Zootopia Drabbles (Discontinued)

Sleep Over Ch.5 - Final

"Sooo... What's new?" Alex asked  as he quietly snuck up behind Nick, who was sitting at his desk. The tundra wolf peeked his large snout over Nick's shoulder, glancing down at his colleagues paperwork.

"How's the move been?" Alex asked, referring to Nick's stay with Judy.

"Why do you even care?" Nick blew back in annoyance as Alex stood up straighter and leaned up against the wall. "It's not like it's important."

"Not important? Seriously? You two are the gossip of the station. Everyone obsess over you guys."

Nick glanced up at Alex with confused face. "What? You're crazy, why would anyone pay attention to us? Were just like any other couple."

"Quite the opposite actually. Imagine this," Alex raised his paws and brought them down in front of him like a rainbow for dramatic effect.

"Two animals, fox and rabbit, predator and prey must overcome the social and emotional struggles of being in an interspecies relationship."

"That doesn't sound that exciti-"

"Follow them as they fight crime, and save the city together." Alex interrupted. "Where the biggest danger is society."

Nick sighed and rubbed his forehead from the headache Alex was giving him. "You're over dramatizing it," He complained.

"Episode one." Alex whispered dramatically. "Sleep Over."

"I cannot believe you."

"He's not wrong." A familiar voice said from behind the two animals. "If there was a reality show about you two, everyone here would be watching it."

Nick let out a loud moan of distress as he dropped his head onto his work. "Not you too Geno, you're supposed to keep every one here sane."

The second wolf rounded the corner and sat down in the chair across from Nick. "And I do a pretty good job at that." He admitted. "But I like to have fun too."

"I think I'm gonna take the rest of the day off." Nick said as he started putting his papers into his bag. "You two are breaking my brain."

"Ey, calm down. We're just teasing." Geno reassured.

"Yeah... Ok," Alex disagreed sarcastically "But seriously how's the move? I actually want to know."

"It's done."

"What? Done?" Geno asked in confusion. "What do you mean done?"

"I mean I can move back into my apartment tomorrow." Nick answered as though it was obvious. "Tonight is my last night."

Geno opened his mouth to speak, but still took some time putting his words together. "You know I don't like to assume things, but I thought you were moving in, like, permanently. Everyone thinks it's going to be permanent."

"Nope, that was never the plan." For a few seconds, Nick was only confused. But once the situation started to sink in, Nick's eyes widened with realization. Rumors were spreading.

"Everyone thinks I'm moving in with Judy?" Nick asked nervously. "Forever?"

"Yeah," The two wolves answered together. "That is what's happening, right?"

Nick dropped his face into his paws with a stressful sigh. He knew from the start that living with Judy was going to take it's toll, but now it was messing with his social life? With his job?

"I need to get out of here. Before people start calling me out on it." He said, convinced that being in public was the worst thing imaginable for him.

"Tell chief I'm taking the rest of the day off." He called back to his friends as he got up and left for the exit with his bag. 

On his way out, he ran into Clawhauser, the station's dispatch officer. "Heeyyy, Niiick." Clawhauser greeted flamboyantly. "I heard you and Judy are-"

"I called it!" Nick exclaimed as he waved Clawhauser into silence once he passed by him. "I don't want to hear it."

He quickly rushed out of the building, hoping no other animals would try to greet him in an attempt to squeeze questions out of him. Fortunately, he was able to make it to his car without bumping into anyone who was interested in his love life.

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Judy didn't always complain, but once she got back from her most stressful day at work yet, she wanted Nick to know how she felt. She nagged on forever, furious about the gossip that had been passed around the office.

"They think I'm pregnant, and they think were engaged, and they think we're desperate for attention, what is that supposed to mean? How did they get that from a flooded apartment?"

Nick tried to put up with it, but Judy just wouldn't stop. So he made her promise that he would take them out to a nice place to eat to celebrate their last night together. If she stopped whining.

Nick had to admit, the restaurant he chose was pretty nice. Better than he was expecting. In fact, he thought that they had under dressed for the occasion. Around them sat animals with tuxedos and glamorous dresses, whilst they both wore casual dress shirts and jeans.

The two of them sat together at the center of a large, cathedral styled building. Above them was a massive glass domed sky roof made to let light in. But it was night out, so the entire room was lit almost only with the faint glow of candles and fireplaces.

"Thanks again for paying." Judy managed in between bites as she gulped down more of her salad.

Nick sat across from her, watching her down her food, slowly growing jealous that his hadn't arrived yet.

"Well, we do need to celebrate. Almost a month living together without driving our relationship into the ground." He said raising his champagne glass triumphantly. "I'm proud of us."

"There were bumps in the road." She agreed, raising her glass along with Nick. "But we both made it out alive. Too us."

"Too us." Nick agreed as they clinked their glasses together.

Not long after, Nick's food arrived. He ordered a steak, of sorts. It wasn't animal, but it wasn't entirely bugs either. Some new test that the food industry was trying out for the public. He wasn't sure what it was, but it was amazing.

Judy finished her plate first and set it aside. Back at her apartment, She did tell Nick she would quit talking about what her friends had told her, but she just kept thinking it. The two of them being engaged? Her being pregnant? What a bunch of absurd ideas. But that didn't stop her from thinking.

"Nick?" She asked quietly. "If I was pregnant, would our kids be boxes, or funnies?"

Upon hearing the word pregnant, Nick froze. Every muscle in his body tensed as though he was being watch. He slowly gulped down the bit of food that was left before taking a breath and finally answering.

"Are you pregnant?" He asked shyly.

"No! Of course not. I just want to know what you think."

"I don't even know what I think, I don't even know how any of that interspecies stuff works." He admitted. "Wouldn't we need to go to a lab and get a gene mix or something? Otherwise our kids might end up being mutant babies."

"Yeah, maybe we'll stick with adoption. I heard gene mixes are expensive too."

Nick chuckled, now realizing what he and Judy were talking about. "I love it when you plan our future." He said with big puppy dog eyes. "Its adorable."

"Well, maybe everyone at the office is right. Maybe it's only a matter of time."Judy murmured as she reached across the table and took Nick's paws. "Maybe I see a future for us."

Nick held her paws tighter and looked up at her. "I do see a future for us."

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Hope you liked this final installment. Credit to thephantombeyond on tumblr for letting me use his characters Alex and Geno.