Dumb Fox

Chapter 3: Bar confessions

Author notes:

Hello everyone, at last, I could update my fic, sorry for taking almost a month but this chapter was too complicated to translate, I hope you like it. Again, I want to give special thanks to my friends of /co/ Zootopia discord group for their support and the user Eh for the hints and corrections he did in the previous chapter, Thank you so much! Also, I want to thank Dexios for their good wishes and hints, I started using the Grammarly app you suggested me and it have helped a lot to improve it, Thank you very much!

I hope the waiting have been worthwhile, I wish you like it. Here you have the third chapter of my fic, Read and review, please!

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Chapter 3: Bar confessions

Joe's was a small bar at the border of Sahara Square, mostly visited by predators, but it wasn't too odd to see some prey here too. Actually, the barman and owner was a huge but kind hippopotamus, the old Joe. It was a dark and smelly pub, but a nice place to get along and not too expensive. The night was young so the bar was half capacity, and on one of their red leather tables was seated two foxes. Finnick has already gotten rid of his costume and was only wearing a black and red tee and beige pants. On the other hand, Nick kept wearing the same green uniform, but without the gloves and the cap. The orangish fur mammal hasn't finished his first beer while the tiny fox was about to order his third round.

   "What are you up to, Finnick? You've never been so nice."

   "Well, I'll get to the point; boy, all day I've noticed you've acted very strange." he made a little pause to finish his beverage "The whole day you've been very distracted and too unfocused for you own good. Also, in the last hustle you totally lost control; I'm very grateful for what you did for me putting that witch in her place, but both of us know this business, we just can't lose our temper, especially you, 'cause you are the most calm of the two."

   "Yeah Finnick, I know." he answered him sadly "I'm sorry, it never will happen a..."

   "It's for the bunny, ain't it?"

   "What? No! Of course not..."

   "Son, I've known you for a long time, you may have mastered controlling and hiding your feelings but today of all days, you suck."

   "Finnick, I don't really wanna talk about it." he took another sip of his beer.

   "You know, I hate to poke my nose in your personal life and vice versa, but, as your business partner, this is not gonna work if you don't let me help you, come on boy, I already gave you some free drinks. Don't make me go back to the van and get answers with my baseball bat!"

   "You won't leave me alone until I tell you, isn't it? Ok, you win."

   Nick gulped down the rest of his beer and began telling Finnick about all his adventures with Judy, including when she asked to join the police and become her partner. He also told the fennec fox how he felt betrayed with Judy's speech, he felt the experience of the Ranger Junior repeated again with her words and when he tried to confront her, he realized she was afraid of him just because he was a predator.

   "Tell me honestly, after all the moments you spent together, do you really think she didn't trust you? I mean, why did she'd a-a-a-sk you to...? Pfff Ha, ha, ha, sorry, I still can't swallow it.... Why did she'd ask you to be his police partner?" he tried not to laugh "Hahaha, I mean it, but haha, heck, it's too funny thinking you as a real fuzz haha..."