The Long Game, A Zootopia Fanfiction

The Games We Play

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Judy walked back from the showers and into her room wrapped in a pair of towels, one for her ears and the other for the rest of her.

Finishing drying herself and putting on her underwear and her normal workout bra, she padded over to the closet to grab her uniform. And check on her fox.

"Nick, are you ready yet?"

No answer from the other side of the secret door.

On her knees now, Judy called out again, "Don't tell me you went back to sleep. You know Mom's blueberry pancakes are on the menu for breakfast."

Still nothing.

Too bad there wasn't a buzzer she could ring from her side of the secret door to get her fox's attention. Maybe she'd talk to Mom about adding one... "Yeah, right," said Judy to herself. "I'm sure Mom wouldn't lose her mind if she found out her nearly naked daughter was making a habit out of sneaking into her boyfriend's room at night. And in the morning, and the afternoon, and," looking over at her undisturbed bed, "most all the other times too.

'Good thing Mom doesn't know what Uncle Lewis did,' thought Judy, crawling back into Nick's room.

Although, it is strange that Mom and Dad used these rooms before they were mated and never figured out the secret door.

Except, you dumb bunny, Uncle Lewis wouldn't have added a secret door for them to find before Mom moved into her room because the Hopps family only knew him as the town baker, not future family.

'Yeah,' thought Judy, standing up in the dark room, 'except why would Uncle Lewis, out of the blue, add a secret door between her parents' old rooms?'

No idea because that makes no sense at all.

Besides, Mom and Dad didn't need any help getting together, their first litter was born pretty soon after their mating ceremony.

Pausing now, Judy's math brain started to do some calculations based on dates and rabbit multiplication tables, when, about to wander down a path her parents would rather not talk about, Judy's thought investigation was derailed by her eyesight adjusting to the dark well enough for her to make out a lump in Nick's bed.

Her thoughts shifted to the best way to wake up a lazy fox that was going to make her late for work.

Her first thought was to get some water and show her fox the best way to get a lazy mammal up in the morning, but not having taken Steven up on his offer of a water balloon and not wanting to traipse through the halls in her underwear, Judy decided on an alternate plan.

Tiptoeing to the bed, Judy lifted the blanket and, putting her muzzle just where her fox's would be on the pillow, she whispered, "Time to wake up," and rooted around with her lips to kiss her boyfriend awake.

Except he wasn't there. She'd kissed a goose-down pillow and came away with a feather stuck to her muzzle.

Brushing away the feather, Judy went over to the door and turned on the room light.

And saw a note taped to the door.

'Carrots - Tried to wait, but today is blueberry pancake day. I'll save you a seat. Nick'

Judy rolled her eyes. She should have known.

Taking down the note and turning off Nick's light, Judy hurried to get ready. It was blueberry pancake day, after all.