Nick and Judy spent most of their night goofing off. After they took turns taking a shower, they played video games. They would start yelling at each other as one or the other started winning. The neighbors, who were usually quite loud, actually had to bang on the walls to tell them to be quite. Then, they watched Netflix and ate junk food. At some point, Nick started tickling Judy, and she laughed uncontrollably. The neighbors started banging on the walls and yelling again.

When it was finally time for bed, Judy insisted that Nick sleep in her bed while she sleep on the floor, but he wasn't having it.

"Carrots, a gentleman would never make a lady sleep on the floor."

She put her paws on her hips "Since when are you a gentleman? And you're not making me. I'm volunteering. So your argument is invalid."

Nick rolled his eyes at her and said "Don't be so stubborn. I'll wrestle you into that bed you know."

"Go ahead and try it, sly fox. You'll get a mouth full of rabbit foot."

With that, he lunged for Judy. She quickly moved to the side and avoided his grasp. He chased her around his apartment for a few minutes, until she gave in and let him catch her. Nick tackled and carried her to the bed, where he wrapped her up in a blanket so she couldn't move. Judy laughed as she struggled against her cocoon.

Nick got out a sleeping bag and an extra pillow while Judy finally settled down. He turned out the light and watched his friend fall asleep. He fell into slumber late that night, with a smile on his face.

The next morning, the two officers woke up around eight, and wondered why Bogo hadn't called them already. A little worried, Judy called him over his walkie talkie.

"Chief Bogo. Come in, Chief."

After a moment, they got an answer "Coming in, Hopps. This is Chief Bogo."

"Chief, what is your location? Over."

"I'm already at the old hospital. Meet Jagna and I at the Sandy Café in Sahara Square. Over."

"Yes sir. Over and out."

She looked at Nick, who already had that familiar old grin on his face. Judy rolled her eyes.

"Oh come on, Nick."

"I didn't say anything."

"Well, you were thinking it."

"And what exactly was I thinking, Carrots," he said as he leaned a little closer to her face and put his paws on his knees.

She blushed and said "Their relationship isn't any of our business, Nick."

"Oh! So, you admit that you think they were together," he laughed.

"Nick…"

"We should do a little investigating. When we get to the café, I'll suggest that we split up into teams for the day. You'll go with Jagna, and I'll go with Bogo. That way we can get closer to them and get some answers."

Judy sighed and slapped her forehead "What makes you think that Bogo is going to open up to you?"

"He doesn't have to, per say, open up. I just have to annoy him enough until he cracks and tells me what I want to hear."

"Or until he fires you!"

"Do you know how many times I've managed to slip out of him trying to fire me?"

She crossed her arms and gave him a scolding stare. He was being such an obnoxious jerk.

"I'm waiting for an answer," he chirped.

"Fine. A lot, but that doesn't mean…"

Nick interrupted her "Okay, so it's settled. We're gonna' get some answers."

He balled up his paw for a fist bump, and Judy couldn't help but laugh.

When they arrived at the Sandy Café, Chief Bogo and Jagna were already there, sitting next to each other in a booth. Janga had a tired look on her face as Bogo whispered something to her. Nick gave Judy a sly glance as they approached the booth where they sat. The chief saw them and he said good morning.

He said as they sat in the booth "Wilde, Hopps, we've got seven automobile factories that we have to visit today."

He had a map of Zootopia with several circled locations.

"The concentration levels of the serum are particularly high in Tundra Town, despite there only being one factory in the area. I'm extremely interested in what we'll find in that facility."

Nick saw his chance and said "I know a lot of the mammals that work in that factory. I can get us easy access to whatever we need to see. Why don't Reed and Hopps check out the ones in the Rainforest District while we go to Tundra Town?"

The chief nodded "Very well. Most of the other factories are in Sahara Square, so we'll meet back at HQ later and head there afterwards."

The two pairs quickly parted ways and drove off. Judy drove towards the rainforest canopy while Jagna sat in the passenger seat in awkward silence.

Judy knew that she was probably a little shy, but being the friendly bunny that she was, she couldn't help but start up meaningless chit chat. She spoke of insignificant things like the weather and complained about the traffic. Jagna would only give halfhearted replies and occasionally nod.

After a few minutes, Judy ran out of things to talk about. She silently thought about what Nick had said. She had to admit to herself that she was very curious about Jagna and Bogo's relationship.

She tried to remind herself that it was none of her business, but eventually she cracked and blurted out "So, you and Bogo seem to be awfully close."

Jagna suddenly shot out of her own thoughts and looked at Judy like she had spoken in some foreign language.

She tried to smile as she said "W-well, maybe. It's kind of complicated."

Jagna couldn't bring herself to lie to Judy.

Judy just couldn't help but say "So…I mean…have you two just known each other for a long time, or are you distantly related…were you maybe even…together?"

The female cape buffalo let out a sigh and gave a quiet answer to the broken up question "No. We are not related. Yes. We've known each other for a very long time. We met when we were teenagers actually."

"Really?"

"Yes. We both grew up about a thousand miles north of Zootopia, in a large open place. It wasn't like the savannah. It was more like meadow land. Strange place for cape buffalos to be living, I guess. The nearest town was about two hours away. Our families owned two large pieces of land that bordered each other. Our families never got along. We were always fighting over the right to grow and sell certain crops and places to pump oil."

Jagna suddenly had a sad look on her face.

"Things got violent sometimes. Mammals were often hurt."

Judy was very interested now.

"If things were so bad between your families, how were you guys even able to meet without automatically hating each other?"

"Bogo and I were both considered the black sheep of the family. We never understood why things had to be the way they were. We paid dearly for our beliefs. We were often cast aside by all our family members, except for our mothers."

She smiled "That didn't stop Bogo. He tried his best to steer his family away from the violence. He even tried to teach his younger brothers and cousins against the family's traditional ways. Of course, his father didn't like that, and he was often beaten. First by his father, and then by his older brothers."

Judy couldn't believe what she was hearing. She couldn't imagine Bogo ever being submissive to anyone. Then again, it made sense due to his general attitude and behavior. It seemed as though his family had hardened him into the gruff, strict and demanding buffalo that he was today.

The bunny cop gently pushed for more information "So, how exactly did you meet?"

Jagna couldn't help but smile as she spoke of the memory "There was a forest located near the southern edge of both properties. My family sent me there alone every day to pick wild berries and herbs. I was there one evening, and I had been struggling with a stubborn tree root that I wanted to bring to my mother for her tea. Suddenly, there was thunder overhead, and it started pouring rain. I stayed there and ended up caking myself in mud trying to get that stupid root."

Judy listened intently as she spoke.

"Once I had finally gotten the root, I ran for the house, but the rain was just too heavy. At the time I was also terrified of thunder. I accidently lost my way in the storm, and I came across an old barn. I took shelter. It was dark and dirty, but it was dry. I sat there and cried out whenever I heard a thunder strike. Eventually, I heard someone else come into the barn."

"Bogo," Judy said.

"Yes, Bogo. Although I didn't know who it was at the time. It was dark and I could hardly see. I thought he was a large ran from a family that lived on the other side of the forest. Anyway was talked to each other in the dark for a few hours. He comforted me about the lightning. He said that his mother always told him that thunder was just the sound of Heaven's bread wagon rolling down the dirt road, going to deliver bread to the angels."

Jagna's smile had grown quite infectious, and Judy smiled with her as she drove.

"After a while, the rain had stopped and he had to leave. He asked me if I would meet him there for lunch the next day and I gladly said yes. I stayed behind as he left. I was in no hurry to get home once I realized that I had dropped my basket and would be returning empty handed. However, I did have to go home eventually, and when I did finally get to the house…"

Judy interrupted her as she brought the cop car to a stop.

"We're here."

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Sorry for not spacing out the paragraphs. My doc manager is acting weird. It might just be my computer.