The other day I put some food in the dispenser in the rabbits' cage. It was dinner time, and Pig was waiting inside the cage. He took his time getting to the food but after a few moments he was eating quite contentedly. Chicken was wandering outside the cage, but she heard and saw me with the food. Chicken eventually hopped into the cage, but she, too, didn't go straight for the food. Pig was still chowing down. At the time, I was reading or typing something at the computer, so I wasn't watching them very closely. Well, it seemed that Chicken was more in the mood for something other than food, because the next time I looked over at the cage she had mounted him. And there was that ... mounting motion. Pig was minding his own business, and she wanted to get down to business. The whole act lasted all of a few seconds, because Pig could not eat with such a distraction. So he squirmed out from under his sister, away from the food. He scurried on out of the cage, leaving Chicken by herself right next to the food dispenser. She then stuck her nose in the food and started eating as if nothing had just happened. I think she planned the whole thing. What a sly little bunner. 
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But rabbits, how are they to care for? Pricey? Messy? Easy? Do they give love back? Do they do well with children? Where does one get a good rabbit these days?
Rabbits are not like dogs. But they do have personalities. I did have a rabbit, Yoshi, that gave me kisses. These two won't do that. Chicken will let you cuddle with her and pet her for as long as you want. Pig won't stay still for very long at all, and he's still a bit skittish from his trauma days. He's more playful, though, and he'll do little hoppy-hops in an open space.
If you keep them in a cage, all it takes is changing the pan daily and feeding them twice a day. Straight pellets is good for them. Timothy hay to munch on and to keep their teeth down. (Their teeth never stop growing.) They clean themselves. Trim their nails regularly.
Oh, you have to watch all your wires and cables and be sure anything you don't want chewed on is out of the way. They'll gnaw at anything to wear down their teeth.
Let them out of their cage to exercise them. Somebody needs to supervise them while they run around, though.
Be gentle with them. Make sure they get as much human contact as possible, and they'll socialize well and quickly.
Good luck, and have fun!