asked looking at the open pages.

“Oh it’s just some book I found in the cabinet”, he answered and kept his focus on the pages.

I was a bit confused. Was he already not interested in me anymore that he just reacted like this?

“Are you not going to greet me?”, I asked confused about his behavior.

He turned his head towards me and his eyes began to sparkle.

“IT’S YOU!”, he almost screamed, instantly dropped his book mindlessly to the floor and almost jumped into my arms.

“Woah. Easy there, Hannie. We don’t want any of us to break a bone”, I laughed and wrapped my arms around him.

“I missed you. Where were you all this time?”, he mumbled and looked at me with big curious eyes.

“I had a lot of stuff going on with university. I wanted to visit you a lot earlier but I couldn’t make any time for it. I’m glad I could see you again today”, I explained and hugged him even tighter than before.

I was so glad to see that he was doing fine and seeing him this happy just from seeing me made me incredibly happy too. Jisung seemed like he didn’t even want to let go since he kept hugging me as tight as possible. I sighed relieved that he wasn’t disappointed in me for not coming to see him earlier and buried my face in his neck. Being this close to him I could smell the scent of his skin and to be honest it was the best thing I’ve ever smelled. Not to be cheesy but he really smelled like honey and I could almost hear the bees buzzing in my head as I was reminded of laying in a beautiful meadow and watching the bees fly from flower to flower. Jisung began to giggle as I nuzzled my nose against his neck which made me smile. We separated from the hug and he looked at me with big puppy eyes as he shyly grabbed my hands.

“Can we cuddle some more?”, he asked and looked at me as if he had a great need for affection.

“Of course. Let’s go over to the couch”

We walked over to the couch and I laid down with my back against the pillows. Jisung joined me with a dark red color painting his cheeks as he crawled on top of me. He laid his head down on my chest and wrapped his arms around my waist holding me as close to him as possible. I wrapped my arms around him and put one hand in his hair to play with it while we enjoyed this moment.

“Tell me if I get too heavy”, he whispered and looked up at me.

“You’re as light as a feather. Don’t worry”, I replied and ruffled his hair.

Jisung smiled and closed his eyes. It almost looked like he was filling his batteries again with the affection I was giving him. It was unusually quiet in the common room. Normally the 5 bunnies would be roaming around not letting one just have a quiet moment for once but now it was silent and no one was to be seen. It could be that they were sleeping in their rooms and maybe even one or two of them had been adopted in the time I wasn’t here. While Jisung was laying on top of me I saw his tail move behind him from time to time. I just now noticed how damn fluffy it looked. He must have noticed where I had been focusing my gaze on since he smiled at me and intentionally wiggled with his tail.

“What are you looking at?”, he asked and I almost chocked on my spit suddenly feeling shy myself.

“Your tail looks so fluffy. I can’t help but look at it.”, I admitted and watched his smile get even brighter.

“You can touch it if you want to”, he said and moved a bit up so I could reach better for his tail.

My god was his fur fluffy. As I touched it my hands were almost buried in an ocean of dark brown and long fur that was extremely warm to the touch and felt like touching a cloud. Jisung giggled as he saw the expression on my face showing how mesmerized I was with his fluffy tail. Shortly after that he leaned in and pressed a quick kiss to my cheek instantly pulling me down from my cloud back to reality. I looked at him shocked and noticed my cheeks heat up as I realized what he had just done. Other than usual he didn’t look as shy as before. He radiated confidence and almost a bit of pride as he watched my face turn into a tomato. I felt like I had been frozen. Jisung moved his hand in front of my face trying to get me out of my trance but all I could do was look at him and try not to panic over the fact that this cute squirrel had just kissed my cheek with the biggest confidence I had ever seen in my life. He laughed at my current state and moved to sit on my lap instead of laying on top of me. It didn’t make my situation easier and caused me to blush even more. He seemed to enjoy my lack of words and seeing me this flustered since he tried everything he could to make me even more embarrassed. I couldn’t believe my eyes when he moved closer and cupped my cheeks with his hands.

“You look cute when you’re this embarrassed”, he said and leaned even closer.

Instead of replying to him I sat up a bit and cupped his face with my hands. He closed his eyes and I used that moment to fight back. I moved closer and pressed a long soft kiss to his forehead before I moved away again. As I saw the face I wanted to see, his cheeks all red and totally flustered, I smiled satisfied.

“Now we’re even”

Jisung moved back to his position before and snuggled against me trying to hide his flustered face. I continued to pet his head as he closed his eyes and rested. After some time of silence he began to speak again.

“Tell me about your home”, he mumbled quietly without lifting his head to look at me.

“Alright. It’s nothing special. Just a small apartment for myself where I usually don’t spend too much time since I’m either at work, university or out with my friends.”, I explained.

“And is there like a spare room?”, he asked out of nowhere.

“There is one. It’s currently my guest room but since I don’t really have guests over that spend the night I might just turn it into my office so I can have a bit more space in my bedroom with the desk missing then.”

“Oh. Ok”, Jisung said, sounding disappointed and somehow sad.

I didn’t really realize his intention until I noticed the sad look on his face. There was something he wasn’t telling me or that he was afraid to tell me. I turned my head so that I could look at him and softly lifted his chin up with one of my hands.

“Why do you look so sad hearing that?”, I asked still clueless about his intentions behind that particular question.

“It’s nothing.”, he whispered turning his head away.

“Come on. If it was nothing you wouldn’t have that look on your face. You can tell me everything, remember?”

He nodded and then looked back at me and began to talk about the last few days. 2 of the rabbits had left the shelter to live with a new family and the other three were currently on their trial week to see if their new potential owners could take care of them meaning that Jisung was currently alone at this part of the shelter. A few new hybrids came in but they were all still in quarantine for safety reasons and they would join him by the end of next week. I understood now why it was so quiet and why he had looked so bored when I had come in.

“So you’re all alone?”

He nodded and his faint smile completely vanished from his face. It broke my heart to see him like this. It looked like he was about to start crying every second now.

“And so you asked me if I had a spare room so I could take you in cause you feel abandoned? Is that it?”, I asked slowly getting a hang of the situation.

Jisung slowly nodded and turned away from me.

“I’m sorry for asking. I should go to my room now. I need to sleep.”, he suddenly said as if he wanted to avoid talking about it longer and just as the words had left his lips he was already gone.

I was left on the couch, confused about his behavior and even more confused about his reaction. It wasn’t like I rejected his proposal. Thinking about what words I had said before maybe he misunderstood and thought that with telling him that I would refunction the guest room it would mean that there was no space for him in my life. Which I definitely didn’t want to say. There would be nothing better than having a cute, sometimes clingy but always loving squirrel roaming around the apartment. Since I wanted to give him a bit space I walked to the entrance to talk to bf/n. Maybe she could help me a bit. As she saw me walking towards her, she already knew that something was wrong with me since she instantly pulled me into a hug when I arrived at the desk next to her.

“Did you two fight?”, she asked and I shook my head.

“Then what is it? You can tell me”

I told her what had happened and explained what the situation was. She couldn’t believe that I had been that stupid and didn’t get his message.

“Not to sound rude but you were dumb. That boy had been asking for you every day since you left the shelter a few weeks ago. He is so in love with you. He has been talking about you nonstop. He must feel hurt right now since you didn’t get his message or because he misunderstood. You should go to him regardless him needing space right now. If he hears your explanation he will understand. I’m sure”, she told me and softly pat my shoulder trying to cheer me up.

“You’re right. I should go and see how he is doing.”

“I’ll be right here if you need me.”, she said and smiled before I walked away and back to Jisungs room.

His door was slightly open, almost as if he had been hoping for me to join him. I knocked on the door.

“Hannie, it’s me. Can I come in?”

“It’s Jisung!”, he answered, almost sounding angry.

I was shocked by his words and didn’t know what to do. Maybe it really was better to leave him alone for now until he had calmed down again.

“I guess I should go then. Sorry”, I mumbled almost not noticeable and walked back to the entrance.

As bf/n saw me she frowned. I just shrugged, waved at her and made my way back out onto the street walking towards the bus station to get back home. Almost arriving at the bus station I got a call from bf/n.

“Hey. What’s up?”, I asked confused since she had just seen me a few minutes ago.

“It’s Jisung. He ran after you”

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE RAN AFTER ME?”

“He came to the front desk a few minutes after you left and asked where you went. And I might have said that you went to the bus station and he might have instantly took off and even though I ran after him I lost sight of him. That little fucker is just too quick”

Hearing her words I almost instantly started to panic. Hearing that Jisung had left the shelter wasn’t really shocking but the fact that he did it alone meaning that there would be a possibility of people trying to maybe get a hang of a rare hybrid right now. And I really wanted him to be safe.

“Did you explain where the bus station is?”, I asked already looking around maybe already spotting the squirrel somewhere.

“I tried but before I could finish he already ran out. I would have gone with him if he just waited and didn’t instantly take off.”

I heard in her voice that she was already panicking. I started to walk around the bus station trying to maybe find him somewhere near.

“Where are you right now?”, I asked through the phone.

“I’m at the market. I lost track of him just before I called you. We really need to find him. But you should stay at the station. Maybe he might really find you”

“ARE YOU NUTS? I’m not going to just wait here and maybe never see him again. Stay on the phone. I’ll go search for him now.”

I heard her sigh on the other side of the line but since she didn’t answer I knew that she knew that I was right. The risk of losing him was higher than ever and I wasn’t going to risk that. I began to walk back trying to figure out where he might have gone on the way. It was already starting to get dark and I was about to lose hope to find him when someone crashed into me and instantly clung to me.

“Don’t leave! Please!”, I heard him begging and a huge stone fell from my shoulders when I heard his voice.

“He is with me.”, I said over the phone.

“Oh thank god! Please get him back here safe. He’s gonna get the biggest scolding of his life. Just wait until I see him again”

I had to laugh at her words. We ended the call and I put my phone away turning my head to the squirrel clinging to me as if his life depended on it.

“ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? DO YOU KNOW WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU OUT HERE? YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL”

Jisung looked at me with big eyes, shocked that I was almost screaming at him. He kept his head low and just listened to what I had to say.

“We could have lost you. GODDAMN SOMEONE COULD HAVE JUST KIDNAPPED YOU AND WE WOULD NEVER KNOW. NEVER. DO. THAT. AGAIN”

“I’m sorry, but I couldn’t let you go with you being mad at me”, he said in a small voice almost starting to cry.

I sighed and pulled him into a hug.

“I’m not mad at you. I just wanted to give you some space to let you think. I’m so glad that you are ok”, I mumbled against his neck as I hugged him tight.

He stayed silent and hugged me back even tighter. We separated from the hug and I took his hand.

“Let’s head back to the shelter. Don’t let go of my hand or I might lose you again and I don’t want that. Understood?”

He nodded obedient. We walked back to the shelter and it was already dark when we arrived there. Bf/n instantly walked towards us when we entered.

“Do you know how worried we were? You can’t just take off like that! You know exactly how dangerous it is for you especially to go outside alone. Be more responsible and think before you act. Do you understand me?”, she asked and looked at Jisung, who looked down at the floor again.

“I understand”, he said in a tiny voice and I squeezed his hand to show him that everything was ok now.

“I would have gone with you if you would have just waited a bit longer. Next time just be a bit more patient, alright?”

“Ok. I’m sorry”, Jisung apologized and looked back up at her.

After talking a bit more we walked back to Jisungs room. He sat down on his bed still looking like a scolded puppy. I sat down next to him and he instantly turned to me.

“Are you still mad?”, he asked.

“Jisung. I was never mad at you. How could I ever be mad at you, huh?”, I said and reached out to pet his head.

“You know…when I said that I was going to rearrange my spare room I didn’t mean to reject you. I actually didn’t even understand what you wanted. To be honest I would be really happy to have you around at all times of the day.”, I confessed and watched Jisungs sad face turn into a huge smile.

“Really?”, he asked, his eyes sparkling and almost watering from excitement.

“Yes, really”

As soon as these words left my lips Jisung already hugged me. So tight that I almost couldn’t breath anymore.

“Thank you.”, he mumbled quietly and shortly after that I heard quiet sniffling.

As I looked at Jisung he was crying.

“Hey. Don’t cry”, I whispered and stroked his cheek, wiping away his tears.

“I’m just so happy”, he cried and smiled at me.

How could he get any cuter?

Summary: Your best friend works at a hybrid shelter and needs your help after her favourite hybrid Jisung had been returned for the 6th time this month. She needed someone to help the poor sad boy after all this month’s heartbreak.

Contains: angst, fluff

Warnings: none

Wordcount: 3,5 K

Enjoy!

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I was sitting on my bed after taking a shower. It was a normal boring lazy day for me. I was mindlessly scrolling through Instagram when I received a call from my best friend. I picked up the phone confused about her early call since she was supposed to be at work since 8 am.

“Hey. What’s up?”, I asked.

“I am so fucking angry right now. You won’t believe this”, she almost screamed at the phone making me move it away from my ear to not go deaf.

“Slowly girl. I am listening. Don’t scream at your phone. Take a deep breath and then talk”, I tried to calm her a bit since I knew how she was when something made her angry.

“You know that cute squirrel boy here at the shelter, Jisung?”

“Sure, since you can’t stop talking about him whenever you get the chance”, I giggled thinking about all the times she talked about him showing me pictures of the cute boy.

“What about him?”

“You remember how I told you that he was going to be adopted some time ago? I prepared everything, printed the documents and we usually test out if a hybrid can stay with their owner before we let them adopt. And they returned him after 2 days. And this is the fucking 6th time this month someone decided to take him in and then return him. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM? YOU CAN’T JUST MAKE HIM GET HIS HOPES UP AND THEN GIVE HIM BACK! HE IS NOT A TOY YOU CAN RETURN WHEN YOU DON’T LIKE IT”

She was screaming at the phone and I was sure that all the hybrids at the shelter where now alarmed after hearing her scream. I felt anger build in my stomach. I totally understood why she was angry. I would be too. Knowing how hard it was for a hybrid to get an owner when they were living at a shelter only made this situation worse. People where still just seeing them as accessories which was disgusting. I knew some of the hybrids at the shelter since I sometimes visited her at her work but I never got the chance to meet Jisung in person. But I knew just from her telling me about him and showing me pictures of the cutie that he was pretty sensitive and that he wished for nothing more than just a safe home with people that love him just as much as he loves them.

“What do you mean by this is the 6th time? People have been bringing him back all month? How is he? He must feel terrible”, I said concern covering my voice.

That boy must feel horrible. He must be so sad right now. I heard her sigh on the other line before she started to talk.

“I had to take him to a separate room because he had been crying since he was brought back. All the bunnies in the common room where trying to cheer him up but he just hid in a corner. He is normally so happy and totally hyper but he has turned so quiet and sad for a squirrel hybrid. He had been eating less lately and I think he is slowly losing weight. I’m really worried. And this is where you step in”, she said and I already knew what her plan was.

“And now you want me to try and cheer him up.”

“PLEASE I BEG YOU”

She pleaded on the other line. Well I would love to try to make that boy cheer up but I actually had no idea how I was supposed to do that.

“Ok ok. I’ll do it. Is there something you can tell me about him that might help me?”

“Well he loves to wrap himself in really fluffy blankets and he is obsessed with everything that includes rice. He is very sensitive so you should be careful with what you say to him especially in his state right now.”, she explained and I took some notes in my head.

“When would you like me to come over there?”

“As soon as possible. I’m really concerned and he’s not letting me get close to him. I’m just hoping you with your talent for talking to strangers might help me out in this situation.”

“Alright. I’ll be on my way now. See you in a bit”

“See you then”

We ended the call and I rushed to my closet to choose an outfit. I just chose something comfortable which was a hoodie and my favorite leggings. I then put my hair into a messy bun and grabbed a bag. I knew that I still had a fluffy blanket somewhere. I searched all the cabinets in my bedroom and living room finally finding what I was searching for. It was a blue blanket with yellow stars on it and it was really warm and fluffy. I packed it in my bag and then got ready to go out. I put on my shoes and grabbed my wallet and keys before I left the house. I stopped by a groceries store to buy some rice cakes and then headed to the shelter. It wasn’t far from where I live so it didn’t take long to get there. I arrived there just 10 minutes after leaving the store. Warm air greeted me as I went inside. As soon as I stepped in bf/n was already walking towards me. I could see concert written all over her face. She hugged me before she started to talk.

“Thank you for stopping by. I really don’t know what to do with this boy. Just try to talk to him a bit, ok? That might already help”, she said before she started to walk towards the common room.

“I’ll try my best.”

We walked to the common room where I was greeted by 5 bunny hybrids tackling me to the ground.

“Guys I need to breath”, I screeched from under them trying to get them to not kill me with all their weigh on top of me.

“Sorry”, one of them apologized and smiled as I pet his head.

“It’s ok”, I smiled at him and watched his eyes sparkle.

These hybrids were just too cute. Bf/n watched me from the distance and smiled. She knew how much I loved hybrids and that I would do anything for them to see them smile. I was the perfect person for her to take care of Jisung in his state right now or she thought that at least. We walked through the backdoor and arrived in the corridor with all the different rooms. Every hybrid had their own room even though most of them had shared their rooms or even beds with each other since they were that close. We walked to a room with a glass door. You could see the frame of a sad squirrel hiding in the corner of the room on his bed through the glass and it was already making me sad to see him like that. Bf/n looked at me and gave me a thumbs up before she left me alone. I knocked on the door and stepped inside the room after waiting for a bit. Jisung didn’t even turn his head as he heard the door shut behind me.

“Hey. My name is y/n. I’m a friend of bf/n. I heard you had a pretty rough month.”, I started to talk hoping he might answer or at least say something in return but there was only silence.

The only noises were our breaths right now. I walked closer to the bed and dropped my bag on it. I pulled out the blanket that I had brought with me and cautiously wrapped it around the saddened boy. Jisung looked at what I had wrapped around him and then grabbed it and snuggled into it. It was cute to watch him get comfort from just having gotten a fluffy blanket. I sat down next to him and looked at him. He cautiously turned his head towards me. His eyes were swollen and red. He probably had still been crying some time ago. His dark brown hair was a bit disheveled and his tail was laying lazily behind him on the bed.

“Are you hungry? I brought you some rice cakes”, I said quietly since I didn’t want to startle him with my voice.

His eyes opened wide as he heard that I brought food. I pulled them out of my bag and gave them to him. He looked at them a big suspicious until he pulled one out of the package and began to munch on it. He looked a bit happier as he was eating. I watched him eat until he had finished about half the package. He looked at me and took another rice cake and handed it to me.

“Here”, he said in a quiet voice.

“Thank you, Jisung”, I answered and took the rice cake from his hand.

He looked satisfied as I started eating it. We just sat there in silence for some time. I put the left-over rice cakes onto the nightstand and turned towards him again.

“Do you like the blanket?” I asked and he nodded.

“I’m glad. I thought you might like it. It’s really fluffy isn’t it?”

He nodded again and then looked at my lap. I was confused for some time until I slowly understood.

“Do you wanna lay down on my lap?”

His cheeks slightly turned pink as he nodded and then looked at me again.

“Go ahead. Lay down”, I said and he did.

He laid his head on my lap and snuggled into the blanket. He looked cute completely wrapped into a fluffy blanket with only his head peeking out. I cautiously placed one hand on his shoulder and the other on his head. He flinched as I touched him.

“I’m sorry. I won’t do it again”, I apologized and retreated my hands.

“It’s ok. I was just surprised”, he whispered.

I placed my hands back where they had been just a moment ago and started to slowly pet his head and stroke his shoulder trying to comfort him. I watched him close his eyes and slowly drift into sleep. After some time my phone vibrated and I tried to get it out of my bag without waking Jisung. I grabbed it and looked at the display.

Bf/n: How’s it going? Is he ok?

I took a quick picture of the sleeping beauty on my lap and send it to her.

You: He is sleeping peacefully. He ate a few rice cakes I bought and then laid down.

Bf/n: That’s good. I’ll text you when it’s time for lunch. If you could get him to come eat with the others that would be great. But don’t force it if it’s not possible. I don’t want him to feel like he needs to attend. I want him to feel as good as possible. Even if that includes being isolated from the others for some time.

You: I’ll try my best. I keep you updated

I put my phone away again and watched Jisung. He looked really pretty sleeping. His eyes weren’t as swollen as before and he looked like a burrito wrapped in the blanket. I kept watching him some more until he began to move. He slowly opened his eyes and quickly sat up looking around panicking.

“It’s ok. It’s just me. No need to panic.”, I tried to calm him by placing my hand on his shoulder and slowly stroking it.

Jisung looked at me, sighed and closed his eyes before he fell into my arms and hugged me as if there was no tomorrow. I felt his body tremble as he clinged to me. I cautiously stroked his back trying to calm him down. I wanted to say something to make sure that he knew he was ok with me but I didn’t know what to say. The longer I kept stroking his back the more I noticed his heartbeat calm down. We probably hugged for about 10 minutes before I noticed his grip around me loosening and he moved so that he was sitting next to me with his head resting on my shoulder.

“Are you ok?”, I asked looking at the slightly exhausted squirrel next to me.

“I don’t know”, he mumbled and tightened the grip on his blanket.

“Do you wanna talk? About what’s wrong?”

He shrugged before he grabbed my hand and took it with both of his hands. I looked at him to see that he looked as sad as he did when I first walked in here. I didn’t want to see him like this. It hurt my heart to see a frown on his beautiful face. I squeezed his hand and placed my head on top of his, that was still resting on my shoulder.

“You don’t need to talk. We can just stay like this if you’re ok with that. Take your time. I’ll stay here as long as you want”

“Thank you.”, he mumbled quietly.

We sat there for some time in complete silence. My phone vibrated after some time and Jisung flinched at the sound of it. I grabbed it and looked at the display.

Bf/n: Lunch is ready. It would be nice if the both of you could join us

I looked at Jisung next to me who had read the message looking over my shoulder.

“Are you hungry?”, I asked looking at him.

He shook his head and then looked at me with big puppy eyes.

“Can I stay here, please?”, he asked back.

“Sure, you can. I’ll just quickly go grab a bite and then I’ll be back. You should rest some more”

I reached out to pet his head before I stood up and left the room. I walked to the common room to see that the other hybrids and some of the staff including bf/n were already sitting at the large table in the middle of the room eating. As she saw me she pat the empty chair next to her and smiled as I sat down.

“I knew that he would want to stay in his room”, she said as she handed me a plate filled with mashed potatoes, some vegetables and some meat that looked absolutely delicious.

“I can understand him. He seems to be so broken and I’m glad he didn’t start to cry or I would have cried with him. I was surprised that he was ok with me staying with him.”

“You’re someone who isn’t involved in this mess and maybe that’s the reason why he feels that he can trust you. That you won’t hurt him in the way others have hurt him the past month.”, she explained and continued to eat.

“I still don’t understand why people would just bring him back. Like he is such a sweetheart. How could you not instantly love him?”

Bf/n smiled at me and swallowed her food before she started to talk again.

“I don’t understand it either. Some said he was too clingy, others were complaining he was too loud or wouldn’t obey orders.”

I could vomit when I hear the words “obey orders”. Hybrids are not slaves that you can order around. They are like pets and humans. They need love and affection and give just as much as they receive. One of the staff members that had been watching us joined our conversation.

“They probably wanted an unusual hybrid and thought it was easy to take care of him but then realized that a squirrel hybrid is very lively and needs a lot of attention”, he said and bf/n nodded agreeing to what he just mentioned.

We continued to eat in silence before one of the bunnies started to talk.

“Hannie looked so sad this morning. I wanted to cheer him up but he pushed me away. You need to make Hannie smile again.”, he mumbled quietly.

“Hannie?”, I asked confused about this nickname.

“His full name is Han Jisung. We usually call him Jisung but the other hybrids started calling him Hannie some time ago”, bf/n explained.

I looked at the bunny hybrid again and I could see that he was concerned about Jisung. I walked over to him and softly pet his head as he looked at me.

“I’ll try my best”, I said and watched him smile at me.

Bf/n, the staff and the other hybrids watched us with a smile.

“I should go and see how he is doing. I’ll see you later”

I walked back into the corridor and opened the door to Jisungs room. I looked into the room to find him fast asleep laying on his bed. I cautiously closed the door behind me and walked over to the bed. He looked adorable sleeping with the blanket I brought covering him and only his head peaking out. I sat down on the edge of the mattress making sure I didn’t wake him. I had to take a quick picture to save this cute moment before I kept watching him for some time. He began to move a shortly after that and opened his eyes. Jisung rubbed his eyes still sleepy and looked at me.

“Hi”, he mumbled and closed his eyes again as I reached out to pet his head.

“Hey. How are you feeling? Better?”, I asked as I slowly started to stroke his head.

Jisung opened his eyes and looked up to the ceiling. He took a deep breath before he started to speak in a quiet voice.

“Do you think I’m annoying?”

I was confused about his question. Why would he suddenly ask that out of nowhere?

“No. Why should I think that?”

He turned his head towards the wall next to him and continued to speak.

“Am I really that bad? Why does nobody want to keep me? It’s all my fault”

The longer he talked the quieter his voice turned. I scooted closer to him and placed my hand on his shoulder. I felt his body tremble and just now I noticed the quiet sobs coming from the boy.

“Are you crying?”, I asked and leaned closer so I could see his face.

A single tear rolled down his cheeks until it hit the corner of his mouth and vanished.

“Hey. Come here”, I said in a quiet voice.

He turned his head towards me and looked at me with tear-filled eyes. It broke my heart right then and there. Seeing him this sad hurt me somewhere deep in my heart. He didn’t deserve all this pain. I cautiously laid down next to him and opened my arms. Before I could even ask him if he wanted to cuddle Jisung had already snuggled against me burying his face in my neck. I cautiously wrapped my arms around him and placed one of my hands on his head to slowly stroke it.

“It’s not your fault. Believe me. There are so many people out there, probably in the same situation as you are. Lonely and just searching for love and affection. Don’t give up. You’re wonderful. You’re cute, adorable, fluffy, very cuddly, pretty and with a beautiful personality. There is someone out there who will appreciate you exactly the way you are. Who will love all the flaws you see in yourself and who will give you the love and affection you seek.”

I tried to sooth his worries with my honest words. He was still crying against my neck but his body had stopped to tremble. I continued to softly pet his head just to show him that I was still there for him and that I would stay until he didn’t need me anymore. It took a few minutes of whispering sweet nothings and some more pets on the head for him to calm down again and stop crying. Jisung was still sniffling as he turned his head to face me but at least there were no more tears running over his cheeks. He stretched his neck so he could boop his nose with mine and then slightly smiled with closed eyes.

“Thank you”, he whispered before he snuggled his head back against my neck.

“You’re welcome, Hannie”

I felt his smile against my neck as he heard me call him by his nickname which made me smile too. We laid there for some time in comfortable silence until Jisung began to talk again.

“Will you come visit me from now on?”, he asked and looked at me with his big brown puppy eyes.

“Yes. As often as you want”