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His tail was swishing back and forth at the back of his seat.
Wearing his police uniform and his aviator shades tilted down his snout, he popped another blueberry into his mouth.
"Ya know Fluff… If I were you… I'd be sick of that stuff already." He spoked with his mouth full of blueberries gesturing to her arm.
"Like seriously. Tube food for two months? Ugh. Rather eat live crickets for a year." He shook his head and rolled his eyes while picking at his nails, his mouth still full of blueberries.
Nick gave himself some time to chew and swallow the berries before immediately popping another one into his mouth.
As he chewed, he glanced over at Judy. He couldn't help but smile a little.
Her chest very slowly rose and declined with each unconscious breath she took. Still, she looked gorgeous and adorable as with anything she does.
It was also good to see all her wounds were completely healed now with surprisingly minimal scarring.
Though she had been unconscious for so long, Nick had almost forgotten what her voice sounded like and what her mannerisms looked like. Despite that, he somehow still felt she had been with him this whole time. Everyday, though she never uttered nor made a sound in response to his myriad attempts at conversations… he felt like he got closer and closer to her each day. It was as if… they were still consciously bonding.
He reminded himself that an unconscious alive Judy is infinitesimally better than a dead Judy.
And oddly enough… her silent responses accompanied with her even calm breathing were usually enough for Nick.
Never a day went by does he question his devout visits… well except when her parents showed up that one time…True. But other than that, he had never been more sure of where he wanted to be and who he wanted to be with.
Somehow the whole ordeal they experienced together and this coma phase made him so sure that she was the one… This is the mammal he wanted to be partners with forever in both the force and life. The little bunny he loved.
She looks so relaxed. The fox shrugged and grinned a little as he continued popping berries into his mouth as he reclined his body into the chair.
"Tell ya what, carrots. If you open your pretty little eyes right now. I'll give you a blue berry." He stood from the chair and began dangling a berry a few inches away from her nose.
"Come on… you know you want one…" he beckoned with a sneer. He began tickling her nose with the berry.
Her nose did that involuntary adorable twitch he loved so much. He chuckled a bit from the sight of that.
"Ok see? The nose wants to get in on this, Jud. Just one look, I promise! I won't ask for more!" he joked with his unconscious friend.
As he expected, no response.
He sighed casually and raised his brows "Suit yourself then! Didn't wanna share… anyway." He popped the berry into his mouth as he finished the sentence and sat back down.
Usually he would sit there with for about an hour or two, but tomorrow was his day off. He reckoned he would stay here with her and maybe watch some free TV and buy a cheap hospital dinner. Oh and coffee… coffee sounds good…
The AC was blasting as usual, but the fox came prepared this time with a thick leather jacket.
He made himself comfortable as he moved another chair in front of his own to use as a footrest.
He then turned his attention to the television and began browsing through the channels eventually stopping at a classic cheesy bunny romance movie Heart of the Hare.
Normally, these types of movies made him gag and bored the living daylights out of him, but today… he felt oddly compelled to indulge himself with this cliché romance film.
He placed the remote down near the small table next to Judy's bed and fixated his attention to the motion picture.
His paw reached out to rub Judy's head as he watched the movie.
For the first 20 minutes, his response was exactly as he had anticipated… he hated it. It was cheesy, acting was subpar, and the music is so… old. But something he couldn't quite place his claw on kept his attention, so he kept watching. He continued rubbing Judy's head.
It was about 1 hour into the film, "Francine… Though you're a rabbit, my heart of a hare will always belong to you. You're the only one for me… Through life and even through death—for an eternity!" The protagonist then embraced the rabbit and met in a long enduring kiss. "Oh Robert…" the female rabbit replied. "I love you Francine." He spoke with an assertive and sincere tone. "Ohhh… I love you too Robert." The rabbit and the hare kissed again in pure bliss and passion. Nick's paw dropped from Judy's head and fell onto his own lap.
Nick just stared into the screen. For some reason, this part of the film made Nick's heart well up. He felt as though he completely understood what that meant, and it was as if this segment was made entirely for him and Judy during this difficult time. His heart craved for the opportunity to romance her and to be with her like the hare did. But his mind conflicts that desire with the reality that there may very well never be a chance.
His emerald eyes began tearing in the darkness as the screen of the television flickered, his own shadow danced on the wall behind him. Nick noticed he's shedding tears at a dumb bunny romance flick? so he began angrily wiping his face with one paw. He continued sniffling uncontrollably.
Fighting it didn't seem to help much. Though he loved every moment he spent with his unconscious rabbit, he longed to hear her voice, see all the little things she does, and feel her embrace and the grip of her paws. He wanted to stare deep into her amethyst eyes and embrace that bunny and have it reciprocated.
Nick stopped watching at this point as he averted his gaze to the ground with his paws over his face.
He just wished he had the guts and articulation like the hare did in the film to say all those romantic things to Judy. He just wanted to tell her one thing: that he loved her. That's all.
So stupid, it's been so long and I'm still crying about this same old dung.
He bared his teeth as he continued vigorously rubbing his eyes. Nick quickly sat up straight and took a few deep breaths.
For the next 30 minutes, Nick just let the film run as he sat there with his head depressed and back slouched.
He had stopped watching it entirely as his mind was far too preoccupied in the web of emotions, regret, and jarring thoughts…
He wore a blank look on his face, his tears had ceased, but the movie was still playing.
The oldie orchestra scoring of the film played loudly building up to a brass crescendo as the film's ending drew near.
"What movie are we watching?" A weak voice behind him asked softly.
He nonchalantly replied in a disheartened low voice "Heart of a Hare. Cheesy bunny film."
"Oh…" the voice squeaked
"Mind if I have some blueberries?" the voice inquired once more.
"Yeah sure go ahead. Bag's on the table." He spoke blankly, his face devoid of all emotions, still staring at the floor.
"Thanks. I'm starved…" the voice replied with some relief and joy.
A few minutes passed.
…
Wait.
Nick's eyes very very slowly widened. He felt his ears perk up and the hair on his back slowly standing up. A realization started creeping into his head.
He sat up very slowly as his back straightened out and his mouth closed air tight shut. His tongue felt dry and he felt his eyeballs almost popping out of his skull.
He sat there like this for about another minute before again… verrrryyyyy slowly turning to look behind him.
There was a ravenous bunny sitting on the bed devouring all of his blueberries with all her might. Her amethyst eyes glowed as it reflected the flickering lights of TV.
He just continued to stare at her as his mouth began to gape slightly, but he slowly turned back to face the television and shut his mouth again.
Quickly this time, he rubbed his eyes extremely hard with both of his paws and turned around quickly to Judy's bed.
Judy.
She was still stuffing her face with blueberries, there was blue juice all over her cheeks and blanket.
She suddenly paused and looked at Nick in a clueless stare with her big beautiful eyes, her ears perked up high.
He could barely open his mouth.
She stared at him in surprise too, she barely knew what was going on herself.
Finally he uttered "I love you." It came out in almost a whisper.
Her eyes widened, but before she could say or do anything. The fox shot out of the chair and almost tackled her into the bed embracing the little bunny with all his might.
"Ahh!" she yelled out.
Nick began bawling like he never bawled before. Like his soul had just been freed.
"Nick! What are you doing!" she protested, but didn't physically resist.
He couldn't speak. Only tears and incomprehensible excited babbling and muttering could be heard from the relieved vulpine.
Suddenly all of Judy's memories hit her like a ton of bricks as well as she was quickly also reduced down to a pile of emotion and began crying uncontrollably holding onto Nick tightly.
All the pain, all the sadness, the regret, the suffering poured from their bodies. Like all the unexplainable madness bottled up inside of them was finally draining out after 2 or 3 months or torment.
A rabbit and a fox locked in an inseparable embrace with two waterfalls just flowing from their eyes.
Nick always believed in never letting things "get to you"… but tonight… everything got to them.
It was a dense brew of chaos just spilling out… The hurt finally dissipating…
But through the chaos… they both knew…
It was simply perfect.
The End...
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