As noon rolled around the lunch rush hit nowhere harder than at Zootopia's very own precinct 1. Almost like clockwork officers and employees alike turned to either their bottom desk draw to pull out food, or to the vending machine in the various breakrooms, and in one especially interesting case, to their co workers to see if they wanted to go hit the town for a change.

"Chief Bogo? I'm heading out to lunch" The PA crackled to life with the cheerful voice of Officer Clawhauser.

"Alright. Be back in an hour, I want to go over some notes with you about changing some schedules around." The gruff buffalo responded, releasing the intercom button when he finished and returning to his laptop. As he continued to tap around, moving things here and there and filling out various forms of unnecessary paperwork, he knew that lunch wasn't going to be an option today.

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"Alright. Be back in an hour, I want to go over some notes with you about changing some schedules around." The gruff and clearly stressed buffalo's tone was certainly not lost on the keenly perceptive receptionist of a cheetah. Taking a moment to ponder, his face scrunched in a clear showing of concentration, the chubby cat hadn't noticed Zootopia best pair watching him closely, a mischievous gleam in their eyes.

"Heeeya, Bennji, how's it hanging? Heading to lunch?" Officer Nick Wilde said popping up and resting his elbows on the marble, just like yesterday.

"Yeah, heya Clawhauser! Seems like you're going by yourself; that's really no fun, is it?" The bunny next to Nick commented offhandedly, casting a very familiar sly look towards the cheetah. The sudden appearances of his fellow co workers surprised the fat cat causing him to jerk his head up from its perch on his hands and elbows.

"Oh! Hey guys! Geez, I just had the weirdest case of deja vu." Shaking his head, his cute cheeks bouncing a little, "Anyways, um yeah I guess I am going out alone." His eyes looked down for a moment before lighting up slightly, "Hey! Why don't we all go together!" Unbeknownst to him, a low highfive was exchanged between the two in front of him.

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Pretty soon the trio the had reached a small tofu burger joint outside of the main heart of the city, despite it only being about a 15 minute drive from the station.

"Wow! What a cool place!" The cheetah commented as he entered, walking in front of the pair behind him, "You and Nick must come here a lot like on dates or something" He giggled seeing their eyes grow wide and faces heat up.

"S-sorry to disappoint Clawhauser, but we're not together." Judy said clearly not expecting the comment considering she and her partner had come here to find out more about the potential between a certain fruity receptionist and a too-hard-on-himself-for-his-own-good chief of police.

"Yeah, I mean Carrots is sweet and all, but not my cup of tea by far" The fox said, a little too quickly, all while looking up and in the complete opposite direction of his partner not seeing her momentary confusion and flash of poutiness.

"Mmm, yeah sure." The cheetah commented rolling his eyes and giggling once more, "Well, I'm starved, let's get somethin' to chow down on!"

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When all three mammals had gotten their fill, the two smaller ones shared one more knowing look before their eyes gleamed again with mischief.

"So…" The fox started off, "How long have you know our good ol' chief?"

"Oh, quite a few years now. He was the one who really wanted me on the force, despite all the obvious disqualifications" The cheetah giggled, patting his belly. "But no, it was about four years ago, right after the old chief had retired and Chief Bogo had been instated. I was just outta college and had been working the financial aid desk, I actually applied by accident" he giggled once more, pausing to take a sip of his drink before continuing, "One of my old buddies and I we're going to apply to continue working at University of Zootopia till we could get our own places, and because UOZ was a public service application, it was exactly the same as ZPD! After all the interviews and stuff I was sure I wouldn't get the job, but here I am!"

"Wow! Well we wouldn't want anyone else" Judy commented pleasantly before turning to whisper in her partners ear, "and we both know the same goes for the Chief" she finished off with a nudge before leaning back, surprised that the cheetah hadn't seemed suspicious. "Well, what do you think of the chief?" She continued, trying to seem as casual as possible.

"Oh gosh, the lists I could write! Well, he's really a good guy, I mean you've gotta be to be the chief, right? He's always standing up for others, oh! Like when Mayor Bellwether had me moved down to records! You should have seen the fuss he made!" He took another pause and sip before he continued his oblivious gushing, "Oh, Oh! And he does this thing when drinking coffee, it's seriously so funny!" For the next ten or so minutes the cheetah went on before Wilde cut him off.

"Wow, you sure seem to like the Chief"

"Yeah! He's totally the best!" Clawhauser giggled, oblivious to the underlying meaning.

"Kinda makes you wonder how he's still single after all this time." Judy continued right where her partner left off, seeming truly awestruck and aghast for an answer, almost like they had planned it. Her foxy other half concurred,

"Geez! That is a brain scratcher!"

"Yeah… It is…" The cheetah commented, slowly being carried off by his own train of thought as a faint blush took over his big cheeks.

"Gottcha!" The pair whispered to each other as they shared another down low high five.