"You can't be serious, Nick." The look on Judy's face screamed that she desperately hoped he wasn't, even when she knew that he was. It had been the seventh time she'd stated the supposed fact, starting from when he revealed their destination of the day in the car to now, as they stood in front of Mystic Spring Oasis. Each time she informed Nick of his less-than-seriousness, she did so with less surety and what seemed like an increasing amount of panic.

"Well, Fluff, I am! Come on, what happened to 'try everything?'"

"But… the Naturalist Club? Isn't that going a bit far? I know you didn't exactly enjoy the cleanse or the yoga, but can't you pick something else?"

Nick shook his head. "The rule isn't 'Try everything within reason,' Jude, it's 'Try everything.' Besides, you should've known better than to get in the way of me and my food. And you did promise to make that cleanse 'worth my while.'"

Judy sighed, and then looked up at Nick with imploring eyes.

"Please, Nick? It's not that I don't want to try, it's just…"

Nick stopped walking toward the entrance and turned back around, cocking his head slightly to the side as he studied his mate.

"What's wrong, Judy?"

Judy seemed a little bashful, and a small blush crept into her cheeks as she sidled up to her boyfriend and leaned up toward his ears.

"There are just some views that I'd… well… I prefer it if they were just for you, you know?" She whispered.

Nick's gaze softened a little as he heard her words, but he knew he had to stay the course. He walked back toward Judy and looked her in the eyes.

"It won't be as bad as you think, ok? And also, we've learned a lesson about the 'Try Everything' rule, haven't we, now?" The superiority was evident in his voice.

Judy didn't reply, and just looked more than a bit forlorn. Nick decided that it was time to press it home, and leaned down to her eye level.

"You'll call off the rule, then?"

Judy sighed and bowed her head. She knew when she lost.

"Yes. When we get home we can strike rule three out."

Nick straightened out and turned around.

"Good, let's go in."

Judy looked ahead, mouth agape.

"B-but I called off the rule! So we don't need to do this anymore! Please Nick, I'd really rather not - "

"Relax, Fluff. I booked us a private section. They had a few open as part of the couples' special. Nobody gets to see my bunny except for me."

The gears turned slowly in Judy's head as she realized her flaw.

"So… so then I didn't need to call off the rule! I had nothing to worry about?"

"Yep. It's called a hustle, sweetheart," he said as he flashed a wink at Judy. "Boom."

Judy just shook her head and chuckled as she fell into step with Nick. "Sly fox."

Judy sat under a fake palm frond and studied her mate. Since they entered the private couples booth, all Nick had done was take a cross-legged sitting position in the center of the small area and close his eyes. At first, Judy quietly studied him, respecting his peace. After all, it was rare for her to see her usually very animated mate in such a state of tranquility. That, and the rays of sunlight coming from the skylight made his russet fur absolutely radiant, and she was quite enamoured. After a while, though, her patience wore thin as the minutes dragged on, until finally Judy decided that Nick had had enough peace for one day.

The bunny laid herself down across his lap, so that Nick was treated to a full view of her front as Nick opened his eyes and looked down.

"Sorry to disturb you, Slick, but surely there's something we're supposed to do besides just sit around?"

Nick adopted a surprisingly wolfish grin as he asked, "Got anything in mind, darling?"

Judy let a saucy smile cross her face as she rotated herself to be upright and now kneeling on her boyfriend's lap, her paws on his shoulders and her lips mere centimeters away from his own. She leaned in slowly, and as Nick veiled his eyes, Judy surprised him by shoving him backwards so that he fell onto his back, his legs flailing out of their crossed position as Judy straddled over him. Then, satisfied in the dominant position she now held, proceeded to lean in again, this time with every intention of kissing her fox and showing him how much she loved him and —

"Ahem."

Both bunny and fox swung their gazes toward the source of the throat-clearing sound to see Yax, standing at the entrance of the booth.

"So I just, like, moseyed on in here to check and see if guys, like, we're breaking in ok. Looks like you guys are doing fine, but like, this is still a naturalist club so, you know, if you're gonna go all out, power to ya, my mammals, but it'd be pretty chill if you guys could like, wait, and maybe not do it here, you know?"

"So, not so bad, was it, Carrots?"

"You mean besides the utter embarrassment of Yax walking in on us? Yeah, not too bad. The oil massage was heavenly."

"Eh, I still say I could've done better for ya, Fluff," Nick replied, waggling his eyebrows at Judy.

Judy smirked back at him as the two walked back to their apartment. "Well, since Yax did say to wait until we got home. I don't see why we can't test your theory when we get back."

Nick let a small growl out. "Theory, Carrots? I'll have you know that while that ocelot may have been an experienced masseuse, nobody knows my bunny better than I do. If you want me to prove it to you, I will."

Judy smiled as she wrapped an arm around Nick's side.

"I believe you, silly. But some additional testing, just to be sure, might be nice."

"Well, if you already believe me, then I don't think that's necessary," Nick began, a mischievous look spreading across his face as he looked down at Judy. "Instead, since your muscles are already nice and loose from the club, I say we do something a little more active, why not?"

"Active? You haven't seen enough of me already today, given where we've been?" came Judy's coy reply.

"Carrots, you know I can't ever get enough of you."

Judy smiled as they went through the door of their building and walked toward the stairs to their floor. When they arrived back into their apartment, Judy leaned up to kiss her lover.

"Give me a few minutes to get ready, ok? Wait out here."

Nick obliged, sneaking in a quick kiss on her ear before letting her walk into the bedroom. As Nick waited, he moved to the kitchen for a glass of water. After all, their 'activities' would be thirsty work, he knew, so better to hydrate beforehand.

"Nick?" came an alluring siren-song voice. "I'm ready!"

The fox had never finished a glass of water so fast. He skidded to a stop under the threshold to their bedroom, to see Judy laying across their bed, a matching set of violet lingerie on and the most jaw-dropping look on her face as she rested a paw at her hip.

"Come get me, predator."

Nick didn't need telling twice.