Where The Music Goes Chapter 4, a zootopia fanfic

Finnick and Nick skipped school for the concert. It was too exciting, too time-consuming, too many things to bother worrying about school. It was 8 in the morning, and for the first time in months, they had the opportunity to sleep in, the calm before the storm.

Finnick woke up first. This was typical, he never was a good sleeper. Typically, he wouldn't be out until midnight at least, then be up by sunrise. They had stayed up until two last night, however, making sure that their merch had came in and that everything was ready to go. Of course, they'd double check later. Everything had to be perfect.

The fennec glanced to his right. Nick was still one-hundred percent knocked out, the tinted orange fur on his chest rising and falling with every breath, ever so slowly….he looked to be at total peace. Finnick was mesmerized.

"Snap out of it, Finn...what the fuck…" Finnick had no clue what was going. He'd never thought of Nick like this. Ever. Yet, the way he looked, like he was dreaming about the most beautiful of sights… "No, not again. No". The tiny light brown fennec was having none of this with himself. Instead, he walked into the nearby kitchen and dropped a couple of waffles in the toaster.

Sure enough, he heard the noises of Nick stirring and getting out of bed. He walked out of the bedroom wearing nothing but a pair of boxers. "Jesus.." Finnick thought. He had a bit of muscle to him, but was still fairly lean. His hair had been messed up while sleeping, yet he was so handsome…..his eyes kept drifting lower, down to his…"Nope. You need to stop" Finnick thought to himself. Every second, he felt more insane.

'Good morning, bud. Today's the big day". Nick said sleepily.

"Yeah, I got some waffles for you".

"Wow, how formal for a couple rockstars". Nick grabbed them off the plate and lazily snacked on them. "What songs do you think we need to work on ?"

"Honestly ? They're all practically ready, none of them have any rough spots anymore. We might as well just run through the setlist".

"Fair enough, read it off to me one more time. Oh, make sure to make a couple copies we can tape down to the floor just to remember".

"Yeah, lemme read it off to you". Finnick scanned around the room before seeing the sheet of paper containing their performance list on it, sitting neatly on the table.

"Alright here it is: We start off with I'm The One, then move directly into Everything You Know, then we take a minute break to set up for Halfway To Nowhere, which goes into Attica '71, then Swoon, Middle Fingers, then Come Save Me, The District Sleeps Alone, we say our goodbyes, etc.., then finish off with Hold This Tight. At which point we get our stuff on stage, and go to the merch booth, which will be situated on the side of the room, closer to the back".

"Alright, so what time do we need to get there ?"

"Doors open at 6, we get on at 7, we get 45 minutes. I'd imagine soundcheck will take around 40 minutes maximum, and we soundcheck last, so I'd say 4:45 to be safe".

"Sounds good. Want to do any more practice runs before we start packing up ?"

"Yeah, let's do Come Save Me".

"Sounds good".

Nick picked up the drumsticks and played a quick rhythm on the drum pad whilst Finnick cued up the electronic tracks. Nick had a special microphone for the reverb effects he needed on his voice, as did Finnick.

I don't think you want me like I want you

So what do I've got to do to get around it?

What have I got to do to get around it?

I don't want a love like this

Oh it's not what you want

Oh It feels

Come and save me

I don't think you want me like I want you

So what have I got to do to get around it?

What have I got to do to get around it?

I don't want a love like this

Oh it's not what you want

Oh It feels

Come and save me

At this point, Nick took out the drum track and instead began playing something else, whilst Finnick got on the keyboards and played multiple rhythms at once. This part could be done fully on the computer, but there'd be so much that would require absolutely perfect timing that it was almost easier to just play 3 things at the same time live.

Come and save me