Beastars; Dulled Fangs

3

Haru was eating alone.
Again.

This was a normal sight, depressingly. Her only friend never really came to dinner and her... boyfriend didn't really care enough. Despite the sad sight, Haru didn't really mind her position. It allowed her to get away from the harassment and rumors, and she felt safe here eating, sat next to her dorm building. The ledge even allowed her to swing her legs slightly.

The peace was ruined, however, when a mattress landed right next to her.
"GAH!" Haru jumped to the side, and stared at the mattress, perplexed.

"Hey!" She heard a faint voice yell at her from above. She looked up.
It was one of her dorm mates.

The girl yelled someone that Haru couldn't really hear all too well, due to the other girl being so damn high up, but judging by the general mocking tone, it was easy to assume the mattress on the ground was Haru's.
"Hey! What the hell?" Haru yelled back at the girl.

She didn't exactly have to be a rocket scientist to understand why they didn't want her in the dorm.

Haru was a rather... sexually active student, almost worryingly so. It's not really something anyone outside of the herbivore student body know about, to which she's thankful (she couldn't bare to think what (Y/N) would say), but the rumors have gotten rather out of control. Certain male students have come out and confessed to have slept with Haru in the past. She's ruined relationships, and a lot of them.
No one's really sure why she does it, but any reason she could come up with wouldn't be justification enough for the students, she's only seen as "that bunny slut".
She eventually just stopped caring about keeping a low profile about it, since no one will shut the hell up about it.
She just hopes (Y/N) doesn't find out about it...

Why does she care so much if he knows? Would he care that much? He'd probably say something like "just live your life," and be all understanding, but funny little conversations the two of them have had in the past has shown that (Y/N) is made very uncomfortable about sexual topics, or discussions of them. He's also said he never really looks at someone the same after he learned that someone has had sex.
Haru liked their current dynamic. Just two buddies swapping jokes, stories, advice...
Really anything.
But Haru always feels she needs to protect (Y/N) and his feelings. She doesn't know why, it's not like the wolf is emotionally unstable. She just cares about him... she knows he cares about her, but does he care as much? Would he care as much if he knew? Why wasn't she scared of him?

Why does she care so much?

As she was thinking about all of this, she had thrown the dirtied and torn mattress away in some random dumpster, getting stared at by random passerby as she did so. She didn't really need it, as she had her shed in the Gardening Club. She was just sitting on the other side of the dorm building, staring at the beautiful sunset sky.

She wish someone else was here to enjoy this beauty with her...

"Hey, slut!"

Not what she meant.

Haru sighed angrily, before looking to where the voice came from, to her right. Along with the strong scent of apples, she'd recognize that voice anywhere

There stood a two tone harlequin rabbit, taller than Haru. Black on the right, white on the left. She was holding a bucket full of water and was being followed by her two unimportant lackies.

This is Mizuchi.
She was an endangered species of rabbit, Which gives her a massive ego, as she believes herself to be a perfect creature.

Her deal with Haru as that she had slept with Mizuchi's ex-boyfriend, who was also a harlequin rabbit, way before Mizuchi had ever gotten the chance to do anything other than kiss him.

Haru stared at Mizuchi, who stared angrily back.

"So, how's Cherryton's biggest hoe doing this evening? Too good for your dorm?" Mizuchi stalked closer, fury lining the features of her face.

Haru fake yawned, stretching. "Eugh, tell me what I did to make you mad again?" She knew exactly what she did, she just liked fucking with Mizuchi, as she was always super easy to anger.

Mizuchi grunted, her face contorting even more somehow, stomping even closer. "You bitch! You ruined a perfect same species couple!" She got right in Haru's face, practically growling in rage.

"Hm. You know, any boy that gets that flustered over a little kiss isn't usually worth that much. Or he was only dating you out of fear, who knows?" Haru furrowed her brow, saying as much as she could to annoy Mizuchi. She actually really found those those kinds of guys kind of cute. She had someone else in mind... that harlequin boy was just weird though.

She's delt with jealous girlfriends before, and they've never had the balls to really do anything, so she wasn't worried.

Unfortunately, Mizuchi had proven time and time again that she wasn't normal. She was extra.

Mizuchi growled, before grabbing Haru by the ears, and, with only one hand, threw her off the concrete ledge and into the grass. Adding insult to injury, she tossed the water from her bucket, which she probably only brought for this reason, all over her. As Haru tried to get up, the bucket itself painfully bounced off of her head.

"Think about your fucking actions next time, you bitch!" Mizuchi exclaimed with pure, burning hatred as her lackies guffawed stupidly.

With a huff, she held out her hand to one of her idiot friends. "Bag."
The other girl handed Mizuchi her bag, with she put over her shoulder, and fastened. She  stared down at Haru, who had rolled onto her back and was looking back up at Mizuchi in bewilderment.

Haru watched as Mizuchi huffed again, and began to walk down the concrete ledge, down to the edge of the building.

Haru sighed, before standing up.
She was surprised of how bold Mizuchi was.
At least she stuck to her guns...
Eugh, she needs a shower..

~~~

(Y/N) adjusted his backpack as he walked awkwardly through the herbivore side of the campus, getting strange stares as he went.
He was allowed to be over here, it's just that carnivores never really had a reason to.

He thought about the day and it's boring events. Rehearsal without Tem, being somber as always. The stares he'd always get, the muttering he always heard.
It was horrible.
But it was life.
His life.
After all, he dug this hole.

When (Y/N) was younger, about middle school, he was a bully. He was already everyone's least favorite, and he was sick and tired of it, and he decided enough was enough, and decided that, at that point, he was taller than most other folks, he'd begun to fight back. He hated everyone, and tried so hard to hurt them all, in any way possible.

But then, he went too far.
He ruined a girl's life.
Then she...

(Y/N) shook his head, trying so hard to derail this train of thought. He didn't want to think about his own sins. The pain he's inflicted.
He wished he could take it all back...

He turned a corner, and bumped into a smaller individual, causing him to step back.
"Oh- I'm s-sorry, I didn't mean to-"
Then he saw the person he bumped into.
It was a two tone harlequin rabbit girl. Staring back up at him with wide green eyes. She had sharp features, and fluffy ears.
She smelled lovely, like an orchid of apples...
She was... breathtaking.
What the hell?
What the hell is going on??
Why is (Y/N)'s heart beating so much faster?
What is this??

"AHHHH!!"  The girl screamed, then took her satchel and slammed it across (Y/N)'s face, bringing him back to reality. The rabbit girl sprinted away, leaving behind dust as she went.

(Y/N) was... shocked to say the least.
He looked around, not seeing the girl anywhere.
She didn't grab her bag after hitting him with it.
It was on the ground.

(Y/N) leaned down, and picked it up, and looked at it.
It was a very nice white leather, and really packed a punch. His cheek really hurt.
No one would consciously leave this behind.
He decided to take it with him as he just made his way back to his dorm.
There's been enough action today.

As made his way he thought about his initial reaction to her...
His heart pounded in his chest as he thought about her face.
Her eyes...
Her perfume, scented like an orchid...
His entire body shuddered.

What....
What is happening to him??