Indescribable bliss. That was what Judy felt as her eyes let in the soft blue-grey tones of morning as it filtered dimly through the curtains. She looked up, able to see the soft cream-toned throat of her vulpine date from the previous night. She'd awakened like this every morning for a week but this time was a little different. She felt more entitled to touch, to push closer, to relish the gentle embrace. That secure slumbering hug was a mix of the placement of his arm over her smaller form and just simple gravity that kept it there as he slept.
Judy closed her eyes and drank in the memories from last night. The kiss on the gondola high over the treetops as the last light of day was extinguished by the horizon was the highlight of her entire evening. She spent some time almost vibrating with happiness as she considered it, lovingly rolling the memory around in her head. That kiss had lasted for easily five or six minutes unbroken and uninterrupted. Nick finally drew away to just clutch his bunny close - and she did consider herself that without hesitation now. Upon leaving the gondola ride, they met with Manchas again at the limo. He'd come back to pick them up, then they went to a rather nice stir-fry place she had enjoyed a great deal when she took Nick there after his graduation.
They went home after, taking the train, and then going slow on the walk from the stop not far from Nick's place. Judy could tell as they got back into the apartment that Nick was in pain. When he was hurting, he had a tell that Judy sadly had practice recognizing. One ear stayed down on whatever side hurt. In this case, it was his right side which meant he'd been overdoing it with his leg. Judy ordered Nick into some pajama pants and into bed, giving him his medicine. He complained a bit because he felt like it was putting a damper on an otherwise lovely evening.
The bunny crawled into bed with him after he took his medicine and pushed in close, her chest over his as he rested on the bed. She explained to him that the flower he'd given to her made it very clear there would be more dates and that torturing himself would not make the night any more perfect. Taking care of Nick made Judy happy, and she was glad just to have him safe in her arms.
With that slightly emotional revelation given, they kissed again for a while after he got settled in. Judy found that it felt a bit more natural than she suspected, though Nick got a little more adventurous as the medicine kicked in. He eventually slipped that flat ribbon of pink fox-tongue past her teeth without warning. At first it startled her, but after a moment to adjust to what he was doing she quickly found she enjoyed that. He wasn't giving too much and was still being careful. That offered a sweetness to the moment she further enjoyed.
Nick slowly became sleepy, and Judy found to her humor that he actually dozed off from the medication in the middle of a kiss. She could tell by the change in his breathing. She kissed his nose after and he awoke, apologizing, but Judy shushed him. She let Nick settle in again and relax while she took a longer-than-usual shower before getting into her own pajamas, a simple night shirt and shorts. The bunny then crawled into bed with her fox. He was very much asleep before she had even finished settling in against him.
All of those events Judy contemplated as she rested on her side with her nose pushed forward to very gently touch Nick's chest. Normally her mother would have scolded the young doe for ending up in bed with someone on their first date, but in this case, it really didn't feel so strange. She could not imagine any other place she'd have belonged. When she crawled into bed beside him that night, Judy had spent at least an hour beside the sleeping fox looking through pictures from her evening. She found one to immediately cherish.
Skye had sent her a still shot of her bending forward to nip the top of the flower, accepting Nick as her date. It was the moment right before her small mouth reached the flower so it was still whole but it was obvious what was about to happen to it. She gazed at the picture for a while, feeling giddy before putting her phone on its charger and curling up against Nick. The bunny finally let sleep take her as she looked forward to many a night in his arms.
