MOVING DAY
Judy woke up like every day, her alarm started beeping at 7 a.m and after a few tries to turn it off with her paw the bunny got out of bed and poured herself a cup of coffee before getting in the shower. After quickly drying her fur with a towel, she dressed up, she was on Christmas Holidays, so she just picked a light blue hoodie and a pair of jeans to wear.
The grey rabbit got her keys and cell phone before going out to the street and heading for a grocery store nearby. The bunny walked through the slightly crowded streets of Zootopia until arriving to a little green store called DonaMarket. Judy was wandering through one of the store's hall when her phone suddenly beeped.
1 NEW MESSAGE-SLICK NICK
"Hi, Carrots" her ears tensed when the bunny read the message.
The bunny spent a week on Bunnyburrow, so she could only talk to Nick with the phone.
"You already came back from Bunnytown, right?" the next massage make her react.
"Yep" quickly typed the bunny.
"So...you up for a drink?" suggested the fox.
"Isn't it a little bit early for alcohol?"
"I was actually thinking about a coffee or a hot chocolate...but if you wanna get drunk I'll be pleased to take care of you for the rest of the day...;)"
"Okey...so what were you thinking?"
"You know that new milkshake bar in Sahara Square?"
"Yeah!"
"There in 15 minutes?"
"Great" typed Judy before putting her phone back to her pocket.
The bunny didn't bought any groceries, but as she left the store, Judy started walking to Sahara Square with a shy smile on her face. After a few more minutes she finally arrived to the main square of the district, there weren't much mammals so she was able to spot the bar and the fox that was standing outside.
"Nick!" she made him look away from his phone before hugging him.
"I'm happy to see you too, Fluff" the fox gently corresponded the hug.
They both got in the bar and took a sit on a table that had comfy seats to lean back. Nick took his jacket off due to the warm temperature of the establishment, letting Judy have a look at the garnet sweater that fitted him perfectly.
"So..." the fox grabbed the drinks list "...what've you been doing these days?" he smirked while reading it.
"Well...my parent wanted were so busy preparing everything, so I helped them with the cooking, the little bunnies...all that Christmas stuff"
"Hmm" Nick left the list on the table before focusing in the bunny's purple cute eyes.
"And how about you?" asked Judy as she finished reading the list too.
"Oh...I've just been doing some Christmas shopping" said Nick while looking away.
The bunny warmly smiled at him before a waitress interrupted their little chat.
"Good morning, my name is Becky, what can I get for you?" said the raccoon as she got a little notepad and a pen.
"I'll have a blueberry biscuit bowl" nicely smiled the fox.
"I'll take a...carrot cream cup" ordered Judy while reading he list.
"Alright..." Becky wrote it down "...I'll be right back with your drinks" she walked away.
After the waitress got in the kitchen the couple looked at each other again.
"Is there something wrong?" asked the bunny as she saw the fox staring at her.
"No, I was just...admiring your cuteness" the fox gave her a charming look.
"Nick..." complained Judy with a little bit tired tone of voice.
"I know...but that hoodie looks really good on you...it makes your ears drop..." he gently ran one of his claws down her ears "...and you look even fluffier" Nick caressed her paws.
The bunny's cheeks slightly flustered as the fox just continued to fondle her paws with a smirk on his face before the waitress came back with their drinks.
"Here are your drinks, couple..." Becky placed the two drinks on the table before leaving "...enjoy!"
Nick softly stopped holding Judy's paws to focus on his drink, it was some kinda blueberry milkshake decorated with a few thin biscuits on a bowl. Judy's was more like a carrot hot drink poured in a cup and with cream on its top.
"This looks great" the bunny was amazed by the look of the drink.
"Mmm...it tastes even better" said the fox after sipping his.
After enjoying of those delicious sweet drinks, Nick and Judy talked for a little while before the bunny's phone started ringing.
"Hello?..." she got the call "...yeah, it's me...mmhmm...at noon?...great!...okey, thanks" she hung up.
"Hmm...who was it?" curiously asked the fox.
"Oh nothing, just a reminder that I have to meet with a girl to check the apartment I'm going to move in" said Judy while putting her phone back in her pocket.
"What?...you're moving?" Nick raised one of his eyebrows.
"Yeah, I managed to save a little money for a bigger apartment"
"Oh..." nodded the fox.
A few seconds later, Becky walked back again to their table.
"Can I get you anything else?" she asked while getting her notebook out.
Nick and Judy looked at each other before answering.
"No, thanks..." they said at the same time "...just the bill, please" added the fox.
"Okay, just gimme a sec..." the waitress got a little device that printed the bill after she pressed some keys "...here you have" she left the bill on the table.
"Thank you..." Nick got his wallet out as he saw the bunny reaching for hers "...oh don't worry, Carrots, it's on me"
"Ow...o-okay" the bunny shyly smiled as she stared at him.
The fox paid the bill and tipped Becky before getting his jacket and leaving the bar with Judy.
"Have a nice day!" said the raccoon before they got out of the establishment.
The couple walked through the square, which was decorated with colorful lights and a huge tree on its middle.
"So...where are you moving to?" asked Nick after a few seconds of silence.
"It's a block of flats near here" she looked around.
"And...how are you planning to do it?"
"Well...I was thinking of borrowing one of my parent's farm van"
"All by yourself?" asked Nick while looking at the bunny.
"Hmm..." Judy stood in front of him "...are you offering to help, Slick?"
"Maybe...would it be a problem?" the fox leaned towards Judy and got his muzzle close to hers.
"No!...of course not..." she turned around and started walking again "...I mean, you're the one that wants to help me"
"So?" asked Nick while hugging her from the back.
"I-I guess you can come" Judy's cheek slightly blushed.
"Great" the fox hugged her by the neck and walked with her.
Before going to the apartment, the couple stopped at a food truck market that was in another square of the district to have something to eat, they sat at a picnic table and shared a delicious homemade pizza. After the meal, they headed for the apartment Judy talked about.
After getting in the block of flats, the bunny checked her phone and walked up the stairs to knock one of the doors in the third floor. They heard a few quick steps before the door opened and a squirrel appeared behind it.
"Hi..." she had a look at Nick and Judy "...can I help you?" she kindly smiled.
"Yeah, I'm Judy...we talked on the phone this morning"
"Oh!...right, Judy!...come in, come in..." she stepped apart so they could get in the apartment "...my name is Daisy by the way"
The squirrel showed them the apartment while checking a few this on a little paper she had. After finishing walking around the apartment, Daisy tidied some papers on a table in the living room.
"Okey, we're almost done..." she grabbed a pen "...I just need you to answer some questions for me, okey?"
"Yeah" aside Judy while looking around the room.
"Mmm...you can take a seat if you want..." the squirrel got another paper as the couple sat on the couch in front of her "...first of all...your full name is Judith Laverne Hopps, right?"
"Mmhmm" nodded the bunny.
"Laverne?" snorted the fox before Judy elbowed him.
"Checked..." Daisy wrote something on the paper "...are you a smoker?"
"Nope"
"Great...do you have any...noisy hobbies?"
"I don't think so"
"Good because the walls are thin and the neighbors often complain..." she pointed at the walls with her pen "...and I think we're done here..." Daisy put the paper on the table "...I just need you to sign here" the squirrel handled her a contract.
"Sure" said Judy before grabbing the pen.
The bunny signed the contract as Daisy noticed that Nick was looking over Judy's shoulder, very close at her.
"By the way, are you two...?" she did some gestures with her paws, suggesting they were dating.
"Oh!..." their ears tensed before blushing "...n-no...we're not..." said Judy while trying to hide her blush with a smile as the fox stared at her calmly.
"I mean there wouldn't be any problem...you two make a really cute couple and...I should shut up now..." she grabbed the contract and left it in the table before grabbing the keys "...anyway, you gave my brother this month's rent so...here you have..." Daisy handled her the keys before packing the papers in a folder and walking out "...have a nice day!"
After the door closed, Nick got up walked up to Judy before resting his paws on her shoulders.
"So now what?" said the fox while looking at the bunny's purple eyes.
They both got out of the building and walked around 10 minutes to Judy's apartment, in the outskirts of the city. When they arrived the couple entered in the apartment, which was almost empty and just with a few boxes on the floor and a suitcase on the bed.
"C'mon, we have a lot of work to do" the bunny wandered around her apartment before starting to push one of the boxes.
"Mmhmm...and how are we gonna get all this to the other apartment?" Nick crossed his arms.
"You're right...we need a van..." she stopped and thought for a moment "...what about Finnick?" suggested Judy with an excited face.
"Pffft...no way that grumpy old fox is willing to lend us his van" he looked away.
"Let me try" the bunny snatched his phone.
"Okey...but you won't get anything" Nick sat on the mattress.
While the bunny was on the phone the fox just had a look at her empty apartment and checked one of the boxes near him. After a few minutes Judy interrupted him and gave back his phone.
"All done, he'll be here in 5 minutes" she smiled and sat next to Nick.
"What?..." said the fox while raising one of his eyebrows "...how did you-"
"It was easy..." Judy stood up and walked up to a box that was open "...can you pass me that tape on the table?" Nick gave her the tape and she sealed the box.
They decided to wait for Finnick in front of the building, after more than 5 minutes the other fox appeared with his van.
"You're a little late" joked the red fox as his friend got out of the vehicle.
"I want it at 10...and don't forget about our deal, bunny" said Finnick before just walking away.
"Deal?" asked Nick as he approached the van.
"Yeah...maybe I forgot to tell you we have to clean the van too" said the bunny before cutely smiling.
"Hmmm..." the fox rolled his eyes as he opened the van's back door "...well it seems we have some work to do" the couple observed the interior of the vehicle.
Apart from the small size mattress that was on the middle of the floor, there were a few empty bags of chips, soda cans and some bottles of alcohol.
Nick moved the mattress to make some space while Judy tidied the bottles that had some liquid left and packed the trash in a bag before taking it out. After finishing cleaning the van, they walked up to the bunny's apartment again and started to get the boxes out.
"SEE?...I TOLD YOU SHE'S MOVING WITH THAT FOX" a voice behind them made the couple turn around.
"BUT THEY AREN'T DATING, ARE THEY?" Judy's neighbors were spying through the door's peephole.
"OF COURSE THEY ARE...DIDN'T YOU HEAR HOW THEY WERE TALKING LAST NIGHT?" one of the antelope slightly blushed her cheeks.
"Well that pretty weird, Carrots..." Nick leaned and look at her "...cause I don't remember that we talked last night"
"MAYBE IT WAS ONE OF HER SLEEP TALKS" guessed Bucky.
"DUDE! DON'T TALK ABOUT HER SLEEP TALKS IN FRONT OF HIM" added Pronk, blushing the bunny's cheeks even more.
"THEN SHUT UP!" they started to argue as always.
"NO, YOU SHUT UP!"
The antelopes' voice slowly lowered its tone as the fox stared at the flustered bunny, who just shyly looked at him before looking down.
"Don't worry, Fluff..." his whispers made her ears twitch "...I sometimes dream about you too" Nick winked and smirked before walking down the stairs with the box.
Judy's ears and tail tensed a few seconds before she could react, the bunny tried to get the blush out of her face as they both got out to the street and started putting the boxes in the van. The couple did a few more trips to her apartment to carry the rest of the boxes until they were done.
"Ready to go?" asked the fox as he closed the van's back door.
"Yep, just let me give my key to Bucky and Pronk" answered Judy before walking in the building again.
Nick got in the van and turned it on while Judy came back, she got in too and looked at the fox who warmly smiled.
"Are you okey?" he asked when the bunny looked down and caressed one of her ears.
"Y-yeah" Judy shyly smiled as she looked at Nick's eyes.
"Hmm..." the fox smoothly dragged the bunny towards him and nuzzled the top of her head "...that's my cute bunny" he hugged her with one arm around the waist before she cuddled one his shoulder as Nick started driving.
The fox calmly drove to Judy's new apartment with the bunny snuggling on his shoulder. When they arrived the bunny didn't really wanted to move but Nick managed to get out of the car.
"Do you have the key?" said the fox as he opened the van's back door.
Judy nodded so they both got one box and walked all the way up to the third floor, once they were in front of the door the bunny left her box on the floor to get the key out of her pocket.
"WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, DARLING?...I THINK WE HAVE NEW NEIGHBORS" said a voice with a strong British accent.
"YOU'RE RIGHT...AND IT'S A YOUNG COUPLE" added a similar, but female, voice.
"A BUNNY AND A FOX...WHAT AN INTERESTING COMBINATION"
"AND AN ADORABLE ONE TO BE SURE"
Nick and Judy looked at each other, surprised, the fox's expression became a smile, while the bunny just rolled her eyes.
"QUIET, DARLING!...I THINK YOU'RE DISTURBING THEM" they tried to lower their tone of voice.
"HOW ABOUT YOU BE QUIET INSTEAD, HUH?"
The voice of the neighbors slowly disappeared as Nick and Judy entered the apartment to leave the boxes.
"At least the walls aren't as thin as the old ones" commented the bunny before walking down the stairs to get more boxes.
A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER...
The couple finished carrying all of the boxes all the way up to the third floor and pushed them into the apartment around 8 o'clock. They were both exhausted, so Nick lay on the couch while Judy sat cross-legged in front of him.
"Hmmm...I didn't know carrying a bunny's stuff would be that tiring" the fox stretched while wiggling his tail.
"Want something to drink?" she slowly stood up and walked through the living room, which was full of boxes.
"I'd prefer a back massage but I'll take the drink" Nick followed her with his gaze.
"Har har" Judy opened a little portable fridge that was using for the food and got a pair of beers to share with the fox.
After drinking them, the bunny started checking the boxes while Nick just rested on the couch.
"Okey, we've got the clothes, the bathroom stuff, decoration, fragile things-"
"Fragile things?" curiously asked the fox while raising his eyebrow.
"Yeah, you know...cups, glasses, plates...that kinda stuff"
"Mmhmm" nodded Nick while getting comfortable on the couch.
Judy opened a few boxes and started unpacking the living room things while the fox slowly got up from the couch and helped her.
"I'm gonna unpack the bathroom stuff, okey?" the bunny carried one of the boxes to the bathroom.
While Judy was busy, Nick decided to help her by unpacking the rest of the things, starting by the fragile stuff box. He lifted it and put it on the kitchen's counter before ripping the tape with his claw. There were some glasses, a few cups, a pair of bowls, cutlery...but under all that there was a little wooden box that caught his attention. The fox checked that the bunny was still in the bathroom before opening it. Nick couldn't avoid letting a warm smile out when he saw a fox plush that had the fake badge Judy gave him when they met, there was also a magazine cover of the day he became an officer and a few framed pictures of them both.
*CLICK*
The bathroom door opened and Nick immediately put the things back in the box and turned back to the bunny, with a blushed dumb smile on his face.
"Is everything alright?" the bunny started to worry when she saw the fox's flustered expression.
"Y-yeah...I was just...checking the glasses didn't break" he got all the things out of the box and put the wooden box back.
"Mmm..." Judy smiled as she took a few steps towards Nick "...thanks for helping me with this" she looked down and started playing with the fox's paws before looking at him with a cute face.
"Ow..." Nick hugged Judy by the waist and softly pressed the bunny against his chest as he caressed her ears "...it's my pleasure, Carrots"
The bunny relaxed on the fox's arms and enjoyed the hug for a few seconds before they separated.
"So...are you hungry?" asked Judy as she played with her own ears.
30 MINUTES LATER...
Most of the boxes were now empty and unpacked while the couple had a tasty dinner that the bunny ordered.
"You should had let me pay for the meal" said Nick while tidying up.
"Oh c'mon, Nicky, you paid for the breakfast and helped me with all this, it's the least I can do" she stayed on the floor while the fox finished tidying.
Nick just gave her a heart-warming smile as they both sat on the couch and Judy turned the TV on. The bunny was playing with the fox's paw pads when she yawned several times.
"I think someone's tired" he let Judy stretched on the couch.
"What?...*yawn*...no" she turned her back to Nick.
"Oh c'mon, sleepy bun...I'll take you to bed" the fox got up and lifted the bunny, who slightly embraced his neck.
Nick slowly walked towards the bedroom, opened the door with his feet, turn the lights on with his elbow and...
"Where's the bed?" there was a metal bed frame but no mattress.
"Oh..right...I ordered it...*yawn*...it should be here tomorrow" Judy softly brushed her cheeks with Nick's fur.
"So...where are you gonna sleep?"
"On the couch?" her purple eyes opened wide.
"Hmmm...why don't you come to my apartment?" purposed the fox with a calm tone of voice.
"Y-your apartment?...but-" the bunny stirred on his arms.
"Carrots...you need to rest and I just want you to sleep on a real bed" Nick hold her tight and almost joined their muzzles.
"Okey..." she rested her head on his shoulder before the fox got their thing and walked out of the apartment.
Nick, with the bunny on his arms, walked down the stairs and got into the van, as soon as he turned it on Judy snuggled on his arm.
"Thanks for caring of me so much, Nick" she closed her eyes.
With a smile on his face, the fox drove to his apartment in about 5 minutes, after parking in front of it he softly got Judy out of the van and carried her inside the building. When they were in the elevator, the bunny tightly hugged Nick's neck and felt his warm fur as he walked out of the elevator.
The fox opened the door and pushed it with his back before closing it and walking through his dark apartment to enter the bedroom. Nick gently laid her on the bed and turned the little lamp on the bedside on.
"Get comfy...I'll be right back" the fox went to the living room to prepare his couch for sleeping.
He put a blanket and a pillow on the sofa when Judy, covered only with a blanket, peeked from the corridor.
"Nick..." she blushed and looked away as he saw the fox's charming eyes observing her "...I-I forgot my pijama"
"Hmm...you can use one of my shirts if you want" smiled Nick.
The bunny walked back to the bedroom and looked for some clothes in the fox's drawers and picked a green shirt. The moment she put it on Nick's scent took over her, she got in the bed and wrapped her self in the warm bedsheets that also reminded her of her fox. A few sniffs were enough to get 'high' with the predator's scent.
*Knock* *Knock*
Judy got her head out of the bedsheets to see Nick getting in the room.
"You seem very comfortable" said the fox when he noticed the bunny wrapped in the bedsheets.
Nick walked towards the drawers as he took off his shirt, then he sat on the edge of the bed and took his pants off too. After folding the clothes his paws caressed Judy's feet as he looked at her purple ayes with a sweet look. He put a pair of shorts on and turned around to the bunny. They both stared at each other in silence for a few seconds as the fox slowly crawled to Judy and started wiggling his tail. His paws gently ran through her chest before she started caressing one of them, the bunny fondled her cheeks with Nick's paw while the fox just warmly smiled.
*RING* *RING* *RING*
The sound of the fox's phone interrupted them. Nick slowly got up from the bed and walked outside the room, silent. After a pair of minutes he came back.
"It was Finnick, I'm gonna go gave him the van keys, okay?" said the fox with his calm voice.
"Mmhmm..." nodded Judy "...but don't take too long"
"Don't worry, Fluff...I'll be back for my goodnight kiss" Nick walked out of his apartment.
When she heard the door closing, her cheeks blushed, her ears dropped and her heart started beating fast. With a paw on her chest and the other on one of her ears she slipped in the bedsheets. Suddenly not only the shirt and the bed reminded her of the fox but the whole room, she hugged the pillow with both her arms and legs before sinking her snout on it.
10 MINUTES LATER...
Judy had closed her eyes and relaxed every muscle on her body but she hadn't fall asleep yet, the bunny didn't know why but for some reason she was unable to rest.
She didn't have time to think of a reason when the apartment's door opened, her ears tensed as he heard Nick's steps approaching the door so she just lay and close her eyes.
"Carrots?..." whispered the fox after carefully opening the door "...are you awake?..." he slowly walked towards the bed "...ow...you're already asleep" Nick sat on the edge of the bed.
"Mmmm" the 'slept' bunny slightly stirred when the fox softly caressed one of her cheeks.
"I really missed you..." Nick stopped fondling her fur "...I never thought being without could be so...hard..." Judy's heart started beating fast when he rested his paw on hers "...but I guess that's what love is about..." he gently held her hand while warmly smiling "...goodnight, Judy" whispered Nick to one of her ears before applying a simple but sweet kiss on her forehead.
Then, the fox just got up and walked out of the room without making any noise.
*CLICK*
The door closed and the bunny immediately got up with a paw holding on his chest. Her heart was about to explode and due to getting up too fast a dizzy sensation took over her, making her fall asleep.
Meanwhile, Nick turned the lights off and lay on the couch, covered himself with a blanket and got a pillow to hug before easily falling asleep.
IN THE DEPTHS OF JUDY'S DREAMS...
The bunny's was sleeping peacefully under the soft bedsheets that covered Nick's soft bed, suddenly she woke up and notice both of the fox's paws surrounding her, without time to react he dragged the bunny and pressed her back with his chest, Judy's legs began to shiver when she felt the predator's muzzle caressing the top of her head as his paws slowly went down.
"Mmmph..." the bunny couldn't avoid letting out a little moan when Nick began to kiss her neck "...hmmm" she felt the fox's paws fondling her grey fur under the shirt.
After a few more wet kisses, the predator's claws began to unbutton the shirt as his snout nuzzled, smooched and licked Judy's sensitive ears. Once he finished with the buttons, Nick threw away the shirt and tightly embraced the bunny. They both could feel each other's warm and soft fur while Judy looked up to the fox and let their muzzles melt with a kiss that sent chills down her spine.
"I love you, Judy" whispered Nick as they both stared at their glowing eyes.
IN THE DEPTHS OF NICK'S DREAMS...
The fox was placidly resting on his couch, cuddling with the bunny that was laying on his chest. Nick's paws rested on her low back while hers surrounded his neck, the couple looked at each other with a lazy but lovely look before kissing. A few seconds later their snouts separated, leaving a thin trace of saliva between them. The couple felt each other's breathing before kissing again.
"Mmm...Judy" the fox could say while the bunny smooched his neck.
Then Nick took the initiative and embraced Judy, immobilizing her as he slowly gave the bunny enough kisses to make her fall asleep. The fox kept caressing her as he snuggled with the sleeping bun under the blanket.
THE NEXT DAY
Judy slowly woke up, she stretched and yawned a few times before rubbing her eyes and getting up. The light that came through the bottom of the door caught her attention as she walked out of the room. The bunny took a few steps through the corridor and got to the living room, the blanket and the pair of pillows were still on the couch but Nick wasn't there.
A sudden sound from the kitchen tensed her ears, she peeked and finally saw the fox cooking, after sniffing the shirt a last time Judy walked in the room. The sound of one of her steps made Nick's ears twitch.
"Good morning, Fluff" said the fox before turning around and smiling at her.
The bunny's heart melted with his smile, she just took a pair of steps towards him and rested her head on his chest.
"Is everything alri-"
"I love you" said Judy while looking up to Nick's.
The fox's cheeks blushed and his heart started beating fast, the bunny tried to look away but Nick kneel and held her cheeks with both of his paws before kissing his bunny.
"I love you too, Judy" he hugged her before looking at their blushed faces and kissing for one more time.
FIN