Judy let out a sigh as she knocked on the door. After a long day of solving another difficult case and finishing up other work, the doe naturally made her way over to her companion's place. Although she expected Nick's voice to immediately respond to her knock, no answer came. Is he not home? She knocked on the door one more time.
"It's open," Nick called from inside of the apartment, his voice in a very serene tone.
Judy let herself in and casually shut the door behind her. Nick was seated right in the middle of the living room floor. The vulpine had his eyes closed as he slowly breathed in and out. He seemed to be sitting there idly with his paws crossed.
"Nick?" the doe said.
Exhaling as he put on a smile, the vulpine in front of her opened up his eyes and piqued his head up. "Namaste, Carrots," he remarked.
This caused the doe to start chuckling. After all, her fox doing meditation was the last thing she expected to immediately see upon stepping inside.
"Nick, what are you doing?" Judy inquired, still gently giggling at whatever the fox was up to now.
"Thought I'd do some meditating, Fluff," Nick replied. Once again, the vulpine deeply inhaled through his nose and slowly exhaled through his mouth. "It's supposed to calm your mind and bring you into a state of complete relaxation, you know?"
"Well aren't you the guru, Slick."
"I knew a guy—a red panda, if I remember clearly—that used to teach meditation and stuff like that. He was always goin' on about 'inner peace' and the power of yoga, too. Gosh, even his presence alone just made you all calm and peaceful whenever he started talkin' to you."
"Of course you knew someone like that," she replied. "You know everybody."
The scent of a nearby candle that had been lit hit Judy's nostrils, making her smile at its pleasing aroma. "You even gotta candle lit and everything?" she said. The doe got another whiff of whatever scent the candle was a representation of; it was sweet and undoubtedly pleasant to the senses. "Is that… vanilla?"
"Yeah," Nick replied, shrugging his shoulders and stretching his legs. "I don't really have a lot of candles on hand—just this one a few others, so I just went with this." He inhaled through his nose and took in the decadent scent of the vanilla candle, reminiscent to the scents of fresh baked goods and Christmas time. "Anything's gotta smell better than that autumn stuff, though."
"Hey," Judy muttered, "I happen to think the scent of pumpkin spice is really nice."
Nick shook his head. "Not when it's overused, Carrots. I swear, last autumn it felt like it was blanketing the whole place whenever I walked through the door."
"To each his own, I guess," the doe replied, shrugging her shoulders. Changing the subject slightly, she added, "I'm a tad surprised that you don't have some kind of blueberry scented candle."
Nick nodded his head. "Making mental note of that idea for next time," he said.
The vulpine moved a little bit to the left, leaving enough free space on the spot on the floor for Judy to sit beside him. "Come on," he persuaded. "You've had a long day at work, why don't you sit down and meditate with me."
The doe didn't even think twice about it, walking over to the mat and plopping down on it a few inches away from the fox. "Sure," she said under her breath.
Judy crossed her legs and got herself into the same posture that Nick had been in. After gazing at each other for a quick moment, the two sat silently as they meditated. The unbreakable state of peacefulness and relaxation encompassing the living room and the walls that surrounded it.