A/N: I've been reading so many other WildeHopps fanfic that has Jack Savage so much. I never realize how much hate the authors has given him. They hate him and love him at the same time. Hate because he is the destroyer of WildeHopps and love because he is so cool-looking and a total fanservice. Anyway, story time before I get off-topic. :P

Disclaimer: Zzz… Zzz… Huh? What? Oh yea. Zootopia belongs to Disney.

The next day. The day after the interrogation with Voxroy and Duke Weaselton took place. It was 6:30am in the morning and the moment the alarm went off, Judy's paw immediately reacted to turn it off as quickly as she could.

Judy has been up for so long last night, checking all the files that Nick brought home. She was so persistant to look through the files that she refused to go to bed until she was done taking notes from everything.

She sat up and yawned, giving a little stretch to her arms. "Wake up, Nick…" she called, while still yawning and rubbing her eyes. She frowned and looked to her right. "Nick, get up." She was about to hit him lightly only to find no one was next to her.

She stared in confusion, looking at the space next to her and quickly got out of bed and exited the room. Only to be welcomed by a delightful smell that was coming from downstairs.

She walked down the stairs slowly and found Nick already sitting at the dining table, leaning back on his chair while looking up at the ceiling, thinking.

"Nick…?" she called, after seeing him.

He turned to his left and waved. "Morning," he greeted with a smile. "Made some muffins for breakfast. And coffee. Hope it tastes better than last time."

She looked at the table, all impressed. How clean and neat he was dressed in his uniform. Nick would never tuck in his uniform whenever he goes to work. The only time he did that was when he was officially assigned to the ZPD and that was several months later after the Night Howler case. Even his fur was neatly combed from head to tail. He looked so… Dashing.

"Wha… What's all this?" she said in disbelief. "And what time did you wake up?"

"30 minutes ago?"

"Why would you be up that early? You never do that."

"Well…" he said, putting down his mug and standing up. "Let's just say I thought I'll do my best from now on. So… Ready to make the world a better place?" He raised up his fist for Judy to fist bump him.

She looked at him and smile. "Okay," she said. "Who are you and what have you done with Nick?"

"Carrots, it's me," he said chuckling putting his fist down. "I swear. I'll be doing my best starting today."

She looked at him with her arms crossed before placing a paw on his forehead. "Well… You're definitely not having a fever. Did something happen yesterday?"

Nick looked away with a long face. "Kinda…" he said. "But… I don't wanna talk about it."

She held his face and turn it to her direction.

He looked at her, his eyes wide open. Both their faces was so close to each other that he was starting to blush with his mouth shut tight.

"Nick…" she started, softly. "You can tell me anything. I won't get mad."

He swallowed and his eyes rolled to the sides to avoid meeting hers. "Swear on it?" he asked softly.

"No," she said. "I promise."

He smiled a little and took a deep breath, getting her paws off of his face. "I…" he said, sitting back down on the chair. "I think I'm… Jealous."

"That's a first," she said, sitting next to him. "I never thought you'd ever feel that."

"Me neither… But, you know…"

"No, I don't know."

He chuckled following by hers. "Well, I think that Savage rabbit had to do something with it."

"Hare," she corrected.

"Whatever," he said laughing. "But still… I sometimes feel like… He's trying to get you to his side… Like… Away from me, you know…?"

She looked at him, her mind started to be filled up. Nick was right. Back at the ZPD, when he kissed her paw. When he said she needed someone to protect her. She just knew that he was trying something but can't seem to notice it before. Plus, he WAS a handsome hare after all. She may have even felt a little spark the moment Jack tried to get close to her.

Judy realized what she was thinking and shook her head. "Don't worry," she said, holding Nick's paw. "I promise I won't leave you. I mean… Yea, he's charming and relaxed and… So… Focus on things…" Judy trailed her words off the moment the thought of Jack entered her mind and it took her a few seconds to snap out of it.

"Charming, huh?" Nick said.

"S-sorry! I… I didn't realize what I just said! I…! I…!"

He held her on the chin and looked at her in the eyes. "I believe in you," he said. "But I'm not going to be the one to decide who you get to be with. It's not my right after all."

She looked back at him and smiled, holding on his paws softly. "Thanks…" she said.

Both of them just stared at each other and Nick eventually let go. "I think you need to eat breakfast," he reminded. "Coffee's getting kinda cold."

"Oh no! I forgot!" She quickly gave him a kiss on the cheek before rushing to hit the showers first.

He smiled and sighed, sitting back comfortably on his chair, while looking at his coffee blankly. He still has doubts about the fact that Judy might not be able to stay with him for long. But he decided to believe in her. And just wait for that moment when she finally decides who to go with. Of course… He would be crushed if she decided to leave him but her happiness is what matters to him more. She has done so much for him after all and he was grateful. And her love life is the one thing he won't force her to decide…

Later…

Nick and Judy were seen running straight to the station the moment they stepped out of the house. They decided to have a little race to the ZPD and loser has to treat the winner lunch. Of course, not costly that is.

Benjamin was just about to open his box of doughnuts until the door to the front entrance burst opened as everyone turned their attention towards the fox and the bunny who were racing.

Nick was a split second late after Judy touched the front desk.

"Yes!" she exclaimed, raising her fist in the air. "I win!"

He took his time to breathe and and inhaled a large amount of oxygen before letting a huge breath out. "Okay, okay," he said, laughing. "I'll make sure to get you something good."

The cheetah laughed. "What are you two doing?" he said.

"Oh, it's nothing," Judy said, catching her breath. "We just wanted to race here. Loser buys the winner lunch."

"What do you think he's gonna get you?" he said, still giggling.

"You know I'm still here right?" Nick interrupted.

All of them shared some laughs, however, Judy's didn't last long, the moment she saw Jack walking down the stairs.

Nick noticed this and turned around to see where she was looking. His face turned into a frown after seeing the hare walking towards them with a smile. But to Nick, it looks as if it was a smile of confidence as if Jack was saying that he will be taking Judy from him soon enough. Which is not true that is.

"Officer Hopps," Jack greeted with a smile. He turned to Nick, now with a serious expression but with a relunctant smile. "Officer Wilde…"

"Morning, Agent…" Nick said, softly but almost threatening.

The two of them now looking at each other in the eye with a lot of fire in them. Their eyesights were becoming so visible at each other that it looked like two electric current were trying to push one another back with the background becoming so dark.

Judy bit her lips and glanced at Jack, pulling Nick away to her side. "Ahaha! Morning, Mr. Savage!" she quickly broke in with an awkward smile. "I'm sorry but Nick and I really, really need to get some coffee! Like really!"

"Oh, why don't I come along?" Jack suggested. "My treat. And plus, I have a big lead on something and thought that maybe you might be interested in hearing?"

"Of course!" she said, getting in front of Nick, pushing him back. "But there's no need to treat me to some coffee! Really though!" She quickly turned around and push Nick to the canteen with his heels grinding the floor.

Clawhauser laughed and sat back at his desk. "Oh, those two are so cute together, don't you agree?" he said picking up a doughnut.

"Of course…" the hare answered sarcastically. "She should be with someone safe and that can protect her… Not someone who can hurt her…"

"Oh, I hear you. Nick would risk his life protecting her."

He turned to the cheetah. "I didn't mean him…" he said softly, walking away.

Clawhauser looked at him in confusion and shrugged.

Judy actually managed to push Nick all the way to the canteen and Nick has never changed the direction of his head towards Jack the moment he saw him. He had quite an angry look on his face the whole time Judy was bringing him to the canteen.

"Do you really have to be so rude?" she said angrily with her wrists on her hips.

Nick slowly shifted his attention to the rabbit and snickered, walking to the coffee machine getting a cup at least. He needed to take his mind off of this feeling.

She sighed and walked towards him. "Nick…" she called. "Can you try to at least be nice?"

"Like what…?" he said, still not turning to her.

"Can you at least… I don't know. Fake a smile? It doesn't have to be honest. Didn't you do that back then when you were with Finnick?"

"That was just business…" His voice seem to have getting softer the more he answer.

Her ears dropped and she placed a paw on her forehead, groaning in frustration. "Well… I'm just asking you to at least treat Jack like a guest. Who knows? Maybe you two might even become friends. Maybe…" She was interrupted when she heard water splattered on the ground from the counter. She looked at Nick's cup that was overfilled with hot water.

He hasn't move an inch. He just stared at the machine blankly. So very, very blankly. Almost as if he was a zombie.

"Nick…?" she called, softly, grabbing him by the arm.

Again… No response. She turned the water off for him which brought him back into reality. He clenched his fist and grabbed some napkins to wipe off the water from the counter.

"Nick…" She watched him clean off the hot water.

He was like a zombie. Not saying a single word. No thoughts. And just stares directly in front of him while working. "Don't worry about me…" he finally spoke up. "I… I just need to get use to it… It's my first jealousy after all…" He turned to her and gave her a tender smile.

She was feeling worried and amazed at the same time. Amazed at how fast Nick managed to pull himself together and worried at how badly it might go. She gave him a kiss unexpectedly on the cheek which indeed surprised him. "Okay…" she said, smiling back with strong hope.

"Ahem…" someone said, clearing his throat.

Their bodies immediately jumped when they heard that and slowly turned around to find Officer Fangmeyer, a tiger. "Will you two please hurry up?" he said with a playful smile on his face along with his arms crossed.

"S-sorry, Fangmeyer!" Judy quickly said, standing straight.

Nick smiled and looked at Judy. "Just go," he said. "I'll clean this up. It's my fault after all."

She stared at him for a while and nodded with a smile. "Take care…" she said before leaving the canteen. She wanted to give him another kiss before going. But, duty calls.

Nick turned to Fangmeyer and shrugged. "My bad about the spillage," he said. "You can still use the coffee machine if you want."

The tiger chuckled. "What's gone into you, Wilde?" he asked. "At least it wasn't as bad as yesterday."

Nick laughed. "I'm just… Feeling green is all…"

"About what?" asked Fangmeyer, grabbing a cup.

Nick stared at the counter while wiping it. "It's… Not that big of a deal…"

Meanwhile in the chief's room, Jack and Bogo were looking through the map of Zootopia, talking about the case Jack was investigating.

"So I was thinking that maybe we should do some investigation at Tundratown first," Jack said, pointing on the map. "I'd like to talk to the mammals over there considering a lot of the mafias are over there."

A knock on the door was heard. "Chief?" Judy called behind the door.

"Yes, come in," said Bogo.

Judy opened the door and smiled. "Morning, Chief," she greeted. She then turned to Jack and hesitantly smiled. "Agent Savage."

He nodded back at her with a smile.

"I really am sorry about Nick just now," she said, laughing, hoping that he'd forgive him. "It's just that, he gets cranky if he doesn't have his coffee." Which is not true though since Nick already had coffee before coming to work anyway.

"Oh, it's quite alright," Jack said, raising his paw. "I think I would be in a bad mood too if my coffee wasn't there. But I could have sworn he was in a good mood when I saw him at the front desk before greeting you all good morning."

Judy laughed nervously, rubbing the back of her head. "Darn it!" she thought but manage to cover it with a happy face.

"Well, nevermind about that." He turned back to the map and Judy paid attention to it too.

"What are you two discussing?" she asked.

"We were thinking of where Agent Savage and you should investigate," explained the chief. "He has a big lead on something and he needs the extra paw to help fasten the pace."

"And I thought that maybe you'd be interested since Chief Bogo told me you were very quick-witted," Jack said with a smile.

Judy looked at the map and glanced at Jack. "I…" she said. She sat on the chair and sighed. "I'm just tired," she finished. "I don't think I can do another district duty. I think I'm going to continue on the case WE are investigating today."

"Then who shall help me with MY case?" Jack said, placing a finger under her chin.

She blushed and quickly shook it off. But at the same time, she has already thought of someone. "How about Nick?" she suggested.

"What?!" Jack responded.

"That's actually a good idea," Bogo said with a smile, sitting back at his desk. "Wilde hasn't done any district duty for a while now. I think it's only fair that he follows along, Agent Savage."

Judy smiled and nodded. "And plus, Nick is very good with talks. I'm sure you two will get along."

Jack just stayed quiet and sighed. "Very well," he said, paws behind his back. "If you say we will get along, then I will try my best." Try his best indeed…

Actually, Judy wanted to go back to Cliffside to find any leads that Nick gotten from Duke yesterday. And at the same time, this is a perfect opportunity for Nick and Jack to get along. That is… If they can like she hoped for.

A/N: Alright, that's chapter 4. Hope you guys and gals are enjoying it so far. I actually like Jack's character design, like a lot. He is probably the dreamboat kind of guy in Zootopia if he is ever canon. I'll be honest too. He actually kind of looks like an asshole but I know he's not. He just looks like one with the suit and all. :P

But all I can only say is that the only false info about him is that he's a WildeHopps crusher. I actually find this funny because, well, I'm writing a story like that now. Forgive my hypocrisy. XD

But Byron Howard DID say they based him from James Bond so I'm sure he's a gentle… Um… Gentlejack. But I don't mind the hate and love he has gotten. I see him as an individual just like every other characters in Zootopia. Whether or not they're canon or scrapped out from the idea. :)

And no, I do not ship Jack and Judy because Jack has never met Judy, um… 'canonly'. But he does seem like a potential rival for Nick considering his good looks, his reputation and I bet he's even ripped under the suit. Just saying that is. :P