"Of course I got a 'Good-deal' on it" quipped Nick to Finnick "this is me we're talking about, after all."
The tiny fox snatched the ring from its velvet clam-shell and glared at nick disapprovingly.
"Yeah, I know" bellowed the tiny fox in his ironically deep voice, "but you a cop now. I'm just makin' sure my boy isn't getting played… You check that it's real?"
"yes, Finnick" Nick groaned as he slid the now empty ring-box into his shirt pocket. "Please, don't put it in your mouth… I really don't want to have to think about that when I'm putting it around Judy's finger"
However, nick was too late, and the small fox was already biting on the single diamond that adorned the silver band. "you's godda be… really sh-ure abou' these thin's" slurred the pint-sized fox from around the stone that was threatening to crack his tooth. Finnick removed the ring from betwixt his teeth to briefly question Nick, "Why you in such a hurry to get back to that bunny of yours? I'm checking this ring for her, not you..."
Nick held his face in his Paws and groaned as Finnick put the ring back in his snout. "Finnick, why do you do this to me? Judy and I are leaving tomorrow to go celebrate her parent's 25'Th wedding anniversary." Finnick continued to chew the precious stone. Straitening his tie, nick demanded "Please, gimme back the ring, Finnick. Judy and I are supposed to be packing, and if I'm gone for too long, she's going to come looking for me…"
Nick reached to take the slobbery ring from Finnick's maw, when a sharp knock rang out on the back of the van door, which caused their breath to catch.
The pair's eyes widened as the van's back-doors were thrown open, exposing the pair's secret dealings.
"Nick!" chirped Judy with delight, "I've been looking all over for you! I half thought you were ducking out on the prospect of meeting my family for the first time."
Nick opened his mouth to reply but was silenced by a small fist hitting him in the thigh. Nick looked down to see Finnick's eyes practically bulging out of his head, as he stumbled and grabbed at his throat. Nick stared in slack-jawed horror as his mind tried to piece together what was happening.
Nick's eyes darted from Judy to his choking companion, then back to Judy before finally settling on Finnick. Nick shouted, "My ring!"
Judy's face crumpled up in confusion as she tried to process what she was seeing and hearing.
"Hold on buddy!" yelled Nick as he knelt down behind the miniature fox.
Judy's confused expression was peppered with disgust as nick wrapped his arms about the paltry fox's naval, lifting him off the floor of the van, and squeezing/pulling Finnick into his lap.
Nick jammed on the small-fox's stomach with all his might, until with a shouted "Come-on!" the ring was launched out of Finnick's throat with a blast of spittle.
Nick watched in horror as the ring flew across the interior of the van, and bounced off Judy's nose, before settling in front of her.
"Ow!" retorted Judy grabbing her pink button nose which had started a twitching fit.
"Carrots!" said Nick, dropping Finnick flat on the floor of the van. "I'm so sorry, I… I…" Nick scooped the slimy wring off the floor of the van, before jumping out onto the sidewalk where Judy was standing. "I… It…" Nick stopped, and took a deep breath to regain his composure.
"I wanted to surprise you after we got back from seeing your parents, But since you've already seen it…" Nick got down on one knee.
Judy's eyes widened as the reality of her situation dawned on her. Slammed by a wave of emotion, Judy's nose set about another furious-twitching fit, while her ears flushed red-hot. She lowered her paws into Nick's outstretched paw. She thought that for a moment, her knees might give out.
"Judy…" said Nick, wiping the last of Finnick's drool from the engagement-ring on his green Hawaiian shirt. "Would you make me the happiest mammal in all of Zootopia… And Marry me?" Nick looked on the love of his life, and was taken back by just how tight his throat had become.
"Yes, yes, absolutely yes!" squealed Judy bouncing in excitement, making it almost impossible for Nick to slip the ring onto her finger.
Nick stood after placing the ring, and was pounced upon by the over-stimulated Judy. She wrapped her arms around the back of his neck, snout met muzzle, and the pair kissed. Nick stumbled back a few steps before recovering and wrapping his arms about Judy's mid-section, returning the embrace.
So the pair staid for an impassible moment, overflowing with passion. Nick finally set Judy back on her own paws, before pulling back to look deep into Judy's lavender eyes. "I love you Judy," said Wilde, wiping an emotional tear from Judy's cheek with a padded thumb. "Don't you ever forget that…"
Judy opened her mouth to reply, but was interrupted by her ear jerking towards the sound of something stirring in the van.
"I'm so happy for you two," Finnick wheezed, before curling in on himself and passing out with a feeble cough.
"We should probably take him to a hospital…" said Nick, shrugging while still holding Judy close. "I kind-a panicked, and I may have given him a better squeezing than I should have…"
Judy placed a paw on her snout to stifle a giggle, "Well I hope you didn't waste all your squeezes on your little friend," said Judy. "We still have to 'celebrate' our engagement…"
Nick's ears perked up as he looked from Judy's coy smile to his unconscious companion, and back to Judy. "He'll make it," assured Nick with a wink as he stepped away from Judy to close the back doors of Finnick's van.
Judy giggled as Nick turned back around to face her, teeth bared. "You'd better run little bunny…" Toyed Nick, "because this fox is about to ravage his future-bunny-bride!"
Judy let out an excited yelp as her skin flushed pink in excitement, before turning to dart back into her apartment building. Laughing, nick chased her all the way back to her tiny-studio accommodation.
Judy was happy to be the loud neighbors for a change.
Oh hot-diggity!
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After much conversation, I have decided to state that this story is very much inspired by the movie; Guess Who, which stared Ashton Kutcher and the late-great Bernie Mac. The story originally had a disclaimer, but was removed after several individuals threatened to try to spoil the ending in the comment section before I had finished the story. Now that the original flurry has died down, I feel I can safely state the relation without people trying to ruin the fun.
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