Tom Nookie

Back Pain (Short. Chap)

Your POV

After a long day of fishing, I open the door to my house and collapse onto the couch. I take a deep breath and sigh. It has been a long day, especially with the fishing tourney. I can't believe I got 2nd place again... 

One day I'll be first... One day...

The door opens again, I jump and turn to see Nook who has just arrived from work as well. He has his hand on his back, walking as if he were injured. I rest my head on the couch, "Are you alright Mr. Nook?" 

He turns to me and quickly fixes his posture, "Ms. Y/n! I didn't see you there! I'm well! How are you this eve- ACK" he crouches and starts to whimper. I quickly got up, "Nook are you hurt!?" 

"No- No- I'm just fine... It's only minor back pain..." He nods while scrunching his eyebrows. I panic, "Minor!? Come, we have to get you to bed." I say and help him up into my room. He sits on the bed, "I'm alright! You don't need to-" 

I gently push him down onto the pillow, "Lay on your stomach and tell me where it hurts." I say and gesture at his back. He shyly turns around, his face stuffed onto the pillow. Nook points at his lower back. 

"Nook, you really have to start taking stretch breaks between work hours!"  I facepalm. He only groans into the pillow. I sigh and lift his shirt up a little. He flinched. "O-Oh dear! Ms. Y/n may you tell me why you are-" 

"I need you to take off your vest, if that's ok with you Mr. Nook." I nod.

His face flushed but continued to take his vest off. I then began to unbutton his shirt. He looks up at me wide eyed, his tail perks up. I slowly pulled his shirt down. Nook gulps, "D-Don't you think it's too early for this M-Ms. Y/n?" 

I smile, "What, of course not! Just lay down, I'll leave you feeling better in no time." 

Nook covers his face in his paws, "I-I don't think this is necessary! It's just- just simple back pain!" 

"Don't worry Mr. Nook, it'll be quick!" I nod and rub oil in my hands. I slide him down onto the bed. His face reddens. "W-What if the nooklings see us!" he sputters. 

"They won't know." I giggle. His tail immediately puffs up as he begins to sweat nervously. "Relax, you look tense!" I insisted as I ran my hand down his back. His face looked burning hot, he exclaims, "I-I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS MS. Y/N, I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD WAIT!!!" 

I tilt my head, "Nobody has ever given you a massage before?" 

"N-NO I-" Nook pauses, "Did you say massage?" 

"Yeah what else did you think I was doing silly" I laugh. 

He chuckles nervously, "N-Nothing at all! Go on..." 

I raise my eyebrow. Why else would I take his shirt off?... "Ok, so tell me if it hurts." I nod and proceed to press on his lower back. He soon grunts, "There-"

"Ok, let me just..." I say and slowly massage his lower back. "Owww..." He whines. "Well that's what happens when you don't take a break, Nook! You really should take better care of yourself!" I exclaim and continue to rub him. 

"Yes, yes. I do apologize for the trouble..."  He mumbles into the pillow. 

"Nothing is a trouble when it's for you Mr. Nook." I blush and stroke the back of his head. He chuckles and wags his tail. "WHAHA, stop! Your tail is tickling me!" I laughed.

 "I cannot control it, I do apologize!!!" 

"It's not a problem. I'll just-" I nod and sit on his legs instead. "There, much better." 

He remained silent as I continued to massage him. Something about his soft fur calmed me. His back was warm I could almost hug him... But that would be weird!!! I shook the thought out of my head. 

Suddenly I hear his back pop, "WAH- OooOoh" His stiff shoulders fell down. "Are you alright Mr. Nook!?" I lean forward to face him. Nook's eyes rolled back, "Mmh..." his ear twitched a little. I giggled, "Mr. Nook!?" 

"Oh, please do continue..." He closes his eyes. 

I smile, "Of course" 

I felt his fur rise while I pressed down onto his back. "Hmmm~" He sighs. After a while I stop and look at him, "How do you feel Mr. Nook?" 

He opens his eyes and sits up. His fur messy and face droopy. Nook stretches, "Thank you Y/n. It helped me so very much." 

I sat down next to him. "I told you it would! Next time, try to take more breaks alright?" I cup his cheek into my hand. He nods sheepishly. 

The door creaks open, "Uncle Nook?" Timmy trots into the room. Nook and I flinch and fall back into each other. Tommy raises his eyebrow, "And why are you shirtless?" 

Lyle peeks through the door, "Hey Boss, I came to drop off your kids! I-..." Lyle quickly covers Timmy and Tommy's eyes. "GEEZ! Not in front of the kids!" Lyle shouts. 

"Mr. Lyle, t-this is not what it seems!" Nook jumps.  

"What does that mean, Mr. Lyle?" Timmy scratches his head. Lyle only nods disappointingly at us and proceeds to lead the nooklings out the door. 

"Lyle wait!" I exclaim. 

Lyle adjusts his glasses, "Next time, lock the door you two..." he then closes the door. 

"Oh no he must've gotten the wrong idea!" I facepalm and then pause. "Wait... Mr. Nook... At the beginning did you think we were going to-" 

"I SHOULD REALLY BE GOING NOW!" He quickly stood up and took off. 

"Wait you forgot your shirt!!!" I chase after him.