The Long Game, A Zootopia Fanfiction

Flaming Death

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Judy checked the time on her phone, 'Good, she was exactly on time.' She and Nick had been to a lot of restaurants around town, all part of her partner's nefarious plan to turn her into a Zootopia semi-native, she guessed, but in all their exploring, he'd never mentioned this place.

Nearing the entrance, she paused as the door opened, and a large-bellied Marsican brown bear bowed and extended a paw toward the restaurant.

"Miss Hopps, welcome."

"Hi, I mean hello, ah..."

"Giovanni Martinelli, at your service."

"Hi, Carrots," said a smiling red fox coming out of the kitchen, "you look amazing."

"Nick!" shouted Judy as she rushed over and gave her partner a tight hug, "You look, um, why are you wearing an apron?"

"Oops," Nick untied the apron and tossed it to a waiter who deftly caught it on his way into the kitchen, and then putting his arm around Judy, asked their host, "So, where to?"

Martinelli smiled at the young couple as he rubbed his paws together and said, "This way to the best table in the house." And then, chuckling, added, "Or should I have said, on the house?"

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Judy sighed. She and Nick were alone on the rooftop patio, gazing out over the beautiful cityscape with the stars shining above. Feeling a gentle breeze blow, Judy squirmed her way deeper into Nick's chest fur as he held her from behind in a loving hug. Her paws on his, she gently rubbed her thumb against the back of his and said, "Dinner was delicious. I can't believe you cooked everything yourself. It was wonderful."

"Thanks, fluff. I'm full of surprises, give me a chance, and I'll let you in on a few more."

"Mmm-hmm, I'd like that."

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Gasping for breath, Judy pulled her muzzle away from Nick's and fell back on her bed. They'd been making out for at least an hour. She'd always scoffed at the hormone-induced stories her sisters had told when describing make-out sessions with their boyfriends, but now she was a believer. Never had she imagined how wonderful kissing someone could be.

Nick looked down at the smirking bunny with her head on the pillow, and then leaning over, he asked, "So, does this mean you've decided to make your tod the happiest fox in the world and accept his Courting Meal?"

Judy hummed, and with her paws on his cheeks, she pulled his muzzle down to hers, and just before their lips touched, she laughed and said, "You foolish pelt, of course not. I'm a rabbit, not a vixen, and cooking me some pathetic dinner isn't the way a proper buck would ask a doe if he could court her. Now get out of my sight and don't ever try talking to me again."

"Ahhh, ha, ha, ha..."

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Judy threw off her covers, shot up in bed, and yelled into her paws, "You ignorant, stupid, dumb bunny, he's trying his best, and all you've done is show up and ruin everything. If you really loved him, you'd have a plan too, something that would help him instead of always hurting him."

Squeezing her eyes tight, Judy trembled and...

"A plan... his plan."

Judy's eyes went wide, "It all makes sense now," and then jumping out of bed, she threw some clothes on, and then looking at herself in a small mirror, said, "Girl, if you do this right, you can fix everything."