The path you left

Koda, an eight-year-old German Shepherd, and Bungee, a six-year-old Holland Lop rabbit, have grown up together under the care of the same humans. When their owners leave one day and never return, they wait. First with trust, then with hunger, then with growing unease.

After weeks alone, they escape the house and step into a city frozen in the middle of evacuation. Cars sit abandoned in the streets, doors stand open, and handwritten notes promise they'll soon be back. Humans didn't disappear in chaos or violence they left calmly, believing they would come back.

Koda is certain his humans are still out there. He searches the city the way he was taught to love, faithfully, endlessly, following fading scents and familiar routes. Bungee follows beside him, not because she believes the search will succeed, but because leaving Koda alone would be worse. Where Koda holds onto hope, Bungee understands survival, and the quiet truth that waiting can become dangerous.

Together, they navigate an empty world shaped by good intentions and broken promises, learning what loyalty means when there is no one left to return to.