A/N: First of, I'd like to apologize for such a long delay. I wasn't feeling too well and I got the flu. I missed a week of working out but I had to work at same time. Honestly, I'm not complaining. But now that I'm feeling better, I'm back. This is a story that I've been working on for weeks. I've drawn many illustrations of it even because I fell in love with this story. And I have to say, I'm proud of this one. I don't know how many chapters there will be but I hope a lot. So anyways, you've read the title and the summary so you know what's about to happen. So enjoy. :)

Summary: It was that time of the year for the Glace to host the annual ball at their home. When Sophie received a call from her sister, Silvia, she was told that she was invited back into the family to settle some things for a week. Only this time, she is bringing… A partner…

Disclaimer: This is mine but the franchise is not. It belongs to to Disney. Yea, I said it.

It was just a regular Saturday movie night for Max and Sophie. Both of them were watching Mulan. Sophie was sitting down comfortably, resting her head on Max's chest while he just sat back down, putting an arm around her. They have reached the part where the heroine was revealed to be a female.

Sophie gasped. "Oh no…" she said softly, placing both her paws on her mouth.

Max only responded by blinking. He has already seen this movie long ago and he wasn't going to say anything about it since this was Sophie's first time watching it. Max yawned and a drop of tear formed from his left eyes.

Sophie looked up and her nose twitched. "Max?" she called. "Are you bored?"

He shook his head. "No, no," he said. "Just a little sleepy is all… Plus, I've never been bored when watching Mulan. Especially the first one."

She smiled and nuzzled him from under his chin.

He shivered and looked out the window quickly. "Stop it…" he said with a faint blush.

She giggled and focused her attention back to the movie. It took about almost half an hour for the movie to end. Sophie sat up and stretched her arms. "That was such a good movie…" she commented, looking at Max.

Max smiled and patted her head. "Off to bed we go?" he asked.

She nodded. "Mhm…"

"Go on without me then. I need to put the movie away."

"Okay." She kissed him on the cheek. "I'll be waiting."

She walked down to their bedroom and let out a little yawn with her ears dropped along with it. She was so impressed with the movie that she was watching earlier. She never would have thought that for once a girl would be the one doing the fighting. Most of the times she would see princesses always have to face hardship but this one just wins the prize. And it made her wonder, maybe that was why her family never wanted to watch those kinds of movies. It was too… Barbaric for the females.

Sophie looked into the mirror on the closet and did a fighting stance. She took a deep breath in and punched. "Hiya!" she said softly but aggressively. After watching that movie, it pumped up the jill and made her want to try to fight herself. Although, her techniques were a little, clumsy.

"Wanna learn how to fight?" Max said.

She turned to the door quickly to find him leaning by the door sill.

She laughed and combed her fur from her head all the way down to her ears. "Maybe?" she said.

Max chuckled and got behind her, holding her wrists gently. "When you punch, try not to be too forceful," he said. "Try to go for a slower punch first. It takes a lot of practice."

She looked up at him. "How long?"

"Um… A year or so?"

She smiled and slid through his paws, wrapping his arms around her neck. "That's too long…" she said. "But as long as you're teaching, I think I can handle it."

Max smiled and placed his lips on her head. Both of them stared into the mirror. Max resting his chin on Sophie's head while she held on to his arms. Almost looking like she was carrying Max.

She ran her paws down to his, feeling his claws making contact with the palm of her paws. "You know…" she started. "Now I feel like I want to protect you…"

He smiled. "Then try. I'm not arguing."

She smiled and turned around to face him. "Of course I will," she said. "I'll give it my all." Never has once Max argued with any of her decisions. In fact, he would always be supporting her all the time. Like when she needed to return to Tundratown for her marriage. He didn't even stop her because he believed she would stop it herself.

She let out a yawn and she blinked a few times. "Can we go to sleep now?" she asked.

"Do you seriously need to ask me everything?" Max asked back with a chuckle.

She smiled and let him go, walking to bed and her body thud on it. She stretched out a bit to get a good feel from it and she moaned in relaxation. It was like laying down on a cloud only, even more solid that is.

Max took off his shirt and hanged it on the rack, joining her.

She took a quick look at the scars of his back and blushed. It has been 2 months since they've been living together and she still can't shake off this feeling. Every time, when they spend the time together, it feels like she was back with him when they were just kids. But now… Well, it was so different. And to have him shirtless, sleeping next to him with him spooning her, feeling his warm fuzzy fur on the back of her back made her… Well, comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time.

"Still can't get use to shirtless me?" Max asked. He could feel her shaking and her head heating up on his chest.

"Shut up!" she yelled in embarrassment. "Goodnight!" She quickly closed her eyes tightly hoping this feeling would go away. But it disappeared as soon as she felt Max's lips touched her cheek.

"Sweet dreams, princess," he said with a smile, turning off the lights.

She glanced back at him and smiled. She felt uncomfortable, yes. But out of all feelings, she was happy to have him so close to her. She knew this is becoming too repetetive for them every single night. But so far, none of them have gotten bored yet. Perhaps maybe in the future she can get use to it.

As time passed while the two were sleeping peacefully, Sophie woke up from the sound of her phone vibrating. It was still dark out and she groaned in annoyance. Luckily, Max was unable to hear it since his ears weren't as powerful as hers.

She frowned and stretched her arm to reach for it without having to escape from Max's embrace. She grabbed it and slid the answer button. "H-hello…?" she said sleepily without checking the caller ID.

"Morning, Sophie," said a very familiar voice over the line.

Her eyes opened a little more and she checked who was it that was calling. It was her older sister, Silvia. "Morning…" she said with a smile. "I thought you said you weren't allowed to call me anymore…"

"Well, not really. Mom was the one that said that. But I called you to let you know about… You know."

"What?"

"Well it's that time of the year, you know?"

A few seconds of silence was what needed to remind Sophie what she meant. She placed a paw on her head. "The Snow Ball…" she said. "Is it really that time already?"

"Uh huh. Mom said you can come home. She said she wanted to apologize for… Last time."

"MOM said that?"

"Apparently this was her plan. The family not calling nor speaking to you at all for a while. Then, she was hoping you miss us that you'll eventually come back."

"Ugh… Seriously…?"

"I know. Sounds stupid to me too. But mom really misses you now and she was hoping you'd come back for this year's Snow Ball. It'd be nice to finally get along after all that drama."

She sighed and nodded. "Alright… I'll go…" she said.

"Today? Around 10 in the morning?"

"We'll see…" she said with a smile.

Silvia laughed. "Take your time," she said. "Bring Max along too. Otherwise… Mom will have to pair you up with someone else."

Sophie touched Max's paw and stayed quiet for a while. "Sounds like a plan…" she said. "See you there…"

"Also, are you sleeping with him now? I can hear someone else breathing. Is he shirtless? And how…?"

"Bye, Silvia," she said quickly before hanging up and placed her phone back. She sighed and leaned her head back onto her lover's chest.

"Your family…?" Max's voice suddenly burst out without warning.

She looked back quickly in surprise and smiled. "Yea…" she said. "It's that time of the year again for us Glaces."

Max, still not opening his eyes, pulled her closer, putting his chin on her head. "I'll go…" he said. "Don't expect me to be great dancer…"

She giggled. "Doesn't matter. As long as you're there, that's all I need." She rubbed her paws on his arms, feeling his claws touching her shoulder. "Let's just get back to sleep, okay?"

But before he could, he already started snoring. She shook her head and got comfortable, getting as close as she can towards him, letting the time fly by them.

It was around 11 in the morning with Sophie and Max waiting for the train to Tundratown. Max was seen in his usual grey hoodie and cargo pants. However, this time, his hoodie was zipped up. Max has only been to Tundratown once and that was when he was accompanying Sophie back home.

While on their way to Tundratown, the hare explained to the fox about the annual Snow Ball that the Glace family has hosted for over the years. It was a dance that began when the first Glace made it to Zootopia to learn dancing and that was when it all started. However, that was over a hundred years ago.

Max listened to every detail that she gave. At least it wasn't a backstory so it wasn't going to bore him at all. They have brought their clothes along for the ride. They'll be staying there for a week after all. And plus, it was a good time to finally meet Sophie's parents.

Sophie has already met Max's late parents during those 2 months together. And she actually wished she met them sooner. Now it was Max's turn. Only… Both her parents are well. And healthy. And quite paranoid towards predator. At least, that's what Sophie said.

The train arrived and the two brought their bags with them. One for each with their own clothes and other important stuffs. Now this was Sophie's favorite part of the trip. She rushed in the train trying to find an empty seat for both of them and tried to put her bag in the storage but couldn't because of her height. Max grabbed her and lifted her up for her to reach which she successfully did. Take note that they are in the section for medium-sized mammals so Sophie was not that tall in this situation.

Here's the reason why this was Sophie's favorite part of the trip. Max sat next to her and she rested her head on his shoulder. He took out his phone and put on some earphones. He passed one of the end of his earphone to her and she lay her head on his shoulder, listening to some songs. Sometimes, he too will fall asleep but he was wide awake this time. He'll be waking her up once they've arrived.

They have arrived to Glacier Falls train station after half an hour. Max's eyes were closed but he was aware of his surroundings. As soon as he heard the speaker announced the arrival in Glacier Falls, he woke Sophie up.

"Sophie?" he called, shaking her lightly. "We're here."

She opened her eyes slowly and rubbed one eye. "Sorry…" she said. "It was just so…"

"Peaceful? I know. You say that every time we go on a train ride."

She smiled and removed the earphone before he put his phone away. He pulled their bags down from the storage and handed hers. Instead of going to Sophie's home in Snowball Drive, they were on their way to the Glace Manor at SnowCastle Way. Sophie has already texted Silvia that she and Max were taking a taxi there now and they were all waiting for her to get home.

While waiting for a cab to arrive, Sophie wrapped a scarf around Max. He looked at it. It was a red and light blue scarf with a very unique pattern knitted on it.

"You like it? Made it just last week."

Max smiled and sniffed a bit. "Well… It's got your smell," he said with a very sexy tone. He took a deep breath of the scarf again with both paws and moaned playfully.

She blushed and shivered that even her left ear managed to stand up straight for a split second. "S-stop it!" she begged, tugging on the scarf.

He chuckled and placed an arm around her. "Thanks…" he said. "I'll definitely wear this every time I go anywhere cold."

She held his arm and covered the bottom half of her face with the sleeves of his hoodie. "Baka…" she said.

Max laughed and by coincidence their cab has arrived.

Yes. Sophie has been learning quite a few Japanese words from him lately. Mainly because she wanted to try to fit in. Not to mention, she even thought the language sounds cool however, Max assured her… That it's not as cool as she thought it is for Japanese mammals.

Anyway, the ride only took about 20 minutes or less before they reached the front of the gates of Glace Manor.

The moment Max stepped out of the car, he felt like he was in a blizzard. SnowCastle Way felt like a frozen wasteland. He quickly put on his hood to keep his ears warm and he shivered again, breathing slowly, hugging himself.

"You okay…?" Sophie asked, looking at him.

"Y-yea…" he said through the cold. He chuckled a little. "I didn't think it'd be this cold…" He took out the bags and passed Sophie's to her only to receive a hug.

"I'm sorry…" she said. "When we get inside I'll make sure to get you something warm."

If only she knew that her hug was warm enough already. Max blushed a little and looked away with his hood covering his face. "Th-thanks…" he said. "Let's get to it then…"

She smiled and took the bag from him, taking the lead while Max paid the driver.

She walked up to the gates and opened it before entering the area. She walked up to the door and knocked on it only to be answered by her mother.

"Sopheria…" she responded with a smile.

Sophie stayed quiet for a while. "Hey, mom…" she said.

Her mother embraced him. "I'm so glad you're okay…" she said.

Sophie, who was surprised, hugged her mother back and very closely. "I've been doing great," she said. "No… Better than great."

Mrs. Glace let her daughter go and smiled. "I've already prepared a partner for you," she said. "I can assure you he's a very sweet…"

"Mom…" Sophie interrupted. "There's really no need…"

"Hey, Soph?" Max called behind her. She turned around to face him. "Have you seen my Catbury bar?"

Sophie's mother quickly pulled her daughter away in fear. She looked at Max with her ears down.

"Mom," Sophie said in annoyance. "It's okay." She walked up to Max. "He's… Max. My boyfriend."

Mrs. Glace's ears dropped as she stared at the tall fox.

Max gave a blank expression and raised a paw. "Nice to meet you, Miss," he said.

"Sophie!" called a female voice from behind Mrs. Glace. Sophie looked over her mother's shoulder to find her sister, Silvia walking up towards her. She quickly hugged Sophie.

"Oh, how I miss you," she said. She looked at Max and let her go. "You must be Max. Sophie talked a lot about you when you were gone."

A nervous laugh came out of Sophie as she looked away, blushing.

"Come on in," she said, helping Sophie with her bags. "I'm sure you're getting cold."

A/N: I have to stop here. I need a break. Will try to update this as soon as I can. Let me know what you guys and gals think in the review. Thanks. :)