Hey guys, since i had no ideas for my 2nd chapter of my fanfic, i want to publish a oneshot, i wanted to write something only driven by raw feelings.
One part of the oneshot is a reference to an anime that i love. Bonus points for you if you manage to find the 2 quotes.
Judy tapped quickly on his phone, sweeping on the screen from time to time to switch photo.
"…And this is when me and Nick apprehended Bellwether!" Judy showed it to her mom when she approached her to give a bowl of carrots.
"It's good that you've befriended such a good person and a trusty partner, I'm proud of you" Bonnie gave her a maternal smile and kissed Judy's cheek
"Ya need to invite him sometimes! I'll sure give him the best meal ever!" Stu said joyfully from the kitchen
Judy rolled her eyes and gave a quick bite to a carrot "Didn't you say foxes were vicious and stuff?"
Her father folded his arms, raising an eyebrow "Well…like my mother always said, exceptions is what confirms the rule!"
Judy giggled a bit "And at the moment he needs to take care of his mom, he said she had some serious health problems…I don't know when he will return…his hometown is really far away from Zootopia" a sad veil enveloped her face, taking a look at a photo of her and Nick together eating an ice cream
"Oh what a terrible thing" Bonnie covered her mouth, shocked from the unpleasant new, her ears quickly went down the back
Stu loosened his jacket's collar, giggling nervously "I-I'm sure it's all good! Just you know…a false alarm! Doctors nowadays overreact for every illness you know! He'll be back before you'll notice!"
"I hope so…" Judy muttered, closing her phone and stretching her arms "Thinking about it will only make the situation worse, I'm going to bed, good night!" she waved a paw, exiting from her room slowly while Bonnie and Stu waved a paw, quickly looking at each other with a concerned look.
"She's in love, right?" her father asked when she exited
"Definitely" Bonnie said, sighing a bit
Judy arrived at her room that was exactly like she left it 10 years ago, with lots of plushes and that carrot-shaped bed she loved so much. She didn't even bother undressing herself and thrown herself onto it.
She took a look at her telephone, her eyebrows knit in a frown.
Judy swept towards lots and lots of chats, until she stopped at the photo of a smirky, red fox in a cop suit and sunglasses. With a trembling finger tapped on it, opening the chat.
The last message was 1 week ago, when Judy saw Nick last time at the train station.
"Don't worry Nick! I'll handle the situation here, you need to take care of your mother, I'm fine with it, don't think about me and take as much time as you want" She said, giving a pat on his shoulder and a friendly smile, pushing him towards the train station
He raised his usual sunglasses, showing his shining green eyes and putting up his usual smirk "Okay fluff, but do not do anything stupid, like you know, stopping crime lords or shady foxes with some federal problems"
Judy gave a jab with the elbow to Nick, which replied with a growl "Okay, okay, I allow you to stop crime lords" both of them laughed a bit
Nick assumed a more serious look, taking Judy's hands and trapping her with his green eyes "Judy, do not be sad for me, I will return as fast as I can, but I could also not return if the situation is serious" he stopped himself for a moment, and Judy felt like the time stopped.
She shared everything in those two years, from a simple milkshake to home. It felt like she always knew him despite the short time they were put together as co-workers. Their friendship built up so fast and allowed them to become an undefeated team against the scums of the society, winning and solving every case Bogo handed to them cleanly and without any violence.
They were the living proof anyone could be anything, despite the hate, despite people turning them down and the media always going against them, throwing hateful gossips towards them, they managed to prove every single time to be the best at what they did.
But now it was different, Nick was going away for an undefined amount of time.
Judy felt everything she built crumbling to her feet, she relied on Nick and stood with him both in good times and bad times, sharing jokes and funny moments, but also arguments and quarrels into their friendship, but she didn't hate them, it was normal.
In that moment at the station, she felt her tears coming up more and more times, but she managed to keep her cool and supported his friend, showing him the opposite of what she felt in that moment. Because at the end, staying with Nick taught some valuable lessons about keeping a façade of feelings.
So, with her last willpower, she made the brightest smile she ever did, hugging her friend "Come on! It's going to be okay, now go or you'll lose the train, dumb fox"
"I sure will, sly bunny" she replied, with a smile.
She probably didn't process the whole situation until the next day when Bogo called her into his office to discuss her new partner, because she didn't feel any sadness the same night Nick was gone.
As soon as she arrived to the office, Bogo greeted her quickly and grabbed a folder with some kind of files clipped.
"So Hopps, now that Nick will be occupied for undetermined time, I have a list of candidates that could replace him" the buffalo said with his low tone, adjusting the glasses on his nose.
She just nodded, her eyes still on the chief
"So, the first is…" Bogo started reading, but then she couldn't hear him anymore.
Her vision became blurred, like something was in them, the nose felt warm and the mouth dry.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
Judy was sure nothing was dripping, maybe some sweat from her forehead?
Tap. Tap. Tap.
She touched her cheeks, following a small line of liquid that flowed from her eyes, and now she understood.
Nick was a part of her, she was sad to lose him, the fear of not being able to see him again, to work with him again, to share moments with him again.
Who would have made stupid, clunky jokes? Who would make funny comments even in the most desperate situations? Who would have made that smirk she loved?
No one.
Everything came like a flow, crashing her façade of stoicism like nothing.
She didn't care if Bogo watched that pathetic display of feelings, she just wanted to cry, sob and scream.
"Nick…" she said softly through sobs and tears, closing her face into her paws "Why this needed to happen? I feel lost without you"
"Please…don't go away NICK" she cried, bringing her knees to the face.
After a bit, she felt something warm enveloping her body. Something soft but heavy.
Bogo covered Judy with a hug, patting her head slowly.
Through one sob and another she said, trying to regain her cool "S-Sorry chief…I-I know c-cops shouldn't react t-that way"
The bulky buffalo wiped her tears from the cheeks and looked at Judy with a piercing glare "Judy Hopps."
"Would Nick Wilde like to see this?" he pointed a finger at her
She shook the head as a "No"
"Then pick up yourself, go out there and kick some scum's butt" he said with an inquisitor tone "When difficulties come up, you face them and smack them down like you always do with the bad guys"
"B-but, I can't do it without Nick…" She muttered, wiping a tear
Bogo sighed and sat "You know, when I was a young cop, I had a partner, another buffalo, she was called Mary" he took a photo of him and her from a pocket
"She was stubborn, bold and unforgiving like me, we always ended up in arguments" he giggled a bit, with a sad expression "but at the end we worked together just fine, covering each other's shoulders and helping both on work and private life"
"Our chief decided to assign us to a very important anti-drug mission. Long story short, she got shot by a powerful poison and fell into a bad coma" his voice was broken but powerful "I fell into depression, I didn't want to be a cop anymore and to throw everything out of the window"
"But, I thought, would Mary want me to be that way? No, so I raised myself up and worked my way out of the problem. One of the worst thing ever happened into my life turned into my reason to take the next step, despite the fact I wasn't able to."
Bogo reached out to Judy "So Judy, don't make this stop you, because if you'll stop now Nick will be upset."
Judy wiped her last tears, jumping from the chair to the floor "Thank you Chief Bogo, I surely will"
He was right, she couldn't waste everything done with Nick. In that moment a surge of willpower flowed through her body, she was sure she could lift a mountain in that moment.
Bogo returned to his authoritative tone "I'll give you 1 week of vacation, then I want your butt here ready for anything"
She nodded, and exited from his office.
Judy returned to reality, she spent 2 hours thinking.
For the second time, she opened her phone and looked at the chat with Nick and closed it.
She didn't need to write any set phrases for bumper stickers.
Instead, she took a look at her last photo. The one she took before Nick took the train.
Both of them hugged each other, Judy with a smile and Nick with an unusual friendly, benevolent and caring smile. That's what would have kept her from throwing everything.
The expression of THAT moment.
"Even if you're not with me Nick, I will not fall. Waiting you makes me sad, but if waiting means being able to be with you I'll wait for as long as forever." She whispered with a smile, before falling into a deep sleep.
I want to take a moment to dedicate this crappy oneshot to a friend of mine, Robert. He was a very cool dude, i met him when i was 5 and we basically shared everything together. The last time i saw him was on a train directed to France, it was the 13th November 2015. He never returned because...well, everyone knows what happened that day. Today it should've been his birthday, so i kinda wrote this oneshot in a surge of bad feelings. I'm 100% sure the whole oneshot contains loads of errors so i'm not expecting anyone to enjoy it. I'm probably a pathetic person for posting such a bad oneshot, but i'll take the blame.
I know you can't really read this, but maybe fooling myself is what i need now. Thank you for your friendship Robert, i wish you could see Zootopia, you liked Disney movies so much.
If anyone managed to enjoy, or i managed to trasmit a glimpse of my feelings, then i thank you.