Zootopia – Springtime Circumstances

Chapter 6 – The confession (POV Judy)

"Hey Judy!" he greeted me, after had waited for a couple of seconds. He called me by my real name again, which wasn´t happening too often either. He sounded a little out of breath, but not as bad as I anticipated, "…sorry for the late answer, had to get out of the bathtub first…" he explained.

"It´s fine, don't worry. How are you doing?"

"I surely had better days in my life before" he sighed, "…but right now it´s fine, I guess. Has been worse earlier today…"
"Your neighbor told me that as well" I chuckled with a little smile, which he obviously couldn´t see.

"Yeah, I was wondering if someone heard me, but I couldn´t help it anyways…" he confessed.

"So…do you want to talk about it, finally?" I asked him, sounding a little too harsh with that in my opinion.

"No, not really. But you´ve found out what it is by now anyways, haven't you?" he asked back, sounding slightly upset now.

"You really thought I wouldn't find out?"

"No, I never even doubted it" he replied with another sigh.

"So, why didn´t you tell me in the first place?"

"Would you tell anybody about that?"

"Well, you told Bogo about the spring time issues of your species, why not me?" I threw at him, without thinking about it twice.

He sighed very noticeably, but he didn´t say anything.

"We always talk to each other! About everything…" I calmed myself down a little, "I was so worried about you all day long…"

"Carrots, listen…" he spoke out slowly. His breathing was getting a little heavier, clearly hearable, "…I absolutely didn´t meant to hurt you! I would never do that, I'm… I…"

At this moment, his voice became almost silent, as if he lost his train of thought after a long conversation.

"What's happening with him?" the thought quickly appeared in my head, "Is this another effect of the spring 'illness' or is it..?"

"I just… love you far too much for that…" he added very lowly. He left a long and uncomfortable pause after saying that.

I didn´t knew what to answer.

"Did he really just say he loved me? Is it actually true?" I thought to myself in slight shock, but of course a little flattered about hearing it.

"Just in opposite, I was trying to save you" he continued very slow and carefully.

"To save me from what?" I asked, now pretty lowly as well.

He sighed once again, he even sounded like he was crying a little, because the pitch of his still voice was a lot higher than normally.

"To save you from myself, Judy" he clarified, "…you know… the itching and burning on my skin literally made a monster out of me, and I mean it. It drove me insane! To a certain degree, the cold water helps a little, but when it becomes too much, I start shredding things apart with my claws, rolling around on the floor and screaming in pure helplessness..." he explained lowly.
Hearing that made me feel very bad suddenly, I had no idea that it was this bad. I surely didn´t want to hurt him either, with what I said earlier, but that would be hard to explain right now.

"Oh…" I just said instead.

"Yeah…that´s why I didn´t want to talk to you this morning. Because I was scared of myself…"

"I feel so sorry now!"

"It´s not your fault, Judy, it´s-"

"No?" I interrupted him quickly, to make him rethink that last phrase. Actually, I was hoping, he would take back what he just said.

Silence. Long and embarrassing silence.

Then he sighed. "Well, yeah…you´re right, it actually is your fault!" he confessed then.

My heart skipped a beat because of that. I couldn´t hide a probably cute little yelp of joy, he wasn´t sure what that meant though, but he had no way of turning back now, so he finished it like a man.

"I…I… …I have fallen for you a long time ago already. The spring time just made me feel that quite badly now…"

POV Nick

I´ve finally told her. That went faster than I was wishing for, but it just happened, and now I couldn´t take back what I said anymore. Now she knew about it.

I just was hoping she would understand, that was all that mattered. Of course, I was hoping that she would reply my feelings for her, but I anticipated just a very awkward situation between us now. Probably it was just a childish hope of mine, probably I was supposed to just stay the ´best friend´ forever. But telling her felt right, no matter what was going to happen later.

"You…you…" she whispered lowly, and it sounded like she was a little unable to speak, "You love me too?" she asked back, nearly crying but very joyfully.

I nearly fell into unconsciousness hearing that. That made me forget everything else.

"T-Too?" I asked back in pure disbelief. I felt like I was flying all over sudden.

"Oh I´m so glad somebody finally said it!" she answered happily.

"You mean so much to me, Judy! You changed my whole life, you made everything so much better!"

"I was so worried, that it would make things awkward if I told you sooner!" she told me, still in that excited, highly pitched voice.

"Me too! But how could I have told you sooner?" I stuttered back, totally perplex.

"You couldn´t, you´re the predator! I´m so sorry I didn´t understand that earlier!" she told me, still very released and happy, "I was thinking the whole day, about how I could possibly help you…"

Just as she told me that, the itching on my body began to reappear again, quickly. I just remembered something that really stressed me: Now, I had to tell her about that one thing too.

"Umm…yeah…" I answered slowly, scratching my itching arm which was holding the phone onto my ear. She just simply giggled at that, she probably knew about it.

"I had fun imagining that already" she let me know then, and that relaxed me a lot. She didn´t even mind about doing ´that´ with me.

"I´ve heard a few very interesting stories and experiences from other some canines today…" she chuckled.

"My god, Carrots!" I sighed, but actually a little more relaxed again.

"Hahaha, I´m sorry, you fluffy monster" she giggled.

"You know, that they probably weren´t joking?" I asked her, now with a little more self-confidence again, "because it´s actually just getting worse again…even hearing your voice drives me crazy!"
"I was hoping for it! You´re the most cute and yet handsome guy I´ve ever met in my life! I was dreaming about this for so long already…"

Her sudden confessions, and mine too, seemed to flatter the both of us really much now, as it seemed, because another, slightly awkward silence paused the call for a few moments. But that still wasn´t the only thing that bothered me at the moment. Alone the thought of her let my whole body shake in anticipation of sweet release. I looked down my stomach and noticed, that I was on half-mast already, and that the urge to touch it has reappeared again as well. But the itching and burning still wasn´t getting less, it got worse with every second.

"But Judy, honestly, I´m a little scared!" I told her straight forward, "I really don't want to hurt you, and I cannot guarantee that…" in that very moment, the burning came back into my ears as well again, and again, I wanted to scream loudly because of the sudden displeasure, "Ahhh, shit…" I cursed, frantically trying to shake it off, "…I´m sorry, it just is coming back again" I sighed, helplessly scratching myself.

I threw myself onto the couch and tried to rub my back against that to make it at least bearable.

"Y-yeah…" I panted hardly, "I´m…I´m sorry I have to tell you like this…but if you really want to help me, we have to skip the romantic stuff for now. Or you have to wait for a few weeks…" I told her, hissing in pain. I knew that probably even sounded a little self-interested, but now that she knew, she would probably understand it.

"Nick! I won´t let you suffer from that any longer, I´ll be there in a min-"

"No! My flats a giant mess, I look horrible and…"

"Do you think I care about that?" she asked furiously, "I trust you completely, and I´m not scared of you! I never was!"

I really was stressed now, but I had no other way than facing it. She could probably hear my scratching and rolling around through the phone already. I wasn´t really able to answer her.

"Don´t go anywhere, I´m on my way!" And with that, she hung up the call.

I just threw my phone on the couch and kept on rolling all over the hard, wooden floor of my living room.

Just thinking about her triggered every muscle in my body. I could feel my mind turning off completely and started yelling in pure rage and fear of myself. The last bit of judgement told me to let it all out now, in order to protect her from my primal urges afterwards, I needed to lose all of the energy I had left in my body. I did that for a couple of moments, as it felt like, but I couldn´t really tell how long it was actually.

That worked out pretty well. Soon, I just kept on laying there besides the wall next to the couch in my living room, heavily panting and with heavy arms and legs now. The pain was a little less actually, but all of my senses were blurred a little, which wasn´t too comfortable either.

I felt like crying, I didn´t really wanted her to see me like that. But then I heard her already, and there was no way of getting up, getting myself dressed in anything or clear up at least the ground, before she would find me. I couldn´t do anything about it, so I just kept on laying there.

"Nick!" I heard her screaming in shock, as she entered the living room and saw, what was going on. Immediately, her scent made my mind freak out again. Soon after she came into the room, she turned on the lights, and that stressed me even more sadly.

My eyes widened in horror of myself, I tried everything I could to just keep on laying there, not chasing after her. I hugged myself tightly, claws out, drawing blood from my own back, and rolling on the floor in panic again.

"Nick! Calm down, I´m here! I´m here…" she told me in a soft and caressing voice.

"Judy! Please help me!" I cried, as I suddenly felt her soft paws on my face. That immediately stopped me from panicking.

I loved her so much for not freaking out at my sight and not blaming me for anything, I actually thought about proposing to her already. Not today, obviously, but probably, when all of that was over. She was the one I wanted to be with, for the rest of my life.

Her presence noticeably calmed down the burning on my skin, but her scent was still messing with my better judgement very badly. I tried to hide it for as long as possible, but then it reached a point, where I couldn´t stand it any longer. This bunny was mine, and I needed do claim her right now, once and for all!

Yeah, I know! I´m sorry for teasing! But don't worry, Chapter 7 is coming soon!

Tell me what you think of this chapter please, it would really motivate me!

See you soon,

Furrwolf