Continued from Chapter 26
The fox prowled around on all fours in the room, pacing. Judy watched his lithe body arcing this way and that as he turned, his tail swishing to and fro.
"Are you sure this is doing anything?" Nick asked. "I feel kind of ridiculous."
"Shh..." Judy giggled on the bed, hugging her knees close to her chest. "I'm kind of into this."
"Do you want me to growl, or...?" Nick gazed at her as he continued to walk around on all fours, not a bit of clothing on either of them.
"Just be as foxy as you can," Judy smiled, enjoying watching him.
Nick tried to get back into character, prowling around as he felt a wild, though not savage, fox might. They were trying various experiments to get Judy more comfortable with a fox being so close to her, in an intimate sense. Some buried part of her still feared the predator as he approached, and they were trying to defeat that part.
Judy let out a small gasp as Nick took a vulpine leap onto the bed, a move that combined feline grace and canine presence. Judy laid back as she fixed her eyes on the approaching fox, paying special attention to how his shoulders and tail moved as he approached. He had an even, charming expression, his eyes barely open. The bunny was rather smitten.
"I'm liking this a lot," Judy admitted, giving a little squeal.
"Good," Nick smirked. "Hope you're gonna like what comes next, too." Nick held out his paw, showing off his claws. Judy gasped again, but nodded. Every time she saw a fox hold out their claws in that manner it awoke a memory from her childhood in her, but she wanted to replace those memories with happier, though naughtier, ones. Her breath came faster as Nick slowly brought his hand closer to her body.
"Nh..." Judy winced a bit as she felt his claws gently brush her fur. His gentleness stirred her passions, and she shivered. Nick continued, adding his other hand, caressing her arms, thighs, stomach, and legs with all eight points of his claws. "Hrh... hh... Nh-Nick, your claws... hahhh..."
Nick thoroughly enjoyed the sounds she was making, but he sniffed curiously. He sensed both apprehension and a whole lot of excitement from Judy. His teeth clenched in his mouth, but Judy had told him not to act on what he smelled; she was tired of her body betraying her. Nick, still on all fours, loomed over Judy. At this point, her nose was twitching; his own scent, his presence, felt intense, exciting, and frightening. The fox tried nuzzling her neck and releasing a low, soft growl.
"Hh..." Judy squinted her eyes shut and kept herself in surrender, no matter how much her instincts told her to flee.
"Mine," Nick said solidly.
Judy nodded, whimpering a little. "Yeah..." Nick placed his hand on Judy's chest and felt her alarmingly rapid heartbeat. He swallowed, but tried to stay into character.
"Nothing can stop me from taking my prey now..." Nick said in a dangerous, low voice, drawing ever closer and positioning himself.
"Nh-nothing," Judy nodded in vacant agreement. Nick slowly moved until he was nearly completely upon her, then Judy felt an intense jolt of panic. "Tax evasion!"
"Well, nothing but tax evasion," Nick smirked, sitting up on his knees.
"Darn it!" Judy slammed her hands back on the bed. "Darn it darn it darn it!"
"You're still not ready; that's perfectly okay," Nick held out a hand. "Gotta say though, that's a great safe-word. It just drains all of the desire out of me." He chuckled.
"Ughhh... this must be so frustrating for you," Judy groaned, sitting up on the bed as well, putting her hands in her lap. She turned her head away and closed her eyes. "Having to play red light green light with a skittish bunny."
"Not nearly as frustrating as it seems for you, Judy," Nick had a small smile on, petting Judy's limp ears. "Like I said, I'm okay with waiting. I know you want this, and I sure as heck do too, but..."
"Nick, we've been at these experiments for a few months now," Judy sighed, looking at him with her purple eyes in that way she did when she really wanted to get him to do something. "As much as I appreciate your concern for my own feelings, can't you just... can't we just... do it? Maybe it'd be easier if we just go past that first barrier, even though it might be a bit uncomfortable."
"Uh," Nick suddenly looked very uncomfortable. "N-no, I can't do that."
"Nick..." Judy pet Nick's side. "I... I really am glad you care about my feelings so much, but... I'm holding us back."
"No, it's not just you," Nick narrowed one eye. "It's that... well... I want the first time we mate to be really special, you know? And if that first time I visit the bunny burrow-"
"Oh, charming," Judy rolled her eyes, but she laughed.
"If that first time," Nick tried not to chuckle as well, but he did, "if I feel... well, like it's uncomfortable for you in any way, that's it; that's the first memory I have of us being together like that, and nothing can change that." Nick sighed. "So when I think of us mating, I'll think of that first time, how it felt, how we struggled with our own feelings..."
"Aw, Nick..." Judy's eyebrows turned up, and she pet his back. "I didn't know you felt that way..."
"Well it sounds kind of sappy, right?" Nick looked up at the ceiling. "You know I put way too much importance on events like that..."
"I think you're right though," Judy nodded. "Our first time should be special. I just hope... I hope at this rate there is a first time. I don't know how much of my inner fear I can truly squelch..."
Nick pet Judy's back in response. There was a moment of silence. "Even under some circumstance should there never be a first time-"
"But there has to be, Nick!" Judy looked upset, scrambling onto his lap and hugging him. "There has to! We can't... we can't be mates if we don't mate...!"
"Can't we?" Nick said softly, kissing the top of her head. "Imagine lovers that are even greater in size difference than we are. Certainly they can't."
"We can though..." Judy mumbled sheepishly. "And... I want to..."
"Yeah, me too, bunny..." Nick pet her back. "But, as I said, even if we somehow never do... well... you've never left me wanting, Judy. You've always taken care of me. My... desires. And with the commotion you can make, I'm guessing you might feel the same way."
Judy felt her ears warm, but she nuzzled Nick's neck. "Uh, yeah, you definitely have learned how to make a bunny girl happy. In many ways."
"See?" Nick pressed his nose to Judy's briefly. "We're mates."
Judy kissed him to follow up his affectionate gesture. "Mm hm..." She broke the kiss. "We are."
Nick sighed, taking in the gray bunny lovely form. "I'm so lucky to have you, Ju-"
"Okay wait, wait," Judy slapped her paws over his mouth. "Before you get too mushy, I think you need a reward for being such a considerate loverrr!" Judy squealed as Nicks tongue lashed against the intruding bunny paws.
"If you feel like it," Nick said, chuckling as Judy wiped her paws on his chest.
"Now, what does a foxy want from me?" Judy kept her paws on Nick's body, feeling around his stomach fur.
"Th-those paws are very soft..." Nick sighed in pleasure.
"Oh you're right, Mr. Fox..." Judy giggled. "What sort of trouble a bunny could get into with these soft, velvety paws."
"I like trouble," Nick smirked. "I like trouble a lot."
Judy moved herself lower on Nick's form. She raised her eyebrows briefly once. "Trouble is my middle name, Nick..."
"I thought it was Laverne," Nick shot back.
"Gh..." Judy squinted her eyes shut, cringing. "Maybe 'Laverne' should be the new safe-word..."