I May Be Small (...But?) But I Do Like Carrots
Day Three: (People and Situations Wheel!) I got Niki + Techno for people and Niki and Tiny OSMP Technoblade (what a coincidence!)
MerNiki and Rabbit Techno (tw: scared rabbit, briefly?)
Niki wakes up to a rabbit on her rock.
It's not technically hers, the same way that Tommy's tree branch perch and Ranboo's patch of grass aren't technically theirs.
Usually, it isn't a problem to get someone to leave. Niki just reminds them that it's her rock and that's the end of it.
Unfortunately, though, that doesn't really apply to the wildlife. Technically, she could just nudge the little rabbit away, but it looks so peaceful with its tiny eyes shut in sleep as it soaks up the sun.
She would feel bad about making it move, especially since it's practically her if she were a rabbit, a nice soft pink a few shades lighter than her hair.
Bun-niki would be a pretty good name for it, she decides, swimming up to the shore to watch it with her head resting on her arms.
It's nose twitches, every so often, and its ears flick at the chirping birds in the lakeside woods.
Niki only remembers to stop watching it when it twitches a few times at nothing. She's woken up some of her friends that way too; some things just know when they're being watched, apparently.
Rabbits, it seems, are no exception.
The rabbit's nose twitches and it sneezes, soft and quiet, before blinking its eyes awake.
Niki, of course, immediately feels terrible, like she's gone and flicked a guppy in the face with her tail.
She feels worse when a moment later the rabbit meets her gaze and lets out a startled noise, scrambling back so hard its legs get tangled under it and it falls onto its back.
She pulls up out of the water a bit, leaning on her forearms to peer closer in concern.
This does not go over well with the rabbit.
It rushes backwards, scrambling wildly until it runs into a rock, with its ears pressed back tightly against its skull.
She doesn't know a lot about rabbits, but that's a pretty universal signal of "fuck no."
The poor thing seems pretty scared, scared of Niki, so she leans back into the water again to give it some space.
"You're okay," she says, feeling awful for scaring it so much, "I'm not going to hurt you, little rabbit."
The rabbit seems pretty skeptical, making a funny noise that probably translates to some variation of "go away."
When she's scared, she likes to hold her stones. She wishes rabbits could hold stones, or she'd give him one in apology.
"Oh!" she says, making the rabbit stomp at the ground, "Sorry, sorry! But I know just the thing!"
She dives under the waves, reaching into one of her chests and zooming back to the surface.
The rabbit hasn't left yet, thank goodness. She still has time to make things right.
She holds out a handful of carrots and asks, "Would you like one?"
The rabbit's ears come untucked, flicking a bit.
Then, in a flash, there is no longer a rabbit on the shore.
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"Carrots," the person demands with a hungry and almost desperate look.
Niki holds out the handful with a tentative smile and before she can blink the rabbit is holding them close to his chest, munching on one while glaring at her. He crunches at the carrots almost angrily, rabbit ears, pink hair, overalls, and all.
"Um...hi," she tries with a hesitant smile.
He stops munching just long enough to make a face and reply with a terse, "Hello."
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If Niki could turn bigger, she definitely wouldn't stay small when she was scared of something that might eat her.
But, for some people, being surprised makes them stuck shifted.
She can't imagine being stuck so tiny! Everything would be terrifying if she were as small as Sneeg, or Techno sometimes. Especially if she didn't have any friends to keep her safe yet.
It's a good thing it was her that surprised Techno and not something like a snake.
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Not Canon Bits:
[Techno-Tommy-reverse. Bird boi is big and bunny boi is itty]
"Fight me."
"No! You're two feet tall."
"Coward."
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Niki's first impression with the new guy is...not the best.
In her defense, how was she supposed to know he could shift into a rabbit?
She thought rabbit hybrid just meant he had ears, or something!
So, when she saw a perfectly tasty-looking rabbit hopping awfully close to her favorite spot to swim, she pounced on the opportunity...literally.
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"And to think something so small could still be so much better than you."
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Niki is not going to eat the new guy.
Unfortunately, it does not seem that the new guy has been told as much.