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Chapter 13 – Dangers of Married Life

As Judy finished up in the shower with Nick and stepped out onto the fur-dryer she reminded herself that as amazing as it felt to, how had Doctor Winters phrased it? Oh yes, 'fool around' with Nick, that she might have to be more careful in the future. With all her brothers and sisters Judy had heard quite the collection of stories regarding near escapes from late-night escapades and dalliances with highschool sweethearts and such, but she was coming to realize that as pleasant as Nick's anatomy was, and that she admitted to herself with a satisfied grin, was like calling the ocean a puddle, that it did seem to have, hum, situational drawbacks, she decided was the best way to put it. Mandatory cuddle time as she'd just found out was mandatory for a reason. It was like one of those stupid finger trap toys, the harder you tried to pull away the more you got stuck and the longer you ended up being there. Not that that was a bad thing, not at all, quite the opposite in fact, just not in that situation.

She was pretty sure that the screaming need to jump Nick every time she glanced at him was at least in part due to having been separated from him for three miserable months. She'd never had an issue with her drive before, in fact she really hadn't had one, which had caused her parents no end of worry as it was quite odd for a bunny, but now she was having trouble looking at Nick without dragging him by his tail to the nearest bed, ok, ok she grudgingly thought, it didn't have to be a bed, the counter top would do, pretty much anywhere with Nick and a bit of privacy would do, well the privacy would be nice at least.

She shook her head. She needed to get a bit of control back, to focus on what they needed to do now. This was just a bit new for her, that was all. It would die down to tolerable levels in a few days. She hoped. She remembered when her mother had to take a trip to see some distant family and her father had to stay on the farm. When her mother had returned they'd gotten the older children to take care of everything for a day and disappeared till the next morning. This, she thought, was like that, it was natural for a bunny, just her natural bunny instincts, she glanced to her red furred mate next to her. The fires that they'd so recently banked in her started building again. Just natural instincts to want to be with her mate, she told herself again, her handsome mate with his intoxicating musky scent, her lean muscled mate with his luscious thick fur who just happened to be a fox, well ok so maybe it wasn't entirely natural for a bunny.

Bunnies didn't find lean lithe muscle to be attractive, they found plump and curvy to be sexy, (something she's always secretly been a bit jealous of since her figure ran more toward slim with a bit of muscle for a bunny) and bunnies were certainly not normally attracted to the rather strong scent of fox musk. If anything, that tended to put their instincts on edge, not make them want to burrow into the fox's fur.

Maybe her type was just a little different from other bunnies. But no, she didn't find other foxes or predators attractive, she could remember his scent actually being a little off putting when she'd first met him. She couldn't really remember when it had stopped bothering her, or when she had started finding it desirable. No, this wasn't normal for a bunny, but then she really didn't care much for normal either. She looked at Nick who was standing on the floor fur-dryer as the hot air ruffled his cream and russet coat, and the fire in her flared again. Cheese and Crackers, she needed to get him into some clothes before she jumped him again.

Deep breaths, she thought to herself. Wrapping a towel around her, she went out into the room to retrieve their clothes. The shower had washed away the smell of their night time activities but it had only knocked down the claim marks they'd scented each other with to moderate levels. She was finding it reassuring that the claim marks couldn't be so easily washed away, It was like she was carrying a bit of Nick around with her everywhere she went. She could still smell him, and his scent that told other mammals she was his with every inhale; she loved it. Ok so deep breaths weren't that good of an idea either.

She had a minute or two to collect herself, Nick would need more time on the fur-dryer due to his longer coat. She determinedly blocked out the memory of her paws running through it as she looked at the simple blue jeans and shirt her parents had dropped off for her. Carrot sticks, she still needed to groom down her fur before dressing. She was thinking about Nick so much that it was interfering with her ability to even dress properly.

She could do this, all she needed to do was make it through the day and then she could have as much of her fox as she wanted, needed really, when they got home.

Home.

That word made her pause. She no longer had her lease at the Grand Pangolin Apartments, and that had taken her nearly a month to find and secure. Apartments in Zootopia were hot items and unless you had a ridiculous amount of money to toss around, finding one was a long and brutal battle. She didn't even know where Nick lived. Would he want to live with her? To have her move in? She couldn't imagine going back to not having him holding her when she slept. She honestly thought that the idea he wouldn't want to move in together was laughable after what had happened already. I mean, come on, we're married. But they hadn't even had so much as a chance to talk about it.

Well, she decided, it was simply one more thing they'd have to take care of today. And it was past time to get started.

Nick came strolling out of the bathroom without so much as a washcloth to cover him. And Judy's eyes of their own volition tracked over and jammed looking at him. She wanted to alternately laugh and snuggle him to death at the same time. His longer fur had puffed out from the dryer. He looked like the most adorable fluffy fox plushy she could imagine. His puffy coat looked so soft. Nick was grinning like mad, and she realized that she had somehow teleported over to him and her treacherous hands were running through the fur on his chest. That was about as far as she got before another thought overrode everything else.

SOoo Fluffy

Nick holding a brush out to her, broke her out of her stupor.

"I thought that maybe we could groom each other, it'll be easier than doing it ourselves and I promise not to kiss you like I did in the shower."

She quickly nodded her head and snatched the brush out of his paw.

The next few minutes Judy thought were blissful and torturous. The last time someone had groomed her fur was her mother when she was a little kit. Nick just like in the shower was surprisingly gentle, and the combination of him brushing down her coat and the looks he gave her and the feeling of his ridiculously puffy fur was a trial worse than the academy ice wall. They had just gotten clean, they were already running late. focus, Focus, she told herself sternly.

Nick moved his tail around to her lap so she could start working on it and she thought she'd died. Carrot sticks! do not think of his tail. His wonderfully soft tail. His amazingly soft tail connected to…

Good things weren't supposed to be this agonizing she thought. It simply wasn't fair. She almost broke when he brushed her back and the short tuft of her own tail.

He leaned his head over and she could feel the rumble from his chest, see his nose flare with every breath, "Judy, if you don't stop twitching your tail, and giving off that scent of arousal, I'm not going to be responsible for what happens."

Judy whimpered. Nicks nose flared again and his rumble grew.

She was on a cliffs edge already tipping over, she flailed desperately for anything to stop herself, and started rambling in desperation, "Um, Bogo's meeting, Doctors… late for doctors," why did she want to stop herself again? "Apartment, Home," Home, Nick was home, "Dinner… mother-in-law" Judy was already nuzzling his chest marking him again and Nick was doing the same between her ears when that last mumble made him go rigid and freeze for a moment. It was just enough to let her mind rally. Her eyes snapped fully open and she nearly vaulted away from Nick before she completely lost it.

"Okay, too close, too close" she quickly brushed down the rest of her fur not caring that the brush left some of Nicks hair on her and set a new world record for getting dressed.

Nick was now getting dressed as well, though it took him three tries to put on his shirt properly. He looked like he was well past inebriated and working toward drunk. Judy was slowly getting herself back under control. Dinner is at 7, You'll have him all to yourself after that, No fooling around until then. She adamantly promised herself. She kept repeating that to herself and it seemed to help a little. The raging part of her that wanted Nick now, sulked back to its corner and with vehement protests settled down to wait.

Judy sighed seeing Nick fumbling with his tie. He was looking a bit better himself but not back to normal; his brows furrowed a bit as if he was concentrating on the world's hardest mystery.

"You okay, Nick?" she asked.

"I think so," he replied, "This is just… Judy, Fox's are always a bit, ah, needy, when they first mate. Sometimes you'll hear them refer to it as a mating frenzy, but that's a bit of an exaggeration. This," he glanced at her, and then away again. She came over to him and gently moved his paws away from his tie, so that she could finish it for him. "This, seems a bit extreme even for that. I'm having a hard time not just pouncing on you." She blushed a tiny bit at that and repeated her new mantra of the day to herself.

"I've got no experience with this at all, Judy. But I've seen other foxes get together, and none of them seemed to be this bad off," He threw his arm up in an exasperated gesture, "Judy, you're a bunny. Yes, you're a bit sleeker and stronger than a normal bunny, but you're still a bunny! So why can't I stop trying to look at you, why does your scent drive me absolutely crazy?! Why is my every other thought of how gorgeous and sexy you are? I might not have dated before but I've always been into vixens, how they look and smell and walk. But now the idea of looking at a Single Vixens magazine doesn't even have the slightest appeal."

He sighed and hung his head, "Judy, I don't know if this is normal or not, well a fox and a bunny is certainly not normal, but what I mean is that I don't know if the way I'm reacting to this is normal or not. I'm looking back and everything has happened so fast."

She finished with his tie and asked him, "Do you want to slow it down?"

"See that's the part of this that scares me Judy, I don't want to slow down this relationship we're building. I want to burn that bridge, blow it up for good measure and then go tearing off with you to I don't even know where."

She lifted his muzzle and gave him a quick kiss, a very, very quick kiss so she didn't get any more ideas than she already had. She already felt like she was bursting inside from everything he'd shared with her. "Well as long as I'm with you I don't care where we go. This is all new and strange for me too Nick. I mean come on, I'm a bunny throwing herself into the fox's den. A fox that apparently likes the taste of bunny." She saw the inside of his ears tinge pink, thinking back to last night she was sure. She couldn't help but smirk, it was pretty hard to get one over her fox like that.

"Touché" Nick said grinning back at her now.

"Ok," Judy continued, "now we've got a lot to do today, so no funny business until tonight, agreed?"

Nick nodded his head, if a bit reluctantly. And she turned and headed for the door to go find the nurse.

"I just hope you have someplace figured out where I'll have you all to myself tonight," she smirked as she turned into the hallway and could hear Nick scramble after her.

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