Part 2 - Confession

Nick sat on Judy's bed, taking in the room around him. It wasn't small, but it was certainly smaller than his own place; the bunny was living in a single room apartment, for one. Said bunny was just across the room, now dressed in a pink flannel nightie. Judy had offered him some coffee once he was steady on the bed, and the fox had felt it rude to deny the drink. Besides, free coffee is free coffee.

The silence only got more awkward as time ticked by while Judy looked at the coffee dripping into the pot. Only when the hot liquid was done its brewing did she resolve to speak again:
"So Nick! What ARE you doing here?" She asked as she poured his cup. "Last time I checked, you wanted to be alone."
The bunny closed the distance between them and put the coffee in his paws, the fox taking it in relative silence. He swirled the dark liquid around as he thought of what to say, hoping that something just outside the window might help in some way as well. When nothing happened, Nick conceded to just letting himself come up with what to say.
"Uh… Let's just say…" The fox bumbled as he tried fishing for an explanation.
But as cunning and sly as he was, he just couldn't come up with any more excuses. The only thing left was the truth. Nick gave out a weak sigh as he set the cup down on the floor, before looking at the bunny to tell her.
"Judy… Every time I get my collar taken off, I feel free. I feel happy," he shared. "That feeling of restraint and to always suppress my emotions is gone. When you had to put my collar back on when we returned from Bunnyburrow…"
Nick instinctively looked away, feeling ashamed for what he was about to say.
"…All those feelings of anger and self-hate came back," he meekly said.
Judy couldn't help but feel sorry for what she had done. She wanted to apologize, but he kept going before she could say a word.
"I've gotten so used to not wearing it that, the moment I had it back on…"
He looked back to the bunny, sorrow in his eyes.
"I couldn't handle it."
And just as fast, the sorrow disappeared as he looked at her.
"But then I realized that when I'm around you… I feel like I don't have it on."
The fox reached out and clasped one of her paws, the bunny's cheeks flushing red under her fur. She was starting to understand, and was glad that he forgave her. She returned the kind gesture and clutched his paw as well.
"Nick… That's…"
She wanted to say 'sweet', but at this point, words would've meant nothing. Judy gave him a tender smile before catching him off-guard with an equally tender kiss.

Nick's surprise was quickly subdued by the presence of the bunny's velvety lips on his. He felt safe; he felt warm; he felt love. Throwing caution to the wind, he deepened his kiss with Judy; caressing her soft grey fur as she hung on his neck. He ignored his collar blipping yellow as his heart rate went up, the fox wanted to cherish this moment with her. His blood rushed more and more the longer they stayed entangled in their silent embrace.

The collar went red. A shock flowed through. Nick clenched as he felt the pain.
Judy felt it too, and she recoiled. She was surprised by the events and felt towards her lip. Nick saw the blood on her chin and felt his heart sink as she looked away with tears building in her eyes.
"Ow! What the-"
Nothing else escaped her lips as Nick's cry filled the apartment:
"JUDYYYY!"
The bunny slowly turned back to face the fox, tears flowing freely as she saw with horror what was happening.
"Oh god. NICK!"
Heartbroken by his actions, fear filling his thoughts, and anger gripping at his heart, Nick was stuck in an endless loop of pain as his collar shocked him. Over and over…