Today was none other than Judy's birthday, and that meant that Nick was busily trekking from room to room trying to make sure he had things in order for when she came over. The vulpine wanted to make sure that she had a surprise, something that would put a smile on her muzzle the moment she stepped a paw through the door.
The living room area had been joyfully decorated, using some much-needed supplies that Nick scored after recently making a quick trip to a nearby store. A vast amount of playful streamers were comically spread across the unoccupied space of the room, and over to the left the dining room table had been completely changed into a station for celebrating the special day. On the side of the table where Judy always sat, a small amount of gift boxes with eye-popping colors were stacked up high next to two greeting cards.
Nick had now been occupied with adding to the dining room what would be the completion to all of the scenery. The fox was hanging up a large banner that spelled out "Happy Birthday" in bubbly letters, making it stretch the whole across Judy's area.
Fumbling slightly, a side of the banner fell to the floor, making it only read out "Birthday" instead of its complete phrase. A smirk forming on his muzzle, Nick jokingly made a heavy sigh and pretended in his tone of voice to sound confused.
"Geez," he muttered, loud enough to get the attention of someone who was currently in another room. "This banner's really gettin' the best of me!"
After making his remark, Nick cocked his head to the left. The vulpine heard a sound come from the other room, but no one was to be seen. Nick found it harder to contain his sly grin that continued to grow on his muzzle. "If only there was a certain hero that could come and help me," he said.
"Fear not!" a playful, young voice cried out from the other room, afterwards going into a small spree of innocent giggles.
The voice belonged to none other than his kit, a curious young boy with a huge imagination. The swift sound of the little one's tiny padded paws scattered across the hall, coming closer and closer as it made its way over to where he needed to be. The skittering sounds of the paws became muffled and almost completely insulated once they hit the thick rug the dining room table sat under.
Clutching onto an action figure of his all-time favorite superhero in his paw, the kit looked up at Nick. "What is it?" he inquired, imaginatively envisioning that he was a superhero himself and that he was called by his father to save the day once again.
"Well," Nick said, his voice pretending to sound like he was in absolute need of help. "I really need to put this banner up for Momma's birthday, but I just can't seem to get it to stay on tight. Could really use a strong hero to help me out. You know where I might be able to find one?"
The kit straightened his stance, his paws crunched on his hips in an imitation of a powerful superhero. The playful but serious look on his muzzle got Nick to grin uncontrollably.
"That's pretty high up there," Nick continued. "You sure you're up for that mission?"
The little one made a salute and started to smile.
Nick walked over to the young one and helped him up so he could assist him in securing the banner into its proper placement. After setting him back down, the vulpine merrily applauded him for helping him out.
The vibrating sound of the phone caught the fox's attention, making him walk over to it to read the notification that popped up on it. It was a text from, saying that she was making her way over and would be there pretty soon.
"Alright, buddy," Nick said. "Momma's gonna be comin' home pretty soon. You remember the drill, right?"
A nod from the kit's head indicated to the vulpine the he knew quite well what they needed to do next. About two minutes later, the fox heard Judy approaching the doorstep. Once the sounds of the doe putting the key into the lock of the front door greeted his ears, Nick and his son ran over to the kitchen where they would be out of sight for the time being.
The door opened with a creak, and Judy stepped into the house. Setting her stuff down on the floor beside her, the gray rabbit looked left and right.
"Nick?" she called out, starting to sense that something unusual was going out. "Nick, I'm back."
For the little boy and his father, it became harder and harder to keep the shenanigan going without bursting into laughter and spoiling the surprise.
Unsuspectingly, Judy walked passed the area that Nick had just spent the afternoon preparing for her birthday celebration. "Guys, where are you-"
Suddenly without any hesitation, Nick and his kit popped out from the corner both donning party hats. "Surprise!" they both exclaimed in unison, finishing off by both blowing into two individual paper party horns.
Judy got a look around at everything that laid out before her, placing a paw over her mouth that hung wide open in adoration of the effort put into the decorations. The doe's eyes brightly lit up, and with that she gave hugs to both and Nick and her kit.
Sure, it wasn't exactly the fanciest setup, nor was it a gigantic party for that matter. But despite how simplistic of a surprise it was that she was greeted with, just being within the presence of who she loved the most made this day the perfect birthday in every sense.
Author's Note: This story was a little bit different this time around. After a discussion with a friend about how Nick and Judy would be with a kit, this fun little idea popped into my head and I thought I should share it with you guys. This is what I envisioned it would be like if they had a kit, so hope I did a fair job here. Forgive me if it seems to be lacking in overall background and such; I wrote this on a whim just for fun.
Not sure if I'll do any other stories like this with Nick and Judy having a kit, as this one was just to practice how I could write something like that out. Maybe, maybe not. These stories are in no particular order after all; they're just any idea that features Nick and Judy that comes to mind.
As always, let me know your thoughts. Feedback, good and bad, is gladly appreciated.
'Til next time! :D