Tom Nookie

First Date

Both you and Nook stood by the coffee shop. The two of you glare at the sky in adornment. Well, at least you did... But it seems Mr. Nook was admiring something else...

You take your eyes off the horizon to look over at Mr. Nook. He gazed at you with brightest of eyes. You couldn't help but blush as well. 

"M-Mr. Nook?-" 

"Huh? OH! M-Ms. Y/n!" He quickly froze in thought. 

"I think I know where we should go" You smile. 

"Oh?" he tilts his head. 

"Come'on!" You giggle as you took him by the hand and ran over to shop area. 

He followed along whilst discreetly hiding his flustered face. 

You lead him to the museum where you find yourselves with Blathers who was still sleeping, which was odd because he is usually awake by now... 

You both look at each other and try to be as quiet as possible... 

"So which exhibit if your favorite?" You whisper.

"I'm not sure Ms. Y/n! To be frank I've never really visited T/n's museum..." 

"Well... Lets go to this one first then!" You reply quietly as the two of you walk into the art section of the museum. 

Y/n's POV

From the whole museum, this seemed to be quietest exhibit... I could hear our footsteps on the beige carpet, and our clothes ruffle as we moved forward through the hall. 

"Wow Ms. Y/n. This is a very interesting array of art!" He gestured. 

"Yes and my most expensive donation!" I laugh.

"Expensive? Don't tell me you were the one who donated all these paintings Ms. Y/n!" 

"I sure did!" 

"Where in the world did you obtain such original artwork!?" He blinks in surprise. 

"Oh well I buy them from a friend of mine. He calls himself Crazy Redd, Sable mentioned you knew him..." I look over at Nook who seemed to be have a slight frown on his face. 

Did I say something wrong?

He went silent for a moment and then looked back at me. 

"Please do be careful Ms. Y/n..." He mutters as he stares down at the floor. 

"What do you mean Ms. Nook? Did something happen between you and Redd?" I ask curiously. 

"Well... It.... erm.... It was a long time ago..." He shook his head. He seemed to be more reserved in touching the topic... I look at him worriedly, it appeared as if they didn't have such a good history... 

I reach out to hold his hand as I grasped the side of his face gently. His eyes widened and his face quickly tints a shade of pink. "I understand." I say softly as I try to comfort his unease on the subject. 

He grips my hand back and looks over at the painting once more. "When I was younger... I had an ambition to start a large selling business... But I didn't have much... All I had were my friends... Me and Sable have great childhood memories... That was before Redd came in.... After deciding to make my way into the city I found myself struggling to make a living... And Redd.... He made it even worse... I ended up losing everything..." He sighs. "I haven't seen his unpleasant face since..." 

"That sounds awful..." I nod as I look up to the painting as well. 

"Tell Ms. Y/n... Is he really that good of a friend of your's?.."