Hello everybody! I´m back with chapter 9 and it´s a long one, so i hope this makes up for the long waiting times. Sorry for the little "rage" in my third Authors Note, but it will disappear in some days anyways.

Big thanks to AxelAshes for the fast correction this time! Also thanks to dira4ever and MrShurukan for their suggestions and for the motivation!

As always: have fun reading and tell me what you think ;)

Nice weekend everybody!


Chapter 9 - Such a stupid fox (pov Nick)

To be honest, I really was eager to talk to him, but I wanted some witnesses around, without him knowing. So I asked Judy to join me and listen from outside the interrogator's room. She agreed instantly of course, and headed into the deeper areas of the ZPD with me.

Before I opened the door, I turned around and told some important information to Judy.

"He is clever. He may predict that you are listening as well. So he may try to change the topic to my past, which isn´t that clean as well, as you sure know. So whatever he´s saying about me, I promise to clear everything up afterwards, as true as I´m standing here!"

"Oh Nick, you know I trust you! After all we´ve been through, I doubt that there is anything left which can shock me right now!"

"I´m just warning you. Nothing is impossible.", I told her while reaching for the heavy door handle.

She nodded, hid behind the wall and I opened the door carefully.

"There he is!", I was greeted by a very frustrated Fennec, who was resting his head on the table before him lazily. "Nicholas Wilde, the savior of Zootopia."

Since it was this late, and for some odd reason I wasn´t in the mood to provoke him anymore, I decided to show Judy my mature and friendly side and be nice to him.

"Fin, talk to me, what is the problem?"

"You´re still alive."

"Well, that's a matter of opinion. Are you jealous?"

"Jealous about what? You Stabbing a friend in the…"

"Yeah, yeah, you cried about this before. So what is it. You´re jealous about?"

"Have you already told her?", he suddenly switched the topic, and did exactly what I predicted he would do. Telling stories that never happened to potential hidden listeners.

"Told her about what?"

"You know what I´m talking about. That bunny you raped, when you were drunk at that Sylvester night? Remember?"

"No, I didn´t. But I told her to ignore your made up lie stories. I know you too well, this is not going to work."

Now there was an uncomfortable moment of silence, so I decided to give him another chance.

"Fin, old friend, talk to me. Why are you hating me so much?"

"Because…", he stopped in his tracks for a second. "…because you got everything I ever wanted. Respect, loyalty, friends…"

I was pretty stunned by his sudden confession. There was an uncomfortable moment of silence, which even I wasn´t able to fill with words, so I simply stared at him for quite a while. Soon later he wasn´t able to hide it anymore and his eyes began watering a little. Or was he?

"Are you happy now!?", he yelled at me, frantically trying to prevent himself from crying loudly. "You we´re just like me. Hated and not trusted by nearly everyone, only loyal to each other and you had the same addiction to do forbidden things like swindle and steal. You were like a brother to me! And now you left all of that behind you and…"

"…and?" I asked, trying to hide my doubts about his sudden confession.

"…and you seem to be much happier than before!" he completed with some overacted looking snivels.

"And you thought it would be a good idea to blackmail me? Did you really wanted me to get killed or did you just wanted to get my attention?"

"Why do you think their tranquilizers where all missing, just an hour before you went in there?", he asked in tears which really let my jaw drop.

"Yeah, for sure…"

"No, really! I even changed the signal of the bomb detonator..."

Now it was too obvious. He was acting again.

I have to say, he really tried hard on this one and he really got me there for a second, but then he made a fatal mistake, which revealed his betrayal. He wasn´t able to hide that one little smirk, which I knew just too well, and which I exactly knew the meaning of. But I decided to make him believe I was actually falling for it, just because I was curious what he was about say. So I began acting as well.

"But why?", I yelled at him in total disbelief. "Why did you start an entire hostage taking just to get my attention, instead of…I dunno, CALLING ME?", I asked to bring him where I wanted him to.

"The hostage taking wasn´t my idea. I actually saved you from a collateral damage. I used this as an opportunity."

"What are you even trying to make me believe?" I asked, grinning suddenly, before I stood up from the chair I was sitting on and headed for the exit of the room.

As he noticed there was no point in denying, that I knew he was acting this the entire time, he started growling in anger again and started insulting me, but I've become used to it meanwhile.

"I didn´t know about your sexuality though." I teased him as I was knocking on the door carefully. "I never noticed your feelings for me before."

"Shut up! I´m not gay!" he yelled furiously, as I blew a kiss towards him with a huge, ironic grin on my face.

"Oh and sorry for smashing you against your ugly-ass van. Hope that scratches out! Talk to you later…" I calmly replied while ignoring the rest of his insults.

Judy opened the door for me and I left the room before closing the door behind me again.

"Wow, you were right, he is kinda clever!", she stated as I reached for the notepad which Officer Fangmeyer had left on the table outside the room for me.

"He is, but I´m too tired for this kind of mind games right now.", I whispered while staring into her wonderful purple and blue eyes deeply.

"I hope you still trust me Judy, I swear to god I have never even touched a bunny before."

Nick, listen to me. If there would have been a bunny raped by a fox, I would have remembered that story, because rabbit news spreads all over the globe faster than you can even imagine. Even a bunny, who´s been missing for more than a day, is the only topic in my hometown, so I´m pretty sure I would have heard of that. So don´t worry, I still trust you and I´m not going to change that, because of a vengeful lie!"

"Thanks Judy!", I stated in relief before lifting her off her feet and hugging her tightly.

"Come on Nicky, let´s hold this case in abeyance until tomorrow and head for my apartment. I´m tired!"

I took a look at my watch, which showed something between two and three o´clock, and nodded.

"You´re right!", I yawned. "I´ll talk to him tomorrow, maybe he will be more cooperative then."

Well timed, Fangmeyer joined us in front of the interrogation room and asked what we accomplished. We told him about the situation and wished him a goodnight, before heading back to the entrance hall again.

"You too. Sleep well!", he yelled behind us, before he headed into another direction.

Bogo, Clawhauser, Gazelle and Nick's mother were still sitting in the waiting area of the police station, randomly chatting about something as we joined them.

"Did you get something out of him?" Clawhauser asked, while offering drinks to us again, which we declined with thanks.

"No, there is no point in talking to him today. I´m the only one talks to and I´m too tired for this now."

"Me too!", Judy said in support, yawning a little as well.

"Of course, take your time!" Bogo replied and simply waved it off. The way he talked to us right now was friendlier than ever, which was surely influenced by the conversation with the biggest pop star in Zootopia, but we enjoyed his peaceful mood and granted him the joy he had this night.

"He´s going to be here for much longer, if he doesn't start to talk. Get a good rest and finish this tomorrow, before you enjoy your vacation!" the Chief wished us with a friendly smirk on his face, before taking a nip of his drink again.

"Thank you, sir!", Judy and I stated before getting into motion again.

"You´re already leaving?", Miss Wilde wondered, who seems really comfortable with the whole situation now.

"Yeah, sorry mom. I´ll visit you soon, ok?", I asked after turning towards them again.

"Oh, I would love that! Officer Hopps, you´re invited as well of course, I would be glad to have you two for a nice dinner or something like that!"

Judy´s ears perked up a little and she jumped slightly in excitement.

"Oh thank you, miss Wilde! I´ll be there!"

"I´m glad, sleep well you two!"

"Good night everybody!", I stated while waving a short farewell.

"Night!"

Outside the ZPD we stopped for a moment, took a deep breath of fresh night air and enjoyed the silence for a moment.

"The car is still in the parking lot, isn´t it?", I sighed lazily while turning my attention to the still excited, but noticeably tired Judy, who seemed to enjoy the sudden silence as much as I did, breathing it in and out slowly with closed eyes.

"We don´t need the car, it´s not far to my place…" she told me, before opening her beautiful eyes again and looking into mine.

"Alright lead the way carrots, I´ll follow you!"

Ten minutes later we arrived at the old apartment and she led me through the different levels of the old house, until we reached the door of her little room, which she unlocked for us after searching her keys for a moment. This time there was no noise from anyone, maybe because it was three o´clock in the morning, but as we found out later, not everyone was asleep yet.

"Well, it´s not comparable to yours, but It will do for the night!"

"I don´t care. I would sleep on the floor, as long as I´m with you!"

"Aww Nick, you´re the cutest predator I´ve ever met!"

"Should I take this as a compliment?" I asked smirking while closing the door behind me.

"I guess you should. But you´re not going to sleep on the ground, I haven´t checked it for nails yet, and…"

"…and?"

"…and I don´t want you to get hurt again?", she whispered shyly, obviously trying to hide a blush.

"Oh come on carrots, don´t think of me like that! Let´s get some sleep!"

"I…I wasn´t…", she sighed in disbelief of my insolence.

I just grinned at her and made my way towards the little rickety bed.

"Show me your back, I want to see how the wound looks now!" she ordered, just as I was about to let myself fall onto it. It made a horribly loud squeaking noise as I did, and the mattress kept swinging up and down a little before coming to a halt again.

"Too lazy!" I mumbled into the pillow below me, but there was no point in denying it. I heard another sigh from her and some seconds later she joined me on the bed as well.

"I don´t know about your house rules, but you´re not sleeping in your armored police uniform here."

Now I was the one who sighed, before turning onto my back forcefully and crossed my arms in disobedience.

"No! I don't want to!" I argued like a toddler would do, as she was climbing over me carefully.

"Dude, I would observe her rules if I were you, don´t you know that she is a police officer?", a sudden voice asked through the wall right next to her bed.

At first I was a little irritated, but then I wasn´t able to help myself and laugh at her annoyed eyes rolling.

"It´s three in the morning! Do you guys ever need sleep or are you just waiting for me to come home and listen through that wall?", Judy asked back in a moderate volume.

"Well, you´re awake as well. And we just listened to make sure you´re alright over there!"

"I´m fine, thanks for asking. But I´ll tell you if I need your help or protection…"

"Alright, just tell us if this guy gets dangerous. I don´t know much about you bunnies, but the bad guys are everywhere. But I think you´re gonna imprison him anyway, if he´s trying to mess with you."

"Why are we talking about this again?" Judy asked back in annoyance, while I was really trying not to laugh loudly. "Furthermore, he is not a bunny and for your information, he is an officer as well."

"So who is your lover? That fox guy next to you in the TV interviews? This Wilde guy or what his name was?", one of the two oryx antlers asked, giggling a little.

"My name is Nicholas Wilde and yeah, I´m that fox guy from the TV interviews", I introduced myself.

Now there was silence on the other side of the wall, and a moment later Judy and I broke out in an eye watering laughter.

"Well, then we don´t have to expect any action over there tonight I guess…", one of them said to the other.

"Excuse me?" I asked in disbelieve of their effrontery. "If you guys are low on it, make some action for yourselves."

Silence again. Judy and I grinned at each other.

"Hey man, we didn´t want to offend you. It´s just…"

"It´s ok, just relax and enjoy your evening together!"

"We´re not…oh man, fuck it…"

"Those guys are mean!"

"Stop crying! Come on, we´re already late for work anyways!"

"You´re right bro, we have to hurry…"

We listened to them talking for a while, then a door was opened, closed again and then we heard the sound of footsteps which got quieter quickly.

"Are they really gone?", Judy asked in disbelief.

I just shrugged my shoulders and stared at her with an amused smile.

"Ready for some action then?" I asked innocently, trying to hold back a smile.

"Nick…you really are a douche sometimes…", she said giggling, before kissing me on the cheek softly.

"I know. I´m just joking…"

"Show me your back already! You´re really not going to sleep here with all your clothes on!"

"Okay!", I said before lifting her off of my stomach and getting up.

I put all the weaponry I had on the table at the other side of the room and started undressing myself completely. I folded the uniform together and layed it onto the chair tidily, followed by my t-shirt and the boxer shorts I was wearing.

"Happy now?" I asked the while explicitly showing her the wound on my back.

"Yeah, looks good!", she smirked.

"Fine, am I allowed to get some rest right now?"

"You are. Just feel at home!", she said while offering me a place at the bed again.

She hopped off her bed and undressed also, turned the light off and joined me in the bed again, where she hugged my naked body and cuddled herself into the white fur of my neck and stomach again.

I covered the both of us in a blanket, like I did at the night before, and hugged her back lovingly.

"Sleep well Officer Wilde" she whispered sleepily, while rubbing her feet against my legs carefully.

After acting like I was already asleep for a moment, I flipped her onto her back suddenly and climbed on top of her, before she was even able to do anything.

"Good Night, carrots!" I grinned, before resting my complete weight onto her with my legs and arms spread wide.

"Ouch, Nick you´re Heavy!"

"Yeah right, I´m sorry!" I smirked, before getting off of her. "Sleep well, Judy!"

"Such a stupid fox…" she mumbled while shaking her head in disbelief slightly. "Such a stupid fox!"


next chapter? ...it´s finished, but I have to rework it a lot, I´m not quite happy with it yet.

comments:

-1bowmanjac: I´m glad as well!

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-Rick Milde: yes.

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