Old Book, New Chapter. - ReddNook

Chapter forty-two.

Evening went on, and it was time to Mr. Slider to leave.
As the crowd left, Slider got up from the chair he was sitting at. He lowered his gaze to Tom.

"Ah, Mr. Nook," the terrier hummed as he packed his guitar to its case. "It was honor to be here, thank you." he said, taking the tanuki's hand to his own to give him handshake.

Tom flinched slightly when Slider took his hand. "Oh, no, thank you sir." he said giving a little smile. "But, you are leaving right away, hm?" he asked, letting the terrier's hand go.

The musician gave slight nod. "Yes, that was my plan. But I am coming back next Saturday." he told as he lifted the case to his shoulder.

"Oh, well then, I hope safe flight to you." Tom said. "And, thank you again." he added.
K.K. gave a nod, as he started to walk down the bath. "Hope to see you next week." he told giving slight wave to the tanuki.

He flicked his tail gently as he watched after the musician. He sighed softly, as he ran his hand through his hair.

"Uncle Tooom, can we go now?" Timmy whined as he jumped on the stool.
Tom flinched slightly, he looked over to him. "Oh, of course we can. But get off the stool, you could get hurt." he told.

"I'm thirteen, I'll be fine." he told as he stepped down. The tanuki shook his head slightly. "Let's go, it's time to go sleep soon." he told.

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Redd let out soft sigh as he got up from the couch. His ears pricked up when front door opened.

He went to hallway, and moved his gaze to the twins and Tom. He flicked his tail. "Nooksie! You're back!"

Tom nodded. "Now, go to shower you two and after that you should eat something. Then go to bed, understand?" he told.

Timmy let out groan, as he took Tommy's hand. "Fine, we are going." he murmured.

The kitsune watched after the boys, then moved his gaze back to the tanuki. His tail gently wagging side to side. "Sooo, how was it?"

"It, it was great. But how are you?" Tom asked, with slight tilt of his head. "I, guess better. Fever has gone down slightly." the kitsune shrugged. "But I wanna sleep now."

He chuckled softly. "You have been sleeping all day." he hummed, as he placed his hand against Redd's cheek. "But yes, we can go sleep too, after we have eaten something."

He ran his hand through Redd's hair. "I like how your hair looks." he told, as he went to the kitchen. "You do?" the kitsune asked, following after him.

"Yes, you usually keep it on ponytail, but that looks nice too." Tom hummed softly. The kitsune flicked his tail slightly. "It's just a messy bun." he said.

"It still does look good, it shows more of your face." he told, taking butter from the fridge.
"Wait, you're just tryin' to make me feel better, right?"
"What? No. I really do mean it."
"Are ya sure?"

"Redd, what would make you think I would do something like that? Is it the fever?" Tom asked, as he placed his hand against Redd's forehead.

"I just, dunno." the kitsune mumbled as he moved his gaze from the tanuki. The tanuki sighed softly. "Is this about what you said at day time?" he asked.

"It doesn't matter. Let's just, eat, yeh let's do that so I can go back to sleep." Redd told with soft chuckle.
"Fine, but please, understand you can always talk with me." Tom told. He gave nod to this.