The pouring rain continued to hit against the windows of Nick's apartment, showing no signs of letting up any time soon. Within a few short moments, the weather had went from almost picture-perfect to completely muggy. The gray clouds sprawled across the area, billowing in and taking away most of the color and sunshine that filled the sky a little bit ago.
The downpour let off some, but the weather outside was still in no condition for what Nick originally had planned. Watching a few of the raindrops slowly slide down the glass of the window, the fox let out a despondent sigh.
Despite the already organized itinerary of the day being practically ruined, his companion still seemed to be in good spirits. Judy simply sat on Nick's living room couch, a smile written upon her muzzle and her paws barely touching the tiles of the floor. Nick's television was playing the news, but the rabbit paid no attention towards the screen.
Instead, she happily watched the rain as it continuously fell down, as if it didn't really affect anything. Nick wasn't exactly sure why she still was optimistic despite the rain-out, considering that the two of them planned on doing some fun outdoor activities together whenever they had the chance.
The fox sighed another time. "That rain came outta nowhere, Carrots. Forecast wasn't even calling for a storm like this. Sorry."
Judy turned around. "It's okay, Nick. It's not like you can control the rain."
Nick grinned as he performed another one of his humorous shenanigans. Judy couldn't help but snicker as her fox companion broke out into a ridiculously terrible dance.
"What was that, Slick?" she said, still giggling.
"Seriously?" Nick replied. "You never heard of a rain dance, Fluff? Maybe if I do it long enough, the rain'll let up some."
"Pretty sure that rain dances bring rain, Nick." she replied informatively.
Nick looked back at her, completely proven wrong. "Oh. If that's the case, I'll just have to do it backwards."
The fox continued performing his laughable dance routine, this time doing it in reverse. Judy simply looked back at how silly he looked, chortling and shaking her head. Once a kit, always a kit, she thought.
A faint clap of thunder could be heard, sounding as if it was further out in the distance. "See, Slick?" Judy replied slyly. "The rain don't agree with your dancing."
"Well, that goes to show you that the rain don't have good tastes," Nick remarked, walking over to the living room. "I'll have you know that I am an expert dancer fox."
Judy snickered as she gestured for Nick to take his load off beside her. "Whatever you say, Dancer Fox. Come on and take a seat."
The fox did as Judy said, sitting down right beside his companion. The news playing on the television switched over to the hourly forecast, only to restate what was completely obvious. Judy's iPaw vibrated, a notification from one of her weather apps indicating that lightning was near their location (less than 0.2 miles, to be exact). Nick saw the alert on her phone as well, nodding as he saw how much closer the abrupt weather had gotten.
"Did I ever mention how much I hate the rain, Carrots?" he asked sarcastically.
"Yeah, you made that pretty clear, Slick," Judy replied.
The streak coming from a bolt of white lightning broke through the view of the window, followed the sound of a loud and sudden boom that reverberated around them. Judy jumped and let out a frightened gasp at the unanticipated close clap of thunder.
The bunny's ears drooped down from the loud noise, and with that Nick tried to provide some comfort to his partner. As Judy moved closer to him, the fox wrapped his arms around her. It was a provision of all the comfort she needed.
Judy laughed with contentment and leaned beside Nick. Her gaze went back out to the pitter-pattering rain drops hitting the windows a few seconds later. Sure, Nick was upset at how the sudden change of weather came through and disrupted his plans. But Judy, on the other paw, liked to look at things with a different perspective. Whether it was rain or shine, it didn't matter how she spent the afternoon as long as Nick was beside her.