A/N: Feels a little rushed to me Idk, but here's the conclusion. I did my best to follow the movie as accurately as possible and include every Zootopia detail I could, and stay in character throughout it all. I hope everyone enjoyed!

"Today?" Nick repeats, feigning total shock.

"Today," Judy confirms with a bubbly nod, her ears upright as she stirs her soup.

"Whoa."

"I know!" Judy practically squeals, her fluffpuff of a tail wiggling in excitement. "In Tundratown."

Nick munched at his cheese fries, gazing out the window to hide his grin. "Better bundle up, Fluff. Crazy. It could be anyone. You could have seen him everyday, and you wouldn't have even known it."

"Who knows?" Judy agrees, missing the fox's nearly inaudible snicker over her sipping at her potato soup.

Nick kept sneaking glances over at the rabbit as he walked her home, his heart squeezing with adoration. Even if he had felt pestered by the bunny at first, now he relished in having her by his side. Now that they'd warmed up to each other, she was just as friendly and fun to talk to as she was online. It reminded him anew of why he'd fallen head over heels for her in the first place. "Sometimes I wonder.."

Judy fixated her rapt attention toward him when he spoke. She always did that, yet another thing he loved about her; she always made everyone feel important, the way she perpetually offered a listening ear and undivided attention. "What?"

Nick slows to a stop, and the perplexed rabbit does the same. He felt his heart drum in his chest at the way her purple optics were so intent on him. "If I hadn't been Fox and Sons Veggies, and you hadn't been Hopps Family Farm Fruits and Vegetables, and we'd just met..."

"...Don't." Judy speaks so quietly, he wouldn't have picked up on it had his ears not been perked.

"I would've asked for your number," Nick continues bluntly, smiling a bit morosely. "I wouldn't have been able to wait 24 hours before calling and asking for coffee, dinner, maybe a movie, for as long as we both shall live?" And now his heart nearly thuds to a standstill at the mesmerized glimmer to Judy's amethyst irises, unconsciously holding his breath as he gauges her reaction.

"Nick.."

"And then we would have never been at war," Nick concludes, his voice inadvertently dropping as he shifts to move in closer toward the floored bunny. "The only fight we'd ever have would be over what movie to rent on Saturday night."

A chuckle escapes the bunny, even with how shell-shocked she is. "Who fights about that?"

"Someone who prefers Wrangled over The Godferret." He watches as Judy's eyes turn wide as saucers.

"How do you know that I..."

"Let me ask you something." Once she obediently quiets, Nick continues. "How come you'll forgive him for standing you up, but you won't forgive me for putting you out of business?"

Judy remains silent and stares at him with those huge, soft doe eyes. He feels an endeared tug at his heartstrings as he sees her nose twitch, a habit he's come to find adorable.

Slowly but brazenly, Nick extends a paw to gently smooth back the rabbit's ears, marveling at how silky and soft her fur was, and heartened that she didn't pull away. A subdued sigh escapes as he retracts his paw. "...Oh, how I wish you would." It was all he could do not to kiss her.

"...I really do have to go." Judy's voice is barely above a whisper, a hint of tears nipping the corners of her eyes. "I'm sorry."

"You don't want to be late," Nick nods, stepping back and excusing himself with a wave before sauntering out of sight.

Judy stares after him, watching him until he disappears around the corner.

Donning a down jacket before she sets out for Tundratown, Judy replays the fox's words over and over in her head on a loop, her heart fluttering every time she recalls the way he'd caressed her ears so tenderly, how he'd gazed at her with such a sincerely smitten sparkle in his eye. It had taken her breath away.

Torn, Judy shakes her head, trying to shrug off their exchange.

She didn't know what to do. She couldn't deny that Nick had eased his way into her heart. The way she looked forward to seeing him, it was similar to how... she anticipated new emails.

Her knees feel weak as she arrives at the designated spot her online friend had specified, her breath catching in awe at the plethora of color washing over the night sky. The Northern Lights, she quickly realizes, transfixed by the beautiful grandeur of the shimmering lights.

Her nose twitches, ears straightening in an alert manner as she hears the crunching of snow behind her. Judy whirls around, her chest tight, eyes wide.

"...You sly fox," she manages, her voice choked as Nick emerges into full view, someone whom she's found her way back to over and over, someone who kept popping up into her life, as though they had been gravitated to one another from the start. All along, all this time, it had been..? She laughs in disbelief, tears blurring her vision. "You think you're so slick."

Nick laughs, immediately enveloping her into his arms as he draws close. "It's called a hustle, sweetheart." He beams a lovestruck smile as he brushes tears off her silver, snow-flecked fur. "Don't cry, Carrots."

Judy stares up at him in unabashed elation, an influx of relieved tears burning her eyes once more. "I wanted it to be you," she murmurs. "I wanted it to be you so badly."

Nick softens, maneuvering a paw to cup the side of her face. "I thought you'd never figure it out. What took you so long, Carrots? My last name's even in my email address," he snickers, and Judy's far too relieved and ecstatic to do anything but laugh along with him.

"Har, har." The obvious joy radiating from the bunny betrays her sarcasm. He'd never stood her up in the first place. He's been at her side all along, and she's nothing but grateful.

"You know you love me," he whispers as he nuzzles her for some familiarity before leaning in for a kiss.

"Yes.. yes, I do."