Old Book, New Chapter. - ReddNook

Chapter thirty-two.

Rain started to pour from the sky. Tom and Redd rushed inside to Resident Services. They both were soaking wet.

The tanuki flicked his tail gently, "Isabelle, could you get towels for us?" he asked looking over to the shih tzu. "On my way!" she said, before she left the room.

He looked up to the kitsune, who let out tiny sneeze. "You good there?" he asked, moving the kitsune's wet hair from his face.

"No, I think I'm gonna get sick... And my perfect eyes are ruined." the kitsune huffed, crossing his arms against his chest. "And I told ya it's gonna get cold." he added, noticeably shivering.
"Yes, yes you did."

Isabelle returned, and walked over to the tanuki and the kitsune. "Here you go. You two should go to shower too, and put your clothes hanging to get them dry." she told as she handed the towels to them.

"Yes, of course. Thank you." Tom nodded, as he took towels from the woman. He handed one of the towels to Redd.
"I'll go get warm and dry clothes to you two." she told.

"Oh, that, would be nice. But no need, I think we can look them ourself." Tom said with little chuckle.

"Wait, do I have to wear somethin' like that?" Redd asked, as he gave gentle poke to the tanuki's chest. "It might look good on ya Nooksie, but that ain't really my color."

"Well, we do have coral and green too. But we don't have anything else." Tom told. "And I think coral would look good on you, it is almost same color as your shirt." He gestures towards Isabelle's shirt. "That one."

"It still has that dumb leaf on it. I don-" The kitsune was cut off by his own sneeze. He lifted his index finger. "I'll think 'bout it."

"Now, dry yourself before you really get sick." Tom told drying his tail. "I don't want you to drip all over the place."

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Isabelle hummed softly, as she organised her drawers. She looked over to the tanuki and the kitsune, who stepped into the room.

"Why everythin' has to be labeled with your stupid logo? And really, didn't have any other pants? Cargo shorts ain't my style." the kitsune muttered as he tied his hair to low ponytail.

Tom rolled his eyes. "Do you want to be naked, hm?" he asked, as he poured warm coffee to his cup.
"No, I don't."

"Then stop whining. But now, what you want to drink?" he told as he went over to his desk.

Redd hopped onto Tom’s desk. He crossed his legs, and leaned to his hands. "Right now I would like to have somethin' stronger than water, buuut I guess you two don't drink while workin'?"

"No, we don't. It's not professional." Tom told, as he moved the kitsune's slightly wet tail off his desk. "And can you please sit somewhere else?"

Redd flicked his tail. "Oh, am I in your way~ ?" he asked, giving smirk. "Yes, yes you are. Now move, I have things to do." the tanuki huffed, pushing him off his desk.

"No need to drop me like that." he huffed softly, as he got up from the floor. He wrapped his arms around himself. "Is there any blankets or somethin'? I'm feezin'."

"I can go look! No worries." Isabelle beamed. She got up from her chair. Before Tom or Redd could say a word, she was gone.

"Can I sit on your lap if I can't sit on the desk?" the kitsune asked, his tail slightly wagging side to side.

Tom let out sigh, as he pinched his nose. "No, I have work to do." he told, as he drank his coffee. He placed his cup on the desk, as he opened his laptop.

He twitched his ears when Redd let out sneeze. He sighed, as he opened his drawer. He went through the drawer, he took tissue box from it and handed it to Redd.

"Thanks." the kitsune mumbled as he took tissue from the box. He blew his nose. "I already hate this." he hissed, tossing the tissue into bin.

Isabelle returned, and handed blanket to Redd. "Here, ask if there is anything you need." she told, before she returned to her desk.

Redd wrapped himself to the blanket. He nuzzled to it with satisfied sigh. "So soft and warm." he said with soft chuckle, as he sat down to Tom's counter.

"If you want, there is couch in break room." Tom told. He got up and looked outside when he saw flash.