Old Book, New Chapter. - ReddNook

Chapter forty-one.

Day had switched to early evening, almost everyone had gathered to the plaza.
K.K. Slider took better grip from his guitar. "Hello, Cave. It's real groovy being here tonight." he began.

He kept short pause. "Feels like this dream I once had when I was just a scruffy pup with a shoebox guitar.

I was dreaming of hitting out on my own, wandering wherever my road would take me."

The terrier took better look at his audience, before he spoke again, "Dreaming of finding a magical place where cool cats like you would come together to see a stray like me."

He let out soft chuckle. "Sorry about that. I do ran on." he told. "Time to get your fingers snapping."

"Right on. This one goes out to all you cool cats on Cave. I call it Welcome Horizons." he said, before he started to play his guitar.

"Isn't this coolest?" Timmy asked from his brother. He shifted slightly, he looked over to his brother. "Yeah, coolest."

He looked up to his uncle. "Uncle Tom, why you look sad? Don't you like it?" he asked.

The tanuki flinced slightly to the little one's question. "Oh, no, I do like it, a lot." he told as he ruffled his hair.

"Is something wrong?" Tommy asked tilting his head slightly. "Yeah, is something wrong?" Timmy repeated.

"No, nothing. I just hoped Redd could be here with us, but sadly he didn't make it." he told. "You are making it sound like he passed away, Thomas." soft voice told.

The tanuki flicked his ears slightly, and turned around to see brown hedgehog. "Sable, you are here. I tought you said you wouldn't have time."

"Mm... Yes, I did. But Mabel made me come here, she even said I work more than you these days." the woman told, moving her hair from her face.

"That might be true, yes." Tom nodded. He flinched slightly when his phone started to buzz in his pocket.

He took his phone from his pocket, Redd. He let out soft sigh. "We can talk later." he told, as he moved aside.

Sable blinked, as she watched after the tanuki. "Well, how you two have been?" she asked with soft smile.

"We are fine, and we can reach topshelf!" Timmy said. "Right Tommy?" he asked looking over to his brother. Tommy nodded slightly.

"That's nice to hear." Sable hummed softly. She looked over to Tom, who was walking back and forth.

"You two, promise to look after him." she told, placing her hands to the twins shoulders. "If he comes back, I'm over there." she added, pointing at her sister and Isabelle.

Timmy took glance of his brother. "Yeah, we can do that." he nodded. Tommy tilted his head slightly, watching after the hedgehog. "What, what did she mean by, look after him?" he asked carefully.
"I don't know." he shrugged.

Tom let out soft sigh, as he ended the call. He walked back over to the little ones.
Timmy flicked his tail gently. "Who was it? ...was it?" he asked, Tommy coming behind him.

"Redd, he only asked how long we are going to be gone." he told with soft chuckle, slipping his phone to his pocket. He twitched his ears when K.K. stopped playing.

The musician waited to clapping to die down before he spoke up, "Thank you so much. I'll be here every Saturday evening from now on."

He went through the crowd, playing few tunes. "I do have time before I hit the road again, I can take few wishes." he told, tapping side of his guitar.

He looked over to the human. "You, do you have anything on your mind?" he asked, tilting his head slightly.

Nico took back a little. "I, uh... I don't know..." they murmured. Maple gave slight push to his shoulder. "I know you would like to." she said.

He pushed his glasses better to his nose. He was hesitant before he spoke up, "Well, if it's really not a truble, could you play K.K. Rock?" he asked.
The terrier gave nod. "Right on. I'm tuned up and ready to roll." he told.

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*Hello, it's me.
Just letting you know, I ain't gonna post anything next weeks Wednesday and Saturday.
I am going to visit my friend, and I just wanna be. Thank you.