Dabbling in College

by xAndurielx

Summary:

Going through college can be hard enough, doing so with family problems and dealing with boys along the way as well as discovering a few things about yourself just complicate things even more so.

Notes:

I have no idea how this got to be the kind of story it is...it was supposed to be a quick two maybe three chapters at most. It was supposed to be a spicy story about how Judy found out she liked walking around with things going on under her uniform, and it took a hard left into something else before i knew what was happening. I will post a new chapter at the beginning of the month as best i can. It sort of begins to gel into an actual plot after the first couple chapters if i remember correctly.

Chapter 1

Judy Hopps had dabbled in many hobbies in her life though most had not interested her long enough to really be more than a fleeting fancy. One of the few hobbies that she did continue to indulge in was also probably her oldest…knot tying.

Ever since she was a young kit getting tangled in one or more of her aunt’s spools of knitting yarn Judy had enjoyed knots, cord, rope and string in some form or fashion. Bracelets and necklaces were some of her favorites when she was in junior high, easy to make and fun to share.

Eventually she added key fobs and even small coin pouches to her knotted arsenal. The simple act of taking a tangle of cord and unwinding twists and bights, defeating unwanted knots and then turning a length of simple string into a beautiful length of repeating patterns was almost therapeutic…on days she came home stressed her knots were especially tight and simple, as if she was repeatedly tying them around a certain frustrating mammals neck and left her arms and paws tired from the small but strong movements, other times her knots were looser but more fluid and shaped, like works of art made of a single line.

Like most bunnies in her litter she was given a laptop when she started freshman year high school and like many before her one of the first things she did was disable the parental locks and filters.

She would take the reason her ears were lit up like a flame the next day to her grave of course, never explaining how her seemingly innocent searches for new knots and methods of tying would return to her results of such…interesting applications of her beautiful twisted cords.

Shibari and Kinbaku were not search terms she wanted to explain to her parents or nosy siblings no matter how innocent her original reasons were. An entire new facet of knot tying was suddenly opened to her…knots could be beautiful and artistic but also sexual…the idea sent a thrill of naughty shivers down her mid-teen spine.

Soon enough she was tying simple arm and leg wraps around herself in the privacy of her room late at night, searching and even occasionally posting to a small number of forums.

It wasn’t until about her junior year mid-terms that she realized the affects her knots had on her, when she was using a book to study she often found that she would unconsciously be fiddling with a length of cord and by the time she was done with a chapter or section she had woven a simple bind around her leg.

Often she would tie a delicate wrap around her forearm as she went to write an essay and actually refer back to certain areas and particular knots to remember the specific section of whatever it was that she was studying at the time that she had tied it.

As she sat in her chair trying to study for the next day’s exams it wouldn’t be until she tried to get up for a drink or snack break that she would realize one of her legs was encased in a simple shibari bind, sometimes keeping her leg folded in upon itself and sometimes simply stretching between her mid-thigh down to her calf.

College soon found her holding small lengths of braided cord and running her paws over it like her own form of a worry stone. Small necklaces she made herself were nibbled on as she sat listening to various professors go over the coursework.

Of course her naturally high curiosity eventually lead her to more and more experimentation, at first it was simple research into more intricate and decorative knots…water bottles soon had braided grips around them, headphone cords were wrapped in thin cord with a rib spiraling around the length…then her first heat hit.

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It felt like a normal day more or less when she woke up, she felt a little warmer than usual but it was getting warmer during the days so nothing out of the ordinary…until she found herself daydreaming in class about how it might feel to have the Legal Studies 101 TA wrap her favorite rope around her…the feel of his claws dragging through her fur leaving trails of pressure on her skin as he laid the cord down in intricate patterns across her naked body…how it would feel to simply give control of herself over to someone else after a long day…to sit in his lap during a movie, legs folded and tied, arms secured behind her back, unable to do anything as he ran his sharp teeth along her sensitive ears while casually  massaging one foot.

“Excuse me, are you ok? You look a little dazed…if you aren’t feeling well I might be able to convince the professor to let you go to the nurse’s office and take the exam during a later class in the day.” The voice of her current fantasy right next to her snapped Judy out of her steadily heating daydream.

Ears snapping high in alarm Judy whipped her head around to see him standing there in all his terrible fashioned glory. Eye watering green tropical print shirt, khaki shorts loose about his legs and sagging only the barest amount as they rested on narrow hips, purple striped tie loose around his neck and clashing almost violently against his shirt.

Looking up Judy locked her wide violet eyes with the most beautiful pair of emeralds she had ever seen…bright, almost glowing green the same shade as a rainforest canopy when the sun hits it after a light rain…Judy felt her mouth going a bit dry and realized all the moisture from her mouth was probably going to her panties with how damp they were starting to feel. Realizing the scarlet Adonis that was the TA had been talking to HER she quickly blabbered out an excuse.

“Uh-um n-no no that’s okay, um just gotta, bathroom um...to much coffee this morning, uh late night um excuse me!” saying the last part in a high pitched squeak Judy quickly jumped up from her seat, grabbed her bag and bolted out of the room, running all the way to the bathrooms.

Had she looked back she would have noticed a look of utter confusion on Nick’s face as he cocked his head to one side slightly with one ear lifting up while the other fell to the side of his head. Giving a shrug he just went back to passing out papers for the exam, as long as the weird bunny with the nice perfume got back quick she would still be allowed to take the test.

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‘What the rotten peaches was THAT!?’ Judy thought to herself as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror, she had never had such vivid fantasies, and about a predator no less, not just any predator even but a FOX of all mammals.

Sure she had dabbled in a few fantasies and a bit of self-exploration, she was a bunny after all, but she didn’t have a collection of toys like her sisters did, merely a few small bullet vibrators that she had almost accidently acquired as either joke gifts or one of her sisters ‘trying to help’ and slipping them into her drawers and suitcase before she left for college.

These sessions had never been satisfying exactly but it helped her stay focused during her studies and were at least somewhat enjoyable…but never had her imagination been so strong as to provide not only a crystal clear image but even the feel of fur on fur, the feel of teeth raking over her vulnerable pulse point as she surrendered control to her natural predator and nuzzled her soft cheek into the bare fur of his che-es-WHAT THE FLYING TURNIPS WAS SHE THINKING!!

Splashing some cold water onto her face and taking a few deep breathes to steady herself Judy quickly pulled her pants down, she didn’t have time to take care of the problem but she could at least try to muffle the scent of horny bunny…at least she hoped so since she didn’t have a lot of experience with predators possessing heightened senses of smell. Pulling her soaking panties off and stuffing them into a ziplock bag that had recently held a mid-class snack Judy cursed herself for wearing skinny jeans that day.

‘Of course today is the day I wear my favorite pair of skinny jeans, of course they just happen to make my butt and hips look amazing while somehow being comfy…still have to ask Janet where she found these.’

Pulling the jeans up and back into place, Judy very much did not think about how the zipper on the front rubbed against her slick slit or about how the seam in the back felt like it was trying to be a thong and splitting her ass cheeks apart…a quick mirror check assured her it wasn’t and that it just felt like that.

With one last check to make sure her panties were secured in a firmly zip locked bag and sandwiched between two thick books Judy quickly made her way back to class.

Slipping into the classroom and taking her seat Judy was relieved to see the professor was still giving his pre-exam lecture on rules and expectations. Quickly finding  her seat Judy made sure to focus on the words the wolf professor was saying and not on how…liberating, the feeling of going commando felt as her soft butt rubbed against her jeans as she sat or how pleasant it felt to shift her hips and grind into  the seam and zipper. Judy made a conscious effort to slam her ears down her back as she felt them begin to burn with a blush.

‘Focus you dumb bunny! Focus on the material and test rules not on how good it would feel to be bent over that sturdy looking desk, or how naughty it would be to be under it during class with his hard throbbing co-STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT.’ With an effort worthy of Ratlas holding up the sky Judy mentally stomped down on her surprisingly naughty and vivid fantasies and turned her entire being towards the now commenced exam.

‘Gonna have to call mom after class today, this can’t be normal.’ With that internal declaration Judy felt slightly better and soon enough lost herself in the feeling of her favorite woven worry-cord running between her soft paws and the rigid rules and regulations of testing for a college class.

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Judy quickly opened and slammed the door to her dorm, more thankful than ever before that she had paid extra and been early enough to reserve a single occupancy dorm since a roommate would have been very inconvenient right then.

Heart pounding hard in her ears, crotch actually soaking through her jeans to make a small damp spot, lungs heaving and body trembling with arousal Judy was something of a mess. Tossing her bag to the side and deciding to forgo a shower right then Judy stumble-ran into her room and over to her closet, determined to get control of herself and calm down no matter how embarrassed she would feel afterwards.

Grabbing the small suitcase she had smuggled into her father’s truck when no one was looking, so as to avoid any awkward questions, Judy nearly ripped the zipper off trying to get it open. The sight that greeted her both soothed her nerves and enflamed her loins.

Ropes of various lengths and materials, all tied in chain sennets to prevent tangling laid in neat bundles…her handful of small vibrators laid in a side pocket and…oh crackers…she very much did not remember there being a bright red ball gag, two pairs of cuffs and…a butt plug laying beneath the rope bundles last time she opened this suitcase...apparently one or more of her sisters had found her dirty little secret.

Pushing those thoughts aside for the moment Judy grabbed the bundles of rope and deftly un-wound a few of them from their storage ties before whipping off her clothes. Working almost feverishly Judy more attacked herself with the ropes than tied them; one folded leg was soon encased in smooth hemp and simple knots with the other soon following suit leaving her kneeling on her bedroom floor. Grabbing a smaller diameter cord Judy deftly wove a series of loops and knots extending from her ankles to between her toes in an intricate web-like pattern that was one of her favorite ties.

Deciding not to fight the fantasies for the moment Judy let them flow rapid fire behind her lust hazed eyes.

Throwing a rope loop around her neck Judy was able to gain enough control of herself to slow down, to enjoy the feeling and act of weaving the ropes into patterns while her mind flooded her with scenario after scenario, each more unlikely than the last as far as she was concerned.

Her best friend from childhood, Sharla, tying her spread eagle on the bed, rubbing her soft wool over her entire body until Judy was begging for more only to be muffled as the sheep sat on her face…her Law Professor using his belt to bind her paws behind her back and stuffing her under his desk to pleasure him with her tongue while he graded papers.

Ropes soon reached down between her legs, quickly tying a zipper sennet to add to the feeling Judy reached behind her to draw the ropes up between her thighs and began to secure them around her waist, exploiting her hard earned yoga induced flexibility Judy twisted one way and then the other as she wound the ropes up her back in a tortoise shell shibari (another personal favorite of hers) until she reached the back of her neck.

The ocelot at the gym she liked to visit after class bending her over a weight bench and using the resistance bands to bind her in place while he used her non-stop until she couldn’t walk straight...having her paws tied to her thighs, arms at her sides and legs tight to each other with a gag lodged in between her teeth while the female ferret down the hall wound around her naked form in a bare furred embrace.

Pushing away any embarrassment she might have felt Judy reached into the suitcase and pulled out the ball gag, slipping it between her teeth with a small grunt of effort Judy found that she wasn’t nearly as opposed to the feeling as she thought she would be.

Tightening the straps around the back of her head Judy felt along them down to the ball between her teeth, running her soft digits over her lips and where the straps met fur only served to heighten her arousal. Once again reaching into the suitcase Judy grabbed the small vibrators and started placing them around her body…one wedged beneath the ropes between her legs, nestled snugly against her core…two more under the ropes on her feet keeping them securely clenched in her fluffy toes…the last placed between her butt cheeks right over her opening, not quite enough to push inside her but plenty to make sure she knew it was there.

The cheetah twins from her favorite coffee house down the road tying her to a chair, gagging her with her own panties and taking turns pushing her to the edge of satisfaction on their breaks as they went about their normal work routine…the fox TA from her law class, curling his absurdly fluffy tail around her naked form as he held her in his equally nude lap, one hand stroking her ears while the other danced between her legs, moans muffled by the ball gag between her teeth, purple tie over her eyes as an impromptu blindfold.

The last fantasy drove her to a sudden decision to grab the butt plug from her suitcase and with a quick swirl around her soaking entrance and a couple frustratingly enjoyable insertions Judy slid it into her tailhole under the vibrator, not the most enjoyable sensation or overly comfortable but she chalked that up to not enough prepping for it.

Nevertheless the pleasure of the ropes and the discomfort of the plug were flooding her head with conflicting sensations and driving her to heights of arousal she had never experienced before. Quickly grabbing a pair of cuffs Judy ratcheted them around her wrists behind her back and around one leg of her bed frame.

Unable to move more than the length of her arms, barely able to shuffle around on her knees even if she could, prevented from calling out, stretched in a way she had never experienced and with vibrations grinding and rumbling through her pelvis in time with the ones sensitizing her toes Judy felt her first orgasm building like a roller coaster cresting a rise.

A tight winding sensation built in her abdomen and spread to her legs, nipples tightening, head thrown back in a muffled moan of pleasure Judy felt her eyes roll into the back of her head as her release flooded through her.

Like a sudden but inevitable wave upon the beach Judy felt her entire body tense, legs trying to stretch and thump, anus clenching around the small intruder in time to her hips pumping against the ropes and vibrator, arms straining against their bonds and entire body moving and shifting against the ropes in an effort to get as much sensation as she could.

Coming down from the physical high of possibly the best and most satisfying orgasm she had ever experienced Judy desperately tried to regain her breath back before the sensations began to ramp up again.

Judy was surprised she still felt ready and able to keep going, usually she just had one round and called it good enough but today her fur felt like it was on fire and her hips were quivering in need as the vibrators continued to grind away.

Judy barely got her breathing under control before she felt the now very familiar tension building in her abdomen once more; it seemed to happen a bit quicker this time now that her nerves were alight with previously un-felt levels of pleasure. This orgasm was less of a building wave and more of a crashing avalanche; it hit her and rolled through her hard enough she wasn’t entirely sure she didn’t pass out for a couple seconds.

Leaning forward as far as her bound wrists would allow her Judy let her head slump onto her heaving chest and her ears droop down almost to brush the floor. Muscles quivering in a full body shudder of pleasure and mounting exhaustion Judy wondered how many orgasms she would have to have before she could stop…or how many she could handle at all if they were going to continue to be that amazing.

Mind spinning with fantasies, jumping from one to another, mixing and matching until she had her best friend sitting on her face while being pumped by her teacher and then strapped to gym equipment by a pair of cheetahs and teased by a TA fox and many more Judy’s last fully coherent thought before she was hit with another wave of pleasure was that she really needed to call her mom when she got herself out of this.

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Lying on the floor almost half an hour later Judy seriously debated if it was worth it to push herself through as many climaxes as she did seeing as how she had barely been able to un-cuff herself. Nerves that had been only minutes ago singing a chorus of pleasure had begun to scream in over stimulation, her arms began to ache at the shoulders from being pulled and strained behind her for so long and her legs had been cramping and relaxing since her fourth climax and were beginning to lose feeling.

Once her paws were free Judy turned the vibrators off and just knelt there on the floor, heart hammering hard as her hips continued to spasmodically pump against the rope still tied between her legs and rear end clenching around one of her new favorite toys.

Working trembling paws over knots worked tighter than when they were tied Judy melted forward onto her stomach and stretched out her legs as best she could, feeling the blood rushing back into her legs, toes curling and flexing now that they were no longer impeded by ropes, Judy almost had another minor climax just from the relief of being free and satiated to a degree she had never felt before.

Tiredly she worked her way over to the side of the bed using a mixture of pushing herself up and crawling with her arms and sliding her legs along in a strange crawl. She didn’t so much as crawl into bed as pour herself over the edge and roll boneless onto her back wondering how the crab apples was she going to untie the harness around her torso.

Just as she was about to fall asleep she heard a familiar ring tone coming from her bedside table, deciding there was no point in delaying the conversation since it would just freak her parents out if she didn’t answer right away she flopped onto her side and grabbed her phone to answer the muzzletime call.

Sliding her paw over the screen to accept the call Judy wondered if she even had the energy to deal with her parents right then, she could barely muster the energy to get into bed let alone walk all the way to the bathroom and take a shower.

“Hi bun-bun how is col-…what is that?” The voice of her mother snapped Judy out of her plans for taking a shower and ordering from her favorite takeout restaurant. Hearing the question Judy felt all the blood rush from her face into her ears and her stomach drop through the bed…she was not only still wearing the ropes around her torso, she was still wearing the bright red ball gag.

Judy quickly dropped the phone face down and sat bolt upright. Ignoring the rubbing of the ropes and the ache in her muscles Judy quickly un-strapped the gag and threw it across the room while pulling one of her over large night shirts over her head to hide the ropes.

Gingerly picking up the phone and trying to make sure her burning red ears were firmly down her back Judy tried to smile like nothing was amiss and that she hadn’t just answered the phone while wearing a piece of bondage gear. The look on her mom’s face told Judy that she failed to fool the matronly rabbit.

“Hey Bon is that Jude the Dude on the phone? Hey Jude how’s it going in college? You teaching the professors yet or you still allowing them their illusions? You haven’t been attacked by any predators have you, I heard there was a record number of them at that college this year and some of them are even foxes, you know you gotta stay away from foxes…” Judy loved her dad, but the rapid fire questions and then traditional lecture about predators in general and foxes specifically could really get old, thankfully her mom was well versed in Dad Wrangling.

“Stu honey” Bonnie interrupted before her husband could get on to much of a roll “I think Carl might still be having trouble with the tractor for field six, could you go help him, I need to talk to Judy about a few things.” Stu just looked a little puzzled at this.

“Can I help with anything? I had to help a few of the girls out as well when they were growing up, I’m sure this is nothing I haven’t heard before.” Stu said this with a little bit of justifiable pride seeing as how there had been times with earlier litters that his wife had not been available to help teach the girls about certain things that happened with growing up and he had been forced to do some research and explain things to them.

“You remember when D litter was having their sweet sixteen and Delilah made her announcement?” Bonnie asked with an indulgent smile, she loved her husband and how goofy he could be…but the girls had him wrapped around their paws and daddys didn’t need to know certain things about their little girls.

Seeing the buck’s ears fall down his back and the look of pride fall from his face just as quickly and turn into a look akin to horror Bonnie knew she had made her point.

“I think the tractor over in field six is still acting up, I should probably go help Carl with it since harvest is gonna be here soon.” Deciding not to point out how they would have to actually plant and then grow something in that particular field before the tractor was needed and that wouldn’t be for another couple months at least Bonnie just watched as her husband scurried out of the room.

Walking over to a currently empty bedroom and closing the door the matronly bunny turned back to her most ambitious daughter on the phone.

“Uh, mom that was, I mean I just, um what I mean to say is” Judy had only barely gotten her blush under control before her mom turned her attention back to her and felt it rising again.

“Sweetie, there are nine litters worth of siblings ahead of you that I have had to raise, believe me that was not the worst way I have ever had the phone answered or the worst that I would have walked into a room to see.” This helped slightly but not much since she still had some embarrassing questions to ask, though knowing her mom had probably already answered them to some of her siblings gave her a bit of courage.

“Now you look like you have a few things you might need to get off your mind so take your time and ask when you are ready.”

 

Deciding it would be better to just get it all out Judy told her mom about her day, starting with waking up a little warmer than usual and while she didn’t go into detail she did mention having more vivid fantasies than usual and that they didn’t seem to be limited to predator or prey or even by gender.

Telling her mom about the events after she got home and the reason for her embarrassing answer to the call was easier than she thought it would be once she got going and noticed not a hint of judgment on her mom’s face.

“Well bun-bun it sounds like you may be a late bloomer, but a bloomer nonetheless. You most likely just hit your first heat cycle, rabbits don’t have a mating season like most other mammals but instead we have cycles throughout the year, normally you would have been having symptoms like this for a few days before fully being in heat and it would have been years ago when the rest of J litter started experiencing it but you have never really been one to follow the crowd so I’m not overly surprised.”

“What do I do about it though, I can’t be getting distracted like this in class or take this much time just to calm down after a day of fantasizing about mammals I have no intention of sleeping with in the first place.” Judy said with a note of frustration in her voice.

“Well bun-bun you don’t have a lot of choices, you can either stay as you are and just try to fight through it” The rapid shaking of Judy’s head and flapping of her ears was an emphatic NO.

“Or you can try to find either a strong OTC heat suppressor or get a prescription strength one, assuming you can get to a doctor and they will write the prescription for you…or…” Bonnie paused and if Judy hadn’t been paying such close attention to the image of her mother she might have been fooled by the look of slight reluctance on the older doe’s face, of course the gleam of in her mother’s eye tipped Judy off that she should be wary of what was about to be said.

“You could always find a nice buck, maybe come home for a bit, siting medical issues, and maybe work out your frustrations here in the comfort of home…?” Judy didn’t even bother trying to act like she didn’t see that suggestion coming at the last minute.

“I am not, repeat NOT, coming home in the middle of the semester just to bang some buck YOU like with the most likely false fantasy that if I got pregnant I would be able to continue with the career that I WANT…no, I am going to take care of this here, at college and I am going to graduate without any kits to take care of and I am going to become a police officer.”

Judy was proud of herself right then, sure she was only wearing a baggy t-shirt on a video call with her mom, sure she still had ropes criss-crossing over her body and her tailhole still had a plug in it, but for carrots’ sake she didn’t let her voice waver or hitch in the slightest when she told her mom that she was going to finish her degree, she was going to make it through college and become an officer of the law and she was going to do it without the stereotypical litter of kits following her.

 

“Look mom, I love you with all my heart but if you aren’t going to suggest options that will help with my problem while also aligning with my goal in life then I guess I will just hang up, I don’t like it but if I have to I will figure this problem out on my own and deal with any self-made consequences by myself.” She didn’t give her mom a chance to respond and closed the video call.

Kneeling on her bed wearing her favorite ropes and baggy night shirt while vibrators worked their magic on her most sensitive parts was not how Judy imagined spending her night. Grabbing the small remotes for the vibrators Judy bundled them up to be cleaned later in the bathroom.

She would have begun untying herself from the simple shibari bind but...she was fucking exhausted. After a long day of grinding into her jean’s zipper while suppressing a myriad of X-Rated fantasies about basically ANYONE who crossed her path and then spending almost forty five minutes humping ropes and pushing herself into a number of climaxes Judy was ready to sleep where she fell…but she couldn’t just yet.

Dragging her feet along the carpet of her room after depositing her vibrators in the bathroom sink Judy barely gave half a thought to the still pleasurable feeling of the ropes sliding between her legs and shifting ever so slightly across her torso. Reaching the edge of her bed Judy once again poured herself into the wonderful embrace of her mattress and just sort of rolled herself into a Bun-rito of blankets, the weight of her blankets and the embrace of her ropes mixed with her satisfied exhaustion quickly lulled Judy into a mostly dreamless sleep.

Chapter 2

Notes:

pretty short chapter this month but i am pretty sure the other ones are longer, i only have twelve chapters so far so if i post one a month there should be plenty of time for me to realize how hard the wall of writers block really is.

A week later and monday dawned, bringing with it students groaning from a mixture of hangovers, sleep deprivation and the knowledge that they would have to go back to class and homework, it also brought a bunny that was probably more happy than she had been in recent memory.

Finally after an entire week of waking up horny beyond belief, wearing admittedly sexy latex panties in an attempt to keep her pants from soaking through and taking a chance at every break during class to try and take care of her urges (only occasionally being successful) Judy finally woke up feeling back to normal…no burning desire between her legs, no flood of overly detailed fantasies about teachers/friends/random mammals.

With more than her usual bounce Judy hopped out of bed and gleefully sauntered into the shower with a mega-watt smile on her face. Once she was done with her morning routine she was going to schedule a doctor appointment for a heat suppressant prescription.

Bouncing out of her room and down the hall of her dorm to her first class of the day Judy couldn’t help but think there was no way this day could be too bad since she wasn’t in heat, she had gotten good sleep, had a good breakfast and shower and even gotten some studying done before she left for class and was feeling so happy she was even catching up on some pleasure reading she had missed out on during the last week.

Judy was almost to the end of the dorm hall, only paying enough attention to the edges of her book to make sure she didn’t run into anything when a door opened to her left. Glancing up in curiosity Judy had to do a double take at who she saw.

Nick Wilde, the handsomely scruffy fox TA to her Legal Studies class was standing there in the doorway buttoning up the last few buttons of his shirt, giving Judy a wonderful view of sinfully soft looking cream fur that apparently went from under his chin all the way down his front, probably all the way under his waistline to his co-

‘CABBAGE WORMS NOT AGAIN’.

It should not be legal to look as yummy as he did right then with so little effort…fur still slightly mussed from a shower, hideous neck tie hanging undone across his shoulders while his surprisingly clever and dexterous paws slipped buttons into holes almost as soon as they touched them. Judy watched as with seemingly no thought the surprisingly handsome but remarkably fashion challenged fox whipped both ends if his tie in complicated patterns and had it tied in a perfect knot almost before Judy even realized what was happening.

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Nick gave himself one last pat down before he let his door shut… wallet check, pants check, shirt check, phone check and lastly tie…check…looking up slightly from examining said tie Nick caught sight something bright green near the floor.

Looking closer Nick noticed it was a rope…a rope woven and knotted in an intricate and beautiful pattern around a wonderfully fluffy grey foot and as he raised his eyes Nick noticed that the rope continued its pattern up the calf and stopped at the knee leaving a few inches between it and a pair of jean shorts that hugged a gorgeous pair of hips…as his eyes travelled further up Nick noticed a pink plaid shirt and finally, two huge glittering amethysts surrounding pools of black that he felt like he could fall into.

Giving himself a quick shake Nick took in the whole picture before him…grey bunny, purple eyes, pink plaid and jeans, long grey ears with black tips… a subtle sniff only helped to confirm that this was indeed the cute bunny from the class he TA’ed for and she was wearing that nice perfume again.

“Oh…hello um, Judy right? I have seen you in class but never really got a chance to talk to you, do you live in this hall too?” The now named Judy gave a small twitch of her ears and turned to look at him fully, ears almost looking a bit pinker than usual…maybe she had a cold? Or would that be from a fever? She did seem a little off all last week and kept rushing off to the bathroom every chance she got…

“Y-yes uh, I’m Judy, Judy Hopps…I had no idea you lived on campus let alone the same building and hall as me…heading to class as well I see.” Judy felt like kicking herself, what the corn husk was wrong with her…she was done with her heat right? So why was she suddenly wondering what it would be like to have him standing behind her…looping a tie around her neck and tying it so quickly she couldn’t follow it…tugging on it like a leash as he pulled her closer and leaned in…

‘CRAB APPLES AND CELERY GET IT TOGETHER GIRL!’.

“I sort of slept in and didn’t get my usual morning jog in so I guess I’m running a little later than I usually do, probably why I never get to see you since you probably leave for class while I’m either out or in the shower I guess…”

‘Oh… well done Judes, clearly you are a master of small talk with cute boys…did I just think of him as CUTE!?’

“Yeah I hear that, I usually do my jogging at the end of the day when I can go as long as I want and not have to worry about being anywhere, just let all the stress of the day fall behind me and enjoy the remaining heat as it cools off into twilight…I gotta say though, that is quite an interesting fashion statement you are making there, trying to set a new trend?”

Judy had to pull herself back from imagining him running bare-chested in the setting sun, the last light of the day setting his fur ablaze like a copper statue standing tall in a summer bonfire…green eyes glittering, teeth flashing in that smug way that let you know he knew something that you wish you did…

‘Note to self, CALL ABOUT MOVING DOCTOR APPOINTMENT UP CLOSER.’

”Oh, what was that, sorry I got caught up in my own head there for a second thinking about…um, class…” Nick just smiled and motioned to how she was standing, specifically how she had unconsciously cocked one hip so that she was standing with only the toes of her left foot touching the carpet…her left foot that was still bound in a bright green rope running between each fluffy toe and up to her knee…a bright green rope the exact shade of his eyes now that she thought about it.

Judy felt the blood drain from her face in terror at the thought of walking into class with evidence of her kinky hobby on full display and then flood back to her face and ears in a burning blush that nearly made her pass out at the realization that the cute boy fox she had fantasized about practically all last week had seen said evidence of her somewhat odd hobby.

Clutching her book to her chest Judy didn’t even look up as she sprinted back to her room and fumbled the keys into her lock in a desperate attempt to keep her embarrassment from being seen to clearly. Opening her door and then slamming it shut Judy just leaned her back against it as she nearly hyper-ventilated at the sheer mortification she was feeling.

‘What was I thinking!? I was studying before I left, of course I would tie a bind on something…now he is gonna think I’m super weird and probably tell everyone and they will laugh me out of class and school and I will have to go back to being a carrot farmer, a HERMIT carrot farmer just to escape this embarrassment…OK Jude maybe a bit of an exaggeration, just chill, untie it and go about the day like you didn’t nearly walk out into public like this…yeah, just chill and carry on.’

Mental meltdown done and pep-talk delivered she went about undoing the knots around her leg, glancing every now and then at the clock to make sure she wasn’t about to run out of time, it would have to be properly untied and stored after class since she didn’t have time right then.

Tossing the now somewhat tangled length of rope onto her bed Judy opened her door to see if Nick was still there, thankfully he wasn’t so she opened her door and stepped fully out into the hall…only to feel something under her foot. Looking down Judy saw a small card on the ground, picking it up and looking closer at it she noticed it was a business card for a local late night cafe. Turning the card over Judy noticed something written on the back.

‘The rope was really pretty, if you want to chat about it or anything else let me know’

Beneath the note was what looked like a phone number. Feeling her blush return slightly Judy couldn’t help the small smile curling the corners of her mouth…right until she glanced at the clock on the wall and realized she was close to being late.

‘CRACKERS AND ASPARAGUS…that reminds me I got to grab some asparagus next time I’m at the store.’

Shoving the card into her pocket and sprinting down the hall Judy soon enough lost herself in thoughts of possible homework and quizzes, all thoughts of cute boys and rope sliding to the back of her mind…for the moment.

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Judy had never been gladder she didn’t have paw pads than when she literally slid along the freshly waxed floor on soft foot paws, past her teacher and the closing door and right into a bouncy trot down the steps to her usual seat completely ignoring the amused gaze of her teacher.

Thankfully she had always had pretty good cardio or else she would have been panting as she plopped into her desk and began retrieving the materials for the class and was only slightly smug as she calmed her elevated heartbeat and breathing with little effort. Looking up at the raised eyebrow and small grin her teacher was sporting Judy plastered a look of pure innocence on her face and very much did not think about pearly white teeth and nibbles on sensitive body parts.

‘Focus girl, focus…you can be a dumb hormonal bunny after class and homework but right now…learning.’ It was so nice being able to focus properly on the lesson material and actually daydream about catching criminals again without phrases like ‘improper use of handcuffs’ and ‘exploitation of positional authority’ popping into her head…too much.

The class went by smoothly for the most part, a couple bunny bucks hoping to be lawyers kept giving her weird looks but thankfully she was able to ignore them after the teacher gave them all a few worksheets to finish before class.

While working on one of the papers Judy felt a small itch on the top of her head, like someone was looking at her or something. Glancing around and noticing everyone around her was focused on their work she looked towards the front of the room and noticed the TA was looking directly at her.

‘Are his eyes…darker green?’ Judy thought to herself as she looked at the fox who seemed to be staring at her, just as she was about to pass it off as a trick of the light Nick gave a small smile that was no less full of teeth than a full faced Cheshire grin and lightly licked one long front canine.

Feeling her ears burn in a sudden blush and consciously keeping them folded down her back Judy quickly went back to her classwork…only to look back up to see if he was still looking. Seeing that he was but now with a different look on his face, still smiling but with a more of a triumphant look in his eyes… like he had just gotten confirmation of something he had expected for a while.

After her legal class Judy went on to the more boring but required classes like math (‘I hate algebra!’), science (‘I wonder if I could get any of Harry’s old course work to study?’) and history (‘I really hope I studied the black plague period enough, sure would be embarrassing to miss an easy question on that when the teacher is a rat’).

Throughout the day Judy was thinking about that look from earlier…why had it made her chest feel like a hummingbird was trapped in a vice? Why did she blush so easily when he was around? She had been approached by plenty of bucks back home and even a fair few here at college and some had been very attractive as far as bunnies go… so why did a single look nearly make her swoon when a bunch of bucks barely made her blush?

Chapter 3

Notes:

Well here is the newest chapter, hopefully it was worth the wait. Re-reading through it I am remembering all the different parts and seeing the bits and pieces of my own life I worked into it and how I flavored them to work with the story.

Judy sat in the doctor’s waiting room flipping through a magazine on fashion but not really seeing any of it. Finally she was called into the office and hopped up onto the second smallest of the examination tables while the doctor grabbed a couple final pieces of paperwork. Turning away from a series of cut-away diagrams of various animal anatomies Judy looked over to the door as a female ocelot walked in wearing a doctor’s coat, stethoscope and comfortable looking clothes.

“Hello Judy my name is Dr. Kelenda and I will most likely be your main doctor while on campus. I see here you called specifically about a prescription, care to elaborate?” The admittedly attractive feline said as she walked, more like floated she was so darn graceful, over to sit in a chair opposite Judy.

“Well last week I started having some really strange...um, urges and thoughts…” Seeing the doctors eyebrow raise in concern Judy quickly continued on in a somewhat embarrassed rush.

 “NOTANYTHINGBAD, um not like that…it’s just, well I started having a hard time focusing because I kept imagining my Legal 101 teacher…you know…sexually…” She was sure it couldn’t be healthy to blush as much as she had been in the last couple days.

“Then I started thinking about the TA fox the same way, along with a couple of cheetahs at the gym and I haven’t even spoken more than a couple sentences to them…I even thought about my best friend from childhood who is a ewe! It got so bad all the fantasies just sort of ran together and got more and more intense and un-believable. I ended up spending most of that first evening…taking care of it…” Once she got over her initial embarrassment the events of the past week just sort of flew out of her like a fire-hose.

“When I could finally get my thoughts straight enough I spoke to my mom and she said it was because I was in heat, she told me I could either work through it, get a heat suppressor or go home and find a buck to take care of it. Well I didn’t want to do that since I know how that would pan out and I don’t want kits right now and when I called this was the earliest I could get in to be seen so I ended up just having to work through it and it was not an overly enjoyable week…” Judy finally stopped rambling and looked at the slightly amused doctor.

“Well Judy it does sound like you are a late bloomer when it comes to being in heat since most of the time when a bunny makes it to college age they are already well versed in such things. I can only imagine how much of a shock that might have been after going so long not having to deal with it and it sounds like your heat was particularly strong, possibly due to being so late in life and then being around so many mammals of similar age and various levels of attractiveness.” Judy nodded excitedly at the doctors words.

“That was something else I wanted to talk to you about.” Judy had never really had someone to talk to about things like this, her parents were good for advice since they had seen most everything but they were also likely to over react and use anything she said against her in the future.

Her siblings were a bad idea all around for similar reasons and couldn’t be trusted to keep a secret and her best friend Sharla was the only other mammal she would consider talking to about this but would inevitably try to help and probably end up making things either really awkward for a while or worse overall.

“Back home I was only ever sort of attracted to bunny bucks, little day dreams about kissing and stuff and then when I got here I started thinking about other mammals, not bunnies and not even other prey mammals or sometimes mammals in my size class for that matter.” Judy could feel her ears twitching, finally someone she could talk to who not only had no connections to her family but who was legally required to not tell anyone without her consent, she could finally get some answers and solutions and get back to becoming a police officer!

“Well you have to understand I’m not a psychologist or at all qualified to deal with the mental aspects of this situation, but if you want my opinion on the matter it sounds like you are starting to realize a bit of a previously unknown experimental streak. Back home I imagine all you had to fantasize about was other bunnies and a handful of other mammals that you had probably known for most of your life and who you didn’t see as potential partners.” The doctor continued at Judy’s eager nod.

“Who or what would you say your most prominent fantasies are about? Can you point to anything in particular that might attract you to that particular mammal? If you don’t mind sharing that is, remember I’m only qualified to work on the physical aspects of my patients but I have found talking can be a very effective type of medicine.” Judy fought down a light blush at the thought of sharing such personal things but was determined to get to the bottom of this.

“WE-*ahem*-well…my legal teacher, a wolf, and then his TA was probably the most um…reoccurring fantasy…then there were a couple cheetahs from the gym…and my sheep friend Sharla…” Judy looked up shyly at the doctor and made sure her ears were flat down her back before continuing.

“And then you when you walked in, not as vividly as the others but there was definitely the beginnings of a familiar thought pattern.” Dr. Kelenda gave a small smile and thankfully Judy didn’t see any judgment on her face like she was afraid she would.

“Well I guess I am a little flattered, what would you say drew you to me or the other mammals? Can you point to anything in particular? It sounds like predators mainly if that helps you get started.” Thankful for the easy start the doctor had given her Judy leaned back on the exam table and looked down at her feet so she wouldn’t have to look directly at the doctor.

“Well…I guess when you walked in I just sort of noticed how pretty your spots and fur are, it’s so shiny and soft looking I wanted to know what it would feel like cuddled up to it and you are so graceful when you walk it was like you were floating instead of walking…and I guess with the teacher and TA it was their teeth to start with...” Feeling her face burn in a blush that she was sure would start a campfire Judy glanced up at the doctor who gave an encouraging nod to continue.

“…like they are always so white and sharp looking and knowing how dangerous they could be kind of gives me a bit of a thrill when I think of them running along my neck…also the thought of them being the teacher and TA kind of popped up as well, the forbidden fruit is always sweeter and that sort of thing. I think I just like seeing the cheetahs lift heavy things while thinking of how easily they could lift me and hold me between them…Sharla though kind of throws me off, like I’m not into females and I have known her my whole life…” Looking up and hoping she hadn’t said anything to weird Judy was pleased to see a small smile on the doctor’s face still.

“Well thank you for the compliments, I have been a dancer since I was little and still do it for the stress relief and physical activity of it. As for the teacher, TA, and cheetahs it sounds like you might not only be interested in predators but that you might want them in a position of power or authority over you. You sound as though you might want them to have a level of control that I imagine you never give up easily. As for your friend Sharla would I be correct in assuming you have shared a few of your first experiences with her?” Judy nodded enthusiastically, she might not be qualified for it but Dr. K was making a few connections Judy hadn’t thought of and was kicking herself at how obvious they seemed.

“And would I be correct in assuming you have never been sexually intimate with another mammal?”

*nod*

“It may be that you are more interested in continuing to share first time experiences with a longtime friend and confidant, it isn’t that you are sexually attracted per-se but rather that you recognize your first time sleeping with another mammal can be a very vulnerable time and you want to share it with someone you trust to not take advantage of the situation.” Judy was amazed…it certainly made sense to her when put that way, she and Sharla had shared most of their formative experiences. Judy gave the doctor a suspicious look while smiling.

“Are you sure you aren’t qualified for this? You certainly seem to know what you are talking about and are pretty good at pointing things out in a way for others to understand.” The doctor just laughed to herself.

“Oh I am very sure I’m not, no it’s just after a few years of doing this job and seeing the same problems and questions come walking through the door kind of helps gain a better understanding of them…plus my wife is the campus psychologist/ counselor so I have inevitably picked up a few things from her over the years.” This shocked Judy slightly as she would never have guessed the doctor to be a lesbian, not that she really knew what would pin her as one but still…

She got an even bigger shock when the doctor pulled out her phone and showed her a picture of a tigress lying face down on a beach towel and looking over her shoulder with a sultry smile and hint of fang at the camera as the very same ocelot showing her the picture in the office looked out from the phone, obviously having taken a selfie while lying on the tigress’s back to get both of them in the frame.

“That was on our most recent anniversary, we went to Outback Island and spent the month on the beach in a cute little bungalow right at the tree line. I joked with her that I never needed a towel when going to the beach because I could just lay on her, she retaliated by wrapping me like a burrito and throwing me in the water when I got sand on her back.” Judy had never been in love before but she had seen her parents and a few of her siblings in love and the look on the doctor’s face as she told Judy about her wife was about as obviously in love as it could get.

“But…I mean, she is a tigress, and you are so much smaller than her…how does that even work and aren’t you worried about what people might say?” The doctor just chuckled and put away her phone.

“Oh Judy, mammals have come quite a long way in many aspects of life and ‘marital aids’ are almost more advanced than some medicines and probably more diverse, size isn’t an issue. We never really worried about what people would say about the two of us since we had each other and a group of friends to fall back on if things got a little hard.” The doctor was gazing at the picture on her phone at this point, eyes a thousand miles away.

“There have been people who didn’t like it but they aren’t important to either of us, I don’t hate them for their views because that would imply that their opinions were important to me and that I thought they mattered when truthfully, I see no reason in expending the energy to acknowledge them.” Giving herself a small shake the doctor put her phone away and focused back on Judy.

“Now we have gotten slightly off topic, if you would like I can help you get in touch with my wife for a session or two if you still have questions but it sounds like you might just need a stronger than usual heat suppressant and maybe to explore some on campus options.” Saying this the doctor stood up and after writing out a prescription handed Judy a pamphlet titled ‘The joy and danger of sexual exploration: know how to safely explore the options around you.’

Judy felt her cheeks begin to heat a little as she flipped through the pamphlet. Diagrams, size charts, anecdotes ranging from painful to hilarious were all to be found in the pages she held.

“I admit the name could use a little work, but the overall message is hopefully pretty clear. Know what you are getting into and be prepared for it, I can’t tell you how many times someone comes in because they weren’t aware or prepared for a canine’s knot or a feline’s spines, never mind the physical aspects of size differences between say…a lion and an otter, that was an interesting weekend…you might want to start with the canine section if you are interested in your legal teacher and his TA who both happen to be canines if I remember correctly.” Judy looked up sharply at that eyes going wide at the implications.

“I-I-I’m not attracted to them like that! I can’t be, they are not only a different species they are predators, besides it would be totally inappropriate for me to do something like that while I’m in that class.” The doctor just chuckled lightly and began walking Judy out the door.

“I said interested Judy not attracted, I was interested in bondage at one time until I tried it and decided it wasn’t for me, I’m attracted to females but I’m only interested in my wife. You can find someone attractive but not be attracted to them…just read the pamphlet and decide what you want to do afterwards, remember there is no timeline or due date for stuff like this and there are plenty of mammals willing to answer questions if you have them, mammals who are both professional and not and all legally required to maintain confidentiality if that helps.” Judy walked out of the doctor’s office holding a brown paper bag with her new prescription in something of a daze, the last hour or so had left her with some startling realizations and answers along with a few questions.

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It was just starting to edge into full evening when Judy decided to take a chance. She had already eaten, showered and done her homework along with studying and was now sitting in a baggy shirt and panties with her arms each encased in an elegantly decorative bind from wrist to elbow.

She had felt like indulging in being a little girly and was painting her toenails a wonderful deep purple with bright blue shimmer dust mixed in. She had tied her ankles together and cords looped around her toes kept them apart from each other to prevent any smearing or general ruining of her painting. She had her favorite giant plushy pillow cuddled up to her front to lean on and her laptop open so she could watch her favorite Ewetube channel on knot tying: The Knotty Lads.

A group of three timber wolves who not only seemed to know how to tie every knot ever made but also how it could be used and combined with others, but also did all their videos topless and used each other as models…

Ok so getting to drool over ripped predators being covered in beautiful knot work was like half the reason she loved the channel but it was still very informative. She had just applied the second coat to her toes when she remembered the card Nick had left her that morning.

Grabbing her pants from where they laid on the bed and fishing out the card she quickly dialed the number on the back and hit the call button so she didn’t think about it too much. After three rings she considered hanging up and calling again tomorrow when the call was finally answered.

“You have reached Zootopia Sperm bank: You Wank it, We Bank it… how may I direct your call?” This was so un-expected Judy had to take a second look at the number on the card and compare it to the one she had called to make sure she hadn’t messed up a number.

“Nick?” She asked questioningly, thinking maybe he had given her a wrong number on purpose.

“Huh? Oh is this Judy from Legal Studies 101?”

“Yeah…I just remembered your card and figured I would call…what was with that corny sperm bank line?” She couldn’t help the small giggle that entered her voice asking this, it was so dorky but definitely seemed like something he would do now that she thought about it.

“I didn’t recognize the number so I figured I would have a little fun, and by the giggle I heard it sounds like not only did I amuse myself but I made a fair maiden smile, Mission Successful.” Judy could only roll her eyes and give a chuckle at the answer.

“So Carrots what’s up? You have a specific reason to call or did you just want to hear my sexy voice before going to bed? If so I charge five credits for the first minute and one fifty for every minute after that.”

“Sweet peaches do you ever stop you goon!” This would have had been a more effective reprimand if she had been able to stop laughing.

“I called because you said on the card if I wanted to talk about…this morning… you would be willing to talk, well I talked a little with someone earlier and felt better about a few things and thought maybe I would give you a shot.” OK that sounded a little lame when she said it out loud but he wasn’t kidding about his voice, it did sound darn good even over the phone.

“*GASP* You are talking to other people?! Behind my back no less, Carrots I thought we had something special! But now I see I’m just your piece of side conversation… fine, my self-worth will recover with time…*INHALE*…it will be long and arduous but I will prevail.” Judy was nearly in stitches as she listened to this, imagining Nick dressed in a Shakesbearean play costume hamming it up in front of an audience.

“Nick you can’t go calling bunnies ‘carrots’ it’s speciest!” There was no way he didn’t hear the smile in her voice when she said that.

“Ah but you see I don’t call just any rabbit by the coveted ‘Carrots’ moniker, oh no you see I only call the cutest and most talented of buns by such a title.” It would be a lie to say Judy didn’t bury her face in the plushy bunny pillow she was aggressively hugging to her chest at those words, it wouldn’t do to have the happy squeeeee she let loose into the pillow be heard by Nick.

“Now why don’t you tell me why you had such an intricate and beautiful piece of rope work around your leg this morning?” Judy sat bolt upright, ears quivering, nose twitching and eyes going wide…that was not the normal voice of Nick Wilde Legal Studies 101 TA…that was…sexy…

Not his normal smug and cocky voice that always made her think of sun dappled forest paths, no this was darker…hungrier…commanding, it made her think of red velvet and black silk with naught but candle light to see by…bright enough to see but dark enough to hide secret depths.

“You thought it was beautiful?” She had been called talented before when she had presented things like key fobs and bracelets and such to mammals but no one had ever said her work was beautiful…

“That is what I said isn’t it, now come on…tell me…” His voice had regained that light and slightly teasing tone it usually had, the whiplash she got from going between one to another made her head spin a bit.

“Promise you won’t laugh…or bring it up again if you think it’s stupid…or jump to any conclusions…” The silence from the other end of the line was almost like an audible lead weight. She was just about to hang up and head to the freezer for some ice cream when she heard a knock on the door.

Looking up in slight alarm Judy wondered who could possibly be at her door seeing as how Sharla wasn’t in town at the moment and she hadn’t met anyone visit worthy yet.

“Come on Carrots I know you’re in there, you wouldn’t be making a call like this unless you were somewhere you felt safe and comfortable.” Well…shit…he had her there…maybe if she just stayed quiet he would decide he made a mistake and go back to his room.

“I can also smell that you are in there and that you haven’t left for the last few hours.” Damn canine sniffy noses and their un-fair advantage…deciding it would be pretty rude to not answer the door at this point Judy quickly undid the tie around her ankles, hopped down from the bed and after throwing on a baggy sweatshirt/ capri-legging combo that reached down to her mid-calf and easily hid her entire arms, a gift from her ‘big gay purring plushy’ along with her (thankfully dry toenails) Judy scrambled over to the door.

Pulling it open slightly Judy looked through the crack and saw Nick standing a couple steps away with the phone still to his ear, gentle yet smug smile on his face, eyes still a gorgeous shade of green and fur like spun fire and fresh cream…wow she must really still have some left over hormones if she was thinking like that.

“Hi, um…fancy meeting you here…” Cheese and crackers could she be any more lame?

“Mind if I come in? This feels like a conversation best had in person, if that’s ok with you of course.” He didn’t sound upset or anything but Judy could tell he definitely wasn’t his usual joking self right then.

Opening the door fully Judy silently allowed him into her room and closed the door as he walked past her. Seeing him in her room Judy couldn’t help but examine him a bit, she hadn’t seen him outside of class before that morning and wanted to see if there was much difference between Class Nick and Leisure Nick.

“Why did you think I would laugh earlier?” It was a simple question but still Judy really didn’t want to answer, seeing her hesitation Nick decided to keep talking.

“You’ve been mocked for having a hobby involving rope before haven’t you? Tell me if this sounds familiar: Sweet little bunny finds that she enjoys playing with string, soon enough she learns her first knot and after that she is hooked. Years go by filled with innocent projects until eventually someone points out that the only reason the cute little rabbit is interested in rope and knots is because she must like bondage.” That…was actually pretty damn on the spot.

“A few internet searches later and the rabbit’s innocent hobby now has a bit of a dark smear to it, a dark smear that somehow manifests itself in a way that seems to relieve stress. After that and a few more internet searches, the innocent hobby has become a way of coping with certain aspects of daily life but because of the baggage it seems to carry around, it has to be hidden from others…was I close?” By this time Judy had crawled up onto her couch and had slowly wrapped herself in a big fluffy blanket until only her ears protruded from the top.

“…Don’t call me cute…” Came the delayed and slightly muffled response. Raising her head until her eyes peeked out of the blanket bunker Judy looked over at the fox that had somehow just laid out a reasonably accurate outline of how things had gotten to where they were.

 “How could you have possibly known all that? There was plenty of things wrong and slightly off but overall…have you been talking to my family or something?” Nick chuckled slightly as he took a seat at her small dining/living room table.

“No… that was a rough outline of how things went for me, with a few details changed to fit the species difference. My mom used to tie a string around the base of my tail to keep me from wandering off, eventually I learned to untie it, then she tied it a different way and I had to learn to do it all over again and eventually I just started to enjoy knots.”

“I used to fix backpack straps with cord and knots, wrapped my water bottles in it, made nets and bags to hold things in my room. I would tie practically any excess length of string or cord into some kind of knot and would make bracelets to sell so I could afford more materials to make more bracelets.” Judy had to suppress a giggle at the mental image of Little Nick fiddling with strings and cords and getting just as tangled as she did when she was young.

“When I got into about junior high, I tried impressing some classmates with my vast knowledge of things you could do with cords and ropes…I had never heard terms like bondage until then. After that I sort of withdrew, people started calling me the kinky fox who liked to tie mammals up in his basement. After a while I just withdrew for the most part and practiced my hobby in private. When I graduated, Mom signed me up for The Ranger Scouts so that I would have something to do and mammals to hang out with over the summer.” At this point Judy had lowered the blanket to around her shoulders and was listening intently.

“I was supposed to be accepted into the Junior Scouts, but they didn’t want me. Instead of letting me join though they tried to muzzle me because I was a fox, a predator…I had worked my tail off to learn everything I needed to know in order to join. Mom had worked her tail off to make enough money for the uniform and these little shits were going to muzzle me…unfortunately for them they had no idea I had also…’dabbled’…in close up magic and sleight of hand, *ahem* along with pick pocketing and was a super enthusiastic Saturday morning kung fu theater fan.”

“… anyway long story short, the scout master was not in any way pleased when he walked in to find me sitting on top of a few of them after they uh…fell…on my emergency paracord supply and got tangled in a surprisingly coordinated way…” Judy had to giggle at that mental image, a little mini-Nick just angrily pouting on top of a bigger prey animal hogtied on the ground, little tail all puffed up like a bottle brush.

“So what did the scout-master say when he found you all like that, you said he wasn’t happy and that they were all prey so did it go as bad as it sounds like it might have?”

“Well he might have said a few things that I needed to zoogle the meanings of later on, but all I remember is that there was a lot of yelling and a police officer talking to the other scouts. After everything quieted down the scout master took me home and told me that since his whole scout pack was now looking at potential hate crime charges and Juvie at a minimum, their chapter was kind of disbanded but also he saw that I had talent and he offered to give me some things to do over the summer.” Judy had to agree with the Juvenile Detention but hate crime seemed a little much for a bunch of dumb youngsters, she would have to ask about that later.

“I spent the summer learning everything I would normally have learned in the scouts in a more roundabout way, I learned the knots generally used for camping in his backyard tying down tarps over firewood, I learned the first aid skills from getting beat up by the absolute JUNGLE he called a backyard…fire starting skills to light the barbeque and so and so forth.” Smiling at the memory of attacking the near sentient plants of the scout master’s backyard with a machete.

“After that when I made it into high school mammals were even less tolerant of foxes in general and giving them ammunition like knot tying as a hobby was essentially putting a gun to your social life and pulling the trigger yourself.” Seeing that there was more to his story than he had told her made Judy want to stay silent but she could see he wasn’t really ready to keep talking so she decided to take a bit of a leap of faith.

“When I was young I used to hang out with my Aunt Ruth…she loved knitting but would always use these wacky colors…neon green sweaters and burnt orange mittens…day-glow socks with glow in the dark toes…she would always be rocking in her chair and I would always end up somehow getting tangled in her yarn. For the first few years she would have to untie me but then I started untying myself, after that she taught me to knit, then crotchet.” Feeling herself relax a little Judy snuggled down into her blanket a little as she looked back into memory.

“Eventually I found a book on essential camping/survival knots and started doing everything I could to make enough money to buy my own cord…when I finally got my paws on my first hank of cord I was so proud of myself and excited for the things I could do with it…you should have seen the lengths I would go to in order to not waste a single shred of that cord. It wasn’t until I got to the last year or so of junior high that someone accused me of being into bondage and stuff…I actually had to wait until high school to get my own personal laptop and only then was I able to look things up without risking my parents or siblings finding out.” The blush creeping up her ears told Nick as much as he needed to know about what she had found.

“After that I stopped making things for people unless they asked for them, I stopped telling people what my actual hobby was and started learning other hobbies just so I could fake it enough to say things like video games and sports. I just sort of fell into the decorative knot categories on Ewetube and then ended up sliding into the more bondage related how-to videos…before I knew it I was tying wraps around my arms and legs while studying. Not really as interesting as your story but more or less how things went for me in my formative years.”

‘Yes Judy let’s compare nearly being muzzled by mammals he was supposed to trust and being essentially ostracized because of his species and hobby to people thinking you are weird and not wanting your family to find out, truly you are master of sympathy and conversation.’ Judy could have kicked herself for sharing all that right then.

“I actually started to tie myself almost by accident really; I found some pretty knots and needed something to tie them on so I used my arm since it was the most convenient thing around. Fast forward a few years and I am studying for a test in school and without meaning to I had started a decorative bind around my leg…I’m just glad I had my own computer at the time since trying to explain those search terms would have been an effort in futility.” Nick gave a small bark of laughter at that and seemed to relax a little further.

“Yeah I know what you mean, I ended up finding a blog about bondage and shibari when I was younger and was halfway through a tutorial on something when my mom walked in…at the time I was pretty confused as to why she was so upset since it wasn’t like anyone was naked or doing anything, then she explained why it was concerning for her to find her TEN YEAR OLD KIT watching a tutorial on how to suspend a mammal from the ceiling.” What followed was a few minutes of Judy giggling and then recounting an embarrassing time for herself. Both Nick and Judy soon fell into an easy rhythm of sharing and laughing at stories.

“Can I see it?” The question caught Judy slightly off guard as she was still busy laughing at his latest story.

“See what?” Maybe if she acted innocent enough he would believe her.

“The bind you have tied around you somewhere, you haven’t dropped the blanket since I got here and seeing as how I am getting hot in a single layer silk shirt and shorts I can only imagine what it must be like wrapped in a fluffy blanket, sweatshirt and stockings along with I’m guessing another shirt on beneath it all. Not to mention that I can see the thermostat from here and it looks like you have it set to the unnecessarily hot temperature of…hot damn 75 degrees!” At this exclamation Nick made a few gagging sounds and pretended to be overheating as if in a desert.

“No wonder it feels like a couple rabbits are gonna open the door and throw in a cursed ring or something…you aren’t expecting any relatives from middle earth are you?” Judy had to roll her eyes at that; it wasn’t that hot…was it?

“First off that was a great movie and book, second it isn’t that hot in here and third how do you know I just don’t like being in fluffy blankets and comfy clothes?”

“Well other than the fact I can see an open book for a math class along with a bottle of nail polish and your laptop is still open to a paused video from The Knotty Lads I am betting you probably did some studying and then decided to relax.” Damn he was good, Judy was going to have to be careful around him…maybe.

“Normally I would leave it at that but then you had to go and tell me that you would often tie a bind on yourself when you studied, as I don’t see any unused rope laying around I can only guess that you are probably wearing it. Also that blanket wasn’t on your bed when I came in so you probably weren’t wrapped up in it until then and as I can smell the nail polish I am betting you were painting your nails… now it is pretty obvious it wasn’t your hands since I can see them which leads me to believe it was your toenails and since you wouldn’t want to cover them up with stockings after going through the effort of painting them I would be willing to bet that the lines I saw in the stockings when you opened the door were probably ropes or cord…so, can I see your work?” 

To say Judy was amazed was an understatement.

‘Who am I talking to right now? some incarnation of the Great Mouse Detective or something?! That was amazing…and kinda hot…no bad bunny! Bad!’

Giving one last glance around for something to maybe change the conversation and finding none Judy stuck one floppy sleeved hand out of her blanket to point at Nick.

“Only because I trust you after those stories, but you so much as giggle and I kick you out the window, clear?” It wasn’t a question and Nick was pretty sure she meant it, though he had to repress a bit of a chuckle at the adorably fierce look on the little rabbit’s face.

Sliding her arms out of the sleeves she revealed the spiraling arm gauntlets on each forearm and then with only the slightest embarrassed glance she pulled off each stocking to reveal the loops around her toes and freshly painted nails.

“Wow…can I see them a little closer?” With a slightly hesitant nod and hop off the couch Judy walked up and extended her arms out for Nick to inspect, she could feel her heart beating a little faster as she did so, she had never really had anyone to compare notes with like this and was a little excited at the prospect. The feeling of Nick gently taking hold of her paws and arms as he focused on the rope work pulled Judy out of her thoughts.

Nick seemed completely focused on her arms, sliding his paw pads along the spirals, slipping a digit between her fur and the ropes sending a small shiver up her spine.

“This is really well done, a bit tight but not overly so, the spiral is pretty consistent all the way down. Can I see the others?” Judy was a little hesitant at lifting her leg for him to inspect seeing as how she still only had a baggy sweatshirt on to hide her panties, then something caught her eye.

‘Is he…getting aroused? HE IS I can see the bulge from here, girl parts FTW I guess, hmm…I wonder…’

It probably wasn’t a good idea to tease a fox in her room. No it was definitely a bad idea to tease a fox in her room especially with what she was and wasn’t wearing…

’but’…

Judy lifted her leg, slowly, curling her toes in a bit and resting it firmly on Nick’s thigh, close enough to the bulge she was seeing it would only take a small shift to…

’I can’t believe I’m really doing this but it’s so exciting, come on foxy let’s see what you do now…’

Nick didn’t seem to react much to her little display, or even really notice that she was showing off a bit more leg than if she would have if she had been wearing pants.

Reaching for her foot Nick slowly lifted it and began examining the knot work, again tracing the lines of cord from ankle to toe and back, examining how they crossed and twined together between her toes to keep them apart slightly.

Judy was just starting to think she might have gotten away with making a bit of a fool of herself when she felt him testing the tightness like he did with her arms, the feeling of his finger sliding under the cords up and down the top of her foot made her tail twitch and ears flush a little. Deciding she had gone this far and that stopping now would just frustrate her more Judy gently pushed her foot forward until Nick was holding her calf, softly massaging it while she placed the ball of her foot just over the waistline of his khaki shorts and pushed her toes through a gap in the buttons to his belly.

‘Come on, look at me darn it I need to see what you are thinking…oh that feels really good.’

Judy felt tension she didn’t even know she had beginning to melt away under Nick’s ministrations. Standing on one foot while her other was rubbing against sinfully soft belly fur and getting a wonderful calf massage was starting to affect Judy, she could feel herself heating up and relaxing, tipping her head back slightly and letting her eyes slide closed…of course that was what Nick was waiting for.

Feeling the grip on her leg change to a stronger and more commanding grip Judy snapped her eyes open and head forward, only to see Nick looking up at her with his head still tilted down. This position didn’t stop the rabbit from seeing what was obviously a large grin beginning to form on his muzzle or from seeing how his eyes had darkened from a spring field green to a rainforest during a thunderstorm emerald.

A sudden jerk of her leg forward and to the side had her falling forward and as she threw her arms out to brace herself against him, his other paw shot out like a viper and wrapped around her lower back like a steel band come alive.

With a small squeak and a rush of air Judy found herself straddling the fox’s leg with one of her legs wrapped around his waist, baggy shirt bunched up around her waist showing off a healthy amount of leg and underwear and both her little paws braced against a surprisingly firm chest while the arm that had reeled her in like a fish held her in place.

Nick then raised his other leg and crossed it behind her butt and over his other leg, effectively trapping her in place on his lap as shed straddled his non-crossed leg. Crossing her eyes slightly Judy was able to bring Nick’s nose into focus and with a small shift of her eyes, his teeth.

Pearly white, sharply pointed interlocking teeth perfect for hunting little bunnies like her…

’Maybe I should have listened to myself and not teased him…’

It was almost as much with her paws as her ears that Judy knew Nick was chuckling, a dark reverberating sound from the depths of his chest that made Judy think of hidden ocean depths, echoing caves that had never known the sun and of firelight reflected from black satin.

“Well, well, well what have I got here, looks to me like a little bunny thought it would be a good idea to tease the fox in her burrow.” As he spoke his voice went from its normal pitch and timbre down to something as dark as his chuckle, as dark as it had been on the phone earlier…Judy felt it resonate through her paws and up to her wrists causing the fur on her arms try to stand on end…only to be held down by the ropes.

“Silly bunny thinking to take control so easily.” Judy was about to respond when she felt the paw still on her calf start massaging again along with the other paw slide up her back and begin to gently massage just behind her ears.

‘Oh now that is just not fairrrrrr…’ Judy’s thoughts were soon reduced to mush as the chest in front of her began to rumble and that stupidly fluffy tail came up and wrapped around her.

Judy was plunged into a warm cocoon of fluffy rumbles and a strangely pleasant smell …paw pads gently working out tension in her neck as they flowed down to where her shoulders began and resumed their wicked dance. Feeling her eyes grow heavy in relaxation she figured she had decided on pampering herself a little tonight anyway so might as well enjoy this while she could.

Notes:

Honestly i think i am as eager to post the next chapter as the four people who have read this are to see the next chapter. I am currently working on a number of other stories as well as this one. So many of them are close to being ready to post and i am also currently working through the next installment of Second Lich.

Chapter 4

Notes:

OK so when i was writing this one i was flipping between the word doc and a google rabbit hole while thoroughly...hydrated...this is about as spicy and as nerdy as it gets and for those of you that are old enough to understand, this is more of a lime instead of being a lemon.

Judy felt amazing when she woke up...when did she fall asleep? The last things she remembered was…warm rumbling…smelly-good super fluff...

With a start Judy sat bolt upright and looked around quickly, nothing seemed out of place…she was in bed so that was a plus…she still had all her clothes on, double plus…but her laptop was on her desk when she remembered it being on her bed and the bottle of nail polish was on her bedside table. The ropes she remembered wearing were all coiled neatly on the couch…ok she definitely didn’t remember doing that since she was sitting in Nick’s lap-…oh cabbage rot.

With an embarrassed flush creeping up her ears Judy slowly lowered herself back into bed and wrapped herself up in her blanket until she looked more like a sushi roll with long ears.

‘What kind of foxy magic was that!? His voice just…changed and he was so…in control…and good with his paws…’ Judy gave a little wriggle of happiness at the relaxed feeling she still had in her shoulders and legs.

‘I need to figure out how to perform this vulpine sorcery so I can resist it better next time…if I feel like it…and maybe turn it back on him when he least expects it Muahahahaaa….zzzzzzZZzzz.’ The vividness of Judy’s dreams that night almost made her think she was going back into heat, dreams of cute fox boys tied to her bed as she teased and tortured confessions from them. Leading dark voiced predators around on leashes knowing they could easily break free but not wanting to upset their mistress…being held on a well-muscled lap with her arms and legs tied while sharp claws stroked down her ears…writhing tied spread eagle on her bed as soft paw pads roamed all over in counter to sharp teeth nipping in their wake…

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Judy woke up for the second time since last night with a big smile on her face feeling like one of those new mattress commercials, bright eyed and bushy tailed and ready to face the day.

Springing out of bed with more than her usual enthusiasm Judy walked over to the bathroom while stripping her clothes off in preparation for a shower. Bouncing into the shower and listening to one of her favorite songs Judy sang along while scrubbing her fur and dancing from one end of the tub to the other. Finishing up and drying off Judy looked into her closet and after deciding on an outfit figured she would be a little adventurous (in the privacy of her room that is) and air dry naked a bit more.

Sitting at her kitchen/living room breakfast bar swinging her feet Judy munched on some Lucky Chomps while scrolling through her Muzzlebook feed. Noticing a text notification she missed earlier Judy opened the app…and promptly chocked on her latest bite of cereal.

Once she had cleared her windpipe of the murderous food she looked back to the picture in her text app…a picture of her passed out on a very familiar chest wearing a big baggy sweatshirt and wrapped in a very familiar floofy tail, apparently she was something of a sleep burrower since in the picture she had nuzzled her way between the buttons of the silk shirt so she could get to the soft chest fluff of the fox whose lap she had fallen asleep in…

‘Well that settles it, never gonna live this down… time to move back home and become a hermit carrot farmer.’  Scrolling down a bit Judy noticed an actual text message following the picture.

‘Morning Carrots, you were just too CUTE to wake up last night so I figured I would put you to bed. Hope you don’t mind if I untied the ropes and such, generally not a good idea to sleep with things like that on. If you feel like talking again just shoot me a text, I look forward to watching you try to be dominant again, it was adorable ;).’

Such a shame, she was really gonna miss having him as the TA for her legal class but after calling her cute she just had no choice but to make him disappear…she was definitely gonna miss seeing that fluffy tail swaying around the class…

Getting ready for class only slightly distracted her from thoughts of killing the smexy fox that lived down the hall. Managing to walk out of her room without any ropes on any part of her body and then walking by Nick’s room without knocking on his door to see if he as there gave Judy a small feeling of accomplishment, silly as it was.

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The day had gone rather well in Judy’s opinion; she had gotten some good sleep, she hadn’t killed the fox in her class, she had done better than she thought she would have in math, science had been a review game for an upcoming quiz and her history teacher had actually made class interesting (though it helped that this was a teacher who liked to dress appropriate for the time period being discussed) and she hadn’t had distractingly sexy thoughts for most of the day.

It wasn’t until she was halfway through her homework that the day took a…somewhat more interesting turn when her phone buzzed next to her indicating an incoming text message.

“Hey Carrots you busy?”

“A little, I am studying for a quiz in science tomorrow”

“Sooo…nothing important or immediately required then :P”

“Dumb fox lol of course this is important!”

“I didn’t hear you deny the lack of requirement though.”

“Well I did fairly well in class today on review so an argument could be made to that conclusion”

“So if I came over to help you study would you be able to open the door or would I have to pick the lock”

“I’m sure I have no idea what you mean by that, there is certainly no reason why I wouldn’t be able to answer the door and I doubt you could pick the lock anyway” Judy determinedly did not look down at her feet being held sole-to-sole by a weave of smaller ropes while her knees were kept bent by a few turns of rope.

“You doubt my cunning fox powers!? Very well I see a demonstration is needed…”

Judy had just enough time to wonder what that meant and why it sounded so ominous before her ears snapped up at the sound of a knock at her door.

“Five seconds fluff-butt” Judy knew there was no way she could undo the ropes keeping her sitting in five seconds, but she was also pretty confident he couldn’t-…What was that sound? It sounded a lot like a lock being…’Brussels sprouts’…

Turning her head to the slightly open bedroom door Judy just listened as her main door opened and shut…

…soft clicks like claws slowly walking over the entrance tiles…

…silence but for the increasing sound of her heartbeat…

…black claws slipped through the crack of her door one at a time, each one followed by a brown digit so dark it was nearly black…

…she could almost hear her own breathing, she was being stalked in her own burrow and she couldn’t get away even if she wanted to, and she found she really didn’t want to…

…the dark clawed hand slowly opened the door…

…she really should at least try to cover up, she was only wearing some black booty shorts and a light blue tank top…

…she could see the rest of the arm in all its crimson glory capped by a black shouldered shirt, was that spandex?...

…she had decided on being comfy in her own burrow and hadn’t even put on panties never mind the sports bra she could usually get away with…

…wider, was he purposely going slow or was time just going really fast for her?...

...black tipped ear, crimson face fur, red handkerchief tied around his throat,  black-clad chest, dark grey basketball shorts, teeth on full display in a smile that she could tell would reach the other ear and one green eye like a forest during a storm…

…with a casual flick of his wrist Nick finished swinging open her bedroom door and stood there in all his glory with his fluffy tail swaying hypnotically behind him in a steady rhythm.

Judy watched as he casually slipped his hands into his pockets and stood there staring at her, eyes roving slowly over her form from her splayed legs to her bent knees and trapped feet…to the book open in front of her and the phone in her paws.

She knew her nose was twitching at Mach speed but she didn’t even consider trying to stop it. After nearly fifteen seconds of watching him stand there Judy realized he hadn’t moved from the razor edge of her room…he was waiting for an invitation she realized.

Deciding not to speak and risk breaking the spell that had fallen over her room Judy slowly put down her phone and lowered her eyes, remembering a few things from a somewhat embarrassing zoogle search she did on canine customs and body language, she tilted her head to the side slightly.

She never would have heard his slight intake of breath at her actions if she hadn’t been focusing her entire being on him, she never would have heard the nearly inaudible sound of his footpaws on the carpet of her room as he stalked over to her if she hadn’t been listening so hard.

Seeing the aforementioned footpaws come into view made Judy want to look up but the weight of his gaze on her kept her head lowered and neck bared…until a surprisingly soft touch caressed the side of her face, paw pads sliding along the soft fur of her jaw until a paw larger than she remembered cradled the side of her face.

Judy couldn’t help it, she let her eyes slide closed and nuzzled into the paw…she could feel the warmth radiating from it seeping into her fur like a warm fire on a cold winter night. A slight pressure under her chin along with three slight points ‘claws’ made her lift her eyes, slowly dragging her gaze up the casually dressed fox’s body until she was staring directly into the most beautiful pair of emeralds she had ever seen.

“Do you still doubt me Sweet Bun?” He was doing ‘The Thing’ again…it was so unfair he could weaponize his voice like that. A sharp jerk of her head to the side so she was now looking at her wall broke her out of her thoughts. She sensed more than saw Nick lean in and place his muzzle right at the base of her ear, so close she could feel the heat of his breath along the sensitive inner hairs of her ear.

“Do you still doubt me?”  The voice that resonated through her head like a whispering hurricane made her shudder slightly, she felt herself shake her head slightly.

Judy felt her eyes slide shut again, his scent was surrounding her now, thick and warm and musky enough to make her head begin to spin.

Feeling his paw shift along her jaw again Judy felt herself relax further, even when he pushed on her throat and guided her down onto her back on her bed. Legs lying flat along the bed causing her hips and lower back to push up slightly she let her arms splay out to the her sides. Judy couldn’t help the full body shudder when she felt him slipping his paw back up her throat, she couldn’t stop the heat from pooling in her abdomen when she felt his paw cup her mouth like he was trying to gag her.

‘He isn’t going to hurt me…he isn’t going to hurt me’ She could only repeat this assurance to herself as he moved his paw further up still until it was cupping her mouth and nose simultaneously, causing her to not only have a slightly harder time drawing a full breath but also getting a snoot full of FOX when she did inhale causing her head to spin with ancient instincts telling her to run and hide while filling her with a sense of calm and reassurance that he wouldn’t hurt her.

The difference between her primal brain and modern brain fighting to be obeyed caused a thrill to race down her spine and turn what had felt like a pool of warm cider in her belly into a molten lake of desire. He moved his hand ever higher after just a few labored breaths until he was covering her eyes.

“Yes or no Sweet Bun…do you feel safe?”  The question was so unexpected Judy started to stutter out a question before she was silenced by the sound of faraway thunder…no, not thunder, a growl emanating from the depths of a predators’ chest…from the depths of her predator’s chest.

*Gulp* “Yes.”

The growl shifted into a satisfied rumble she swore she could feel through the paw still over her eyes.

“Yes or no…do you trust me?”  

“Yes.” She sounded a little stronger this time, her voice a little clearer and less timid…at least she hoped.

“Last question…yes…or…no…”  He was leaning closer with every word…she still had her hands free if she needed them…she could feel the warmth of his breath on her throat as he asked this last question.

“Do you want help studying little Sweet Bun?” The question was so unexpected she nearly laughed, but the feeling of a cold wet nose snuffling along her pulse point and the warm hand covering her eyes kept her from doing so. Swallowing with a suddenly dry mouth and cursing her heart for speeding up so much at the thought of sharp teeth so close to her neck Judy could only squeak out…

“Yes.”

Feeling the hand slip from her eyes and the teeth retreat from her throat Judy was just about to open her eyes at the sudden lack of warmth when a cloth was placed over eyes and swiftly secured at the back of her head, effectively blindfolding her. Mentally telling herself to relax Judy heard a quiet sound…like air rapidly moving back and forth, he was sniffing for something in her room…but what was he looking for…oh if he went anywhere near her underwear drawer she was going to kill him, sexy voice be damned.

Following him with her ears she made a mental image of him moving in a small circle with his nose in the air…stop…long inhale…more rapid sniffy sounds heading her way now… stopping just above her and moving down now…right over her belly.

‘Foxes can’t tell if you are ticklish by smell can they?’

Oh she hoped not…no…moving down her side…along her blankets to the edge of her bed and finally under her bed…sniffy noises coming even faster along with a slight bump to the frame as he reached for something….oh carrot sticks…she had moved her suitcase under bed since she had been using it so much and didn’t want to keep going to her closet for it.

The sound of the zipper coming undone definitely didn’t echo in her room, but she could swear he was going slow just to torture her further. Hearing Nick rummage around through her most private possessions caused an anxious hitch in Judy’s breath as she remembered there was more than just rope and cord in there…her vibrators, her gag and buttplug were still in there…potato blight that was embarrassing, she actually started to lift herself up in a sit up when she felt a large paw land gently on her midsection effectively halting her upward movement and then pressing her back down onto the mattress.

That same paw began moving up her torso towards her breasts, she knew deep down all she had to do was say a single word and he would stop…but she didn’t want to.

Soon enough he had reached to just below her breasts, she was positive he could feel how her heart was about to beat out of her chest and into his hand…her shirt lifted and slid along in the wake of his paw revealing a bit of her soft white belly fur…he slid slowly up and folded his digits together until he fit his paw pads neatly between her small cleavage without actually touching anywhere he wasn’t supposed to…to her small disappointment.

She felt his paw move up to the bottom of her throat again and rest there felt like someone had just dropped a warm collar around her neck, until it slid off to the side and over her shoulder…down her arm leaving trails of warmth until he slipped his paw around her wrist and gently raised it up. The feeling of warm lips along her knuckles and a light kiss to her palm nearly caused enough blood to rush to her ears to drown out his next words.

“All it takes is one word Judy…just one word and it will all end.” The sound of her name from behind those teeth and in that tone of voice was enough to shake Judy back to reality, she had gotten used to hearing him call her Carrots and now hearing her actual name… she couldn’t deny she liked hearing it from him like that.

Feeling a loop of soft cord settle around her wrist and tighten jerked her out of thoughts involving how much she didn’t want this to stop at all. Nick then moved her arm until it was resting with her hand comfortably above her head before she heard him run the slack he still held through one of the bars of her head board and then lift her other wrist, give it the same attention as the first and then wrap a loop around it as well.

“What are the three laws of thermodynamics?”  Judy was so focused on the position of her hands and that they had rope looped around them that she hadn’t put there she didn’t even realize she had been asked a question…until the very paws she was thinking about were suddenly jerked up towards the headboard by the ropes around them in a single sharp jerk. The growl the emanated from the fox next to her nearly stopped her heart with the danger it conveyed.

“Answer me, Now.”  

“W-what was the question?!” Feeling her arms suddenly jerked up enough to almost drag her along the mattress had surprised her and she wasn’t entirely sure what he had said before.

“What was the question Sir…don’t make me remind you, now what are the three laws of thermodynamics?”

Switching her brain from thoughts of sexy foxes, rope and all the positions and scenarios those two things could involve to science was difficult but eventually Judy was able to dredge the answer from her hormone soaked brain.

“The first law, also known as Law of Conservation of Energy, states that energy cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system.” She was rather proud of herself for how steady her voice stayed through her answer and was about to continue her recitation of the other two laws when she felt those large paws slip a loop around her arms just above the wrists and with a couple deft movements twist it into a slip knot and pull it taught causing her elbows to move closer slightly.

“Continue.” It was such a simple word but it still caused a small race in her pulse.

“The second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of any isolated system always increases.” There may have been a small quiver in her voice near the middle but she was pretty sure he hadn’t noticed, again just before she was about to continue she felt another loop around her arms, another few movements and a knot tighten a couple inches up her arms from the last one pulling her elbows closer together and just like last time a single order to continue.

“The third law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of a system approaches a constant value as the temperature approaches absolute zero.” Judy rushed through the last one a bit as she felt the heat in her belly start to spread slightly at this un-expected turn of events, she had not planned on being tied up tonight that was for sure but she certainly couldn’t say she was upset at it.

“Now give an explanation of each in simple terms.”  The command was not entirely a surprise and neither was the knot being wound and tightened around her arms, again just a couple inches above the others, though her elbows were now close enough she had to raise her hips and back a little in order to reposition her torso in a more comfortable way.

“The first law says energy can’t be created or destroyed so it has to be transferred, stored or changed like how electrical energy is stored in a battery and then changed into light and heat in a lightbulb.” Not the best explanation she could have given she felt but close enough for this situation and for a quiz in beginners’ college science. She almost smiled at the tightening of two more knots along her arms but was distracted by the need to shift herself even more to stay comfortable.

“And now the second one, don’t wait to long or I might just feel like you can’t handle this and untie you.”  

“The second law states entropy only ever increases in an isolated system, systems with no outside influence always evolve and progress towards thermal equilibrium indicating maximum entropy. If a room is only ever used and never cleaned then no matter what it will always become more messy and disorganized but if it is cleaned the entropy decreases within the room and the effort to decrease the entropy of the room has increased the entropy outside the room in a greater amount than that which was lost.” With a few stumbles in her thoughts and answer Judy was rewarded with a final pair of knots pulling her elbows together until they touched. Never before had she been happier that she was a bit of a yoga nut and had worked hard at her physical fitness and flexibility as she raised her hips and mid back off the mattress. She was just about to ask how long she would have to stay like this when she felt what she was pretty sure was a folded pillow placed beneath her allowing her a small amount of support.

“Now tell me a simple definition of entropy.” By the sound of his voice she could tell he was looking through her suitcase again, the idea both thrilled and concerned her, she was sure she had washed all her toys before putting them away…but was it good enough to be missed by a canines nose?

The feeling of a piece of hard plastic being slid between the arches of her feet, still held together by her own tie design, told her that no it had not been enough to hide them from his nose. Feeling the small vibrator begin to buzz between her soles caused another surge of heat to flow into her core; at this rate he would be able to smell her more than the vibrators.

“Entropy is a lack of order or predictability, a gradual decline into chaos, a measurable degree of randomness in a system.” The buzz coming from between her feet was working its magic on her, muscles in her legs relaxed and tingles spread from her heels down to her tiptoes…and then the vibrations got stronger.

’Oh this is so not fair, he practically knows how to play me like a concert piano and I probably couldn’t even return the favor without it being like I was trying to play a kazoo.’

“Now tell me the two primary forms of energy and then the types of energy with examples.”

Wondering what hellish paradise a question with that long of an answer would get her Judy began answering and valiantly tried to ignore the feeling of her favorite neon green rope sliding around her neck…the same one she had nearly walked to class wearing around her leg now that she thought about it.

“The two primary forms of energy are kinetic and potential.” She felt a knot being tied into a loop at the back of her neck and then another just above the hollow of her throat.

“Kinetic energy is movement.” Another quick not being tied further down the long line of the rope and being laid upon her torso.

“Potential energy is, uh, stored energy like a battery or rubber ba-band” She tried not to stutter but when she felt the rope being tied in a knot and laid just over the cleft between her legs Judy couldn’t help but wonder how far she was going to let this go…and curse this damn blindfold for depriving her of the sight of her yummy fox currently bringing one of her fantasies to life.

“Keep going…please…” The words were out of her mouth before she had a chance to second guess herself. She was afraid maybe he wouldn’t continue until she felt the rope drawn between her legs and up her back.

“The types or energy are thermal energy like fire.” She felt the rope sliding along one side of her ribs and looped between the top two knots just below her throat and breasts only to be drawn back the way it came.

“Chemical energy is found in atomic and molecular bonds as well as things like food and natural gas.” The same movement as last time was repeated on the other side now, from the back to the front, between the knots and then from the front to the back leaving a line of pressure just at the top of her breasts…the sly fox was tying one of her favorite shibari ties.

“Nuclear energy is stored in the nucleus of atoms and is released through the process of either fusion or fission” Back to front, loop, front to back.

“Electrical energy is the movement of electrons and is best seen in lightning.” Another line across her torso and she now had a line of rope lightly constricting her chest and making her bust seem slightly larger than she actually was, the feeling of those strong and clever paws behind her back tying off the first portion of the tortoise shell distracted her from continuing her answer since it brought Nick’s chest almost right up against her own. She could feel her hard nipples brush against his chest when she shifted to allow for more room and decided she would study butt naked from then on, having that damn shirt between her and her fox was just irritating.

Feeling the warmth of his torso pull away and taking his wonderful earthy forest scent with him had her begin to whine in protest…until she felt a sharp nip right below her belly button. With a jump and a squeak and no small amount of arousal beginning to dampen her shorts Judy quickly continued with her answer.

“Radiant energy is a form of kinetic that travels in a wave and is found in x-rays and solar rays.” This continued on through light, motion, sound, elastic and gravitational energy and with each answer given another layer was added down the length of her torso and with each one added the knot between her legs was pulled just a little tighter until she was panting and squirming in her bonds.

Judy was sure she had studied enough and was about to say so when she felt the vibrator between her feet get turned up a few notches and along with her wrists being untied from the headboard of her bed.

‘That’s funny, I was sure he had tied it to the headboard and my wrists in one shot…oh he is good.’ Feeling a strong paw close almost completely around her own two paws and hold them in place as they were unbound from their extended position Judy was wondering what he was going to do next.

“Tell me about the three laws of motion Sweet Bun.” Oh she was going to sweep her room with his tail when she was free… ok not the tail it was too fluffy for that, BUT THE REST OF HIM WAS FAIR GAME…she was so ready for a climax at this point.

Just as she started in on the answer she felt her arms being drawn slowly away from the headboard to eventually lay down her torso. Feeling muscles that had been straining to hold her in a comfortable position suddenly given slack was enough to throw her off her train of thought as small tingles danced along her fingers and her shoulders cried out in relief that she didn’t even realize she wanted.

Feeling her arms being pushed back into position above her head had Judy almost panicking to finish her answer, as much as she tried to she couldn’t keep the moans of relief and arousal from her voice as her arms were laid against her torso and the vibrator turned up to max strength.

Electrostatic laws, Conservation of mass and energy…he made her go through them all and then he had her start over and each time she answered her would do something else to drive her closer to the edge…massaged her thighs and calves during the electrostatic laws…untied her ankles and gave her a foot massage for the conservation of mass and energy…retied her legs in a mermaid tail bind so they were extended out and could only bend at the knees while her feet were tied with her toes pointed like a fishtail.

Rolled her over and gave her a back and shoulder rub while asking about the types of energy in more detail, brushed and played with her puff of a tail while she explained the relationship between kinetic and potential energy.

By the time he finished growling questions directly into her ear Judy was humping into her mattress trying to get enough friction through her shorts to finish herself, she didn’t care if Nick saw her at that point she was to the point she would probably never be able to look at a science book again without getting damp. Her head was swimming in fox musk and scientific facts from the last…how long had it been anyway?

“Oohh Sir? H-how long have we been studying?” She wasn’t sure if she was going to get punished for asking a question but as long as he kept massaging her butt cheeks and lower back she was pretty sure she would survive, feeling the very obvious proof of his own enjoyment probably helped give her a little confidence boost as well. With a light chuckle she felt the devious fox lean forward over her legs and nibble at the outer edge of one ear before answering.

“Its been a little over an hour, almost an hour and a half…are you ready to stop?” She really wasn’t even though she nodded in the affirmative, she had never been this pampered before, sure she was tied up and unable to move while also being blindfolded and being mercilessly driven to the edge of an orgasm but her tormentor certainly knew what to do with his paws and it felt like every muscle in her body had been filled with warm putty.

“Do you want to finish a la petit morte?” The bugger knew French too? She had to be dreaming, though if she was she never wanted to wake up because the laughter at her frantic nodding was something she could definitely get used to hearing.

“Are you ok to take care of it or would you prefer I do the honors?”  He wasn’t serious was he? After this long feeling his paws drive her this close and he was asking if she wanted to get herself off with her own paws, oh crackers no.

“No, please, I don’t want to touch myself…please I want you to do it, I’m so close please don’t leave me like this.” Not one of her proudest moments but it was only the two of them and she wasn’t about to try and demand anything now, not after being putty in his paws practically from the start.

Hearing him give another chuckle at her begging she felt one of his paws slide up the inside of her thigh and finally, FINALLY slip beneath her shorts and begin stroking her where she really wanted it…she nearly came from just that but held back because she was not going to let it end that easily now that she was getting what she wanted.

While he was using one paw to play with her soaking entrance the other slid around her hip to rest hot against her belly and began adding pressure in time with his strokes.

OH she was so close now, she could feel her insides winding tighter and tighter, she tried to hold back just so she could savor this for a bit longer but there was no stopping it now. She could feel her muscles winding up for what she could tell was going to be a damn good climax…and that was when Nick struck.

With a snarl just behind her head he lunged forward and clamped his jaws around the back of Judy’s neck while sliding one finger as deep as he could into her tight channel and while dragging his claws across her soft belly.

Judy felt her primal brain light up like a Christmas tree with alarm bells screaming PREDATOR RUN…adrenaline surged, muscles tensed and flexed against not only the multitude of ropes keeping her immobile, but also against the invading digit stroking her favorite bundle of nerves.

She felt her body clench like a full rigor mortis while conflicting messages told her to run and stay, scream in primal fear and moan in deep sexual satisfaction as her eyes rolled up in her head behind her blindfold and her toes clenched against the ropes still keeping them pointed. She could feel her body slam back against the warm fox behind her and grind her firm butt cheeks into his rock hard arousal. Stars erupted behind her closed eyelids as what felt like every muscle in her body clenched in rhythm to her climax.

Eventually she felt herself coming down from the extreme sensory overload, all her muscles going from clenched cables of steels to warm honey starting from her toes and moving up to her head. Judy had never jumped into a pool of champagne or alka-seltzers (unlike some of her relatives) but the bubbly feeling rising up her spine and spreading to all her extremities was probably better than doing either in her opinion.

Notes:

I can't promise the plot will get better or more coherent but i also cant promise it will get worse so...stick around until next month and make another therapy appointment i guess.

Chapter 5

Notes:

A little late to posting but i kind of forgot about the whole thing with everything else going on.

Judy felt like a ton of bricks. Every muscle was a lead weight and her head was a floaty castle flying through clouds of pleasure. She was too tired to really think and she was so comfy…her favorite plush cuddled up to her front, soft and warm fur at her back, fluffy smelly-good fur curling up from her toes to her nose…wait…

Judy sat upright ram rod straight clutching her pudgy life sized over stuffed bunny plush to her chest…well she would have if a strong arm hadn’t whipped out and pulled her back into a warm chest.

Judy quickly took stock of her situation…

Favorite plush held to her chest, got it…

Stupidly fluffy tail curling around from her feet up to her head, kinda weird…

Smelly-good furry chest at her back, ok check that off the list of new experiences…

Strong arm clad in crimson fur wrapped tightly around her midsection, number two on the list of new things…

Memories started to filter back to Judy in a slow parade under a banner of ‘WTF was I thinking?!’…

She had barely known this fox for a few days on any personal level, and that was at a stretch. She had never let someone touch her like he had and yet…it had felt pretty damn good.

“Welcome back to the land of the living Fluff, have a nice nap?” The whiskey smooth voice flowed like honey from her almost totally bare back through her torso and only then did she actually hear it in her ears. Judy wondered if it was a universal thing for males to have an un-naturally deep and sexy voice when they first woke up. She remembered more than one of her sisters commenting on how sexy it was when their male woke up and started talking in some sleepy, rough and deep voice.

‘Note to self, investigate if Foxy Voice Weaponization is gender specific or simply localized to the vulpine class of predators…also look into smelly-good scent…’

“Um…uh how long was I out?” Because that wasn’t an embarrassing thing to ask when she was currently surrounded on all sides by soft fox fur while it was attached to the very same fox that had given her the orgasm of a life-time.

“Only a few minutes really, enough time to untie your legs and arms, plus a bit to get comfy so …Twenty? Maybe thirty minutes or so…you get really cuddly when you sleep did you know that?” Judy was really glad her ears were currently pinned between her back and his chest, thus the blush tinting them a lovely crimson would go un-seen.

In an effort to cover her embarrassment Judy started to fiddle with the tail in front of her, softly petting the coarse upper layer and running her paws through the deeper softer layers…if she hadn’t been pressed back to chest she would have missed the way Nick’s breath hitched just a little and how his muscles tensed very slightly. Deciding to file that little bit of information away for the time being Judy decided to try and take at least a small amount of control of the situation.

“So…um…are we gonna talk about this?” Feeling the fox shift behind her into a more comfortable position brought a certain anatomical aspect to the forefront of Judy’s mind, specifically the rock hard shaft still poking her in the butt just under her tail.

“Well, I was bored and thought maybe you would be available and then you dared to doubt my foxy powers so in order to preserve the honor of foxes and ninjas everywhere I was duty bound to prove myself.”

“After I picked the lock probably faster than you could use a key and found you in a very attractive outfit and a very compromising situation well…I might have taken advantage of the situation slightly…are you mad at me for this?” Again if she wasn’t so close she would have missed the slight tensing of muscles and the beginning of a whine in his voice.

“No you silly fox, I’m not mad that I got to have one of the best climaxes I have ever had but I am confused…how…I had a couple boyfriends back home and they never even got under my shirt and yet I barely know you for like a week and yet here I am, totally OK with being tied up and fingered and even comfy when surrounded by my supposed natural predator…what was that thing you did with your voice and what cologne are you using cause it is amazing.” This last statement garnered a slight look of confusion to flash across the fox’s muzzle before a look of understanding slowly replaced it.

“Did the boys back home help you study?” Judy just laughed at the thought while rubbing her face between her plush and the tail she still held, though she made it look like she was shaking her head at the thought.

“Ha, yeah right, they would usually try for a make-out session or ‘student run anatomy session’ practically before study hall even started. Thankfully I was never dumb enough to go to any boy’s house to help tutor them…” Nick hummed a bit in thought.

“Did any of them know of or support your hobby? Or even your dream career path?” Once again Judy shook her head.

“So I guess you never really got close to any of them never mind close enough for romance to have a chance right?” Judy just cuddled her bunny plush and the tail closer and nodded her head.

“So last question…were you wearing perfume last week or the week before that? Kinda earthy, flowers and citrus at the same time…a bit like smelling sunshine?” Thankful her ears were pinned between them so he couldn’t see the blush creeping up them as Judy shook her head while burying her face in her plush.

*Sigh* “Yeah I kinda thought so…do you happen to know what time of year it is?” At Judy’s head shake Nick rolled onto his back while keeping his arm firmly around the bunny’s waist so she ended up on top like she was lying on a giant body pillow.

“It happens to be about mid-fall, you mentioned what smelled like cologne right? Well that wasn’t cologne that was a foxes’ natural scent, though it is a little stronger and slightly different since it is getting closer to winter which happens to be the vulpine mating season.” Judy filed that little tid-bit of information away for later as well as continuing to pet and play with the tail still in her grasp.

“As it is, mostly vulpines but a few other canines will be getting closer to those they care for or will be looking for someone to get close to, whether to be serious or just to be warm during the winter is sort of up to the mammal in question.” Judy hugged her plush and the tail closer and debated for a few seconds on if she wanted to ask the question starting to brew in her head.

If she didn’t then this could be passed off as residual hormones and being touch starved from being away from home for so long on her part and increasing hormones due to biological time clocks going off on his part…but if she did ask, it might lead somewhere she wasn’t entirely sure about.

“And what are you looking for?” She heard herself ask the question before she realized what she was doing.

“What am I to you? Long term or cuddle buddy?” Judy felt the fox’s breath hitch ever so slightly and the arm still around her and the plush tense a bit.

“Well *ahem* uhmm…actually I was going to ask this on Friday so you could have the weekend to think it over and it certainly wasn’t going to be like this but…would you mind grabbing lunch and a movie with me later on? You know, when there is free time and such…maybe get some coffee and uh, well I was gonna say coffee and study but I think the earlier activities sort of gave that phrase a different context than I was intending.” She would never tell him but hearing him begin to ramble and fumble through asking her out was so adorable she wished she had a video camera going right then.

Squirming around on top of the fox until she was face to face, sort of, Judy wondered when he had lost his shirt since she was very much looking at a shirtless fox underneath her. Sitting up so she was straddling Nick’s waist while holding her plush to her barely covered and still rope clad chest Judy hid her smirk in the plush’s back as she made sure to sit down hard on his still throbbing length.

“Alright, you are going to take me out to a movie and then dinner afterwards, you are going to be a perfect gentleman and it is going to be a fabulous night.”

“I mean I would understand if yo-hold on…movie and dinner? Like a date?” The wagging tail squirming in her grasp and excited light in Nick’s eyes betrayed the forced casual tone of voice.

“Yes like a date, don’t worry I’m not about to break your bank on the first date…gotta wait until the third or fourth for that, have to make sure you aren’t getting away after all.” Nick wasn’t normally intimidated by prey mammals, especially not ones a foot or so shorter than him…but the glint in Judy’s eyes right then had him swallowing reflexively.

Looking around Nick noticed that it had gotten a bit later in the evening than he had thought and decided it was probably a good idea to run while he had the chance, as much as his tail didn’t want him to.

“So I guess I’ll pick you up for an evening show and we can hit up a nice little place I know afterwards, um…I’m gonna need my tail back though, I’m kinda attached to it.” Super Smooth Slick, yep that was him…

Judy seemed to puff up just a little bit at the thought of an upcoming date, then deflate just as much at the thought of having to give up the Fluffy.

“Do I gotta? You sure your tail can’t stay until then?...and what happened to your shirt by the way, you were wearing a different shirt than your usual eye sore along with different shorts… you still have the shorts on but not the shirt.” She was stalling for time and she knew it, she didn’t want to give up the tail and liked having him between her thighs like this…plus the occasional twitch from the red hot rocket beneath her gave her little boosts of confidence and amusement.

“Well you remember how that first time you were a bit of a sleep burrower? Well this time you ended up actually going under my shirt and since it was tight enough that it might get stretched out, not to mention how hot it was with both of us in the same shirt in this oven of an apartment, I sort of took it off…as for why I was wearing this as opposed to my usual razor edge of fashion outfit…”

Judy scoffed lightly at this statement which earned her a tweak to her puffball of a tail.

“I was playing a little basketball with a friend earlier and was on my way back when I texted you. Now yes, you have to give up the tail since I would look foolish if I went to class without my best accessory.”

Giving a wicked grin as his only warning Nick grabbed Judy by the waist, making sure to place his digits under the ropes she still wore and lift up…this had the immediate effect of lifting her off his painfully hard member and the bonus effect of pulling up on the ropes still running between her legs causing a wonderful moan to escape her lips.

With a quick scoot and roll Nick easily switched places, Judy now on the bottom and him on top. Darting his muzzle in with liquid grace Nick sealed her mouth with his, effectively stealing the end of her moan for himself. Giving one last dark grin Nick rolled off the bed, snatched up his neckerchief and shirt, tossed the latter over his shoulder like a beach towel and strolled casually out of the little bunny’s room.

It didn’t take more than a second for Judy to un-cross her eyes and catch her breath but when she did she gave the door the fox had just walked through a decidedly predatory grin and bolted for the opening.

Zipping through her bedroom door just in time to see the front door finish shutting with a click Judy sprang forward, fully intending on snagging that smug fox and showing him who gets the last kiss.

Throwing the door open Judy was surprised to find the hall empty…except for the very tip of a fluffy tail sliding out of sight into a certain fox’s room.

‘How the carrot sticks did he get that far away in that short amount of time?’ Figuring it would just be another question to add to the list of things she was going to grill him on during their date Judy slowly began to unwind the ropes from around her torso and from between her legs.

After throwing her clothes in the laundry hamper, putting away the more embarrassing aspects of the evening and taking a steaming hot shower Judy flopped face first into her bed.

Surrounding herself with her plushies and hugging her now most super favorite one to her chest Judy fell asleep with visions of topless foxes dancing through her head and a smile on her face.

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Four days didn’t seem like much at first…well three days now including Friday…72 hours from the beginning of Wednesday classes…4320 minutes…259,200 seconds, but who was counting right?

Judy woke up Wednesday from the kind of sleep that can only be attained after a great climax, and instantly regretted not remembering to go to yoga for a while. Stiff from being tied up, stiff from going so limp and then back to normal movement, stiff from laying asleep in the same position she fell asleep in…just stiff in general. Hauling herself out of bed and doing a quick few stretches allowed her to make it to the shower with only a slight hobble to her step, a nice hot shower fixing the rest of her stiff muscles.

Figuring she liked air drying the last time Judy decided to forgo getting dressed right away. Glancing towards the full body mirror on her closet door she felt like being a little goofy. Throwing her shoulders back and taking a deep breath to puff out her chest a bit Judy tried to remember all the walking lessons her sisters tried to give her in an effort to accentuate her hips and ass.

‘Walk on my toes a bit more…not that much, ok better…uh…sway the hips a bit, ok that looks good…I think…cross the steps over or som-WHOA!’ With a cry Judy ended up on sprawled out on her floor after tripping over her own feet and losing her balance.

Rolling over onto her back and glaring at her still brightly painted toes like they had personally offended her, Judy got back up and went back to the wall opposite the mirror to try again. She got a few more steps in before she tried to turn and ended up on her butt again after over complicating the movement. Deciding she had enough time Judy continued trying to make the hip swaying walk look more normal on her and to do it without looking at her feet the whole time. 

After almost forty-five minutes of trying to walk sexily Judy was out her door ready for another day…though her hobble had begun to make a reappearance after the number of falls she took and the way she was making her muscles work in ways they weren’t used to.

Legal studies went about as well as she could have hoped for…minus the smoldering glances she caught Nick giving her, and the way his tail would just so happen to sway in her direction any time he walked by and would either run teasingly along her ankles or shoulder…it looked so natural she was sure he practiced it.

Math didn’t go as well as she had hoped and she made sure to write down the points she needed to study (memories of last nights “study session” flashing through her head), science was more review and study with a bit more emphasis on specific points…history was great since their teacher came in wearing a traditional kimono and speaking only in haiku, the entire class laughed at his mix of incredibly good and cringingly bad poetry.

Judy was walking back from her final class of the day and looking forward to a relaxing yoga session and some studying when all of a sudden she was tackled from one side by a cloud and before she could even get her balance to figure out who was attacking her or why, she was attacked from the other side by a marshmallow leaving her between a squish and soft place.

Wriggling her body enough to get her head out of the nearly suffocating cloud Judy came face to smile with big, sharp predatory teeth on one side and smiling black muzzle on the other.

“SHARLA *turn* BENJI!! Holy carrot sticks what are you two doing here?! Sharla I thought you were supposed go on some kind of week-long field trip or something?! Benji aren’t you supposed to be at OU on a wrestling scholarship?!” She was so happy Judy didn’t even realize they were moving until they were almost to her building and she was still stuck between them like some kind of bunny sandwich.

“Uh guys you can put me down now, really I was just gonna drop my stuff off and go do some yoga, study and call it a night…guys?” Benji just giggled smiled down to her.

“Nu-uh Jude, tonight you are going to watch terrible movies with Shar-Shar and I, we are gonna talk about boys, do each other’s nails and stuff and eat junk food. I only have a couple days in town and for tonight at least we are gonna relive the good ol’ days of our youth and waste a bunch of time relaxing, now what room are you in?”

“Don’t worry Big B. I know where she lives, just follow my lead.” The traitorous ewe said with a grin on her face as she made sure Judy wasn’t about to try and make a break for it to get out of relaxing.

Accepting that there was no escape from junk food and old friends Judy just gave an exaggerated sigh and let her head flop into the thankfully still squishy chest of her ‘big gay purring plushy’ and sure enough a purring rumble started up a few seconds later.

The odd trio of cheetah, sheep and bunny still stuck between them had just walked out of the elevator onto Judy’s floor when Nick’s door opened up and said fox walked out…only to stop dead in his tracks at the sight of the three headed monster.

Seeing Judy caught up between the two larger mammals caused a certain mocking light to enter the vulpine’s eyes.

“Hey Nick, going to shoot some hoops?” Judy asked once she noticed the duffle bag slung on his shoulder and that he was wearing a collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up to just below his elbows and instead of some garish eye searing color… this one was instead a purple so dark it was nearly black with emerald dragons stitched across the shoulders and around the bottom with full length black slacks to finish up the look.

“Nah, a buddy called and needed me to fill in for him at a café downtown, I may get paid a little for the TA job and my scholarship takes care of most other things but it doesn’t leave me much wiggle room with fun money, plus this gives me some experience for my business class…you three look like you are gonna be busy doing some hardcore time wasting so I’ll let you get to it, such things must be taken seriously and performed correctly after all.”

With a two fingered salute the sharply dressed fox sauntered past the trio (Judy felt a stab of envy at how casually he could make his hips sway IN OPPOSITE TIME to his tail). Noticing the other two were blatantly watching the foxy tail walk by and continue on towards the stairs instead of the elevator Judy just whapped them both with her ears

“Are we going to waste time with bad movies and junk food or not? Sharla you remember how to give massages right? If I’m not gonna get a yoga session tonight you are gonna be the next best thing, Benji did you actually bring junk food or are we gonna have to order out?” Ignoring the ewe’s indignant cries at being ‘the next best thing’ and promises of showing the rabbit just how good she had gotten in the last few months Benji just chuckled and motioned with his head at the backpack he had on.

“Hun I got enough junk food for you to last until the end of time…so probably enough for at least a few hours between the three of us.”

Judy hadn’t realized how much she had missed her two best friends until they were sprawled out on her living room floor, surrounded by junk food, C-grade horror movie playing while she and Benji combed and trimmed Sharla’s wool. The three of them were just coming down from a hysterical laughing fit at the terrible acting and plot of the movie when Benji saw his chance and took it…just as Judy was sipping on her carrot/mango soda.

“So Judy how many times did the fox from earlier make you see heaven?” Judy spit a fine mist of her drink and coughed to clear her airways a bit before turning a terrified and blushing gaze towards the large feline.

“What’s this?!” AAANND Now Sharla was in on it, there was no hope once she smelled gossip in the air.

“Oh girl you better spill and then tell why we didn’t hear about this before the end of ‘Acid Spitting Cucumbers From Outer Space’, I mean we are three movies in and this is only now getting brought up?” Judy just rolled her eyes and used a paper towel to clean up the mess.

“What makes you think there is anything TO bring up.” She knew it was a futile effort to try and play dumb but she had to try.

“Don’t even try that BunnyButt, I may not be a canine but I still have a predators nose and I can definitely smell fox musk in here and it very definitely smells like that fox from earlier with the snazzy threads and duffle bag. Also I grew up around bunnies Judes, I can smell bunny arousal and this place is covered in the smell.

‘DARN PRED SNIFFY NOSES! I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY THE CANINES THAT WERE LIKE THAT!’

Judy looked between two expectant sets of eyes and figured she might be able to turn this away with a few good phrases, yes all she had to do was…

“Sharla what are you doing? I don’t like that look on your face…” Seeing a wolf’s grin on a sheep face was decidedly disturbing, especially when it was under-lit by her phone screen.

“Don’t even think you are getting away from this or turning it to a different topic Jude… If you even try I instigate the nuclear option.” Turning her phone so Judy could see the screen nearly had the rabbit gasping in betrayal, there on the screen was a picture of her mom and she was just one green button away from being called directly.

She would see who it was that was calling and even if Judy got the phone away from the black sheep her mom would just call back, or call Judy until she got an answer and the more she was delayed the more extreme her reaction would be when the call was finally answered.

“Oh I am SO returning your Christmas gift you sneaky ewe.” Judy hissed at her best friend with narrowed eyes.

“It was gonna be great too, those new rock climbing gloves you want so much were soon to be yours but now, POOF, nothing.” No amount of dramatics was going to get her out of this though since it looked like Sharla considered Christmas to have come early anyway.

“Fine fine I’ll tell…but I had better not hear ANYTHING from ANYONE after this, ESPECIALLY you Benji you hopeless gossip, I’m not saying I got you a backstage pass to Gazelle’s New Year concert but if I did and I heard anything about this after tonight that pass would find itself in an active barbeque pit, AND YOU SHARLA!” Judy had by this point jumped to her feet and pointed a tiny claw at the sheep who in turn pointed a hoof at herself with a mockingly innocent face.

“You had best remember the Prank War of Fourth Grade and realize Nukes can be sent in both directions, I still have plenty of dirt on both of you from our younger days and don’t you forget it.” After seeing the proper amount of terror on both faces Judy smirked a little to herself, stripped off all but her panties, grabbed a few pillows off her bed and the couch and after arranging them to her liking...flopped face first into them.

“Sharla you can start on that shoulder and back massage and Benji you can get my feet and legs, if I am gonna tell this story there are going to be no interruptions or questions and I am gonna be pampered as payment.” With her face in the pillows Judy couldn’t see the smiles on her two friends’ faces as they took their positions and began working on her muscles.

Judy told them everything, from how she had started having more and more X-Rated fantasies and how some even involved the black sheep currently working the tension out of her shoulders, to how she had taken care of herself for a week and how she had been so out of it one day she had walked out and almost down the hall wearing a weave around her leg, being caught by Nick, the card he left behind and then the conversation with the doctor.

She tried to gloss over what had happened when she called Nick for the first time but between the threat of tickles and parental texting she caved and told them, in detail, how that whole night had played out with the heart to heart about their pasts, a little stroll down memory lane for the two of them and finally her falling asleep in his lap.

They both had to physically restrain themselves when she showed them the picture he had sent her, and both of them shifted somewhat when she gave them the play by play of her ‘study session’.

Judy was glad she had thought ahead and was able to pull a pillow over her ears before the sonic attack that was Benji’s squeal sounded through her room at the part with the cuddles and fumbling through asking her on a date.

“I WAS just going to calmly wait until Friday and see how it all unfolds then, but NOOOOO my two best friends had to show up, kitnap me and threaten to tell my parents I’ve started fooling around with a predator, a fox no less, and am now trying to figure out a better reason to not go further other than ‘because he is a fox and you are a bunny, pred and prey don’t mix’ blah blah blah…” The sheep and cheetah just continued to work on her muscles as she moved on from telling them how things had gotten a bit complicated to simply ranting.

“I mean it isn’t like I went looking for a predator or anything, I was just happily sitting in class and happened to notice he had a really fluffy and soft looking tail, then a few days later and BOOM! All of a sudden I’m shoving something up my rear end while imagining him tying me up and nibbling my ear while we watch movies!” Both Sharla and Ben shared a silent look of understanding at the tone of confused frustration in their best friend’s voice.

“FOR A WHOLE WEEK I was trying to focus on class and every time I saw him I would wonder how good it would feel to have him in my mouth, or curled up around me…which is pretty awesome by the way…or how good it would feel to have him use his teeth and claws and stuff…oh and don’t get me started on what I was thinking about involving the cheetah twins at the gym.” Of course the two mammals currently making sure she was as physically relaxed as possible gave each other a sly look and proceeded to get her started on the cheetah twins.

After a rather in depth Q&A session on the twins while Benji massaged her legs and calves and Sharla worked on her butt cheeks and lower back Judy was feeling pretty darn good. All her muscles were warm and gooey feeling, she finally had a chance to vent about her mess of a love life...

’Oh tomato rot, they freaking played me.’

“Ohhhh, you two suuuuucck you totally planned this didn’t you?” The nearly deafening silence from the two in question was answer enough.

“Oh come on bun-bun this is the farthest and longest you have been away from home, can you blame us for being a little worried for our favorite Little Tryer?” Benji said after a while as he ran a claw down the bottom of one foot knowing it would not only tickle but also slightly arouse her… all the better to distract her.

“Yeah Judes we were worried about you, the phrase ‘look before you leap’ only seems to make an occasional appearance in your thought process and well, being this far from home and surrounded by new mammals…” Sharla trailed off with a little twirl to Judy’s puffball of a tail.

“Ughh…I get it guys, I don’t like that I get it…but I get it…I have a tendency to rush into things and with all the new mammals around I might get caught up in something before I realize it…and oh look the semester isn’t even over and I am already getting tied up by a fox I barely know…Benji you keep that up and I may end up doing something we both regret.” The aforementioned cheetah quickly dropped the foot he was poking with his claws.

“Well I can’t say I am learning everything I expected to learn when I showed up…in less than six months I have learned that I actually enjoy some butt things, Sharla you can move up to my lower back unless you feel like re-living our Sweet Sixteen.” Sharla quickly scooted up her best friends back and began rubbing the bunny’s lower back with a small blush at the curious glance from her cheetah friend.

“Predators turn me on way more than practically anyone from back home, being tied up by someone else is WAY better than tying myself up and is a surprisingly effective method of studying, apparently my feet are more sensitive than I thought and I totally have a thing for sharp teeth…ugghh…when did things get so complicated guys?” Sheep and cheetah could only give each other a sympathetic look over their friends’ nearly nude body.

“Probably around the time you had your first heat bun-bun, around the time you started noticing certain aspects of those around you.” Wait a Gnu York minute…

“Guys…how did you know I went into a heat cycle?, I never mentioned THAT particular detail…” Both sheep and cheetah looked at each other in mounting fear as they realized what they just did.

Feeling the muscles in her best friend’s body begin to tense Sharla quickly pinned the rabbit’s arms beneath her knees just as Benji pulled both her legs out straight when he felt them begin to coil like she was preparing to push off with them. Both friends just hunkered down and hoped they would survive what was about to come.

“You…TRAITORS I AM GOING TO KILL YOU BOTH, GET OFF ME SO I CAN GIVE YOU BOTH WHAT YOU HAVE COMING!” She probably would have continued to yell if there hadn’t been a knocking at her front door followed by a very familiar voice calling her name.

“Judy? JUDY! You okay in there? I heard yelling and I really don’t want to have to call the police again.” Ignoring the various questions THAT statement brought up Judy just felt her ears curl in time to the blooming of an awful idea in her mind…she had just had wonderful, awful idea…

“NNIIICK!!” Give the bunny an award, her cry of his name was fairly believable as one of distress.

Hearing the sound of a key in her door instead of the expected sound of lock picks was a bit of a surprise though…oh look he had a key to her door, why did he have a key? Oh he looked pissed…uh oh…

Seeing two ultimately unknown mammals seemingly holding down the bunny he was starting to be a little sweet on while she was essentially naked was not what Nick expected when he opened the door…and he really needed to talk to Judy about her interior decorating since everything seemed to be coated in red.

Judy had enough time to realize he still looked really good before she then realized he had made a few modifications to his outfit, thick latex straps encircled his arms, legs, torso and waist…that he was now reaching for with malicious intent in his eyes…oh cabbages…

Nick launched himself forward almost on all fours if not for the one paw looking like it was undoing his belt.

Benji had almost enough time to take a single breath before the red rocket slammed full force into his, admittedly large, gut and bowled him head over heels away from his little bun. Recovering from his shoulder charge Nick turned and whipped one paw in a sweeping motion and before she could even cry out at her best friend getting sacked across the room Sharla found her arms held fast to her sides as the belt Nick had whipped out wrapped around her torso.

With a quick jerk of his arm Nick pulled Sharla off his bunny, turned her around and with a few deft movements had the belt holding her arms to her sides buckled securely, effectively restraining her. With a small shove to the ewe’s lower back Nick sent the sheep stumbling forward and tripping over the still prone form of Judy as she was trying to raise herself in astonishment at what she had just seen.

Flicking an ear around at the sound of a groan behind him Nick spun around while undoing the belts around one of his forearms.

Seeing the large cheetah beginning to struggle to his feet, Nick dashed forward and grabbed one paw while sliding a loop of belt around the feline’s wrist. Spinning around the form of the large cat Nick pulled the wrist with him and with a swift kick to the back of the cat’s knee dropped him to a more manageable position.

With a quickness that would make a cobra envious Nick lashed out with his other paw and snagged the arm that was thrown out in an attempt to maintain balance. A few quick movements later and Nick was pushing the rather rotund cheetah forward onto the mammal pile of Judy and Sharla. Looking around in confusion at what just happened Benji was the first to speak as he finally caught sight of Nick from his prone position on top of his friends.

“OH, hi you must be Nick. Judy has told us a lot about you, nice to meet you.” Seeing as his paws were currently restrained Benji flicked his tail out like he was offering a paw shake. Nick just quirked an eyebrow at the oddness of the situation, but shook the tail nonetheless as he finally noticed the amount of junk food wrappers and containers along with the stack of movies lying next to the couch.

Undoing a few more belts from around his form, Nick knelt down next to his bunny’s head as she struggled to extricate herself from beneath the sheep and cheetah. Looking up at the fox that had just quite handily taken out her two friends Judy could only gulp as she recognized the look in his eyes.

*gulp*…

“I’m in trouble aren’t I?” Seeing the lambent green eyes of the fox before her snap and focus on her Judy couldn’t help the twitch in her nose…or the shiver that went down her spine to curl her toes.

“I don’t know Little Bun…is there a reason you should be in trouble?”

Notes:

You know i have read through this a dozen times and it gets more ridiculous everytime i go through it...

Chapter 6

Notes:

OK so this one is a lot shorter than i remember so sorry about that but hopefully the next ones will be better. I was wondering if i was even going to be able to post this one since until yesterday the internet had been out in our area for going on three weeks.

Nick ran a paw over his muzzle and wondered to himself, not for the first time, why he promised to go to college…they had online courses now, he could have stayed home and gotten the same degree in his boxers…

“So let me get this straight…you two…” He pointed to the now hogtied Benji and frogtied Sharla on the floor in front of the couch.

“Are kithood friends of Judy and are in town under completely innocent reasons but were both recruited by said rabbit’s mom to look in on her out of parental paranoia since she only recently went into her first heat cycle…”

“MPHHMMPHM!”

“Quite you.” Without even looking Nick flicked his wrist out and stung Judy across her mostly bare butt with his last belt resulting in an indignant and aroused cry from his bunny. Sure Benji and Sharla were tied up as well but they were sitting, or in Benji’s case lying, on the floor fully clothed on a few pillows for their comfort and were able to speak.

Judy on the other paw was still only wearing her panties, tied straddling a dining room chair backwards with her arms tied around the backrest like she was giving it a hug, and her legs tied in such a way as to stick out her rear end.

An application of his tie yielded a passable blindfold and with only a few twists and with a simple knot applied to a bit of spare rope the rabbit was effectively gagged into silence. Now he could have stopped there…but that wasn’t really his style, so Nick had yanked Judy’s panties up into a wedgie from hell and looped a belt around her neck and through the abused underwear causing her to sit in an upright position with her back slightly bowed backwards and chest thrust out.

“Now as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted…*smack*…you two decided that since you were all in the same area and no one had anything majorly pressing for tomorrow, a night of…” Nick glanced through the stack of movies still lying next to the tv.

“Atrociously bad horror films and junk food was a good idea along with the more or less obligatory grooming that comes from having two or more girls in the same room…”*smack* She hadn’t done anything to deserve the spankings he was occasionally flicking her way, but that wasn’t about to stop Nick from doing so, especially since the sound of her moaning was like an angelic choir and the scent she was giving off was better than any perfume that could be made by the paws of mammal kind.

 “Is that about right or have I missed something?”

“Well there is also the amount of juicy gossip between childhood friends that builds up after months of not seeing each other that needed to be gone over especially when something like a fox and bunny dating gets thrown into the mix.” He may have been trussed up like a holiday turkey but that certainly didn’t diminish Benji’s enthusiasm.

“Ah yes the gossip…and as far as I am aware we aren’t dating right now…”

“MPhhmHMmHPPH” *SMACK* “UUUGGHHHphmmm”

“As I was saying…we have had an interesting couple of times and been in the same classroom, though in different positions and don’t even think about making the joke I can see on your face sheep, but we haven’t actually gone on a date yet…I was hoping to remedy that this Friday.”

“So um…if you don’t mind me asking…how did you do all…THIS…like you were a flying ninja squirrel and stuff all of a sudden and then you had all of us tied up pretty darn fast, plus according to Judy you know your way around a rope but I always figured stuff like this would take time and coordination between the two parties but…I mean one minute I was there and then I was here and then BAM I’m like this…” Sharla was showing an impressive amount of enthusiasm for someone who was wrapped in a belt.

“I mean this is a single belt right? How did you even manage that, this stupid thing must be like at least twice your height? How many of these things were you even wearing?” Nick couldn’t help the sigh and chuckle bubbling from his throat at the cat and sheep before him.

*Sigh…* “Ok so I wasn’t gonna say anything until maybe the third date or so but in my off time I cover for individuals at a bondage café…so imagine my curiosity when I come back from a short shift to hear raised voices coming from down the hall, from the room of one of my TA class mammals to be specific and then when I try to establish contact I hear said mammal scream my name, in apparent distress mind you..”

 *SMMMAAAACKKK* “UGGHHHHhhgghhhh!”

“As part of my ‘uniform’ I wear a number of belts, they come in handy when a waitress gets a little disobedient or the cook gets a bit frisky…among other reasons. As for how I did all that, well…” Nick looked almost embarrassed as he seemed to relive a few memories.

“I watched A LOT of Kung Fu Theater during a very developmental stage of my life and took a few classes in self-defense. Also the café I work at on occasion has events every now and then and I just happen to be the Speed Tying Champion five years running, they have other events like Bobbing for Ball Gags, Six Legged Crawl, Knotty Walk and the Inch Worm Relay of course.”

Walking over to the two bound mammals Nick began loosening the belts around the cheetah and gently messaging the blood flow back into his limbs while lowering them slowly to a more normal position. Benji just sort of melted into a puddle of purring happiness by the end.

“You wouldn’t happen to have a brother would you?” Sharla asked as Nick began to slowly release her as well.

“I would totally try to ask you out.”

“Mmhhpphmpmm”*CRAck* “MMMMPPHH”

“Nice shot, that was like three feet away, but yeah I think Judy has dibs.” Sharla finished after watching Nick whip his arm, and belt, around behind him without looking to give Judy another stripe across her rear end.

“I had a scout master that was of the era when competitive whip cracking was part of the scout curriculum and wanted to pass it on, taught me how to make and crack my own. Kind of turned it into a hobby and kept it up over the years.” Nick explained as he finished moving the ewe’s last limb into place and standing up.

“Well now that, that is all cleared up and I don’t have to call security…who’s up for a monster movie-thon?” Seeing both cheetah and sheep smile and nod Nick told them to go ahead and jump into their Pjs while he went and did the same. When asked what they were going to do about Judy, seeing as how she was still firmly tied to the chair, Nick just smiled and said to leave her there until he got back.

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Twenty minutes later saw the living space of Judy’s dorm turned into a college theater. Blankets and pillows lay on the floor in a sort of nest with a certain cheetah and sheep sharing the space for mutual support and comfort…and snacks.

Bags of chips, cartons of cookies, sleeves of crackers, bowls of dip and absolutely nothing even remotely healthy in sight lay scattered across the immediate area.

Upon the couch sat one rather smug fox dressed in a pair of well-worn and super comfy sweat pants, tank top and zip up hoody. In the fox’s arms sat a pouting bunny, dressed in nothing but a pair of panties and ropes pulling her arms across her torso like a straitjacket while dipping down between her thighs and back up her rear end along with more ropes binding her legs together in an elegantly simple spiral pattern. A bright red ball gag harnessed around her head and filling her mouth like it was made for her completed the look.

Normally Judy would be a little more upset and embarrassed at being treated like a personal plush toy or cuddle bunny…but Nick had wrapped his super fluffy tail around her legs and she felt surprisingly comfy with his arms pinning her to his chest beneath his hoodie.

With his hoodie partially zipped up and her legs covered in fluffy fox tail Judy couldn’t really complain, but that wasn’t about to stop her from pouting for appearances sake.

“Oh don’t pout honey-bun, you look adorable like that, I am kinda jealous actually. Besides it WAS your idea to cry out to him and just think, he came crashing in here ready to fight for you like some kind of white knight from the stories…if you ever feel like sharing…” Benji finished with a suggestive note and eyebrow wiggle. The glare he got from the bunny in question was only barely reduced by the ball gag.

“Sorry Spots, not my type. I prefer them softer and more female.” Wrapping his arms tighter around his bunny Nick laid his muzzle down on top of her head between her ears. Still feeling a measure of tension in the rabbit Nick began to gently rock back and forth while letting out a low rumbling purr. After a minute or so Judy began to relax and finally lean back into her fox’s embrace.

“Well if you like soft and female I certainly fit that bill.” Sharla piped up excitedly while subtly puffing out her chest and turning to get a good profile.

“I also come with the benefit of having some experience experimenting with Judy.” Ignoring said rabbits attempt to get them to stop talking about this Nick perked up immediately.

“You don’t say? Oh do tell…hush you.” Nick said as he prompted the sheep to speak and booped the bunny on the nose, making her go cross-eyed.

“Well it was mainly sharing stories about different attempts at things we tried, but there was a couple times when the stories got to be a little much and the speculation became a little heated. We would usually end up naked and finishing each other off, though I did Queen her on a few occasions…come to think of it she has always been a bit on the submissive side behind bedroom doors.”

While the sheep may have been entirely oblivious to the daggers being glared her way or the blush coloring the rabbit’s ears the same color as her gag Nick was not. Leaning in and nuzzling around the base of her burning ears Nick spoke directly into them in a soft, low voice.

“Don’t worry Little Bun, I’ll show some mercy and leave the questions for later.” With a slight nip Nick pulled back and relaxed into the cushions as Benji got the movie started. Deciding she would get revenge on her best friends later and just enjoy the wonderful fluffy warmth now Judy lay back as well.

It was about half way through the first movie she finally got her gag removed followed by a heavenly massage to her jaw muscles, the fact that she got to be fed snacks like a queen upon her floofy throne after that only made it that much better.

Chapter 7

Notes:

HOlY Cow this is late...sorry about that our internet went down for a couple weeks and we just got it back up a couple days ago.

Today was the day.

Judy was going to go on a date with a fox…a very sexy and talented fox it turned out. Flinging the door to her bathroom open and actually bouncing into the shower Judy couldn’t help but set her phone on the counter and dance along to the tunes it produced.

Toweling herself dry and strutting out of the bathroom totally nude Judy was pleased to see that the little bits of practice she had done the previous few days had paid off, she watched herself in the mirror and was a little turned on if she did say so herself.

Hips swayed, ears were perked, feet were placed one directly in front of the other and eyes were smoky and lidded…ok she looked a bit like a porn star that was trying to hard but at least she felt sexy damnit.

Looking through her drawers she finally settled on a set of lingerie that she told herself she would never wear, especially when it was given as a ‘cumming of age’ gift.

Decision made she threw on a halter top leaving her shoulders and upper back exposed along with her now infamous pair of booty jeans…the cursed pants that fit her hips and butt perfectly while remaining nearly fur tight and comfy. With a belt of soft woven cords she had made herself and a light hoodie as a final touch Judy made a snap decision and grabbed a small bag from her closet.

Walking into the bathroom like a knight taking the field before a challenger and looking at the small bag she carried with the fire of battle in her eyes the bunny quickly unzipped it and gazed at her most fearsome nemesis….makeup.

Trying to remember all of the internet videos her sisters had forced on her, sometimes literally as a form of torture, Judy looked through her small bag of products... quickly pulling out the foundation, yeah that was a good start….right?

After about fifteen minutes Judy looked in mirror and felt she could easily pass as a circus clown.

Twenty minutes later and she was scrolling through various makeup tutorials trying to remember which ones her sisters used to torture her with and promising to never tell them about this.

An hour after her initial attempts saw Judy walking out of the bathroom with a bit of lip gloss making her lips shimmer slightly when she turned her head, eye shadow making her eyes look a bit bigger and brighter and her lashes looking fuller and longer…all pretty basic things, but on her the effect was enough. With a few last turns in front of the mirror Judy felt she was ready to head out…maybe.

Deciding she wasn’t going to just sit in her living room waiting for a knock on her door Judy grabbed her backpack and began to study. It was a little harder than usual to concentrate on studying since she was busy thinking about the upcoming date but she told herself she was going to power through it.

About fifteen minutes into her study/waiting a knock sounded on her door. Not wanting to seem to eager, and thankful whoever was on the other side of the door couldn’t have seen her hop up like a jack in the box, Judy smoothed out any wrinkles she might have acquired and walked over to put her book on her small coffee table before answering the door.

Opening the door Judy was pleasantly surprised to not be blinded by any neon green pawaiin shirts, instead she found herself looking at a rather finely dressed fox.

Wearing a buttoned and collared shirt the color of new ashes and a vest the color of charcoal along with slacks so deep a black they almost seemed to absorb the light, Nick’s fur almost seemed to glow with a fiery light of its own, adding a bit of fire to the ash and charcoal look. The one part of his outfit that let her know this was indeed the smug fox she was waiting for was the almost painfully neon green tie he wore done up in an elegant Eldredge Knot…of course hanging loosely around his neck.

Looking up into the fox’s face Judy was struck by how green his eyes seemed, bright enough to almost glow but not the searing green of his tie…more like a forest clearing after a spring rain when the sun hits it.

‘Yes Judy, let’s get poetic while staring deep into his eyes on the first date, should we call up mom and have the wedding plans started while we are at it?’ Judy mentally shook herself and allowed a smile to creep over her face. Stepping back into her room In a silent invitation Judy watched (ogled) the fox as he strode in paying particular attention to his tail…she would cuddle that tail again if it killed him.

“You know I think this might be the first time I have been in your room without you being tied up or pinned down, pretty sure it’s the first time I came in without having to pick the lock or use my key at least.” This statement caused small blush to try and creep up the rabbit’s ears, thankfully they were very firmly held down her back.

“Yeah I guess you are right, probably gonna have to invite you over more often now just to try and change that.” Judy said with a small smile as she watched him look around the room a little, probably remembering when they were snuggled up on the couch during the movie night with Benji and Sharla.

“So what did you have planned for tonight?”

“I figured tonight could be a pretty basic starter date, dinner at a nice place I know and then a movie of your choice afterwards. Thankfully both are within walking distance and the weather is still nice enough to enjoy a twilight stroll.” Standing there in her living room while dressed like that and giving her a look of innocent anticipation for the night to come did a funny thing in Judy’s belly, like butterflies doing gymnastics...

’Down girl, go on a few dates at least.’

“Oh, and just where are going to be dining tonight? UHOP? Penny’s? or maybe we could go to the ‘café’ you work at?”

“Perish the thought madam, I would never take a lady of your caliber to somewhere as lowly as Uhop or Penny’s on a first date and as for the café…you aren’t ready for that.” Deciding she would ask him a little about the café later Judy bounced over to her small purse by the couch and the two of them walked out together.

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Walking into the Szechuan restaurant after a short walk off campus, one of Judy’s first ventures outside the school grounds no less, Judy was sure her country bumpkin was showing. Looking around with wide eyes at the décor of the entryway, gold trim around the windows, dark crimson walls with bright paper lamps hanging from the ceiling and bamboo growing in the corners Judy felt like she had stepped into a totally different world.

“Welcome to the Crimson Lotus, walk in or reservation?” A red panda asked with a bright smile from behind a small podium.

“Reservation under Wilde please?” Nick said with a smile.

“Hmm, do du do…AH yes here it is, right this way please.” Grabbing a couple of menus the ring tailed mammal hopped off her stool and lead them further into the restaurant. Judy could barely contain herself and was practically vibrating as she followed the hostess. Nick just smiled gently at her enthusiasm as she scampered off and appreciated the view of her rear end as she walked.

“Here you go, your waiter will be with you both soon, have a pleasant meal.” With that said the hostess walked off and left the two to get seated.

Nick gave a ridiculous bow as he pulled out the rabbit’s chair for her. With a giggle and a hop Judy sat down and allowed herself to be pushed up to the table. Grabbing the menu Judy eagerly began to look over the selection of dishes available. Nick gave a small smile as he made his way to his own seat and began to look over the menu as well.

“Ohhhh, everything looks so good and exotic and I have no idea what half this stuff is.” Nick looked up from the menu and laughed gently as all he could see was a pair of happily twitching ears over the top of the menu.

“Pretty much everything is good Carrots, make sure to pay attention to the heat rating though since some of these dishes taste like heaven, but burn like hell…how do you feel about leftovers by the way?”

“Leftovers? Most of the time those were just a myth in my family but I hear they are pretty nice.” Judy said distractedly as a new type of salad caught her eye, she had no idea you could have a stir fried salad!

“Because you just didn’t make a lot or you have enough siblings to eat everything? Besides have you never had a chance to try Asian food? it’s one of my favorites to be honest since it has so many different tastes available.”

“Well when you have about 275 siblings of pretty much every age group there tends to be very few things left over to snack on let alone eat the next day, plus I lived on a farm, we usually ate what we grew and what we ate had to be readily prepared in large amounts quickly.” Judy replied easily as she looked closer at a few dishes that had caught her eye. Hearing a spluttering and choking sound from across the small table caused Judy to look up from the menu to see Nick wiping his muzzle.

“Two hundred and seventy five?” The note of incredulity in Nick’s voice was enough to send Judy into a bit of a giggle fit. Getting herself under control after a couple minutes Judy took a quick sip of her water.

“Well at last count before I left so it might be closer to three hundred but I would have to call home and I am trying to avoid that right now.”

“How have you fluff-butts not taken over the world yet?” Nick asked as he went back to looking at the menu. Judy was about to tell him about the billboard alongside the train tracks into town…but figured it could wait until later. Seeing a large shape appear next to the table Judy looked up at the large figure…and then further up.

“Hello my name is Lo Phun, are you two ready to order or would you like to start with a couple drinks and continue checking out the menus?” The giant panda asked as he pulled out a pocket notebook big enough to double as a regular notebook for Judy.

“Let’s start with an order of hot and sour veggie dumplings and I’ll have a Barks root beer, how about you Fluff?” Nick asked with a light smile that did funny things to Judy’s belly.

“Uh, um yeah that sounds good, um I’ll have a coke though.” Judy said with a small stutter that she would deny to her grave.

“Some dumplings, a coke, root beer and a few minutes more for the main dish...I will get those out as soon as possible, anything else before I leave?”

“Yeah a small sampler of sake if you would, I am expanding the little bun’s horizons and feel like being a bad influence.” Nick said with a mischievous smirk while holding his ID between a pair of fingers.

“That is, if she thinks she can handle something harder than cider?”

With a challenging glare Judy just whipped her ID out and confirmed the sake order. Lo Phun grinned and made a note on his pad before walking away.

Conversation flowed lightly between the two after that mixed with plenty of teasing and banter. After receiving their drinks and dumplings Nick ordered a half dish of shrimp with peppers and broccoli and Judy ordered a spicy stir fry tofu salad. Sipping on her coke Judy decided to ask a few pointed questions before the food arrived.

“So Mister Fox…how did a college student come to work at a ‘café’ that sounds like it revolves around ropes and bondage?” Placing her chin onto her interlaced fingers Judy smiled at the fox across the table.

Finishing his sip of his root beer Nick took his time setting it down and wiping his muzzle, totally not playing for time just to see the rabbit start to twitch in anticipation at his answer. Finally clearing his throat and lacing his fingers together Nick leaned forward and smiled.

“Sorry what was the question?” It was so worth the kick he received under the table to see the bunny’s eye twitch like that. Leaning back and laughing Nick took another quick sip of his drink.

“Couldn’t help it Fluff…well it kind of started with the Ranger Scouts but when I got to college and realized I needed a bit more income I started asking around. I ended up working in the school bookstore for a couple months, then I got shifted to the campus coffee shop and kitchen.” Judy watched as Nick crossed his arms and gained a faraway look in his eyes, obviously looking back in time at days passed.

“I did pretty good in the kitchen and coffee shop until the rotation kicked me out for a few months, by then my buddy told me about a café he had stumbled into during a bar crawl that he said I would fit right into.” Judy was about to ask a question when Lo Phun appeared next to their table with a plate of dumplings, dipping sauces and some mint leaves.

With an excited look at the plate now sitting before her Judy grabbed her chopsticks…and promptly fumbled them back onto the table. Glaring at the small bamboo pieces Judy grabbed them, positioned them again and…dropped them again. Hearing an appreciative sound and small chuckle from across the table Judy looked up and noticed Nick had not only successfully snagged a small plateful of dumplings but was currently dipping one into a dish of some kind of sauce while looking at her.

“Never used chopsticks before?” Judy just narrowed her eyes as he watched her try again to wrangle her chopsticks into working. Finally getting the infernal things to sit correctly and move properly Judy slowly reached down and grabbed a dumpling. Just as she was about to celebrate her victory over the steamed treat, her chopsticks slipped and the dumpling went flipping back down to the table. Judy was just about to try turning the traitorous treat to ash with her glare when she felt a large and strong paw grip hers in a gentle grasp.

“You are trying too hard, let them rest comfortably in your paw like this…” Nick’s voice spoke gently in her ear as he re-positioned the utensils in her smaller paw.

“Use this finger to move them and these to hold this one steady…” Moving the paw in his grasp down until the tips of the chopsticks were on either side of a dumpling Nick then applied a gentle pressure to the outside of Judy’s paw until she was just barely grasping the treat.

“Now hold it gently and keep your paw in this this position.” Feeling the strong but gentle grip disappear from her paw Judy determinedly kept her focus on the food so as to minimize the blush she could feel heating her ears.

Focusing on the dumpling Judy slowly but surely maneuvered it over a dish of dunking sauce and nearly crowed in delight as she successfully dunked it and brought it to her mouth. The wonderfully seasoned and salty flavor exploded over her pallet.

Spices she had never tasted danced across her tongue while the soft crunch of shredded veggies sang within her mouth. Judy chewed slowly and savored the taste of the dumpling mixing with the veggies and sauce. Swallowing with a slight reluctance she sighed in absolute pleasure…then turned a sharp gaze towards the remaining dumplings. Snagging another one with a bit more confidence Judy was just about to dunk it into a new sauce when a sound from Nick stopped her. Looking up with her delicious treat hovering above the sauce Judy sent a questioning gaze towards the fox.

“That uh…that is pretty hot there Carrots, you might want to stick to the more mild sauces if that was your reaction to the last one.” Feeling like she was being challenged Judy resolutely dunked the dumpling and, maintaining eye contact, stuffed the dumpling into her mouth.

Seeing Nick place his chopsticks down and lean back with an expectant look on his face Judy was just about to comment on how the sauce had a nice zing and wonderful flavor to it when…the gates of hell opened behind her lips.

Feeling like steam had to be shooting from her ears along with the tears suddenly forming in her eyes Judy tried to keep chewing and swallow but her throat locked up in protest. Pushing past the fiery sensation Judy swallowed the deliciously painful burning sensation while resolutely ignoring the laughter coming from the other side of the table.

Deciding to take mercy on the poor bun Nick slid the small dish of mint leaves across the table and gestured with a laugh.

Judy reached out and snagged a couple leaves and before smashing them into her mouth and chewing furiously. The icy sensation of the leaves soon countered the heat of the sauce and left a surprisingly pleasant tingling in her mouth as she continued to chew. Falling back into her seat Judy sighed in relief as she felt the heat leave her mouth. Looking across the table Judy had to suppress the urge to throw a dumpling at the smug fox.

“I have been here a few times and made that same mistake so just assume I am laughing WITH you and AT you Carrots…try the others they aren’t quite as hot.” Sooner than she would have liked the appetizers were gone and Judy was now eager to not only hear the rest of the story Nick had started but also eager to try a new dish. Mentioning that he hadn’t finished Judy sat back and got comfy as Nick polished off the remainders of his plate.

“Well I can honestly say I was about ready to use my buddy as a fishing anchor when I first walked into the café since I thought he had set me up for a joke of some kind. I walk in and the first thing I see is a calico cat wearing a corset, stockings and gloves sitting on a wolf like a chair. Thinking I had walked into some kind of brothel or something I nearly walked out before the cat stopped me asking if I was there for an interview.” Chuckling to himself at the memory Nick swirled his drink lightly and looked as if he was staring at yesteryear trapped within the ice cubes.

“I can tell you right now that when an incredibly sexy cat walks up dressed in a form fitting outfit and places a riding crop under your chin, she gets ALL of your attention. It actually took me a couple seconds to figure out what she had asked and by then she was circling me, almost like a vulture. I said that yes I was there for an interview and almost said I would take any position they had available when she asked if I had any preference.”

“Oh now that is a loaded question if I have ever heard one…what did you say?” Judy asked as she leaned forward a bit so as not to miss a single word of what she hoped was as embarrassing a story as it sounded like.

“Well I nearly said anything before I really took note of the wolf down on all fours and what he was there for…thankfully I was able to stutter out something about working in the kitchen or something, I was so nervous I don’t even remember what I said. Turned out that was an unofficial start to the interview, some kind of test to see if I had what it took to work in that kind of environment. The Madam, her title I later found out, took me around to see the different jobs I was applying for since the first three months would consist of me being rotated around from the front serving drinks and taking orders and then to the back cooking and prepping for the different shifts and such.”

“Seems kinda weird to have you show up for an interview and not have it be for a particular job…did they tell you what would be going on during the shifts or did you have to find out the hard way?” Judy asked as her date lowered his drink.

Nick was about to answer when he noticed Lo Phun walking up with a tray of various dishes. Deciding to wait a few minutes before answering the bunny’s question Nick made sure the table was clear enough for the dishes to be set down. The look on the little rabbits face at the sheer amount of food being placed in front of her almost made him laugh, thankfully he was able to hold it in since he didn’t want to embarrass her TOO much on the first date.

“Um…is this normal? That’s a lot of food…” Judy said as she slowly disappeared behind the various dishes being placed in front of her.

A salad bowl big enough for her to sit in was placed down to one side while a smaller serving bowl was then placed in front of her.  From her seat Judy could feel the heat gently radiating from the salad bowl and could smell the amazing seasonings and spices. Taking a big whiff of the smell she nearly slumped back into her seat at the deliciously new smells hitting her, before she realized there was more food than when she had closed her eyes.

Small dishes of some kind of crunchy strips, various salad dressings, some kind of seeds, and a small plate of dark brown cubes. Looking past the banquet before her Judy noticed a small tray of little cups and tiny bottles wrapped in hot towels and a bowl piled high with shrimp, different colored bell peppers and dark green broccoli.

“Well Fluff, dig in I guess. Those are a few different salad dressings ranging from hot to mild and then sweet…uh looks like toasted sesame seeds and then extra tofu if you want it along with a few mustard samples.” After pointing out the various dishes before her Nick then proceeded to grab one of the small bottles and carefully pour out a small amount into two of the little cups and then offer one to the little rabbit.

“And this is Sake, rice wine…it can be a bit of an acquired taste but this is the sweeter end of the spectrum to start with.”

Taking the proffered cup Judy sniffed it lightly and then took a sip of the pleasantly warm liquid. It burned from the heat slightly and then the alcohol gave her a small love tap to the back of the throat. Thankfully growing up in the country had lead to a few experiments with homemade hooch and Judy was able to suppress the cough that wanted to come out. Feeling the warm liquid slide down her throat and settle in her belly Judy then focused on the flavor…it was strange, sweet but thin and oddly floral.

“Hmm, not bad actually…kinda strange but still good.” With a content sigh she finished off the little cup of warm booze.

Conversation came to a comfortable stutter stop after that, the two went about eating and enjoying their respective meals, occasionally commenting on the flavors, swapping bites of their different dishes like kits at lunch time, talking about their classes and sharing little short stories of their youth. As the food slowly vanished and the sake was consumed conversation began to pick back up until it flowed like a gentle river between the two.

“Hey wait a minute…weren’t we supposed to go to a movie tonight?” Judy asked as she sipped another small cup of the sake, this one less sweet and with a sharper taste to it. She had eaten as much of the salad as she could handle but still had enough to last her a couple days at least. Nick pulled his phone out to check the time and sighed to himself with a small smile before looking up at the slightly swaying bunny.

“Yeah we were supposed to be at the theater about forty-five minutes ago, guess we kinda got caught up talking huh?”

“I guess so.” Judy said with a clearly tipsy giggle as she tossed back the last of the sake in her cup, it wasn’t half bad really though she preferred the sweeter end of the samples.

“But I guess this just means we have an excuse to have another date sooner rather than later huh Mister Fox?” Oh yeah, time for her to get to bed. Signaling for the check Nick snatched up the last cup of sake and downed it in a single gulp. Once the meal was paid for, both rabbit and fox made their way out of the restaurant and began to happily stumble their way back to campus.

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Walking with a tipsy Judy was a lot like walking with a toddler on the beginnings of a sugar high crossed with a rabbit stereotype. If he wasn’t pulling her back onto the path back to campus Nick was trying to explain why ‘Naked Make-Out Time’ in the bushes was a bad thing. Thankfully the walk back to the dorms was a fairly short one and the night was still decently warm.

Pulling a giggling Judy back onto the correct path back to the dorms Nick decided to take a chance and wrapped an arm around the little bun. With a small churr of pleasure Judy happily snuggled into the fox’s side feigning a chill from the barely existent breeze that had picked up.

Neither mammal could find anything to complain about right then, bellies full of tasty food with even more tasty leftovers swinging at their sides, clear skies showing bright stars and a lambent moon, a light breeze to soften the still warm air and enjoyable companionship. Walking into the dorm they both decided to take the stairs and began the short hike up the three flights in between them and their rooms.

Still buzzing happily on the sake and overall success of her first college date Judy ended up skipping ahead and bouncing from one step to the next. Nick of course allowed her to go first just in case she slipped and needed to be caught and totally not because it gave him the perfect view of her tight bunny butt and shapely hips…nope he was simply there as a safety measure.

Finally reaching their floor the two mammals lightly stumbled out of the stairwell and stood there a moment to catch their breath from the short climb as booze, good food and cardio were not the best of combinations.

Quickly getting his breathing under control Nick turned to Judy and with a wordless bow extended one paw with the other tucked neatly behind his back, as if asking her for a dance at a fancy party. Placing one paw on her chest as if in exaggerated mock surprise Judy gave a small curtsy and accepted the proffered paw.

With the kind of liquid grace that can only come from experience fortified by liquid courage Nick smoothly pulled the two of them together and lead a simple waltz down the corridor to their rooms. Stepping lightly and deftly avoiding Judy’s slightly less coordinated steps Nick maneuvered the two of them more or less smoothly along until they were standing outside Judy’s room, hers being closer to the stairs at the end of the hall than the elevator at the middle of the building.

Giving his partner a gentle spin into her door Nick grinned slyly at the small rabbit as she attempted to get her bearings. With her small chest heaving deeply and eyes dilated Judy looked more than ready for the night to continue on past the flimsy barrier of her front door. Giving a devil’s grin Nick leaned down and planted a light kiss upon the soft knuckles he still held within his larger paw.

“D-do you *ahem* want to come in? maybe have some coffee or watch a movie?” Judy said as the fox that had treated her to one of the best nights of her life straightened to his full height.

“As much as I would love to come in for a Pawflix and Chill kind of night I am afraid I cannot do so, now if you were to offer such a thing tomorrow morning or perhaps in the afternoon once class concludes I would happily accept but until then I shall adjourn to my own private sleeping quarters.” Ok so the sake was hitting him a bit as well, but thankfully he just got a little loopy with his words and not full stupid.

Releasing the small paw Nick began to turn away to head towards his own room when he felt a sharp tug on his neck, with his balance thrown to hell from the sake Nick found himself falling to all fours and being tugged face first by the neck until he was muzzle to muzzle with the most beautiful silver and storm grey rabbit he had ever seen.

Looking into her amethyst eyes from less than six inches away Nick made sure to note every detail of her shining and somewhat darker than usual eyes. Glittering like precious stones in the light the large eyes seemed to draw Nick closer until he felt like he could fall into the unseen depths they promised.

With a quick darting motion Judy lunged forward and locked her lips onto the stunned fox’s muzzle, taking full advantage of the surprised gasp that tried to escape his black lips to slip her tongue between the sharp points of the predatory teeth she had been fantasizing about for the last few days.

Traces of sake and soy sauce played across her tongue along with the various spices and other sauces they had both enjoyed that night, bringing back flashes of the different dishes she had enjoyed along with pieces of the night’s conversation.

Pulling away and letting a bit of slack play out on the tie she had tugged on Judy couldn’t help the smugly aroused grin sliding over her own face as she gazed upon her handiwork. Dark green emerald eyes dilated nearly too full black, tongue just barely lolling out in a slight pant and overall look of brain dead surprise plastered on his muzzle Nick was practically frozen in place while on hands and knees.

“Let that be a lesson, I get the last kiss.” With a punctuating peck on the gently twitching nose before her, Judy quickly opened and entered her room ignoring the excited pounding of her own heartbeat and jumping of her nose.

Walking over to her fridge Judy didn’t even try to suppress the wiggle and pop she was giving each step, as if she was dancing to a tune only she could hear. Happily bouncing to her own internal sound track the happy bunny placed the takeout containers she had been carrying into the fridge and spun in place with a growing grin on her face. Feeling frisky from the kiss, buzzing from the sake and giggling from the butterflies she had been feeling for most of the night, she didn’t even hesitate to whip her shirt off and kick her pants into a corner of her living room.

Striding through her living room towards the tv remote, clad in nothing but the lingerie she had picked out for that night Judy felt sexy, she felt confident, she felt like she could take on the entire world and make it call her Mistress. Giving a little impromptu twisting belly dance and flick with the remote she turned her small tv on, and with another hip twist and flick a movie was playing.

Strutting over to her room with a nice pop to her hips and each heel placed smoothly in front of her proceeding toes the smiling rabbit broke out into a little happy dance as she stripped off the sexy lingerie and donned an over large shirt and a pair of booty shorts. Snatching up a bundle of rope and a small bag of toys Judy grinned to herself, she had been on a successfully pleasant date with a cute boy, had good food and leftovers for a couple days and so far the only thing the night was missing was a happy ending…and she was pretty sure she could fix that.

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Leaning against the door to his room and the hallway Nick had to consciously take a couple breaths in order to gain control of his breathing again. There was something about that rabbit…something that resonated with him and it wasn’t just having a similar interest in rope and bondage, as much as he had enjoyed tying her up there was…something else about her that made him want run after her just to see if she could run him down. Grinning to himself Nick stood up straight from the door and walked further into the room while undoing his tie and shirt, lines of interwoven cords coming into view as he did so.

Finally divesting himself of his shirt and vest Nick stood there in front of his mirror, admiring the crisscrossing cords that ran over his chest and shoulders. The intricate lines and weaves had taken him most of the afternoon and at least four movies to get through, but it had been so worth it. Scarlet and neon orange cords were mixed and woven with black and dark grey, he had been imagining a blaze of confidence and inferno of charisma and while he wasn’t one for hoodoo and voodoo…he had definitely felt better wearing it.

Feeling it shift slightly he grinned with every movement, the gentle restriction it put on his movement and breathing, just enough to remind him it was there. Undoing the simple knot at its end Nick began to unwind it from around his torso, letting the memory of the night flow through his mind as he did. The pseudo meditational trance he had been in when he first wove it, walking into Judy’s dorm room and seeing her ready for the night…simply talking to her while at the restaurant and letting the words simply flow between them…sharing the experience of a delicious meal and sparkling conversation before walking her back to her room.

Feeling the cord begin to twist and bind Nick took a couple minutes to undo the curls and snarls in the cord until it fell in regular loops once more. The look in her eyes as she asked if he wanted to come in right at the end had been harder to deny than every attempt to get his clothes off in the bushes. Feeling his fur be freed and raise up as the cord fell away Nick slid the final loop from around his neck and gave himself a shake before running his claws over the mussed and slightly matted fur. Growling happily at the wonderful feeling of his fur being scritched and scratched back into place Nick allowed himself a moment to wonder what it would look be like for Judy to be doing all this.

Dropping his trousers and grabbing his favorite pair of sweats Nick began to wind up the lengths of chord he had been wearing all night. Hanging the hanks of chord up on the various hooks he had installed within his closet and slipping on a loose tank top Nick snatched up a book and began to study for his business class. Of course studying would be a loose definition of the fantasizing and wandering his mind was doing…stock market trends soon softened from jagged spikes and dips into the soft curves of silver hips. Investment strategies for different ages became plans for dates at different stages of the relationship.

It would be about an hour later Nick would wake up from a wonderful dream of naughty bunny students and stern rabbit investment brokers. Snorting awake and chasing visions of office bunnies from his mind with a shake Nick went about getting ready for the night and next day with a smile upon his muzzle.

Chapter 8

Notes:

Ok so i realized i havent done this in a while but I do not own Zootopia or any of its characters, i make no money off this and it is all a work of fiction blah blah blah disney can fuck off.

Waking up with chord still wrapped in a gentle weave around each foot and up along her calves, Judy smiled at the warm shaft of light that filtered through her blinds. Pushing her face into her pillow with an aggressive nuzzle while imagining the warm shaft of light being a different kind of warm shaft Judy almost missed her pre-wake-up alarm.

Reaching over to silence the irritating sound Judy sat up and stretched, feeling her toes splay and calves’ shudder beneath the interlacing lengths of paracord wrapped around her lower legs. Pulling her favorite blanket around herself Judy snuggled into the remaining warmth…right before she remembered how she acted on the way back from the restaurant. Pulling her legs up and the blanket over her head Judy did her best to roll herself into a sushi roll of embarrassment.

Cocooned in her warm and safe barrier Judy wriggled at the memory of how she had tried to get Nick into one of the bushes for a dirty make out session…as well as the fantasy of succeeding.

Popping out at the sound of her actual wake up alarm and deciding that she had been under the influence of an un-tested type of alcohol and excessively good company as well as good food Judy convinced herself she was not at fault…mostly. Hopping out of the blanket nest she had created and going about untying the wraps around her calves and feet Judy stood up and looked herself in the mirror.

“Alright bitch you are going to go to that class and you are going to rock that lesson, you are going to see that fluffy tail swaying around the classroom and not think about cuddling it…STOP IT, you are not going to think about it. You are going to carpe this diem and kick it in the nuts if it so much as looks funny in your direction understand?!” Pep talk finished Judy leaned forward and gave a quick kiss to her reflection, she wasn’t about to let herself ruin her own day and she was going to make sure she knew that.

Bread toasted, books packed and homework filed away in her pack Judy sat at her small table while scrolling through Muzzlebook. Seeing some wonderfully beautiful wraps and ties posted on her favorite bondage boards Judy made sure to make a few mental notes on what she saw. Ignoring the blush that she felt creeping up her ears as she scrolled through the various postings Judy eventually moved past her embarrassment. Allowing a dirty smile to creep along her muzzle while looking at various mammals wearing different versions of harnesses and bindings Judy indulged in a few fantasies of being tied up and of tying someone else up.

Seeing what time it was out of the corner of her eye as she studied a particularly interesting hip harness the young rabbit gave a small huff and closed her laptop. Getting dressed in a pair of leggings that did wonderful things for her ass and calves along with a twilight blue top that flared out into a kind of ultra-mini skirt Judy gave a little twirl in front of the mirror. Deciding she looked cute and sexy and no one was going to tell her otherwise the small bun plucked her bag from the floor and left her room.

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The rabbit was trying to kill him he just knew it. Walking in with a shirt that accentuated the silver of her fur, made her eyes look even more like a pair of gems and then flowed down into a little skirt that swished around her gorgeous hips. The look on her face as she walked in was a combination of confidence and excitement at being there in class. When she looked over at him and her face turned down with a shy little grin on her face and a gentle heat in her eyes Nick had to spin away before anyone saw the grin on his muzzle. Grabbing a stack of papers off the teacher’s desk Nick gave himself a quick shake and began passing out the papers.

Passing out the papers Nick had to use the few years he had spent in drama class to maintain his neutral look when he gave Judy her paper.

“Alright class today we are having a pop quiz don’t turn your paper over until I tell you to.” Pacing slowly in front of the classroom the instructor waited until his TA indicated that all the papers had been passed out.

“Now this is just to determine how well you are retaining the information, you have until class ends to finish. Once you have finished turn in your quizzes and I will trade you for your homework.”

“Now while this is not a graded quiz I don’t recommend slacking on it seeing as how I will be tailoring your next assignments to how well you do on this quiz.”

Making his way down to the instructor Nick feared what he was going to have to do. Walking up to the wolf behind the desk Nick lightly cleared his throat and leaned in so that he didn’t have to speak to loudly into the dead silent classroom.

“Sir if you have a moment I think there might be something we need to speak about in private.”

Following the wolf into his office Nick did his best to keep his breathing and heart rate steady, he hated talking to instructors like this. Closing the door and leaning back onto his desk the wolf looked his favorite TA over and wondered what could have possibly rattled the lad so much. He was doing a good job of hiding how anxious he was but Wolfard was a seasoned prosecutor, defendant and all-around court room veteran.

“Before you say anything” Prof. Wolfard cut Nick off as he began to speak.

“Is this about anything that may or may not have happened that would need legal counsel?” The surprised look on the young fox’s muzzle was almost comical.

“NO *ahem* no Professor…I just…”

“Are you reporting something that you feel might be illegal and are worried you might face repercussions?” Cutting the fox off once again Wolfard made his way around to his desk chair and pulled open a drawer.

“No nothing like that…I hope.”

“Alright well then…” Placing a couple of tumblers onto the desk and pouring out a small amount of amber liquid the wolf professor slid one towards his TA before grabbing his own and leaning back into his chair. Seeing the surprised look on Nick’s muzzle Wolfard chuckled a little.

“Sometimes after a long class it helps to de-compress a bit. Also you are not the only one who has come to me with questions about certain things. Seeing as how you are of legal age and that it won’t be enough to push you past the level of intoxication there is no need to worry about being called out for drinking on the job. Also due to the presence of an intoxicant during this conversation nothing said can be called into question for legal reasons or actions so basically nothing you say in this room can be used for any legal reason…so out with it lad, what’s bugging you?”

Picking up the glass and giving it a light sniff Nick was surprised at how sweet and yet sharp it smelled. Taking a sip he smiled as a line of gentle heat traced down to his belly as honey sweetness and gentle notes of oak rolled over his tongue.

“Like it? My brother-in-law has his own distillery and makes his own honey whiskey over in the Evergreen District. He takes care of his own bees and a few fields of flowers, next year he is planning on putting out his own label of mead as well as whiskey.” Taking a sip and leaning back with a look of joy on his muzzle Professor Wolfard waited patiently for his TA to gather himself and talk about whatever it was that had rattled him.

“I wanted to talk to you about a potential conflict of interest.” Taking a seat and rolling the tumbler back and forth between his paws Nick watched his professor for any reaction.

“I recently went on a dinner date with one of the students in this class and have had a steadily increasing level of communication since around a couple weeks ago.”

“Hmm…so you are worried that you might be asked for a level of favoritism or that you might express a level of favoritism. Are you worried that you might be solicited for test answers or better grades or anything else?” Looking over the rim of his glass as he took another sip of his drink the Professor watched the fox as he sat there.

“Not as such really, the student hasn’t shown any interest in gaining an advantage in the class, actually we haven’t spoken about the class very much in the first place. The most we have said involving the class is some light teasing before moving on to a different topic.” Remembering his habit of over talking from his kithood Nick took a sip of his drink to get himself to stop talking. He had thought he was over his habit of overexplaining and yet every now and then when he felt stressed or anxious it was like someone else was talking out of his mouth.

“So to sum up…you have begun to develop a relationship a relationship with one of the students and this relationship has potential romantic future possibilities.”

“Essentially yes, I wanted to make sure I mentioned it before anything could even begin to cause problems.” Nodding his head and leaning his arms onto his desk Wolfard felt a little proud of his TA for coming forward so readily and so soon.

“As you should have…I notice you haven’t mentioned who the student is or even their gender or species.” Looking directly into the young fox’s eyes Prof. Wolfard placed his glass down onto his desk with a sharp sound. Seeing Nick narrow his eyes and pull his shoulders back slightly Wolfard wished the fox had been in his class since he would have made a good lawyer.

“You are right. The gender or species of the student in question is irrelevant to the matter at hand. If you want me to leave so you can have a different TA then fine but there is no reason to know who I am talking about.” Wolfard grinned as he tossed back the last of his drink and sat up straight.

“And that is exactly the response I wanted to hear, don’t go giving away more information than you need to when someone is asking you uncomfortable questions. Now I have been watching the grades closely since the beginning of the year so unless you have been facilitating someone’s grades since day one and have been cooking my books under my nose this entire time I assume you haven’t done anything against the rules yes?” Seeing Nick’s emphatic nod Wolfard took the glass back from the fox and placed both his and Nick’s glass back in the drawer.

“Then this is what I am going to do. I am going to be watching the grades even closer, I am going to be watching the students even closer than usual. Above all I am going to be watching YOU closer than anything else.”

Leaning forward to lace his fingers under his muzzle and lean on his desk Wolfard pinned Nick in place with what he was told was his ‘Courtroom look.’ He had made felons cry and admit to crimes and prosecutors do his own job for him with this look and was pleased to see the young fox stiffen and even puff up his tail…

’Yeah I still got it.’

“I am also going to be conferring with the other instructors, listening to the student gossip grape-vine and a few other methods I have developed over the years. As of now, you have informed me that you might have a conflict of interest in my class with one of my students. Just that alone tells me you probably haven’t done anything I need to worry about. So far there isn’t anything to report and you are one of the better TA’s I have had so I would rather not have to replace you.” Seeing Nick practically deflate into this seat Wolfard grinned lightly and leaned back into his own seat.

“Make no mistake if I see anything even a little suspicious, I will launch a full-on inspection but until then…relax. Also, I think it is needless to say but you won’t be grading any papers other than a few quizzes and I won’t be telling you more than you need to know for the day.” Standing up and motioning for the fox to follow him out Wolfard placed a comforting paw on Nick’s shoulder.

“I have had plenty of relationships run through my classroom lad, just relax you haven’t done anything wrong.”

Grinning despite his lingering anxiety Nick shook himself lightly and began walking around the classroom. Technically he was supposed to be looking for anyone cheating or having problems…but he was still reeling slightly from what he was sure was going to be a much worse conversation. Passing by the little rabbit that had snagged his romantic attentions Nick once more had to lean on his drama class training when he saw how she was burning through the quiz.

Slowly striding down the various levels of the auditorium classroom Nick leaned over and gently pushed a lion’s paw away from the cellphone in his pocket. Looking into the lion’s eyes and giving a quick finger wave Nick was pleased to see an embarrassed look sent his way. Continuing his circuit through the classroom Nick began to let his mind wander as he looked around at the various students.

‘Maybe we can hit up a movie this weekend…or maybe I could take her by the café before things get spicy…’ thoughts of what they might do in the coming days danced behind Nick’s eyes until he shook himself back to the present and focused on the task at hand. Wandering by a pair of polar bears that were leaning a little to close together Nick gave them each a look and a small paw motion to separate. Normally a fox wouldn’t be given much thought let alone respect in a class like this but as Nick had established himself as a fair and relaxed TA who would usually only enforce the stricter rules and nudge students back into line without embarrassing them on the smaller ones…the class generally listened to him.

Continuing his circuit of the room Nick made a mental note to ask Judy about her perfume since he kept getting whiffs of it as he walked past her

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Her teachers were trying to kill them she just knew it…every class she had attended, and she had attended them all she wasn’t about to slack off, had given them a surprise quiz of some sort. The quiz in her legal class, a two-page essay in history class on the general impact of armor and the introduction of armored knights on medieval culture, a pacer circuit in her P.E. class, a three hundred question quiz in math class…

Walking into her room with a noticeable slump to her entire frame Judy simply dumped her backpack next her bed and began taking her clothes off. Just as she kicked her panties across the room for a perfect three point shot into the hamper, her phone went off signaling a text message. Picking it up to check if it was important she was pleasantly surprised to see it was from Nick.

Rough day huh Carrots?

Think I have a case for attempted murder conspiracy against the teachers?

It’s been tried before

Wait really? You’re kidding

  I wish I was…the student actually got an A on his final exam for how he presented the case and how he acted in the courtroom but ultimately the case was dismissed

Wow…sounds like a good way to practice for the end of the year grade actually

There are rumors the Dean is actually trying to get it to happen…anyway I was thinking….

Did it hurt?

Har har har very funny, anyway I was considering maybe a dinner and movie again this weekend? Or if that doesn’t work out for you maybe coffee sometime between classes?

Uhm…well my daily schedule is pretty tight at the moment until after class which is to late for a coffee and I am heading home for a birthday this weekend…

Judy frowned, this was one of the first times she had a boy interested in her and the feelings were mutual. This was one of the first times she had found someone who shared the same interests as her and who wasn’t trying to get into her pants as fast as possible. She had a pretty good idea he wouldn’t say no if she offered…but the fact she would have to offer in the first place put him leagues ahead of the last few boys that had showed interest in her.

If you promise not to judge or laugh I do have one idea…

You know you can talk to me about anything Judy, if you are having a hard time you can tell me. I might not be able to help in anyway but I can at least listen. Besides I’m the one working at a bondage bar here, it isn’t as if I have any room to judge.

I…would not be opposed to a movie night in…with a couple twists…

Like the guy picks the movie and the chick brings the snacks?

I was thinking more along the lines of you bring the movie and rope, I bring the snacks and couch…we cuddle and…

Judy had to hit the send button before she went to far, the blush rising in her ears would have had her hiding in her sheets and rolling in embarrassment weeks ago but now…

‘This is my chance, I am going to take it and run…if it works out excellent and if it doesn’t then at least I can’t say I didn’t try.’ Pointing her fingers to her eyes and then to herself in the mirror before blowing it a quick kiss for good luck.

Judy sat on her bed not even considering the fact she was nude waiting for a response from a boy she had invited over to tie her up and watch a movie. Scrolling through what little social media she followed and barely seeing any of it she practically had a heart attack when she saw a response come in.

I can do that Carrots as long as it’s just cuddling and movies…and as long as I get to pick the ties. I have to take a shower first so I don’t smell like I just came from a basketball game but after that I’ll be over. I like spicy snacks and skimpy lingerie…just FYI lol.

Dumb fox…I have to take a shower as well…I’ll be waiting.

Tossing her phone down and racing off to the shower Judy almost forgot to take a towel with her. Hopping in the second the water temperature was close enough to be tolerable Judy made sure to scrub her fur down to the skin and used her more often than not forgotten conditioner. Spraying herself down ears to toes and making sure to dry herself off just as thoroughly after she bounced out of the steaming hot water.

Spritzing a gentle spray of her favorite perfume into the warm and humid air so that it could mix and fall around her the anxious bunny began to run a brush through every inch of her fur. Running the short and soft bristles over herself nearly distracted her enough to lose track of time as she found herself brushing down her belly for the third time. Spending a few minutes cleaning up the bathroom and organizing everything Judy made her way out to her room and began tearing through her panty drawer and even her special suitcase for something to wear.

Fifteen minutes later saw Judy eagerly bouncing to the door to her room as she heard a knock. Taking a second to compose herself before she opened it Judy was pleased to see she hadn’t underdressed for a night in.

Looking out her door at the fox wearing a baggy sweatshirt from the college gift shop along with the basketball shorts she had seen him in earlier Nick was the picture of a comfy night in. Holding a stack of DVD cases and what looked like an external hard drive along with a duffle bag hanging off his shoulder Nick smiled with a level of smugness that was almost enough to cover the anxiety in his expression. Judy popped out a hip and leaned on her door lightly with what she hoped was saucy smirk.

“I don’t remember ordering a low rent Chip ‘n Dale, you might want to check a few doors down I hear they are a real party room.” Seeing the smugly anxious smile on the fox’s muzzle turn to a confident grin Judy was glad she had at least cracked the ice for the night.

“Who do you think sent me? I was paid to find the most tense and over-achieving student on campus and get her to relax for a night. I asked all over the campus and was told of this hyperactive little rabbit that didn’t seem know how to slow down even when her best friends kitnapped her for a night of goofing off.” Deciding she wasn’t about to be outdone that easily Judy just put on a faux look of concentration Judy pointed down the hall.

“Oh you are looking for Cherri down the hall, I heard she has a party every other weekend instead of the usual every other day…poor girl is overworking herself.” Thinking she had won their little impromptu challenge Judy was surprised to see Nick turn and begin walking off.

“Oh, well damn I guess I got the wrong room thanks toots.” Feeling a tug at his tail Nick had to stop himself from letting out a sound he would have to deny to his grave.  

“Oh get in here you dumb fox I wanna relax and watch a movie…you’re lucky Clawhauser left his leftover snacks after that little fiasco of a movie night we had.” Hauling on the baggy sleeve she had snagged along with his tail Judy rolled her eyes at the memory of Nick entering her room and whipping his belts around…tying up her friends…and then her. Pushing down the memory of the strapping she got that night and then the bound queen treatment she got afterwards so her blush wouldn’t give her away Judy pulled the fox over to the tv and then pushed him back onto her small couch.

“Alright fox.” Judy started with a finger pointed like a gun’s laser sight right between the fox’s eyes.

“What movies have you brought; I need to know so I can adjust the level of snacks you deserve.” Seeing the fox grin as he held up the DVD’s Judy felt determined to never let him know what that smug grin did to her.

“Well, I have the entire extended version of LOTR along with both of the Ghostbusters. On the hard drive I have just about every movie that has been produced in the last seven years and a bit more…you decide what we watch.” Judy had to give him some points, he made sure that she knew she was the one picking them movie, but hadn’t said anything about him picking the tie she was going to be wearing for the night.

“Well, I have no real obligations for the rest of the night and tomorrow is a late start due to teacher conferences…so I am thinking something marathon worthy. And you didn’t say what kind of tie you are thinking of…” Looking over her shoulder from the dvds and trying to hook up the hard drive to her computer Judy saw that Nick was busying himself looking over the small mountain of leftover snacks. Deciding it was now or never and that if she hesitated, she would lose her nerve Judy whipped off the baggy sweatshirt.

“Maybe it could be something marathon worthy as well…?”

“While I would never turn down a LOTR marathon, Mammals in Black is also a good choice if you are feeling more like a sci-fi night. There are enough movies on that hard drive that we could do a marathon of…multiple…genres…” Dropping the bag of spicy cheese chips in his paw Nick stared in shock and not a small amount of appreciation at what he saw.

Standing with her arms behind her and shoulders back Judy stood bare but for the dark purple half-cheek panties she wore. Doing her best to look more confident than she felt Judy kept her ears high despite the blush she knew was rising in them. Scuffing her toes along the carpet lightly Judy was about to ask if he liked what he saw when he began to approach.

He didn’t dart forward in a run or sprint…he didn’t stumble and trip, it was more like he flowed across her room. He never changed the expression on his muzzle, he never changed his posture…but he suddenly seemed to fill the room.

Walking up to the small rabbit Nick stood to his full height once he got within arm’s reach of her and looked down the length of his snout directly into her eyes. There was not a single sound within the room other than the gentle swish of Nick’s tail as it waved like a charmed serpent behind him. Reaching out slowly with one paw Nick maintained eye contact with the bunny before him…the look in his eyes challenging her to turn her gaze away from his…challenging her to dare to submit. Stopping his paw less than an inch from the side of Judy’s face kept his claws sheathed and fingers loose.

Realizing he was waiting for her to make the next move, for her to give permission Judy leaned the last bit into his paw, feeling the gentle pressure and warmth of his pads on her face Judy broke eye contact and closed her eyes. Accepting that she had lost whatever challenge had been set Judy also accepted that she didn’t care and nuzzled into the warmth of Nick’s paw. Feeling his thumb stroke along her cheek and his fingers gently run down the side of her face and neck Judy was almost surprised to feel a feather light grasp around her throat.

Seeing the fox in front of her lower himself down onto one knee in front of her while still looking directly into her eyes Judy felt her heart begin to speed up, her breaths begin to quicken.

“I can give you what you want Little Bun.” He was totally cheating, he wasn’t allowed to do that voice in this situation.

“I will give you what you want, but you have to want it. You have to ask for it…”

“Tie me…bind me in anyway you see fit. I want you *Gulp* I want you to be in control…I want to relax.” Feeling like her mouth was on auto-pilot Judy continued speaking even though her knees began to wobble slightly.

“I want just a few hours of not being in control, just a chance to have someone else make the decisions. I don’t want to be the weird bunny that likes rope and who wants to be a police officer, I just want to be a college bunny…please tie me.”

Leaning into the paw around her throat Judy was surprised when she saw Nick lean in, only to stop a hair’s breadth away. Seeing the look in Nick’s eyes from so much closer Judy realized it was another choice for her…another desire for permission. Leaning in the last bit Judy closed her eyes with a small groan at the feeling of pressure on her throat, and a moan at kissing the fox in front of her.

As first kisses went it was pretty nice, there were no fireworks or panty soaking thrills like her sisters had spoken of. She didn’t feel like every hair on her body was suddenly electrified but she did feel a warmth gently spread out and seep into her muscles.

Pulling back from the kiss and enjoying the look of contentment on the bunny’s face Nick gave a quick peck to her forehead. Standing up straight once more Nick slid his paw over Judy’s eyes before she had a chance to open them.

“Keep your eyes shut, every time I see you open your eyes without permission will mean I leave an hour earlier than I need to. Stand here like this, eyes closed and most importantly…silent.” Walking away from the rabbit as silently as he could manage Nick slowly unzipped his bag and pulled out a length of deep purple rope woven into a chain.

Pulling one end so that it began to un-wind Nick found the middle of the length and after making the first loop began to grin to himself…this was his favorite part. Placing the loop at the back of Judy’s neck and sliding some of the lengths over her shoulders Nick pecked her on the lips with a slight tug forward.

Making a small knot above her collar bone, Nick leaned forward and nuzzled just where the knot would lay against her fur. Making another just below the bottom of her breasts, then right above her belly button, just below her waistline Nick continued giving small nuzzles wherever he laid a knot until he got to the bunny’s waistline. Deciding to give a bit of a surprise Nick nipped right along the line where her panties began and enjoyed the small jump and gasp she gave at the feeling of his teeth scraping through her fur immensely.

Moving around to the back Nick slid the loose lengths of the rope up the inside of her thighs until they came into contact with the small rabbit’s core. Wrapping one paw gently around Judy’s throat and pulling up until she was on her toes Nick gave a slight growl directly into her ear as he pulled up on the ropes with the other paw. Giving just the slightest tug Nick ran the lengths of rope through a loop behind the bunny’s neck before beginning to weave the lines back and forth from front to back.

Judy wanted to open her eyes, she desperately wanted to see her fox and the ropes he was so confidently manipulating. She wanted to see what she looked like as he wove his control around her nearly nude body but…she didn’t dare, she wasn’t going to let him leave any earlier than absolutely necessary. Feeling the tugs and gentle motions of the rope as it was tugged, knotted, twisted and pulled into position all over her body was driving her insane. It had felt a little loose after the initial tug between her legs but as he wove around her sides and closer to her hips Judy felt the lines across her fur becoming tighter and firmer in their position on her figure.

Once he returned to just above the small rabbit’s tail Nick tied a special bow knot he had learned for this particular tie. Looking like a bow tie with two loops on each side Nick dropped the loose ends and wrapped his arms around Judy from behind before he drew her in against his chest. Laying his chin between her ears and lowering to one knee again so that he could embrace her entire figure Nick rocked side to side gently for a couple heartbeats.

“Last chance Little Bun…Say yes and I’ll bind your paws before finishing off the torso tie. After that I will set you on the couch and begin wrapping your legs and feet, you won’t be able to move in anyway other than rolling or squirming on the ground when I’m done. Say No and I will leave it at this…we will cuddle on the couch with snacks and a movie and a beautiful weave wrapped around a beautiful bunny.”

Nuzzling down the side of said beautiful bunny’s face and then simply enjoying how well they seemed to fit together Nick took the moments before Judy responded to enjoy what he didn’t get to enjoy very often, simply holding a warm soft female. Simply feeling the beat of another mammal’s heart through his fur, the soft curves of a young female he didn’t deserve.

“Yes.”

Snapping out of his stupor Nick smiled in a way that he knew she would feel. Tightening his arms around the soft figure and letting his claws prick gently along her side and hip Nick growled as deep in his chest as he could so that it reverberated through his chest and into her back.

“What was that Little Bun? I want to hear you say it in full.”

“I want you to continue, I want you to bind my paws and wrap my legs. I don’t just want to know that you are in control but to feel it.” Neither was going to mention the quiver in her voice as she spoke, both were more interested in what she had said after all.

“Very well…remain silent and blind.” Reaching out and wrapping his paws around the rabbit’s wrists he pulled them back until they rested on the backside of her own buttocks along the line of her hips, right at the edge of her panties even after they had been pulled further between her cheeks. Slipping the bowtie loops around each wrist Nick leaned forward and surprised the bunny by sinking his teeth into the meat of her shoulder with a growl. Hearing the gasping whimper from his Silver Goddess’s muzzle had to be the most arousing thing he had ever heard even after his work at the café.

She could pull her wrists out of the loops, she could feel that they hadn’t been tightened down. The sudden sharp pressure of a predator’s teeth along her shoulder and the base of her neck after being wrapped in ropes nearly sent Judy over the edge she had been standing on practically since the fox had started. She was so close she had to stop herself from quivering in need as the growl of her natural predator sounded right next to her neck while teeth meant to strip meat from bone pressed into her flesh.

Running his thumbs along the small rabbit’s palms and lacing their digits together Nick had to stop himself from moaning in response to the sounds Judy was making. This little bun was driving him mad in ways no other paramour had been able to and Nick wanted nothing more than to worship at the alter of her bound form. With a few quick movements Nick had looped the loose ends of the torso weave around the cuffs he had begun around the bunny’s wrists.

Pulling his teeth away from the rabbit’s shoulder and giving a small kiss he snapped the final knot tight.

Running his claws over the fur and rope that encased the bunny Nick grinned at the shudder that ran through the figure before him. With an unseen evil grin Nick grabbed Judy by her hips with claws pressed into her fur and lifted with a spin.

Tossing the light and wonderfully soft figure onto the pillows on the couch Nick darted forward so that he was looming over her with a low growl. He was surprised to see that she had kept her eyes tightly shut throughout the whole thing and lowered himself down until his body pressed along the length of her own. Leaning forward Nick gave a light kiss to each eyelid while telling her to open her eyes.

Opening her eyes slowly Judy was greeted by the gentle smile of a rather proud fox before she looked down the length of her body. Seeing the tortoise shell bind she had expected woven so wonderfully down her torso and not just feeling, but seeing that she could move her paws barely a few inches from the sides of her hips and no further…this was perfect. She could feel the ropes move along her entire torso in a way she had never been able to achieve herself, she would never have been able to make cuffs like this on her own.

Looking as deep into the amethyst eyes that had interested him since day one and then continued to entrance him as the weeks passed on Nick slowly lowered himself down until his nose was just above her nipple. Seeing the silent nod of permission Nick gave a small kiss to the tiny nub before moving over to the other. Kissing his way down until he could nuzzle the waistband of the rabbit’s panties down slightly Nick gave a light nip before snagging the fabric with his teeth and pulling it back into position.

 Nick stood up and walked over to his duffel before pulling out a lilac-colored length of cord slightly thinner than the one he used on the rabbit’s torso. Wrapping a loop around one thigh before continuing the lines around the other with a slight twist and then another loop Nick wove a simple wrap around Judy’s legs until reached the rabbit’s ankles. Pulling another, thinner length of cord from his bag Nick wrapped each ankle in a half-hitch spiral for a couple rounds before running loops down around each fluffy toe.

Realizing he was doing almost exactly the same thing she had done when she painted her own nails just with a different sized cord Judy watched with a heated gaze as Nick laid cords and loops down along her fur. With every loop and bight Judy felt her movement restricted just a little more, her control lessened just a little more. Had the ropes allowed her she would have taken a deep breath, but the harness around her torso that had seemed loose in the beginning was just tight enough to keep her from pulling in a full breath.

Tightening the final knot Nick looked up at the bound bunny, catching the rabbit’s eyes Nick lowered his muzzle down until he could give a small kiss to the top of each bound foot. Sliding off the couch Nick queued up a playlist of movies before grabbing a large selection of snacks and then making his way back to the couch. Lifting the rabbit’s bound legs until they laid across his own and then shifting the firm buttocks they were attached to until they were settled firmly in his lap Nick nestled into the cushions as the opening credits began.

Wrapping one arm around the bunny so that he could pull her back into his chest Nick placed his chin firmly between the bunny’s ears and allowed himself to relax.

Judy wriggled as best she could until she was perfectly comfy, she had never been this comfortable being topless around a boy before or been wearing only her underwear, she was beginning to understand why her sisters would rant and rave about doing so. The feeling of having her fur out in the open and simply letting someone she found she trusted have full visual access to her…was terrifying and exhilarating.

Rubbing her head back into the chest behind her Judy felt something strange…there was something familiar about what she was feeling…

“Are you…do you have something under your shirt?” Looking up as best she could Judy noticed a somewhat embarrassed look flash across her companion’s muzzle.

Pushing the bunny so that she was sitting up in his lap, and ignoring the feeling of her bunny butt pressed into his lap as best as he could, Nick pulled off his sweatshirt to reveal one of the most incredible sights Judy could have hoped for.

Wrapped around the slim and compact muscle of the fox’s chest was an overlapping pentagram harness that flowed down into a tortoise shell design similar to the one currently wrapped around her own torso. The dark reds and burnt oranges mixed with the ash greys and blacks over a background of cream-colored fur with sides of copper-red.

Nick was expecting any number of reactions, most of them ridiculous and un-likely…but a bunny lunging in to rub her cheek along the cords he had wrapped around himself was not something he had considered. Hearing the light churring sound coming from the bunny as she seemed to try and burrow into the ropes around his chest, Nick just turned his head and began to watch the movie. Reaching down to an open bag of spicy cheese chips Nick smiled and enjoyed the feelings he was experiencing; it was one of his favorite movies and getting to associate the feeling of a nuzzling bunny with it would only make it that much better.

Notes:

Also if it isn't obvious, i have no experience in college worth a damn so if you are reading this and thinking 'That isn't how college works' then you are probably right.

Chapter 9

Notes:

OK so i know i haven't posted basically anything for a long while but i am still working on my stories. So far pretty much all my creativity is being used for a sequel to the Second Lich and i am finding holes and problems that need patching so it is still going to be a while for anything else.

Judy was beyond happy, she was a bound goddess upon the throne of her servant’s lap. She was a queen surveying her domain from the comfort of her fluffy seat as she sat wrapped within the silks of her station, she need not worry about others seeing her form as she dined upon the paw fed snacks of the one who would drape her in silks. She was beauty incarnate, she was the very image of confidence…she was nervous as hell and super comfy.

Sitting in the lap of the cute TA fox that she had fantasized about while being wrapped in ropes and being fed chips, salsa and other snacks while she got to enjoy the soft fluffiness of the fox’s tail Judy was in heaven. Feeling one paw gently run claws through the fur of her hip and waist while the attached arm laid warm and heavy across her bare belly Judy couldn’t stop herself from gently rubbing and wriggling as much as she could.

Having the chance to gasp and laugh, cry and yell at the array of movies Nick had brought over instead of sitting and watching ewetube while studying was worth more to Judy than her entire degree in that moment. Every boy she had shown an interest in while in high school had just wanted to get into her pants and none had shown any support for her dream. The boy she was sitting on while wrapped in cords and rope and tail had barely taken the numerous opportunities she had given him to cop a feel. She had expected to feel him groping her chest or ass as she had been tied in the beautiful weave she was now wearing, but he hadn’t. 

Wiggling around so that the rock-hard length poking her in the butt shifted to her hip and she could lie sideways along her fox, and he WAS HER fox now since there was no way she was going to give him up after this, Judy rubbed her cheek into the ropes he had been wearing beneath his shirt.

Judy smiled with a quick gasping giggle as the claws that had been on her hip moved to stroking over her belly in light circles. Turning her attention back to the movie while wiggling her toes as much as she could through the soft fur of the tail draped over her legs Judy relaxed into her seat and felt her body reach a new level of noodle-bones.

Paying some attention to the movie Judy felt her eyes growing heavy, it had been a long day and she was comfy damnit. She had been munching on chips, salsa and a few other things for the last few hours while watching movies and enjoying the attention the fox had been lavishing on her. At random times she would feel a slight nip or nibble at the base of her ears and along the side of her neck. Claws would scratch and comb through the fur of her inner thighs and over her belly, soft pads would drag over her collar bone and massage lightly over different parts of her feet and calves. Every now and then she would feel the arms tighten around her in a firm hug while the chest behind her rumbled in a deep purring sound.

“Hey Nick…?” Judy really didn’t want to talk, she wanted to cuddle and snooze. She wanted to laugh and sneer at the idiots and jokers on the screen and not worry about anything…but she refused to let her desires get in the way of someone else’s potential happiness.

“What are we?...on one paw I want to be your girlfriend but on the other I don’t want to risk whatever we have by making it official or anything.”

“We are as much as we are comfortable being, I certainly won’t get in the way if you want to pursue some sexy buck. I’m also certainly not about to stop tying you up and exploring such things with you unless you say so, I know I’m not really looking for a full-blown relationship right now but if you are willing to give it a try then so will I.” Feeling the gentle rumble of the fox’s voice as it resonated up from his chest in sleepily comfy bass notes caused funny little twirls to sprout in Judy’s belly.

“As long as you are up for it, I will be up for movies, rope and snacks. If you do find someone you want to pursue, then I will be a little bummed at losing my rope bunny but I won’t cause problems for you either.”

Being called his rope bunny made the twirls go into full on spirals and Judy was glad she had already had her ears slightly covering her face otherwise it would be obvious she was trying to hide her blush.

“You know…practically every other guy I have known would have been all over me if they had me practically naked and tied up like this in their lap.” Judy knew he appreciated her figure, the evidence was poking her hip at the moment. She would never have let any of the bucks back home even consider getting her top off let alone getting her in nothing but her panties and basically helpless.

“Well every other guy you have known has very little control then.” Shifting the small bunny around in his lap and repositioning himself more comfortably on the couch Nick watched the current movie with half his attention.

“You are wonderfully attractive just on your own, never mind seeing you wearing a harness or bind. Make no mistake that I would love to hear you moaning and screaming my name and seeing you limp into class but, I’m not about to push something on you. I’m not about to pressure you while you are un-able to effectively push back.”

Wiggling around so that she could look up at the fox she was laying on Judy waited until he continued speaking.

“I don’t know how close the stereotypes are for bunnies in regards to sex but for foxes…it is kind of a big deal. We don’t necessarily mate for life but for us it is kind of a half step from being in a relationship and I don’t want to put that on you.”

“Yeah, the stereotypes aren’t totally off the mark, sex is just kind of a thing with us. The fact we are very fertile is the only real hang up, get laid once and you might as well toss a coin to see if you are pregnant. Most bucks don’t like wearing condoms either, even fewer are interested in taking care of the girl they are with or looking into their interests.” Looking down the length of her bound form and enjoying the play of rope over her fur, the feeling of her bare breasts on display and the grinding of the ropes between her legs sent shivers and trills up her spine.

“Very few bucks would bother spending the time it takes to learn how to tie something even half as intricate as this let alone holding off their lust as long as it would take to actually tie something like this. The only reason they would bother would be to make sure the girl of their attentions couldn’t get away.” Rubbing her face along the ropes of her fox’s chest again Judy had to make sure not to turn her face just that last little bit and chin him. Having her scent on him was one thing but having her scent mark on him was another thing entirely, even bunnies didn’t scent mark lightly.

“That is a damn shame that is…I have always enjoyed the innate softness of bunnies. Your fur and figures always seem to lend themselves to the most beautiful of ties. Vixens and felines were the only other ones that really ever seemed to lend themselves so readily to the weaves of rope and chord.” Tightening his arms around the rabbit and giving her another good nuzzle Nick shifted around a little more so that they were both laying along the length of the couch. Settling in so that he was wrapped around the length of the little bunny Nick darted out and gave a playful nip to the soft ear before him.

“The act of binding another is practically all the foreplay you could ask for, seeing the one you wish to share such an intense moment of passion with giving themselves so fully over to your Will…it is a moment of beauty in itself. Knowing that the one who is willing to share such a moment of intimacy with is also willing to surrender themselves to you in such a way…to not savor and enjoy such a moment is the height of foolishness as far as I am concerned.” Pulling his legs up and wrapping his tail tight so that it ran between the bunny’s feet all the way up to his own nose Nick ran his teeth along the length of the rabbit’s ears and savored the way she shivered and squirmed.

Nick could tell his ministrations were doing wonderful things to the little bunny just by the way her fur raised and her limbs strained against their bindings. The almost overwhelming scent of her arousal soaking through her thin panties, the fabric visibly darkening with her need. Settling himself around the rabbit with a happy huff and positioning the rabbit as he wanted Nick felt himself relax into the cushions.

“Do you want to have sex?” The question was so blunt and out of the blue that Nick nearly choked on his own spit. Looking down at the bunny in his grasp Nick was tempted to try and Dom some details from her…it would be easy, she was already submissive and he had bound her…all he would have to do would be to wrap his paw around her throat…’no’.

Mentally shaking himself of such thoughts Nick silently growled at himself…he would not take advantage of her in such a way.

“In a word…yes. Yes, I would love little more than to take you to a fine restaurant, dance to the songs of the greatest artists of a bygone age and accompany you back to a den befitting of your radiance. I desire little more than the chance to drape you in woven silks of bondage and subjugation, to worship at the feet of a bound goddess such as you would make.” Judy felt herself heating up that the words being spoken just above and behind her. No boy from back home had ever spoken such wonderful words of praise or beauty towards her.

“I want to strip away the trappings of elegance that would so easily fall about your form, to weave my will and dominance across your fur. It would bring me no greater satisfaction than to see you writhing in pleasure while moaning for my ministrations to stop because it felt too good. I want to do all these things to you and more, I COULD do all these things and more right now and you would be entirely unable to stop me…but I won’t.” Finishing with a nuzzle alongside the rabbit’s jawline Nick picked the bound form up, turned her around and set her down so they could look at each other. Doing his best to keep his eyes above her chest, as much to not be distracted as to show he was being serious Nick made sure to look the doe in her eyes as she digested his words.

“So…it isn’t that you don’t want to…” Judy had no idea how to deal with this situation, she was used to guys who would jump at the chance to get in her pants. She was used to hearing stories from her sisters about what guys would do to get in bed with them…not having a guy say he wanted to sleep with her and yet that he wouldn’t.

“I very much want to, but I want to do it right. Doing it right doesn’t involve a single date and a couple movie nights, doing it right doesn’t involve getting you too hot and bothered to think straight and then taking advantage of that. Doing things right means that the both of us can keep our class life and personal life straight and steady. If we give this a try and it crashes and burns that might cause problems in the classroom or with our own personal lives.” There was a small part of Nick’s mind yelling at him to take his chance and show this bunny what he could do and why she should accept his dominance…he smacked that part with a hammer and threw it in a closet.

“I know I worked to hard to overcome my own list of hardships to get where I am in this college and along my own educational track. I don’t know what you have had to do to get where you are but I am not going to let you risk throwing it away over a night of fur and fun.” Looking into the deep purple of the rabbit’s eyes Nick could feel himself getting pulled in, it had been to long since he had been able to enjoy a soft body up against his own. The feeling of her soft fur and gentle curves beneath his paw pads and along his own torso caused a gentle relaxing warmth to flow across his form while stoking a furnace in his belly.

“We don’t have to stop, uhm…this do we? Maybe not go as far as a relationship but we can still…uh…” Judy could feel the heat rising in her ears and cheeks, with the exception of a single other boy she had never had a conversation like this or asked someone for…whatever she was trying to ask for.

“Hmmm….” Hoping to inject some levity into the situation and bring the mood back up Nick made a contemplative noise and tapped a claw on his lips, missing the way Judy focused on the sharp end of his digit.

“Well, I suppose we could continue along the lines of maybe friends with benefits. Tell you what, as long as you keep up all your grades I’ll come over every weekend for a movie and tie night, as long as that works for you.”

Perking up at the proposition Judy almost agreed immediately…but the look on the fox’s muzzle told Judy he had just set a trap and was waiting to snap it shut around her. Ignoring the little thrill at the thought of having him trap her Judy thought over what he said…

“Hold on, define ‘keeping my grades up’ and ‘friends with benefits’ because I know those phrases but I also know they might mean something different to you than to me.” Curling her lips into a sharp grin while narrowing her eyes Judy did her best to sit upright and push her chest out, she really wished she was in a good position to roll her hips but sitting sidesaddle on the fox’s lap really didn’t allow her to do more than wiggle.

“Oh are we negotiating now?” The grin that slid like a knife across Nick’s muzzle caused a noticeable spike in the little bunny’s scent, making a mental note about that Nick scooted back so that he was sitting upright as well as taking a couple seconds to admire the figure of beauty he had in his lap. Wrapped in ropes and nearly nude, soft curves and firm muscles, silky fur and bright eyes he would love to stare into…she was the embodiment of beauty as far as he could tell, but he wasn’t about to let her know that so easily.

“Hmm, how about…Middle A and up you get to pick the tie and movie, A- to B- and I pick the tie and movie…anything less than that and I don’t show up for any reason until your grades pick back up. Now as far as ‘benefits’ goes…” leaning back and enjoying the cracking along his spine Nick stretched his arms above his head, absolutely knowing how his torso looked while wrapped in chords.

“How about before I leave we each, ‘satisfy’ each other.”

Giving a thoughtful humm at the terms Judy looked closer at the fox…no that was a little to open ended.

“You seem to have a larger range of grades to benefit from and I don’t like the phrase of ‘before I leave’ … do better.” Leaning into the cushions of the couch with a playful smirk on her face Judy wished she had at least some kind of mobility to her arms, the fact his tail was right there and she couldn’t cuddle it properly was killing her.

“Ahh now it gets interesting…hmm yes I have more range to benefit from, as far as before I leave…alright after a minimum of one movie we can fool around. Any grades above A- and you get to pick the tie and movie while anything B+ to B- I get to pick the tie and movie, anything C+ or less in ANY of your classes and you get nothing.” Judy didn’t think she was going to get a better offer than that so with a grin she agreed to the terms…with a stipulation.

“Alright I can agree to that…but you have to kiss me first, like a girlfriend.” The look on the fox’s muzzle told her she had surprised him and thrown him for a little bit of a loop. Seeing his gorgeous emerald eyes widen slightly told Judy he had not been expecting her to say that…she was beginning to fear she may have pushed things a little to far before she saw the look on her fox’s muzzle change.

His eyes became half-lidded and softened to a deep emerald green, the lines of his muzzle softened and smoothed into the sleek curves she was used to. Black lips curled at the ends with only the very tips of ivory fangs showing. Looking directly into the bunny’s eyes Nick leaned forward until his nose bumped against the bunnies own bouncing nose, turning his head Nick pushed his lips against her own.

Judy had not had as much practice as her sisters and cousins in the art of kissing but she at least knew she was supposed to react…that fox was gonna get the kiss of his life, just as soon as she found her senses again. Closing her eyes and pushing forward as gently as she could Judy did her best to reciprocate the kiss that was currently sending little tingles across her muzzle.

Pushing her lips against the fox’s and moving as best she could against his own Judy moaned gently when she felt a rough swipe across her lips. Deciding to take a chance and see how far this was going to go Judy slipped her own tongue out and flicked it across one of the fox’s sharp fangs. Feeling the hot point of his canine tooth stroke over the tip of her tongue sent even more thrills down Judy’s bound form, she had never wanted anything more than to keep kissing the handsome fox she was sitting on.

‘Well I have no reason not to.’

With that thought running through her head Judy redoubled her efforts and pushed a little harder against the fox. Slipping her tongue out to swipe across those beautifully sharp teeth that had so entranced her Judy was surprised to feel a rough muscle push against her own. Holding back her smile at the small challenge Judy joined in joyful battle against the fox, her own tongue swiping in quick dashes and darts while dodging the powerful swipes and strikes of the fox.

Pushing back and forth against the fox while dueling her own tongue against his sent thrills down her spine while twisting her belly in tighter and tighter spirals. She could feel her hips thrust and torso twist against her bonds, she wanted to flex her legs along the long planes of the fox’s own limbs. Feeling the knots, bights and lengths of cord rub along and through her fur as she struggled to move and shift against the fox only frustrated Judy more as she tried to move against the fox.

Feeling a pair of powerful arms wrap around her body and pull her against the strong chest she had been nuzzling earlier Judy moaned into the suddenly open muzzle. Feeling her own tongue suddenly attacked and flattened by the fox’s before her mouth was invaded by the long muscle Judy leaned forward and sighed directly into her fox’s muzzle.

Slipping his own tongue in and out of the rabbit’s mouth, scraping along her teeth and teasing her tongue out of her mouth Nick began to curl himself over and around the small bunny. Pulling the soft figure up against his own Nick broke off the kiss and began to nibble his way along the happily moaning rabbit’s jawline until he began to make his way down her neck. Deciding to see what kind of reaction he would get Nick opened his jaws as wide as they would go before pulling away slightly.

Snapping his head forward until the bunny’s throat was firmly within his grasp Nick growled lightly. Clamping down just enough that he could feel the racing pulse beneath his tongue and using the motion to pin the rabbit to the couch cushion Nick shifted himself so that he was crouched on all fours over his ancestral prey.

Feeling the points of icy fire press into her throat hard enough to begin cutting off her air Judy found herself pushed down into the cushions by her neck. Feeling mind and body light up like a new years display Judy’s vision went blank. An ancient part of her screamed in fear and wanted to run and kick and hide, her muscles flooded with fire and nerves exploded.

The more modern portion of her psyche moaned in absolute joy as she found a portion of herself she didn’t even know she was looking for. Her back arched and her chest thrust out to rub against the ropes and fur of the Fox currently pinning her down, she would have screamed in a mixture of fright and joy had her throat not locked up along with her lungs.

Splaying her toes and stretching her legs until she felt they might cramp Judy felt her eyes roll into the back of her head as she felt her entire body go limp with a moan that could be nothing other than absolute satisfaction. Feeling the jagged grasp around her throat soften and shrink until it was a single pair of lips placing gentle kisses down her collar bone until they reached her belly button Judy would have said to keep going if she had been capable of speech.

Nuzzling along the soft sides of the bunny before laying his head on her belly with a dep rumble of contentment Nick allowed himself a self-satisfied grin. He could tell by the sharp spike in her scent the kind of effect his unexpected ministrations had caused with her. Not even bothering to hide his joy at the outcome Nick smiled with a mixture of his usual smugness and genuine joy at having such an effect on another mammal. Rubbing his cheek into soft ivory belly fur while wrapping himself around the bunny as best he could Nick massaged the firm thighs he was currently using as a headrest.

“Uhmm…*gasp* so uh…not complaining by any stretch of the *gasp* imagination but uhm…why did you totally bypass my chest like that?” Doing her best to raise her head enough to look down at the fox currently rubbing against her belly Judy had to give a hard blink and focus to get her eyes to work right. Seeing the joyfully smug look turn directly towards her she had to make an effort to not get lost in the glittering emeralds surrounded by fire and ivory.

“Well…you never said I could.” The answer was so innocently blunt Judy nearly giggled at the look on the fox’s muzzle as his tail swished around her ears. How they had ended up in this odd position she couldn’t remember but after a bit of wiggling she certainly couldn’t deny how comfy of a pillow his legs made…maybe this was why guys always loved laying their heads on a girl’s thighs…

“I figured there was an implied permission when I took my top off and let you tie me up wearing nothing but my undies.” Giggling a little at the feeling of the fox’s fur rubbing through her own as he shook his head vigorously Judy waited until he was done before rubbing her own head into the legs behind her.

“Things like that aren’t implied, either permission is given or it isn’t…nothing in-between.” The serious tone in Nick’s voice told Judy this was not something he would bend on, if she wanted him to touch her in a specific way in the future she would have to make sure to let him know that was what she wanted.

“Technically I pushed a few boundaries as it is just with what I did up to this point…consider yourself a wicked temptress for using your feminine wiles to cloud my mind so thoroughly.”

“Oh I’M the wicked temptress am I?” Raising her brows at the suddenly playful fox currently kissing around her belly button Judy made sure to put as much of a disbelieving tone into her voice as possible.

“Of course you are, I am a professional…(ish)…user of ropes and yet in my moment of weakness at thinking I would be spending a simple evening of cuddles and movies and sharing techniques for weaving friendship bracelets what happens?!” Raising his head off her stomach and placing the back of one paw dramatically against his brow Nick assumed the posture of a stricken saint.

“I am tempted to devilry and debauchery by the sight of silver and ivory, such angelic beauty clad in silken fur was too much for me to resist.”

Laughing at the ridiculousness of the fox as he slumped over her Judy flopped her head back on the firm thighs she was using as pillows. Keeping her eyes closed and just enjoying the weight of the fox across her torso and the warm firmness she was able to lay her head on Judy felt like she could fall asleep right then and there.

“Feel like crashing for the night?” Looking down her body at the fox Judy was greeted by the sight of half lidded emeralds and a small slice of ivory as he grinned, his cheek mooshed against her bare belly.

“It is kind of late and even if we don’t have to go in as early as we normally would tomorrow we still have to be somewhat coherent by the time we make it to class.”

The urge to turn her head towards the bulge in his shorts was almost to much to resist but Judy focused on the emerald depths of the fox’s eyes. Now that she was coming down off the climax and the laughter Judy could feel her body beginning to fill with lead weights, her eyes were beginning to feel like sandpaper and her limbs could have passed for cooked spaghetti.

“Do you um, want me to…” Giving a little squirm so she was a little closer to the evidence of his interest in her Judy continued with an embarrassed tone in her voice.

“Help you relax? I mean I don’t have a lot of practice but I’m sure I could…”

She was rambling…she knew she was but she couldn’t seem to stop until she felt a rough paw pad lay gently against her lips. Following the finger from her face to the arm, the torso and then the still grinning muzzle of the fox Judy saw what might have been a look of understanding in his expression.

“Maybe next time, your tired and so am I. Blitz Day isn’t any easier on the TA’s than it is on the rest of the students and I had a good ball game before coming over. Maybe when we aren’t so tired…for now let’s get you unwrapped and off to bed.” So saying Nick pushed himself up and with a bit of wiggling, shifting and what Judy might have thought was some opportunistic groping she found herself on her back with her legs across his lap.

Plucking at a knot here and a chord there Nick began to unwind the light purple wraps from between the soft toes and across the length of the bunnies feet.

“WAIT!” Surprising herself at the suddenness of her outburst Judy gave a small cough of embarrassment before continuing.

“I want pictures…please.”

“You want pictures?” Nick raised an eyebrow at her request.

“This is really talented and beautiful work and I want pictures to remember it and tonight…just grab my phone, you don’t have to unlock it to take pictures. Yeah just twist it a couple times…there you go now snap away and don’t stop until I say so!” Smiling with a bit of renewed energy Judy did her best to give the camera a ‘sultry’ look and tried to remember her sisters coaching her on her ‘sultry and smokey’ smiles. Puffing her chest out now and then along with lifting her legs as best she could Judy made no attempt at hiding the result of her fox’s ministrations, if the camera saw it then so did he.

What was just supposed to be a few quick snapshots soon turned into an amateur photoshoot as Nick began giving tips on how where to look instead of directly into the camera. Soon enough he was picking her up and positioning her with pillows for support so she could look more naturally relaxed. Grabbing what lamps he could and then holding pieces of paper up to reflect the light just the way he wanted it to Nick almost seemed to come alive as he muttered and spoke about shadows, compositions and lighting.

Telling a joke now and then while snapping the pictures caused Judy to abandon her attempts at fake seductive looks and simply begin to smile and laugh. The shutter sound her phone produced sounded in rapid fire clicks as she giggled and laughed and did her best to look where her personal photographer told her to. After an indeterminate amount of time Judy found herself being gently shook, apparently she was more tired than she had thought and had fallen asleep while Nick had been taking a last few pictures.

“Hey…hey carrots. Come on let’s get these off and you off to bed.” Speaking gently Nick placed her phone on a small table and continued unwinding the wraps around her feet. Looking down at the fox as he knelt in front her as she sat upon the couch Judy took note of the look on his face, the care in his eyes as he scritched, scratched and massaged her fur back into place. Pulling on each toe until it popped and then having her flex her ankles in every direction Nick was satisfied she was fine and placed a quick peck on the top of each foot.

Moving up to her legs and then showing just as much care as he did before he began to slowly unwind the chords around her legs. The feeling of his paw pads as he massaged her legs was enough to make Judy churr in pleasure once again, the feeling of his claws running through her fur was matched only by the deep and warm pressure she felt on her muscles as he worked them into goo.

Feeling her legs finally become free Judy was slightly surprised to feel herself being spread wide open. Looking down she noticed Nick looking directly up at her as he moved her legs in opposite directions, the dark stain of her core practically right in front of him. Feeling and seeing him run his paws in towards her thighs Judy was rewarded with a darkly smug look from the fox. Pressing his digits into her muscles in warm circles Judy allowed herself to fall back into the cushions as her legs flexed and stretched, she had never realized how stiff she could get with her legs bound like that.

Stretching her legs out as far as they could go and splaying her toes as her thighs shook in time with the deeply delighted groan she let loose Judy looked down and was pleased to see Nick was none the wiser to her plans. With a fluid motion Judy pulled her legs back and curled them around the back of the fox’s head until she could pull him in towards her. Crossing her ankles behind his shoulder blades Judy used her grip around his head to pull herself in a crunch motion until she was practically eye to eye with the predator.

Looking down from her seated position to his kneeling form Judy noted he had placed his paws on the outside of her thighs but had yet to even try and escape her grasp. Knowing he could still get away from her, seeing as how she still had her torso wrapped in ropes and yet he chose to stay where he was sent little zings up and down Judy’s spine. Leaning forward so that she could plant a gentle kiss on his forehead the naughty bunny was fully aware of how the motion pulled his nose closer to her core and the scent that even she was beginning to pick up on.

“Now…this is what is going to happen, Fox. You are going to kiss me, you are going to untie me and then I am going to untie you. After that we are going to get ready for bed and then go to sleep in the same bed. You aren’t going to leave me cold and alone tonight and when I wake up tomorrow you are going to be there for me to cuddle until we have to get ready for class…understand?” She almost did it! She could feel her voice change just a little, deeper in her chest but still light…it had felt commanding and sexy and by the look on what she could see of Nick’s muzzle, he thought so too.

Feeling the fox nod Judy loosened her thighs and allowed herself to be spread once again so the fox could continue untying her. The sharp glint in his eyes should have warned her that he was up to something but Judy found herself unprepared for when he placed an opened mouth kiss directly at the top of the stain in her panties. Continuing to kiss his way up her underwear until her reached her belly button Judy fell back into the cushions only for a pair of strong paws to grasp her hips and roll her over onto her front.

A sharp nip at each buttock just beyond the edge of her panties caused Judy to give a quick shriek of surprise. Feeling the knot holding her paws in place loosen and then come undone gave Judy no sense of freedom as a pair of steel clamps locked down around her wrists.

Moving her arms slowly and gently until they were stretched out to each side Nick pushed them down until she was hugging the couch cushion. Massaging the bloodflow back into each limb Nick made sure to grind himself into the firm bunny butt before him. Moving on towards the main knot of the torso tie Nick began to slowly unwind his work. One loop and one bight at a time and with every pull of the rope a new nipping kiss was placed along the bunny’s back and sides. Leaning over the soft silver back before him Nick made sure to gently lean his weight down with every kiss and nip.

Pulling the length of ropes up along the rabbit’s torso so that they slid between her thighs and sent small shudders through her body Nick then ran his paws along the back of each arm until he could lace his digits between her own. Laying himself down across the length of her torso Nick closed his eyes at the soft curves and gentle warmth of the figure below him. Kissing the base of the rabbit’s neck and giving her a quick nuzzle Nick pulled his arms close in a hugging motion so that he had his arms wrapped around her and her arms were trapped.

Standing up with a bit of difficulty Nick smiled at the surprised sounds and happy giggles his bunny was making. Walking towards where he knew the bathroom was Nick smiled and bounced from one leg to the other in a silly dancing motion while giving a little spin every now and then, he didn’t think he would ever get tired of hearing the rabbit in his arms laugh or giggle. Finally making it to the bathroom Nick placed the bunny down and stepped back to allow her a chance to steady herself.

Judy had to take a minute to get her legs back under her after not being able to move them much for a few hours and then laughing so much…and the, other stuff too. Finally getting herself under control she turned towards the fox and raised an eyebrow with a smile.

“Forgetting something Slick? You’re still wearing your own ropes…” Crooking one digit at the fox as she cocked out a hip Judy was pleased to see the fox walk towards her until she could run her paw along his belly fur between the ropes that criss crossed over his torso.

“Kneel.”

The word was spoken with all the volume of a whisper and al the power of an earthquake. Falling to his knees in a gracefully liquid motion Nick placed his palms on his knees and looked the bunny directly in her nearly lambent eyes. The light from the bathroom shone from behind her like the light of summer’s first day and cast all but her eyes in a gentle shadow.

Judy reached out and with surprisingly steady paws ran her fingers through the soft fur along Nick’s jawline and enjoyed the low rumble she could hear from his chest. Leaning in she tilted his muzzle down before placing a light kiss on each eyelid.

“Keep them closed.” She spoke in her softest tone…she wasn’t trying to be commanding, sexy or controlling and yet in not trying for any she was all of them at once. Nick would not have opened his eyes even if he wanted to once the tarnished angle before him spoke.

Walking around the kneeling form of the fox Judy admired the craftsmanship of the ropes, how they laid against the fur and overlapped each other. Finding the final knot at the base of the neck Judy gently pulled and began to unwind the harness. With almost reverent gentleness she pulled the ropes over and under each other in serpentine patterns, sometimes giving small kisses to newly freed fur and sometimes yanking so that the friction sent small thrills of heat down to the skin below. Walking around the fox as she continued her work Judy stopped a moment and grinned in a very foxy manner, she had just had a very horrible idea.

Hooking her thumbs into the waist band of her panties she turned to face away from the fox and pulled them down to her ankles, making sure to pop her butt out towards the sensitive canine snoot. Hearing the deep inhale and nearly inaudible shuddering exhale Judy didn’t even try to hold her blush in check…she was going to be bold and not even she was going to let herself ruin her own chances at something she might enjoy.

Standing up with her darkly soaked panties in one paw and with the utmost care slid the leg holes over the fox’s nose and snout so that they wrapped around his muzzle. Seeing the patches of fur she had revealed suddenly stand on end and a tensing of muscles ripple down the vulpine form before her Judy reached out and with only the slightest coaxing opened the panty wrapped muzzle. Pushing the waistband and as much of the fabric as she could between the sharp teeth Judy closed them lightly down on her underwear.

“Those…are some of my favorite panties.” Holding the large muzzle in her small paws Judy ran her claws along the scruffy jawline.

“If I find a hole in them you are going to take me out to a very nice lingerie store and sit there like a good boy while I model new pairs for you and then you are going to buy me a replacement pair.”

Finishing her little speech Judy smiled with wild abandon and nervous energy, she had never been in this much control. There was no way any of the boys back home would have let her do half this much, or even bothered to put this much effort into a night like this. Giving the flaring nose before her a quick peck Judy went back to unwrapping her fox.

“Now, I am totally naked. You my beautiful Crimson Beast are going to remain on your knees with your eyes closed. I am going to prance around you in the nude and I am going to unwrap you like a present just as you did with me and while I do so I want you to think off all the things we could be doing instead.” Taking up the loose end of the harness around her fox Judy did indeed begin to prance around the fox, bare bunny buns on full display. Pulling at random so that the fox felt small blooms of heat across his form Judy made sure to rub herself against the remaining ropes as much as she could, she might not admit it out loud but she loved the feeling of the ropes and chords against her fur.

“You could be licking me.” Tug on this rope…

“I could be on my knees using my tongue…” Unwind that bight…

“I could happily be moaning your name through a gag…” Zip that line over and under those others…

This torture went on and on until Nick was heaving his breaths in and out, every breath bringing a fresh rush of the bunny’s scent. By the time Judy was pressing her nude form against the mussed and coarse fur of the kneeling fox while pulling the last bight through the loop Judy could feel the subtle twitches and shivers through the fox’s muscles. He was barely a stroke away from pinning her to the ground and ravaging her in all the ways she would love to fight against.

Reluctantly pulling away from the rugged warmth of the quivering fox Judy sauntered around to his front and placed a light kiss on the black lips currently holding her underwear between his teeth. Stroking her blunt little claws over the top of the fox’s snout Judy ran the side of her own muzzle along the fox’s cheeks with a slight churr. Snuggling her body as close as she could to the kneeling fox Judy leaned in until she could speak directly into his twitching ear.

“Now…I am going to take a shower, obviously I am going to be naked. I have a spare toothbrush under the sink and feel free to snag some of my toothpaste…you may rise.” Flicking her ears over her shoulder and sauntering into the bathroom Judy desperately hoped the fox would follow her and then they could be dirty while getting clean but, she also wasn’t sure what she would do if he did follow.

Feeling as much as hearing the low growl from behind her, Judy felt the hairs rise across her entire body and saw in the hazy reflection of the shower stall the crimson form of the fox unfold itself. Not even bothering to rise to his full height Judy glimpsed two dull green spotlights surrounded by red fog as the fox raised himself to all fours and began to prowl towards her. Forcing herself to remain calm and loose Judy reached out and smoothly opened and entered the shower stall…firmly ignoring the low snarl from beyond the doors she had just closed.

Nick glared at the sheet of frosted glass that dared to stand between him and his Silver Goddess…she was right there. He could see her lithe form just beyond the pane that separated them as she moved and twisted to grab her body wash and begin scrubbing herself. Deciding it would be better to simply let her clean herself up Nick prowled over to the sink and acquired the spare toothbrush she had mentioned. Standing up and leaning against the counter while brushing his teeth Nick watched the blurred form of his bunny…and she was HIS bunny at this point, he wasn’t about to let her get away so easily after this.

Making sure to be thorough in his brushing Nick admired the foggy distorted form of the nude rabbit just one pane of glass away. Spitting and rinsing Nick reluctantly turned away and made his way over to the bed, pulling the covers back and jumping in Nick was soon assaulted by the overwhelming scent of bunny. Snuggling down into the covers with a grin Nick wiggled around under the covers, he wanted them to smell like him after this.

Stepping out of the shower Judy was slightly bummed that the fox hadn’t joined her or was waiting for her when she got out…bummed but not surprised. Seeing that the door to the bathroom was left open Judy took a breath and steeled herself…she could do this. Walking over to the sink and beginning to brush her teeth Judy blatantly ignored the lambent green eyes staring her from beneath the covers of her bed. It seemed as if the fox had made himself at home in her burrow, and was lying in wait for her.

Making sure to brush for the full amount of time her dentist recommended, then swishing and flossing…then swishing again with mouth wash Judy did all she could to delay. Finally running out of things she could use to waste time Judy finished up and took a deep breath before walking into her room.

Judy had walked into her room nude more times than she could count, she had walked about her own space at home and here at college totally naked more times than she could remember and yet…she had never heard an appreciative rumble coming from her bed. Walking over to her dresser and pulling out a pair of clean underwear Judy gave an extra hip wiggle when she pulled the thong her second favorite sister had given her for her last birthday up snug between her cheeks.

Not bothering to put on a shirt, seeing as how he had seen her topless the entire night, Judy turned and made her way over to the bed. Stopping in front of her bed and cocking her hip with a grin on her face Judy crossed her arms and grinned at the red snout poking out from beneath the sheets and the glowing green eyes deeper back in the shadows.

*Ahem* “…permission to enter the enclosure?” Raising her brows at the grinning fox Judy gave a slight shriek as the covers flew up into the air. A scarlet blur swiped out and wrapped around her, in a single motion pulling her onto the mattress and under the covers. Suddenly finding herself blind and surrounded by fluffy warmth Judy squirmed around until she understood where she was. Realizing she was surrounded by Fox, Judy snuggled into the fluffy warmth and pushed back into the firm fur behind her. Having the covers drawn down and feeling herself pulled up like a plushy Judy found herself wrapped in blankets and fluffy tail…’Yes!’

Snapping her arms out and grabbing the tail she had been wanting to cuddle for weeks now Judy rubbed her face into the soft fluffy. Firm chest at her back, soft floofy in her arms and warm all around made Judy snuggle and wiggle like a true bunny getting comfy. Feeling her eyes becoming heavy and her thoughts becoming slow Judy barely registered the snout laying itself between her ears. The slow breathing at her back and the firm arms around her body lulled Judy into a deep and inevitable sleep…the last thing Judy remembered hearing was the soft breaths and barely audible snoring of the fox behind her.

Notes:

Unfortunately i only have enough chapters for this story to finish out the year and after that i will need to continue writing them so it will be a while before this continues after New Years but i have a plan...not necessarily a great one but it is at least half-baked.

Chapter 10

Notes:

OK i know i haven't posted practically anything in...a while. I am having a hard time getting myself out of certain plot holes as well as basing through writers block on at least three stories while also trying to figure out where i want things to go. I promise my stories aren't done or abandoned i am just trying to do them right and not liking the results so far, it is just going to be a while until anything else gets posted.

Waking up slower than usual Judy was pretty sure she was still dreaming, her bed was never this warm unless she turned on her heated blanket and her pillow never breathed this deeply…actually since when did she have a breathing pillow? Scrunching her eyes and dragging a paw up through the soft fur of the wall she must have rolled over to face against Judy rubbed her eyes while wondering how long her wall had been so warm and furry…wait.

Even half asleep, uber warm and super comfy Judy could tell something was wrong…since when were her walls that shade of crème? Normally they were more of an off whiteish color…

*Yawn* ‘Off white…crème…same damn thing this early in the morning…’ Deciding she was too comfy to bother thinking about it any longer Judy decided she was….

Rope

Movies

Panties

Shower

Fox

…Screwed. With a rush, memories of last night came flying back to her with such force her eyes snapped wide open. Finally realizing the crème wall she was looking at was in fact the chest of the cute fox TA she had invited over, the cute fox that had seen her topless…more than topless now that she was remembering clearly…the sexy foxy boy that had pinned her to the couch by her neck with his teeth…the smexy foxy boi that had knelt before her while she wrapped her soaking wet underwear around his snoot…

“I can smell you thinking Carrots…” The voice that came from just above her head was deep and heavy with sleep. She could feel it roll through the chest in front of her as she absently ran her paws over the soft chest and belly fur of the still sleepy fox. Looking up at a sound Judy had to hold back a series of reactions as Nick gave a jaw cracking, tongue curling yawn that revealed all of his pearly white teeth while letting out the cutest squeaking *Mlem* sound. Stretching out his arms and legs while yawning and arching his back slightly Judy watched in the gentle rays of the early morning light as the muscles along various parts of his form twitched and quivered.

With a sigh of utter contentment the fox wrapped his arms and tail around the bunny again and pulled her as close as he could against his chest. Plopping his head back between her ears and giving a sleepy/happy rumble as the bunny in his arms pulled his tail into her grasp and possessively snuggled against it.

“You uhm…you can smell me thinking?” Deciding that she could afford to sleep in this time since neither of them had class until after lunch Judy figured she would either enjoy the warmth awake or let it pull back to sleep.

“When you wake up and the first thing you smell is horny bunny knowing she took a shower just minutes before going to bed the night before, *YAwwwnnn…mlem* and then you remember what happened before that shower it doesn’t take a genius to know what you might be thinking about.” Wishing his voice had stayed the deep sleepy rumble Judy found herself grinning slightly and blushing madly at this little revelation…she wasn’t so embarrassed at what she had done or been thinking about, she was more embarrassed at how easily he had known about it.

“So last night…yeah…um I don’t usually do, things like…that.” Absently rubbing her face into the soft fur and firm muscle underneath Judy was determined not to apologize, but she also didn’t want him to think her a regular bed hopping bunny.

“Hmmm, I figured…doesn’t really seem your style. You have a talent for domination but you seem to be more comfortable in the submissive role. The panties trick before the shower was pretty inspired for your audience, scent can be one of the best ways to influence the reactions of canines.” It sounded almost like he was rambling and his words were gently slurred as if he was ready to fall back asleep but Judy was grinning slightly wider at his words.

Being told she had a talent for something like that was not something she was used to hearing or expecting to enjoy so much…being told she was more of a sub though wasn’t really that big of a revelation to her. With as much internet experience she had it was pretty obvious to her that she preferred being on the flat end of the paddle, but having it put into words by someone else and someone she had a bit of a crush on helped make it more real.

“Kind of surprised me when you went along with the whole…me in charge thing, especially after you had been so firmly…” Rolling her hips into his own Judy suppressed a giggle at the sharp intake of breath her action elicited.

“In the dominant role I wasn’t sure you would go for it.”

“Ha…I can be flexible and when there is a chance for someone to realize something about themselves that they might not have known before I’m not about to stand in the way. It was pretty clear you have never been in a sexually dominant position, at least to someone who has had experience in this arena before that is.” Rolling onto his back so Judy could snuggle into his side and use his arm like a pillow Nick scratched at his chest lightly and pulled the blankets up around his chin, Judy’s ears were the only part that was poking out from beneath the sheets.

“Yeah I have never had someone I could really trust enough to let them get physically close like that. Most of the bunnies back home I wouldn’t trust to tie me up and then listen if I said stop, the ones I would trust are already spoken for. Dating someone other than a bunny isn’t a problem but isn’t really done just because…well it just isn’t.” Wiggling up so that she could lay partially on the fox’s chest and still be in his grasp Judy continued.

“There was one boy during high school, a lynx named Bobby Catmull that I sort of dated for a while. We hung out, we kissed and fondled each other a bit. I was the first girl he saw topless and he was the first boy I felt below the belt, we were so awkward it got ridiculous and we ended up laughing ourselves out of the mood. I put my shirt back on, he zipped up and we spent the rest of the day making cookies and watching baking shows.” Judy smiled at the memory, she still messaged Bobby every now and then and those were some of her favorite memories from high school.

“We never really went beyond that…we fooled around a little more after that but it was more like testing things on each other to make sure we didn’t sound or act like fools. *Snort* A year or so ago he got married and I got to attend his wedding, his new wife came up to me during the reception and thanked me for teaching him so much about using his paws.” Feeling the chest she was laying on jump and rumble with gentle laughter caused Judy to look up with a smile at the fox.

“Got a bit of practice did he?” Looking down at the little rabbit from the corner of one grinning eye Nick shifted around a little and tightened his arm around the soft form cuddled into his side.

“Well…yes and no. He asked me to tell him how girls liked being touched and stuff one day and eventually I got tired of answering questions and sort of just…” burying her face in the fox’s neck Judy groaned gently, it was really frustrating back then and really embarrassing now.

“I kind of just grabbed his hand and stuck it down my pants…we spent a while more or less clinically breaking down how to finger a girl. I moved his fingers where I wanted them, I told him how this felt and how that worked out…by the end I was so worked up I just let him use all we had gone over and he finished me off rather nicely.” Running her blunt claws through the chest and belly fur of her foxy pillow Judy looked beyond the veil of time and smiled at the fumbling, awkward and purely honest moments she had spent with Bobby.

“Sounds like a pretty nice guy, kinda want to meet him.” Nick wanted to close his eyes and go back to sleep with his bunny but…at this point sleep was not about to fall upon him again. Deciding that he would have to settle with running his pads up the bunny’s hip and side while running his claws down the same track. Enjoying the way she wiggled and scooted up against him with happy little churrs at his attentions Nick interspersed rubbing circular patterns into her shoulder and thigh.

“So what made me so special that you would throw your clothes to the wind and submit yourself to the will of another?…someone you barely know on a personal level I might add.” Nick hated asking questions he didn’t want to know the answer to but, he really didn’t want to lead someone like Judy on under any possible false pretenses.

“I’m not totally sure…I like the way you smell, your fur always catches my eye in class and your tail is the perfect cuddle buddy…you are pretty ok on the eyes as well I guess.” Smiling up at the fox who was grinning down at her Judy giggled before laying her cheek back against the shoulder she had been so happily snuggled against.

“Your voice raises the fur along my body in the best of ways and makes my skin tight…my heart races when you smile and I shiver with joy when you laugh.”

Judy sighed and closed her eyes, taking a moment to enjoy this simple slice of time for the comfort and warmth it held.

“Whenever I mentioned my hobby for knot tying and rope work…whenever I told someone about how much I enjoyed the looked of a well-made knot…I always got the same look. Whenever my sisters caught me studying while wrapped in chords or actively tying something I would get the same look of, confusion and disgust and things I was never able to discern.” Pulling away from the fox’s wandering claws to give her own stretch, and enjoying the look she could feel the fox was giving her Judy reached out to grab the chest fluff of her foxy pillow.

Pulling herself up and on top of the fox, enjoying the hiss of pleasurable pain resulting from her actions Judy made sure to rub herself against the fox as much as she could. The play of silken fur against course overcoat was enough to send shivers up and down her spine. Finally perching herself upon Nick’s chest with her arms and legs splayed out to brush along the sides of her new favorite mattress Judy snuggled herself as firmly up and under the chin of her fox.

“I…want to be able to say you are my girlfriend, I want to be able to brag that someone as amazing as you chose me but, I can’t honestly say I feel right in doing so.” Nick was talking as much to the ceiling as the bunny on his chest.

“I had a, well we weren’t officially going out but we did go on a few dates. We stayed the night at her place and a couple motels a few times and a few times at my place. I loved having her around, I loved seeing the looks on her face and the sounds she would make when I did all the right things to get her hot and bothered…but I never, felt, anything more than the same kind of enjoyment I would get around the other mammals I would hang around. I never felt any of those sensations or had those thoughts you always hear about from mammals in relationships or in movies…there were no fireworks or tingles when we kissed, I never had daydreams of our future together.”

Judy rubbed her paws along Nick’s sides and occasionally shifted her legs around so that she could feel his fur play against hers. It almost seemed like he had forgotten she was there, his voice seemed like he was miles away.

“She wanted a proper relationship and said she had been happier and smiling more in the short time we were together than in the two-year relationship she had just gotten out of. She actually mentioned that relationship a number of times and usually never in a positive way…” The feel of his claws and pads running in distracted circles and strokes along her side or the back of her thighs would normally have distracted Judy enough that she would have had a hard time listening. Making sure to keep her eyes open and to pay attention to what he was saying Judy stayed quiet so that he wouldn’t break out of whatever trance he was in.

“I wanted to give her a proper relationship so badly, I wanted to make her as happy as I possibly could and I had so many plans and ways to do so. I wanted to do all those goofy boyfriend things you hear about, I wanted to keep waking up next to her. Having her in my arms as I fell asleep and then when I woke up was some of the best times I had ever had.” The look on his muzzle as spoke about his old flame brought a smile to Judy’s own. It was clear he missed her and she really hoped they had parted on good terms.

“Getting to cuddle and show her movies and tv shows that she had never seen before, being able to geek out over things I had never had a chance to geek over. I’m not even sure what I enjoyed more: watching movies and teasing her through her clothes or knowing that I could turn her on and get her clothes off in a second and then doing so.” Rolling over onto her back so she could lounge over the length of his torso and flick her tail over his belly, Judy flopped her arms down to scratch the fox’s sides while he absent-mindedly slid his own paws over her belly and danced up towards her chest as he slid his tail down over her hips.

“It never took much to get her hot and bothered, it helped that she was into the same things as me and was complimentary to my own interests. She loved being dominated and controlled, she loved it when I would l tie her up and tease her. On one our first dates we checked into our motel to relax and cuddle for a bit and before we went out for dinner well…” Turning her muzzle up to the fox as he trailed off Judy flicked an ear to lightly bop the fox on his nose.

“Don’t stop now, I wanna hear more.” Wiggling in place to get comfy as if the fox was a large sized body pillow Judy took a deep breath and felt herself relax back into the firm warmth.

“Really…like you don’t mind hearing about my past debaucheries with a different female?”

Had he been able to see her expression Nick would have seen a look amusement on the small rabbit’s muzzle. Raising a single eyebrow and giving a slightly fox-like smirk Judy laughed lightly and gave a vigorous scritching to the fox beneath her before grabbing the fluffy tail at her waist and pulling it up to give it a good cuddle.

“I’m a bunny Nick, it is almost a requirement in order for me to keep my ears to have a love of gossip and sex. I may have never had many chances to contribute to the ‘story time’ of all my sisters as they discussed their boyfriends but I certainly listened to them as they told their own stories.” Feeling her foxish smirk turn into a genuine smile as she felt the chest beneath her buck and bounce as the fox laughed silently at her words Judy scooted up slightly so she could lay her head down the side of her fox’s neck and give him a nuzzle.

*Sigh* “Well on one of our first dates when we were getting ready to go to dinner I had her drop her panties and bend over the bed. I didn’t think she would go for it but well there she was…I grabbed one of the first toys I had bought for her, a remote-controlled vibrating buttplug, and after lubing her up and sliding it in we went off to diner. I think she got used to the whole thing since she smelled like a vixen expecting to have sex eventually but not one actively thinking about it.” It had been…a while since Nick had been able to run his paws over the soft curves of a female companion. It had been a while since Nick had had a chance to simply talk to someone like this and it felt better than he could remember.

“So…what did you do when you were done with dinner?”

“Well after a lovely drive, wonderful meal, sparkling conversation and then a slightly more sexually charged drive back …things got far more heated. We walked in and relaxed a bit, I took off my tie and she flopped down on the bed. I opened a bottle of wine and…well after a few sips it all came to a head.” Ignoring the slight giggles coming from the rabbit at his phrasing Nick grinned and gently raked a claw over the bunny’s belly.

“I helped her take her dress off and she was the kind of girl who loved being bitten and nibbled, the more marks the better if I could manage it. I was pretty new to the whole rope work thing so I just sort of threw some ropes around her wrists and used my paws and muzzle as best I could. Now remember this was the first female I had ever had the chance to get naked with, never mind actually touch and I had always had fantasies about tying a girl up but now…nerves are a bitch.” Laughing as he watched his past self through his memories he almost couldn’t believe what he saw. The fumbling and shaking paws pulling lengths of rope through ties and making them far to tight.

Barely able to control himself as he couldn’t tell what he wanted more at the time, to warp the hatchet job of his first tie into something more like the elegant harnesses he had seen on the internet or to run his paws all over the absolute goddess standing before him. He had wanted so badly to caress and stroke the figure before him but at the same time he had wanted to fulfill the female’s desires and bind her entire form in ropes…so he had tried to do both.

“To say I failed at doing both would be a felonious understatement…I didn’t want to hurt her so I untied her and didn’t use the rope again. I did my best to get the right angles when I finally got inside her and I tried to do all the things we had spoken about but…I didn’t feel anything.” Nick could feel moisture trying to build in his eyes and after blinking it away continued.

“I did what I thought would get her off as best I could, I tried to have her from behind in front of a mirror, I had her from the front and looked her right in the eyes with her legs around my waist while I nibbled her breasts…I had to stop myself from laughing at the face she made when I put her legs over my shoulders. The whole time I was worried because I had taken the condom off since it had seemed like it was getting in the way. I usually don’t play roulette with my dick but I wasn’t thinking very clearly at the time. The whole time though I was more focused on how she was doing than anything else and even though it was my first time…it was just another thing. I didn’t feel any deep connection or anything.”

“What happened to her?”

“She is working on her engineering degree and currently on winter break, pretty sure she is somewhere on a beach in the Down-Under District.” Nick smiled as he remembered messing around with her in the pool at one of the motels they had visited, seeing her in her bikini and dunking her like they were kits at the beach before going up to their room for a night of debauchery.

“Why did you break up? I can tell by that smile you miss her and that it wasn’t a bad breakup…so come on spill, why am I lounging across you and getting to pet your tail instead of her?” Judy asked as she ran her paws through the coarse outer layer and then down to the softer inner layers of the fluffy tail she had been admiring since she saw it swishing around in class.

“Well, we went on dates but never really became official so I don’t know if we actually broke up. To answer your question though it was pretty much my decision. I didn’t feel anything more than you would feel when you hang out with your friends…yeah it was nice having sex and getting to indulge in a few fantasies but that was it. I missed her when I went to bed alone but not enough to lose out on sleep, I missed it when she wouldn’t call me while I was working some late-night shifts to cover a few expenses but I would just listen to my music in the meantime.” Rubbing his pads in small spirals up the middle of the bunny’s torso until he had his arms crossed over her entire chest Nick gave her a quick squeeze before dragging his claws back down from her shoulders to her waist. Gently smiling at the little wiggles she gave at his ministrations Nick quickly pecked the top of her head before continuing.

“She was bummed and so was I but we stayed friends, we hung out a few more times and just grew apart as lovers but still stayed in touch mostly. She had classes during the day and I was doing a lot of night work on top of my own classes so we just sort of drifted a little further apart until well…she has her life and I have mine.” Giving a big full body stretch with his arms up over his head and practically every muscle in his body twitching Nick groaned deeply and rolled onto his side.

Giving a slight cry of surprise as she was un-expectedly dumped off her new favorite mattress onto her old one her complaints were muffled as the fox continued to roll over onto her. Covering her entirely Nick once more curled himself around the soft female form and began to purr while pulling the blankets up around his shoulders more firmly.

Giving another jaw splitting, tongue curling yawn before tucking his nose under the tip of his tail and coincidentally next to Judy’s head Nick sleepily mumbled.

“We are gonna have to get up kind of soon though…?” Smiling at the questioning noise from the rabbit Nick continued.

“We need to be ready for class in a few hours and it is going to take a while for you to wash the scent of fox off you.”

“Why would I want to do that when I could stay here and cuddle…?” Judy asked as she pulled the tail she had laid claim to as close to her as she could for another good cuddle.

“Because right now you smell heavily of sex and fox and I smell like horny bunny, unless you want every mammal downwind from us or in a classroom to think we spent a vigorous Blitz Week Day One doing more than relaxing...” Feeling the bunny wiggle around so she could be more comfortable and then beginning to purr as he felt small claws scratch through the fur on his chest Nick felt his eyes grow heavy.

“You mentioned Blitz Week before, what is it?” Wondering if he could believably snore and convince the bunny he had fallen asleep Nick almost considered trying it until he felt a gentle pull on his belly fur.

‘Oh that’s a low blow’.

“Ok ok alright, careful with the fur…Blitz Week is when the teachers slam the students with classwork and minimal homework. The last week before winter vacation is supposed to be a fast paced and high-volume work week. Review everything we have gone over since the start of the year with minimal homework so we can head back to our rooms at the end of the day properly brain-fried.  Most of the time mammals will start the end of the first day with…” Pulling the blankets back slightly to avoid overheating or suffocating his bunny Nick took a moment to pull her pillow under his head.

“Extreme amounts of sex, purely disrespectful levels of drinking or lounging around. During this week there is a purely coincidental increase in hospitalizations for alcohol related reasons as well as magically occurring pregnancies that have nothing to do with pissing off daddy and all to do with pure love.” Grinning at the giggles coming from within his fluffy confines Nick took a subtle sniff and savored the scent of happy bunny.

“So basically the teachers try to kill us and students usually react by overindulging. Was last night your kind of overindulgence?” Had it not been for the quivering ears making little tents in the bedsheets Nick might have been convinced it was a normal question. Grinning and taking a moment to get into the right head-space while subtly savoring the lingering scent of aroused rabbit Nick nuzzled his snoot as deeply into the nest they had made as he could until he felt assured he would be filling her current world with his voice.

“Oh Little Bun…you have yet to enjoy my overindulgence…perhaps one day you will be ready.” Feeling his black lips pull back into a razor-edged grin Nick suppressed his reactions to the small sounds coming from the bunny laying comfortably in his grasp.

“Not fair you jerk….” Judy felt her every hair on her body raise in response to the voice that invaded her warm sanctuary as the meaning of the words flowed into her mind like silken chocolate.

“When do I get to enjoy your overindulgence then if last night wasn’t it?”

Nick growled low in chest with pleasure at the light whine in Judy’s voice as she asked her question, the scent of bunny spiking noticeably.

“When we have a few days to ourselves and you feel comfortable calling me ‘Sir’ Little Bun…” Sliding his tongue over an exposed ear with a slight nip at the end Nick laughed deep in his chest at the slight impact he felt on his stomach as the little bunny gave a frustrated moan and punched him as best she could in the belly. Shifting around slightly Nick reached out and snagged his phone, with a few flicks and taps he had a time set that would give them enough time to enjoy more cuddles and still get a shower in with time to get ready for class.

Notes:

Yeah not very long or exciting i know but things pick up at least a little in the next one...i started this without even thinking i was gonna post it so if anyone wants to guess how it will finish feel free...like really make a guess so i can pretend i had an ending ready the whole time and didn't just figure it out because someone made a good suggestion.

Chapter 11

Notes:

Almost to the end of the chapters I have ready, but don't worry i have a par-broiled plan in the workings...ok no definitely worry. Things are going to be slow and probably inconsistent as far as updating goes since between new games coming out and life things getting in the way i have been having trouble getting chapters done to the level i want them to be.

Glaring at his phone as the alarm went off Nick gave a slight yawn and stretched as best he could with a rabbit wrapped around his torso. Reaching down and giving said rabbit a good scritching along her spine down to just above her tail Nick felt himself melt into the mattress and pillows. Seeing the large smile stretch across the bunny’s face caused a similar smile to grow on Nick’s own muzzle. Leaning down and pecking the top of the bunny’s head Nick tried pulling away from the soft fuzzy barnacle.

“NoooOOooo…warm…soft….” Sighing in amused exasperation as he flopped spread eagle on the bed Nick was glad he had looked in time to when the alarm went off for something like this.

“Come on fluffbutt time to get up.” Grabbing the bunny around her hips and attempting to push her up and off, grinning as he felt the rabbit clamp down on him even further and nuzzle her face into his chest almost aggressively.

“Am I going to have to resort to playing dirty Carrots?”

“Mmmm…love dirty play…zzZzzz” Deciding she definitely didn’t understand what he was talking about Nick grinned and gently wrapped his arms around the soft figure clutching on to him. Wiggling his hips and scooting himself so that he could basically pour himself off the mattress Nick stood up and was less than surprised to find that Judy was staying where she was. Grinning like a demon Nick sauntered over to the bathroom while shucking off his shorts and boxers Nick felt his grin grow wider at the tightening of the arms and legs holding onto him. After making sure there was a washcloth and soap Nick turned on the water and stepped into the stream using the bunny as a shield to the cold water.

Tightening his grip and widening his stance to keep his balance while laughing Nick held on until the water warmed up and began to gently steam. Looking down at the glaring amethyst eyes Nick just shrugged.

“I told you I was going to play dirty.”

“Not the kind of dirty play I was expecting youuuuu…..are not wearing anything are you?” Feeling her legs dangle around his hips and legs Judy felt her eyes go wide and a flush creep up her ears.

“No…no I am not Carrots. Now…” Shifting his grip so that he had a pawful of bunny butt Nick grinned even wider as he could tell Judy was trying to keep her eyes from wandering to low.

“I’m gonna put you down so that you can get ready for class and I am gonna head back and get ready myself…unless you feel like saving water?”

Judy did her best to look anywhere other than at Nick before answering.

“I uhm…don’t think now is a good time for that…I really want to but I uh…don’t...!” Judy’s ears snapped up rigid as she felt Nick lightly kiss her.

“I was teasing Carrots, I prefer taking girls out a few times before getting that serious anyway. Now close your eyes and don’t peak I’m gonna put you down.” Leaning forward Nick made sure to maintain eye contact with the blushing rabbit. Making sure she was on her feet Nick was about to pull away when Judy tightened her hold around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss. Stumbling forward in slight surprise Nick’s eyes widened and he shot a paw out to brace against the wall behind Judy. Pulling away Judy looked up and grinned before letting go of the fox’s neck.

“I thought I told you, I get the last kiss…” Nick grinned as he began to stand up before turning the knob next to the paw he was bracing on the wall.

“That may be true but I get the last laugh.” Jumping out of the shower with a laugh as the hot water stopped and the cold water came out full force and Judy found herself standing directly under the stream of now freezing water. Running out before she could retaliate or see him naked Nick laughed to himself the entire time he was getting dressed, not caring that he was getting them wet from the water still in his fur.

Doing his best to tidy up a bit when he figured the bunny would actually take a full shower Nick threw his ropes and cords into his bag and tossed away what trash he could find. Checking the time on his phone and deciding that if he wanted enough time to take a shower and goof off, he would need to get going. Looking around for a minute to see if he forgot anything he was almost out of the door when he realized he was still not wearing a shirt, pulling a spare from a side pocket of his bag and slipping it on he quickly made his way down the hall to his room.

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Stepping out of the now steam filled bathroom and rubbing her ears with a towel Judy didn’t even bother putting last nights underwear on before she stepped out, he had seen everything last night anyway and she was pretty sure the smug fox wasn’t even in her dorm anymore. Deciding she would definitely get him back for the cold-water trick…and get to see him naked this time Judy tossed the towel into her hamper and walked over to her closet. Picking out an outfit for the day and looking around she smiled as she noticed things had been tidied up a bit.

Walking into her living room while thinking of toast and homemade jam for breakfast Judy stopped and looked over to her couch. Grinning with a decidedly wicked turn to her lips and curl to her ears Judy sauntered over to what had gotten her attention before making her way to her small kitchenette.

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‘Where is it…I just had the damn thing.’ Nick had just gotten out of the shower and was getting dressed when he realized he was missing something. Putting on his boxers, shorts and shirt before looking around his room Nick turned his room upside down before going to his duffel bag and nearly passing out from the scent of rabidly aroused rabbit. Glad he was alone in his room Nick took another good whiff of the scent to better cement it into his mind before pulling everything out. Pulling the ropes out and winding them into a chain for washing and storage along with the chords Nick practically stuck his head into the bag before unzipping every pocket and pouch he could find while turning the bag upside down.

“Ok lets see…tied the harness, ropes are there.” Pacing around his room while scratching under his chin Nick began to re-trace his steps.

“Put it on, went over to Judy’s place, tied her up…AHA!”

Snapping his fingers as he remembered Nick pulled out his phone and pulled up muzzle-time, no reason not to see the pretty bunny when he could after all. Running his pads over his fur a bit and doing his best to tidy himself up a bit before Judy answered. Seeing that the call had been picked up Nick began speaking before he realized what he was looking at.

“Hey Carrots have you…seen…my…hoodie…?” Raising one brow at the hood flopped over the bunny’s head so that her eyes were hidden Nick could still very easily see the large Cheshire grin under the rim of the hood.

“Nope…haven’t seen your hoodie anywhere, but I did find MY hoodie over on the couch…wish I could remember what detergent I used last time since it smells amazing.” So saying Judy made a bit of a production out of lounging back on her couch and pulling her legs up under the hoodie.

“You um…you realize you’re wearing my hoodie right?”

“Hmmm….nope!” Judy responded as if she was actually thinking about her answer.

“I’m wearing my hoodie, definitely wouldn’t fit you as well as me…does smell a bit like you though, weird coincidence…” Continuing her bit of dramatic showmanship Judy brought the collar of the hoodie up to her nose and took a quick sniff.

“No I mean that is definitely MY hoodie, I have been looking for it since I got back and turned my entire room upside down.” Seeing the camera angle shift radically Nick watched as Judy fell sideways before stretching out on her couch. Pulling the hood firmly down around her grinning face and using a long sleeve like a pillow while pulling her legs up into the body of the hoodie Judy was sending off waves of smug comfort Nick could feel from down the hall.

“Well that is just a shame, yeah it really sucks not knowing where your hoodie is so I’m pretty glad I know where mine is.” Nick could feel one of his brows beginning to twitch at the rabbit’s words. That was his favorite hoodie and now it was in the clutches of a rabbit he was being sweet on and who might actually convince him to be her boyfriend…it was gonna be tricky getting it back.

“OK so, you are going to bring that in to class and pass it off sometime between the beginning and end of class.”

“Hmmmm…nah this is MY favorite hoodie, I guess you are just gonna have to find your own. Anyway I have to finish getting ready for class see you there BYE.”

“No no I want…*Sigh* my hoodie back…damn.” Tossing his phone on his bed and tidying up his room a bit more while wondering if it would be theft if he broke into her room to steal his own property back or not Nick just sighed to himself again. Picking up his phone again he saw that he had just enough time to stop by the campus coffee shop if he left soon. Sighing once more to himself and pulling out a spare hoodie from his closet Nick made sure he was dressed and ready for the day, sans his favorite hoodie that was.

’I’ll get that hoodie back, even if I have to resort to…foul play.’ Grinning at his overly dramatic internal dialogue Nick chuckled on his way out the door. 

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It had been the week from hell…pop-quizzes, surprise essays and more had been driving the students to the brink of madness for a week. Day after day the students left their classes mentally and in the case of the gym classes physically exhausted. Judy had barely been able to slump into her room and bring herself to study without either falling asleep or getting distracted nearly everyday of the week. By the time Friday rolled around Judy found herself actually contemplating skipping class for the first time…but couldn’t bring herself to do it…’damnit’.

Slumping out of bed and just kind of pouring herself from one morning task to the next Judy fell into her usual seat and looked towards the front of the class while wondering what fresh hell they would have to endure this day. Seeing their instructor walk out and take a seat at his desk Judy was confused to see him pull out a newspaper, bottle of amber liquid and glass.

In the silence of the classroom the entire class watched as Prof. Wolfard poured himself a couple fingers of whiskey, leaned back and flared out his paper. Lifting the glass to his lips and savoring the liquid Prof. Wolfard acted as if he was surprised to see his class full of students.

“Free day today, if you have questions feel free to ask me but as far as I’m concerned you are all present and accounted for. If you feel like studying, sleeping or whatever go for it…hell if you can make it happen feel free to bring up ewetube on the projector. Last year we had a Slash Brawl Beatdown when someone brought in their gamestationbox thingy…just don’t do anything I would have to defend you over in court or in front of the school board for and all will be well.” Taking another sip before disappearing behind his paper Judy could practically feel the tension in the room snap and release in a giant breath from every student.

Looking down at Nick once she saw him in the corner of the room, somehow blending into the background even while wearing an eye wateringly bright yellow and blue pawaiian shirt and cargo shorts. Seeing the smug look on the fox’s muzzle Judy decided she would never let her hoodie go free….he knew this was coming, the bugger.

Pulling out some books for her next class Judy was determined to study for her next class, she would be ready for whatever curveball was thrown her way.

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The curveball ended up being a slowball down the middle of Homeplate because when Judy walked into her history class she, along with her fellow students, was surprised to see their instructor relaxing back on his desk in a beach chair.

Lounging back in a rat sized beach chair the history professor had made himself a small slice of beach front property. Heat lamp providing heat and light, a small fan giving a gentle breeze as well as some slight waves to the pool he was currently perched on the edge of while holding some tanning mirrors under his chin the history professor glanced over at the students as they walked in.

“The day is young and in this cold time of year we should all just chill…study as you want and if you feel like grabbing some extra credit points, write up a quick essay on the evolution of what is known as the Surfer Life and how it has influenced modern fashion.” Reaching to his side and picking up a tiny hurricane glass before bringing the excessively bendy straw to his lips the professor made sure to give a good long ‘AHHHHHhhhh’.

“Uh how much extra credit are we talking about here? and how long of an essay are you looking for?” A hippo asked as he sat down.

“Like, a whole ten extra credits my dude…” The class laughed lightly and began to set about their own tasks. Some began studying while others finished up homework for other classes and even more pulled out their phones or portable game systems. Judy pulled out her phone and began to text a few of her sisters and cousins before sending some off to her favorite fox.

“You knew this was going to happen didn’t you?” Setting her phone off to the side and pulling out a book on law enforcement history and its influence on modern procedures.

“I am innocent of any crimes you wish to accuse me off…but for the legal record what am I being accused of?” Seeing the return text from her fox brought a smile to Judy’s face as she sat back and penned a response.

“You knew this last day of the so called Blitz Week was going to be a bunch of teachers slacking off and letting their students relax.” 

“Of course I knew the teachers were going to spend the last day relaxing, they are as eager to go on vacation as we are Carrots.”

“You could have warned me there was barely a reason to show up today…”

“Yes, I could have warned you, but why?”

“Because if there was no real reason to show up in class you could have popped over and we could have cuddled the entire day watching movies and comparing rope work…”

“I want you to look me in the eyes and convince me that you would have skipped class even given the chance and assurance that your presence would be irrelevant.”

“…shush you…movie night?” Tossing her phone down on the desk in front of her Judy hid her muzzle in her paws and gave a slight wiggle of restrained giddiness at her proposal.

“Um…are you alright hun?” Looking over and seeing a black panther dressed in a tight tank top and skinny jeans. Seeing the feathers dangling from the panther’s ears and the snake bites in the lower lip of the panther almost distracted Judy from the smooth velvet of the panther’s voice. Smiling up at the large cat Judy did her best to convey a sense of confidence…and failed.

“Oh I’m just fine….just asked a boy for a possible night in hoping we could go for breakfast but ya know…I’m fine.” Seeing the play of expressions go across the panther’s muzzle Judy was slightly surprised to feel her chair scooted to the side suddenly and a slice of midnight wrap around her waist. Grabbing the soft thing laying across her lap Judy stroked her paw along the length.

“Uhmm…is this your tail?” Holding the aforementioned tail up Judy looked towards the panther.

“You looked like you could use some physical reassurance and I grew up next to a family of rabbits, I remember taking a nap in the garden and waking up covered in a fluffle of bunnies. Since we don’t have any classwork to do, tell me about this strapping young lad that has got you all giddy darling.” Scooting his own seat closer and lounging across both seats as best he could the panther began purring lightly.

Smiling and falling back into the rumbling feline’s torso Judy shifted around until she was comfortable and began petting the tail happily flicking around in her lap. Smiling as she remembered the larger, floofier tail she had been cuddling a few days earlier Judy began to speak.

“I um…met a boy recently…a boy my parents probably wouldn’t approve of. He has a lot of the same interests as I do and so far we seem to mesh pretty well…” Wrapping her arms around the tail she had in grasp Judy pulled her legs up, turned more into the side of the dark feline and proceeded to tell him in as vague terms as possible of her romantic woes.

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Slumping against the door to his room Nick was barely able to unlock his door, the gym teachers had not been as kind or forgiving as the classroom teachers. Practically falling into his room Nick pulled a vacuum packet out of the freezer portion of his fridge, tossed it into his combi-pot along with a couple cups of water and staggered off to get changed. Just finishing getting changed into a pair of comfy sweats sans a shirt and about to pop the tab on a can of lemon iced tea Nick heard a knock at his door.

Groaning up at the ceiling, because how dare the ceiling allow someone to knock at his door, Nick shook himself and put the can back in his fridge before giving a couple slaps to his muzzle before opening the door.

Seeing a tired, droop eared silver bunny looking up at him was not what Nick expected to see when he opened his door.

Looking down at the bunny while she looked up at him, both mammals just nodded with a slight exhalation. Stepping away from the door Nick allowed Judy into his Den with barely a wave and, after a couple seconds of admiring the firm bunny butt followed after her. Walking up behind the rabbit Nick leaned down and wrapped his arms around the rabbit. Ignoring the squawk of surprise from said rabbit Nick whipped the small form up and onto his bed.

Grinning as the bunny bounced a couple times on his mattress Nick crawled up onto the bed and wrapped his arms around the bunny before flopping to the side. Pulling his arms in tighter along with the bunny Nick shifted around a bit before finally slumping into his mattress with the rabbit trapped in his arms.

“Hooookay…HI, not what I was expecting when I knocked on the door.” Judy wasn’t complaining but she also wasn’t expecting to be tossed on a bed and cuddled like a plushy. Wiggling around Judy was happy to feel the fox’s arms tighten around her, but also frustrated slightly that she couldn’t turn around as easily as she wanted.

Finally, after enough wiggling around Judy was able to push away from the fox enough that she could get comfy…right before the arms she had been fighting tightened around her again.

Being pulled back into the fox’s chest Judy found herself gently pulled into the firm warmth of the fox. Deciding that whatever she had to say when she walked in could wait Judy nuzzled into the fluffy crème fur she was pinned against. Feeling one arm lift from around her Judy almost considered complaining before she felt the sheet pulled up around them both.

“So um…cuddles?”

“Ughhh…shush you, TA’s aren’t exempt from Blitz Week you know…I’m tired and brain dead, you are warm and soft and easy to cuddle.” So saying Nick pulled his legs up and curled himself tighter around the bunny still firmly in his grasp. Grinning as he felt his tail pulled down into the rabbit’s grasp Nick purred lightly.

Feeling herself warm up and relax into the mattress and the fox’s embrace Judy slipped into a tired non-sleep…she was still to wired from the day to actually fall asleep but she was to tired to remain awake.

Nuzzling into the warm fur in front of her Judy was somewhere between being awake and asleep, she could hear the gentle snuffling of the fox and hear his slower rhythmic heartbeat but couldn’t scrape up the mental power to move.

Deciding that she would just enjoy the attention and cuddles while she could Judy figured she could play the long game as far as being in a relationship was concerned. Smiling as fantasies and dreams began to dance through her head Judy relaxed the final bit and fell asleep.

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Judy woke up an unknown amount of time later to the sounds of someone moving around and a smell that was only barely familiar. Curling up in the remaining warmth under the covers Judy smiled as she was surrounded by the scent of fox.

“If you are hungry Carrots, I am making something to eat and there are a few veggies here…don’t even try to fake being asleep I can hear you groaning and moving around.” Sitting up with an exaggerated groan Judy wrapped the covers around herself while pulling them over her head like a hood.

“What is that smell? It’s familiar but I can’t think of what it might be.” Looking around from under the rim of her warm cocoon Judy attempted to figure out the source of the smell. Looking over to where the kitchen in her own room would be Judy realized she was never happier that she had a good camera phone. Pulling it up slowly and getting the setting right Judy began snapping off pictures with a grin on her muzzle before switching over to video.

Dancing around in his shorts without a shirt Nick was making full use of his small kitchen. Bouncing from one end of the countertop to the other to the beat of the music coming from his phone Nick looked like he was having fun making…whatever it was he was making.

Deciding to put her phone away before she was caught, Judy pulled the sheets and blankets around herself even tighter and wiggled as deep as she could into the cocoon of warm fox smell as she could manage.

“That smells really good and somehow familiar…*sniff* what is it?”

“Thai fish cakes made with salmon, hollandaise sauce and chilis. Not exactly traditional but tasty all the same. If you have the munchies, I can probably ask the groundskeepers for some lawn clippings.” Judy just rolled her eyes and grinned as she snuggled into the sheets.

“Very funny…” Tipping over so she was once again laying horizontal and pulling the sheets into even more disarray until she was a bundle of warm bunnoli, Judy hummed to herself before wiggling around until she was comfy.

“Don’t care what it is, it smells good and sounds like something that would come from that restaurant we went to…I’ll take two, hold the lawn clippings and a glass of orange juice.”

“Uhmm…you’re kidding right?” Lifting some of the sheets up so that she could look across the room Judy just raised an eyebrow at the fox.

“No…why?”

“Well you realize this is mostly fish right?...like these are basically veggies patties, but made of meat instead of veggies. Like there are peppers in them but…rabbits and meat…” Waving his paws and the spatula around as he spoke Nick was somehow still able to flip and move the fish cakes around so that they wouldn’t burn.

“Yeah but hey, first time away from home for so long…first time in college…first time getting tied up by someone else…first time sleeping in a fox’s den…so I guess adding a few more first times to the list wouldn’t hurt anything.” Had Nick not turned away from the bunny to make sure he wasn’t burning anything he might have seen the heated gaze the rabbit raked over him from head to tail.

“Well if you insist, I’ll have some of my contacts in the med course on standby.” Pulling out a second small plate and dishing two fish cakes onto it along with a spoonful of some kind of sauce Nick walked the plate over to the bunny on the bed.

“Don’t even think I am going to let you eat laying down in my bed and you aren’t wearing nearly enough ropes for me to feed you myself.”

“We can fix that though…” Bouncing her brows in a suggestive manner Judy giggled at the exasperated look on the fox’s muzzle.

“By the time I got you out of those warm and comfy sheets, stripped, properly strung up and tied they would be cold and icky…now either sit up or watch me eat them in front of you.” Groaning good naturedly Judy sat up and accepted the plate and fork.

Looking over the fish cakes and giving them a sniff Judy found the smell to be rather enjoyable if a bit odd. Using her fork to cut off a piece and swipe up some of the sauce before slipping it into her mouth Judy began chewing. The roll of flavors that ran over her tongue along with the small bursts of heat from the chilis was blunted by the mellow sauce, the texture of the fish remained firm even after being made into a small round cake.

Feeling her mouth pull into a grin and the rest of herself begin to give a little involuntary happy dance Judy eagerly began attacking the rest of the fish cakes. Not being able to turn enough of her attention away from her plate Judy failed to see the genuinely proud grin and eager tail swish of the fox as he turned and plated up his own fish cakes.

Sitting down on a giant bean bag chair Nick sighed as he began to munch on his own fish cakes.

“Ya know…this is like my third Blitz Week and it still amazes me at how exhausting the last day can be. Almost none of the teachers give any classwork let alone homework, anything you do is usually extra credit…but then there is always the possibility of that ONE teacher that decides to slam the shit out of the class.” Shifting around to get a little more comfortable Nick enjoyed the play of spices and salmon.

“Has that ever happened to you, these are really good by the way.” Forking another bite of salmon into her mouth and wiggling in heated joy as a particularly potent piece of chili burst between her teeth.

“Thanks…yeah I had this absolute battleaxe of a teacher. She was my first-year orchestra teacher and we didn’t have any concerts or competitions for a few months…but she made us play through our entire set list of music and the second anyone made so much as half a mistake she would stop the entire group.” Chuckling to himself at the memory Nick savored the taste of the fish and spices he would only treat himself to rarely in a year.

“Anytime we stopped we would have to go over the problem no less than twenty times as a group and then start from the beginning. We were in her class for the entire morning, from about six am to just past noon and we made it through two songs the entire time we were there…it wouldn’t have been so bad if she hadn’t berated us all as incompetent and looking to sabotage the group as a whole.” Leaning his head back Nick’s expression took on that of one who was looking at his past self through the lens of the future.

“Wait…you play an instrument?” Judy perked her ears up, she had always wanted to play an instrument but her schedule had never allowed for it and by the time she could have she didn’t have the pre-requisites to get into a music class.

“Violin…mandolin to a lesser extent and only because the notes and tuning is the same, can never get the plucking right for some reason.” Tossing the last bit of his fish cake into the air and snapping his jaws together around it as it fell Nick went about happily chewing his treat, not seeing the shifting of the little rabbit currently wrapped in his sheets.

“So you speak French, play the violin, tie some very beautiful knotwork, support my interests…and you think I am going to let you get away that easily?” Raising a brow at the fox Judy made sure to let as much heat enter her gaze as possible while she raised the last bite of her fish cake. Sticking her tongue out and pressing the treat to her tongue before drawing it into her mouth Judy hoped it was as sexy as she felt right then.

*Ahem* “Uh French?...OH! ahhaaha…”Remembering the one time he had said something in French around her Nick chuckled to himself and did his best to suppress the reactions he was having at seeing the small display she had put on.

“I took a couple semesters of French in high school and did a bit of zoogleing for a buddy who was trying to impress a girl but as far as speaking it? Nah…I can understand enough to get the general idea of whether someone is upset, happy or asking a question but for the most part…can’t understand more than a pawful of words.”

His attempts at self-deprecation had apparently not done much to cool the heat in the little bunny’s gaze, he was starting to feel like he was being hunted and he had to admit…he kind of liked it. Shifting around a little before getting up and collecting the plate from the sheet wrapped rabbit Nick could feel the heat of her stare as he walked over to the sink in his small kitchen. Scrubbing the plates under warm water Nick looked over his shoulder and was met by a smoldering amethyst gaze from within the shadows cast by his sheets being used like a hood.

“Sooooo…um…winter vacation is upon us, got any plans for the next week?” Turning back to the dishes as he rinsed the plates Nick did his best to keep his voice calm and conversationally interested.

“Hmm…well I have to head back home for a couple days for the B-litter birthday and to reassure my parents I haven’t been eaten by any dangerous predators…despite my lack of trying.” The heat in the bunny’s voice sent a thrill up Nick’s spine and he knew she would be able to see the way his tail floofed out at her words.

“But I was hoping to spend the last few days of vacation exploring the area and enjoying what I can find on my own doorstep…maybe hit up a nice little café.”

The emphasis she put on that last word spoke volumes to Nick and before he had a chance to say anything he strangled the words that wanted to come out. Rinsing the dishes under the water Nick was about to say something before he felt a pair of small arms wrap around his waist.

Tensing to the point he felt like a solid granite statue Nick placed the clean dish in his paw down in the sink. Forcing himself to relax and take a breath Nick swiveled from his hips and turned on the spot until the little bunny was hugging his chest instead of his back.

Running his paws down the rabbit’s back Nick closed his eyes and leaned into the embrace as much as he could. Wrapping his arms around the small, soft form Nick did his best to enjoy the warmth and comfort coming from the rabbit…he pushed every worry and deadline from his mind and focused on the soft, warm fur in his arms. Closing his eyes, Nick began rocking back and forth until both he and Judy were semi-dancing around his little kitchen to the gentle purring rumble he had begun to let loose.

Casting his mind back to the songs and sense of when he was playing in a full orchestra Nick let the power of music-past flow through him as he swayed and stepped. Running his paws up and down the rabbit’s back Nick pushed the side of his muzzle into the side of the bunny and hummed one of his favorite songs to play.

Loosing himself in the song of his past Nick pulled away from the rabbit and gently threw her into a slow spin until she reached the end of his arm and then pulled her back until she was wrapped not only in her own arms but his as well. Swaying back and forth with her back to his chest Nick hummed in the simple joy of having a soft form against his own.

“Nick…I know I have asked before but, what are we? I have never been this close to a boy before, never really wanted to be this close before actually. I want to try for something more but I don’t want to drive you away in doing so.” Nuzzling her cheek against one of the arms wrapped around her and continuing to step and sway, Judy pushed her bare back into the firm and fluffy chest of the fox she had been cuddling just a little earlier. She knew she should have been embarrassed at wearing nothing but her underwear in front of someone, a cute boy no less, and yes she was allowed to call him cute, but Judy just chirred and hummed at the warmth seeping through her fur.

*Sigh* “Like I said before, we are as much as you want to be. I won’t stop you or get in the way of pursuing some randy bunny buck but I will be bummed at losing my bondage bunny.” Giving another sigh as he laid his head between the long ears of the rabbit in his arms Nick kicked himself just a little bit for being honest…he could be knot deep in a number of lovely soft females by now but Noooooo…

He had to be honest and respectful of those around him, he had to hold the relationship between his parents on a golden pillar. He could have been like so many other guys in his class that had two or three girlfriends every other week BUT NoOoOoOo…he had to have a modicum (*Cough*mountain*cough*) of respect for the fairer sex. He had to be one of the only college students on campus that held their first time in something of a high regard…and the irony of wanting to pursue a bunny was not lost on him.

“I uh…damn, alright yes, I want to do many things to and with you in the most sexual of terms. I want to explore enough kinks and PawHub tags to make them seem tame by comparison…BUT, I don’t want to lose what we have right now at the same time. I have never really had someone I could have this close while still enjoying the same things I do. I want to be the goofy and embarrassing boyfriend that makes you blush and giggle in front of your friends and family but…I want so much more for you.” Pulling the bunny closer to him as he wrapped his arms more firmly around the small and soft figure Nick closed his eyes. Burying his nose in the sweetly scented fur of the bunny Nick felt himself fall to one knee so that he might wrap himself closer and tighter to the rabbit in his arms.

“I want you to achieve your dreams, I want to open the newspaper and see that Officer Judy Hopps foils Drug ring, I want to turn on the tv and hear you do an interview about how you were able to bring down a mammal trafficking empire or something…” Pulling his tail in until it brushed along her feet and the tip laid against his hip Nick felt himself try to pull back, he could feel the walls he had built shudder and shake under his assault against them.

“Why would you want such things…why do you think you will ever get to see such headlines, what makes you think you will ever see an interview like that…I’m just a bunny.” The razor points of fire that ran across her bare belly and the rigid iron clamp that slammed down over her throat ALMOST distracted her from the sound behind her.

A snarling growl…a sound of pure aggression, a sound of fury and power and wrath and absolute confidence. A sound that should have sent her into warm giggles, that would have normally had her flooding her panties…right then it only sent her muscles into lockdown. With a sharp inhalation Judy felt her lungs shudder as she tried to pull in a breath.

“NoOoOo”

That single word rumbled like an earthquake and shook her to her core.

“You Will Succeed…” It was not a question or a suggestion…it was a statement of Fact and in that moment, it carried all the weight of the phrase ‘Let There Be Light’. These were words that would not be denied.

“You will become the hammer that breaks the glass ceiling, you will be the pinnacle of achievement that others will hold themselves to…”

Nuzzling his snout into her neck and cheek in a rather aggressive manner Nick made sure his scent on her fur was as powerful as his words within her ears.

“You Will become an officer, you Will show the world not only what a rabbit can do but also what small mammals in general can achieve. You will topple giants and raise the hopes of all that would follow in your footsteps.” Drawing the paw around her neck down until he had his arms fully around her again and was once again swaying back and forth while letting out a gentle rumbling purr.

“How could you know that…there hasn’t been a bunny cop or even anyone of my size category as a police officer before, what if I’m not *HUrrGk?!*” The paw was once again at her throat and gently restricting her voice and breath.

“I know because you have some of the best grades in your legal class and you are barely being challenged in it most days, I know because I hear the teachers talking about a wild bunny absolutely running circles around her classmates in her sports and P.E. classes. I know because I have seen more mammals come to you for help in between classes than most others that aren’t in higher level classes or a T.A. position. Most importantly I know because…” Nick leaned in close to the bunny’s ear and grinned with a mouthful of teeth as he drew his claws gently down Judy’s throat and chest, right between her small breasts.

“I. Said. So…”

Judy shivered and melted back into the warm embrace, her parents were supportive enough of her going to college but were constantly trying to get her to change her dream or hook up with some buck from back home. Her instructors were cautiously optimistic of her potential success at best and downright disbelieving at worst. Her siblings were either scornful of her dream or pityingly supportive as if they felt she was just chasing rainbows…she had never really had someone actually believe she could do it. She had never had someone support her so fully that even when she began to doubt herself, they would drag her back up to her feet and force her to believe in herself again.

“Alright then, but just because you said so…I get you aren’t ready for a relationship, honestly I don’t think I am either. I’m not going to let you get away that easily though…” Rolling her hips back and around in a fluid motion, deciding she would need to talk to her fourth cousin again for belly dancing lessons, Judy twisted and found herself chest to chest with her cute boy fox.

“You are going to keep texting me, we are going to keep going out, even if it is just on a friendly terms because you know the best places to eat around here and I need more tasty food.”

Feeling Nick begin to pull away from her Judy wrapped her arms around the fox and pulled herself flush against him, enjoying the feel of his soft crème fur on her bare chest and making sure he knew she was enjoying it. Chinning her scent aggressively into the fox’s chest fur with a cheeky grin Judy smiled as she watched him go slightly cross-eyed, the tight muscles and warm fur beneath her arms and chest shuddering and relaxing with an appreciative growl. 

“Alright then, I need to pack and so do you. Classes are done and the RA’s are going to be doing a final inspection of the rooms to make sure no one is leaving anything behind that might mold or burn the place down. Tell you what…when you get back from your carrot choked Podunk of a hometown…”

“Podunk is three counties over and I grew up in Bunnyburrow thank you very little.” The snark was thick in the little rabbit’s voice.

“Carrot choked Burrow…when you get back, if you are still interested, I will treat you to a night at my café.” Seeing the rabbit’s ears snap up and quiver in anticipation Nick was sure he had her attention. Looking down at her Nick snapped forward slightly and pressed a quick kiss to the rabbit’s forehead before pushing her away with a spin and swat on the ass.

“Now scoot your butt and get out so you can go back home in time to get back as quick as possible.”

Dancing away from another attempted swat, despite not wanting to do so, Judy stuck her tongue out at the fox and sauntered over to the door. Looking back to make sure Nick wasn’t watching Judy saw that he had turned back to the kitchenette thing all the dorms had. Smiling and racing over to a small bundle of clothes in a corner Judy quickly snatched up her prize before scurrying out of the room, only letting her giggles loose once she was safely in her room. Pulling out her phone and ignoring the low battery notification the rabbit began snapping off a series of selfies and mirror shot pictures of her holding her ill-gotten prizes.

Notes:

And just because i can feel some disney lawyers drooling in the the background at the lawsuits they would love to throw my way i own none of this and make no money at all from anything i post and all that disclaimer bullshit...fuck off disney.

Chapter 12

Notes:

Alright so this is going to be the last thing i post for a while since i need to make sure that things are up to my standards and they aren't right now.

‘Can’t believe that little thief stole even more of my stuff, and then had the audacity to send me pictures of her crime.’ Nick thought to himself as he flicked through the various pictures of Judy wearing not only his favorite hoodie, but also his second favorite hoodie and one of his ties!

‘Though I have to admit the ropework was rather well done for having done it herself…’ Hearing someone coming down the hall Nick casually closed the pictures and flicked over to his muzzlebook feed. Scrolling through as a female lioness walked in and sat down on the other end of the couch Nick was seated on the large feline casually turned, leaned against the arm of the couch and placed her feet in Nick’s lap.

Nick didn’t skip a beat and simply placed his phone in his pocket and began running his paws over the lioness's feet in order to warm them up before working his thumbs into the pads and arches. Hearing an appreciative groan from the larger feline Nick grinned and began pulling each digit one at a time, grinning at the tiny pops and sounds this elicited.

“I have never been so happy that you were hired here until now…oh damn you keep that up and I might just get on my knees for you.” Nick turned his head and slowly raked his gaze up the lioness’s lithe form as she laid there, wiggling and grinning in pleasure at his ministrations. Nick had to admit that she looked good in her outfit of the night, if he didn’t know better or had met Judy, he might have made an effort for her attentions.

Stirrup stockings reaching up to her thighs with what looked like a garter belt disappearing under her latex pencil skirt. Grinning at the slight bit of fur between her skirt and corset Nick admired the way she could pull off a black and gold corset. Black fingerless bridal gauntlets encasing her arms almost up to her shoulders and a black spiked collar helped finish off her look. Reaching up and undoing a belt around one of his arms Nick grinned as he continued his ministrations.

“Had a long day have you? And let’s be honest it wouldn’t take this much to get you on your knees.” Gripping the paws in his lap tighter with a laugh Nick easily prevented the playful kicks the lioness tried to hit him with. Driving his thumbs hard into the lioness’s arches while pushing her legs back towards her torso forcing her to bend her legs Nick grinned at the look on the feline’s face. Turning so that he held one foot in each paw and was kneeling on the couch Nick kept his eyes pointed directly at the appreciatively grinning face of the lioness.

“You little shit, you know I am weak for a good pawrub, especially after a long day. You know…” Looking down the length of her own figure the lioness sent a heated gaze towards the fox now currently holding her legs captive while gently massaging her calves in his clever paws.

“Turn your eyes just a little lower and I wouldn’t mind it…keep massaging like that and I wouldn’t mind you doing even more…”

Flicking his eyes up to the clock on the wall and seeing that his break was almost over Nick grinned back at the lioness before leaning forward slightly so that her legs bent even further and hiked up her skirt just that little bit more. Locking his eyes with hers Nick maintained the contact as he turned to the side and placed a small chaste kiss to the of side each foot in his grasp before bringing them down and with a quick turn placed the lioness’s legs on the couch where he had been sitting.

“Sorry Sammi but my break is about over and I am needed in the second layer bakery delivering some cream-pies.” Grinning at the groan and deciding it had to be from the loss of his ministrations and not his joke Nick swung his arm back and in two quick movements slapped the bottom of both of the lioness’s feet with the belt he had pulled off earlier.

“Ugghhh you little shit you know I love that!” Spinning away and redoing the belt around his arm Nick grinned at the sounds from the feline as she wiggled on the couch.

“You better bring that rabbit you have been mooning over for a tour at least, and she better be good enough for you or I’m gonna be upset.”

Smirking as he walked out of the break room Nick jogged up a short flight of stairs towards a sign that said Level Two.

Walking out of a hidden door Nick grinned as he entered the second level of Malcanthet’s Café, his personal favorite. Walking out of a cleverly hidden door to make it seem like he appeared from a simple shadow Nick grinned at the décor.

Red velvet and black chain accents along the overstuffed upholstery with lighting coming from low along the walls and from odd angles. Gently fragrant flowers blossomed from the corners and small nooks in the large room giving a pleasant smell to the floor. Looking over to the bar Nick grinned as he saw a lithe jaguar and slinky otter slinging bottles back and forth between each other as they carried on a casual conversation. Laughing as he caught bits and pieces about where to go for dinner and how they were doing with their respective partners Nick sidled up to the kitchen window and leaned in.

“Oi, Slash Singing Hasher you got those orders ready to go for me or should I just head back to the break room and keep Sammi company?” Grinning and leaning back out of the window as an egg went hurtling through the space his head had just occupied Nick leaned through the window again with a smug look as the wolf brandished a spatula at him like a sword.

“One of these days Wilde I am gonna beat you like crème and fold you like an omelet, and yes I have those orders ready.” Walking over and placing a pair of polished wooden serving platers in front of Nick the wolf gestured to each in turn.

“I spit in that one once and that one twice as ordered.”

“Oh don’t tell me that ferret is back?” Feeling his tail droop almost to the floor and his ears lay back at the thought of one of their more…. memorable patrons Nick heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the wolf begin to chuckle as he walked back to his various stations and coolers.

“No no just a bit of payback for the greeting.” Scowling Nick picked up the platters and decided to get the last laugh.

“What was wrong with it? You sing opera, specifically fanmade Slash opera and make a mean plate of hashbrowns so it seemed pretty accurate to me.” Turning and laughing as a string of expletives followed him Nick began to weave between the tables, couches and comfy chairs to make his way towards the table that had bought the food.

Walking up to the table Nick was pleased to see the group had relaxed and begun to speak more casually, it was always nice to see newcomers to the lower levels become comfortable with the environment.

Sitting on a cushion on the floor was a rather well muscled wolf wearing nothing on his torso but a pair of criss-crossing belts with metal studs in them, his shirt apparently having been appropriated by the ocelot currently draping his legs over the large canine’s shoulders and happily braiding the long hair running down the middle of the wolf’s head and neck.

Sitting across from the two of them sat a powerfully muscled tigress that was purring contentedly as she stroked her claws up and down the back of the wolf seated in her lap, a collar and leash running between the two mammals’ necks brought an evil grin to Nick’s face before he had a chance to stop it.

‘I wonder if I tossed a water balloon on them who would have to hold back who?’ Shaking the images from his head and announcing the delivery of their snacks Nick placed the platters down on the empty table between them.

“One fruit and cheese platter with added fruit and one smoked salmon and crackers platter with assorted smoked cheeses on the side, enjoy.”

“Uh…we didn’t order the smoked cheese.” The ocelot said as he sat up straighter and paused his braiding.

“No but YOU are in the culinary masters program at the local college and work in The Grotto and there is a chance I will be bringing by a lady friend before the end of the year.” Seeing the ocelot raise an eyebrow at him and hearing a low growl come from the other three mammals Nick made sure his tail remained soft and supple instead of turning into the poofed out bottlebrush it wanted to become.

“And you know this how? I don’t think I have ever seen you before, is this supposed to be some kind of warning or blackmail then?” Giving a look of confusion to the small feline Nick just cocked his head before continuing.

“~No~? not sure what I could be warning you of or away from, and if cheese is an effective blackmail route then I have been going about it all wrong. No this is just shameless bribery in the hope that if I show up with someone we can get a good table and good service.” Thankfully the growling stopped and the ocelot returned the confused look before Nick continued.

“Also I have been going to the college for a few years and with my contacts and time walking such hallowed halls of higher learning… well I know everyone I need to by now.”

Seeing a look of slight recognition on the ocelot’s face as he squinted up at Nick as if to get a better look the ocelot finished off the braid he had been working on before plopping his elbow down between the wolf’s ears.

“You were in Culinary 101 a few years ago weren’t you?” Seeing Nick nod the ocelot continued.

“Yeah, I remember you now, the professor was always ragging on your work but I never saw what they were talking about. I do remember you made an absolute killer blueberry cobbler and if I hadn’t been with Johnny here at the time I would have done some dirty things to get that recipe.”

Smiling as the large wolf turned a scowl up at the smaller feline only to smile as he got a kiss to his forehead Nick placed his arms behind his back and puffed out his chest slightly…he had been rather proud of that cobbler as he remembered it.

“Yeah, I got that recipe from my cousin. If you still want it I can get it for you. The Culinary professor has a particular prejudice towards foxes and I ended up barely passing the class. Some of their students have been known to adopt their professor’s way of thinking and I felt it would be better to hedge my bets through the power of cheese than show up and risk it.” Nick was glad to see a more relaxed look come over the ocelot’s features as he wrapped the wolf’s shirt more tightly around himself.

*sigh* “…The professor is a bigoted and speciest twat but I need the credits and training if I am going to eventually open my own restaurant. As for the bribery power of cheese…” Raising a brow and then glancing between Nick and the platter the ocelot just grinned before tapping the side of the wolf’s head. Receiving a cracker with a slice of smoked cheese and salmon upon it the ocelot took a bite and chewed appreciatively.

“Your cheese wizardry has pleased me Oh Supplicant…I’ll make sure you get treated at least fairly if you do in fact show up.” Smiling with a nod of his head Nick turned and walked away towards the bar to see if they needed any drinks delivered.

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Judy found herself wishing she could be back in class during mid Blitz Week. She had returned home in order to attend a number of family events, and was suddenly reminded of why her parents had needed to call and remind her of the events in the first place.

‘Because I didn’t actually want to go to most of them...’

Doing her best not to scowl Judy did her best to corral the fluffle back towards the game section of the event area her family had built on their farm, with so many family members things like weddings, funerals and general gatherings were inevitable. This time it was a wedding, one of her cousins was getting married to a buck from a sideways competing farm and while it wasn’t outright said…many were under the impression that both the bride and groom were doing it as some kind of merger.

‘I guess the thought of them actually being fond of each other and in genuine love is just a little too old fashioned.’

Normally Judy enjoyed weddings and family get togethers but lately she would have preferred to have been back in school, or back in a certain fox’s arms. Having every other family member possible come up to her and ask when she was going to get a good buck or doe had gotten old before it had even started.

“Has anyone seen Judith?” Snapping her ears towards the voice Judy felt the blood rush from her face, not them…anyone but them. Looking over towards the source of the voice only confirmed Judy’s fears…it was one of The Crones.

One of the four oldest single female rabbits in her family was currently looking around and asking about her specifically, that was never a good thing. Meddling, over-bearing and uncaring of just about any other opinion but their own The Crones were known to bully, guilt, threaten and coerce any single rabbit they set their eyes on into a relationship of one kind or another. A number of her brothers had been set up with their wives only for it to end in flames and her sisters usually ended up in tears…kits were also usually involved as well which always made things that much more painful for all involved.

Looking around for a way to escape before she could be noticed and pinned down Judy felt a rush of inspiration as she caught sight of the dessert buffet and how bare it was looking. Rushing over to where she knew her parents would be and quickly finding them Judy trotted up with a grin as false as a Crone’s concern for another’s wellbeing.

“Hey mom hey dad, listen I just noticed the dessert buffet was looking pretty bare and I figured I could take the truck into town and grab some more pies and pastries.”

“Hmm, well yes, it is looking a little picked over but you are still needed on fluffle duty Judes.” Sipping from his mug of cider Stu just looked at his most troublesome daughter curiously.

“Don’t worry about the buffet hun, I’ll just get one your brothers to go into town and pick up some more desserts.” Bonnie said as she finished off what might have been her second or third cosmopolitan.

Looking around in the direction she had come from and seeing the slightly stooped older rabbit leading a small band of bucks in her wake Judy made a snap decision she would worry about later.

“Let me go into town for a while, keep the Crones off my back and I’ll tell you about the boy I’ve been lusting for at college.” The air didn’t actually crack at how fast her parents both looked in her direction, but it was a close thing.

“What are you talking about?” Stu began speaking before Judy ducked between him and his wife while obviously hiding from the crone hot on her heels.

“Look there is a boy at school I have been flirting with and trying to get into bed with, I partially succeeded before coming home and if you want any more information you need to let me leave with no one the wiser of where I’ve gone and you need to keep Aunt Carol and her ilk away from me.” Looking over her daddy’s shoulder Judy was glad to see a small bit of the fluffle had broken off and distracted the old biddy, she loved telling stories and the fluffle loved hearing stories.

Seeing her parents lock eyes Judy was about to make a mad dash for the potential safety of the kitchens when she heard her parents speak.

“Bon?”

*Sigh* “Stu.”

“Here you go Judes, take as much time as possible and just remember we are expecting answers before you leave.” Hot damn…an entire conversation in two words and a sigh, Judy envied her parents for that as she grabbed the truck keys from her father’s paw. Taking another look over her parent’s shoulders as they stepped closer to each other and leaned in as if sharing a secret Judy hiked up the stupid dress she had been forced to wear and sprinted off in the direction of the truck.

Dodging between and around her various family members while shamelessly using them as meat shields from the gaze of the Crone behind her Judy jumped into the cab of the truck and started it. It may have been older than the last four litters of her family but it was in good condition and roared to life on the first turn of the key. Smiling as she pulled out of the driveway and began making her way down the old country road Judy let out an explosive sigh of relief…it would cost her in the end but just about anything would be better than dealing with one of the Crones.

Rumbling along the dirt roads of her kithood Judy took a dep breath of the county air and breathed a sigh of relief as she slumped back into the old bench seat of the truck. Looking out at the seemingly endless farmlands her family tended Judy allowed herself to fall backwards in time as she remembered the years of growing up in those fields alongside her siblings. Falling into a form of auto pilot Judy began humming some of the songs she and her siblings would sing while caring for the fields.

Snapping back to reality as she saw the outskirts of the town Judy wondered if it was always such a short drive since she seemed to remember the roads going on for at least three forevers when she used to ride with her daddy and siblings. Sitting upright and looking for any new additions to the town Judy was both pleased and depressed to see that practically nothing had changed.

The shops of her kithood were still there, the roads were just as well maintained…it was like entering a time loop of some kind. The comfort of the good ol’ days was still there but seeing everything as it was when she was less than half her current age just made Judy yearn for the faster moving life of the city…at least things changed once in a while there. Seeing the sweets shop she had been looking for Judy smiled as she found a parking space and killed the engine before hopping out with a grin.

Walking through the door with a happy jingle coming from above her Judy had to stop and smile as she inhaled the scent of fresh baked pastries. Practically melting as she exhaled Judy shook herself before walking up to the counter and ringing the bell after not seeing anyone behind the counter for a couple minutes. Hearing a small cry of surprise followed by a crash of what sounded like various metal mixing bowls along with a number of metal mixing instruments Judy winced, maybe she should have waited a couple more minutes.

“COMING! Yes!...*ahem* yes almost there…*ahem* YES! Welcome to Gideon’s Good Gut Busters!” The words came from a ferret as he burst from the beaded curtain that separated the front of the shop from the back. Flinging the beads to each side with a smile and trotting up to the counter the familiar ferret gazed at his newest customer.

“OH, um…Miss Judy, hello.”

She really shouldn’t be so happy to see the ferret almost collapse into himself, but seeing one of the mammals that had bullied her so much during her kithood act in such a way brought a guilty pleasure to the bunny.

“Hey there Travis, is Gid here?”

“Yeah sure, uh gimme a minute…GID!” Turning from the counter and running to the back Judy heard what sounded like a rushed conversation before another, smaller metallic crashing symphony. The figure that parted the beaded curtain was one that had haunted her nightmares for a pawful of years when she was little, and who had actually been one of the driving forces for her to pursue her dream.

“J-Judy Hopps…” Gideon Grey hadn’t changed over much since their youth, except now he was taller and his arms were visibly more muscled. His shoulders had filled out a bit along with his mid-section but he still had the tuft of hair on top and the look of having grown up in the country. His bib-coveralls were still there but they had been covered not only in flour and smears of frosting but also a pink apron.

*Ahem* “Been a long time Miss Judy, uh d-d-did you have an order to pick up?”

“No I was just hoping to get away from the family for a bit and place an order for desserts.” She did her best, she really did but…the sight of her worst bully from years ago practically cowering before her and wringing his paws brought a certain level of hateful glee out in her. Stamping that little bit of herself down Judy smiled as the fox began writing down her order of various pies, cupcakes, cookies and more for the dessert buffet back home. Reaching out and snagging his apron before he could disappear into the back Judy smiled as comfortingly as she could.

“Hey uh, I’m really not in a hurry or interested in heading back any time soon…Travis can get things taken care of, you mind sticking around?” Gesturing towards one of the small tables off to the side Judy let go and walked over to take a seat.

“Y-y-yeah uh, Trav! Get this order taken care of and when you’re done you can clock off early.” Handing the small slip of paper off to his employee Gideon ran his paw over his hair a bit before taking a seat across from the bunny.

“So…when I heard you had started a bakery I didn’t believe it, when I heard you had partnered with my parents for fruit to use in your desserts I was amazed…when I heard you ran the best bakery in BunnyBurrow, I was actually pretty happy for you.” Doing her best to keep looking at the fox across from her and not let their shared past color her words to much Judy watched as Gideon fidgeted a bit at her words before grinning lightly at her words.

“Yeah I uh, I…shoot, Miss Judy I want to apologize for my actions in our youth. I was an aggressive jerk that just fed off the prejudices of those around me and channeled my own personal problems into a destructive attitude. What I did was wrong and I’m ashamed not only of what I did but also of how long it has taken me to get the guts to face it and apologize.” Lacing his paws together on the table Gideon couldn’t bring himself to look the bunny of his kithood in her eyes, feeling a soft pressure on his paws Gideon looked up from the table top to see a small pair of grey paws on his own.

“Gid…apology accepted and history forgotten.” Smiling with the beginnings of tears in her eyes Judy watched as Gideon just sniffled in surprise.

“It has been years and the past is the past. I moved on and used it as motivation to become stronger…if you really want to make up for what you did, do the same and make this the best bakery in the world…and when you do, name a dessert after me huh?”

Chuffing out a small laugh Gid nodded and took a deep breath before sitting up straight. Wiping his eyes and nose with a handkerchief real quick Gideon looked across the table and saw an empty chair, looking around quickly Gideon found himself looking into a pair of sharply focused amethyst eyes. Freezing in place as he made eye contact Gideon was about to ask a question when he saw where her eyes were focused.

Reaching out slowly Judy gently brushed her paw across the fur on the side of Gideon’s face and watched as a series of parallel scars were revealed.

“What happened?” She barely spoke above a whisper. Putting both paws on either side of the fox’s face Judy gently turned his gaze fully towards her before repeating her questions more forcefully.

“What happened?”

“I got sent to Juvie for a couple years after that day at the Carrot Festival…I ended up in a pretty dark place and after being shown how I was projecting my problems onto those around me I sort of, well there are somethings I refuse to forget or allow myself to be forgiven for.” Pulling away from the bunny and seeming to fall into himself Gideon spoke as if he was a mile away.

“I wanted to make sure I never forgot my biggest mistake and turning point so I….”

Miming a claw down his face, the spacing of his claws matching up perfectly with the scars that ran under his fur Judy felt her heart break a little. Scrunching up her face a little Judy resolutely stepped forward grabbed him by the apron strap and pulled him down to her level. Leaning in giving a small peck to the scars along his cheek Judy grabbed him by the chin and made sure he was looking her in the eyes.

“Whether you accept it or not, I forgive you…what you did was wrong and it was traumatic but, it was also a driving force in pursuing my dreams. Now if I hear about you doing anything like that again I’m gonna give you an ol’ fashioned bunny thumping.” Bopping the fox on his nose before giving a resolute nod Judy marched back over to her seat and sat once again across from Gideon, secretly enjoying the look of surprise on his face.

“Now, enough of this sad sentimental stuff…I have questions, you have answers and I REALLY don’t want to go back to the farm any sooner than I need to.” Lacing her digits together beneath her chin Judy grinned at the fox.

“First off…you and Travis?”

The blush that seemed to creep into Gideon’s ears sort of confused Judy, right until he started talking and then she had to fight to keep the smile off her face.

“We uh, we tried it for a while but eventually we just decided we weren’t right for each other and…” Seeing the grin slicing across Judy’s face Gideon felt his ears lay flat.

“And you weren’t asking about that at all were you…”

“No…no I was not…soOOooOOoo…~you and Travis~…”

*Ahem* “Yeah well uh, how about you? You off getting all edumacated with that there fancy book learnin in dat der fancy caw-ledge?” Judy laughed as Gideon turned the country hick drawl up to eleven.

Getting herself under control Judy smiled…then her smile turned wicked as she saw Gideon begin to take a sip of water.

“Speaking of getting educated…how about you tell me about fox mating practices?”

Seeing Gideon spit a spray of water and begin hacking while pounding his chest Judy couldn’t stop laughing, oh she was gonna have fun waiting for those pastries.

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A couple hours later Judy finished loading up the truck with enough pies, pastries and assorted desserts to collapse the buffet table back home. Giving a wave to the fox and ferret as she drove away and grinning as she saw Gideon look down at the scrap of paper that held a certain ewe’s number on it Judy grinned…after the conversation they had enjoyed Judy felt Gid and Sharla might work out as friends at least, and it would give him a chance to make amends with another mammal of his ill-spent youth. 

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Walking into his room Nick felt like a worn-out dishrag, he was pulling more hours than he usually did and was getting awesome pay and even better tips but damn…he was tired. Pulling the belts off his arms and from around his torso Nick wanted nothing more than to fall on his bed and go to sleep…actually any surface softer than broken obsidian would be nice. Pulling off his shirt and hanging it up along with his slacks and tie Nick went over to the mini-fridge and pulled out a couple slices of pizza before slumping over to his kitchenette and firing up his air fryer.

Leaning back with a stretch Nick groaned as his back cracked a couple times before jack-knifing forward with an exhale and touching his toes. Walking over to his bed Nick wound up the various belts for his outfit and placed them to the side before pulling his laptop over and booting it up. Grinning as the desktop came up with a picture of the class he TA’d for Nick instantly found the little grey bunny in the front of the class, he could have found her blindfolded just by how bright her smile was.

Walking back over and tossing the pizza in Nick set the timer and went back to his bed to que up a movie before heading to his closet. Looking inside Nick considered his options as he stared at the bottles on his shelves, whiskey or bourbon sounded pretty good but would probably put him to sleep and even as tired as he was, he wanted to stay up a little longer…Clicking his fingers at a thought Nick reached in and pulled out three bottles.

Walking over to the counter and pulling a glass out of the shelves Nick grabbed an ice ball from his freezer and began pouring his drink.

‘Equal parts Jager, peppermint schanapps and rum…taste test…’

“Aaaahhh…lovely.” Taking his liquid cocaine over to the fryer to check his pizza Nick grinned at the sight of the cheese beginning to melt. Walking over to his bed and popping his headphones in Nick grinned at the opening scenes of one of his favorite movies. Almost missing the alarm for his pizza Nick got up and stretched again before retrieving his snack.

*BRRiiiing….BRRRIinnngngg*

Looking over to his computer Nick jogged over and saw an icon he didn’t usually see. Settling onto his bed and quickly arranging things Nick accepted the video call.

‘HEY Nick! You busy?’ Nick grinned as he saw his favorite fluff-butt…not that he would ever tell her that.

“So how’s my favorite fluff-butt?” Ok yes he would.

‘Ugghh…aaahhhhhHH!’ Seeing the bunny begin with a groan and end in some kind of feral lizard screech told Nick about as much as he needed to know.

“So I can safely assume you are not coming back to the campus because you are having such a good time back home then?” The glare Judy sent him made Nick hold his pizza off to the side, he didn’t need it to be scorched to a crisp with that look.

‘What are you up to? It’s almost the middle of the day and you look like you just got up or something.’

“I just got off work a little while ago and am currently enjoying some gourmet left over pizza *Sniiiifff* Ahhhh yes, I am getting notes of grease and *Sniff*…yes I am sensing processed cricketoni slices circa five years ago, a lovely year.” Taking a bite as if he was tasting something in a high-end restaurant Nick chewed with exaggerated motions and facial expressions and could almost believe it tasted better than it actually did when he heard the giggling of the bunny on the other end of the vid-call.

‘Mission Successful’ Nick thought to himself as he continued to munch his pizza.

“So what are you up to Carrots? Looks like you are driving, you sure you want to be doing that while on a vid-call?”

‘I’m on a straight country road I’ve driven more times than I’ve been to class and I know that is a horrible excuse but I need some kind of fortification before I make it back home.’

“Something going on? You doing alright?”

Judy wouldn’t admit it but seeing Nick sit up straighter and put his pizza down brought a smile to her face and not only because it gave her a better view of his bare chest.

‘Just having to deal with family after a while of being away from them, everyone wants to know how I’m doing, do I have a boyfriend, how are my grades, have I gotten laid yet, am I doing good in my classes, do they need to introduce me to a nice buck they know, have I considered other avenues of education etc.’ Rolling her eyes Judy almost missed the look on Nick’s face as he settled back down into a comfortable position.

“I am sensing a pattern, it seems as if they are more interested in you hooking up than anything else?” Taking a bite of his pizza Nick grinned as Judy shot him a finger gun.

‘Bingo…they want me to hook up with a nice bunny buck, get knocked up and head home to be just another carrot farmer. It really doesn’t help that I am heading back to a wedding reception where I have seen at least four of my litter alone wander off to hook up, never mind the Crones walking around the place.’

“Crones?”

‘Oh yeah, we call them the Crones…they are the oldest single does in the family and they are…very invested in the relationship status of those around them.’ Seeing the look Nick was sending her Judy huffed and continued.

‘Ok they are a few old rabbits that do their best to hook up their grandsons, granddaughters etc. with those THEY feel are beneficial to the family…. not to the individuals mind you. They have set up many of my siblings and cousins with members of other families, conveniently very influential families, and usually the relationships don’t last very long…usually just long enough for my family *Cough*crones*cough* to get their paws on things like controlling shares of companies, trade contracts with purely insulting consequences for breaking them, names in Last Wills etc.’

Nick listened as he munched his pizza and almost reflexively began to think of ways to help out, plans on plans ran through his head and were tossed away almost as fast as they entered his mind just from how ridiculous they were.

‘I am at least seven percent sure she would not be happy if I called up and said she needed to get back to campus to feed her illegitimate kits…’

‘Anyway, I noticed one of the Crones calling for me and made an excuse to leave, hopefully she won’t notice me when I get back or will have paired off her latest victims before I get back.’ Looking around and seeing where she needed to turn to get back to the farm Judy sighed as she made the turn, knowing that not only would she be home sooner than she would prefer but also she might regret her next words.

‘I may need to call you later on, if I do I need you to pretend to be either my boyfriend or fiancé, can I count on you?’

“’Hi Sweety’ for boyfriend and ‘hi hun’ for fiancé, text me an emoji if you need me to call in a panic over something and basic ring for a non-vid call if you need me to impersonate an official for a private call of some description.” Grinning at the look on the rabbit’s face Nick just put his arm behind his head, knowing by the way her eyes moved she was appreciative of such an action.

‘It worries me how fast you came up with that and makes me wonder how many times you have done something like this…don’t actually tell me I’m better off not knowing.’ Rolling up to the wedding and parking Judy looked down at Nick before asking for luck and after receiving a pizza salute the young rabbit took a breath before hopping out of the truck.

Looking around to make sure none of the Crones were around Judy walked to the back of the truck and began unloading the boxes of desserts by herself, as long as she had this to do she could avoid the rest of the gathering.

Walking over to the dessert buffet and unloading Judy kept a sharp eye out. Placing the various baked goods down on plates and arranging them before going back Judy felt like she was some kind of secret agent in enemy territory. Coming back with her third box Judy noticed a small pair of ears poking out from a flower bed and begin slowly creeping away. Narrowing her eyes and rolling through her mental list of bunnies that color and with ears that long…

“COTTON!” Calling out to one of her younger cousins Judy smiled as the ears stopped and began to droop.

“Over here please.”

Seeing the little bunny walk out of the flowers Judy smiled and propped the box of desserts on her hip, she didn’t want the little doe to think she was in trouble after all.

“Did one of the Crones ask for you to be on the lookout for me?” Seeing the little bunny scuff the grass and dirt a bit before nodding Judy just sighed, the Crones may have known a few tricks Judy didn’t…but she had been Queen of the Fluffle since she was part of it.

“Did they ask you to or did they say you would get in trouble if you didn’t?”

“Super Gramma Mabel said we would get in trouble if we didn’t tell her when you came back.” Nodding Judy fought down the grin that threatened to show.

‘Amateurs’

“Tell you what, if you and the rest of the Fluffle can distract them away from me…not only will you not get in trouble, but I imagine there are a few boxes of Gideon’s baked good in the back of the truck that I might forget to unload.” Looking at Cotton with a raised brow Judy smiled at the grin that blossomed on the young bunny’s face as she began dancing in place.

“Two boxes, for the entire fluffle and I will be asking if everyone got some…just do your best to keep the Crones away from me, you all enjoy their stories see if you can get them to tell some new ones.”

Smacking her forehead with a paw in an attempt at a salute Cotton glanced at the box with big eyes. Squeaking lightly as Judy opened the box and allowed Cotton to snag a still warm bear claw Cotton quickly raced off to tell her other operatives. Smiling as she began unloading the box onto the buffet Judy smiled, the Crone’s hadn’t been part of a fluffle for so long they forgot how the Mini-mafia worked and Judy had run her generation’s fluffle in the background like a queen of the shadows…ok she had been a little edgy back then, but it had passed.

 Looking around for anyone looking Judy then went back to unloading the truck. Placing the last few desserts on the buffet Judy debated heading into the crowd and figured maybe she could snag a cup of cider or something before a member of the fluffle came careening around the corner. Holding out her arms to intercept the little fluff ball Judy looked down at the panting bunny.

“Super Gramma Shauna is coming this way, she heard there are fresh eclairs!” Grinning Judy hugged her little informant.

“Thanks, grab a pastry and do your best to keep her here, make a silly mess on your face or something.” Standing up and looking around Judy quickly walked over to a backdoor to the burrow. Walking into one of the sub-kitchens Judy was glad that this was just a two-family gathering and not their annual Thump Ins…she would never be able to move as unseen if the entire Hopps Clan and their extended family had been in attendance. Hearing the low ding of her phone signaling that she had a message Judy looked around and checked to see who the message was from. Smiling as she saw that it was from her fox Judy opened it up and felt her smile grow a little wider.

‘Checking in since no word for a few minutes, all good on the home front?’

Tapping out a quick ‘all clear for now’ Judy slipped her phone back into her pocket before making her way out of the kitchen and after a quick debate, made her way away from the celebration and towards her old room. Walking in and smiling at her old posters of bands from when she was young along with recruitment flyers for the Zootopian Police Dept. Judy walked in slowly. Looking around and seeing the phantoms of her old life scurry around her Judy sat down on her old bed, smiling as not a single mote of dust rose from her movements.

‘I guess Mom still comes in and cleans when we aren’t here.’

Pulling out her phone Judy decided to flip through her photo album for a bit before heading back out. Smiling as she flipped through the various picture and laughing at some of them Judy heard a soft knock on her door, looking up to see her mom poking her head in.

“Bunbun? Mind talking now that the desserts are taken care of?” Walking followed by her husband Bonnie took a seat next to her daughter while Stu sat at the desk that had seen so many police drawings and hours of studying.

“You mentioned a boy back on campus, a boy you seemed to have a pretty strong attraction to.”

*Sigh* “Yeah…he is the TA in my law class, he is really clever and smug but in a fun and playful way. He is also the RA for my floor in the dorms. It wasn’t until I had that first heat and all those really distracting thoughts that I really noticed him as more than just another fellow student…he kind of showed up in a few different uhm, scenarios.” Scuffing her feet on her old carpet and keeping her ears down so her parents wouldn’t see the blush running up them at admitting this Judy continued despite not wanting to.

“He, doesn’t just want to toss me in bed and take off while I’m sleeping. I actually have tried to get him in bed more than he has, he supports me and my dreams and he uh…has a lot of the same interests as I do.” Looking up at her parents and seeing the odd looks they were giving each other and then her Judy elaborated.

“I was studying before class and tied some ropes around my leg, it’s just kind of a thing I do to help me relax and focus, and I walked out of my room with the ropes still around my leg. To me it is mostly a way to relax and keep my paws busy, something to help me focus but it is actually an artistic form of sexual bondage. Most mammals see it just for the sexual aspect but he sees it for the artistic views as well and …I may have teased him a few times into showing me his artistic talents.”

Hearing a choked sound come from her dad Judy rolled her eyes, her dad would never be able to fully accept his kits growing up.

“We never actually DID anything despite my best efforts. He has tied me up and I’ve shown myself off to him to an extent but, we always just end up cuddling or watching movies…hehehe, he actually made me study like that one time and I got a perfect score on that test.” Feeling her mom rub her back a bit and hold one of her paws Judy looked up at the Hopps Matron.

“Why are you trying so hard for this boy all of a sudden bunbun? You never seemed to show any interest in any before now. You have always been so focused your father and I just kind of assumed maybe you weren’t interested, you know you have a few siblings and even more cousins like that so we just…” Trailing off so she wouldn’t say anything overly dumb Bonnie looked to her husband for help.

“Yeah Judes, we were hoping for some grandkits but after a while we sort of just assumed you had other plans.”

“So when I called about my heat, all those random attempts to get me to hook up with a buck from back home, all those questions about whether I had found someone to settle down with?” Judy asked with a raised eyebrow. Seeing both her parents give small shrugs and smile Judy wondered what was she was missing.

“We kind of accepted that you weren’t interested but we still held out hope, plus after you went into heat we thought maybe you would change your mind, even if you truly weren’t interested in having kits we were hoping you might at least find someone to spend some soft time with…you know, away from your studies. You can only work so hard for so long bunbun, sometimes you need to relax and just having someone there with you is often the best way to do so. Besides…can you honestly say you wouldn’t have been at least a little suspicious if we had suddenly stopped suggesting you find someone to hook up with?” The look on her mother’s face reminded Judy that she was about nine litters to early to think she knew all the tricks her parents had learned over the years.

“Ok fine…yeah it would have been a little suspicious. But if you just wanted me to hook up then why not say so, why constantly try and get me to settle for a bunny back home?”

“Mainly because we still had hope you would decide to stay in the area, you know you can be a legal advisor or prosecutor here in BunnyBurrow. Or if you want to be more in the field we have a sheriff department that would be happy to have a local girl like you, smart and talented, passionate and knowledgeable of the area…they would be fools not to have you.” The pride and confidence her father had in his voice as he spoke almost caused Judy to choke up, she had always thought they disapproved of her dream profession.

“So…you don’t mind me wanting to pursue law instead of being a farmer? You don’t mind that I want to be an officer in Zootopia?” Seeing her parents in a new light Judy found she was feeling better, maybe she did have someone in her corner after all.

“Oh of course we mind it Judes” Stu started before seeing the look Bonnie was giving him.

“Just like we minded when your brother Carl went off to be a deep-sea recovery diver, we mind just as much as when your sister Bethany went off to play in her band with those other musician hopefuls. We mind because you going off to be a police officer in Zootopia means you are going off to a faraway land to face dangers unknown…and we won’t be there to help you up when you stumble. We mind because it means you are growing up and as proud as we are of how well you are doing and as happy as we are seeing your newest adventures…we miss the good ol’ days.” Seeing her dad tearing up Judy got up and went to give him a hug.

“He’s right Judy, it’s like this with every litter. We miss the days when you are all young and dependent but we look forward to hearing about what you are getting up to in your adult lives…if you ever have kits, you will probably understand someday.” Her mom spoke from the bed after dabbing at her eyes a bit.

“Besides, it’s every parents’ wish to see their young ones settled with a companion that makes them happy and to have grandkits to spoil only to send them home for their parents to suffer through…it’s the reward a parent receives for dealing with their own kits after all.”

Laughing at her mother’s words and her dad picking her up and shaking her back and forth Judy wobbled a bit as she was set down.

“So tell us a bit about this…artistic rope stuff you mentioned? It sounds interesting and if this lad back on campus has an artistic streak he can’t be all that bad, even if he is trying to steal one of my girls.” Choking on her giggles Judy felt her ears flop down her back and the blood drain from her face…oh this was not how she wanted this to go.

“Duuuhhhh, you probably don’t want to see its um…kind of a niche thing. How about we just go back out and mingle with the family?” The look on her parents faces told Judy she wasn’t about to get off that easily (rimshot) and with a sigh opened a photo album on her phone. It turned out Nick was something of an amateur photographer and was kind enough to share the pictures he had taken when they had been together with her…

“Ok just promise you won’t read too far into these…like I said, we never did anything.” Passing the phone to her mother Judy waited for the look she usually got when someone heard about her…preferences.

“If you only knew about the things we have walked in on when your siblings were growing up…lets see here, OH MY…” The way her mother’s ears popped up and the slight blush creeping up her ears caught Stu’s attention as he went over to see what had garnered such a reaction. Seeing the way his eyes widened and wondering which picture they were looking at since they had started swiping through the album Judy just shuffled on the spot…this was so embarrassing.

“Well…damn, did you do any of these?” Stu asked without looking up.

“Only the ones that don’t have my face in them or that look like they are from my perspective…” That was not the reaction she was expecting.

“Uhm Judy…I know I said we were just keeping up appearances when we were trying to hook you up with someone and trying to see that you were happy but…”

‘Here it comes’ Judy thought as she braced herself for what she expected her parents to say.

“Either bring that boy home for a nice dinner or invite us to the wedding because if he is as good in other aspects of his life as he is with ropework he is a KEEPER!”

‘Huh?’ Judy could feel her brain twist just a little at hearing that…

“Huh?... you mean you aren’t upset or like, thinking of grounding me or something?” This was very much not how she had expected this to go at all. The exasperated look on her parents’ faces at her words would have made Judy huff in indignation any other time…she had been bracing for yelling and condemnation of some kind.

“Judy…you are well into your twenties and going to college, do you really think grounding you would be effective? As for being upset…follow me.” Handing the phone back to her daughter Judy just followed her mom and dad out of her room and down the hall, walking through the oddly quiet halls of her youth Judy lost herself in memories of racing through these same halls with her siblings and cousins.

She remembered playing games of such childish intricacy that to look back on them now was beyond confusing, chasing her family up and down the halls waving homemade cuffs and sounding a toy siren. Before she knew it Judy and her parents were entering the library, honestly one of her favorite places in the whole burrow. Walking in and smelling the old books, well-worn and still overstuffed furniture, along with the fireplaces that kept the massive multileveled room warm on cold winter days. Memories of stories and cocoa, hide and seek, hours of studying and days lost within the pages surrounding her ran through Judy’s mind, she had never felt as homesick as she did right then which was odd since she was literally in her own home.

Walking through the stacks of books, past the reading nooks and tables scattered throughout the library Judy wondered where they were going since she had never had cause to go this far into this section. Looking around and wondering what kinds of knowledge could be found within the spines and covers Judy made a mental note to come back and glance over the titles. Seeing her mother approach what looked like a blank wall Judy was about to ask what they were doing here when her mother pulled a ring of small keys from a pocket and began flipping through them. Finally picking one and approaching the wall her mother set the key against a seemingly random knot in the wood paneling…correction, set the key INTO a seemingly random knot.

Looking at her daughter with a smile that held depths Judy had never seen on her mother’s face Bonnie confidently turned the key and after pulling it from the knot hole stepped back half a pace from the wall as it suddenly slid to the side.

Judy felt her eyes widen as she watched the wood paneling shift to the side to reveal a well-lit book case. Before she could ask what the books were about or why this case was under lock and key Bonnie stepped forward and after a couple seconds of looking pulled a seemingly random book from the top of the shelf. Handing the book to her daughter with a still strange look on her face Bonnie just placed her paws behind her back and motioned for Judy to open the book with a nod of her head.

Judy was beyond confused now, looking down at the title of the book Judy read aloud.

“Tying the Knot: a guide to safe and practical…bondage and rope work.” Looking up at her parents with a look of shock on her face Judy almost found her tongue in time before watching her father walk up and give Bonnie a hug from behind…before sliding his arms around hers, effectively holding them behind her and giving the base of her neck a small bite with his large buckteeth. The confidence of the movements along with the way her mother rolled her eyes and lifted up on her toes told Judy this was not a new experience for either of them.

“Ummm….why…where…huh?”

“Ten litters Judy…ten litters of kits with the same buck, ten litters worth of children going through puberty in an ever-changing world with greater access to information than every litter before them. You really think you are the first one to have such interests, the first one we have seen wearing more rope than fabric…at least this time we didn’t have to call emergency services.” Her mother said as she leaned back into her husband’s embrace while he snaked his arms around her torso in a traditional hug while giving a nuzzle to her neck. Shaking her head and giving a quick peck to the buck’s cheek before saying something about making sure the family gathering was still going fine Bonnie sashayed back the way she came, an obvious sway to her hips.

Watching with a grin Stu just turned back to his daughter and shrugged before following after his wife.

“Word of advice Judes…happy wife, happy life.”

Watching her father practically skip after her mother Judy felt like her brain was doing some kind of contortionist act. Looking down at the book in her paws and wondering what exactly she would find inside Judy looked back at the bookcase. Seeing the top of the case embossed with a stylized J and then thinking back on her mother’s words before looking at the wall to either side of the revealed case and seeing the multitude of knots in the wood paneling Judy stopped whatever thoughts she might have been starting to have.

“Nope…not thinking of that. I’m just going to look in this book and see what is inside…” Walking over to a nearby chair and making herself comfortable Judy took a minute to brace herself for what she might find. Opening the book and flipping through the pages Judy soon found herself engrossed in the detailed diagrams and step by step instructions, very pointedly ignoring the fact that there were notes written in the margins in her father’s paw writing. Wiggling down into the chair and looking at the bookcase Judy smiled…there were enough books there to keep her busy for hours and she was so deep in an obviously rarely used part of the library the odds of being found were minimal. Flipping to the beginning of the book and beginning to read Judy soon lost herself in the familiar terms and images.

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Waking up to an insistent ringing sound Nick groaned and slapped around his pillow for whatever demon was screaming at him. Finally hitting something hard and swiping away the alarm Nick looked at the time with bleary eyes still full of sleep…nine in the evening. He had an hour to get up, eat, get ready for work and get to the café. Grumbling a series of words that very nearly turned the air blue as he left his warm and comfy cocoon Nick yawned as he went about finding something to eat…deciding on some toast with peanut butter and honey Nick pulled out his toaster and bread. As he was waiting for the bread to pop up Nick heard another ringing from his phone, a much more welcome kind of ringing this time.

Swiping up to answer the vid-call Nick was pleased to see the face he had been dreaming about not to long ago.

“Well hey there Carrots, since I haven’t received any emergency messages I assume things are going better than expected?”

‘Yeah, I was able to use the Fluffle to my advantage and I am pretty sure my parents are running interreference for me.’

“The fluffle? I know not of these strange bunny words you speak, talk good normal, rabbit.” Seeing the smile on her face before she started laughing was enough to make Nick’s day, the sound of her joy was enough to make getting up and going to work worth it.

‘A fluffle is a group of young bunnies, usually a litter and usually none of them are more than maybe six years old at most. Anyway I was able to turn the Mini-Mafia to my side through the power of fresh pastries and they have been doing a good job at keeping the Crones off my back.’ Looking behind the bunny of his dreams Nick saw what looked like a bookcase. Smiling as he went back to take care of his toast Nick made sure to have the camera pointed at his face…and the upper portion of his chest.

“Now tell me you aren’t studying in some dusty library as a way to hide from your family, I can see a bookcase behind you so don’t even think about lying too outlandishly.”

‘Alright I won’t tell you I am studying in a dusty library as a way to hide from my family. In fact, I am studying in my FAMILY’S very well kept library as a way to avoid the rest of my family.’ Nick had to roll his eyes at that…then he registered what she said.

“Your family’s LIBRARY…as in a library that your family owns…your family owns a library.” Taking a bite of his toast Nick made a show of trying to look around the rabbit.

‘Yes my family’s library, you realize rabbits are habitual hoarders right? We have multiple generations across multiple lifestyles and jobs…Rabbit burrows have some of the largest and most diverse libraries you can hope to find.’ Nick’s eyes widened a bit at that as he slowed his chewing.

“You’re kidding…so you have access to all the books we might need for class?”

‘Theoretically yes, they might be a print out of date but since most rabbit families have someone in the printing business as well as the collegiate education boards…yeah we either have the books or can get them faster and cheaper, how do you think I was able to get my books and still have money for my own education and lifestyle?’

“I thought you were on some kind of super smart scholarship or maybe had ultra-rich parents or something.”

‘HA…ok I might have some things taken care of from a scholarship but no, I am basically working off a scholarship that pays for living expenses and a savings plan that pays for everything else with my books being hijacked from the family library…you want to sell yours and I can bring you your own copies?’ The look on Judy’s face coupled with her words sent a swish through Nick’s tail, his little bunny wasn’t as innocent as she seemed.

“Absolutely…in fact gimme a bit and I’ll send you a list of titles I could use if you can provide up to date copies.” Oh this was awesome…he was absolutely going to marry this bun.

‘Sure, send me the list and I will do what I can…by the way why do I keep calling when you get off work and look like you just rolled out of bed?’ Nick had to laugh at that, not realizing what the sight of his teeth did to the little bunny.

“I actually did just roll out of bed but this time I am about to head into work…I’m pulling a few extra hours at the café and as much as I enjoy the money, the hours are killing me.” Finishing his toast and cleaning up with one hand was a little harder than he had expected but as long as he got things mostly done he could live with it.

‘Speaking of the café…you know these books are expensive and copies take time…plus I may have asked around with some of my contacts and from what I can gather this isn’t just a simple street level café…’ Oh…Nick did not like that look in the rabbit’s eyes…. she was plotting something…he was being plotted against and that was usually his job.

“What are you plotting rabbit?” Nick asked while grabbing his towel.

“Well, I imagine a date at your lovely café and maybe a massage and movie night should probably cover the expenses of…some of the books.” Nick nearly swooned at the devious look on the rabbit’s face, he was finally seeing the darker side of his innocent little bunny.

“Hmm, well since one of my co-workers has been demanding I bring you in for a bit I guess that shouldn’t be too bad. As for the movie and massage…I choose the movie.” The grin on the bunny’s face told Nick he might have just stepped into a trap.

“Fine but I get to choose what I wear.” Raising an eyebrow at that and wondering what she was up to Nick decided he was just going to go with it…he kind of liked not knowing what she was scheming.

“Deeeaallll…but now I need to take a shower or I might be late.”

“Oh can I watch?!” Snorting at the excited tone in the rabbit’s voice Nick walked into his bathroom and began to give a teasing dance while going about undoing his pajama pants, turning the camera away just as they dropped away and grinning at the sound of protest from the phone Nick just winked and ended the call, knowing full well she could see his bare back in the mirror over his shoulder and not giving her time to take a screenshot. Laughing at the angry emojis that soon began blowing up his phone Nick queued up some music and smiled as he jumped into the hot spray of water and began dancing around to the music.

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Smiling as she put her phone away Judy went to grab her book, but noticed that someone was standing directly in front of her. Raising her eyes and feeling the blood drain from her face the higher her gaze went Judy found herself looking directly into the eyes of one of the Crones.

“Hello Aunt Carol…funny meeting you here.” Curling into herself as if trying to use the book she was reading like a shield Judy was glad she had not put her phone away.

“Hello Judith…have you been avoiding me?” Desperately trying to bring up the correct message contact Judy did her best to smile.

“Of course not, I just wanted the fluffle to get their story time while I tried to make sure things ran smoothly for the wedding…. speaking of, how about we go see how the Happy Couple is doing.”

“You can stay right there, they are doing quite well if the fact that they have already tumbled into their limo and are on their way to their honeymoon suite is anything to go by. Now let’s talk about what will be expected of you on your upcoming date.” Taking a seat across from Judy, Aunt Carol arranged her dress and the various layers until she was satisfied. In the time it took for her Great Aunt Carol to get comfortable Judy pressed the button for a standard call before she had to put her phone down and focus.

“What date? I haven’t set up a date of any kind to my knowledge.”

“Your date with the Buckerson lad, Ferguson I believe his name was.”

‘Nick I will literally do anything with anyone or anything you want if you can get me out of this.’

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Walking into the café Nick barely had enough time to change into his work clothes before his phone started buzzing. Looking down at it in confusion, Nick felt his blood run cold for a heartbeat before his mind began racing…looking around and seeing the lioness Samantha Longrass, Nick grinned.

“Sammi babe…I need a favor.” Seeing the surprised look on the lioness’s face melt into a look of eager devilry Nick just knew he was going to regret this…and probably be happy about it in the end.

“Ohhh…and assuming this is a favor I can provide, what are you willing to pay for it?”

“Anything.” The answer was fast and steady, the look in the tod’s eyes told Sammi that he wasn’t kidding and that this meant something to him…something a bit more than just a passing request.

‘Excellent’

“Wonderful…tell you what, a favor for a favor. I help you now and you agree to a favor of my choosing at a time of my choosing.” Grinning Samantha bared her teeth in a sultry grin and approached with a rolling gait that emphasized her…assets. Nick took a step back and grimaced…he had read enough books involving fae to know how bad of an idea it was to accept a deal that open ended.

“Nothing illegal…”

“Of course not.” Sammi grinned deeper.

“A favor within my capabilities…”

“Obviously…” Her word came out in a low purr.

“Within the next six months.”

“If you insist…” Stepping forward one last time and placing her paws on the wall at either side of the fox’s shoulders, not quite pinning him there Sammi leaned in with a smile that made Nick feel as if he had just left her to guard the crème and fuck the canary.

“Deal…with the understanding that you have to fulfill your end entirely.”

“Shall we seal it with a kiss?” Nick just rolled his eyes and held up his phone.

“I have a better idea, let’s seal it with results.”

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“Aunt Carol…for the fifth time I am not going on a date with Ferguson Buckerson. I have never met him and more to the point I need to get back to college by the end of the week.”

“Nonsense Judith, the lad is the heir to one of the most influential wheat distributors in the tri-county areas and obviously you will have to simply quit your foolish college pursuits for the good of the family once you are pregnant.” If Judy had been drinking anything at that moment she would have spit it across the library, as it was she just choked on her own spit and began hacking out a lung.

“P-pregnant! When the carrot blight did me becoming pregnant enter this conversation! I’m not in a position to have kits, I don’t even want to start a family!”

“Watch your tone young lady and mind your language…and how else are we to secure our claim to the Buckerson family if you don’t have kits by the Ferguson boy. Besides your clock is ticking, it is better to have them now so that you will be better able to relate to them later on. Oh don’t worry, once you are covered in a pile of soft little flufflings you will be happy about your decision to have them.” Judy rubbed her temples and leaned her elbows on her knees silently praying to every possible higher power to get her out of this situation.

“You mean YOUR decision for me to have kits Aunty Carol, and no I don’t think I will be happy about having any kits at this point because I am currently pursuing my dream and it does not involve, or is aided by having kits!” Judy was getting a little (very) frustrated by now.

“You just haven’t had the joy of raising your own family yet, you will love it when it happens. You and the Buckerson boy will make a wonderful pair, and do you really think you can become a police officer? You, a female and a rabbit at that?” Oh…fuck it all Judy was about to let fly with a series of words that she would refuse to apologize for later when her phone started ringing. Biting her tongue and pulling the ringing demon from her pocket the rabbit doe answered the call with a bit more aggression than she meant.

“WHAT?!”

“Is this Miss Judith Lavern Hopps, currently attending Zootopia College?” The voice wasn’t one she recognized and was enough to snap her out of her building irritation.

“Yes…that’s me.”

“If this is so important of a call that you must interrupt our conversation Judith then you can put it on speaker.” Her Aunt Carol said from her seat.

“This is Detective Samantha Pridegrass of the Zootopian Police Department how are you doing today?” Looking over to the Crone Judy didn’t even bother trying to hide her irritation or curb her tone.

“I could be better that’s for sure, what do you want…excuse me, how can I help you?” Pinching the bridge of her nose in an effort to alleviate what she could just tell was going to be a monumental migraine Judy tipped her head back and wondered if the day could get any worse…and where the hellfire was that call from Nick!?

“Put it on speaker girl or hang up, if it is so important that a discussion involving the family must be put on hold then it is important enough for your elders to hear and provide advice.” If she had just a little less control Judy would have considered grabbing the Crone’s cane and bonking her with it in a most aggressive fashion…thankfully she only considered screaming at her and walking away.

“I am sorry to hear that but I am afraid I have some important issues to discuss with you.” The voice on the other end said with a level of professional politeness that told Judy she had probably done this a number of times.

“Put it on speaker or hang up girl and we can get back to our conversation!” Judy was glad rabbit teeth never stopped growing because she was about to chip a tooth.

“FINE! Detective I am sorry but I am putting you on speaker.” Judy just glared at the Crone and pressed the button to activate the speaker option.

“Uhm…Miss Hopps are you alright!? Are you in distress?” Oh that was a temptation she nearly bowed to, how much trouble would she get in for saying yes and would it be worth it?

“This is Carol Hopps young lady and you are interrupting a very important conversation, now what do you want?”

“This is Detective Samantha Pridegrass of the Zootopian Police Department Ma`am and what I have to say is for Miss Judith Hopps, if she is uncomfortable with others hearing this then I will have to ask to be taken off speaker or for you to leave the vicinity please.” Judy had never honestly wanted to go down on someone so bad as right then but just the fact she was able to see the look on the Crone’s face at those words suddenly made her question some things about herself.

“Now you listen here young lady!”

“DETECTIVE…Detective Pridegrass, Ma`am. And I genuinely don’t care what your connection is to miss Hopps, if she is unwilling to have this conversation heard by others then I will call back at a later time.” Note to self, watch a few…instructional videos. Sneering at the look on the Crone’s face Judy bit her tongue and after taking a breath to calm herself spoke up.

“This is Judy Hopps, go ahead and let me know what this is about…if it is something I would rather keep private I’ll stop you and take it somewhere else.”

“Very well…Miss Hopps I am calling because your credit card and name has been linked to a series of purchases that could provide evidence in a murder investigation.” The rush of blood from her ears and head was so powerful Judy couldn’t remember sitting down but, there she was on the floor…and why were her legs so weak all of a sudden?

“What?...what do you mean a murder investigation?” She had heard mammals claim they could see their futures go up in flames but…she had never believed she would actually be able to see it for herself.

“Miss Hopps, this is very sensitive information and would be best this is a conversation that would be better had face to face. You are not being charged with anything at this time but you are unfortunately a mammal of interest. I am afraid I must ask you to report to the police station near your campus within the next eight hours or we will have to send a car to pick you up if you are unable to do so. If you are unable to make it to the station within the next eight hours and are not available for pickup by our local officers, I am afraid we will have to issue a warrant for your detainment and possible arrest in an ongoing investigation.” She was going to have to have a talk with her parents for installing whatever it was in the floor that was making it sway like this, she felt like she was on a ship in a storm.

“I… I uh...Yeah I can…” Great now she couldn’t get her damn tongue to move right.

“Well this is absolute nonsense! Of course my niece has nothing to do with this investigation! I will not let our family name be besmirched like this!”

“SHUTUP AUNT CAROL!” oh…oh moving was not a great thing…she was going to be sick.

“JUST, just shut up for once…Detective I am in Bunnyburrow right now and will be on the next available train. If I miss it, I will call to let you know which one I do board.” Struggling to her feet and shaking her head a bit Judy felt she had to hang off the chair she had been sitting in for a bit to get her legs to stop shaking.

“Yes we know, we have been tracking your phone signal since you answered the phone Miss Hopps. Please remember that you are not a suspect and are not under investigation yourself.” She almost believed the caring tone of the detective was genuine, she must have made a few of these calls in the past if she could make it sound like she actually cared. Looking around for where the voice was coming from and finally finding her phone where it had fallen Judy held it up to her ear as if it wasn’t on speaker.

“I-I’m on my way…I just need to pack my things and I’ll be on my way as soon as possible.” Ending the call with a fumbling finger even as the detective attempted to reassure her again Judy stumbled out of the little reading nook she had been cornered in and finally out of the library. The next few minutes could have been hours, or maybe the hours could have been minutes…all she could remember was suddenly standing at the train station with her parents trying to comfort her and tell her things would be alright with a suitcase in her grasp.

She knew her parents were speaking to her but their words just sort of…warped somewhere between their mouths and her ears. Stepping onto the train as if she was a marionette and finding an open seat she fell into it as if her strings had been cut. Staring forward at the seat in front of her and ignoring the mammals around her she barely heard her phone ringing from within the pocket of the dress she had started the day in.

Pulling it out and answering it Judy could barely bring herself to answer, using her voice right then just seemed…impossible.

“Carrots? hey you there?” Nick…her fox, the boy she liked and who liked her back…

“Nick…I, I think I’m in trouble.”

“Because of a possible murder investigation?” That was enough to focus her attention, how would he know about that?

“Yeah…how did you know?”

“Because you asked for a call from an official of some description about a matter that would require you to quickly return to the campus…you asked and received.” Judy was going to need blood pressure meds before she graduated she could just tell, first it all drained from her head and now it was as if it all tried to fit into her ears.

“That was you earlier…the detective.”

“Well not me personally, I had to outsource to a co-worker and give up a favor in doing so…I also had to give her a basic idea of what was needed but she was in charge of her actual script.” Judy couldn’t tell if she was hearing the pounding of her blood in her ears or the sound of Nick driving a bus over whoever actually made the call.

“Give me a minute…” Standing up and walking along the aisle down the length of the train until she found a train official Judy smiled as she approached with her paw over her phone.

“Excuse me sir…I need to rant in a very loud, aggressive, potentially violent and questionably legal way at a boy I think I have feelings for. Is there possibly an empty car or sound dampening room I might use for the next…number of hours?”

Looking down at the finely dressed bunny doe with too bright eyes, one twitching randomly, as she held her phone the young zebra steward just motioned towards the back of the train saying the next and final car was empty.

“Thank you.” She chirped brightly before skipping past the zebra and into the last car of the train Judy made sure to firmly close both doors before taking a deep breath.

The stream of words audible from the last car was not only unsettling but also violently sexual, aggressively polite, disturbingly sacrilegious across multiple faiths but also oddly wholesome. The tirade lasted for at least half the ride back to the Zootopia sub-district the college resided in.

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Nick held the phone at arm’s length with wide eyes…he had expected a certain outburst but this was, impressive. Looking over to Sammi he was glad he wasn’t the only one who was surprised at the vitriol spewing from the device…as mildly arousing as some of it was. Holding a paw up to block his voice from possibly reaching the earpiece Nick spoke to the lioness in a whisper.

“Uhm…let the boss know I am gonna be a little late to my shift and will stay later to make up for it…I think this is gonna take a while.” Receiving a silent nod in response Nick was surprised to see her quickly sketch out a note on a napkin before holding it up to him.

‘BRING THAT BUNNY HERE!’ Rolling his eyes and motioning for the lioness to get out Nick sat down on the couch and began tapping out a list of things he was going to need to do to make up for this, he had a feeling it was going to take a lot of chocolate and rope to get him out of the iguana house.

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Stepping out of the car and making sure the door closed behind her Judy was surprised to see not only that there were fewer mammals in the car than when she had started, but the few that that were still there were looking at her with wide eyes. Clearing her throat and pawing at her dress lightly to make sure it was presentable Judy walked forward and was pleased to see that her luggage was right where she left it. Sitting down and looking out the window she began looking back on what she had said and wondered if maybe she had gone a bit overboard….

“M-m-madam…” A voice behind to her side snapped Judy out of her thoughts, looking towards the speaker she was surprised to see the young zebra steward holding out a tray with a tall stemmed glass of some kind of bubbly liquid in it.

“Compliments of the railway.”

Taking the glass by the stem with a blush and muttered thanks Judy sipped gently at the liquid bubbles, apparently having a meltdown had its perks.

Notes:

Those damn plot bunnies made a nest in my room somewhere since i am working on a new story inspired by a story involving a kung-fu chicken and a champion from a pc game. I have a new cryptid story to post soon and if you have any ideas to further that line along feel free to leave it in the comments. I will also try to be re-writing things to post them in tumblr and when i do i will try to post the link and stuff. Oh and as always Disney can choke on their lawyer's money wrapped cocks if they want to come after me since i don't own any of this and i make no profit from the original Zootopia movie or concept.

Chapter 13

Notes:

This is unfortunately the only chapter I had prepared for this story though I am working on the next one.

“I just know I am going to catch merry hell for this.” Nick said for the third time as he stood at the train station platform.

“Relax, she is already on the way and being tense is just more likely to cause further injury when she kicks your ass up one end of the platform and down the other.” Nick just glared at his partner in crime as she stood there scrolling through something on her phone.

Standing there in her tight jeans, practically painted on crop top and slim fit sunglasses Sammi was the vision of relaxed while he was standing there in a pawaiin shirt, loose tie and cargo shorts while actively trying to keep his tail from puffing out like a bottle brush.

“Oh you are so helpful…here comes the train.” Watching the train pull in Nick began looking through the various mammals as they departed trying to see his bunny, but when at least a quarter of the mammals were rabbits and a good portion of the others were large enough for a rabbit to hide behind it was something of a lost cause.

“YOU ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL ASSHOLE!”

Nick had maybe a second to determine which direction he was going to have to brace from before a silver fur missile tackled him.

“I WAS SO SURE THAT WAS A REAL CALL I NEARLY PASSED OUT! I WAS SO WORRIED WHEN IT WASN’T YOUR VOICE AND I WAS SO STRESSED FROM HAVING TO DEAL WITH ONE OF THE CRONES I DIDN’T EVEN THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN SOMEONE ELSE TO CALL, YOU JERK!”

Nick had never been shaken back and forth like a cartoon character before, certainly not by someone two-thirds his size but it was a novel experience to say the least. Before he was able to re-position the soft weight on his belly or get a word in edgewise Nick was soon having to defend himself from an onslaught of slaps around his head from the still irate rabbit.

“And another thing! Did it have to be a murder investigation! Do you have any idea how close I was to passing out AGAIN when I couldn’t find my credit card in my wallet right away! Never mind that I accidently put it into a different slot and found it later but I actually thought I was going to be under investigation you gorgeous jerk!” Feeling herself be picked up by the back of her dress while still struggling to swat the not nearly contrite enough fox below her Judy fell limp while breathing slightly heavily. Looking around at who had grabbed her Judy found herself looking into the face of a rather amused lioness.

“Hello, can I help you?” Seeing the grin on the lady lion’s face grow a few degrees larger made Judy think she was more than just a random passerby.

“Well as much as I enjoy watching the smug bugger get beat around the head, if I want to get my favor from him for that little performance, I need him at least mostly intact…besides for all his faults he does have a nice face.”

“It was you on phone! Yeah I recognize your voice now. That was a brilliant performance by the way are you in an acting class or anything? Hi I’m Judy by the way.” Holding out her paw for the larger mammal to give a quick shake before being put down Judy gave the large feline a slow once over from head to toe.

“You know I heard a rumor there is supposed to be some kind spa opening in the area soon, feel like a girl’s day out?”

“Oh come on, why do I get tackled and smacked around and she gets invited to a spa when she was the one who made the call and came up with the reason to get you out of there!” Nick said from behind her as he got up from where he had fallen and patted himself off. Looking over her shoulder with a cheeky grin Judy answered with a voice that was all sugar.

“Because she is pretty, it was a good idea, I can appreciate some good acting and she slapped down one of the Crones, twice…that alone deserves a Mystic Bunny Massage.” Perking up at these words the lioness looked down at the rabbit with a newfound interest.

“Massage you say…it’s getting late so let’s go get something to eat on Nick’s credit while you tell me about this massage, come along fox.” Turning and beginning to walk away Judy began to follow before looking back at the sound of light grumbling behind her. Seeing Nick behind her muttering something about how he had planned on taking Judy out for just the two of them Judy reached out and snagged his tie before pulling him close to her face so they were practically eye to eye.

“Oh don’t pout Nick, you did a wonderful job and got me out of a very awkward situation and I plan on rewarding you myself later on…personally.” Giving a quick peck to the tip of the fox’s nose before turning away from the grinning cross-eyed fox and giving a tug on his tie, still firmly in her grasp, Judy quickly caught up to the lioness.

“You know! I happen to know a lovely restaurant I would love to go back to…”

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Grinning as the play of spices and seasonings played out over her tongue again Judy wiggled in her seat at the flavor.

Swallowing with a sigh of pure joy Judy looked across the table for her next victim, seeing another dumpling that was giving her a nasty look the small bunny lowered her ears and narrowed her eyes. Scooting forward and leaning out slowly…the wild rabbit struck with precision!

And dropped the dumpling directly into the Village Raid Sauce, the hottest of the dipping sauces they had ordered.

“You make terrible Mongol Stepps Nick, if you had just held still I would have been able to conquer that dumpling with little resistance.” Stretching out and plucking the treat from the fiery sauce Judy readied a reserve of chilled sake in case it put up too much of a resistance. Popping the yummy treat into her mouth and feeling her tongue burn in the best way Judy held out as long as she could before calling in her reinforcements. Sighing as the sweet peach flavored alcohol helped wash the fire from her mouth, Judy tilted over and wiggled until she was able to enjoy refuge under Nick’s arm.

“You know what…” Samantha said as she watched Judy enjoy the appetizers.

“If she is like this every time, I might take her to her dinner more often.”

Popping her own sushi roll into her mouth the lioness giggled as the rabbit shifted around to a more comfortable position as she half sat in Nick’s lap. The look the fox sent her way as he coiled his arms around the happily chewing bunny told Samantha all she needed to know. The way he seemed to unconsciously shift to have a better grip on the bun while still making sure she was comfy told her even more.

“Yeah she gets like this after a bit of sake it turns out…you should have seen her after the first time we were here… the whole way back she *URGK!?* Sammi had to put her chopsticks down and hold a paw over her mouth to keep from spraying rice and fish everywhere as the little bunny slammed a thoroughly dipped wonton into the fox’s maw.

“I behaved as a perfect lady and never once did I do anything that might have impugned my honor or dignity…or am I remembering incorrectly?” The look the little bunny was giving the fox told him he had better answer correctly.

Chewing slowly and smiling at the flavors Nick hummed and shifted around a bit. Grinning as she recognized the subtle movements and careful positioning Sammi grabbed her own cup of chilled sake she sat back with a full toothed grin.

Moving with liquid grace Nick surged forward and rippled the muscles through his legs before pulling back and smiling as Judy was thrown upward only to be dumped back onto his lap face down. Snaking his arm out and grasping the sputtering rabbit Nick settled the previously airborne bunny fully across his lap. Reaching out with a grin full of teeth Nick pinned the little bunny across his legs before she had a chance to mutter more than an ‘oOfF!’ of protest at the rough treatment.

With a light chuff of laughter at his new lap warmer Nick raised the paw not holding down a squirming bunny and with practiced motions landed a number of stinging strikes to her firm rear end. Grinning at the yelps that came from the little bunny Nick quickly pulled her up by her ears, steadied the dazed bunny onto her now searing hot rump and pulled her up tight against his side.

“Uhm…perhaps I should I come back in a few minutes?” The voice of Lo Phun came from the side of the booth, startling both fox and bunny though only Judy felt her ears nearly light on fire in embarrassment.

“No you are fine Lo-lo…I think another round of sake would be lovely, don’t worry Nick I’ll get the booze for tonight if you cover the food.” Grinning up at the large panda with a heated look Samantha pulled her top down just enough to show a small bit of what looked like a latex bra, the lioness sent the gently blushing panda off with a small shooing motion.

“Mistress…” Writing down their order and moving away with a light bow, Sammi turned back to her dining partners as they looked at her with slight confusion.

“What?...he is one of my favorite regulars. Always polite and gives amazing cuddles…and he brings snacks.” Sitting back in the booth and taking a sip of chilled sake the lioness grinned over the edge of her small cup.

“Plus, he is great at massages.”

“Wait, is he where those shrimp crackers and steamed tofu buns in the break room come from?” Seeing the smug nod from the lioness Nick just sipped his own sake.

“Always wondered where those came from…”

“Jerk…” Looking down at the blushing bunny Nick nuzzled his nose into the top of her head before reaching out and snagging a dumpling before dunking it and holding it before the bunny.

“Now don’t pout Little Bun…you knew what you were getting into.”

Losing her battle with her smile Judy opened wide and allowed herself to be fed a deliciously sizzling dumpling. Scooting around on still heated cheeks until she was fully against her fox Judy chewed with a grin on her face.

“I swear you two are so cute I want to vomit, I think my pancreas just shut down from the visual sugar overload.” Sammi said as she slurped a mouthful of noodles before rolling her wrist at the couple.

“Carry on.”

“Careful there Sammi, I think your fur is turning green.” Judy said as she swallowed her treat and sipped her own sake.

“Just because I live down the hall from excellent foot rubs, kinky rope play study sessions and cuddles…I don’t know where I was going with that but basically, I’m bragging.”

 *Grrrr* “Nick bend her over again.”

Looking up at the lioness and then turning to look at the contemplative expression on the fox’s face Judy just giggled and tried scooting away…tried being the operative word as Nick still had a firm hold of her midsection.

“SO uh, that was pretty good acting on the phone…” Accepting the change of subject Sammi preened a bit under the praise.

“Yeah, my dad is a volunteer with the sheriff department back home in Sahara Square so I know just enough of the lingo to get in trouble and I was the best Tree Number Four in my grade school play they had ever seen.” Smiling around another mouthful of noodles and tofu Sammi gave off a rather smug air of superiority.

“Yeah she gets like this, just smile and nod. I am actually writing a thesis on the mental side effects of working in a highly sexualized environment and using her as a long-term case study…pretty sure I’m on to something.” Nick stage whispered into Judy’s ear, grinning as he felt the bunny convulse with giggles as she tried to keep from spraying her drink across the booth.

“Do you…*giggle*…uh do you think you could put in a good word for me when I need to do some practical work? I’m gonna be a cop when I graduate.” Judy said as she looked at the lioness across the table.

“You? You are going to be a cop?...like back home as a sheriff or something?” Sammi asked.

“No, I am gonna be the first bunny cop of Zootopia and I am gonna show everyone I’m not just a carrot farmer or token bunny!” Thrusting a single chopstick in the air with a dumpling speared along its length while posing like she was about to lead an army into glorious battle while standing on the table Judy came back to herself quickly at a throat clearing to her side. Snapping her head to the side and seeing Lo Phun standing there with a tray of sake and dumplings while raising an eyebrow Judy practically teleported back to her seat next to Nick.

“Someone give me a good reason I shouldn’t clock off early and join the party because so far this is the most entertaining table I have seen all night.” Grinning as he placed the carafe of sake into the center of the table along with the new dumplings the panda sent another bow to the lioness.

“Compliments of the house.”

“Good boy, and I would certainly not turn down my favorite snuggle buddy if you felt like sticking around…” Sammi said as she ate a wonton with a bit more tongue and teeth than was really needed.

“She also gets like this after a few drinks…” Nick actual whispered into Judy’s ear.

“It’s going into my thesis.”

“I uh…I’ll be back soon.” Grinning as the panda scurried off even faster than before Sammi pulled a wad of bills out of her purse.

“Let’s see...last time he came by he paid about….”

“Wait, are you about to tip him as much as he paid last time he stopped by the café?” Nick asked with a wonton halfway to his maw, ignoring the fact Judy snagged it and smiled as she began eating it.

“Yeah we do this a lot actually…he comes by and then I drop in for some bonus food, then I come back for lunch and tip him extra. Basically we go back and forth every now and then, I give him a little extra and he gives me a little…hehehe extra.” Grinning with a light blush and grin Sammi ignored the double eye roll from across the table.

Deciding to indulge in a few more dumplings, spring rolls, noodles and tofu the trio ate in companionable silence until a large fuzzy form slid into their booth. Settling his bulk into the seat and grinning as Sammi leaned in to peck him on the cheek Lo Phun looked different out of the crimson high collared shirt and apron. Now dressed in loose sweat pants and a t-shirt with a stylized lizard of some sort on the front along with what looked like a jade stone on a necklace the panda looked more relaxed.

“So you must be Pain-in-my-tail Nick?” Leaning forward for a shake Lo Phun gave a firm pump to Nick’s paw before leaning back and smiling as Samantha scooted and wiggled into the large panda bear’s lap so that she could recline into his arm and allow herself to be fed noodles and dumplings.

“Yeah that is probably me, she is just mad that I turned her on with a foot rub and left her hanging in the break room.” Grinning at the dirty look sent his way and the giggles coming from his side Nick gave an extra loud slurp to his noodles.

“Oh that would explain a few things…” The contemplative look on his face made Judy burst out into full on laughter and nearly choke on her own spit as the lioness flicked the panda’s ear with a mocking huff.

The evening passed into the night and it wasn’t until a pretty red panda came by to let them know they were closing soon that the group realized how late it was becoming. Giving their apologies and doing their best to clean up and stack the various cups, plates and utensils before leaving the four mammals joked and bantered all the way to the street.

Once exiting into the cool air and light breeze the four became two groups of pairs as Judy snuggled up under Nick’s arm while Sammi pulled Lo Phun’s arm around her shoulder and began leading him off down the street.

“My bodyguard is going to escort me to my place and keep me warm on the way, have fun you two and Judy you have my number for when you want to check out that new spa for a girls’ day!” Waving over her shoulder as she sauntered off Sammi giggled at something her ‘bodyguard’ said.

“I always wondered where the extra snacks in the break room came from …well back to campus.” Turning in spinning motion around his bunny before pulling her into a dancing spin of her own Nick smiled at the sudden laughter from his rabbit.

“Come along then ‘Miss Delinquent to Family Obligations’…let’s get you to bed.”

Grabbing her small suitcase and walking along the street Judy was hit with a bit of déjà vu from her last time walking back from that restaurant…though at least this time she wasn’t trying to get under Nick’s shirt…yet.  

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“So let me get this straight, you now owe Sammi a favor of nearly anything you are capable of doing within the law and the next six months because you needed her to make that call earlier…and why did you need her to make the call again?” They were almost to their rooms by now and she could feel the day catching up to her, her ears were drooping almost as much as her eyes.

“I wanted your reaction to be as genuine as possible with as little traceable information on your end to lead to me. If someone tries looking up someone with Sammi’s voice in any of your classes they won’t find anyone and your relatives could call up every law enforcement department in the region and never find enough evidence that it was her.” Looking down at the rabbit that was walking alongside him, well slumping along since it seemed as if the whole ordeal was catching up to her, Nick reached down and took the suitcase from her.

“You are a complete asshole for that and I am so happy for it…you couldn’t have called at a better time either since I had been cornered by one of the Crones and she was telling me how I was going to be going on a date with some buck from another farm and she seemed to think that I was just going to flop on my back and spread my legs for someone I haven’t even met.” Nick was glad they had yet to enter the actual dorm since her voice went from normal to a low bellow at the end.

“Can you believe that! She expected me to just roll over, take it like a breeding hen or something and pop out a bunch of kits ‘For the good of the family’ as if she wasn’t one of the main beneficiaries to anything she had set up.” What followed was a passionate rant about how much the Crones were steering parts of her family and yet simultaneously destroying the family they were ‘Steering into Greatness’. By the time they reached Judy’s dorm room Nick was rolling through the numbers he had for…certain mammals.

“Ughh!...sorry for unloading on you like that.” Judy said as she looked up at the fox that had pulled her out of a reoccurring nightmare she had been having since she had heard she was expected to go to the wedding.

“It’s no problem Carrots, everyone needs to unload now and then. Now I can see you need some sleep after the kind of day you have had so, I will say good night and get some sleep.” Turning to head back to his own room Nick stopped as he felt a small tug at his sleeve. Looking back and seeing the tired bunny looking up at him from behind the shield of her drooping ears Nick stayed silent since he could tell she wanted to say something.

“Stay with me?” It took everything Nick had to not coo at the vulnerable tone of voice, but he wasn’t that much of an asshole.

“Not like…sexy times or anything just, I really don’t want to be alone tonight…be my plushy?”

“Promise to keep your paws to yourself?” Nick said as he turned back and ran a paw over the tired bunny’s ears.

“No.” Chuckling at the response Nick leaned down and placed a kiss between Judy’s ears.

“Give me a few minutes to get some stuff and I’ll be back.” The grin on Judy’s face was enough to tell Nick he had done more than his good deed for the year.

“I’ll hold you to that Slick.” Letting go of Nick’s shirt Judy was somewhat surprised when she turned away to unlock the door and felt a soft and warm heat fall over her shoulders.

Looking at what had dropped over her Judy smiled at the scent that washed over her. Pulling the cloth from around her and holding it in front of her Judy saw that it was a very familiar shirt, looking towards the fox still standing next to her Judy felt her ears light up a bit with a blush and held the shirt up to her face to hide her smile…and totally not to get a better sniff of the fabric.

Standing there next to her was a topless Nick in all his crimson and crème glory, still wearing his tie and cargo pants.

“I remember hearing girls like stealing guys’ shirts…I’m gonna want that back in the morning though.”

Spinning with a grin on his face and walking back to his room with nothing but his tie on above his waist Nick didn’t get a chance to see his bunny slip her dress off and quickly don the discarded shirt. Opening his door and walking in Nick quickly went about gathering his sleepover supplies, tossing on a well-worn shirt and exchanging his shorts for a pair of similarly worn sweat pants.

Walking down the hall and knocking on the small bunny’s door Nick was pleased to see the door open, and even more pleased to see said bunny wearing the shirt he had sacrificed to the Alter of Lost Clothing. Walking in Nick watched as his host sleepily bounced over to her bed and hopped up into the nest of blankets as he went about his nightly routine of brushing his teeth and fur. Finally finishing his routine Nick walked over to the bed and grinned at the bunny wrapped in her sheets like a cloak.

“Am I still wanted? I can head back right now if you prefer.”

“No…please, I just need someone to cuddle tonight.” Holding the sheets open and laying down Judy gave as much of an invitation as she could manage without seeming too eager.

“Well… if you insist.” Pulling his shirt off and crawling under the sheets Nick made sure situate himself and then pull his bunny bed mate into his arms so that he could properly wrap his arms around her…cuddles were a sacred thing and must be done correctly after all.

Inhaling deeply and saturating his nose with the scent of his bunny Nick allowed his entire body to relax and practically deflate into the mattress, making a few last shifts before curling his tail up and around the both of them. The feeling of the small warm bunny in his arms reaching out and pulling his tail in to cuddle was the last thing Nick remembered before the soft embrace of sleep claimed him.

Notes:

It will be a while before the next chapter since I have needed to change a few things and am working on a number of other stories. I have decided that it is easier for me to write out the story, review it and then post it.

Shoutout to ArkoprovoChatterjee

Chapter 14

Notes:

Ok if it isn't obvious i have less than zero experience with what college is like so if this seems a little off from how college life is...blame hollywood since that is about as close to college as i have ever come.

The next few weeks were a mad dash for the young bunny, getting her mindset back into the state of being in college as opposed to being on vacation left her feeling so mentally exhausted at the end of the day, she more than once fell sleep on her small couch with a weave around her legs or arm.

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Sitting in one of her more enjoyable classes and looking around at the jumble of chairs and tables as well as the various pieces of artwork on the walls the bunny let loose a breath, she had a test in science later in the day as well as an essay due the day after tomorrow for her legal studies. Right here though, right now for this class…she could relax a bit. Looking over at a door opening Judy smiled at seeing one of her wackiest teachers walk into the room.

“Alright dudes and lady dudes, bring it in and feel the vibes.” Grinning as she popped up from her chair and taking a seat at the feet of the paint spattered and oddly ‘floral’ smelling wildebeest Judy grinned at the gentle smile and eager look in the professor’s eyes.

“Alright everyone, normally you wouldn’t need to start your final work for another few weeks but I say it is better to work in small amounts over a longer time than to cram as much as you can into a little bit of time. So for your final piece of this bit of your college life, I want you to make a piece of art in whatever medium you prefer. The main things you need to keep in mind is that the piece needs to be of a living subject with one piece showing motion and the other showing stillness.” Looking around and seeing the glow of creativity begin to shine through the young eyes gazing at him Yax was once again reminded why he took a part time job as an art teacher.

“Life is constantly moving and art is constantly evolving like a caterpillar to a butterfly and back again, do your best to show something like that in your art but remember that sometimes the most beautiful sights to be seen are those of pure stillness and serenity as you simply allow the world to pass over and through you.” Judy grinned as thoughts began flowing through her mind as to what she could make for her final piece. Bouncing over to a corner of the room and flopping down into a bean bag chair Judy situated her sketch pad in her lap and pulled a pencil out of her bag.

Inhaling deeply and doing her best to let all of her frustrations flow out on the back of her exhalation Judy placed her pencil on the sketch pad and let her mind begin to wander while not focusing on anything. Soon she was lost in the gentle scratching of her pencil over the paper as her mind flowed from idea to memory to idea again and before she knew it the period was over. Looking down at her sketch pad she felt her ears snap up and begin to burn in embarrassment at what she had drawn.

Looking around to make sure no one had been looking over her shoulder or anything she quickly closed her sketch pad and stuffed it into her bag before scurrying out of the room and towards her next class.

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Walking out of her science class feeling like her brain should be leaking out of her ears Judy checked her schedule and saw that she had an extended lunch period. Smiling at the thought of being able to head back to her room for a relaxing lunch Judy stopped when she saw a familiar flash of red fur run down the hall past her. Running after the fox that had helped her out of one of the worst moments she could imagine Judy soon caught up to Nick as he dodged around students while struggling to get what looked like a chef’s jacket on over his shirt while muttering a litany of ‘shit, shit, shit’ as he ran.

“Hey Nick! What’s going on?” Judy said as she paced alongside him.

“My teacher got on a roll and kept the class late by accident and now I am potentially going to be late to my shift in the cafeteria.” Finally getting his arm through the sleeve and beginning to button up the jacket Nick nearly tripped when his backpacks straps tried to wind themselves around his legs. Reaching out and grabbing the surprisingly heavy bag Judy staggard slightly before beginning to run alongside him again, though a little slower than before at the added weight.

“You work in the cafeteria?” Judy asked as Nick took his bag and they were able to speed up a bit.

“Yeah it helps pay for whatever my scholarship and TA job doesn’t but the teacher who runs the work study program is an absolute…piece of work.” Definitely not the words he was going to use at first but Judy wasn’t about to call him on it right then.

“She keeps threatening to drop me from the work study program even though I am one of the better ones working in the cafeteria kitchen. Every time she reminds me that I need this job I remind her that she would need to hire three other mammals less trained and available than me to cover what I do and probably pay them more.” Judy smiled at the fox’s words while wondering how she would get him to cook for her.

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“WILDE! You are perilously close to being late, keep that up and I don’t care how many problems it would cause me I will drop you from this program!” Nick rolled his eyes at the familiar words.

“Yes Chef Bellwether, I will do my best to remind Professor Otterton that I have better things to do than to listen to his lectures on the complexities of grafting fruit trees.” Nick said with barely restrained scorn as he smoothly slid into position at one of the workstations and began chopping vegetables with a speed and accuracy even seasoned chefs would find respectable.

“Keep it up Wilde and you will have more free time on your paws than you know what to do with.” The small ewe said as she strutted around her culinary kingdom.

“Because having so much more free time would be such a horrible thing, my apologies Chef for thinking that having a better work to life schedule would be a healthy option.” Nick responded dryly as he poured the chopped veggies into a pot of steaming stock, grinning as he was sure he heard the ewe’s teeth gritting from across the kitchen.

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Walking…well slumping, into the dorms Nick was exhausted. That had been one of the longest services he had done in a long time and he could feel every mile he had either run or jogged during that time since he never once moved any slower than that. Taking advantage of his RA privileges and using the elevator instead of the stairs like he usually would the fox couldn’t help but raise a brow at what he saw as he exited the elevator.

Standing there in front of a certain bunny’s door was a somewhat frustrated looking rabbit buck as he borderline assaulted Judy’s door. Dressed in a somewhat nice button-down shirt and slacks the black stripped white rabbit was nearly crushing the bouquet of flowers in the fist that wasn’t hammering on the door.

“Come on Judy, just get out here and talk to me!” Pushing his thumbs into the corners of his eyes Nick told himself it wasn’t his problem… she wasn’t his girlfriend… she was a big girl who could take care of her own problems and…

“Look it is high time you gave up these stupid dreams for what they are, just dreams! You belong back home on the farm and I don’t want to but I will call Aunt Susan!” The rabbit called out through the door as he went from aggressively knocking to straight up pounding on her door.

“GO AHEAD AND CALL THE CRONES! I DON’T CARE ANYMORE THESE ARE MY DREAMS AND I AM NOT GOING TO LET THEM CONTROL MY LIFE! I AM HAPPY HERE AND NEITHER YOU OR THOSE OLD BATS HAVE ANY BUSINESS RUINING THAT!”

And there it was, asshole telling a smart, nice, pretty, smart, clever girl to abandon her dreams and said girl showing no interest in aforementioned asshole. Just one more checkmark and he would be clear to intervene. Deciding to cover his own perfectly fluffy and wonderful tail Nick pulled out his phone and began recording.

“Get out here or I am coming inside and what could have been a good dinner and better night will take a much worse turn for you!” There it was…was this guy drunk or something? Who the hell just yells shit like that as if no one could hear him?

Walking over until he was directly behind the buck Nick stood tall in his chef coat with his bag at his side on the floor. About to make himself known to the irate rabbit Nick stopped and pulled a few belts out of his bag before looping them lightly around his forearms.

“Fuck off Jack before I call the police!” Hearing this Jack actually started slamming his shoulder into the door as if he was going to hammer through the solid core, metal clad doors the University had installed in the dorms.

Not many mammals thought about it but the doors were actually designed to help control the spread of fires, they would all unlock automatically when the fire alarm went off so emergency responders would have an easier time navigating the rooms for injured mammals. They were also solid enough that not only could they hold up under someone trying to force entry but they would remain closed, yet unlocked, during a fire so as to limit the amount of air moving around the building.

Knowing all of these facts while watching the rabbit slam himself against the door made it hard to not laugh as Nick continued to record the rabbit’s actions. Deciding he would give the bunny a bit more rope to hang himself with the fox walked a couple steps away and propped his phone up so that it would continue to record without him holding it. Pulling out his wallet and making a point to show his Official Resident Advisor card to the camera Nick walked back until he was behind the rabbit.

Reaching out and tapping the stripped rabbit on his shoulder Nick smiled as falsely as possible.

“Excuse me, but as the RA of this floor I must ask you to keep your voice down. Also, it sounds as if the resident behind that door would prefer you to leave. Now unless you can prove you are a resident of these dorms, I must respectfully ask you to leave the premises or return to your room.” Seeing the stripped rabbit glare at him over his shoulder Nick just knew the next words out of his mouth were going to be legendary.

“Fuck off Pelt! If that bitch doesn’t know her place then it is my job to show it to her! Now how about you fuck off back to the shithole of a cardboard box you were probably born in and let mammals that deserve to live do their business in peace.” Smiling even wider Nick crossed his arms behind his back, subtly loosening the belts.

“And that is enough of a statement to get the police involved. Now if you don’t want to be brought up on charges of trespassing, hate speech and threats of a sexual nature at a minimum, I suggest you leave.” That was apparently the wrong thing to say as the buck fully turned and tossed the bouquet of flowers to the floor.

“You want to back up fox, or else you might get hurt.” Nick’s smile grew a bit sharper as he stood to his full height over the rabbit.

“And there is a statement of violent intent against a second personage…do please keep going, but regardless you will need to leave these premises. The female behind that door isn’t interested in anything you have to say or promise and has expressed a desire for you to leave her alone and to leave the premises. Now as the RA of this floor I must insist you accompany me to the front door and off these premises.” Nick really hoped the rabbit in front of him was drunk, he really did, because if he wasn’t that would mean the kick he was winding up was just because he was bad at fighting.

Tensing his stomach muscles and quickly huffing out his breath Nick braced himself for the impact and when it came he had to give it to the striped rabbit, the hit was solid. Staggering back a bit Nick coughed a little before grinning at the rabbit that had just kicked him in the stomach.

“That there was a count of assault and battery …now would you like to keep going because if you continue, I will be required to get the police involved even more so than I already am.” The follow up kick was either towards Nick’s groin or his upper thigh but really, the buck’s aim left a lot to be desired. Turning and taking the kick on the thick muscle of his upper leg Nick snaked out one paw and gripped the rabbit’s ankle before stepping back. Giving the leg a sharp pull and twist Nick had a wonderful view of the stripped buck’s eyes widening in surprise as he twisted and fell in an attempt to relieve the torque on his leg. Whipping his other arm out and grabbing the flailing free leg Nick stepped forward and placed a foot on the buck’s lower back before placing one of the rabbit’s ankles behind the opposite knee and then folding that leg over. Quickly wrapping the belt around the folded leg that was being used to trap the opposite ankle the fox tightened it until the legs were thoroughly tangled and trapped.

“FUCKING RAT BASTARD! GET OFF ME OR I’LL KILL YOU!”

Ignoring the rabbit Nick shifted until he could place a knee on the middle of the buck’s back and begin to apply pressure. Slowly lowering his entire weight down on the rabbit he pressed down on the buck’s shoulders in order to prevent the squirmy little bastard from rolling or twisting away. Hearing the rabbit begin to wheeze as his struggling began to slow down Nick pulled the rabbit’s arms behind his back.

“Get the fuck off me pelt! I can’t breath with your fat ass on my back shitheel!” Nick rolled his eyes as he secured the rabbit’s arms with another couple belts.

“Doing an awful lot talking for not being able to breathe. Now is there anything you would like to say in your defense before the police arrive?”

“Yeah when I get out of this I am gonna hunt you the fuck down and cut your mange ridden tail off and nail it to the wall!” If Nick could have given the camera a chef’s kiss he would have but he had to at least pretend like he was being professional. Slowly standing up and making sure the rabbit wasn’t going anywhere or about to escape Nick reached out and lightly knocked on his bunny’s door.

“Miss Hopps the situation is under control, please call the police and remain in your room until they arrive for your own safety.” Hearing a shaky acknowledgement Nick stepped to the side of her door, making sure he was still well within the view of his phone’s camera and leant against the wall, perfectly content to wait for the police while the bound rabbit continued to vomit obscenities.

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Looking off to the side less than ten minutes later Nick glanced down at his watch before giving a low whistle.

“Less than ten minutes, better than I expected honestly.” The hyena and her antelope partner rolled their eyes with a pair of grins.

“Very funny, we were called for a disturbance.” Looking down at the still swearing and spitting rabbit she raised an eye at the fox.

“He has been going strong the entire time and honestly I am rather impressed, I wrote down some of the better insults just in case I want to be charged with racial hatred sometime in the future.” Nick said.

“This damn fox assaulted me when I was trying to have a conversation with my girlfriend! Arrest him!” Smirking Nick walked over to his phone and then walked up to the hyena as the antelope knocked on Judy’s door.

“Ma’am, this is Officer Fields are you willing to open the door and speak to us?” Stepping back a bit when the door cracked open the antelope smiled at the bunny as she peeked out before opening the door and stepping into the hallway.

“Good evening Officer, I uh…I’m Judy Hopps.”

“You bitch, you actually called the police! You fucking traitor, when I get out of this I’m gonna call Aunt Susan and have you sent home so fast your head will spin!” The fact the police were present was the only reason Judy wasn’t about to try and play ‘kick the can’ with the striped rabbit’s head.

“Sir I would highly recommend you remain silent, especially if you continue to speak like that. Both my partner and I have actively recording body cameras and anything recorded can and will be used in a court of law.” The antelope said dismissively as he looked down at the squirming rabbit.

“Fuck you Pillow Stabber! Do your fucking job and get me out of this so I can put that bitch in her place!” Judy rubbed her face, she wanted to smile at his stupidity but she was so embarrassed at the whole thing she was wondering what it would take to change her name and disappear entirely.

“Alright sir I am not going to put up with this, Shenzi I am going to put this one in the cruiser, do you need me to help out here?” The hyena shook her head.

“Nah I have this, take him down and get his statement while I get these two sorted.” Nodding the antelope leaned down and quickly locked a pair of handcuffs onto the flabbergasted rabbit’s wrists.

“Wait what the fuck!? You can’t arrest me I haven’t done anything wrong!” Standing the rabbit up on his somewhat numb legs the antelope gestured towards the fox with the belts he had taken off the buck.

“We are going to have to keep these for a while, there may or may not be an investigation and these could be considered evidence. In the case that they are not needed they will be returned to you, do you understand?” Nodding Nick smiled and waved negligently.

“No problem, you know your job better than I do and I have more where those came from. Have a good…er, better night?” Nick finished somewhat lamely as the handcuffed rabbit began yelling obscenities at them all.

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Watching the other rabbit be frog marched down the hall and into the elevator Judy first looked towards her fox wishing she could just press up against him before looking over to the hyena officer.

“You don’t see many hyenas around here, let alone many on the police force.” Judy said with a smile at the larger canine.

“Hyenas don’t have the best of reputations, even among other predators so it can be a bit rough getting a foot in the door for jobs like this. Though I have a couple cousins trying for detective in Zootopia.” Judy danced in place, just a little bit, as she heard that.

“That is so wonderful, do you have a number I can call in case I need to write a paper on breaking through certain social stereotypes and the racial stigmas of various species that are seen as less than favorable?” Leaning away from the slightly manic looking rabbit the hyena glanced towards the fox as he stood there with his phone out, probably recording by the looks of it.

“Uh…has she been getting enough sleep? Is she normally like…this?” Nick smiled.

“Pretty much yeah, she is going to be the first rabbit police officer in Zootopia so seeing someone putting cracks in the glass ceiling is pretty awesome for her.” Nodding the hyena looked down and while she may not have been to actually see stars in the bunny’s eyes, they certainly had an odd glint.

“First rabbit officer huh? I am going to love reading your first arrest report, try to make sure you take down a rhino or something just for the extra laugh.” Judy had to repress a bit of a squeal before dancing in place a bit.

“You really think I can do it!?” Officer Shenzi shrugged.

“Sure, if I can make it on the force with how much prejudice there was against hyenas you shouldn’t have to much of a harder time. Here take my number if you need help getting through any rough times.” So saying the officer pulled a card out of her pants pocket and handed it over to the nearly vibrating bunny. Looking over to Nick at hearing a sound she finally saw that he was pointing his phone at her and smiling.

“Nick, are you recording this?” Nick raised a brow.

“Am I holding a phone with the capability of recording something so cute as this? Yes, yes I am.” Judy crossed her arms and began tapping her foot while Shenzi grinned and began stepping back.

“And the possibility of using it to embarrass me in the future never once crossed your mind…”

“Does it count if it was more than once?”

“And you called me cute…” Shenzi reached up and turned off her chest camera with a smile as the small bunny turned towards her with a smile.

“Officer, should I wait until you are at least out the door before I begin to injure him or can I just start now?” Nick gulped as the officer turned and walked away with a laugh, no way she was going to get between a couple like that.

“Just don’t mess up his face to badly, he isn’t to bad to look at after all.”

“Now wait a minute!”

Nick said as Judy turned a malicious grin his way. Looking down the hall in either direction and seeing mammals begin to poke their heads out of their doors he appealed for help…and received nothing but laughs from the ladies and solemn salutes from the guys. Feeling one of his belts loop around his neck he had barely enough time to grab his bag and call out ‘Traitors!’ before he was dragged into his bunny’s burrow.

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Judy churred in delight as she rubbed against the soft crème fur of her fox’s chest. It had taken a couple minutes but she had finally gotten him sat down, herself in his lap, his coat unbuttoned and undershirt out of the way… but in the end she had succeeded and was now rubbing the rewards.

“So now that you have me topless and are having your wicked way with my body, you want to talk about what all that was about?” Nick asked as he stroked his paw down Judy’s velvety ears while she pressed her cheek into his chest before turning and straddling his waist while keeping her face pressed against his fur until she was looking up at him with her arms around his sides.

“GgrrrrRRrrrrrRRRRrrrr…the Crones thinking they had more power than they actually do. They sent Jack here to knock me up and get me in a relationship, probably in that order, so that they would have a legal connection to…Podunk Peaches and Crème I believe, Jack is the next in line to inherit the company apparently. They didn’t like that I had gotten away from the date they had set up for me when I went back home and you rescued me, I still have to reward you for that by the way, and probably figured since I had a crush on him when I was little I would just fall into bed for him.” Nick bit his tongue and swallowed the first half a dozen things he wanted to say, Judy of course saw the look on his face and the glint in his eye.

“Nooo…don’t even think about it, I don’t know what you are thinking but stop thinking it. If there is going to be any kind of revenge it is going to be swift, devastating, ruinous, legal and most importantly…embarrassingly public.” Smiling at the dark gleam in the rabbit’s eyes as she sat up, boldly pressing her groin into his, Nick slid his paws up and down her thighs.

“As long as I either get to be part of the process or at least get a play by play of the proceedings.” Judy laughed a bit before reaching for the bottom of her comfy shirt and quickly pulling it off revealing a very wonderfully done pentagram chest harness.

Reeling a bit from the joy of the fur-on-fur contact, the roiling slow burn of anger at these crones and then the quick jump to ‘Yay pretty girl taking her top off!’ to Why is the pretty girl taking her top off?’ and then ‘Oh damn that is well done’ it took Nick a couple seconds to realize he had been staring. Jerking his eyes up in slight embarrassment he felt his whiskers twitch and his ears begin to burn at the smug look on the bold bunny as she gripped her paws behind her and gave a chest expanding stretch with an exaggeratedly deep groan.

“Like it? I had been studying for a couple hours and wanted to try something I hadn’t done before…I figure I could wear this next time we go on a date.”

Nick grinned as he heard the teasing in her voice. Running one paw up her thigh until her could grip her supple rear end while the other found the back of the harness the fox flexed the hand on her ass to get as good a grip as he could. Pulling her lower half closer to his while he pulled on the back of the harness with the other. Smiling at the look of shock on her face as she was bent backwards Nick shifted until he could lean forward and press his cold nose to her bare belly, the way she froze at the contact and then seemed to liquify in his grasp pulling a deep rumble from his chest.

 “A date you say? I just so happen to have the perfect idea…but first…” Nick stopped with a grin as he let go of her harness, reached down to the floor and held up an open sketch pad, the image of a distinctly male figure entwined in a latticework of lines on full display.

“Mind telling me what exactly you were studying?”

Notes:

Updates are going to be few and far between for the most part since i am working on a few different stories at the same time and i would prefer putting out finished or nearly finished stories instead of half baked ones like this or my others. I haven't abandoned any of them i just haven't had the inspiration needed to continue with them lately.

Chapter 15

Notes:

Ok so...i have chapters that can be posted for other stories, but i am trying to finish what i start before posting so i don't end up with a bunch of half done stories. Right now i am using this as free therapy so some of the longer stories are going to...wander a bit as they go on.

“Get back here you ass groping Reynard!”

Judy yelled as she chased the laughing fox around her small room while he held her sketch pad over his head. They had been going around like this for the last couple minutes, Nick easily jumping over her furniture and even spinning around her the few times she had been able to corner him. Stopping and reversing directions quickly she growled as he easily stopped and side rolled over the back of her couch to bounce off the cushions and stand back up.

“Oh come on it isn’t that bad is it? besides you were pretty happy about having my paw on your ass not a few minutes ago.” About to respond she stopped as a voice from the wall called out after banging on it a few times.

“If you two are going to keep everyone up at least fuck and make it worth losing sleep!”

“Hey shut up they are having a couple’s spat, it’s natural and healthy in a relationship!”

“Oh shut up how would you know that!”

“No you shut up!”

Grimacing as her neighbors got going on their own argument she turned and saw Nick rubbing his face.

“If they weren’t so good in class they would have been kicked out years ago I swear, now then Carrots, these are rather good sketches.” Holding up the sketch pad and flipping through the pages he casually spun on his heel and danced around the grasping paws of his bunny. He had seen her move and knew full well that if she wanted to, she could have grabbed the pad.

“I am curious though, you seem to have started fairly mundanely…fruit, birds, reptiles, scenery…then you take a sharp turn towards some very different pieces, any explanation?” Closing the sketch pad and gently thwapping the rabbit on her ass before letting her take it back Nick sat down on the couch and rested his arms across the back, very aware of how he looked in his black pants and no shirt.

Groaning and holding the sketch pad to her chest while trying to hide behind her ears for a couple heartbeats she shifted one to the side.

“Promise you won’t laugh or anything?” Nick raised an eyebrow before pointedly raking his gaze up and down her form as she stood in front of him wearing a pair of spandex shorts and a pentagram chest harness, her modesty barely kept in check by the woven lines of rope before looking down at himself.

“Carrots I have no shirt on and smell like a poorly operated restaurant, you are wearing a pair of the shortest and tightest shorts I have ever seen along with a wonderfully woven chest harness that is doing some very distracting things with your bust, and if you re-call I did help you study that one time…if there is anyone that is allowed to laugh or judge you for something it isn’t me. Now come over here and cuddle while telling me why you have been doing sexy sketches.”

Shuffling in place a bit Judy scampered towards her room before running back trailing a blanket behind her. Tossing the blanket over the fox on her couch along with her sketch pad she then quickly grabbed a pair of glasses, filled them with juice and then grabbed the plate of spring rolls she had been practicing making for dinner.

Running over and placing everything on the arm of the couch she quickly sat herself in Nick’s lap, wiggled around to get comfortable and totally not because she liked feeling the result of rubbing her butt on her fox’s lap poking her in the rear end, and then wrapped the blanket around herself and her fox.

Looking between the blanket and the plate of food still on the arm of the couch and then at Nick she bounced her gaze between them a few times before Nick rolled his eyes with a grin and reached out to grab the plate and set it on her lap on top of the blanket. Smiling and kissing Nick’s cheek, internally squealing at how adorably sheepish and pleased he looked, she grabbed her sketch pad and began showing it to the fox.

“My art teacher told us to start working on our final piece, he wants us to make a piece for movement and stillness in any medium of our choice. I kind of just let my mind wander and came out to this…” She ended somewhat lamely before grabbing a spring roll and biting into it to keep herself from saying anything to dumb.

Grabbing the sketch pad and flipping through it, Nick wrapped an arm around the bunny to pull her closer so he could plant a kiss between her ears.

“These are well done…this one is a little impractical though, there would be to much weight resting on the arm, just there, and not enough connection points. Unless you really know what you are doing and the subject is comfortable with it you generally want as many connection points as you can get away with to spread out the weight. See this one here…” Nick said as he grabbed a spring roll and used it to point at her sketch.

“This would be good for mammals your size or smaller to be in for an extended period of time, maybe two to three hours at a maximum, while someone my size or bigger would only be able to safely stay in that position for say, an hour and a half. Of course, the amount of time it would take to get into that position would make it impractical for anything less than a fast photo shoot or speed competition.”

Taking a bite of the spring roll he raised a brow.

“Also…you need to work on making these tighter so the filling doesn’t fall out with every bite and maybe look into some kind of sauce, I have a great spicy peanut sauce that would go good on these…not bad overall though.” Judy was busy looking at the sketches while making notes and didn’t bother looking up as she responded.

“Yeah I just kind of went off what seemed to make sense and what I have seen on the internet, also this is the first time I ever made spring rolls gimme a break…though I will be having that peanut sauce recipe. Now you work in a hedonistic fur pit, would you happen to know anyone I could talk to about learning a bit more about this?”

Nick flicked the long and soft ear next to his face as he watched his bun work, the way she focused on her notes while furiously sketching out a new pose and rope configuration doing something silly to his belly. Wrapping his tail around her under the blanket he cleared his throat a bit self-consciously and waited until she stopped before speaking.

“I uh…yeah I know a guy at work that could help but…you mentioned a date earlier…”

Looking anywhere but at the rabbit in his lap that had slowly turned to look at him Nick cleared his throat again.

“I was thinking earlier, before the whole Jack debacle, that uhm…it would be kind of nice to have dinner again…just the two of us and then maybe a movie or something…”

Smiling and leaning in to give the embarrassed fox another kiss on the cheek Judy shifted her butt around before spinning and straddling the fox again. Grinning she slowly swirled her hips in place, something she had been practicing in private, and began to run her blunt little claws over the fox’s bare chest.

“Hmmm…that sounds lovely, and since you apparently know your way around a kitchen…I am free this weekend so that is going to be when I go to your room for a change and you make me tasty food. I am also free in the afternoons most of this week so you can take me to your café and I can finally see where you work and I can talk to Sammy about our girls’ day out… and then I imagine I can deign to suffer your presence for another night out along with a movie.”

Nick had to bite his tongue and use all the experience at remaining professional he had gained over the years to not give away how much he loved a strong woman who knew what she wanted and how to get it. Reaching out and very firmly gripping the lapin ass in his lap Nick pulled the bunny tight against him and buried his nose in the small bit of cleavage the harness was giving her with an appreciative growl.

“So I get to cook for a bunny that is far too good for me and then take her out to brag to the world about how good I’ve done for myself, say it ain’t so.”

He said with a grin as she began to pet along his snout and scritch around the base of his ears. Placing the plate and glasses on the floor Nick gripped his bunny and fell to the side so that the two of them could stretch out.

Groaning and giving a big stretch Judy rolled around a bit before wrapped her arms around Nick’s torso and twined her legs with his. Nuzzling into his chest she looked up at him somewhat sheepishly.

“Uhm…Nick?” Hearing the vulnerable tone to her voice Nick looked down at the small bun in his arms as he shifted to get comfortable.

“Yeah, wassup?”

“Can I call you my boyfriend?” That hit him like a brick between the eyes, not an un-expected brick, but he still felt like a heavy piece of masonry slapped him between the eyes.

“Wait…you want to be my girlfriend? You want to be the bunny who is dating a fox?” Tilting her head a bit in confusion Judy slowly nodded.

“Yeessss~ is that a problem? Am I missing something?” Nick shook his head quickly.

“NO no I mean…it isn’t really a problem for me, but some mammals might not look to favorably on a prey mammal dating a predator…a rabbit dating a fox no less.”

Judy frowned and pushed on Nick until he was flat on his back with her scowling down directly over him. Tossing the blanket off and throwing one leg over the fox’s lap Judy sat on Nick’s waist before sliding herself back a bit and very firmly grinding her groin into his with a wicked smile before leaning down and very firmly nuzzling just under the vulpine’s chin along his jaw line.

“Make me tasty food, take me out somewhere nice and then call me prey again…I dare you.”

Not even bothering to hold back Nick let his eyes roll with a groan as he gripped the powerful thighs squeezing down on his own. Giving in and letting himself groan and writhe around a bit under the randy rabbit Nick looked up at her as she drug her claws down his chest to grip his sides.

“Fuck I love it when a girl knows what she wants and how to get it…I’ll call you whatever you want but you damn well better let me cook and pamper you after I put you in your place.” Nick growled out as he scrapped his own sharper claws along the rabbit’s calves pulling a moan from the bunny.

“UUngnff…you can put me in any place all you want as long as I get something to eat and a foot massage.” Judy said while beginning to fumble at her shorts with one paw and Nick’s belt with the other. She sent a slightly hurt and very frustrated look at the fox as a strong paw closed over both of her own stopping her.

“No…not tonight and not like this. I know I have seen a lot more of you than I am seeing now, but right now isn’t the time to go any further. Let me show you a few good times first before we do something either of us might not look on favorably in the future.” Groaning in frustration Judy struggled against the paws enclosing her own a bit before locking lust dilated amethyst eyes with heated emerald orbs.

Making sure to maintain eye contact Judy growled low in her throat, very aware of the reaction the sound had on the boy beneath her, and leaned down to very firmly chin her scent into the fox’s fur. Running her chin from the middle of his chest up his throat and then along one side of his neck Judy made sure to groan into his ear as her arms were twisted and folded behind her back.

“You. Are. Mine…my boyfriend and I will fight anyone who tries to say otherwise or give me shit for it. I am not about to let you get away that easily.”

Nick smiled broadly, and a bit stupidly, as the pure scent of his bunny was worked into his fur before pulling the bunny as close as he could get her. Nuzzling into her neck before sinking his teeth into the wonderfully strong muscle at the base of her neck and beginning of her shoulder Nick growled deep in his chest.

“Have you been studying fox mating habits?” Judy moaned as she answered.

“I might have done some research on the train ride home…”

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Nick was grinning like an idiot, he knew he was grinning like an idiot and he didn’t care.

He not only smelled like randy bunny, he smelled like HIS randy bunny and he smelled like that because she liked him…yeah, he was grinning like an idiot.

Chopping the veggies in front of him with a speed that had the younger mammals watching in amazement and slight fear at what might happen if he made a mistake Nick was mostly on auto-pilot. Slicing, chopping, mixing and stirring…Nick was in the clouds most of the day…he had a girlfriend. Smiling as he found himself at the display griddle Nick barely heard Professor Bellwether as she berated him about not paying attention.

“Shit mate, not sure if I would be able to handle her bitching at me like that so calmly. I mean damn, I don’t know of anyone else who could chop veggies as quickly and consistently as that in this kitchen and yet she is giving you shit for a couple that were slightly bigger than the others?” Nick jerked a bit at the voice next to him and was surprised to find a familiar looking ocelot.

“You get used to it after long enough, kinda surprised to see you here though.” Nick said with a grin as he recognized the ocelot he had bribed with cheese while Judy was back home.

“I didn’t think you were in the culinary course since I haven’t seen you around and I generally know everyone in my class.” The ocelot nodded as he began to whisk some eggs for omelets.

“I’m not, this is just for a bit of pocket money and because it looks better on a resume than having a big gap in education and experience.”

Nick nodded at hearing that as he checked his small bins of ingredients along with the griddle making sure it was up to temperature, the professor had been known to turn things off to test if the students were paying attention…and as an excuse to berate any students she didn’t like.

“Yeah I believe that, try getting a job at eighteen without having twenty years’ experience as a supervisor and fifteen as a manager.” Grinning as the ocelot snickered under his breath Nick began setting up his own station for the breakfast rush.

“Any chance there might be an opening at The Grotto coming up?” Nick asked slightly under his breath seeing as how The Grotto technically wasn’t supposed to exist.

“Not this week or the next sadly, but there is an evening slot open at the beginning of next month why?” Nick felt his smile grow a bit extra stupid before he answered.

“I got a girlfriend.”

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Judy knew she was supposed to be paying attention in class but it was damn hard to pay attention to anything when her phone kept silently blowing up in her bag. Every few minutes she could hear the rabbit specific ring tone she had set for family calls go off and she just knew she was going to catch hell for ignoring them. Jerking a bit as the class was dismissed she was silently happy that she had at least had a good grasp of the subject as she began packing up. Sighing she fished her phone out of her bag and taking a deep breath, opened the lock screen to see her notifications.

‘One thousand and twenty three texts…ninety seven missed calls and fifty three voicemails…just gonna put that away until later.’

Slipping her phone into her pocket and pinching the bridge of her nose to ward off the headache she felt coming on Judy made her way to the cafeteria, if she was quick she would be able to grab some tea and a snack. Remembering that her boyfriend might be there the suddenly happy bunny began skipping down the hall towards the cafeteria with a goofy smile tugging at the corners of her mouth.

Excitedly bouncing into the cafeteria and looking towards the counter she grinned at seeing that Nick was in fact behind the counter and was apparently having a good time. Walking over to stand in line she was soon standing in front of the counter ready to order.

“Not sure if you can eat an omelet Carrots, though I can whip up a veggie stir fry if you want.” Nick said with a smug smile at the little bunny who just smiled back challengingly.

“Sure, make it good enough and you can take me out for coffee sometime.”

Ignoring the looks sent her way Judy focused on her fox who at first looked surprised and a little put off his game. Just as she was about to try and walk her statement back, she saw the light of challenge in Nick’s eyes and a grin slide across his face.

Grabbing a second spatula the fox gently pushed his ocelot companion to the side before scooping some mushrooms, onions and asparagus onto the flat top in front of him with a spatula while flipping a bottle of oil into the air with the other. Grabbing it in his teeth and giving the veggies a quick shot of quickly sizzling oil the fox leaned down and placed the bottle on the counter before attacking the veggies.

Flipping and stirring the vegetables with both spatulas the fox then grabbed a whole carrot and with motions as swift as a river and powerful as a typhoon he soon had the orange root sliced, diced and sizzling. A potato soon fell to his swiftly moving spats and was quickly reduced to thin slices cooking on the hot surface. Flipping the slices of potato into a circle and squirting a ring of hot sauce onto the outer edge Nick then scooped the mushrooms, onions and asparagus before depositing them onto the potatoes. Pulling a squeeze bottle out from under the counter and filling his mouth with the contents Nick made some dramatic arm movements and paw signs before puffing out his cheeks and expelling the liquid in a fine mist onto the hot griddle…where it promptly sizzled and erupted in flame.

Keeping the flames going for just a pawful of seconds Nick grabbed a wet towel and quickly wiped his face before he was burned by any back flash and with a series of deft movements scraped the ‘Veggie stir fry’ onto a plate. Picking the plate up and resting it on the tips of his fingers Nick walked out from behind the counter before kneeling before the silver furred rabbit and presenting it with both paws.

“A meal fit for a queen no doubt…but I pray it is good enough for My Goddess.”

Seeing the heated and honest look in the fox’s piercing green eyes Judy took the plate with one paw and stepped forward to gently place the other on her fox’s snout. Leaning forward and placing a kiss on his cheek she took a quick breath before chinning him from his nose to right between his eyes…in front of everyone in the remarkably silent cafeteria.

“Pick me up around three this Friday.”

The smile she got for her words and the light her actions lit in her boyfriend’s eyes was enough to make Judy internally coo at how excited he looked, nevermind the dust cloud his madly swishing tail was making as he popped to his feet and made his way back behind the counter.

Turning away from the counter with her dish on a tray Judy realized she was being watched by the entire cafeteria and that they had all seen that little display the two of them had put on. Deciding she wasn’t about to fold in front of her fox so quickly or easily she channeled her best version of a challenging Momma Hopps and narrowed her eyes.

“Is that a problem for anyone.” She didn’t raise her voice, she merely spoke as if assuming her words would be heard regardless of volume.

No one said anything and most went back to eating their meals or studying their books. Nodding to herself Judy made her way to a small table in a corner after grabbing some utensils on the way and happily hopped into her usual seat before setting her bag to the side. Positioning her plate in front of her the bunny almost pulled her phone out to take a picture of her breakfast but decided she had more dignity than most of her sisters and decided she was going to simply enjoy the meal. Sitting in her seat the bunny un-wrapped her utensils and smiled at the savory smell with a gentle amount of spice tingling in her nose. Raising a fork and lowering it to grab a bite the bunny slowed and stopped before letting out a deep sigh…she would never admit this to her sisters.

Half a dozen pictures and four different angles later she was once again poised above her breakfast with fork in paw and this time she attacked the meal. Taking a bite and closing her eyes the rabbit wiggled in her seat at the flavor and spice of the dish. Opening her eyes and turning a heated look down to the remainder of her breakfast she held up her fork as her eyes glinted with a predatory light.

‘That fox is going to die by Snu Snu if he keeps cooking like this…’

Notes:

I have almost less than zero experience in actual college so if anyone would like to give some pointers on pacing, tests etc feel free to do so since all i have to go off of is movies. I wish i could say that i have plans to update soon or start new fics for you but i don't want to leave you with half a story if i don't have to.

Chapter 16

“You know, when you came by and said I was going to learn how harnesses and suspension works…this is not what I was expecting.”

Judy said as Nick ran a finger under one of the straps crossing over her body.

Shivering slightly and holding back a sound she would never be able to live down as he tightened a buckle, she sent a blushing glare at the fox as he gave her a quick pat on her ass.

Chuckling as he stepped back to give a leopard in a pair of shorts and a tank top a high-five Nick leant back against a safety railing and watched as the leopard checked over the rabbit’s climbing harness.

“Right then little missy, a few basic things. First off, the rope is going to keep you from going splat, not from falling…lose your grip, and you gonna fall. Second off if you feel any pinching or uncomfortable rubbing that feels like it is going to matt or pull fur let me know, irritation isn’t going to go away on its own. Third, if you feel you are going to fall you have two choices and both are pretty fun: Push away and rappel down the wall in a controlled decent or lean back and just let gravity do its job. Now regardless of how you get down, you see those pads at the bottom of the wall? Yeah, those are there to keep you from breaking something or being injured in a controlled fall, not from keeping you safe in a ridiculous tangle of ropes, buckles and awkwardly flailing limbs.”

Gesturing for the rabbit to follow him the leopard lead her towards one of multiple vertical surfaces in the warehouse.

“This is the test wall, you start at purple and work your way up the wall into indigo then blue and eventually make it to red. Once you make it fifteen feet into red you can be considered a master climber and apply for a master climber certificate that will get you a discount on climbing equipment across Zootopia. Now, the higher you go the harder the climb will get and if you want to go up a color you will have to test for it, you can test twice a day in order to go up a color.”

Looking up the massive rainbow-colored wall Judy had to look up high enough that she needed to lean backwards to see the top.

“We have static walls like this one and dynamic walls like that one over there…”

Looking towards where the large cat was pointing Judy saw what looked like a series of massive barrels that would turn as the mammal climbed and felt her ears begin to curl in anticipation. She had never really been one for climbing, despite what some of her siblings and Sharla had told her about it, but seeing an entire park of nothing but climbing walls interspersed with what looked like actual rides was getting her excited.

“I can see you are getting excited so here, let me get you hooked up and you can jump on the wall. You get three tries to get as high as you can, going from one color to the next only counts after the first five feet to make sure it isn’t just a fluke or something. After three tries your highest color will be recorded and when you rent out equipment you will get corresponding colored equipment.”

“Really?...why?” Judy asked as she stopped gawking around at everything around her, the leopard just casually shrugged.

“It makes it easier to keep mammals off walls they aren’t ready for, we do our best to keep mammals safe but eh…shit happens and someone is going to get hurt, this just helps us prevent that.”

“So what if someone brings in their own kit? Like what if I wanted to go out and get red colored gear even though I’m not qualified for a red wall?”

“Well if you bring your own gear it has to be registered at the front desk, if it is already colored and you haven’t been registered to a certain difficulty you will receive a flag of the color you should be allowed to go to. Trust me, mammals have tried everything you are thinking and we have the court paperwork and security camera footage to prove that we can defeat just about any lawsuits brought against us.”

“HE ISN’T LYING CARROTS! I HAVE SEEN SOME FOOTAGE FROM THIS PLACE USED IN LAW 202 ALONG WITH THE COURT PAPERWORK TO GO WITH IT.” Nick called out from his spot leaning on the rail looking out over the waterfall wall.

“He isn’t wrong, we have had to submit a lot of footage to fight against attempted lawsuits.”

The leopard said with a smile as he hooked Judy up to a safety rope while giving her harness one more look over.

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“So help me if you keep smugging over your fucking yellow gear…” Judy said as she bit into her veggie wrap while glaring at her vulpine boyfriend.  

“What was that blue? I can’t hear you up here in yellow territory.” Nick said smugly as he sipped his protein shake.

“Everyone knows a rabbit’s strength is in their legs.”

Nick just smugly smiled.

“And everyone knows that climbing requires you to use your legs as much as your arms.”  

Judy grumbled and growled as she drowned a spring roll in sauce, definitely not imagining what other forms of torture the sauce could be used for.

“So you had a chance to take your new girlfriend out on a date and you decided to take her to…a climbing park…” Nick grinned as he took a bite of his bug-a-burger.

“Did I decide to take my girlfriend somewhere we can both have fun, be competitive, work out some energy and you can get a better understanding of weight distribution across harnesses when fully suspended? Yes, yes I did.”

Nick grinned over at the grudgingly impressed rabbit as he dipped some fries in ketchup before using them as pointers to gesture around the entire area.

“There are at least four mammals that work here that are regulars at the café I work at and half a dozen more have made an occasional appearance, sometimes for practice and sometimes to enjoy themselves. Also anyone who works with rigging and suspension at the café is encouraged to qualify indigo level.”

Judy cocked her head to the side while taking another bite of her veggie wrap.

“How come?”

“Well these harnesses are designed to spread weight across multiple points as comfortably as possible, the straps are wide and the buckles are specially curved to the contour of wherever they are expected to lay against the wearer. Now imagine the pressure you felt on those straps, except concentrated to less than half an inch…and then imagine not being able to do anything about it yourself and instead having to rely on someone else to fix it. A single suspension rigging can take over an hour to set up and that is the basic ones, the competitive or artistic ones can take over half a day easily.”

Judy felt her jaw drop slightly as she heard that.

“So whoever is getting roped up is expected to stay in that position the whole time?”

“Yep, they can move around a bit but for the most part they have to stay as still as they can manage. There have been times in the past I have had to run food to a model and feed them since they were unable to do so themselves. Besides, can you honestly say you even knew this place was here or that you haven’t been having a good time?”

Looking around Judy marveled at the climbing park: multiple climbing walls of varying difficulties, elevated rest points where a mammal could order various snacks and meals as long as they could climb up to them, slides to get from the higher levels to the bottom and a small food court. Thinking back on climbing the wall for her qualifying test and pushing herself further and further reminded her of training for the police obstacle course. Smiling grudgingly at her boyfriend the rabbit reached over and stole one of his fries.

“Fine yes, it’s a lot more fun than I was expecting, but you better never tell Sharla if you see her again.” Nick had never been threatened with a veggie wrap before but seeing the bunny brandish hers at him had the fox holding his paws up in surrender.

“Sure sure no problem, just know that if you kill me now with that wrap you won’t be getting the gift I got you or see the second half of the date.”

Pulling her wrap back and taking a bite, she narrowed her eyes at the smiling fox before grabbing a spring roll and threatening him with it when he started to relax.

“You never said anything about a second half mister…I dressed for a day at a climbing park and if you think you are going to be taking me somewhere fancy while I am in some leggings and a comfy top, think again.”

Nick sighed dramatically and snapped his fingers.

“Well damn, I guess the opera and masquerade ball are going to have be put off…I suppose I’ll just have to take you to the café I work at instead.”

Judy’s ears snapped up as she leant forward over the table in excitement.

“Really?! I finally get to see the pulsing flesh pit of debauchery you work at?”

Nick stopped mid-bite and contemplated his burger before looking back at the rabbit.

“Rephrase that right now.”

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“So come on, where is this gift you mentioned and what does it have to do with your café?” Judy said as she danced around the fox in excitement as they walked down the street.

“Well first off it isn’t my café, I just work there. Second, the gift is in my locker at the café and it is something that will let you blend in.”

“Blend in? *GASP* I get a new outfit!?”

Nick smiled and snagged the rabbit out of the air as she bounced past him. Giving her a quick squeeze and nuzzle Nick sat her down and continued on as if nothing had happened and he hadn’t left a blushing bunny on the sidewalk. Hearing the patter of running bunny feet behind him and then a small paw insert itself into his he grinned down at the smiling and blushing bun. Pulling her paw up and planting a light kiss on her knuckles Nick decided to take a moment to enjoy the gentle fuzzy feeling in his chest at getting to walk down the street holding his girlfriend’s paw.

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Stopping in front of an alley Nick gestured towards a black and red stripped awning with bits of black lace around the edge.

Looking at the front of the business Judy saw bits of ivy decoratively placed around the edge of the heavily tinted window, looking closer she could see that the ivy was actually growing through the links of chains hung around the window. Looking towards the lace around the edges of the awning she noticed a repeating pattern, a symbol of some kind looking like a bit like a yin-yang symbol made of three equal parts.

“Coffee, food, cocktails, live entertainment. Interesting…kinda looks like one of the goth book shops some of my sisters would go to for free form poetry night honestly.”

“That’s kind of the point, the first level is a bit kitchy and a little exaggerated, more of a daytime tourist trap place for mammals to go and take a picture with the cute waitresses. It’s when the sun sets that things really get fun and mammals start to let the freak flag fly in the lower levels, let’s go get a drink before the fun starts.”

Pulling the bunny into the café Nick smiled as he heard someone call for him off to the side. Looking in the direction of the voice he zeroed in on the lioness and panda couple sitting in a booth waving at him.

“SAMMIE! I didn’t know you were going to be here! Hi Lo! How are things at the restaurant?”

Judy exclaimed excitedly as she scampered over to the couple’s table and hopped up into a seat while Nick more casually sauntered over and calmly took a seat in the booth.

“Oh I wouldn’t miss tonight, this exhibition night has been in the works for months and I finally have a day off to enjoy it from this side of things.” Sammie said as she quickly stood up and gave Judy a quick hug.

“Hello miss Judy, it is good to see you again. The restaurant is doing well, we just got a new head chef who has promised to add some new things to the menu along with a few other changes.”

Lo Phun said with a smile towards the bunny and a nod towards the fox.

“OOOhhh well twist my arm I guess I’m just gonna have to stop by and see what these new dishes are. So what did you mean by ‘exhibition night’?” Sammie gave the bunny a surprised look before turning towards Nick with an expression that Judy couldn’t decipher.

“You are bringing her here for her first time? Tonight of all nights? With no preparation or warning?...sure can’t accuse you of not being bold when you want something.”

Judy was about to ask what they were talking about when an albino cat in a goth-loli themed waitress uniform bounced up to them with a bright smile and menus ready to distribute.

“Hello! Do we need menus over here or do you have a good idea of what you want?”

“Hey Eve, a tasting platter and round of cosmo mocktails will be fine.” Sammie said as she leant back into Lo Phun’s chest like a giant bean bag as the waitress nodded and scurried off.

“So Nick, what are you bringing her here for? Now of all times no less.”

Nick smiled and made himself comfortable.

“The little bun here has been wanting to see where I work for a while and needs a better understanding of certain aspects of rigging for a class’s final project.” Judy scowled slightly as she lowered her ears to hide her blush.

Sammie raised a questioning brow at the little bunny before humming in thought and then looked back at the fox.

“So you are going to take her to the lower levels…for one of the most anticipated exhibitions and demonstrations of the year…looking like…this.”

Finishing with a gesture that somehow encompassed both of them in the most condescending way Judy had ever been gestured at, Sammie reached up to scratch Lo Phun under his chin eliciting a large smile and full body wiggle from the panda.

“What’s wrong with how I’m dressed?” Judy asked somewhat defensively while unnecessarily trying to smooth out her shirt.

“Babe, you are dressed in a pair of spandex tights that, while they do fantastic things for your hips and ass, will not fit in where we are going. You have an easter pastel blue cotton short sleeve on and while it goes very well with your moonlight silver fur and royal amethyst eyes…it will stand out like a bent tail in the upcoming crowd.”

Nick said as he wrapped an arm around Judy’s shoulders and placed a quick kiss on her cheek before pulling away and leaning back in the booth as if his girlfriend wasn’t about to combust in joyful embarrassment.

“One snackle box and some fancy juice for the deviants and heathens!” Eve announced as she seemingly appeared out of nowhere with a box that was made of compartments and all of them full of finger snacks.

Looking at the snackle box Judy felt her mouth begin to water.

Olives stuffed with garlic, herb roasted crackers, smoked and peppered cheese, dried fruits, salted and roasted nuts, herb infused dips, slices of chicken and lizard pepperoni, smoked salmon and more all sat in front of her along with a martini glass of some kind of pink drink that had a dried fruit floating in it.

Sammie perked up with a grin as she looked at the spread before her and swiped some drool from the corner of her mouth.  

“I forgot we had these…Don’t look away Lo-lo, I want you to see what I am about to do…” Nick just smiled and flicked his tail to cover Judy’s eyes.

“Don’t look, I don’t want you corrupted by what is about to happen.” Judy smiled and pulled the fluffy appendage down into her lap and playfully scowled at the fox as he tried pulling it back as she hugged it to her chest.

“No, it’s mine … now grab me an olive and a cracker.”

Notes:

80k words, started about five years ago and im not even finished yet. Hopefully it stays coherent enough to make sense since i have only worked on it in fits and starts from the beginning. This is basically where i go to keep myself typing when i hit writers block on other projects.