As he reclined and got even more relaxed on his side of the couch, Nick felt his eyes slowly starting to close. The movie playing blurred out of his vision, and the voices coming from the characters being depicted on the television started to slightly fade away. Right when he was about to feel like drifting off into a small nap, the vulpine felt a sudden, hard nudge to his shoulder.

The fox whimpered and rubbed a paw over the area that had just been nudged, and Judy, who was seated only a few inches away from him, looked over at him and shook her head.

"Seriously, Nick?" she said. "I swear, that's gotta be the third time you almost dozed off during this movie. And it's not even that long, either."

"Sorry, Carrots," he replied, starting to let out a loud yawn. "The movie's kind of a snooze-fest, if ya ask me. I don't even get what's happenin' right now."

"That's 'cause you were supposed to pay attention. Besides, you were the one that decided that we should rent this one. I told you it wasn't gonna be that good, but you suggested otherwise."

"Yeah, I know, Fluff. But I seriously thought this one was gonna be exciting. Guess that's the cost of a rental that I'm never gonna get back."

The doe shook her head again, a paw on the TV remote as she turned the volume down a little bit. "I knew we should've just went to go see Captain Mammal instead."

They watched the rest of the movie for its remaining fifteen minutes of run time. What had been playing on the television was a very elaborate sci-fi, one that seem to have too many details to it to keep Nick's undivided attention.

When the film ended, leaving it open with an unanticipated cliffhanger (one in which Nick seemed to be less than shocked about), Judy shut the show off before the credits started to roll out onto the screen. Nick yawned again as he stretched, leaning his head back and getting even cozier than he already was.

"I'mma clean this up here," Judy said, hopping from her seat and cleaning up some of the stuff lying around, as well as the two empty snack bowls that they previously ate from as they watched the show.

"Oh, and I left my iPaw in the other room," Nick remarked. "Ya mind grabbing that for me?"

"Not a problem," the doe replied.

As Judy walked away, the fox couldn't help but grin in the most conniving fashion. Just as he originally planned, his leporine companion was about to run into the small but plausible practical joke that he had already prepared for. Judy didn't suspect anything at all, so it was quite likely that she was about to run into. What he had in store for her was nothing major, nor was it what he saw on those TV shows where the kits play pranks on ordinary, unsuspecting mammals. It was, however, something he felt certain in his mind would a small reaction out of Judy.

The fox simply sat there as the doe walked over to the kitchen, disposed of some of the trash they had accumulated, and walked back over a few paces to the dining room table in the next corner. Judy went over to grab her partner's iPaw, and with that the vulpine anticipated the response to his practical joke. Wait for it… his mind said. If there was was an angel and devil version of himself resting on both of his shoulders, it was without a doubt that the devil on this right was winning.

A sudden shout arose from the dining room area, and Judy seemed to jolt back a few paces with Nick's phone in her paw. She had went a state of being startled, but immediately sighed after she calmed her mind down a few seconds later. The doe walked back over to the table, and then went over to Nick with a serious look on her muzzle. This wasn't the only time this week that the fox had decided to pull another of his innocent shenanigans, and it was starting to get a tad annoying to Judy.

The rabbit tapped a paw on the floor, her arms crossed as she looked at her prankster partner with no sign of amusement. Nick shook his head, no longer able to control enthusiasm as he went into an unbreakable state of laughter.

Judy set the fox's phone down on the coffee table beside her, and then revealed what was in her other paw. What she held in her grasp was none other than what Nick used to prank her. It was a plastic black spider toy that was little bit larger than her paw. The prop looked like it was cheaply put together, but somehow it managed to give her a small fright. But who wouldn't have jumped a little bit upon seeing that thing on their table? a part of her mind suggested.

"You mind explaining this, Nick?" the doe muttered with seriousness, dangling the spider toy in front of the vulpine as she interrogated him.

Nick didn't seem to respond at first, and ended up snickering again.

"It's not funny!" Judy snapped.

"Okay," the vulpine sitting in front of her said, his laughter coming to a halt. "I'm sorry, Carrots, but the way you jumped was pretty priceless, if I do say so myself."

Yeah, Nick, Judy's mind murmured. But don't act like you wouldn't have done the same thing if that were you seeing that spider. If anything, you would've been more dramatic than I was.

"I mean, you managed to get with one of the oldest tricks in the book out of all things," the doe replied.

The vulpine grinned. "You know why the old tricks in the book still exist? It's 'cause they work, Fluff."

The doe grunted heavily at the fox's mocking rhetoric.

"Hey, I was just kiddin' around with ya," Nick said. "No ill intentions. Was just a little early April Fools' joke I decided to do."

"Well try pranking someone else," Judy suggested.

The doe swiftly walked to another spot int the room, heading over a small unoccupied chair to the left and went to sit down upon it unsuspectingly.

Nick's eyes widened, realizing that he had another booby trap planned out in that spot that he had completely forgot about. This bunny's gonna kill me, he thought.

The vulpine held a paw out, trying to get Judy's attention. "Carrots, don't sit there, I-"

Pffft!

A sound erupted from the seat of the chair, giving the doe who was sitting upon it a sense of surprise. Nick shook his head as Judy pulled a well-placed whoopie cushion from underneath the seat.

"Yeah, about that…" Nick said. "That was placed there 'cause I thought it'd be funny, too. Guess I completely forgot about that after I set up the whole spider thing."

The rabbit's ears drooped and she placed a paw over her face. "Only you would have a whoopie cushion laying around in the house," she remarked, feeling annoyed.

"Look, I'm sorry about the pranks, Fluff. You just gotta know, I was laughing with you and not at you."

"I understand, Slick," Judy replied, going deadpan.

As much as she didn't want to tap into the childish antics of pulling practical jokes, the doe started thinking up a few ideas on what kind of prank she could try to pull on Nick. It was basic knowledge that he was still pretty sly when it came to those thins, so she had to make sure she had an idea that he wouldn't see coming. It was always her that was the receiver of the practical joke, after all, and she wanted to, alternatively, see Nick's response when she eventually managed to trick him.

She first proposed trying to fool him with one of scary videos she knew about on EweTube, but she dismissed that plan at the thought that he would probably see right through the trick before she could even manage to scare him. A few other simplistic ideas started popping into her head, but all of them didn't seem to make the cut. It was shortly after a few rejected plans did she come up with something that would hopefully work on the fox.

Just you wait, Wilde, she thought. Not today. Not tomorrow. But one of these days I'm gonna get you with something.

One Week Later...

"Oh my gosh!" Judy exclaimed, her voice coming from behind another doorway.

Nick ended up smirking once again; another prank had been successfully pulled.

Bang! Crash!

The abrupt sounds of stuff falling down came from where Judy was located, making the vulpine's eyes widen with shock. Wait, he thought. That wasn't supposed to happen at all.

Nick immediately jumped up from the couch and ran over to the other room. "Carrots!" he exclaimed. "Carrots, are you okay?"

The fox was completely unaware of what the rabbit had done. Judy knew that Nick was going to pull a prank on her based on her observations, so she intentionally made it seem like she fell for it. The crashing noises of miscellaneous objects hitting the floor was doe's own doing; she did that intentionally, too, completely in an effort to make things even more dramatic. Just as she had planned, the vulpine was falling for it.

"Oh no," Nick murmured upon walking into the other room.

Judy laid flat on the ground, her left paw brushed over her eye and the other paw behind her back. Her eyes seem to stay shut, causing Nick to get worried. Have I gone too far with this whole pranking thing?

The rabbit stayed still, but was trying so hard not to move so she didn't spoil the prank that she was currently pulling on her partner.

"Judy," the vulpine said under his breath, getting down on his knees. "I'm so, so sorry. This wasn't meant to happen. You weren't supposed to get hurt." He paused as he cleared his throat. "I promise, Carrots, I'm never gonna pull anymore pranks ever again."

No response seemed to come from the rabbit, who still remained completely silent.

"J-Judy?"

A small noise peeped within the room, sounding like a tape recorder put on rewind. Or, more accurately, a carrot pen being put on rewind.

"I'm never gonna pull anymore pranks ever again." The repeating of the vulpine's promising voice came from right beside Judy.

Nick cocked his head with confusion, unsure of what to think at the moment. "C-Car-"

"GAH!" Judy screeched, jumping up and startling Nick.

"Aaah!" Nick exclaimed, his ears pointing down and a paw placed over his chest.

Judy started to giggle as she arose from where she was laying on the floor and got back up on her paws. Nick stood motionless with his back against the door, still trying to wrap his head around things.

"What the he-" the fox started.

"Oh, Nick," Judy laughed. "I can't believe you fell for that so easily; there was a side of me that wasn't sure if this was gonna work or not. I mean, you should've seen your face when I jumped up like that and scared you."

"Har har, very funny, Fluff."

"Also, did I hear a certain fox make a promise to give up on his pranking ways?"

Nick shook his head. "I don't know what you're talking about. I said no such thing"

"Actually, you kinda did, Slick. Here, have a listen…"

Judy pressed the rewind button on the carrot pen once more and let the recording play one more time. "I'm never gonna pull anymore pranks ever again," the recorded words repeated.

"Okay," Nick said with a loud sigh. "That was because I thought something was wrong. Now give me the pen." He extended a paw out and tried to grab the carrot pen out of Judy's grasp, but she quickly moved it away before he could swipe at it.

"You just trying to steal the pen?" Judy mocked, taunting the vulpine with words that he had used on one occasion between the two of them. "Huh? Is that what this is?"

"Alright, you win, Carrots," the fox finally declared. The self-proclaimed "expert of pranking" had officially been overthrown by a certain sly bunny beside him.

My work here is done, Judy thought with a smirk.

Author's Note: And that, ladies and gentlemammals, is what happens when a certain fox and bunny get serious about practical jokes! XD

Was originally going to save this for April Fools' Day, as that would have been a more fitting time for a story like this, but couldn't resist sharing it now. I know this was probably stupid, but I had a good time writing it.

And, as always, let me know your thoughts. Your thoughts, good and bad, are always gladly appreciated.

'Til next time, everyone! :D