and Finnick just being silly. The last two were pictures of Judy and Nick together, the first one being a selfie they took together the night they went to Gazelle's concert, and the second one was the day Nick became an officer and they had both posed together afterwards in uniform. "Nice place you have here Nick," Judy said, choosing to go admire the pictures up close. 

 

   "Ah, thanks Carrots, make yourself at home," Nick put his officer's jacket away, turned on a few more lights, and started to brew coffee for them both.  

 

   "I like your pictures Nick," Judy picked up the frame of the concert photo and turned it to Nick, "This one's my favorite though," she laughed, remembering how Nick had tried unsuccessfully several times to take a selfie with just himself, but eventually gave in to Judy's relentless photo bombing and took a nice picture of them together. Because of the crowd that was around the floor of the stage that night, they had had to lean in close to each other to the point where their cheeks were pressed together. Nick remembered it too, because the fox felt himself start to blush as if he could feel the warmth from the bunny all over again. Thankfully he didn't have too much time to become flustered as the coffee had finished brewing. "Cream or sugar?" Nick asked. 

 

   "Both would be great," Judy responded, taking a seat on the couch. Nick stirred both into the coffee and then suddenly remembered something. "Oh wait just a second Carrots, I've got something to go with the coffee. He opened the small fridge in his kitchen and pulled out a carrot cake. "I know it's probably not as good as whatever you make back in Bunny Burrow, but I wanted to try. I made it this morning, and had plans to give it to you tomorrow actually, but since the opportunity is here..." Nick shrugged and grinned sheepishly. 

 

   "You didn't just buy a cake from the bakery and pass it off as your own to impress me did you?" Judy poked him in the side as he came over and handed the cake and coffee to her. 

 

   "Nope, I promise it was one hundred percent me, Carrots. Scouts honor," Nick held up his right paw, "With maybe a phone call or two to Mom asking for help," he laughed and sat down next to her. To avoid an awkward silence, Nick quickly switched on the TV. He had it on the news channel so what appeared was a Zootopia newscaster talking about random happenings around the city. Both the bunny and fox watched in silence for a few minutes just enjoying each other's company, eventually both finished their coffee and set the mugs aside.  

 

  Inwardly, Nick sighed, 'This is isn't like me at all, I'm supposed to be slick and smooth and collected, and she's got me rattled like the time she outsmarted me that day on the street! Come on Wilde! Just say what you wanted to say!' Nick realized he did have feelings for the bunny sitting next to him, but he wasn't sure how he was going to deal with it or let it out, and he was growing slightly more flustered with each minute. He had realized what he wanted to say after remembering their talk on the gondola in the rainforest district when he stood up to Chief Bogo for her, but never got around to trying to continuing that conversation until now. 

 

   On the other end, Judy was trying very hard not to let on that she knew all too well what the fox was trying to do. She saw Nick slightly blush as she caught his eyes for a moment, then smiled, "You did a great job with the cake, Nick, it was really good! Was this your first time trying?" The cake was slightly dry, but she could tell the fox had really put his heart into making it for her. She had finished every bite. 

 

   "It was a bit of trial and error, but I managed," Nick relaxed a bit, remembering his first two attempts, one severely overdone and burnt, with the other being the complete opposite. 

 

   "Nick, I really appreciate it," Judy placed a paw on his shoulder, "So what was it you were wanted to tell me back in the car?" Judy had a pretty good idea already, but still wanted to let him be the one to tell her. She had already fallen for the fox, she admitted it to herself a while ago, but had wanted to make sure he felt the same way. 

 

   'She really knows how to put a guy in the hotseat,' Nick thought to himself, but it was now or never for him so he spoke, "Well you know how I was saying what the best part about working for the ZPD was?" 

 

   "Hmm, something about turning on sirens right?" Judy grinned, looking at the fox. Their eyes met for a second before Nick said, "It's you, Judy. Being able to work with the world's best partner. You believed in me when no one else did. You've had my back all this time, thank God for that otherwise I would have been gone a while ago," he laughed slightly then continued, "And I think now I realize tha-" Nick was stopped midsentence when he felt something warm on his mouth and realized Judy had kissed him. Judy was grinning from ear to ear, "You know you love me," she said, still smiling. 

 

   "Yeah...I do," Nick replied slightly disappointed he didn't get to finish, but he was quick to recover from his initial shock, "You stole my first kiss you know, that one with Finnick doesn't count," 

 

   "It's called a hustle sweetheart," Judy laughed and leaned in closer to Nick, "Can I steal your second too?" She whispered. 

 

   "I don't know, isn't stealing a felony?" Nick smiled, "I might have to arrest you." 

 

   "I think you can let that slip by with a warning this time, especially since I'm the senior officer here," Judy replied as her lips met Nick's. The fox and bunny shared contact for a few seconds before breaking away. "That was mine too, so we're even," said Judy.  

 

   Nick was extremely happy in the moment, but still somewhat surprised, even though they had said as much to each other a while back when they had caught Flash street racing, he didn't really act on it until now since he had said it in a more joking manner. The fox knew for sure now, he really did love Judy. "Carrots," Nick formed that trademark sly grin on his face, "You smell like blueberries." 

 

   It was Judy's turn to blush now, "Oh that's just um, my new perfume, Gazelle #5," she played with her ears, secretly happy with her purchase. She had bought it on Fru Fru's recommendation, when she asked for advice on getting Nick to notice her more. 

 

   "I knew it wasn't just the blueberries I was eating earlier today," Nick smiled and placed his paws on Judy's shoulders before kissing her forehead gently, "Sense of smell. I'm a fox remember?" 

 

   "Do I look like Finnick to you?" Judy pouted teasingly then quickly said, "Don't answer that, you'll ruin the mood." 

 

   Nick glanced at the clock on his wall, which was now well past midnight and sighed, slightly disappointed, "Actually, Carrots, I hate to ruin the moment too, but..." He nodded in the direction of the clock. Judy grabbed his own paws with her smaller ones and smiled, "All right, Nick, that just means you'll have to make it up to me some other way then," Judy gave Nick her ever optimistic smile. 

 

   "All right, Judy," Nick hated and loved when she made that face, "How does this Saturday sound? I know a good place in the Rainforest district." 

 

   "Nick Wilde, are you asking me out?" Judy smirked, knowing she had already won. It was fun for her to tease the fox like this. 

 

"You're really going to make me say it aren't you?" Nick asked, to which the bunny just nodded her head in response, "All right, fine, you win. Judy, will you go out with me?" 

 

   "Of course I will, Nick." Judy hugged him, then started heading for the door. Of course, they would see each other again beforehand since it was only Thursday and they were partners, but both were already looking forward to it. Nick held the door open for her as she walked out. Judy got two steps from the doorway then turned, kissed Nick once more on the cheek, and said once more, "You know you love me." 

 

   'Sly bunny,' Nick sighed happily, "Yeah... I do." 

 

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   Well that's it. I hope you guys enjoyed this story. I'll post part two of this at a later point in time, but I wanted to leave it in the oneshot form here. You can read the rest on my fanfiction page.

 

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