A Son of his own Chapter 2: Father and Son time
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Brick bridge near abandoned warehouse, Savannah Central, 9:00AM
The sun was out, the city was awake, mammals walked around the streets going on about their lives.
Two foxes lay underneath an old brick bridge on an abandoned site, Nick was fast asleep until the car horns woke him up.
At first, he thought the young he found was in his dreams, but he looked at his chest and smiled.
A little fox was huddled against his cream fur chest, he was sound asleep.
"Thank god this is real" Nick thought as he placed a kiss on his new sons forehead.
"Mmmff?" Nathan muffled as he woke up to see himself in an awkward position.
"Morning Nathan" Nick said as he got up and Nathan held on.
"You really don't want to let go do you?" Nick asked.
I'm still a bit tired Dad" Nathan said tiredly.
"I can fix that!" Nick said as he sat on the ground and started tickling Nathan's belly.
"No no no no! Stop! That tickles! That tickles!" Nathan screamed as he laughed so hard he started squealing.
"Never! I am the tickle monster!" Nick said as he tickled Nathan like there was no tomorrow.
Nathan couldn't stop laughing, he was so ticklish.
Nick eventually stopped his tickle attack and Nathan settled down.
"Awake now? Or do you need another visit from the tickle monster?" Nick asked as he stretched his arms out as if he was about to attack Nathan with tickles.
"I'm awake! I'm awake!" Nathan said as he braced himself if Nick was about tickle him again.
"That's what I like to hear" Nick said as he put on a smile.
Nick started to put on his clothes, he put on a green Hawaiian shirt with palm leaves and a blue and white tie with grey slacks which were neatly folded on the ground
Nathan had his blue jumper off and underneath it was a plain red t-shirt, he also had his yellow shorts on.
"You have a nice style of clothing don't you?" Nick asked.
"It's the only pair of clothes I have, I don't need to say it" Nathan said.
"I understand, your parents weren't nice and they didn't buy you anything" Nick said.
"But you won't be like them? Right?" Nathan asked.
"I would never be bad to you, if I was, I would never forgive myself" Nick said.
"Thank you, no one has been so honest with me" Nathan said as he hugged Nick's leg.
Nick tucked Nathan into his arms and gently nuzzled him with care.
"I never knew being a father would be this fantastic, and I have a nice son with me" Nick said as he smiled.
Nathan smiled and huddled against Nick's shirt.
"Anyways, while you are asleep, I got a text from my friend Finnick and he said that he managed to get some money after selling some leftover pawpsicles and he's gonna give me some since I couldn't be there for the sale" Nick said as he set Nathan on the ground.
"Are you like a business mammal or something?" Nathan asked curiously.
"Yeah, you could say that" Nick said.
Nathan decided not to question what he meant by you could say that.
"He said he might show up at around 9:15AM so let's get on top of the bridge and wait, but first" Nick said he smirked.
Nathan stood back a bit as Nick said but first.
"I'm gonna get you!" Nick said as he stretched his arms out in a hunting pose.
"No!" Nathan yelled in a playful manner as he started running out from under the bridge.
Nick gave chase but lost him very quickly in the green grass.
"Jeez, you can run for a kid!" Nick said as he searched the grass.
Nathan hid himself by using the grass to cover him, he knows how to hide based off experience from hiding from his parents.
"Nathan! You win, come out!" Nick said as he was standing right in front of Nathan but he didn't know.
Nathan slowly moved out of the grass covering him, but Nick didn't know he was right behind him.
Nick then felt something tickling his foot.
"Hey!" Nick said as he lifted his foot off the ground and Nathan held onto his foot.
Nick kept laughing and shaking his foot but then fell onto his back into the grass.
"Looks like I got you!" Nathan said as he stood on Nick's stomach.
Nick twisted and held Nathan to the ground while growling, as if he caught his prey.
"Looks like I got you back!" Nick said as he started tickling Nathan's belly.
"No no no! Stop!" Nathan screamed as he laughed and laughed.
"You tried to hide from the tickle monster! Now you must be tickled!" Nick said as he tickled Nathan with his claws.
Nathan tried prying Nick off but it was to no avail.
"You tried to stop me? I don't think so!" Nick said as he started tickling Nathan's armpits
"No! Not there!" Nathan said as he pried Nicks paws away and calmed down.
"Yikes, your strong" Nick said with surprise.
"That happens when you have abusive parents" Nathan said.
A horn was heard and an orange van appeared on the road leading to the bridge.
"That's Finnick, c'mon" Nick said as he held Nathans paw and walked to Finnicks van.
The van was decent, it was orange, one of its doors wasn't painted, a mural was on the side of it, but he driver was nowhere to be seen.
"Uh dad? Who's Finnick?" Nathan asked.
"A friend of mine, he's a fennec fox and has a rough attitude but he's a nice guy" Nick said.
Said Finnick opened the door holding a wad of cash.
He was smaller than Nathan if you removed his massive ears, he was wearing a red and black t shirt with desert tan shorts.
"Nicky! Too bad you couldn't be at the sale but you can't always be there, who's this?" Finnick asked.
"Finnick, this is my new son Nathan" Nick said happily.
"You a daddy now? Nice to meet you Nathan" Finnick said as he left his small paw out for Nathan to shake.
Nathan shaked paws and Finnick gave the money to Nick.
"That's $200 so it's should be enough for the rent" Finnick said.
"Thanks, me and Nathan will walk from here" Nick said.
"Be careful out there, and Nathan, Nick will be a great father for you because he is a great friend to me, so treat Nathan like you treated me Nicky!" Finnick said as he got into his van and French hip hop started playing when he turned on the engine.
He drove off and let out a horn as he disappeared onto the road.
"Alright son, let's go home" Nick said as he took Nathan's paw.
He and Nathan walked out onto an active street filled with mammals and cars of all shapes and sizes.
Most mammals were minding their business while owasrs were busy typing on their phones and tablets.
The building Nick and Nathan were looking was a red brick 5 storey building.
Walking through streets of Savannah Central, they eventually arrived at their destination.
The red brick 5 storey building stood in front of them, the door was made of black wood and the knob was polished.
The building was in pristine condition, a sign said Apartments for rent.
"Is this it?" Nathan asked.
"Yep, this is where we live" Nick said as he opened the door.
They walked through a small corridor which led to reception.
The reception room was filled with tables and couches, some mammals were sitting down reading the newspapers or typing at their phones, Nick and Nathan proceeded to walk to a glass door that said "Landlord" in yellow letters.
Nick knocked on the door and a female voice said "Come in".
The two foxes walked into the office.
The office was like any other, shelves, couches, chairs, lights and the usual office utensils.
A small wooden desk sat in the middle of the room which had a computer, a lamp, a cup full of pens and pencils and a notebook.
A lioness is a red blouse and black pants was sitting at the desk and noticed Nick and another fox walking in.
"Nick! Here to pay your rent taxes?" the lioness asked.
"Yes Lauren, and I have someone moving in with me" Nick said.
"Who's this young little boy?" Lauren asked with an excited tone.
"Lauren, this is my new son Nathan" Nick said.
"Well, I hope you like the apartment you are staying in, now if you don't mind, I have some work to do" Lauren said as she typed away at her computer.
Nick handed over some money to the lioness and the two foxes walked out of the office.
"I live on the 3rd floor so we'll take the elevator" Nick said.
The two foxes walked through a red carpet hallway with pictures on the wall.
They reached the iron doors of the elevator and Nick pressed the the up button.
"Doors opening" the female voice over said as the two foxes waited outside.
Nick pressed the 3rd floor button and the doors closed.
The elevator went up smoothly, the elevator music playing smoothly as well.
"3rd floor" the female voice over said.
Nick and Nathan walked out of the elevator and the doors closed.
The hallway to Nick's apartment had a blue carpet floor and beige walls, lamp sticks came out of the walls.
They walked until they reached room 37.
"Here we go, welcome to Casa De Wilde!" Nick said as he unlocked the door and walked in.
The apartment was decently sized, when you walked in there was a kitchen to the right, it had the usual kitchen utensils, a cooker, a sink, a fridge which was blue, a bunch of presses that contained food,plates and cutlery the kitchen walls were covered in green slates.
In front when you walked in was a living room, two windows looked out at Savannah Central, two couches pressed against the walls, an oak coffee table in the middle, a flat screen TV on a glass table, the walls had various paintings on them.
On the right when you walked in was a corridor that led to the bathroom and master bedroom.
"So this is where you live?" Nathan asked.
"Yeah, it's not much but it'll do right?" Nick said.
"As long as I can sleep, yeah" Nathan said as he sat on the brown couch.
"What? What do you mean by that?" Nick asked as he sat down.
"Back with my parents, I hid under my bed and never slept as I knew they would get me if I did" Nathan said as he huddled against Nick.
"You poor thing, I sometimes question the actions of some mammals, but I will ensure that you will live safely with me" Nick said as he placed his paw on Nathan's shoulders.
Nathan put his head on Nick's stomach and soon fell into a deep sleep.
Nick stroked Nathan's head gently before falling asleep himself.