Jack froze as the water closed over his head, but barely had time for it to register before he was shoved to the surface. Bunny erupted from the brightly colored water next to him, still hanging on to Jack.
Jack was clinging tighter to Bunny now that his head was above the water, just taking deep breaths and holding on so tight it pulled painfully on Bunny's fur. Bunny, whose first instinct had been to curse the air blue before laughing hysterically, had bitten both down when he felt how tightly Jack was hanging onto him and instead walked carefully though the water, slower than usual so they wouldn't take another tumble. Tooth hovered overhead, reaching out and pulling back, ready to snatch at either of them if Bunny slipped.
It seemed an eternity until Bunny reached dry land, though in actuality it only took about fifteen seconds.
He fell onto the bank, letting Jack settle beside him. Jack let go after another second, coughing softly and scrubbing at his hair, sending colored ice flying.
"You okay, there, Snowflake?" Bunny asked as Jack shook the last of the ice out of his hair. "You sorta froze up there on me, pardon the pun."
Jack chuckled softly, though it was a bit strained. "Uh, yeah, that was...didn't expect that," he said. "The water or the reaction. You're good?"
"Bit 'o dousing ain't gonna hurt," Bunny said, before looking down at himself. "Gettin' th' color out's gonna be a pain, though."
Jack plucked at his own hoodie. The colors didn't show up well on the blue background, like they did on Bunny's pristine white stomach which now was colored a pastel rainbow, but it was still discolored. "Gonna take a lot of work to fix this..." he muttered.
Bunny stood, groaning. "Come on, got some stuff ta get it outta cloth back at th' Burrow. We can have tea an' you kin tell me 'n Toothie what happened there."
"So, that was new," Jack said, cautiously accepting the mug of tea and salad Bunny had quickly prepped. "It was like I just locked up as soon as my head went under water. Total panic."
"Did that ever happen before, can you remember?" Tooth asked, holding her own mug close, waiting for Jack.
"Well, I didn't exactly make a habit of swimming," Jack said dryly. "I think it was the surprise."
"That and remembering," Tooth said sadly.
"I'm pretty sure it was mostly the shock of it," Jack said. "Happened that fast then, too. I think the question for the moment is how we're going to get Bunny back to normal."
"One, stop deflecting," Bunny said, puffing up in irritation as they both turned to look at him and his multicolor fur, "An' two, yer hair's as bad as my fur, fer all ya got most o' it out wi' the ice."
Jack blinked a few times before tugging a lock down to where he could see it, going cross eyed to look as Tooth covered her mouth to stifle a giggle.
The dye job wasn't quite as vibrant as Bunny's thanks to the quick freezing, but there was still pastel colors faded throughout Jack hair. He tugged at his hoodie with a frown.
"I look like the Easter Elf. Do you think we can salvage any of this?" he asked. "I don't exactly have a lot of clothes around. I know North's been after me to let him make me a new hoodie, I just..."
