Hi Hi everyone, I have been sick lately and fallen back a little on school but I did get a chance to write this up. Someone wanted a little Rocky X Zuma. How could I refuse? Mind you, it is shorter than what I use to write but I hope you enjoy ^_^.

Spring was in full bloom in Adventure Bay, and maybe a little love was in the air too. Rocky was waiting outside Mr. Porter's kitchen. The older man came out with a cake and bent down to Rocky's height.

"Here you go, Rocky. Who's the lucky pup?"

"Can't say. It's a secret."

The lucky pup was Zuma. The girls were making him ask the chocolate lab out. He was scared. It was worse than being made to jump into the deep end of the pool. All he wanted was to love the other pup and maybe for him to love him back.

"Well, I hope you both enjoy it." Rocky grabbed the box of cake by the strings up top and started to walk towards the woods.

The sun peeked it was through the newly grown leaves and the wind was that slight bit warmer like a windy day at the beach. He stopped at the old cherry tree. It was Zuma's favourite place apart from the sea. The mixed breed had already placed a blanket down on the ground. He lay the cake out on the blanket, carefully, making sure it was perfect.

Rocky called Zuma on his pup tag.

"Hi, Zuma. Can we meet in the woods by the old cherry tree? I swear I'm not the big bad wolf."

"Is something wrong," Zuma asked.

"No, but I have a surprise for you." Rocky hung up on him. When he was talking to Zuma, a squirrel had come down the tree and started to eat the peanut butter dog treats.

"Hey, that's not for you!" The mix breed pup ran after the squirrel.

Meanwhile….

Zuma peeked around the corner of the lookout, and tip toed out when he saw the coast was clear. He didn't know why he felt embarrassed around Rocky. He started to walk toward the path into the woods when Everest and Skye saw him.

"Where are you going Zuma?"

"Why should I tell you?"

"Because we are your friends. Wait, are you blushing? Ohh, are you going to see Rocky?" The two pups in front of him started to giggle.

Zuma sprinted off the slightly muddy forest trail before they caught up with him. He almost reached the cherry tree when he heard some loud noises.

"What's going on here," he thought as he stuck his head though a bush and saw Rocky chasing a squirrel around a picnic. When Rocky heard the noise, he turned around to see the giggling chocolate labrador. He blushed.

"Um, hi, Zuma. Cake?"

"Oh, my favourite." Zuma hopped out of the bush and ran over to picnic blanket, sitting right next to the cake. "When are the other pups getting here?"

"I did this just for you." Rocky looked at the ground as he was talking to Zuma. Zuma started to blush.

"I, umm." They both looked at each other then looked away. "I love you, Rocky." The pup noticed the mixed breed's eyes widen. He got up and started to walk away, almost too scared to look back.

"Wait! Zuma, come back," Rocky jumped up onto his paws. "I love you too. I'm just too chicken to say."

"Well you just did, silly." The two pups smiled and laughed at each other as they walked back to where they had left the picnic. They never noticed the girls hiding in the bushes nearby.

"You owe me one new squeaky toy and a bag of treats," demanded Skye. Everest sighed, looking back at the couple. She had sworn that Zuma would be too shy to admit it first.

Thank you for reading and I really mean it. I reached one of my goals and it really made my day. Slán!