Nick waited at the main door of Sahara mall, tapping his foot impatiently. He had been waiting for 10 minutes already, it was 8.40.
"Niiiiiiick!" A squeaky voice rang in his ears.
As Nick turned around, Judy came to him with a hug.
"Sorry. Traffic was bad. Wanna go and have dinner now?" Judy asked with a chuckle.
"Hey carrots, did you have too much coffee or what?" Nick asked. She usually wasn't that hyped up.
"Oh eh..." Judy stammered as she broke away from the hug. "Was just really excited..." she could feel her face go extremely hot. "So, uh, which restaurant are we going anyways?"
"It's the SassySaladz, just there," Nick said as he pointed to the shop. As they walked, Judy asked the question that had been haunting her for the previous afternoon.
"Nick, is this considered a date?" Judy asked. Nick felt the same feeling as he did earlier.
"Call it whatever you want. I'll take this a date." Nick said with a grin on his face. Judy was elated.
As they sat down, a beaver waiter came to them.
'Hello, couple! What would you want today? We have all kinds of salad you imagine!" The beaver said his usual welcome sentence. He took a closer look and realised that it was a peed-prey couple. "Interesting! A fox and a bunny!" The waiter said, smiling. Nick, however, took it as an insult and spat back.
"It's none of your business."
The weaver was taken by surprise but was not amused. "Ah, please don't get me wrong. I never judge these kinds of relationship." He said with a warming smile. Nick realised that he wrongly accused him and in front of Judy too. He apologised.
"Oh, I'm sorry, It's just that we just started and we are concerned about people judging this pred-prey thing," Nick said, blushing a little. Judy giggled. She was glad that the first person to witness their relationship was a kind one.
"I've met many odd couples before, but never a fox and a bunny, though," the weaver said, smiling. Still. "Anyways, what can I get you?"
"What's there on the menu?" Judy asked. Nick laughed. "What?" Judy asked.
"You actually describe what you want in your salad. You create your own salad, my dear." The weaver said, teasingly.
"I'll have a fruit salad, with extra blueberries," Nick said. "And I'll have a carrot salad with some mixed fruits please," Judy said.
"Sure thing..." the weaser said as he scurried off.
"So, uh Nick. Have you had any ex-girlfriends?" Judy asked.
Nick looked away and his grin dropped. Seeing how insensitive she was, Judy apologized.
"Sorry..." Judy said guiltily. Nick shook his head.
"Since you brought it up, it's fine. I'll talk about it one day anyways..." Nick said.
"My ex was a vixen, and her name was Grace. Grace Victoria. She was the one I wanted, for a long time. She was just like you, happy, beautiful and even sly. But one day, she just texted me "We need to talk.". That was how it ended. I didn't know what happened, but I was depressed for a few weeks, and I planned to commit suicide even." Nick said, his voice shaking. "But I was low on cash, and I met Finnick. I mean, he's my best buddy, Fin Nick. Get it?" Nick said, attempting to make a joke to cheer himself up.
Judy just sat and looked deeply into his eyes. Inside, she was literally slapping herself for bringing up the topic.
"Well, we must put things behind us and move on, I guess. But, now I have you, which is even better." Nick smiled, wiping away a tear of his. Judy came up to his and gave him a consoling hug. Nick did not pull away and like a little child, hugged Judy back.
"Well, it was depressing, but I got over with it." Nick said, pulling away, smiling. Judy smiled back, glad that Nick was back to his normal mood.
As they settled down, the weaver came with their salads. He placed the thousand island sauce. Before Nick could take the bottle of sauce, he realized it was missing.
"What the...' he muttered as he looked to his side. It wasn't there. When he looked back, the sauce was back in place.
"Huh?" Nick muttered, scratching his head in confusion. "Carrots, have you seen what-" he said, interrupted by the sly grin of Judy. She had sauce on HER salad already.
As realization hit Nick, he smiled. "Sly bunny."
"Dumb fox." Judy simply replied, with a victory grin as Nick put his share of the sauce.
As they ate their food, they played a game called "Compliment". They would say anything that was nice or very flattering.
"Hmm, I'll go first." Judy said. "Sly and smart."
Nick rolled his eyes. "Dumb and clumsy."
"That's not how the game works!" Judy chilled, giggling.
"Alright. How about... Cute?" Nick asked, squinting his eyes, ready for the impact.
On the other side, Judy was half mad, half laughing. Mad because Nick called her cute, but laughing because of Nick's dumb face.
"You better shut the fuck up before I hit you," Judy warned. Nick sighed. Well, he still didn't see why calling a bunny "cute" is offensive.
As they finished up their food, Judy took out her wallet. But this time, Nick was faster. "Aww. SUCH a gentleman." Judy said sarcastically with a smile. The weaver came and refused it.
"We always give free first meals for newcomers," the weaver said with a smile. Surprised, Nick put his wallet back and thanked the weaver before leaving. As Judy tagged along, she became curious what to do next. "So, uh, what do we do now?"
"Movie." Nick said. A smile broke out from Judy's lips. The last time she watched a movie was two months ago with Nick. Speaking of which, they had already been partners for half a year.
"Oh lookie! Finding Kory!" Judy said, elated. Nick rolled his eyes. Personally, he preferred action and horror movies. But he had no choice, so they went ahead and bought in the popcorn.
When the movie ended, Nick's shirt was wet. Judy was crying when Kory found her parents. (Sorry about the Finding Dory spoiler. But we all know Disney have happy endings.) As Nick dried himself, Judy wiped her final tears on Nick's sleeve. Nick decided to tease her.
"You bunnies. So emotional," he said smirking. Judy punched him playfully in the arm. As they headed out for the exit, they talked about their parents. Suddenly, they heard a gunshot ring. And the bullet barely missed Nick. As they ducked for cover, the wolf with a silenced USP walked around, finding for the duo.
The wolf had a terrible childhood life. When he was nine, his father was driving home from their work. His mother had died when giving birth to him, and his father swore to take care of his kid for the rest of his life. It was near midnight, and there were almost no one. As they drove past a traffic junction, an impact shook the whole car. Broken glass shattered everywhere, some scratching the young wolf. As he whined in pain, he looked around for his father.
"Papa?"
"Papa...?"
His ears dropped as he saw his father in the middle of the road, lying on the floor motionless, a pool of blood beneath him. A truck had his their car. A horse and a bear exited the truck, the female horse looked at the corpse in disbelief.
"Damn. I told ya not tah run de red light." she said, shaking her head.
"So what the hell do we do naw? We ain't calling no police! We'll be charged for murder ya!" the bear said, totally unaware that he just killed an innocent person.
"Let's go. We don't say anything, that's all, m'love." the female horse said, planting a kiss on the bear as they drove off.
Just like that, he lost his whole family.
As he tightened his grip on his handgun, Nick found whatever that could be to his advantage. He picked up a laundry basket from a shop, and also a whistle. Judy picked up a rope and toy gun.
"What's with the toy gun?" Nick asked.
"You'll see." Judy said.
As Nick came out of cover, he heard a shriek. It was Judy. Nick didn't tell her that he was coming out of cover to throw the basket. As if in slow motion, the bullet slowly neared Nick's head.
"I'm gonna die," was the only thing that was in his head when he collapsed. He realized that he was being dragged back as Judy slapped his face. She had pushed him away from the bullet at the right moment.
"Don't you ever do that again!" Judy warned, voice quivering and also tears in her eyes. Nick was stunned. Judy grabbed his whistle and blew as hard as she could. They wolf whimpered as he heard the crazy loud and high pitched sound.
"GO!" Judy ordered. Nick sprinted and dumped the basket over the wolf's head. The wolf whined with pain as Judy tied him against the wall. Pointing the gun at the wolf, Nick said slowly with a really deep voice, "You are under arrest for causing public unrest, attempted murder of a police officer and processing a gun." ending off with a snarl. The wolf kept quiet.
After Judy asked for backup, Nick brought Judy to a private spot.
"Um, carrots?"
"Mmm?"
"I'm sorry... I didn't mean to make you worried..."
"It's fine. I'm glad you're okay."
"T-Thanks... for saving my life."
Nick was teary now. Never had he cried in such a long time. He felt stupid for risking his life and almost losing it so quickly. Suddenly, he felt warmness. Something he never felt in so long. He realized Judy was kissing him. It caught him off guard, but he relented and kissed back.
"I don't want you to be hurt." Judy said. "Physically and emotionally."
"I promise I'll never do anything that dumb again," Nick said, wiping a tear.
"I love you, you dumb fox."
"I love you too, my sly bunny."
With that, they leaned in for a long kiss.
YAY I DID IT! Much better and more content. I have my exams soon, so bear with me yo? I'll try my best to write as much as I can. Anyways, I'll be doing a entire redo on "Meeting the parents Part 1". I didn't mention Gideon Grey either, so yeah. I have a tumblr too! It's xxsgjunxx, and do follow me! See you!
-SGJun
(aka Junyi/OliverTheFox)
