March 15, 12:27
Judy slowly woke up and stirred under the bedsheets before noticing that the fox's arms weren't surrounding her anymore. She turned around to see Nick covering his head with one of the pillows.
"Good morning, Slick" softly whispered the bunny.
The fox replied with a growl so Judy got out of the sheets and sat on the bed before tapping Nick's shoulder.
"You're shaking," said the bunny with a worried tone of voice.
Judy took the pillow away to uncover the fox's flustered face. Nick let out a sad growl as he rested his paw on hers.
"Don't worry, I'll get you a glass of water" she carefully got out of bed and left the room.
There was nobody in the house, except for Beth, so when the bunny walked downstairs she saw the vixen sitting in the middle of the living room, meditating.
"Good morning" Judy greeted her as he walked towards the kitchen.
"Oh..." Nick's aunt opened her eyes "...morning, Judy...did you guys have fun last night?"
"Not exactly, Nick has a huge hangover," said the bunny as she got a glass of water from the sink.
"Oh dear, look in the cabinet above the oven, I think Connie has something there"
Judy found a blue box and took a packet from it, then she grabbed a teaspoon and mixed the medicine with water.
"Thanks, Beth" the bunny walked through the living room before walking upstairs.
"You're welcome" the vixen closed her eyes again.
Judy walked back to the room and saw the fox covered with the blanket and with droopy ears staring at her. The bunny smiled and walked towards him, she left the glass on the bedside table and helped him get up.
"Bah...It's disgusting" said Nick before taking a sip of the fake lemon-flavored medicine.
"I know...but it's good for you"
Once he drank the whole glass, the fox lay down again.
"Hmm...I'll let you rest" Judy rested her paw on his forehead to check his temperature.
Suddenly, Nick reached for her and caressed her cheek and one of her ears.
"Thank you," said the fox before getting comfortable and closing his eyes.
The bunny slightly blushed before walking out of the room. She rested her back on the door for a few seconds before taking a deep breath and walking downstairs.
"Beth?" Judy called the vixen, who was still meditating.
"Yeah, what's up?" she stood up and had some isotonic drink.
"I was wondering if I could join you in your meditation"
"Sure!..." said Beth excited "...take a sit, take a sit"
The bunny sat crossed-legged on a pillow in front of the vixen.
"So...how does this work?" asked Judy since she has never meditated before.
"Just...close your eyes and...breathe naturally...focus on the movement of your body with each inhalation and exhalation," said Beth with a calm and relaxing tone of voice.
The vixen's voice slowly disappeared as Judy tried to place her mind in a blank state but the image of the fox warmly smiling at her wouldn't go away. She could even feel his soft paws caressing her fur.
"Judy, are you okay?" Beth interrupted her meditation.
"Hmm?"
"Your muzzle was twitching, is there something wrong?"
The bunny stared at her for a few seconds before looking away and scratching one of her ears.
"Beth...can I...ask you something?" she lowered the tone of her voice.
"Of course"
"When we arrived, why did you think Nick and I were dating?"
"Well...usually when you take someone to meet your family is your girlfriend or someone like that...also...the day before Viv told me that Nick was gonna bring that bunny he was always talking about, so...that may have caused a bit of confusion"
"So...do you think we could be...a thing?" Judy looked down to hide her blush.
"Hmm..." smiled the vixen "...yeah, I guess I could see you guys together" she made the bunny blush even more.
"C-can we go back to meditate now?" asked Judy as she tried to hide her excited smile.
"Sorry, sweetie..." Beth got up "...but I have a job interview as a yoga instructor..." the vixen grabbed her purse "...I'll be back in an hour...have fun with Nick" she winked before closing the door and leavening the flustered bunny sitting in the living room.
Judy slowly got up and looked at a clock that was on the wall.
13:09
She walked into the kitchen and took a look around the many cabinets before getting a stool and opening the fridge. Between all the food they had the bunny found a few tupperwares with post-its on them.
"Fried rice...Risotto with mushrooms...Tofu salad..." she checked them "...Soup, this would do it" Judy took the tupperware and left it on the worktop before grabbing a pair of bowls from the cabinet.
The bunny poured the soup on both of the bowls and microwaved one of them for a few minutes.
*clink*
She carefully got the bowl with the help of a cloth and grabbed a spoon before starting eating. When she finished, Judy microwaved the other bowl, but this time the bunny took it upstairs.
"Nick?" she asked after opening the door.
"Mmmm?..." the fox wiggled under the blanket and opened his eyes "...hi, Carrots" Nick greeted her as she walked towards him.
"How are you?" Judy left the soup on the bedside table before sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Better" he stretched before getting up and resting his back on the headboard.
"Are you hungry?... I brought you some soup" the bunny carefully handed him the bowl of soup.
"Smells great" the fox took the bowl and tried to eat, but he was too weak to do it.
"Wait...let me just..." Judy sat on Nick's lap and grabbed the bowl of soup before starting to feed him "...there you go"
They both exchanged a few smiles as the bunny kept feeding him until he ate the whole bowl. Then, Judy left it on the table before getting the cloth to wipe the fox's muzzle.
"Thanks, Judy," said the fox after poking her snout.
"Oh c'mon...it was nothing" the bunny looked away.
"I know...but you could've been doing something else and instead you stayed here...with me" Nick rested his paw on Judy's.
The bunny's purple eyes glowed when she made eye contact with the fox, she could even feel her heartbeats speeding up.
"Anyway...I'm sure you're still tired so I'll let you sleep for a bit more" she got off Nick's lap.
"Actually...why don't you join me?" suggested the fox.
"Hmm?" Judy's ears tensed.
"I mean...if you wa-"
"No, no...I'll join you..." the bunny got on top of the fox "...besides...I have nothing better to do than being with you" she poked Nick's snout, who stared at her before they both blushed and Judy quickly got into bed.
After the fox's flustered cheek went back to normal he raised one of his eyebrows and looked at the bunny, who was turning her back on him to hide her blush. Finally, he reacted and got under the bedsheets to take a nap.