𝐭𝐦𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬

𝐌𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐢 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

Requested by @Codedecay

Title: Long-Ears

"You need to lift your sword higher when swinging upwards in the arc, (y/n)." I sighed as I lowered the blade and looked at Usagi, also known as Long-Ears. He put his hands behind his back and strolled over to me, taking the sword from my hands. He began to expertly swing it, eyes closed, as if in his own world. He'd been wielding that thing for as long as I could remember, so he probably knew exactly what he was doing without even doing it.

Sitting down against a tree, I watched as he continued to spin and kick, as if fighting imaginary opponents. He was beautiful. I'd been in love with the samurai rabbit for years, though, I'd been entertaining the thought that he didn't know what love was, so there was no way he could ever love me back. It didn't matter; it would never happen. 

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I woke up with a start. It was dark around us, the sounds of the forest mysteriously gone as silence rang all around me. Long-Ears was shaking me as he glared over his shoulder at the lake. There was something moving in it; and it was big, maybe the size of Usagi, or even bigger. I moved my wide eyes over to him and he put a finger over his lips, gesturing for me to hide behind the tree I was currently sitting against. As soon as I did so, he was ambushed. Two, three, four figures rushed at him with different weapons. They were turtles. Giant turtles the size of Usagi were rushing at him with different colored bandanas covering their eyes.

"What is this?" he grunted as he defended himself, seemingly making it look effortless. After a short fight, he knocked the blue one against a rock and he began groaning. Weird, since the whole time none of them had made any noise. Then, the other ones stood up and began talking also, not trying to attack anymore. They all began talking with Usagi, and as I sat there behind the tree, cold and tired, I eventually fell asleep again, hoping I would wake up warm. 

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I didn't. I woke up with a gasp as I looked around and rubbed my blurry eyes. After stretching and standing, I realized I was alone. Usagi and the turtles were gone. I couldn't believe it. I wouldn't believe it. But, it was right in front of me. The truth was right in front of me. Usagi had forgotten about me.

After trudging back to where we'd been yesterday before visiting the lake, I noticed Usagi and the turtle-men standing in the clearing. Three of them were sparring while he and the last one- blue- talking, slowly clashing swords and moving in circles.

"Usagi?" I asked as I stepped into the clearing. Everyone stopped and stared at me as I furrowed my eyebrows at him. Looking back at the others, he asked them to continue as he walked over to me.

"Hello, (y/n). Have you done your morning routine yet?" I sighed and turned without a word, walking away. I turned around to see if he were watching me, but he had already gone back to his sparring with the blue turtle.

He didn't even ask if I was okay. 

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I walked down to the lake and sat down in front of it, staring at the water. Why didn't Usagi love me back? Why didn't he notice me? I was literally the only other one with him. Why? Why was I not enough for him?

"(Y/n)?" I didn't move. I only tilted my head to the side as Long-Ears sat down beside me. We didn't speak. He was waiting for me to talk first; to explain why I had disappeared this afternoon. I wasn't going to explain anything to him. I held my ground, not looking or speaking to him. He shifted every once in a while, crossing his legs and sighing. Then, he didn't move or make a sound. His breathing evened out and then it was quiet again.