The bell rang loudly when the hyena jumped up to ring it. The micro bunny held onto the hyena's hand as he jumped. Reed the hyena and Arnie the bunny were invited to Matt's house for movie night. The cat was playing Christmas movies and they were invited. Matt wanted a small party, as large parties with small friends never ends well. The door opened, and Matt appeared, a santa hat donned with a fake beard.

“Reed! Arnie! Great to see you guys! Come on in, I just finished making the snacks!”

Arnie still sat in the hyena's hand as they walked through the house and conversated. He often found himself spending a lot of time with Reed since hemet him. As the midget hyena somewhat understood being on the small side. Arnie cupped his hands to shout.

“Hey Matt, what movie are we watching?”

With a bowl of cheese popcorn in one hand and a dvd in the other, Matt led the way to his fancy couch, which was soft enough to make Reed and Matt sink in a little.

“Die hard. Nothing says Christmas like explosions.”

Reed chuckled as he placed Arnie on the coffee table in front of them. Anyone who knew Matt knew he loved action movies. As Matt prepared the movie, Reed poured out a small amount of eggnog into a capsule, the equivalent of a gallon to the little bunny. He also carefully set down a few pieces of popcorn, giving Arnie all the food and drink he would need for the night.

“Alright Matt. Play it!” Arnie was excited as he was a sucker for action movies as well.

The movie soon started, and all three zoned out. Matt would cheer at the explosions, while Reed chowed down on the pocorn. He was always sucker for cheese popcorn. Arnie sat there, silently eating his popcorn and drinking his eggnog.

“At least Reed got me food, rather than make me get it myself. That could end badly no matter how many people are here.”

Arnie was always appreciative when his friends remembered how small he was. Any other party, this bunnie would've been “accidentally” eaten already and the party would be over for him already. It's that exact reason he accepted Matt's invite to this three-person party. While being eaten like common food was something Arnie was used to, it wasn't something he wanted around a peaceful time like the holidays.

Growl

While Arnie was thinking to himself, his stomach was thinking of other things. He looked over to notice he had drank all his eggnog. The bunny didn't feel any different, as Matt only drank non-alcoholic eggnog. Arnie cupped his hands to shout to Reed, as the movie was at a quieter part.

“Hey hyena! Can a bunny get a refill down here?”

Reed looked down after a moment, as he wasn't used to listening for micros yet. He smiled and grabbed his eyedropper off the table, and proceeded to refill the capsule for his little friend. He chuckled when Arnie started drinking it immediately.

“Lucky you Matt doesn't do alcohol in eggnog, or you'd be one drunk micro.”

Matt leaned over Reed, pinning the small hyena under his body.

“I heard my name?”

Reed tried to push the cat off, but he doubled the hyena in height and weight. It was moments like this, the hyena disliked his smaller size. Matt towered over the two of them, and he knew it. He was never cruel to those smaller than himself, unlike that of a few of his sadistic friends. He did however, take fun in tormenting Reed.

“Get off me you feline lummox or I swear I'll spray you with water!”

With a grand sweep of his free arm, Matt pinned the hyena under him. He looked at him with an evil smile.

“Can't spray me now can ya?”

For Arnie, he proceeded to watch the two giants wrestle for no apparent reason. While they playing, he noticed he was out of popcorn. Looking at the bowl, he saw a climb-able spot right in front of him. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he scrambled up the bowl. He soon saw an endless field of popcorn lay before him. Without thinking, he hopped on top of a piece and started eating. He heard the two still wrestling, so his guard was still down as he ate.

Matt still managed to keep Reed pinned under him as he spoke.

“Just admit I'm stronger and I'll get off.”

“Fine” Reed said while pouting “you're stronger.”

Matt smiled with a superior flex of his arms. He wasn't egotistical, but he loved messing with Reed. He got off Reed and proceeded to grab some popcorn for himself, as wrestling a small hyena made him hungry.

Arnie didn't notice at first, but he soon noticed things got a little darker in the already dark room. He turned to see a giant orange paw heading straight for the popcorn he was sitting on. He immediately jumped up, waved his arms, and shouted. Anything to get the attention of the incoming hand.

“Matt wait! Don't eat me! I'm right here!”

It was all in vain as Matt's hand curled around the popcorn, pressing Arnie into the popcorn itself. Arnie tried wiggling out, but he was really stuck inside the popcorn itself. He felt everything rotate as Matt turned his hand to upright the popcorn. The piece Arnie was in rolled over, giving the terrified bunny a full view of the cat's open maw, saliva dripping to show his hunger. He tried moving, shouting, anything to escape a one-way trip to the cat's belly. As his mouth grew ever closer, Arnie could feel his popcorn prison loosening. He finally managed to get out of the popcorn, and flop onto Matt's tongue. As he turned around to see the mouth close him into darkness, he knew he was too late. He tried his best to stay afoot, but the tongue wanted none of that, and knocked him down. The force of the hit caused Arnie to slide straight to the throat. He didn't have time to react, and made the slow trip to the stomach of his friend.

Matt couldn't put his finger on it, but something about that popcorn was really good. Something a little extra, but noticeable. He looked over to Reed to find him looking all over the table.

“Lookin for something buddy?”

“Yeah, Arnie. Haven't seen him since we wrestled. Looks like he's out of popcorn. He must've grabbed some himself.”

As Matt took another gulp, they both looked at the cat's stomach, a small gurgle being heard.