"Wow, three years…" Judy thought, staring down at a scrap of paper that read.
"FIRST FOX POLICE OFFICER!" She could see the photo of herself, the mayor, and of course, Him, Nicholas P. Wilde, her most trusted friend. The picture was in black and white, but she still remembered his eyes, bright green hues, with that stupid, charming smile. It almost made her giddy just thinking about it, the way it would just light up a room, not to mention his quick wit, he always was a stupid…. Sly fox.
She stuck the scrap piece in her jean pocket, beginning to tear up in the middle of the park, she was in civilian clothes. Sitting on a maple wood bench that just creaked ever-so-softly as she would adjust herself, sitting up with her soft red hoodie pressed to the back of the bench. Paws stretching out over her thighs, gently massaging the poor things trying to soothe out the strain from her previous scurry. It was a chilled day, nothing to get worried about but it still made her little button nose twitch as a breeze rushed by. She felt the soft sunlight filtering through the deep orange autumn leaves, bathing the entire sidewalk in a calming sunset glow, many people walked by the young bunny, some giving her a small greeting, hi's and waves that the sad looking rabbit always returned with a small, seemingly forced smile.
Eventually her mind wandered back to the fox, her deep lilac eyes staring up at the warm leaves, going through it all in her head.
"Nick gets badge, Nick disappears, Badge shows up in my apartment not two days later with a note…"
'I'm sorry Carrots -N'
"Haven't seen Nick since, No one has" and it's not like Judy Hopps, pride of the ZPD, hasn't tried to find the disappearing fox, for almost a full year she couldn't be torn away from it. A lot of late nights spent just going over files, records, interviewing acquaintances, ex-girlfriends, friends. Nothing led anywhere, so here she was, two years later, feeling alone in the world, with a coffee next to her and a scrap of the past forever in her pocket. Some nights wanting to just toss it, and one night she did, only to be searching through a dumpster for that specific garbage bag then making sure it wasn't damaged in any way.
The rabbit let her head fall into her hands, feeling like she'd just break down right then and there, she felt anxiety coil up inside her chest, a vice around her gently beating heart. She felt her breath shortened, and the burn of her tears coming back, welling in her eyes, she would rub her two eyes trying to stifle herself.
Then without warning a soft paw touched the center of her back, she felt calmed almost instantly, the paw moving up to her head, nuzzling the space between her soft ears. She arched into the touch not even a care in the world as this single paw just single handedly soothed her heart. It felt right, a warm, soft furred paw just bringing her back from the brink.
"Didn't know bunnies liked to get pet" her eyes shot open, her ears shooting up, pointing towards the familiar voice, feeling her heart thud in her chest, her lungs constricted and she huffed out, she pulled away from the hand and looked at whoever the petter was to see deep emerald green eyes, a gentle, crooked smile with sharp fangs, and soft red fur.
"Nick" Her mind was set aflame, her heart pounded in her chest, her skin tingled, she felt dizzy but she wasn't going to fall down, her paw gripped the bench so tightly she felt her knuckles pop from the strain. His ears were perked up, his eyes had bags, his snout pointed down at her shocked form with that stupid smile. She felt every inch of her nerves tingle, she begun to tremble, wanting to do something, anything!
"For god's sake Judy do something!" Nick cocked his head to the side and said
"Earth to Judy" when she suddenly darted forward and struck his jaw, hitting him hard enough that Nick yelped in pain, he almost ran away before Judy forced his head back to face her, she was crying, clear tears rolling down her cheeks her face an undeniable grin. Her voice trembling as she spoke.
"Nicholas P. Wilde…."
"Carrots…" She felt his eyes on hers, deep emerald staring warmly into a soft lilac, Nick couldn't see anything else in the whole world, and neither could Judy. She felt her lips tremble and she leaned up to him, pursing her soft looking lips up to his, he mimicked her, tilting his head and pursing his own, two individual hearts thumping rapidly unison, Judy whispering just as their lips were mere millimeters apart.
"I missed you Nick…" Then she pulled him into the kiss, right there, on a wooden bench, in the middle of autumn, on some random day of the year.