Chapter 6: Bud of a Cherry Blossom

"Mr. Wilde?" His nose twitched, disturbing his slumber, yet he refused to open his eyes, wanting to return to the comforts of his dreams. "Mr. Wilde?" The voice was a tad bit louder, and more prominent. Nick groaned in his mind, as he opened his eyes and to be met with Dr. Galahoof. It took a moment for Nick to realize it was him, in the room, where he and Judy had recently made love. He looked down at his wife's sleeping body to see most of her upper body exposed; her scrubs laid on the floor. Nick gently tossed the sheets over her body to cover her breasts from view. Galahoof did not seem to care, but he knew Judy would if she were awake. He turned his vision back to Dr. Galahoof.

"Yes? What do you need?" asked Nick.

"I just need to check Judy's vitals." Dr. Galahoof said as he gestured his hoofs towards her sleeping form, more particularly her left arm under her head as a cushion. "If you could just." He ceased talking and motioned both hooves upward with enthusiasm, gesturing the fox to lift her head so he could check her pulse. Nick took a second to understand, then it hit him with a slight gasp.

"Oh, yeah." Nick gently slid his paw under her head, lifting the sleeping bunny up as Dr. Galahoof carefully took her arm and placed the stethoscope to her vein. All seemed to be normal, just as he expected. The only outlier being that she had just recently made love to her husband in the hospital bed, which wouldn't be likely to create any problems with her injuries, but was still possible. Dr. Galahoof told the two to refrain from any sort of strenuous physical activity such as sexual intercourse just to be precautious, but he also somehow already knew they wouldn't be able to help themselves to a little indulgence. Nick laid Judy back on the pillow, her sleep undisturbed.

"And Nick?" Dr. Galahoof began. Nick looked up at him. "If you want, we can fill out the paperwork now and have you guys out immediately tomorrow."

Nick glanced down at his bunny again. He felt at peace observing her sleeping body. He thought of nothing, nothing at that moment but her; everything about her. Those dark gray tipped ears. Her beautiful lavender eyes. Slim torso, fluffy bun tail. Thumping feet. Her entire being. All at once. Was this what true peace felt like? To be enveloped in everything you know and love? To have your mind clear of everything but one little factor you admire most in life? Was this what waited for us at death? A destiny, a nirvana, to be at peace forever? Your atoms and molecules dancing freely in the void of blissful eternity? Perhaps. Nick shook himself back from his subconscious, and returned his gaze to the zebra. "Okay. Just give me a sec."

The zebra nodded. "Of course. I'll be waiting outside." Galahoof stepped out of the room, allowing Nick to decent himself.

He flipped the sheets off temporarily. He gently lifted her thigh to slide out of her, which he did seamlessly. She moaned in her sleep as he released his body from inside of hers. She curled up tighter into a ball in a subconscious attempt to stay warm. He scooted himself off the bed and threw the covers back over the bunny. He placed a paw on her resting head, and gave her a light kiss. Nick threw on some pants and his shirt, and walked out to follow the zebra. Twenty minutes later, the fox returned to the comforts of his wife. He stripped himself nude again, and embraced his wife's body again, wrapping his paw around her waist. Tomorrow was a brand new day, and one that would surely change his life, though neither of them knew it at that moment. For now, they had each other, wading into the simplicity of the slumbering city.

The sunlight soon basked into the room, bathing the couple in colorful shades of the chilly Zootopia morning. Nick clung to his wife, embracing her body as he slept. His silhouette formed to hers like a puzzle; two pieces fitting perfectly together. Judy's eyes slowly began to flutter open. She smacked her dry lips together before letting out a prolonged yawn. Her tongue stretched out to almost meet with her chin. Judy had the little freaky flaw of having a much longer tongue than most rabbits. Nick did not ever mind this fact, in fact, he somewhat enjoyed it; in more ways than one. She turned her head to bet met with her husband's sleeping appearance. She grinned, remembering the love and passion they shared last night; before it was shattered by the sensation of bile rising in her stomach. She covered her mouth with her paws, trying to hold back the urge to vomit then and there. She threw off the covers and ran for the bathroom. She didn't even realize that Nick's malehood was no longer inside of her, uniting their figures as they were when they fell asleep. She lifted the lid, stuck her head down into the bowl, and released. Vegetables and stomach acid. Judy lifted her head from the toilet, before her stomach reacted again, and she vomited furthermore.

Feeling her stomach finally simmer down, she slumped out of the bathroom, slid on her scrub gown, and walked out of the room. She hunched herself over slightly for it helped keep her stomach from acting up again. The nurse looked up from the phone at the slumping bunny. She held a paw on her stomach, the other resting against the wall to keep her unstable sleepy body upright. The middle aged deer stood from her chair and walked over to the bunny. "Are you alright, dear?" She asked. Judy lazily looked up at the nurse.

"I-I just woke up with a really bad stomach-" Her eyes widened and she covered her mouth, feeling bile rise from her stomach again. She rushed over to her desk and vomited into the trash bin. She coughed and spit the excess vomit, and leaned against it. Her chin sat against the rim of the bin, and her wrists hung limp over the edges. The nurse knelt down to her level and placed a hoof on her back. "S-sorry..."

"It's no problem. I'll call for Dr. Galahoof. In the mean time, you should head back to bed and try to rest, sweetheart." Judy glanced up at the deer, and then off into the distance at the shelves of different medical tools and supplies. Cotton balls, popsicle sticks, bandages, and one in particular that caught her attention. Pregnancy tests. Judy suddenly remembered the new genes that she was given a couple of weeks ago. Perhaps her body was having hormone side effects from her vixen eggs swimming through her fallopian tubes. But then why would Nick not be having the same side effects from his rabbit seeds? Until she remembered that last night, he used what would have been his last amount of rabbit sperm according to the scientists at Splyce Inc. Perhaps he expelled all of it before the hormones could begin effecting his body. Judy wearily lifted her finger to point at the objects of interest.

"Hey. Could I have a couple of those?" she asked. The deer looked in the direction she was pointing. Naturally, she already knew what she was talking about. She nodded with a concerned smile as she handed her two pregnancy test packages. Judy thanked her and returned back to her room. She slumped back into the bathroom, but didn't bother to shut the door. She looked down at the floor to see spots of white staining the tile floor, sitting in a decent sized puddle from where she first vomited, trailing off to where she walked. She grew slightly nervous and embarrassed, hoping that the trail ended before she walked out into the hall, or would their be plain evidence of her and Nick's erotic actions from last night dispersed on the hospital floor. At first, she had not noticed his seed begin to discharge from her crotch, but now it filled her mind as she stared at the package. She mostly did not expect her sickness to be...that, but she was willing to find out anyway. Judy sat herself on the seat, and opened the box.

She breathed out through her nostrils as she took off the cap. She placed the test between her legs, hovering between her and the water. She relaxed, and let her body do what it was trained to do. Judy shook of the excess urine from the pregnancy test, and looked at it already expecting an answer; blank. Patience. She was so tired, and her stomach had quite possibly ruined her peaceful morning by now. Unlike the normality, waiting was pretty easy today. She zoned out, staring off into space as it is called. Her eyes focused forward at the wooden door, yet her mind was completely blank. Seconds quickly turned to minutes as she sat on the toilet waiting for an answer. She looked down... Judy Hopps completely froze. She had absolutely no words as she stared down at the pregnancy test...

A plus sign.

Judy thought she was seeing things. She rubbed her eyes, wiping the sleep away and stared closer at the test, but nothing changed; a pink little plus sign. She rapidly tore open the other box to grab the other test. She had nothing left in her bladder, so she jumped from her seat and stuck the tip into the water. She Drops of toilet water and urine dripped onto the bathroom floor as she quickly paced the floor. Her body was completely filled with adrenaline now; the feeling of sickness had left her. The test began to fade in the same pink answer; a plus sign. She was looked to and fro at both tests. A smile grew wide across her cheeks revealing her pearly white teeth. With an enormous amount of joy, her entire body filled with unimaginable bliss. Her future had come to her. The seed had been successfully planted, and saplings would soon begin to sprout. She was... Nick snored quietly into the pillows. The covers drooped over his hips. Breathe in, breathe out. He shifted his position slightly, getting a bit more comfortable.

"Nick!" Judy proclaimed as she jumped onto Nick's sleeping body. He grunted in pain from the sudden pressure on his stomach. Judy bounced jovially on her husband's abdomen. He looked up sleepily at her; he noticed her scrub gown slightly draping off her shoulders. His eyes went South, noticing the gown hoisted up, her crotch peeking through his beige furs. His tired eyes gazed back up at his rambunctious wife.

"What is it, Carrots?" he asked rubbing his eyes of crust. She leaned in closer, her paws behind her back. She decided to make the wonderful surprise into a fun one.

"What do you call a one-hump bunny?" She asked.

He stared at her with a tried, dumbfounded gaze. It was too early, and the fox was still too tired to join in such enthusiasm. Nick simply shifted back to his original position. Judy hopped off and knelt by his feet. He pulled the covers closer as he got comfortable again, preparing to return to sleep. "Come on, Carrots. That's my pregnant joke." Nick closed his eyes and relaxed. A second later, his ears perked, and his eyes shot wide open at what he just said, tying it with her rather particular joke. Nick swiftly sat up; he was speechless and surprised, and his expression more than showed it. Judy had a growing smile at her husband's reaction. Nick's mind raced at a thousand miles a second. He could not differentiate up or down if he were asked right now. The only thing that circled his head were two things; her and that word. "...Judy?" he slowly began. "...What are you talking about?" She was on the verge of joyous tears. Her paw came from behind her back, and he looked down to see the pregnancy test. Tip stained with the yellow shade of her urine, obviously used, and then he saw the thing that shocked him even more; the plus sign. She breathed in, slightly hiccuping as she spoke.

"Nick... I-I'm pregnant."

The fox blinked. He glimpsed back and forth between her and the pregnancy test. His mind raced even faster, his entire being enveloped around that single phrase coming from his wife. He leaned in closer.

"Your what?"

She giggled softly, and a single tear fell from her eye. "I'm pregnant."

A grin began to creep across the fox's face; one that was presumably not going to fade any time soon. Nick was soon fully smiling, and all he could muster out of his lips were a few joyous shaky breaths. "I'm gonna be a father?" She began nodding her head quickly, her toothy smile accompanied her frantic head banging.

"Ye-es!"

Nick felt the world stop. He was unimaginably happy. "Ha ha!" Nick let out a blissful cheer. He extended his arms out, and the bunny jumped into them. She wrapped her arms around his soft neck, clinging tightly against his furs, and he locked his arms tightly around her waist, embracing her being; her beings, no, their beings. They had finally done it. The gene splice experiment had worked. Judy was pregnant with Nick's children. Soon, they would have a family. They both let out harmonious giggles and moans. He cupped her cheeks, and pulled her close, ready to kiss her. She suddenly realized what he was doing, followed by remembering her recent sessions of vomiting. She pulled back, avoiding Nick's invading lips from coming in contact with hers.

"No, Nick, no! Don't kiss me right now! I have morning sickn-" At that moment she gagged, feeling another wave of nausea start to crawl up her throat. Speak of the devil. "Oh, crackers-" Judy covered her mouth with her paws, hopping off the bed and ran to the bathroom to vomit once again. Nick slightly chuckled and smirked at the sound of her gagging from the bathroom, muffled by the toilet. He walked in, knelt down, and rubbed her back to comfort her as she emptied the contents of her stomach for the fourth time that morning. At this point, it was more stomach acid than food, burning her throat and nose as she lifted her head. She slumped down onto the tile, and leaned her head against Nick's bare chest. He rubbed her head, petting her ears down. She looked up at him, and he laid a gentle kiss on her forehead. She grinned up at him, wiping the bile from her lips. Judy's ear suddenly perked to the door, hearing Dr. Galahoof enter the room with a few nurses.

"Ms. Hopps?" They watched his silhouette quickly pass the open bathroom door, but swiftly return at the sound of Judy's voice.

"We're in here!" She called, and the zebra entered.

"You reported having an upset stomach?" he asked. The zebra looked over the bunny leaning into the nude fox's chest. He was perched on one knee, his other leg resting on his foot to hide his genitals from immediate sight. His tail wagged as he looked back and forth between him and Judy.

"It's just morning sickness. A common symptom for those who are pregnant." She humorously yet slyly stated lifting the pregnancy test into view. The zebra smiled.

"Well congratulations you two. It looks like that gene splicing experiment was a success. I'll go get you some nausea medication. Then we shall see you on your way."

The doctors left, and the two of them gazed into one another yet again. They share heartwarming smiles and they cling to each other's bodies in a tight hug. The seeds have begun to grow, and they would soon blossom into the wondrous paradise known as life. Bunnies or foxes or both, neither of them would know yet, but it did not matter to them. All that mattered was they were going to be theirs. Nothing could separate them now. They were going to start a family.