Zootopia Drabbles (Discontinued)

Sleep Over Ch.3

Several days had passed since Nick's move, and all hope was slowly being drained away. Over the past few days, Nick's bad habits had begun to spread to Judy. For the first couple days, she hadn't noticed anything because of how minor the changes were. It was only her small chores like washing the dishes, doing her laundry or picking up after herself that were delayed.

But as time went on, her lifestyle continued to slow. She started sleeping in, craving greasy foods and watching more TV. Fortunately, they had more or less been able to stay on their diet. Unfortunately, that was now the least of their worries.

"Nick!!! I need to pay rent! Where's your share?" Judy called out as she scrambled around her apartment to find more cash.

"I already told you! I'll have it tomorrow." He shouted from the couch, waiting eagerly for his show to come on.

"And I already told you that I need it today! We've been over this, I need your pay from last week!"

Nick said nothing, causing an uncomfortable silence to fall over the room. "Uuuhh... About that. I may ha-"

"You spent it didn't you?" Judy stopped in front of Nick and crossed her arms, disappointment fell over her. Nick raised his empty hands, agreeing with Judy.

"I cannot believe you."

"But I lost my laptop in the flood and I needed a new one. I can't work without it." Nick said in his defense. "Can't make money if I can't work."

"Fine I'll pay. But I'm expecting my money back." As Judy started walking away, she stepped in something wet and gummy, god only knows what it was. "Arch! And pick up after yourself, my place is a dump because of you."

Nick sat up a bit straighter and looked around. He was surrounded by trash. Dirty dishes, garbage, cans and bottles, everything. "It's not that bad." He denied hesitantly. "It just needs a little clean up."

"Then give it a clean up. I'm going out to get some snacks, because you ate all of them, and to pay the rent. When I get back, I want this place spotless, or else I'll... I'll kick you out." She threatened half heartedly. Judy was pretty serious though, Nick needed to carry his weight, but was she going to enforce it?

"Pff, suure. You love me to much to kick me out." Nick said jokingly.

"Don't test me." She warned.

He decided to test her.

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Hours later, she entered her apartment, groceries in each paw, just to find Nick still sitting in his own filth. The apartment hadn't gotten much worse since she left, but it definitely hadn't gotten any better. Judy didn't know whether to feel annoyed, angry or just too tired to care about any of it.

Judy walked over to Nick and jumped onto his chest, startling him awake.

"How do you manage to clean your apartment when I go to your place? But when you live here, you're a slob?" Judy asked

Nick lightly pushed Judy off of him and straightened his back. "I know I'm a slob, but I've been through a lot in the past few days. The flood, the change in lifestyle, losing all my stuff, I just need time to get used to it."

"I get that, but it's been almost a week. I thought you would have learned how to pick up after yourself by now."

Nick got up and sighed. "Yeah, yeah. Ok, I'll clean the place a bit." He said as he started picking up his dishes.

Once judy had put the food away, she helped Nick fix up the apartment. Within the next few minutes, the place was clean of garbage, dirty clothes and old dishes.

"See? Was that too difficult?" She asked as the two animals instinctively fell down onto the couch and reached for the remote. Judy caught herself and paused mid reach, stuck in a train of thought. Nick snatched up the remote before noticing that Judy was troubled.

"What's up Cottontail?" He asked. "You look like you've just seen a ghost."

Judy slowly leaned back onto the couch in silence, thinking about the changes that were happening. She was getting lazy. "Let's not watch TV tonight." She said as she turned to Nick.

"Hahaha, very funny. So, what do you wanna watch?" Nick chuckled, not realizing that Judy wasn't kidding.

"I'm serious Nick. Let go out and do something."

Nick smile faded as he slowly turned towards Judy. "Oh god, you are serious..."

"Yeah!" She confirmed " All we do is waste our time in here. Let's get out and see stuff."

"But the barking dead is on." Nick whined. "Pleeease?"

"No." Judy said as she leaned over towards Nick and snatched the remote from his paw. After quickly pushing a few buttons, Judy turned off the TV and stood up. "There, it's recording. Well watch it when we get back."

Nick sighed and slowly dragged himself up. "Why do you care about my health all of a sudden? You're worse than my mom."

The thought of Judy taking care of Nick made her smile. "If we're living together, you need to follow my lifestyle and not drag me into yours." She said as she got up and threw on a cheap hoodie.

"My lifestyle isn't that bad." Nick denied as he started looking through his bags for something warmer to wear. "Its relaxing, and simple, and-"

"And unhealthy," Judy rudely interrupted. "And boring, and not very productive."

"Woaw, whats with all the hostility?" Nick asked, raising his hands in defense. "Don't jump the gun, it's only been a few days!"

Judy chuckled, now realizing she was getting way ahead of herself. "Yeah, sorry. Just... worrying for nothing."

Nick quickly realized Judy's stress and got up from the couch to go comfort her. He strolled up to Judy and pulled her into a hug. It was unexpected, but Judy liked it.

"If living together is stressful, you need to tell me. Ok?" He whispered softly into her ears. Judy's face lite up bright red against Nick's chest. She loved it when Nick took time away from being witty to be serious with her.

"Ok." She responded quietly. "I can do that."

Nick stayed silent for a few seconds, letting the the words sink in. "Good. Now where are we going?" He asked as he reached down, grabbed Judy's hand and lead her out the door.