Fluttershy was stretched out on her bed pensively, Angel beside her- thoughtfully munching on a carrot. She glanced at him again. "Oh, you're so cute!" gushed the pegasus.

He paused, staring at her flatly. She giggled in response.

"Where would I be without my little Angel bunny?" She reached forward and lightly kissed his cheek. Then she fell back on her pillow, sighing contently. Another Hearth's Warming surrounded by her animal friends. Such simple happiness. How could she wish for anything else? They needed her; she needed them. It all fit so perfectly.

In her pleasure she didn't hear the skitter of a small rabbit, and squealed in shock when she opened her eyes again. "A-Angel? Where are you, dear?" Then the realization hit her- he was gone. He had fled. From her. Not only was she alone, but she could only blame herself for this fact. Her heart quivered. "Not you too... oh, p-please!" She buried her face in the cushion, blushing hotly in fear and shame. And yet she found the strength to keep going, stumbling out of her bed.

She trotted out slowly, and smiled brightly when she spotted her companion, lazily lying on the floor. "Oh, goodness! I- I thought you... Nevermind." She went on despite not seeing a reaction. "I'm so sorry, dear. Such a silly thought. You, leaving me." She forced a knowing chuckle. "Come here, you little bunny wabbit, you!"

As she approached him, however, Angel suddenly rose again with an urgent look on his face- as if recognizing something was wrong with his caretaker, something she, sadly, would never understand. He ran (on his lovely little legs), disappearing from Fluttershy's view again.

She exhaled sharply, broken. So after all she had been wrong. Not even Angel wished to be with her. As her breathing quickened dangerously, she managed to gasp out one last, torturously unanswerable question.

"W-why....?" whimpered Fluttershy.