Guys, I cannot say sorry enough. It is stupid that I apologize, because what I did was just stupid. But I do apologize. You have no idea how many times I wanted to write in here. I really, really wanted to make more chapters and continue the stories, but I didn´t. And I am sorry. There are reasons why I didn´t uploaded new chapters, but what I did was awful. I updated my Logan fiction, though it was fresher in my mind, but left Fluffy Stories and Breaking Point on a hiatus so big that almost a year passed. Fluffy Stories has given me so much, that I feel like an idiot. The fact that you guys kept reading just reminded me what a jerk I was being towards all of my readers. I appreciate with all my heart that you kept reading my stories, but I am sorry for not uploading anything since May. I am sorry for leaving this behind for so much time. My mom has been long sick since July, which prevented me from concentrating on many things. But I promise this will keep on. I promise that, if this one shots seem to come to an end, I will tell you all and thank every single person that has read this stories. But for now, this is still on, and it´s back. Thanks for taking Fluffy Stories to 40,000 views. I cannot express how grateful I am to all of you. This is, finally, a new chapter. But it is a follow up to episode 25 "Disabled". I hope you enjoy it.

Pushing Forward

"This…this hurts." Nick kept grabbing the metal pole as he walked, the prosthesis rubbing against the wound that had left his missing leg. Judy was waiting for him at the end of the small walking zone. The bunny had been helping Nick through his physical rehabs, which were taking a toll on the fox.

The prosthesis took quite some time to arrive, since it was specifically made so that it suited Nick. The first week the fox was suffering from the direct contact that the metal was having with the wound, so whenever he was taken to rehab he couldn´t bear it for more than ten minutes. Since there he has worked to be able to walk, pain always present, but he beard with it so that he could resume his life soon…or at least have a decent life. And the fox had shown strength during all of this process, but two months without being able to give more than fifty steps without falling down or having unbearable pain can make everyone reach a point that makes them frustrated.

"Come on Nick. I know you can reach me."

"Carrots…the metal is…throbbing my wound." The fox tried to breathe as he stopped and grabbed even harder the bar that was helping him to be able to walk. That pain kept holding Nick back. Nick wanted to recover and he was working hard, extremely hard, but such an injury was leaving him hopeless. "I can´t even walk…fifty stupid steps. I…I am…useless." The fox decided to sit, the feeling of powerlessness ruling over him as he started to rub his head strongly was rising rapidly. Judy walked to be by his side, crouching she passed her arm around his shoulder and patted it.

"It´s okay Nick. I´m here with you."

"Thanks Carrots. I…I think that´s it for me today." The fox waved the nurse, who came quickly and placed the hissing fox on a wheelchair. Judy sighed and got up, following the fox slowly until they reached his hospital room, where he laid on the bed and took off the prosthetic leg. Judy always felt weird when Nick took out the leg. That…hole that was just reminding her that she had failed Nick, leaving him in his current state. The T.V being turned on took the rabbit out of her trance as she walked to the couch and sat, looking at the glooming fox. She could see in his face that he was desperate. That he wanted to walk, to get out of those damn rehabs and to restart his life. The door opened, showing the figure of a miniature fox coming inside the room.

"Hey there Finnick."

"Hi Nick. How´s rehab doing?"

"On a scale from one to ten? Zero." The small fox sighed and turned to look at Judy, who just waved at him with a smile on her face.

"Hey there bunny cop. So, tell me, is he going as bad as he says?" Finnick jumped so that he could reach the couch and sat by Judy´s side. She turned to look at Finnick and sighed.

"He…he is giving his best. Time will say what will happen."

"Oh. I´m sure you´ll be fine Nick. You just gotta work hard."

"Haven´t done anything else in two months and I am as bad as the day I received that darned thing."

"Nick, you will get better. I know that you will."

"Spare me the sympathy, Carrots. I know I won´t get better."

"How can you possibly know that Nick? If you keep working this hard you´ll get better as soon as possible."

"Yeah, right. Saying it is easy Judy. But have you even imagined what it´s like to have your leg amputated? I can´t walk. I can´t balance myself. I have to use that bloody metal stick to be able to give some steps. I have pain, all the time. I am not a complete mammal." None of Nick´s words were reflecting any feeling. They were just blank and dry words. The fox seemed to have given up hope on his recovery. He was staring blankly into the T.V, when he felt a paw grabbed his. He turned to see that Judy was staring directly at him, with sorrow in her eyes.

"Nick, don´t say that. I know you don´t believe it. You have an enormous willpower, you will make it through. I know that I can´t imagine what it is like to lose a leg and not being able to walk, but I know what seeing my best friend suffer looks like. And it was my fault. So I want you to get better…I need you to recover. Seeing you here, laying on the bed and suffering so much pain is hurting me. Nick, just…don´t give up." The rabbit squeezed his paw and shot him a tender smile. The fox sighed and shook his head, chuckling at the bunny as he ruffled her head and smiled back at her.

"You are an uplifting mammal, Carrots. Thanks for helping me through this."

"Ugh, you two should just start dating each other." The fox and the bunny looked immediately at Finnick, who was snickering at the faces the pair of mammals shot at him. "Boys, if you could see yourselves right now." The small fox got down of the couch and went towards the door. "Sorry for the small visit Nick, have to work, you know?" Both foxes laughed and Finnick waved at the pair. The door closed and Judy returned to the couch, looking over the fox. She was getting quite worried for him. His will decreased faster than ever as time didn´t seem to be helping the fox, who now was just watching a comedy film. She stayed at the room with him for a while as they chatted and had fun, until her alarm buzzed, signaling her to head home. She got out of the couch just when the door opened.

"Hello Mr. Wilde."

"Hugh! Come in man, you know you don´t have to call me Mr. Wilde. Nick is fine."

"I know, but is kinda for protocol. How are you feeling today?"

"Meh, could be worse, could be better."

"Hey Hugh." Judy waved at the white coated rabbit that entered the room. The rabbit smiled at her and returned the gesture.

"Hey Judy. How are you?"

"I´m really fine, thanks! Gotta go, see you tomorrow Nick." The bunny gave the fox a big hug and got down of the bed. "See ya Hugh."

"Goodbye." The gray bunny left the hospital room and Hugh turned to look at Nick. "Hey, are the two of you a thing?"

"What?"

"Like, you know, a couple? She´s here every time I come to check on you, which makes me imagine she is here on a daily basis. And you two have so much chemistry."

"Judy and I? No. No we are not a couple, we are friends. Best friends if I may add."

"Oh. It really looked like the two of you were a couple."

"Really? Hadn´t thought about it." Yeah, sure Nick. It´s not like you promised Judy a date some months ago.

"Because I was thinking that, if it´s okay, I could ask her out."

"Ask Judy out?" What? That came out of nowhere. Hugh is into Judy?

"Yeah. She´s quite nice and funny, not to mention that she is quite an attractive gal. And she´s got a beautiful smile. Is it okay with you if I ask her out?"

The fox became frozen. He hadn´t thought that Judy would have someone that was…into her. Not that she wasn´t attractive nor nice, but he always saw the bunny as…the bunny cop. He never imagined a scenario where Judy would have someone interested in her…besides him.

I…I…he´s asking for my permission? This is…weird. Someone else is attracted to Judy? But…I want to go out with her. And…I think she wants to go out with me as well. Maybe she does want that. Yeah, I´ll just tell Hugh she´s not interested in dating right now. That should do it.

He was about to answer Hugh, just when the door got opened once more and in came Judy.

"Sorry, I almost forgot my phone. There it is!" The bunny quickly grabbed the cellphone from the couch and headed towards the door. "Bye!"

As Judy left the room Nick started thinking once more about his small friend, who he has a crush on.

But, what if she is into dating? And…she wants to date rabbits, not foxes? If I say no to Hugh that would be…selfish. And, who knows, maybe they hit it off and start a relationship. Maybe they could be happy together and…I can´t be the one to take that happiness away from them. And they could not have chemistry and…nothing happens. Yeah, nothing wrong can come out of this, right?

"Hugh, go ask Judy out."

"Really?"

"Yeah, it´s fine. Now go catch her before she goes."

"Thanks Nick! See you tomorrow." The rabbit intern left the room quickly and went towards the gray bunny. Nick could even hear him calling her out and her voice answering. He sighed and returned his sight towards the T.V, only to be distracted by his cellphone when a message from Judy arrived.

OMG! Hugh asked me out on a date!

With another sigh, Nick answered a happy condescending message to Judy and placed his phone away, facing the T.V once more as he spoke to himself.

"Move forward Nick. Move forward."

THE END

I really hope you enjoyed the chapter. It has been quite some time since I have written anything for Zootopia, and Fluffy Stories writing process is quite different from Breaking Point. I am back guys and I will update constantly. I don´t know if I will update soon, but a new chapter is coming. I am going to have an order now, so if you want to know how it will be, here it is. I just updated here, so my next upload is going to be in my Logan fanfic. After the Logan fanfic, I will update Breaking Point, and after Breaking Point I will update Fluffy Stories, and so on. That way you can know more or less what I will upload and like, have some time reference on when the update is coming. I am truly sorry guys. Almost a year is an unforgivable time to forget about updating in my most important fiction. I really owe Fluffy Stories a lot. Thanks for staying and reading guys. We reached 40,000 views and I am so thankful to all of you guys. I seriously am. I hope you continue with me through this awesome ride and I´ll see you next time! And thanks Artificial Python for the continuous support! And for that rhymed review!

Have a nice day everyone!