{AN: Thank you all once again for your kind words! I love you all so much! *tears of joy*}

The next week was somewhat of a blur, in Jack's opinion. Classes that usually made him fall asleep were passing quicker than normal, and lunch was even shorter. The time might've passed slower, had Jack not been laughing so much. Jack was a prankster by nature, and played jokes on other people as a sort of inauguration to friendship; and just like he did with North, Sandy, and Tooth, Jack subjected Bunny to suffer through them.

It didn't help to halt Jack's 'ceremony' when he found out that Bunny made the cutest (in Jack's opinion) face when he was annoyed. It certainly didn't help when, after three days of gum-stuck shoes, crudely drawn penises on papers and cold buckets of water above doorways, Bunny started to prank him back.

After getting a foul-tasting splash of paint (non-toxic, mind you) in his water bottle, seemingly tripping over nothing four times on his way to class, and 'acciddentally' being knocked into the Culinary class's supply of flour, Jack was highly suspicious of the Australian. Every time he looked, however, Bunny would be nowhere in sight.

As he was walking to seventh period (he should've have been expecting something this time), Jack got a icy bucket of water over the head; He turned in the direction the water came from, expecting to find nothing once again, only to stop with wide eyes, and a blush he could swear was heating the water on his face into steam.

There stood Bunny, who was clad in his usual brown jacket and a sweater (brown today), but with a very nice, very tight pair of jeans that Jack had to physically tear his eyes away from. Bunny held the offending bucket in one hand by his side, and in the other was a towel, extended towards his victim as an offer of friendship. Jack looked up at Bunny's face and nearly swooned, as the Aussie had a smug smile on his lips, his eyes twinkling with amusement and a small sense of satisfaction.

"G'day." Jack snorted, but grinned and started drying himself off with the towel as best as he could. "'Good day' my ass. I feel sticky in places I don't even want to think about." Bunny nearly choked on his laughter, reaching to open the door for the both of them.

"A little too much info, Frostbite. Don't wanna be thinking about those places, 'specially on you." Jack turned his head back to retort while walking under the Aussie's arm to get into the classroom, a grin on his face and no memory of the tension between them.

Today (Friday), while Bunny had on another sweater (forest green, but how many of these things did he own?) and a paint-splattered pair of brown khakis, had stopped Jack before he could walk into seventh, not speaking until the rest of the hallway was empty. Bunny opened his mouth as if to say something, but shut it again, then looked Jack up and down.

Jack looked at him blankly, a little confused, then looked down at himself. He had chosen to dress up a little today, wearing his nicest pair of jeans (though they were a few years old and had gotten a little tight) and a light blue v-neck under his back-up hoodie, which was charcoal with a sky blue snowflake. He didn't look bad, did he..? (oh now he felt like a girl)

"Can I ask... What all that was about, last week?" Jack snapped his head up, obviously having been lost in his thoughts, absentmindedly registering that the late bell had gone off. "Huh?" Bunny looked a little uncomfortable, but clarified himself anyway. "When ya... You were all... Blank. In class?" Jack's eyes widened a bit, swallowing past a bit of panic that had made a lump in his throat. Of course he'd want to know about that.

Jack slapped his trademark grin on his face, though anyone could tell it was fake, and shoved his hands in his jacket's pockets. "Haha! A little early to ask about that, isn't it, Kangaroo? I mean, you haven't even take me on a date yet!" He forced a small laugh out when he had finished his sentence, trying to appear nochalant. Bunny, however, had a startled look on his face.

The Australian dropped his gaze to the floor, muttering what seemed to be a curse and an 'almost forgot', before looking back at Jack. Jack felt his face heat up again, though significantly less than normal, and he thanked his lucky stars he was learning to keep it under control. With what looked like a sheepish smile, Bunny reached a hand up to curl a finger around his hair. "Apologies, shoulda thouoghta that, yeah? Whatcha doing tomorrow?"

Jack let his jaw fall open as his face turned a much darker shade of red. So much for control. "You..w-what..? Did you just.." Bunny smiled wider, a light blush tinting his tan cheeks, turning them more of a rust color. "Well, yeah. I mean, as..." He searched for the right word to say, biting at his lip, and Jack thought he looked twice as hot as he had before (that couldn't happen..could it?).

"As uncomfortable...as I was before with your...advances, and whatnot, yer still pretty cute. And..." Bunny blushed a little darker, his voice dropping a level of volume. "Your friends are nice'n all... But ya made me feel more..welcome. Like I'd been here all along, y'know?" Jack nearly swooned, his heart doing a tap dance in his stomach. He vaugely caught himself nodding that he understood, a shy smile slowly lighting up his eyes.

"I'm free tomorrow after my brother's hockey game." Jack took a pen out from his hoodie pocket, and quickly grabbed Bunny's hand, trying not to think about what he was doing. He scribbled his number in messy scrawl on the bronzed skin, then let go and smiled somewhat lopsidedly with his gaze on his shoes. "So...text me? I'll tell you when it's...over."

Bunny nodded, still flushed, but not nearly as bad as Jack was. He cleared his throat (that seemed to be a bad habit) before he shoved the written on hand into his pocket, the other reaching for the classroom door's handle, holding it open for Jack like he usually did. Jack went in first, a little less red than he had been before, then said hello to the teacher.

"Jack, Bunny. So glad you could join us." Mrs. Rain smiled at them, motioning to their seats, marking them as 'present' and 'on time' on her attendance sheet. Jack silently thanked whoever was listening that Mrs. Rain was so laid back. Plopping rather noisily into his seat, Jack gave Tooth and Sandy embarrassed smiles, trying to quiet Tooth's incessant questions of 'what happened, lovebirds?' and casting Bunny a sugar sweet look.

Bunny had almost sat down when he'd gotten that look, and the way he froze in place made Jack wonder if he'd done something wrong, once again. Then, Bunny turned to the teacher, effectively hiding how he was blushing, yet again. "Mrs. Rain, could I go ta the dunny?" After a pause of the rest of his classmates staring at him, Bunny blushed darker and fixed his mistake. "T-the restroom, mamn." Once she had nodded, Bunny took off out of the room like a harpy was on his heels.

Jack stared after him, trying not to laugh at his adorable use of slang (even if it was an accident), until Tooth got his attention by throwing her purple eraser at his head. "Tooth, what was that for?" He let a small pout cross his face, but it was hastily snuffed out with a smile, as he was too excited about going on a date with the Aussie. With a somewhat wicked grin, Tooth motioned with a finger for him to come closer, which he did, while Sandy smiled knowingly and rolled his eyes at her antics.

Jack was finally close enough for Tooth's liking, and she couldn't help but giggle before she leaned in, her mouth next to his ear, and whispered what she knew he needed to know.

"You know he was checking you out while you walked in, right?"

Jack blushed a light pink, a smirk slowly taking over his face.

Bunny 'didn't like prying eyes', but sure as hell loved giving them.