Judy was patiently waiting inside the Zootopia Train Station, at Platform 7, where her parents' train was about to arrive in 5 minutes. She got lost in her nostalgia while waiting. This was the very same station and the very same platform, where she came to first when she took her first steps in the city with big dreams, huge determination and a big load of naivety that was about to be destroyed. She didn't know whether to be happy that she lost this trait by understanding and experiencing the reality of the city, or be sad, because Zootopia wasn't the Utopia that she initially imagined it to be.
She decided to go with Happiness. Although the city wasn't the dreamland she thought it would be, now it was at least borderline look-alike. She had great friends that she could rely on, she was respected at work, and only rarely seen as a cute little bunny (which she makes sure, to be corrected ASAP). She is a kind of celebrity after managing to make an end to a city-wide conspiracy and she still holds the contact with her parents and family.
She remembers the last time she had seen her parents in real life. It was at Nick's graduation ceremony about a year ago. She invited them to see his friend's accomplishment. Which was a failure, and it seemed more like they only came to see their daughter give a speech and to try to get her to date with bucks from the city, since they not-so subtly tried to avoid the fox and whenever Judy was not congratulating a new cadet or hugging Nick, his parents were always giving her lectures about the pros of settling down and the cons of not doing so.
But even though her parents could be a mild annoyance and sometimes she wished they could just leave her alone, she loved them. She appreciated their daily calls, since she could imagine how hard it was for them to take care of their other children, manage the farm, have some free time for themself and make time for 30 minutes phone calls with their distant daughter. But the Hopps' were famous of their hardworking attitude, their determination and accomplishments. Plus, having the first ever rabbit officer being a Hopps is definitely a bonus.
Her train of thoughts were interrupted by another, more less rhetorical train that slowly slipped into the platform. The doors opened and Judy started to scan the horde of mammals flowing out from the train. Finding two bunnies in the middle of the stampede of mammals that could be easily 10 times bigger than a normal rabbit wasn't an easy task.
After the army of mammals evaporated, she spotted 2 pairs of long ears coming towards her. She quickly rushed towards the ears, and now could see her parents searching for her. A smile appeared on her face and leaped at them, catching them in a tight hug which they welcomed with open arms.
''Oh, you have no idea how i missed you guys." welcomed Judy ending the hug.
''Well if it isn't our stargirl, Jude the Dude!'' exclaimed Stu. Judy's eye twitched when hearing the nickname he loathed almost as badly as the c-word.
''Hello bun-bun, we are happy to see you too." Replied Bonnie with a polite, parental smile. They started going towards Judy's home. They talked about Judy's cases, how she solved them with Nick and some interesting gossip around the Precinct. Her parents replied by telling her how things were going at the farm, which was enthusiastically explained by Stu. They talked about marriages, proposals, weddings and some of Judy's sisters' incoming litters, which was, no surprise, told by Bonnie.
Upon reaching the entrance door of the house Judy's apartment was, she was stopped by her parents with a worried and curious look on their faces.
''Bun-bun, you told us that you will have some friends over. Should we know anything about these friends of yours, that we should look out for?" asked her mother. Judy looked back at both them incredulously.
Do they still get worried about being around predators? *Sigh* Well I guess it's time to hustle my parents in a Nickish way.
''Actually, yes. Now you see, both of them had an emotional rollercoaster in these last days." Their parents tilted their heads in confusion.''The life changing kind" Stu and Bonnie nodded in understanding.'' So promise me that you guys will be polite to them, and won't bring up any rude comments about that, okay?" Judy looked at them expectantly. She just waited for them to catch the bait.
Their parent's looked at each other and with determined faces looked at her and nodded.
''We promise Judy." They said in unison.
Bingo
Judy turned to open the door and hid the sly smile on her face.
~In the mean time, inside Judy's apartment
''Boom! Take that Bushy Tail!" shouted Aaron, cheering in Victory while Nick was siting down with controllers in his hand and his body being frozen in shock.
After they arrived from their little tour around the city to vent their heads, they found Judy's apartment empty. They decided, that while the bunny was meeting up with her parents, they will be playing on Judy's and Nick's console, that they bought together to pass the time when they were hanging out in her place. Realizing that Wolfie didn't know about Nick being legendary good in Mortal Wombat, he decided to show his skills to the wolf (Definitely not to impress him). The wolf took the challenge.
Aaron defeated Nick without any taken damage. Nick couldn't believe it. He was an all time champion when he was in his teens, he beat everyone in Middle School without losing a single round. After graduating and starting his hustler business, him and Finnick arranged some game nights with their friends where again, Nick won everything possible. But now, he found himself facing not only a worthy opponent, but someone who was better than him.
''Wha-How…How did… W-what was that?!" exclaimed the fox. He was beyond shocked. Even the pleasure of feeling Aaron's fluffy tail wagging in his lap and occasionally hitting his torso, making him want to hold it in both paws and squeeze it, he couldn't shake off his frozen wide-eyed state.
''That, my foxy, was me beating you in a game that you thought you were soooo good at. Do you really think I missed that sly and confident grin on your face when you put the CD inside? After seeing that I knew that it will be soooo satisfying to defeat you and seeing you speechless!" laughed Aaron while holding his stomach.
Oh he is good. He is very good and sexy when he hustles. But I wasn't in the business for decades because i was easy to play with. The number one rule of a Hustler: Adapt
''Very impressive Wolfie, you surprised me, didn't know I would find a WORTHY opponent." Mocked Nick. Upon saying the word „worthy" he grabbed the wolf's tail and squeezed it, immediately stopping the wolf's laugh, and sending pleasurable shivers through the wolf's spines. Nick knew he got his point through, when he smelled the arousal in the wolf's sent spike up by a degree or two. Although even he did not expect for the wolf's tail to be that fluffy. He really wanted to snuggle up in it right now but he had to save it up for later.
Save it after you manage to take control on your life, and your relationship with Wolfie, then you can continue being unreasonably cuddlish with him.
While he was scolding himself, he failed to notice the wolf's hand reaching for the fox's tail, quickly snapping it away, stroking it and giving it a light lick. Nick didn't know what happened for at least 5 seconds, he was too lost in the feeling, but after glancing at the wolf's confident smirk, he knew he was in for a game. He looked into his eyes and saw longing, slyness, confidence and….lust?
Oh Wolfie, you might be very good at this, but you still make mistakes. And you just made one. Well, drastic times need drastic measures. Oh, I'm so gonna enjoy this.
Before Aaron could speak up, the fox pounced at him, making the wolf fall on his back with a fox on his chest and his tail still in the lupine's hands. He didn't know what the fox was planning and if it was okay with him after agreeing to take things slow, but he was too lost in feeling the fox nipping and licking his neck, that he couldn't find anything to care. He let out a restrained moan that did nothing but encouraging the fox.
Nick suddenly stopped, giving the panting and very much aroused wolf time to breath. If Aaron was honest with himself, he could definitely get used to this and then more. He opened his eyes and saw Nick looking at him like he was candy. Suddenly the fox started to close the gap between their faces.
Oh god, is it really happening?
The wolf closed his eyes and waited for the kiss to come. He did not care that his tail was wagging audibly on the floor.
The kiss never came, but he felt Nick's hot breath at his ears.
''It's called a hustle, sweetheart" whispered Nick in the wolf's ears. Aaron opened his eyes half-lid, and saw a very smug Nick sitting on his chest and gazing at him with his tail wagging in victory.
He played me. Never hustle a hustler I guess *chuckle*. And if this is how he hustles, then I want to be hustled as much as I can.
Aaron was about to say something when he saw Nick's face morphing into one of horror, embarrassment and started to furiously blush.
Wow, I know I'm decent looking and what not, but what caused him this reaction?
Aaron realized that Nick was not looking at him. In fact he was looking towards the direction of the door. He quickly looked at what caused the fox to go rigid and immediately understood. In a matter of milliseconds, the wolf copied Nick's face.
There, in the door stood 3 very red bunnies looking at them with mouth agape. There was Judy, red as a tomato with wide eyes. Although she looked like she was genuinely shocked and embarrassed, Aaron could see through her and saw a hint of amusement and triumph hidden there. There was an older doe, who was just as red. She was fanning herself with her hand and avoided looking at the canines or anyone for that matter. She looked like she thought the ceiling was the most interesting thing in the world. Then there was an older buck next to the two does. He was wide-eyed mouth agape but both Aaron and Nick could see that he wasn't only embarrassed with stepping in what looked like a fox and a wolf's foreplaying, but they saw fear in it. Immense fear.
Wait, exactly how long have they been standing here? And why couldn't I or Nick smell them? We are Canids for Fenrir's sake. Wait a second *sniff* I can't still smell any rabbits, only smell Nick's scent which is a mix of strong fox musk, blueberries and *sniff* arousal? Oh god, That means I was so lost in this new scent he was producing and trying not to pin him to the floor and have my way with him, that I couldn't notice the bunnies' scents even if I wanted to.
Upon realizing that they were still in that very equivocal pose, they quickly stumbled upon their feet, stood up with their once wagging tails limp on the ground and put their hands behind their backs looking like they have been caught stealing candy (which was not that far from the truth). Suddenly Nick spoke up.
''Heheh, Good Afternoon, Mr And Mrs Hopps." Said nervously Nick.
Mr and Mrs Hopps?! Oh my goooooooooood.
When Judy opened the door, she expected everything, but to see Nick being on Aaron's chest and nipping at his neck. She thought that they just caught them foreplaying which made her quickly and silently closed the door. Or just tried, but her parent's stern look that they were giving to her and the thought of messing with the canines for making her living room smell like a sex dungeon, convinced her to reopen the door. Stu and Bonnie's faces were priceless. Judy was still shocked by her friends' behaviour, but decided that she could win so much from that the situation, so, she opted a very believable mask of pure shock and embarrassment and looked back at the canines, who were totally oblivious that they were being watched.
That will be hilarious when one of them finally realizes. Poor thing I have to stop them when they start taking their clothes off *giggle*
The next thing she knew Nick was leaning back and looking at the wolf with hungry eyes then leaning back once again.
Oh my god, I'm gonna witness their first kiss!
But what happened was as amusing as it was suprising. She heard the whisper of Nick's legendary quote and immediately understood, that whatever lead to this foreplay was not intended to be one. She was actually proud of Nick because A) Whatever the wolf did, Nick made sure to get him back, B) He even got Judy thinking that it was real. She was sure it would have became more if it wasn't Nick we were talking about, so he probably regained his hustler mind about halfway. And finally C) their parents were witnessing and hearing everything and started to blush for real.
Her parents.
Blushing.
She never thought she could see the two mammals that were constantly embarrassing her with being so open in the topic of sex, and were talking about it like it was brushing your teeth, were in a situation that was too much for even then. Judy guessed that they either never walked in on one, which was quickly dismissed, knowing that her mom would always tease her siblings if he caught them red handed. But now they did not walk on their children. They walked on Judy's friends, who were not even bunnies. Not even prey mammals.
The situation just got better when she focused back on the scene and she had to restrain herself from bursting out laughing. Here he was, her best friend and partner, finally being able to call himself a RED fox, looking like he would be anywhere, but there, and her new but nonetheless great friend, Aaron, showing Judy that Red wolves do indeed exist.
Before she could make any comments she was snatched away by 2 paws and was dragged out of her apartment.
When she looked back at her parents questionably, she saw worry and a huge amount of nervousness on her father's slightly red face, which did not make Judy think she was about to get a praise for her friends' behaviour. Her mother was different though. She looked worried, embarrassed and somewhat curious, so there was hope that maybe she could make her mother support her in whatever debate she was about to have with her father.
''Erm, Jude the Dude, i think we might need an explanation, heheh" said his father trying to not look spooked.
''What your father wants to say honey, that…. How do I say this…. we have seen a great deal in our life, but never thought we would have to walk in 2 predators….almost do the thing. We are just really confused and don't know what to say, so if you could enlighten us, please?" said Bonnie trying to sound as casual and not totally flustered as she could.
''Oh yeah, remember the life changing emotional rollercoaster with my friends that i told you about?" Stu and Bonnie nodded ''Well this was the friends i talked about, their names are Nick and Aaron." Informed Judy.
''Nick, Nick, Nick…. That name sounds familiar" wondered her dad while stroking his chin and looking up in wonder.
''Isn't him that nice fox friend of yours that you are partnered with in the force?" realized Bonnie.
Judy managed to convince her mom to stop worrying about she being so close to a fox, when they were in their usual ''30 mintues of daughter-Mother" phone call. Her dad was always missing from the calls, being on the fields almost all day and what not, so she could not convince him. But her mother seemed to finally calm down about the situation, and support the idea of her daughter being friends with a fox. She even sent a big box of blueberry to Nick as a thank you gift for looking out for Judy, which the fox gratefully accepted. Judy did not hesitate to snatch a picture of the Vulpine's dreamy smile when he was devouring her family's blueberries and managed to get a good chuckle from Bonnie.
And as expected a smile appeared on the older doe's face, but her father was not pleased. He looked almost angry.
''You mean to tell me that you are buddy-buddies with us, bunnies' two natural predators?! OH I will so talk to them and tell them to stop stalking my daughter, or I will show them what it's like to be friends with something that could kill you: my Shotgun!" yelled Stu. Judy looked at him with wide eyes. She could not believe what she was hearing. She knew her father could get overprotective, if the rumors of what happened to her sister's, Sarah's boyfriend were true. She glanced at her mother for support but she looked like she ignored his husband's outburst, and was thinking hard about something.
''HEY YOU TWO FILTHY PREDA-'' started shouting towards the apartments door Stu, but was silenced by her wife's paw. He looked at her questionably and saw the most sternest wife-stare one could muster. Stu immediately got spooked, gulped down whatever he wanted to say, knowing that this stare did not mean he would get a reward if he dared to open his mouth.
''Judy, Honey, could you scold your father instead of me aswell, while I talk to Nick and what was the wolf's name honey?" asked Bonnie looking at her daughter with that warm parental smile again. Judy had no idea what she was onto, but she was more than happy to give a piece of her mind to her father, and knew that Bonnie was the calmer and more reasonable of the two, so whatever she was planning, Judy could only win from it.
''Aaron. Aaron Wolford." Replied Judy getting ready to make up the lost time with her father, and while doing that, shoving some sense into his little brain of his. Mostly the latter one.
''Aaron it is. I will talk to them, while you talk to your father, does that sound okay to you, sweety?" asked Judy with a devilishly sweet smile.
''Sure, Mom, but whatever you are about to do, don't forget that they have been through a lot and they are still not sure about even themself." Pleaded Judy.
''Thanks honey, and don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I will be back." Smiled Bonnie and started to walk into the apartment.
Judy then glanced at her father, and took a deep breath, knowing that she would need all the breath for what she was about to do.
