The Rarest Gift

NOTE:Jack is NOT wearing a dress! He is wearing North’s pants. His clothes got ruined. ALSO, Bunny looks funny because North shaved him. With good reason, I promise. LOL

Took me all fricken week to draw this, so PLEASE comment?! Comments keep me motivated to keep drawing.

The bit of story included below is an excerpt from Global Warming. (Available at Fanfiction.net - www.fanfiction.net/s/9306038/1... or AO3 - archiveofourown.org/works/7841... The story is mostly safe for the time being save for some swearing and suggestive content, but there will be NC-17 stuff later on. You have been warned.

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Jack didn’t have a hoodie to hide in, so he remained exposed… didn’t have pockets to stuff his hands in, so they just sat at his sides in fists, clenching so tightly he thought he might bleed. “You touched me - kissed me - called me Snowflake! I thought you were going to let me back in, and now you’re asking me to be your friend?!" He lost the anger then, voice cracking, and Bunny’s heart broke. “I don’t want to be your friend, Bunny," he squeaked. “I’ve been your friend."

Aster tried to ignore the building pain. Jack had he said he didn’t want to be friends anymore. So that was it..? Not even friends..? Alright… Bunny had decided going into this that he would respect whatever decision Jack made, but, if this was going to be the end for them, he was going to make certain Jack understood how he felt first. “Yeah, Ah did. An Ah meant it… all of it. Kiss included." He held Jack’s gaze, trying to show him the sincerity in his words, “Jack… Ye’re right. Ya have been mah friend… an’ a true blue one, ta be sure. Ah don’t wanna lose that, but it sounds like Ah already have." Tears once again prickled at his eyes, though he held them back again. Crying would only make Jack feel worse. Bunny didn’t want to make him feel worse, although it seemed to be unavoidable - Jack hadn’t missed the shine in his eyes.

The younger Guardian took a deep breath and turned away then and Bunny was so certain it was to steel himself for the final blow, that he did the same… but the axe never fell. Instead, Jack implored him, “Please… don’t. I was so happy when you said you liked me… I was happy when North gave me that talk. I was happy when you were smiling like an idiot because of a silly compliment… You make me happy, Bunny. Please… don’t take that away again. I need you."

What was that? Had he heard that right? "Need me? Why would ya need someone who just hurts ya all the time?" he asked, then gripped Jack by the shoulder and forced him to turn back again. Shaking his head, still not sure he believed his own ears, he wondered - had Jack simply misunderstood his reasoning? “Ah only said what Ah did about bein’ friends cause Ah thought ‘Ah gotta take what Ah can get.’ Ah didn’t mean that Ah don’t want more’n that." Did he really dare hope for more? Reaching out his right paw, he tentatively cupped Jack’s cheek, wiping a stray tear away with his thumb. “Jack… Ah was never plannin’ ta take anythin’ away from ya today," he began as he took Jack’s right hand with his other paw, and said, “Ah was plannin’… hopin’… ta give ya somethin’." He then lifted Jack’s hand and laid it, palm open, over his own heart and whispered, “But ya gotta be careful with it… It’s pretty fragile."