"Nicholas!" Judy shrieked as Nick came out of the bathroom of their shared apartment, wearing only a towel.
"Aw come on Judy, what could I have done to get you upset this early in the day?" Nick grumbled. "I'm wearing a towel; I'm dry. What do you want? Nothing you haven't seen before."
"Yeah, but your fur is going every which way!" Judy's shoulders fell in a sort of shame-filled disparaging way. "You of all people should have some pride in your personal appearance. I mean, to offset those ridiculous shirts you wear."
Nick chuckled, shrugging and looking for some yogurt in the fridge. "Babe, I don't plan on going anywhere today. I've got no one to impress."
"But me!" Judy tried a pouty huff, to which Nick just grinned at. "Don't you want to look good for me?"
"We've been together a little over a year, Judy," Nick shook his head. "If anything, you should be happy I'm comfortable enough around you to start cutting a few corners."
"Really? I should be happy about this?" Judy sprang off the couch and made a flippant gesture over to Nick's form. "I should be happy about you starting to care less?"
"You're making something out of nothing, bunny!" Nick held a hand to his forehead. "I was much worse than this when I was living by myself, I can assure you."
Judy spun on her heel and marched to the bathroom, slamming the door.
"Oh, come on, Judy," Nick sighed. "We have the day off; do you just want to pick a fight today? I can do that, but I don't really want to..."
Judy came out of the bathroom brandishing a brush and one of her sauciest smirks. "I'm going to make you look good for me if I have to do it myself."
"Uh..." Nick gave an impressed exhale. "You want to, uh... groom me?"
"Sure!" Judy smiled, then shot a knowing grin at him. "Try and tell me you don't want that."
"Can't, won't," Nick shook his head. "Just let me finish this yogurt." His rate of eating was noticeably accelerated.
Judy gave a naughty chuckle of amusement. "Get your foxy bum over to the couch, and don't bother with the towel."
Nick released a whine of anticipation and followed her directions. "Okay, just one thing before we start. You're not to record this in any way."
"How little you trust me," Judy shook her head and took her phone out of her pants pocket, shutting it off and putting it on the table in front of her.
"And the carrot pen?" Nick put his hands on his bare hips.
"I don't have it!" Judy shrugged, and this caused a pat-down by Nick, to Judy's giggling. "Wow, you have some trust issues."
"More like self-image issues," Nick sighed. "I have to admit, if I was doing this to you, I'd be sorely tempted to record it. But I have a feeling I'm about to embarrass myself, so I'd rather this not get into another soul's eyes or ears"
"Lay on my lap, you goofball," Judy commanded, and Nick obliged, first laying on his front. Judy set about brushing him, giving long strokes of the brush through his fur to make it look reasonably fluffy and orderly.
Nick's breath caught sometimes on the way in or out. "That's not bad. Feels a lot more interesting coming from someone else."
Judy was having a fun time soaking up the little twitches of his muscles and the small sounds he made while she brushed his head, back, arms, legs, and tail. She also ran her other paw over the areas she brushed to give him a more personal touch. At times she would pause, and Nick's tail would start twitching subtly, as if asking for more. She took in all these reactions greedily as proof that he was HER fox.
"Okay, time for your other side," Judy chirped happily. Nick hesitated. "What's wrong?"
"Just a bit worried about what will happen when you brush my chest and stomach," Nick gave a little huff. "Those areas are a bit sensitive when I go through them myself, so..."
"Are you worried you're going to enjoy yourself too much? Hello! I'm your girlfriend, here," Judy laughed.
"You're right, I'm dumb," Nick shook his head and rolled over. Judy smiled at him, leaning over to kiss his nose.
"Now I get to see how this is affecting you a bit more," Judy winked, and Nick grimaced. "In your face, of course!"
"Right..." Nick rolled his eyes, but gasped a little when she started brushing him. He expected her to go right for his chest and stomach, his "weak points", and she didn't disappoint. He tried to control himself and just let himself relax, but he couldn't help it; he felt one of his legs start to twitch a little. He groaned slightly in pleasure.
"Ooh!" Judy was more than pleased at this reaction. "Feel good...?"
"You're mocking me," Nick complained, his leg twitching more in response to her brushing. She'd give light brushes and heavy brushes to see how he reacted, both in the squinting of his eyes and face, and his leg twitching.
"Not at all! This is fun!" Judy smiled brightly. Nick finally let himself relax as he felt the brush on his ears and the top of his head, his neck, and back to his "weak points" again. It did indeed feel much better to have his bunny brush him than doing it himself. He might have to "forget" to brush himself more often.
"Nnh... I love you, Judy..." Nick groaned out abruptly, then his eyes widened. "Oh, uh, whoops."
"Whoops!? What do you mean, 'whoops'?" Judy laughed and tapped the backside of the brush on his thigh.
"Uh, sorry, blissed out there a bit," Nick covered his eyes with a paw. Judy removed his paw from his face by his wrist and gave him a stern look.
"You tell me you love me all the time," Judy smiled. "What's with you? Are you too proud to just enjoy yourself?"
"I've... told you I've never let anyone be this intimate with me before, right...?" Nick started weakly.
"Uh huh," Judy nodded, smiling.
"And that you're basically my best friend, and I've shared things with you I don't share with any other mammal?" Nick continued.
"That's right," Judy smiled lovingly, her ears warming up a bit.
"So it's just... to just let you do whatever you want to me and give you genuine reactions, it's almost against everything I've taught myself," Nick sighed. "I know we've been together a long time, but just believe me when I say I'm doing my best to just... let go of myself, I guess is the right phrase."
"Nick..." Judy gave him an adoring smile, then looked contemplative. "Yeah, I think that's right. I'm selfish."
"What? No..." Nick squinted his eyes. Judy sat on his chest and rubbed his cheeks.
"You know what I want from you?" Judy gave a tender smile. "I want those reactions from you. I want you to be defenseless before me... I want it... because I want to know that I can make you that way, to make you so happy. I want to confirm to myself that a bunny like me can make you happy; that you don't need anyone else but me to be driven to the highest heights of bliss. I want to know that I'm... enough."
"Uh, wow," Nick ran his hand over Judy's cheek. "That's pretty heavy. You're more than 'enough', Judy."
"Please don't be afraid of me, then..." Judy said softly, but she was still smiling. "I want you to be happy with me and because of me..."
"Every day, sweetheart," Nick nodded. The two kissed softly and pet each others cheeks happily. "Now, why don't you lose the brush."
"I'll lose more than that," Judy said in a flirty voice as she tossed the brush, and her clothes, over the side of the couch.
"Yeah, that's a lot better," Nick grumbled warmly as he felt Judy's bunny claws run down his chest and stomach. "Ooh, a lot better... so you're uh, still grooming me then?"
"Mm hm, just lay back and enjoy the pampering," Judy giggled, kissing his neck, then trying a little nibble there with her front teeth.
"Hey!" Nick shivered. "Since when were you the predator?" The two laughed. Judy sighed happily and fixed on him with a gaze of affection. "Yeah, I like that. Just keep... looking at me like that." Nick gave a relaxed, happy sigh.
"You like my face?" Judy cooed romantically.
"It's not bad," Nick said dreamily. Judy squinted her eyes shut and tilted her head back and forth a little, giggling.
It wasn't too long before Judy's petting and scratching through Nicks fur sent him back into a blissful state, this time with his tongue even lolling out of the side of his face.
"My dumb fox..." Judy possessively grabbed at his head and pet all over it and his muzzle, kissing his forehead and nose.
Nick blinked back to reality and slurped his tongue back into his muzzle. "Mm... yeah, yours. Always yours."
Judy sighed in delight. If she wasn't careful, she'd be the one making the dumb faces next.
"Can I hug you back yet?" Nick asked.
"Sure," Judy shrugged. Nick held her very close as if he'd been starved of this. Judy nestled into his embrace, placing her hands on his shoulders. "Wow, I can hear your tail slicing through the air."
"Don't mind him," Nick started petting Judy's back. "I'll get him to settle down soon enough."
"Aw, but I like that he likes me," Judy giggled.
"Well I gotta get him to settle down so I can do this," Nick brought his tail over so it could lay across Judy's backside, touching her own tail.
"Ah, that's nice, I like that," Judy sighed in pleasure.
"It's still only morning and we've already basically fused into one being," Nick grumbled warmly. "Pretty productive for our day off, huh?"
"That's right! I've liberated you of at least two hundred of your loose fox hairs, before noon!" Judy looked proud and pleased of her own in-joke. Nick was having a tough time understanding and his face showed it; his expression was a mix between puzzled and happy. "Anyway, there's still one way we could be closer."
"Yeah, I'm game for that," Nick tried to sound suave.
"Oh, I know that, you goofball," Judy smirked back naughtily. "You've been 'game' for quite awhile."
"You have that effect on me," Nick smirked.
"I'm going to have a lot of effects on you," Judy attempted her most playful grin.
Nick laughed. "Only you could be this silly when trying to turn me on."
"Well, it's working, isn't it?" Judy bit her lip, feeling unable to hold herself back much longer.
"So, so well," Nick chuckled. "Just one of the many reasons you're the best bunny."
"I'm your best bunny, and don't you forget it," Judy gave him a possessive kiss, which Nick was all too eager to join.