Ask Bogo and Joyce; First Meetings

 

Joyce: I...I don't want to embarrass my mate by explaining exactly how we met...granted I was pretty flustered myself during that time but...

Bogo: *Sighs* At least it wasn't your job...well, part-time job anyway...

Joyce: So, I'm going to keep that vague, and leave it as a simple. 'We met under interesting circumstances'. 

Bogo: That is putting it lightly. *Huffs* Still, I will say...as cliche as this will probably sound, I believe I loved you the moment I first laid eyes on you my lovely little Forest Lily...

Joyce: Aww...Boogie...*Kisses him on the snout*  think I'd have to say the same...the moment I saw my Boogie from across the da-*Cough* erm...the room. I felt something deep and visceral within me...like a lightning strike. I was like a deer in headlights...*Giggles*

Bogo: After we built up the courage to actually make small talk with one another, we spent the whole evening focused on each other...*Chuckles* So much so that I was reprimanded for neglecting the other guests before I had to clock out.

Joyce: *Cooes sweetly* I'm so sorry Boogie...

Bogo: *Snickers* No apology needed, I hated that job anyway.

Joyce: *Giggles* We traded phone numbers that night, and within the week we had a much more intimate and...let's say, a more appropriate venue choice for an actual first date.

Bogo: From there we both played things fairly cautiously...We were both afraid of moving too quickly I think...despite feeling deep down that we had found our one.

Joyce: *Giggles* With Boogie just starting on the ZPD, and me still working on my self-defense instruction certification, we didn't want to rush into marriage until our lives were more...stable.

Bogo: Of course, we got married as soon as we could once all of our respective schooling was behind us...although...admittedly...*Blushes* perhaps where I chose to propose wasn't the best idea...

Joyce: Oh hush! *Giggles as she wraps her hooves around the large water buffalo.* It was perfect! That roller disco was so much fun!

Bogo: For you surely my Deerest...for me, even with practice I could barely stay on my hooves with those skates...I feel my black eye and sprained ankle took away from the gravity of my proposal...

Joyce: Sweetheart, you could have proposed to me at a Pandese Restaurant, and it would have hit me just as hard. Besides, if anyone should be embarrassed in hindsight it's me...I was wailing like a banshee I was crying so hard. I had to say 'yes' like six times just to get through my sobbing well enough for you to hear. *Laughs*

Bogo: It was impressive that you were able to drown out the music...*Snickers*

Joyce: *Slaps a weak.p playful hoof at her mate.* Oh hush you.

Bogo: The next day we were married...at least on paper. Not to say we wouldn't have a ceremony, but it was the most important thing to use was merely having the legal documentation that made us an official couple in the eyes of Zootopia.

Joyce: We did eventually have a small cervine ceremony over in Alpine Crag District. An outdoor affair in the mountains with just a few close friends. Sadly our parents didn't attend.

Bogo: Yes, with my mother gone, and my father staunchly against marrying outside of our species, there was no way my limited family would be attending.

Joyce: And while both my parents and siblings were alive, they shared the same opinion as Boogie's father. 

Bogo: Still that night under the stars, you in your beautiful sequined and sparkling pale magenta dress...I just...*Sighs warmly* It was a perfect night...family around us or not...

Joyce: *Gently tugs Bogo's head down to her level, giving him a hard smooch on the lips.* All we ever needed was each other...

Bogo: I wished the night could have lasted forever, I could have spent an eternity lost in your amethyst eyes my deerest deer.

Joyce: *Giggles, now blushing furiously* Gods Boogie...You're so corny. *Giggles* 

Bogo: *Chuckles* I thought you loved that about me...

Joyce: Oh I do indeed...*Snickers, running a seductive hoof under Bogo's chin.* And all that mushy sweetness of yours has got me hankering for a big bite of buffalo. Luckily for you, I don't have any classes tonight...

Bogo: Dearest...*Bogo is flustered.* Please, not while we're recording...Misses Hunter-Bellwether, please don't write this in your post...

Joyce: It's gonna be a long night Boogie...so get ready to buckle in...oh, and don't forget the hoofcuffs..*Giggles*