This is my second Zootopia fic and this story came into mind as I did my first fic, 'Making Up for My Mistake' where the focus was on Vincent and now...one of his colleagues and friends has a love story; Michael Pandahaughton. If you don't recall, read my first Zootopia fic. I've gotten so many ideas for Mikey and Benjamin Clawhauser's storyline that it would transcend from a general friendship into something more than that. Clawhauser's my favorite character, so why not have a love interest what works with the ZPD? Hope you guys like!

Mikey and Benji

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: Starting Up a Morning

5:45 AM

The alarm clock buzzes loudly and with a very deep groan, a very sleepy and sluggish Mikey Pandahaughton reaches his paw to shut off the alarm clock and just kept on sleeping for a while until another alarm buzzed on his phone and he groaned deeply as he uncovered himself and just sat on the side of the bed, trying to get that sluggish feeling off and he just shut off the alarm on his phone, but saw that he missed a call from his crush-friend Benjamin Clawhauser, which immediately perked him as well as a voicemail from him as he pressed it and heard the voicemail via speakerphone.

"Hey, Mikey! This is Benny here! I saw that you left me some doughnuts before I headed home from our after-work doughnut snack-outing. Just wanted to say thank you for leaving me some before I go to bed! I know it's late and you're probably asleep right now, so I'll see you tomorrow! B to the Claw is out of here, for realz! I...ugh, what did I just say? Now I just made it awkward. Bye! *giggles*"

Hearing the voicemail from Clawhauser just made Mikey's heart fluttered and got his day started right and he chuckled softly and decided to leave Clawhauser a message and end it with a heart-eyed smiling emoji and set it on his desk as he gets himself ready for today. He started by taking a shower and as he's showering, he turned the radio on and sang along to his favorite song, 'Thinking Out Loud' from Ed Sheepan to the top of his lungs, using his shower brush as a microphone to sing aloud.

After that, he dried himself off, blow dried his entire fur, including his butt, in which he feels the warmth of the fur dryer and said, "I think my butt feels extra toasty today."

Afterwards, he got on his robe, brushed his teeth, washed his face, groomed his fur again and then puts on his daytime clothes while taking his police officer's outfit in a gym bag, grabbed his wallet, phone and keys as he headed out the door. Mikey chuckled softly as he made his way out of the apartment and into his massive car that fits his weight.

He turns on the ignition, puts his car on reverse, turns the car and puts it in drive as he makes his way to the ZPD and just have another one of those crazy days filled with car chases, traffic stops and everything in between...not to mention who's doing the dirty deeds on any criminals' digital devices, which is what he's always good at because he mostly sits on his butt to catch any criminals in the act of what they're doing online.

Before he starts off his day, he takes a stop to get some doughnuts and a coffee and also gets another for Clawhauser and after getting both doughnuts and coffee, he turns on the radio to see what's playing that can help start his day off right and the DJ said, "All right, this song has been #1 on the Roarboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and we simply just can't stop the feeling! It's still ruling the charts nonstop and with the new week starting, let's kick off your workweek for the 9th week for this artist at #1, it's 'Can't Stop the Feeling!' from Justin Timberwolf!"

"I love this song so much!" Mikey exclaimed, swaying his shoulders as he's driving.

He keeps driving all the way to the ZPD while the song keeps playing and he's in a very good mood this morning and that song is completely giving him a very peppy upbeat vibe to kick start the day, that and seeing Benjamin Clawhauser, of course. By the minute he made it there, he just grabbed his extra bag of doughnuts and coffee and entered in the headquarters. As he made it through the revolving doors, he knows that it's almost 7:00 am, because that's the time that Clawhauser comes in anyways and he leaves a bag of doughnuts and coffee for Benjamin and left a little note that reads, 'Enjoy your morning! Mikey' and heads over to the locker room to change.

Seconds later, in comes Clawhauser coming with his perky self as always, clocks himself in, greets everyone good morning and heads to his desk, where he saw a little note and a bag there. Curious, he looks at the note and it reads, 'Enjoy your morning!'. He could tell it's Mikey's handwriting because of the little heart on the exclamation point and when he looks up at the bag, it was as if Mikey read his mind already; doughnuts and coffee. He munched down several doughnuts and it was like he was in doughnut heaven right away.

At the locker room, Mikey just waited until everyone was out so that he can change to his officer's outfit because he would feel awkward just changing clothes in front of the other officers and he just spent most of the time listening to Gazelle's cover of 'Love Yourself' on his PawPhone and just got deeply into the song for a while and not long after, he saw that the coast was clear and that it's safe to change.

He puts down his phone and earbuds, picked up his duffle bag, sets it down on the ground and begins taking off his shirt, exposing his grey tank top and set it on the bench and then he takes off his pants, exposing his red briefs...unaware that Clawhauser entered the locker room to change, but paused midway when he saw Mikey in his underwear. His heart felt like it had stopped and just couldn't stop staring, despite the fact that he doesn't like being around a bunch of people in the locker room to change as well.

Clawhauser blinked his eyes and tried not to let Mikey know he's been here and hides out until it's safe to do so and Mikey puts on his police officer uniform, including his badge, holsters and a tie as well as his officer phone to catch any philandering criminals. He takes a deep breath as he puts his regular clothes in his duffel bag, closes his locker and gets himself set for today.

Only afterwards, Clawhauser shows himself and he said, "Morning, Mikey!"

"Hey, Benjamin! How are you?" asked Mikey, really happy.

Clawhauser smiled at that and said, "Just call me Ben...or Benny. Or my personal favorite, B-Claw or B to the Claw! It sounds hip, but hey..."

Mikey chuckles at this and said, "How about I can call you Benji?"

"That works too! By the way, thanks for the doughnuts and coffee! Really appreciate it!" Clawhauser exclaimed, happily.

Mikey could tell that Clawhauser is deeply appreciated by that and he said, "Anything for my doughnut loving, Gazelle fan-cheetah BFF!"

Clawhauser giggled at that response and said, "Back at ya!"

Mikey made his way out of the locker room when he saw Clawhauser changing to his officer uniform and only saw a peek of his boxers and just left the locker room amazed like he saw something indescribable as he slowly tiptoed out of the locker room without getting caught until...

"Morning, Pandahaughton."

He snapped out of it as he got startled and jumped up when he saw Judy Hopps walking past him and immediately said, "Hey, morning Judy!"

"How are you doing today?" Judy asked.

"I'm doing fine, Judy...doing just fine." Mikey replied, while taking small glances at Clawhauser.

He cleared his throat and got himself back to reality for a while without letting Judy see what he was staring at and he asked, "You ready to fight some crime today?"

Judy was definitely enthusiastic with that question and answered, "You bet I am!"

"Me too!" Mikey replied, walking on his way to his usual position to begin his work to find some high-tech criminals that's up to no good today.

And that's the start of this awesome story! Tell me how I did so far; comments, constructive criticism, switch things up? Either way, I'll take suggestions! Also, if you got suggestions for the title of the story, I'm open to suggestions! Stay tuned for more!