So I'm gonna clear something out, so no one will get confused. In the First part, the lines in italics are still in Sign language. In the second part, the italic lines are the same I used everytime there was a phone call. I hope I don't have to say that the lines, that are not part of the dialogue, are still what the characters are thinking, and the italic lines, that are in bold aswell, are part of a message conversation.

Anyways, Merry Christmas to everyone!

If you like the story leave a review and tell me what I should or shouldn't do. Requests are welcome too, I will see what I can do about them.


Rufus and Hughes were silently driving in the baker wolf's car to Aaron's apartment. If you think about it, silence isn't a bad thing, since Hughes is mute so he can't speak, and deaf aswell, so whatever Rufus wanted to say would have found deaf ears, literally. Rufus was driving, so he couldn't signal anything, so the only 'talks' were Hughes signing a short question, for which Rufus either nodded or shook his head in disagreement. One of the times where silence was a normal thing.

They decided, that since they were almost a hundred percent sure that their mother would change her mind, and welcome Aaron back to the family, which meant that they could contact their brother again, they would pay him a surprise visit. They knew that technically they were breaking traditions, since Monica did not outright say that he would welcome Aaron back, thus he is, as wolves would call, a 'loner', but none of the Wolford children were a strict tradition follower, so the mere thought that their mother was thinking about it was enough for them to see their older brother again. And maybe meet his mate, the famous Nick Wilde and get a juicy autograph or something.

Rufus stopped his car at the parking lot of the apartment complex Aaron lived in and got out of the vehicle. They knew the street as the back of their paw. Since Aaron was their favourite sibling, they were regular visitors there. They were so common in this area, they even knew some of his neighbours.

''Do you think he's home?" asked Hughes while they walked upwards the stairs. Rufus thought about that.

''I don't know, but he should be. His shift ended an hour ago, so if he is not there, maybe at Nick's?" asked Rufus.

''In that case, we would need his address, which we don't have… do we?" asked Hughes, but when he saw his brother smiling slyly, he became uncertain.

''I don't, but I can ask their partner, Judy." Said Rufus while shaking his phone before his bewildered brother. Hughes seemed confused first upon hearing the name, but his face lighted up in excitement upon realizing who this Judy was.

''Judy?! THE Judy Hopps? You have her number? NO way!" said Hughes excitedly, even his signals looked more energized.

''What can I say, you can make friends easily, if the mammals regularly come to your bakery." Said Rufus while smirking. They finally got into the floor Aaron lived.

''And she gave you her number?" asked Hughes completely astonished.

''Well, after I told her that I would need it, so once they propose to each other, we could plan the wedding together, she became more insistent than I was." Bragged Rufus.

Hughes wanted to reply, but he noticed something strange.

''Brother… Why is Aaron's door wide open?" asked Hughes while losing his excitement and replaced it with worry. Rufus snapped his attention towards the door, and it really was open.

''Do you think someone broke in?" asked Rufus while they slowly and quietly closed the distance between the door and them.

''Well, if so, let's stop them." and with that they sneaked inside.

The apartment was dead quiet, but some light's were up.

''If there IS someone, they are pretty stupid. I mean, what robber switches on the lights?" said Hughes, looking inside the kitchen that had its lights on.

''Hey brother, can you smell that?" asked Rufus while rapidly sniffing the air. Hughes mirrored his brother.

''Let's see… There is a hint of Aaron, and his something I'm not gonna say." signaled Hughes, while blushing a bit. Aaron's arousal was still in the air somehow.

''Yeah, yeah, but that doesn't matter. Keep on sniffing." Urged Rufus. He was not fazed by it, since it meant that his brother and his idol were really mates and kept on being that.

Hughes rolled his eyes and resumed smelling the air.

''There is a bit of… Fox musk?" Said Hughes while tilting his head in confusion.

''Nick was here it seems, but that's not what I'm talking about. The third smell, still fresh." Said Rufus looking inside the bathroom. Hughes became thrilled upon hearing his other favourite celebrity, and the mere fact that he was walking on the same ground where the famous Nick Wilde was walking not long ago was really exciting.

He remembered that his brother told him to take a third snuffle, so he did so and his eyes widened.

''It can't be… He is in prison!" said Hughes. He would have shouted, if he wasn't mute.

''I know, but a fact is a fact. Hey, have you looked in the living room?" pointed out Rufus. Hughes shook his head, and they opened the door to the room in question slowly with a loud creak.

When they saw the mammals in the room, they froze. There was a pretty shocked Aaron sitting in one of his Sofas, who had a bit less shocked Nick in his lap, who probably did not realize how serious the situation was about to turn, and waved at them. And then there was their long-lost, though-to-be-rotting-in-prison father, sitting on the other side of the table, mirroring Aaron's face.

''WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" shouted Rufus, anger slowly overtaking his face.

''Son, Rufus, please I can exp-'' tried to say Harry in a pleading tone, but he stopped when he saw his son glaring daggers at him.

''EXPLAIN? YOU BETTER HAVE DAMN GOOD ONE!" basically screamed the younger Lupine.

''Please, son don't need to shout-"

''DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO! YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT!" shouted Rufus, while pointing at Harry accusingly.

In the meantime Hughes was taking it much more better than his brother, unsurprisingly. It was either because Rufus was the most emotional out of the 6 children, or because Hughes was the calmest and most positive of them. Some even said that Hughes could not feel any negative emotion, which was yet to be contradicted. Hughes was really happy seeing his father, the last him and Rufus saw him was when the deaf wolf was basically newborn. Although it would be better if his brother stopped screaming his head off.

In embarrassment, he tried to search for anything that could distract him from the ticking bomb that Rufus was. His eyes landed on his oldest brother and Nick, still in each other's lap, who were just as embarrassed as he was. They noticed him watching them, and waved at him. Hughes waved back shyly; he could not believe that he was in the same room as Nick Wilde, and said fox was waving at him, of all mammals. He saw him trying to whisper something while Rufus and Harry were arguing, but of course he could not hear anything of it, and not because of the „background noise". He saw Aaron whispering something in the fox's ear, making his face light up in realization.

Next thing he knew, that the fox took out his phone, and started typing. To the younger lupine's surprise, his own phone buzzed when Nick stopped typing, signaling that he got a message. He took it out and his eyes widened in surprise; it was a text from an unknown number, but he had a feeling he knew this number all too well.

Unknown Number: You must be Hughes, right?

Hughes became really confused, but texted back.

Hughes: Yes, I am. How do you know my number?

Unknown Number:I'm a fox of many talents, plus I'm basically sitting in your brothers lap who may or may not have told me.

Hughes looked up, and saw his brother smile at him smugly. He just chuckled and shook his head in amusement. He quickly renamed the number to Nick and typed back.

Hughes:That does sound like him. Anyway, could you tell me what they are saying?

He saw a bubble pop up, signaling that Nick was typing, but suddenly it stopped. He looked up and saw Aaron whispering something into Nick's ear, while trying to restrain a chuckle. Then when he stopped, Nick groaned and started facepalming himself.

Hughes just smiled. He probably forgot again, that he was deaf, so he started to question why does he have no clue. After 24 years, he got used to not hearing or saying anything, and even became amused when some mammals tried to communicate with him verbally, and not receiving any answer.

Suddenly he got another message.

Nick: As amusing as you saying that something sounds like something, Flower here is pretty outraged that his father left him when he was 1, and haven't contacted them since. Harry in the mean time tries to calm him down, but he seems to be restraining himself from shouting aswell.

Hughes looked up at his fuming brother and his nervous father and could imagine that Nick was right.

Nick: Flower knows some pretty good profanity words. Does he swear a lot?

Hughes: Well, he isn't, but since he is pretty sensible, and all this must be pretty hard on him, I think he has all the right to use them.

Nick: Well, calling someone a 'goddamned coward tailhole who should be burning in hell' is a bit amusing, but at the same time, too much.

Hughes: Rufus always had a way with words.

They chuckled, pocketed their phones and waited for the arguing timber wolves to calm down.


~20 minutes later

But they didn't.

And Nick was pretty annoyed by the fact that they didn't.

It's time to intervene, before I rip my fur out.

''How could you do that? How? And why?" asked Rufus loudly. His voice started to fade from all the shouting.

''Son, I-''started Harry, but was interrupted by Nick.

''Could both of you be nice enough and finally shut up?!" shouted Nick, making everyone in the room look at him in a surprised manner. Nick took a big sigh.

''Flower, your father left you guys, because he could not take the guilt of you seeing him as a murderer, and he even thought that you guys feared him or would fear him, which was a pretty stupid and wrong assumption. He did not mean any harm by it, he just felt like it would be better for everyone. Since then, he wanted to come back to you more and more as the years passed, and after hearing that Wolfie got kicked out of the family, he packed his stuff and did what he should have done at the beginning; came back. Now, could you focus on the fact that you can see your father again, instead of ripping his face of? Do you want to have him back, or make him run away?" said Nick pretty sternly and scoldingly. Aaron was actually pretty impressed by how he managed to shut both of them up in four sentences, and did not hesitate to reward him, by planting a big smooch on his head.

Rufus was pretty taken aback, but he could not argue with Nick. He always wanted his father back in his life, and now that he was actually here in front of him, the first thing he did was to shout at him. He realized that his sensitiveness got the better of him, and now all the anger was replaced by shame.

''You are right… Sorry dad for shouting at you, and I'm really happy to see you again." Sighed Rufus, looking down at the ground in shame. He felt a paw on his shoulder and looked up. It was Harry smiling down at him.

''It's okay son. You have all the right to be angry with me, I don't fault you. Could you give another chance to this stupid old wolf?" asked Harry in a fatherly tone. Rufus finally smiled.

''Yes dad, I would." After that, they hugged. The other three canines in the room sighed in relief. They were really happy that the screamfest was finally over.

After that, Harry hugged Hughes aswell, while Rufus sat down next to Nick and Aaron.

''It's good to finally have my pups back. How are the girls?" asked Harry when him and Hughes separated.

''They could not be better. A bit too excited, but they are great fun." Said Rufus, making his father snort. In the mean time, Aaron was signaling Hughes what the conversation was about.

''I heard those three grew up to be pretty insufferable if celebrities and boys were the topic." Commented Harry, while sitting back to his original place. Hughes sat down next to him.

''Yeah, there was this police officer, I think it was one of the Snarlofs, they were pretty crazy about him." Said Rufus, making Nick and Aaron snap their attention towards him.

''Snarlof? As of Richard Snarlof?" asked Aaron, while trying to continuously translate to his brother.

''Yeah, him, a fat cheetah by the name Benjamin and a pretty scary buffalo came over just today, to talk to mom about you." Told Rufus, making Aaron and Nick bewildered.

''The chief came over to talk about me?" asked Aaron. At this point he could not carry on signaling to Hughes, which Rufus caught wind off, and took up the task.

''Yeah, and surprisingly, they managed to get through her. She said she needed a day or two, but I think she is convinced. You will be back in the family soon Aaron!" exclaimed Rufus with a happy smile. Aaron's tail started to wag in joy. But soon the smile faded when he realized that he has to choose between becoming Aaron Wolford again or staying as Aaron Wilde, and he did not want to lose being a Wilde, it just felt so good calling himself something this deeply connected to his beloved fox.

He looked at Nick worriedly, who seemed to get what was the wolf's problem, and rolled his eyes.

''Come on Wolfie, the fact that you will be a Wolford again doesn't mean you have to leave the Wilde name, especially since you are my husband. You can be like Aaron Wilde Wolford or something." Reassured Nick. Aaron was relieved but before he could agree, Rufus cut in.

''You are married?!" said the thrilled and shocked looking Lupine. Now he was the one who could not continue signing to Hughes, so Aaron continued. Nick noticed how flawlessly they could change who translates and when.

''It's the Howler's Cliff one, Wolfie decided that we should marry on our first date." Replied Nick making his wolf raise and eyebrow.

''I didn't hear you complaining." Said Aaron, looking a bit hurt.

''I didn't, and still not. Although I got to give it to you, you surprised me, didn't think you would drop a bomb like this on me on a first date. But don't worry, It was the best night of my life. Calling you my husband quickly became one of my most important things." Admitted Nick, while he smiled genuinely towards his husband.

Aaron could not answer, he was just too happy. He knew that Nick wasn't one to often praise or admit stuff, much less doing it honestly, but seeing how calm he was while doing so towards Aaron, made him speechless and happy.

So he did what he always did when this beautiful fox managed to render him dumbstruck with his sweet words; kiss him. His happiness was amplified when he felt his fox not even hesitating or becoming tense upon his advancements, and kiss back. He could care less that half of his family was watching. After kissing in front of the chief, they were not afraid from showing anyone that they are brave enough to do things like this.

THUD

They opened their eyes upon the sound and saw that Rufus fainted. They still did not part 'till that, but upon seeing the emotional wolf fainting for the third time since Nick met him, resulted in them bursting out laughing.

Hughes and Harry in the mean time were dreamy eyed. How could anyone look at these two negatively? They were just so good together, even Hughes, who usually was not into romantic stuff, had to say, that they are a pleasant sight to look at when they interact romantically with the other. Harry just felt his chest burst out of proudness, upon seeing how his oldest pup managed to find someone who was perfectly suited for him.

Although after seeing Rufus faint they moved their minds to him, but Aaron quickly rushed out and came back with glass of water. What he saw almost made him lose it again.

''Bushy tail, why are you booping my brother's nose?" asked Aaron while crossing his arms before his bandaged chest.

''Hey, it worked on Carrots, didn't it?" asked Nick, booping Rufus' nose one last time for good measures.

''Yeah, but that was a bunny kind of faint. Last time I checked Flower is not a bunny." Said Aaron while splashing his brother on the face with the water, making the younger wolf burst his eyes open.

''Wha- What happened?" asked Rufus looking around the room. Aaron raised and eyebrow at him. His brother always remembered why he fainted.

''You fainted when you saw Nick and Aaron kiss." Joined in Harry. After seeing how calm his son and Nick were when Rufus fainted, his worry faded.

''You kissed?! Oh god, and I don't remember it!" said Rufus in a panicked tone.

Their attention was changed, when they heard knocking on the table. They looked at the source, and saw a smug Hughes holding his phone in his paws, showing them its screen, that had a perfect picture of Aaron and Nick kissing. Hughes knew why Rufus looked panicked, only an idiot couldn't guess it. Being deaf gives you lot of time to train your skill of prediction and quick thinking, so you could guess who said what by the signs they give.

And Aaron knew all to well this skill of his, and since the deaf wolf started it, he will get back.

''Look Bushy tail, another picture of us kissing!" fake exclaimed Aaron horror all over his face, making Hughes confused. Nick did not know what his wolf was doing but nonetheless joined.

''Oh my god, you are right! Wonder if that will go viral." Said Nick, while feigning shock. Hughes only could see how their faces looked so scared and hurt, and could not hear the obvious sarcasm, that otherwise was thicker than sheep's wool, who didn't take a bath for months. He looked at his father and his brother for guidance, and found his answers. Harry and Rufus were holding their stomachs in laughter.

Needless to say that this was a way to annoy Hughes, but he had to give it to them, they fooled him greatly. With his positive mindset, he immediately filed it as a proof how well his brother and Nick worked together. The thought made him have a goofy smile again.


After it, they just made idle chat. Harry asked about their life and things that happened in Zootopia. Aaron told them about the hedgehog that rushed into the ZPD, and what happened after, he told them about the night of their date, and about Jessica aswell, making Rufus and Harry pretty pissed off, while Hughes just seemed worried. Anger was one of the emotions he has never tasted.

Soon Aaron's visitors had to leave. Rufus and Hughes were fearing that maybe their sisters finally noticed their absence, plus they had their own life to take care of. Harry on the other hand had to find a place to sleep, and he would not accept Aaron's offer of staying in the guest room, saying that he would not want to bother them and their 'activities'. Hearing it from Christine was bad enough, but after Harry teased them about that, they visibly changed colour to crimson.

It was night-time, and the apartment was quiet. They have already ate dinner made by Aaron. It was roasted salmon with salad which, as Nick phrased it, was 'a culinary extraordinaire' while he devoured the whole plate. Least to say that after a something like this, Aaron could not restrain himself, and upon seeing that his husband finished his meal, he rushed him down in a loving kiss and thanked him for his mere existence.

Nick was currently laying on their shared bed, chatting with some friends of his, who can help move some of his stuff to Wolfie's apartment. He knew how much the whole moving with him meant for his husband, and he wasn't about to miss those happy smiles that made his own stomach flutter. He liked the whole idea aswell, but decades of restraining your emotions made it pretty hard to be enthusiastic.

''Bushy tail you there?" suddenly he heard Wolfie's voice say. He looked up from his phone and saw Aaron standing there in noting but a towel around his waist and a damp fur, meaning that he had just taken a shower. Needless to say, Nick had to restrain himself not to have inappropriate thoughts of what would happen if he stood up and took that towel away.

''Yes, sorry, I was just chatting with some friends about moving some stuff there tomorrow." Said Nick, but it was more to himself than Wolfie. It was no joke that his arousal started to grow immensely, since even himself could smell it.

Upon hearing that, Wolfie visibly became happy. For animals with tails, happiness was one of the easier emotions to show, since their tails always went crazy; Aaron's basically ventilated, which meant that Nick could focus on something other than his almost naked husband.

''Someone is a little happy of the idea." Teased Nick with a smirk, while Aaron walked over and sat down on the bed.

''Well, it just means that I can see your beautiful face every part of the day." Complimented Aaron, but it was more of like a tease. Nick knew the wolf's game, but his body seemed to miss it, and started heating up.

''Hey, using your natural talents to fluster is not allowed, mister!" exclaimed Nick while he sat up next to his husband, who was continuously towelling his fur.

''What do you and Judy say in these situations? It's called a hustle, sweetheart?" mocked Aaron, making Nick roll his eyes and start laughing.

This wolf will be the death of me.

Although he stopped laughing when he noticed that Wolfie was not in the same mood as him. More so, he looked sad and worried, making the fox immediately shut his mouth and look at him questioningly.

''Wolfie, you alright?" asked Nick while putting a paw on his husband's shoulder. Aaron looked back at him with sad eyes.

''Yes, I was just thinking, whether the way we rush things is healthy, you know what I'm saying? I mean, I know that I don't have a problem with it, and you don't seem either, but I don't know if our relationship would stand on its toes if we rush into everything." Said Aaron looking down on the ground sorrowfully.

Nick could have been hurt, he could have shouted at him for doubting them, he could have scolded him for his stupidity, and he knew that. But he was Nick Wilde, a reformed ex-hustler, and he knew how uncertainties worked, so he understood why his poor was wolf saying stuff like these. But as I said, he was a hustler at one point, and uncertain mammals were his favourite victims, since it was the easiest to fool them. And Nick knew just the way to make his wolf see reason again.

So, he took the wolf's head in his paws and guided it to his chest, so Aaron's ear was exactly where Nick's heart was.

''Wolfie listen, what do you hear?" asked Nick seriously.

''Your heartbeat?" asked Aaron, not getting where his fox was getting at.

''Yes it is. How would you describe my heartbeat?"

''Well, it's calm… and soothing?" said Aaron now cluelessly.

''Exactly, now, say something nice to me" commanded Nick.

''Erm… Your eyes are really beautiful." Complimented honestly Aaron. Nick did not answer after that, but Aaron noticed how his heart started to beat faster after his compliment.

''Hear that? You told me a single compliment, and that was enough for me to get warm inside and my heart to beat furiously. Listen Wolfie, this is the biggest evidence, that you are not the only one in this relationship that is madly in love with the other. Now I'm not a professor of any kind, but the last I heard, that in order to have a healthy relationship between two mammals, they need to love the other without hesitation. I couldn't care less how fast we go, heck, I would propose you right here and there if I could, but I don't have a ring of any kind, so we will postpone that." after that, he raised the wolf's head to meet his eye level and looked deeply into his eyes.

''Don't worry Wolfie. Take our rushing not as something that could end everything sooner or later, but as something, that stands as a proof that we both were made for the other. I love you with all my heart, Aaron Wilde Wolford, never forget that." said Nick with a warm smile, making the wolf get misty eyed and speechless for the second time of the day.

Goddamnit, this amazing fox…

He immediately toppled Nick to the bed, so Nick was laying down while Aaron held himself up with his arms above him and looked into his eyes. He really did not care that his towel somehow got discarded in the mean time, neither did Nick, who spread his legs so his wolf can have space for whatever he was about to do. Nick looked into Wolfie's eyes questioningly, and was surprised (or not surprised) to see two things there: Love and Lust

''Having a silver tongue is a nice thing to have, and I really enjoy listening to it, it's a shame I have to shut it down. Let's resume what my father managed to interrupt, you beautiful specimen of a fox." Growled Aaron, and with that they kissed hungrily.

They were both certain of how their state of body will change when they wake up tomorrow.

Firstly, they both will definitely be sore from down the waist.

Secondly, they will once again reek of the other's mark.

But did they care about it? No, not in the slightest.


Judy in the mean time was frantic. Well, she really was, but she had to play the cool and easy-going bunny to the painted dog that decided to have a sleepover with her.

When she heard the request of the canine, her heart almost jumped out of its place from excitement, she had to use all the restraint she had to not jump into the painted dog's arms and scream 'yes!'. She really hoped that he could not notice her excitement, but she knew that she was not being subtle.

Thanks for her and Nick's sleepover traditions, she could finally surprise Charlie by making him her speciality; Fried crickets with potato purée.

And she was not disappointed the slightest.

''Judy... this is absolutely amazing! How do you…" started saying Charlie after he took the first bite, but was waved off by Judy.

''When you have a predator coming over regularly, you tend to learn how to cook some predatory foods. Not gonna lie, at first I was hesitant to cook something that were alive once, but Nick managed to persuade me, and turned out, I have a skill to cook crickets." Admitted Judy with a self-satisfied smile. Charlie only half-listened, since he was swimming in the taste of the 5 star meal.

While he was enjoying her food, she had time to look over his attire. He wore something casual for a change, it was actually the first time she saw him other than his leather jacket and jeans. He had black sweatpants and a brown T-shirt with 'Yes, I'm rare' written on it, which Judy guessed was reference to his species' rarity, and it speaks to everyone who wonders what he is and how many of him are there in this city. She really liked this easy style of him, and as much as she loathed that particular piece of clothing, she had to admit that those sweatpants looked good on him.

Is there anything that doesn't look good on him though?

When she saw Charlie finish his meal she excused herself to the bathroom to have a bath. Now the painted dog was basically alone in her apartment, and once again, his curious side got the better of him, and started looking over the apartment for anything interesting.

The first thing he noticed was how arranged and clean everything was. He tried to search for places with even a single layer of dust, but found none. The place looked like it was made for some kind of advertisement, everything looked so perfectly in place and spotless.

The next thing were the pictures and the plushes. He saw several pictures on the table and he noticed that they ranged between two kinds of picture; there were pictures of her and her family, which kind of surprised Charlie, since the family photo only contained only maybe two dozens of bunnies on it.

I thought she had more, didn't she?

He will make sure to ask her about that later.

The rest of the pictures were basically of her and Nick in different situations. One especially caught his eye, when he saw Judy and Nick saluting towards the other with a proud look on their faces. They were in some kind of ceremony, which Charlie could easily recognize as the ZTA graduating ceremony and this must have been Nick's graduation around a year ago.

They look so proud… Little did they know how good they are going to be as a team.

Then there were the plushes on her bed. At least two dozens of bunny shaped plushes were occupying the furniture. Charlie looked at one and saw that it had the name 'Thompsen' on it. He remembered this name from the stories Judy told him about his clumsy brother. He looked at some other plushed and saw that they all had names on them.

Are these resemblances of her family members?...Does she miss home?

He quickly filed it in the 'Ask about later' file, since he noticed something black peeking from under her blanket. He raised the blanket and found something that made him warm inside; the painted dog plush he gave him just this morning.

She… She stored it with the plushes of her family…

He found himself getting totally wrapped up in the feeling of gratefulness and happiness. This meant more to him than anything he has ever received, and the fact that Judy thought of him just as important as her family was, managed to render the usually cool and calm Charlie at a loss of words.

Maybe I'm just overthinking it and it is just a mere coincidence, but… a little bit of naivety can't hurt, right?

His train of thoughts were interrupted, when he heard his ringtone coming from the kitchen. He rushed to it and accepted the call without looking at the ID. He thought it was someone from work, since none of his friends or family members would call him, since he strictly told every one of them that today he will be off.

''Good morning, who is this?" asked Charlie, but received no answer. He looked at the screen checking whether the caller hung up or something and his eyes widened; he accepted a muzzletime request, and on the screen was a pretty shocked looking older doe and older buck.

''We would be Judy's parents and who are you?" asked the older doe. Charlie could not answer, only watch them dumbstruck. That's when he realized that it wasn't his phone he was holding, it was actually Judy's.

Since when do we have the same ringtone?! Oh god, I'm still talking to her parents, I should hung up quickly.

But as always, his most annoying trait, that got him into more trouble than he would like to admit, his giant curiosity did not let him end the call.

''Erm… Hi, I'm Charlie, the boss of your daughter." Said the painted dog nervously. He saw the older doe's eyes morph into one in deep thought, but the buck looked really clueless.

''Mind my rudeness, but what are you? I have never seen anything like you." Asked the buck, who was probably Judy's father, while tilting his head. Charlie heard this question more times than the amount of fur he has.

''I would be a painted dog. You probably never heard of the species, we are not exactly common." Said Charlie with a friendly smile, trying to hide his fangs, thinking that they might get uncomfortable upon the sight of them.

The buck was about to reply, but Charlie saw recognition and realization flash through Judy's mother's face.

''Wait, you are that nice painted dog Judy has talked to me about! Wow, you are really beautiful my dear." Complimented Judy's mother. Charlie was taken aback by it, but he filed it as a good point at her parents.

''Thank you Miss Hopps. Sorry for accepting the call, it seems your daughter forgot to notify me that she had the same ringtone as me.'' Commented Charlie, making her parents chuckle.

Okay, keep on going, they seem to like you.

''That is definitely unfortunate. Where is our Jude-the-Dude by the way?"asked the buck. Charlie almost snorted upon hearing the petname,

Jeez, she seemed to always have jokesters in her life.

''She is having a bath, do you want me to tell her that you called when she finishes?" said Charlie, looking much more comfortable with the situation.

If I want to get some chances with Judy, maybe persuading her parents first would be a good idea.

''Of course, but what are you doing in her place?" asked the buck while eyeing Charlie suspiciously.

And there goes the comfortability.

''Me? Oh, I'm just here on a sleepover. Don't worry though, not planning anything other than having some friendly time." Defended Charlie, although in reality, he planned more than just chatting with Judy.

''You better be!" scolded Mr. Hopps, but when he stole a glance at his wife, he immediately shut up and gulped. Charlie saw the killing glares the poor buck was being sent to.

''Stu, stop being so hard on poor Charlie dear, if he says he doesn't have any ulterior motive, then he doesn't need a lecture." Said Mrs. Hopps sternly. Charlie felt a bit bad knowing that it won't be true, but then he saw the older doe wink at him, and making a thumbs up kind of gesture towards him.

Wait, what?

''You are right hon. I'm sorry son, it's just being a father and what not, I hope you understand." Sighed the older buck, making Charlie relieved but still a bit taken aback by what Mrs. Hopps was onto.

''It's alright sir, you are just protecting your daughter. Understandable." Agreed Charlie, although he was not totally honest. He knew that there really was some stronger psychological bond between father and daughter, but why, he never understood.

But his slight dishonesty was rewarded by a grateful smile from the buck and an appreciative nod from Bonnie.

''Anyways, it was really nice to meet you Charlie, take care of my daughter, and if you want, you can come visit to Bunnyburrow when Judy and the boys come down." Offered Mrs. Hopps, making her husband look at him incredulously.

Charlie on the other hand actually felt good upon hearing the request.

Mrs. Hopps seems to be so much more open. Yet another thing goes into the 'Ask Later' file.

''I mean, sure, that actually sounds fun. Will see what I can do, but as of now, I'm the chief since the actual one went on a vacation, and until he comes back, I am tied here. After it though, I can make sure to have some free days, and as the boss of your daughter and her partners, one little word from me, and they are out aswell." Reassured Charlie with a wink.

''You could do that?! Oh, that would be wonderful! Thank you son!" exclaimed Mr. Hopps, forgetting about the fact that he will have to house now not two, but three predators at his home. Seeing her daughter overshadowed everything.

''You are welcome. Now, I should hang up, since I heard the water from the bathroom stop. Call back 5 minutes later, and your daughter will accept it." Said the painted dog while waving at them.

''Okay, thank you. Good bye." And with that they hung up.

Charlie heard the bathroom door open and with a sly smile, started walking towards it with Judy's phone in his paws. He met her halfway in the main corridor that connected almost all the rooms to the front door. Judy looked at him questioningly, since she did not know what to think of that very Nickish smile on his face.

Then the next thing she knew, is that her phone was given to her paws, and Charlie was leaning to his ear.

''You should have told me that we have the same ringtone. By the way your parents are nice, although your mother seems to be more open." And with a chuckle, he stepped into the bathroom and closed the door behind him.

Judy could just watch him mouth agape.