9:53 AM

Tim was happy that he was staying with mammals he knew. He and his parents had actually just moved to Zootopia to buy a home there. But moving to a new home means that there will be people who Tim has never met before. He and his parents were planning to stay at a hotel. In fact, before... it happened, his mother and father were fighting over where to stay.

To say the least , he was glad he wasn't staying with some sort of stranger.

The visit from the bunny officer though made things bittersweet for the young tod. Finding out his parents were... dead... turned his world upside down. He didn't even get to say goodbye.

The only thing that made things better for Tim was knowing that other mammals cared for him. The bunny's actions certainly made that clear, and he definitely didn't expect to see her again after the visit. Yet here he was, sitting on a couch in her own apartment, which he originally thought was the fox officer's apartment. He sat there, bewildered as to why... what was her name? Tim wasn't good at remembering new names. Anyway, Tim was confused as to why the bunny cop was suddenly angry.

"Excuse me? Are-?" Tim blatantly, yet innocently asked.

"WHAT!?" the bunny interrupted loudly as she turned around.

Tim had never been afraid mammals smaller than himself, he was rather wary of the larger mammal in the room. To be afraid of something seemingly innocent just yesterday, only to suddenly become imposing... it was a new experience Tim didn't want to feel. But the crazy look in the doe's eyes combined with her paws clutched into a fist made the young tod uncomfortable, so he scooted himself to the end of the couch, away from the furious doe.

The bunny then composed herself.

"Sorry," the bunny cop said apologetically, "it's... been a long day."

"But it's not even past noon yet," Tim pointed out.

"Well," the bunny flustered, "it felt like a long day."

"I guess I can understand that. I mean, time can sometimes be a bit hard to keep track without looking at a clock."

"Uh, Yeah."

The doe turned around to look at the kitchen doorway for a moment before going back to sit next to the brown-eyed tod.

"Tim," she started uneasily, "I'm... sorry about your parents."

"I know you were there when the crash happened and I might not know what you saw from your point of view, but I don't think anything could have been done," the tod responded.

"Still, I wish it didn't happen in the first place."

After a long pause, Tim slowly hugged the obviously guilty bunny. She was stiffened at the touch at first but then allowed her body to melt into it. As they embraced each other's arm, there was another long pause before the bunny spoke again.

"I didn't expect to see you again after visiting you at the hospital," she said.

"Me-nether miss..." Tim trailed off, "uhh... sorry. I'm not good with names."

She gave a faint smile and pushed away from Tim so she could look at him. "It's fine. I'm officer Hopps, but that's when I'm on-duty, so you can call me Judy."

"Well, thank you for letting me stay here. It's a nice home. Even though it's sort of...-"

"-spacious?" Judy finished. "Well, when me and Nick moved in, we didn't exactly have a lot to move into the apartment. It made the whole moving process easier I guess."

"I bet."

Judy tilted her head to the side. "Are you okay? You've been looking a little fazed for a while."

Something Tim does subconsciously, is relaxing all of his muscles in his face and muzzle, even during a conversation, unless he talks. It's not that he does it on purpose, he was just never able to facially show his emotions. He can show his emotions on occasion, but most of the time, he'll only show his emotions unless they are very, very, strong.

"I'm always like that," Tim said as if it wasn't a big deal.

"What?" Judy said confused by what he meant.

"I mean, I always look like it," the tod corrected himself.

"That you look like your fazed?"

Tim nodded.

"Ah."

More silence.

"You know," Judy broke the silence, "you don't really talk much."

"Yeah," he blankly said.

"Why though?"

"My mouth can get dry after talking a lot. Plus, I don't really know how to start a conversation with others."

Pause.

"Do you have any... friends?" she suddenly said as her ears slowly lowered against the back of her head and she spoke in a tone Tim's mom would make.

Tim paused to think.

"I do have one friend, but she's back in *Tennessee."

"Oh good."

Then, the bunny's ears perked up again as her eyes grew wide in realization.

"Hold on a second," she implored, "by saying "back in Tennessee", are you saying you've been in Tennessee?"

"Yeah," the tod said immediately, "I moved from there two days ago actually."

"So then you're new to Zootopia then!"

"Uuhh... yeeeaaaahh?"

The bunny was suddenly filled with eagerness.

"You have to tell me about it!" she asked giddily

"My mouth is dry though," Tim complained.

"Oh, I'll get that water for you, since my friend seems to be taking his time!"

Judy got up from the couch and walked to the kitchen while Tim thought to himself.

"She's definitely not like any bunnys I've heard of," he thought.

*Tennessee is a state/plot of land in the United States

A/N: Sorry this is really late! I've been really busy lately but I'm still not abandoning this story, so don't worry!