Hey I See You Like Rabbits! I Have Two Myself, Theyre So Cute And Have Such Big Personalities. What Do

Hey I see you like rabbits! I have two myself, they’re so cute and have such big personalities. What do you think about (after the war or in an au) Shiro having a pet bun? I feel like he’d be really good with small animals, very gentle and calm, although maybe a little worried of his own strength.

I do indeed love rabbits, hoppy anon! I lived with hamsters for over a decade and even so I wasn’t prepared for the almost Edo era layers of subtle interaction bunnies have going on. Currently I live with a little angora/lionhead named Fizz who has my heart completely. And you’re right! That’s the thing isn’t it? They have so much personality wrapped up in them - lion hearts in tiny bunny bodies. Fizz is the queen of all she sees and she expects everyone to acknowledge and respect that.

Shiro with bunny/ies is a AU/mental image close to my heart. I would love to have him end up visiting Okunoshima in Japan and getting buried under a pile of treat seeking buns with their little pointy feet. I feel like the physical experience alone would take years of stress off his life and I can only imagine how much he would laugh.

I don’t know if I see Shiro as being a voluntary pet kind of guy. In canon he’s got responsibilities even before Kerberos that take him off planet for months or years at a time and I can never quite believe the ‘after Voltron’ theories that he’d come back to Earth and settle down somewhere even as a Garrison instructor. He’s always had a hunger for the stars and exploring and I honestly can’t imagine him giving up Black, or Voltron or even being able to be in the Castle Ship or ‘out there’. So I tend to think that if Shiro ended up with a pet it would be a rescue of some sort. A creature in need he wouldn’t turn away from. So I think we can all just pause here to enjoy the mental picture of a slightly grass covered Shiro in the middle of a park somewhere, hands full of bun that someone dumped there that’s blinking at him and he’s blinking right back and they’re both wondering what the hell they’ve just gotten themselves into.

I do think Shiro’s the kind of guy that takes pet owning as a VERY big responsibility. I think it really hits home to him that these are small little lives that put all of their trust and faith in him, that have no one else to turn to, that he’s entire responsible for and so he’d be the kind of person that preps himself almost too much over it. ALL the research, finding vets ahead of time and checking their ratings extensively, worrying over which pet food is the healthiest, what kind of toys they need, what kind of medicine and supplements. He probably almost backed out when he realized the health problems a bun could have. But - its this little bun that’s been hiding under his bed since he got it home and he really wants to do right by it so he goes out and buys a ridiculous amount of things, comes back with bags and bags of different kinds of hay and water bottles and those wire squares you zip tie together and bedding and litter boxes in three sizes and pellets and treats and greenery from the local grocer and just - he’s just bought way too much, half of it the bun will never touch but he likes to be prepared okay? And when he gets home he finds out the bun has chewed through his phone chargers cord while he was out so then its MORE research and BACK to the store and its all kinds of tubing and PVC pipes and baby gates and whatnot to bunny proof his entire apartment. He spends all the rest of the day making his house bunny approved and from time to time a little nose pokes out from under his bed and chews some of the hay or drinks some of the water and by the end of it he’s’ surprised he’s actually exhausted but also by how accomplished he feels. He sleeps really well that night for the first time in forever but he remembers in the morning waking up every now and then to little noises around the room that he registered as bunny noises, and even once something that sounded like digging in his blanket that had fallen off the edge of the bed and he’s smiling without realizing it.

The next couple of days take a lot of adjustment. A bunny isn’t a dog that wants to please you or a cat that expects you to learn to do what suits it. A bunny is a little tiny lord or lady of its land and it expects you to automatically know all the polite responses. And this bunny is still pretty unsure and shy about everything. But Shiro lays on the floor and talks to it and reads while it hops closer and decides to explore him and he moves slow and talks soft - and has treats bags to shake and share - and the first time the little bun puts both paws on his thigh to stand up and look for treats he thinks his heart is going to burst it feels so huge suddenly. And that happens again the first time it runs over the top of him and wakes him up in the middle of the night - its a free range bun mostly when he’s home - or the first time it comes running over to him when he gets home from somewhere. When it binkies the first time and when it flops over near him. It takes some time but soon its coming over for head scratches and they both lose hours of time with him doing nothing but scratching it and gently stroking its ears and its shoulders and back. Shiro knows how to be slow and gentle and patient and he’s a calm influence the bun quickly learns to trust and enjoy. maybe he even coaxes it to learn some tricks and it sleeps behind the pillow next to him at night.

It’s not all easy of course. The first time Shiro has a PTSD flashback he scares the bun pretty badly and that makes him feel even worse when he finally comes out of it. But buns are resilient and all it really takes is a shake from the treat bag and some coaxing words for it to come back out and soon they’re snuggling again, it resting on his chest while he lays on the floor on his back and scratches its cheeks and talks to it. The bun never stops running when he has a flashback or a panic attack but soon it doesn’t go far and it comes back pretty quickly once he’s calmed and if he’s shaking and crying its there to head butt him until he wraps and arm over it or it can lick his face and groom his eyebrows and white hair. In a way he’s relieved because its far too fast and so he at least never has to worry about accidentally hurting it during one of his attacks (he’s very aware of his strength and speed and he’s worried since day one that he might accidentally hurt the little bun). His friends get used to picking stray hay out of his hair or off his clothes and he goes through SO MANY lint rollers with his uniforms when its shedding season. He gets used to the bunny dancing around his feet when it wants snacks and nudging him when there’s an entire hallway it could use but he’s taking up the specific space in it the bun wants to hop through and there’s the 'snuggle spot’ that if the bun hops over and sits there means he needs to stop whatever he’s doing and come over for head scratching. He learns that its rude to not nose tap a bunny when you enter the room its in or walk by it because his bun always goes out of the way to nose bop him when its moseying by. He gets inundated with bun etiquette and friends aren’t allowed to visit without abiding by the same rules. Strangely he sleeps much better now. The bunny has a very strict idea of when its time for bed and that means him too and if he’s not in bed by then it will come sit in the doorway and stare accusingly at him until he stops what he’s doing to get some sleep. It doesn’t always work but it does help him establish and stick to a regular sleep pattern better. And he still wakes up pretty often through the night but its always because of bunny noises now and he can fall back asleep reassured by those instead of alarmed. Plus it helps, even subconsciously, knowing there’s something else alive and healthy and well nearby. Maybe eventually he decides he needs to get his bunny a companion and he does SO much searching for 'just the right one’ and then THAT’S a whole adventure in learning as well getting them so they’re capable of living with each other and happy about it.

I think the real challenge would be adjusting the bun to being the kind that’s happy to travel around a lot and I think Shiro’s patient enough to work with it a little by little over time until it was actually comfortable in strange environments as long as it was in its little bunny carrier or on its leash or something. Shiro really does travel far too much and I think he’d feel beyond guilty if he was constantly having to leave the bunny behind to be bunnysat by someone else. So yeah, I think it would be a lot of work but I think Shiro would be an amazing bunny owner and have one or more very adaptable and friendly little buns. And I think they would be so very very good for him and helping him heal and find some stability and comfort.

Man, this got long but I don’t even regret it. Thanks for the ask, hoppy anon! This made my day! (also watch out! Pictures to follow)

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