"Mmm this is good, what is this?"
"Frog legs."
Judy choked, leaning over to spit the food from her mouth, when Nick stopped her with a paw. He laughed, at the look on her face before reassuring her that he was merely teasing. The rabbit glared, and Nick found himself amused and slightly in awe at how he'd never really noticed just how purple the bunny's eyes were. The rabbit noticed, the air was getting rather tense and awkward and she quickly turned her attention back to their supposed to be main focus.
"Ah, so um what is it that I can do to help, with this um case?" The rabbit asked, the fox snapped from his stupor at the rabbits voice reached his ears and he blushed. The color hardly noticeable under his bright red fur.
"I just need you, to tell me what you saw with as much details as you can. Don't leave anything out, because I have a high suspicion that whoever was chasing you last night is a big piece in this whole case." The fox explained, the bunny nodded taking a deep breath and smoothing the crumbs off her lap.
"Alright, I'll try to tell you everything I know." The bunny sighed. The fox nodded, but before the bunny could speak he held out a paw.
"Probably best, if we don't discuss this in a cafe." The bunny blushed visibly, feeling stupid for not having thought of that and she hurried to follow the fox out of the area.
They made their way down the sidewalk when Judy realized she had no idea where they were going. She looked up at the fox beside her, seeing as he was a few feet taller than her.
"So, where are we going?" She asked. The fox chuckled, and he turned to face her with a smirk. She realized that he had seemed to be warming up to her a little, his attitude much different then when they had first crossed paths.
"The fox's den, cottontail. That is where we are going." He stated, and she looked at him nervously. What?
He burst out laughing again and she assumed that her face probably looked funny.
"I was talking about my house, cottontail." The bunny nodded, looking at the floor feeling embarrassed she follow behind the fox who made his way to a nice looking house. The outside a nice yellow, with few potted plants in the front and a large white fence that wrapped around the front and side of the house. A porch and lawn chair to match. Judy whistled lowly, to show her appreciation and the fox looked away shyly rubbing his neck.
"I happen to like house decor, heh." He offered an explanation, the rabbit smiled rolling her eyes and followed the fox up the porch steps. Hee opened the door with his keys letting the rabbit walk first. Judy looked around, spotting several pictures on the wall. Surprisingly the walls were plain, and there were still open boxes lying around no doubt carrying the fox's belongings. Was he moving?
The fox seemed to pick up on the unsaid question as he offered an explanation.
"This place is new, only had it for three weeks and I still haven't gotten around to unpacking those." He said. Judy nodded in understanding, and took a seat on the brown couch he had in the middle of the room. The fox sat across from her, on a rolling chair and he turned to her before speaking.
"Before we get to questions and all that, would you like something to drink?" He asked.
"Water is fine." Judy replied, the fox nodded getting up to retrieve a bottle. She spotted a frame, next to the desk in the room and she looked back to the kitchen, where she could hear Nick humming to himself. Standing up, the bunny made her way to where the frame was. Picking it up, the rabbit studied it carefully. A tall red fox that looked slightly like Nick stood with his arm wrapped around a beautiful vixen. The vixen's eyes were a bright blue, her fur a light red, she wore a huge smile as she hugged the Nick replica and Judy's eyebrows furrowed. She studied the picture more closely, noting the male fox had a more defined jaw than Nick did. She was able to pick out the features and realize that the fox in the picture was not Nick at all. So then, who was he?
Judy, who was so focused on the photo did not hear the fox re-enter the living area.
"What are you doing?" The rabbit jumped, turning and holding her chest. She spotted Nick, a bottle of water in one paw a glass of beer in the other. He looked at her, with an expression she'd never seen before. Anger, was written clear into his face, his eyes guarded and Judy backed up.
"I-i was just looking at the picture, I got curious. I didn't mean any harm." She stated. The fox's glare only intensified and his lip curled slightly, letting loose a growl.
"Who gave you the right to snoop through my stuff, I invited you here to talk not so you could swoop through my personal belongings because you're curious." He emphasized the last word, his tone mocking and full of anger. Judy stuttered, never having feeling this low before and she hurried to come up with a response.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snoop, I just saw it while I was sitting and looking around so I got up for a better look."
"Get out." The fox, spoke. His tone was monotone and he avoided eye contact. The bunny blinked, but obeyed moving slowly to leave. When she wasn't moving quick enough the fox barked at her.
"Leave! You stupid whore, I should've known better than to let you in my house. Couldn't even keep your paws to yourself for five minutes." He spat. Judy felt her eyes water at the double meaning in the sentence and she sprinted.
She ran in the direction of her apartment, wondering how things could have gone so wrong in the last few minutes, and wiped her tears. Her sights were blurry as she made her way home, and she found herself questioning why his words of all mammals hurt so much.
Who wants to beat the shit out of Nick for making Judy cry? Raise your paws *the whole audience* Me too. Anyway, I'm sorry if you all feel like you're getting bits and pieces of Nick's dark past and Judy's as well (which you are because duh I love suspense) but it will all be answered soon (not soon) thanks for everything (49 faves, and 99 follows) and I hope you enjoy this. I will try to update this again on Friday. Oh and could you guys vote for the poll at the top of my profile so far I got a tie between Rumor Has It and Single Mother In Progress, and I need to have one as my final choice. SO VOTE VOTE VOTE, please.
