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Evan rolled over and blindly grasped for his phone. He whacked it with a paw and the alarm snoozed, he opened his bleary eyes at the ceiling... and pain came rushing in. He felt terrible, the events of last night came back to him slowly. What Luna said... she really thought nothing of him. Evan felt betrayal... and heartbreak. He had really started to care for the rabbit, and for her to turn around and say something like that, and then there was the hangover. Evan grumbled inwardly for drinking like that, he felt like he was twenty-one again...and that was not a good feeling. Evan's phone buzzed again and he rolled to grab it, his night vision made the room fairly lit for him, and as he turned to look at his nightstand he noticed a grey mass against the wall, then his ears picked up the soft breathing, and his nose picked up her scent.

"Did she come here to check on me?" Evan muttered. He couldn't remember much after he left Cyn's bar. Just that it was raining and he got picked up by other officers. Evan looked at his phone, and read the alert on the front, the chief had released him for the day on account of injury, told him he deserved it. Evan set his phone down and stood up shakily, and walked over to the rabbit. She was shivering and huddled under her jacket as a blanket, curled up in a chair. A pang of guilt struck Evan, he didn't know why she came here to help him. Evan tenderly picked up the rabbit, ignoring the pounding hangover he had and set her in his bed draping the covers over her. Her phone was on the ground and he saw that it had the same message from the chief, giving her the day off scrolling across the front. As he reached for it to set it on the nightstand, the alarm went off. Evan pressed his ears against his skull due to the loud noise and the sharp pain it sent through his head. He pressed dismiss as fast as possible and set the phone on the nightstand. Somehow, Luna hadn't woken up, Evan was almost grateful, he didn't know what to say to her yet. He dragged himself into the bathroom, and found a pile of wet clothes. He looked back at the sleeping rabbit, and the feelings in his chest broiled around. Had she done that, or did he? Evan switched the shower on, still relying on his natural night vision as he stepped into the warm spray. Evan shivered at the feeling of hot water flowing over his fur, carrying away the dirt, relaxing the matted fur, and washing away his stress. He simply closed his eyes and breathed in deeply, letting the heat wash away the pain in his head. He sat for what felt like forever, but was only a few minutes before soaping up and rinsing off. He got out and grabbed his brush, working out the kinks in his fur before he threw on some shorts and a shirt. He creeped out of the bathroom, past the bunny and into his kitchen. He set the coffee maker to auto and waited, trying to collect his thoughts into something to say to her. As Evan poured his coffee he heard rustling in his room and he turned to see a bleary-eyed rabbit walk out holding her phone. She was using the light, and looking for something.

"Evan?" She called out, and he realized that bunnies didn't have great night vision.

"I'm in the kitchen..." he muttered before he even had a chance to think, betrayed by his own mouth this time around. The bunny swiveling to face him, she walked into the kitchen, and stared at him.

"Evan...I...I'm so sorry." She said, and he could hear the conviction in her voice, he actually thought she meant it.

"Fluff... it's okay... I'm a predator, you're prey. Those relationships don't work often. You don't have to worry, I won't let it cloud my judge--" Evan began, his heart heavy as he tried to stay strong.

"Evan stop..." Luna interrupted and Evan fell silent. "I owe you an explanation for yesterday... I didn't mean what I said, I was trying to protect you." she said, her voice wavering "I do like you. A lot in fact... and I couldn't bear the idea of you getting hurt."

"Then why say all those things? And what are you trying to protect me from?" Evan said, a bit of fire rising in his stomach.

"My dad..."

"Your dad?" Evan asked, confusion evident on his muzzle and in his voice.

"Aetras Vox, the real estate king that owns half of Zootopia in some way or another."

"Wait Wait Wait... you're father is one of the richest mammals in Zootopia and you became a police officer?" Evan said in disbelief

"He wasn't ever there. Or well... I should say we weren't. Aetras was a terrible mammal at home...one night he came home furious... my mother finally snapped and took me, we hid from him for weeks... but he kept coming after us... we went to the ZPD, but he had accused my mother of kidnapping me, they arrested her that night... I... can still remember her begging them not to let him find us." Luna's face contorted as she fought back tears.

"W...what happened?" Evan asked cautiously.

"Well... he pulled strings, they accused her of reckless endangerment, and being a neglectful parent, and let me into his custody... she followed to keep me safe. He... he..." Luna began, but tears fell from her eyes. Evan quickly pulled her into his arms. He held the rabbit as she caught herself.

"Luna... you don't have to tell me any more. I just want to know why you wanted to protect me... why you said... what you said." Evan said slowly, the burn of yesterday still fresh in his heart.

"He... he wanted me to do him a favor... I... I threatened him, and he... he threatened you." Luna stammered.

"Why worry about me? I can handle myself, you know that." Evan said, the slow burn in his heart coming back.

"Because... I... I really like you Evan, you changed my life, made me see there was more than just stealing, and more than just marks on the streets. The night after you got back, when I came to see you in the hospital, I was terrified, I thought you would tell me that I was just some criminal... but you didn't. Do you remember what you told me that night?" Luna said, burrowing her head against his chest

"I told you, you'd make a good cop, because I could see you were a good person. Regardless of how that night went." Evan said, hugging the smaller mammal against him.

"You don't know how much I regret that night..." The bunny started, then quickly covered her mouth and stammered "Not because of you, but because I wish we could've gotten to that point naturally... just I was in heat and I couldn't st--" Luna began but Evan cut her off

"Fluff don't worry about it. That night was great, so what, we didn't know each other, emotions were running high, we had both just survived being attacked by the Blue Suns... it was... merited." Evan said, thinking back to the night. Luna simply pulled away.

"No. That's not how relationships work. You go on dates, you get to know each other... you don't just rut each other senseless because you're in heat!" She yelled, turning away from him. Evan laid a hand on her shoulder and turned her around.

"Well then. Luna, will you go on a date with me?" Evan said, his usual grin spreading across his face. The rabbit slowly turned around, and looked up at him, her eyes wide

"A date?"

"Yep. Bonafide date." Evan said

"No." Luna said, a mischievous smile on her face, causing Evan not to feel rejected, but curious.

"And why's that?" Evan said, his smirk intensifying

"I refuse to date anyone who says the word bonafide and takes it seriously." She said, practically tackling him with the hug she gave him. "Maybe...I'll make an exception for a particular pun happy fox." She said, her head pressed against his chest. Evan let his head fall, his nose nestled between her ears as he took in a breath of her scent. Luna..his partner...his friend...and now...

"So, does this mean we're dating?' she asked

"I guess so? I mean interspecies relationships aren't uncommon, but no other fox and rabbit have done it since them." Evan said, thinking once again of the famous dynamic duo. He was met by a moment of dark thinking. A single cloud over his happy place, a thought that once again, he was just copying his hero, tracing his footsteps, destined to be remembered as the second fox to do something amazing. Luna must have caught him, because she poked him in the chest.

"You are the first fox to date me, and the first fox... well, let's leave that one alone for now. Where's your plan for dinner Foxy?" Luna asked, trying to cheer him up. Evan's angst couldn't hold up against the bunny's cuteness and he relented

"Luna... it's 5:50 in the morning..." Evan said, pointing out his window with a smirk.

"Oh crap, we're gonna be late for work!" Luna yelled, scrambling back into the room. Evan just smirked and waited. "Wait, false alarm! Chief gave us the day off" Luna yelled from his bedroom, and as she walked out she caught firsthand the smirk on the fox's muzzle. "You knew the whole time..."

"Yep"

"Just wanted to see me scramble?"

"Definitely."

"Understand there will be retribution?"

"Oh fluff, I only deal in mutually assured destruction." Evan said, his smile widening, "Anyways, a day off... twice in a row? Chief must have lost his rocker." Evan said, putting his empty coffee cup down and pouring one for the rabbit.

"Evan... he's not crazy... you got shot, you need time to heal." Luna said, staring him down

"Tis but a flesh wound." Evan said, and Luna giggled

"Quote Donkey Python and the quest for the Holy Quail again, and I'll stick a holy hand grenade where the sun doesn't shine." Luna quipped back, trying to match the fox's comedy. Evan simply laughed

"Don't forget to count to three first." Evan said

"Evan... seriously... take it easy today." Luna said, plodding after him as he walked into the small living room, the fourth and final room of the apartment. It was really just a space with a couch and a T.V. that was across from the kitchen and the door, the entire apartment was only the living room kitchen combo, the bedroom, and a bathroom. It wasn't spacious or fancy, but it met Evan's needs, and it was home.

"So, fluff, I think I figured out what to do today."

"What's that?" Luna asked, following the fox into the living room. She watched as he clicked on his T.V.

"Predflix and binge watching Aardvarks and Rec, how I spend most of my days off anyways." Evan said, flopping onto his couch.

"You don't take days off, you're a police robot in a fox's fur." Luna said, hopping onto the couch and leaning against him.

"Thats Furbocop to you ma'am" Evan said with a stern face, before breaking into laughter. "I'm done... No more puns I promise."

"Good, I was afraid I'd have to arrest you for being a smart-ass..." Luna said, and Evans ears flopped against his head as he laughed. Evan started queuing up the show, while the bunny grumbled in defeat as she lost the brief war. She knew his comedic side would come back to bite her later, but she didn't care, she had a fox to use as a pillow...

Turns out the two had binge watching in common, as episodes seemed to blend together, as the morning came and went. A brief break happened when Evan cooked breakfast, and the bunny complained that his vegetable cooking skills were subpar, he tried to say something around the buga-links he was eating, but she couldn't make out the words. Afterwards, the cheery opening of the show started up once again as the two drifted into the dreamlike state of food-coma. Evan woke up a while later, Luna's head resting on his chest, the auto-play of Predflix having pushed him ahead an entire season, he looked at the clock and shook his head, he'd been on his couch with Luna for close to ten hours, and through twenty solid episodes of show. Evan sighed and slipped out from under the rabbit, slipping into the bathroom. When he came out, he saw the bunny still asleep on his couch, and went for his phone, calling his intended dinner location to set the reservation. As he went to put his phone away he noticed the voicemail alert blinking. He tapped the icon and Cyn's voice came to greet him, panicked and worried about last night. Evan swore, and sent Cyn a brief text, explaining that he was fine, but he knew it was way too late, Cyn would have his tail for this one. Evan walked into his room and grabbed a nicer button-up from his closet, as he got dressed he heard the bunny wake up in the other room, and he waltzed out as she was standing up.

"Ready for dinner?" Evan asked, and snickered at the blush that overcame her face, her ears dropping behind her.

"You got dressed up..." Luna said, her blush growing as she suddenly found something interesting on the floor, and it was embarrassment. Evan smiled and walked over.

"I'll drive to your place, and you can get ready." Evan said with his signature smile, Luna's blush fading and being replaced with a smile of her own. Evan walked to where his keys usually were, and noticed them gone, then he began to think about what he had done yesterday. "A...actually on second thought... Cyn has my keys, and my car is still at the station... Guess we take the cruiser?" Evan said with a mock chuckle. Half an hour later Evan was sitting in the driver's seat of the cruiser when Luna hopped in. She had on an aquamarine skirt that nearly perfectly matched his shirt, and he couldn't help but look at the small grey furred rabbit closer than he usually did. He took in all the little details, the white diamond that started between her eyebrows and went along her head, the tufts of white at the tips of her ears, and even the small flecks of darker grey and black around her muzzle, her fur was amazing to him, just like every other part of her. His violet eyes settled on her crimson ones for a fleeting moment before they both looked away, blushing. Not long after they were on their way, Evan pulling onto the highway and making their way towards the Sahara gate.

"So, you never told me where we were going."Luna said, her usual tone returned to cocky and slightly sarcastic.

"I told you it was a surprise." Evan said, smirking as his usual cynicism came through. The two partners had been friends, and the two friends became more. Evan stole a last glance at her as they passed into Sahara and Evan pulled off the highway, pulling in front of a nicer looking restaurant, tucked just out of the way.

"Spintherella's Cafe, never heard of it before." Luna said as the two walked in. A rather nice Antelope girl took them to their seats, and gave them menus. Although the whole time Luna looked around slightly confused. "Evan... every couple here is an interspecies couple... What kind of restaurant is this?" Luna asked

"It's the nice kind that doesn't care who you are, look, on back cover of the menu, see their motto?" Evan said, for once happy that his best friend had so many one-night stands and mini relationships. Cyn bragged about this place to no end.

"Inter-Schminter? That's their motto?" Luna said aloud, and happened to be overheard by the Antelope girl.

"You seem a little confused there Ma'am... see, Spintherella's was made to be a place where nobody is judged for who they want to share a date with. Some places frown upon interspecies relationships, we just say Inter-Schminter, it's none of our business, we are here to make it a good time." The waitress said. Evan's ears perked to her conversation, noticing her tone never wavered, the girl wasn't lying or trying to lie, she really believed in what this place was. As the Antelope took their orders and walked away Luna leaned over to talk to the fox.

"This place... it's... it's amazing, I never knew anything like this existed... a place where interspecies couples can come without fear of being made fun of." She said, still looking around in awe. Evan smiled at her amusement

"I have a friend who... has lots of relationships. He always talked about the place, he said you can see the Palm Hotel lightshow perfectly from here... and so when I reserved our seats... well." Evan said as he pointed behind the bunny. There in the distance was the shining Hotel, it's palm fronds awash with jade light, making it seem like the beacon of luxury and beauty.

"Wow, that's actually a beautiful view." Luna replied, watching as the sun began to set behind the majestic tower. The two received their food and dug in without hesitation, the place wasn't a let down in atmosphere or dining, and both mammals found an immense appreciation for it. As the two finished, the waitress stopped back by, and put a bowl of ice cream, half topped in carrots, and half in caramel.

"You guys got noticed by the owner, desert's on the house." The waitress said nodding towards the kitchen. Evan and Luna barely caught the hint of a shadow as the mysterious owner ducked back into the kitchen. The two expressed their thanks and Luna scooted around the table to sit next to Evan, both facing the window. The two split the desert as the light show began in earnest, blues and greens swirling across the massive palm fronds, dazzling the night with their hues and luster. Luna leaned into Evan's arm as they watched.

"This night is perfect... Nothing in the world could ruin it for me." Luna said, looking out at the washes of light glittering across the massive palm leaves.

"I agree Fluff, Couldn't have been any better." Evan said, and he turned to face Luna. Their eyes met, violet against crimson, and the two began to lean in, their muzzles barely brushing each other before pressing together. Fire raced up and down Evan's body, it was so much different than when she had been in heat, he felt electricity bloom in his chest and spread outwards as he fell even further for this bunny. When they pulled apart, Evan stared into her eyes "You really know how to take my breath awa--" Evan began, only to be silenced by a resounding boom. Both mammals snapped their heads towards the window, and in the distance they watched as the Palm Hotel, symbol of beauty, spat fire out into the night, the dissipating light of a massive explosion reaching them as they watched one of the massive fronds wilt and begin to fall, the metal wrenching and tearing as the tower began to sag and tilt. Their jaws dropped as they watched in horror, the hotel's top floors smoked as the fronds fell to the ground hundreds of feet below... both of their phones rang at the same time, and they looked down. Work had caught up to them, and both of them felt this was only the beginning.

A/N: A pretty big chapter, with a bit of a twist at the end, the next chapter will have the duo back at work with new challenges. I want to take a moment to give credit to Spintherella (http://spintherella.deviantart.com/) for giving me a ton of inspiration. Their comic titled Inter-Schminter was an amazing read and keeps me waiting on updates, if you haven't checked them out, please do. I hope you enjoyed the fourth chapter of Blue looks good on You. The cover art was done by the always amazing Zieglezieg, who did sketches of both Evan and Luna.

And as always

Happy reading!

~Fallen