Welcome to Zootopia Chapter 23: A cup of Hot chocolate and a pawfull of comments
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Myself and my new bunny friend Honey were walking carefully because of my injuries I received from the fight, down a busy Savannah Central street filled with snow and snowflakes slowly fell from the sky, giving the city a nice blanket of snow.
The street we were on was a rather large one, filled with many shops, restaurants, insurance offices and public service points.
Vehicles honked their horns as they zoomed through the street, carefully swerving left and right to avoid crashing as the street was practically full, pedestrians of all kinds were carefully walking as not to slip on the icy footpath (Sidewalk) as they made their way home, to work or whatever other reason, a cold and spine tingling breeze was in the air which gently blew through my soft fur but thankfully I have lots of it.
Honey held onto my bloody paw which caught the eyes of some mammals walking by, including some rich looking business executives in black or blue suits with briefcases.
Some mammals noticed how
Nick and Judy are, what is called a Interspecies couple, I'm pretty sure they are not the only ones in the city, wait, why was I started to get feelings of love?
"No! Stop thinking about that Aiden! We just met Honey a few minutes ago and I'm starting to fall to her! Now's not the time!" I thought angrily as me and Honey walked down the slippy path.
"Hey, you alright?" Honey asked, breaking my train of thoughts.
"Hm? Yeah! Yeah, just a little light headed from the fight" I said rather quickly.
Honey just gave a confused look and faced foward.
Why was I starting to feel affectionate for her? I just met her and now I've immediately fallen in love with her, fantastic.
"So how long until we reach this Café you've been talking about?" I asked.
"Just around this corner, it belongs to my uncle and he has a soft spot for predators, no matter what species they are so you'll be fine" Honey said happily.
"That's good to know" I said as we walked around said corner and I could see the café right beside up.
It was called Savannah Delights which was on a small billboard written in red and blue, it was your average café, small, seats with tables and umbrellas outside, the smell of pastries and caffeine.
The outside was made out of sandstone bricks and neon lights flashed in the glass windows with posters with pictures of coffee and other café foods and drinks.
Some mammals were already outside drinking some coffee while reading the newspaper.
"I know my uncle will like you very much, and don't worry about paying, it'll be on the house" Honey said as she smiled happily at me.
Her eyes, they looked so beautiful, the bright shade of green looked perfect in her eyes, her fur looked so smooth and clean, her smell, it was so sweet.
Dammit! I've got to stop thinking that! But, I can't, she's too cute!
"You okay Aiden? You keep staring at me" Honey asked as we walked up to the tinted glass door of the café.
"Sorry, it's just, I think you're, beautiful" I said, immediately regretting it.
I could see her blushing as she placed her paw over her mouth and gently smiled.
"Oh, thank you, I think you're beautiful too" Honey said, and then the both of us were blushing deeply.
I felt so embarrassed, love has no boundaries does it?
Love? What is wrong with me?
I felt like what I was doing was wrong, but also right at the same time, I decided to stick to the right side of this moment.
Honey opened the door and a distinctive bell went off, signalling the workers that a customers was entering or leaving, in this case, entering.
The floor were made of black marble with white streaks of minerals flowing through them, a small black marble rectangle plant base with some bamboo trees sat in the middle of the café with lined planks of wood reaching up to the roof, many seats and cubicles dominated the sides and middle areas of the café, a strong smell of pastries, coffee, espresso and everything else on the list could be smelt.
I could smell so much more now that I had a more sensitive nose, it was good snd bad at the same time.
We walked up to the café counter which consisted of a black marble counter, a glass cabinet with pastries inside it, a cash register, a coffee machine that also served espresso, hot chocolate and other hot drinks, a radio playing pop music and some workers in the back crushing coffee beans and baking.
"Honey? It's been a while! And who's this handsome wolf?" a voice said from the kitchen behind the counter, it sounded like an Australian accent.
A grey and white Bunny appeared from the kitchen wearing a black and white apron with a little hat to look professional, his eyes were green just like hers but slightly darker, he had some hints of lack of sleep but that didn't stop him from smiling.
"Uncle Stan, this is Aiden, he saved me from Damon and Freddie in the small park not far from here, and he took hits for me, and some of them were bad" Honey said as she leaned against my leg.
I was so embarrassed, not by the fact that I was a giant compared to her, but the way she was acting.
She was acting like she really cared for me, those idiot rabbits must get to her and she has no one to help her.
"Those cunts begged you for money again, they can kiss your booty for what I can tell them, so Aiden here taught them a lesson?" Stan said, looking at me with curiosity.
"Yeah, you should've seen him in action, he punched and he kicked and he dodged like a ninja!" Honey said as she lightly punched my knee.
"Hm, well any friend of my niece Honey is a friend of mine, nice to meet you Aiden" Stan said as he left his paw out to me to shake.
"Same here, I saw her in trouble and I knew I had to do something, so I taught those boys who call themselves bunnies a lesson and I'm pretty sure they won't mess with Honey for a long time" I said as I smiled and looked down at Honey who looked up at me with happiness.
"And for that I thank you, I wish I could've seen it myself, and my my, you look like you got some battle scars" Stan said as he looked at my bloody nose and paws.
"That's why I took him here Stan, if that's okay with you" Honey said.
"I'm more than okay to help Aiden out, he saved my niece, he deserves some gratitude, I'll get some wet tissues (Paper towels) from the kitchen" Stan said as he turned around.
"And can you get us some hot chocolate too?" Honey asked in the most sweetest voice I had ever heard.
"For you my favourite niece, anything, I know a cubicle that'll suit the two of you" Stan said in a weird tone at the end as he walked into the kitchen.
"He's nice isn't he?" Honey asked as she nudged my paw.
"I guess, but what does he mean by 'cubicle that'll suit us?'" I asked nervously.
"He has a special cubicle reserved for special guests, it has massage seats, a small and tranquil waterfall, a TV and foot massagers too!" Honey said as she got excited and jumped up and down.
"So we're special then?" I asked.
"In my uncle's case, then yes, let's go to it" Honey said as she held my paw and we started walking again.
She had to slightly lift her arm in the air to grab my paw, I felt so silly because practically I was a walking guard tower.
The cubicle was in the corner next to the counter, it was covered by neat beige curtains hanging poshly from a railing above the doorway.
We walked through and she wasn't kidding.
Behind the seats were small bamboo plants with glowing blue lights beneath them, the seats were made of smooth wood and a black cushion material which I where I guessed the massage system was, the table was a square varnished oak wood table with some plates, sugar cups, forks, spoons, knives, a small jug of milk and butter, a flatscreen TV sat above a tranquil and clean waterfall that gently flowed smoothly down the marble wall, and the lights were bright but then I realised they dimmed down a little.
"A bit of mood lighting wouldn't you say?" Honey said as she turned the knob that changed the light's shine.
I blushed when she said that and said "Yeah, if you want it that way"
We took off our jackets and placed them on the conviently placed coat hangers on the wall.
We sat down on the seats and she had to boost her seat up to face me directly.
I felt the massage seat doing its job and I heard a whirring sound behind me, the knobs inside the seat slowly twisted and moved up and down my back to my tailbone, I felt so relaxed immediately.
In the time of comfort, I noticed Honey staring at me with fascination and curiosity.
"Like what you see?" I asked which frightened her slightly but she calmed down.
"To be honest, yeah" Honey said embarrassingly.
"Don't be shy, I don't care if you want to look at my Wolfliness" I said in a flirty time but then I realised something.
I didn't think of that sentence, was my love instincts to blame?
This is going to be filled with funny moments huh?
Or cringy moments? Definitely.
She then continued staring at me, observing my graceful movements and my body features.
I rubbed my dry bloody clawed paws across my dry bloody muzzle from my no longer bleeding nose and said "I'm a mess"
"But in a good way" Honey said as she leaned closer.
"I'll take that as a compliment" I said as I blushed.
She liked to see me covered in dry blood, doesn't that sound freaky when you think about it?
"How can you?" Honey asked all of a sudden.
"What's that?" I asked as I felt my feet (or hind paws in this case) being massaged by the foot massagers underneath the table.
"Your fur, it looks so much thicker, softer and smoother than any other mammal I've seen, what does it feel like to have so much fur? Does it combat the cold? Does it get tangled easily? Is it easy to wash in a shower?" Honey asked as she asked many questions, all or which I could answer.
"Having this much fur is actually pretty cool, it keeps me nice and warm and snug, like my own personal blanket, it keeps the cold out but I can still kinda feel the cold run through and send shivers up my spine, it doesn't really get tangled easily thank God and it takes time to wash it in a shower and drying it also takes patience" I said as I smiled.
"Sorry, it's just I've never talked to a real living wolf before" Honey said nervously.
"That's okay, I'm all bark but I don't bite, when I'm nice" I said as I grinned.
"Okay, so tell me, where are you from? Your accent doesn't sound like it's from around here" Honey asked.
What was I supposed to tell her? I couldn't tell her I was from a city that didn't exist.
"Um, I really don't know to be honest with you, my parents left me when I was young and I was sent into foster care which I absolutely hated because all the other foster kids would bully me and get me in trouble, after I turned 12, I had enough and I ran away, then I had to live on the streets and-" I said to cover up the truth as I couldn't tell her.
"That's enough Aiden, I didn't know it was that personal" Honey said sounding ashamed.
"It's fine, I don't really care about my past anyways, but I'm a happier wolf now that I'm in a family" I said as I smiled again to brighten the mood.
"Really? Who?" Honey asked curiously.
"You won't believe me if I tell you" I said as I smirked at her.
"Try me" Honey said as she smirked back.
"Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps" I said happily.
Her eyes opened wide along with her mouth.
"O, M, goodness! You mean the real Nick and Judy?! The 2 mammals that solved the Nighthowler case?!" Honey said as she squealed with excitement.
"Yes, and calm down, you're making a scene" I said as I opened the curtains by a bit and some mammals were looking at our cubicle.
"Ooo, sorry folks! Just a comedy act!" Honey said embarrassingly.
Everyone turned away back to their business and I shut the curtains.
"So you're the son of Nick and Judy Wilde/Hopps?" Honey asked.
"Yes" I reassured.
"That's awesome! I'm so jealous right now!" Honey said as she showed her "I wanna be like you" face at me.
"That's understandable" I said happily as I placed my paws at the back of my head.
She continued looking at me, I guess she was never this c!ose to a wolf before.
"Now don't get mad at me when I ask this, but do you howl at the moon every day?" Honey asked nervously.
"When I want to, and wolves howl during the day too just so you know" I said.
"Okay, just wondering" Honey said.
The curtains opened and it was Stan holding 2 polystyrene cups of hot chocolate, I could smell it before he even opened the curtains.
He was also holding some crepes with chocolate sauce on them on a silver platter along with some tissues.
"I'll give you two some privacy" Stan said as he left the platter and cups on the table.
There was plenty of tissues, probably for my wounds.
"Thank you" I said.
"Anything for my niece's knight in shining armour!" Stan said proudly as he left the cubicle and left us to our meal.
I blushed slightly when he said that, I guess I was going to have to get used to these kind of emotions.
If Honey feels the same way as I do.
I took hold of the hot polystyrene cup and looked into it.
Brown and white sludge was in the cup with steam rising out of it, I felt my muzzle fur get slightly soaked from the steam.
I sniffed it and when I declared that it wasn't poisonous, I took a sip.
And it felt like I was drinking heaven.
It tasted so good, the chocolate was so well done!
"Do you like it?" Honey asked as she drank her hot chocolate.
"Like it? It's fantastic!" I said as I sipped it again.
"I knew you'd like it, my Uncle has won awards for the best Zootopian hot chocolate" Honey said happily.
"Is there a secret recipe I shouldn't know about?" I asked as I finished my hot chocolate and licked my lips.
"No secret recipe, just dedication and hard work" Honey said.
"That makes sense" I said as I looked down at my crepes.
I would have to mind my table manners since I am a bit of a ravenous eater and I was eating in front of a rabbit.
I grabbed a fork and a knife and gently cut the chocolate crepe into tiny bite sized slices.
I jabbed my fork into one of the small slices, but my predatory instincts couldn't hold back and I may or may not have put into my mouth and immediately crunched in it, mincing it into little pieces.
"I guess that's where the expression 'Wolfing your food down' comes from" Honey joked, I was practically inhaling my small slices of crepe.
"I'm hungry" I protested.
"Didn't you eat anything this morning?" Honey asked.
"I did, but getting in a fight with 2 idiot rabbits will leave you hungry" I said as I finished my meal and Honey was only a quarter of the way through.
"Wow, you're finished already?" Honey said with disbelief.
"I am, and oh crap!" I said before realising my nose was bleeding again.
"Here, let me help!" Honey said as she stood on the table and grabbed one of the wet tissues and started rubbing it on my bloody nose.
"It's okay, relax, relax" Honey said as she rubbed my bleeding nose and rubbed my muzzle to calm me down, and it was.
She was so gentle, it felt perfect.
As she rubbed my nose with the wet tissue, she then looked into my amber eyes.
I stared back at her, and I felt the magnetic pull again, I couldn't look away from her, she looked so beautiful.
"Is everything going fine?" I asked.
"Yeah, sorry, it's just, you have very beautiful eyes" Honey said as she gently rubbed my nose and looked into my eyes.
We just looked at each other while blushing.
"What is she thinking?" I thought as we stared at each other.
"What is he thinking?" Honey thought.
"Anyways, why were Damon and Freddie giving you trouble?" I asked as she got off the table and sat back down on her seat.
"They're just a bunch of idiots, they are part of a club in the school I used to go too and they always want my money cause they don't have the courage to ask their parents for money, do I look like a banker?" Honey said as she folded her arms.
"No, but do you ever tell anyone?" I asked.
"I do, but they won't leave me alone, it's so annoying and unfair, I had to leave my old school because of them and now I take online school which is so much better because I don't have to deal with them" Honey said.
"Well, I don't attend any schools myself but I know how you feel, they do that to such a charming girl like you because they don't live a happy life like you do, they're jealous and they think insulting you makes them cool when in reality, it really doesn't, but they won't come after you now that you have a bodyguard" I said out of turn at the end.
"Bodyguard? When did you become so chivalrous?" Honey flirted.
"When I saw you getting harassed, I had to do something" I flirted back as I gently grabbed her paw with my now clean paw.
It was soft and warm while mine was big and cold, my big paw hid her tiny one.
"Well, I'm so glad you helped, you're so brave to go up against those idiots, and I thank you for taking hits for me" Honey said as she gave me a warm smile.
"And I thank you for helping me recover after the fight" I said as I smiled back.
So many thoughts were going through my mind at millions of miles per hour, I was so embarrassed and happy for myself.
So many new emotions opened up in my mind, emotions of love, happiness and joy, all wrapped up in a box with a red bow.
"Sorry, it's just I've never been so close to a Wolf before like I said before and well, it feels cool, and I feel so comfortable and safe around you" Honey said as she blushed deeply.
"That's fine, while my mother is a bunny and she admires me for my body features, I haven't really talked to anyone else but her and Nick" I said.
"You're so much nicer and more open than any other boy bunny I've met, and more cool looking, how are you so tall and muscular?" Honey said, she was right, I did dwarf her.
"Hard work and dedication I guess, I'd but an awful lot of mammals to shame wouldn't I with my friendly nature and good looks?" I said as we both kept blushing.
"You would, I'm actually glad I met you" Honey said.
"I'm glad I met you too" I said as I looked at the time on the TV and it read 1:00PM, I should probably get home.
"Oh, look at the time, I should probably get back home" I said as I stood up.
"Can I come with you?" Honey asked.
"Do you actually want to? I'll have to text Nick about it and see if it's okay with him" I said as I walked out of the cubicle with Honey in tow.
I pulled out my phone, switched it on, put in my security pattern and opened up the contacts app.
Luckily I had added Nick as Dad and Judy as Mammy (In Ireland, we use Ma or Mammy instead of Mom or Mommy), I opened his contact up and typed in my message.
"I made a new friend when I went walking today, is it okay if she comes home with me? Her name is Honey and she's a very nice girl" I put in my text and sent it to Nick.
"Text is sent, let's hope he isn't busy" I said as I put my phone in my pocket.
"Okay, also you're forgetting something" Honey said as she dragged my winter jacket.
"Thank you" I said as she gave it to me and I put it on.
I then felt my phone vibrate in my pocket.
I pulled it out and Nick's messaged me back.
"Sure thing son, is she a pretty wolf?" Nicks text read.
"She's not a wolf" I texted back.
"What is she then? Don't worry, I don't care what she is" Nick texted back.
"She's a bunny" I texted back.
"A Bunny? Following your Daddy's footsteps are you?" Nick texted back.
"Real funny" I texted back.
"Just don't have a big party and don't make a mess, we don't want another angry bunny" Nick texted back.
"I wouldn't dream of it, I'm not a party guy anyways" I texted back.
"I told Judy and she seems excited to meet this Honey, as the note said we'll be home around 5:30PM, unless we get to work overtime" Nick texted back.
"Thanks, I'll see you" I texted back.
I then turned my attention to Honey as I put my phone in my pocket.
"Well, my parents don't mind if you come with me, but what about your parents?" I said with concern.
"Don't worry, they'll have my 40 brothers and sisters to worry about back at my home, I snuck out to meet my old boyfriend and they completely forgot about me so we're in the clear" Honey said as she winked at me.
"But out of all your friends that you've had, I'm obviously your favourite aren't I?" I bantered as we left the café.
"You're not wrong there, you're so sweet and stronger than my old boyfriends, they were all boring and unhappy" Honey said happily as she skipped on the icy footpath.
"Why thank you, I've never been in a relationship before" I said.
"I can fix that, boyfriend" Honey said as she nearly slipped but I caught her just in time.
"Let's see what you can fix, girlfriend" I said as I smiled and put her back on her feet.
And we made our way back to our house, what would fate have in store for us there?