"Wait, you're opening the store all the time now, is that a good idea." Cherry asked.
"Yes some of the new villagers are nocturnal, relax the boys won't be up all night be cause they're kits and growing but they can help during the day." Tom replied to her and Tina, unaware the boys had snuck out to play with their new friend who was a male raccoon-kit.
"Dad won't know, as Pudgi is so fun, like us plus daddy is busy you know." Tommy said to Timmy makijg Timmy grin because his brother was becoming good friends with Pudgi as they were both shy, a little chubby and loved video-games like them plus his mom was the teacher of the night-elementary school that the nocturnal kids went to school.
"Timmy, Tommy over here," they heard Pudgi call.
They saw said male kit in an extra large hooded top with shorts, paw-bumping them makijg them chuckle as they were having fun chasing lightning bugs knowing Tom would flip if he found out that his boys were out all night with an new friend but it was worth the trouble.
"Your dad is cool, others like Red should leave him alone." Pudgi told them gulping seeing Crimson and Carmine makijg Pudgi hiss, he didn't like them being in his class making Timmy and Tommy understand, hugging him tellijg those two bothered them to the point wheretheir dad was putting them in private education after the holidays making Pudgi worry.
"Don't worry we can still hang out, you know, we're buds for life." Tommy assured him hearing the alarm on their phones go off meaningit was almost sunrise seeing Pudgi rubbing his eyes with his paw which they thought cute hugging him before leaving making it back to their house just in time seeing their dad sluggishly walkijg out of the kitchen with a mug of Brrewster's stromg coffee.
"Poor dad, he's goijg to be out all day." Tommy muttered.
"Yeah, he looks like a zombcoon like Pudgi told us." Timmy replied.
They saw their dad tired lyingon his furry side on the couch, putting a blanket around him, kissing his forehead which Cherry thought sweet, knowing how much they cared about their dad noticing they looked a little tired too hearing them stop her train of thoughthearing Tommy's phone buzz as it was NooksApp and Pudgi saying he figured out how to play Splatoonwithout an Nintendo Switch, asking if they were in.
"Hella yes we're in, it's gonna rock, what's with the face, bro." Tommy asked.
"We have to help with the store, Tommy asdad is counting on us while he sleeps." Timmy replied seeing Cherry and Tina wonder, what was goijg on hearing Tommy say making Tina understand, she knew Tommy liked hanging out with Pudgi.
"Go ahead sweetie, as I know how important this is to you, while your brother and I help with the store." she said to Tommy making him excited eating up fast, leaving the house noticing Timmy sigh, putting a paw on his shoulder.
"I know you two do everything together like playing with Tara and running the store but this is a good thing for the both of you, as one day one ofyou might want to go to college but the other might not, you boys are so good to your dad but you forget thatyou're not adults or mini ones you're seven, enjoy being little while you can." she told him.
That confused Timmy, as he never understood most of the stuff adults told him and Tommy except for their dad, they thought he was the coolest on the whole island no matter what others told them.
"Whoa, Pudgi wasn't kidding when he said he figured how to make Splatoon work without a Switch, you need a bath but you look like you had fun." Timmy said to Tommy who was covered in paintballs making Tina giggle as Tommy looked cute agreeing he needed a bath goijg to the bathroom as Timmy grinned noticing how happy Tommy was when they hung out with Pudgi.
He could hear Tommy telling their mom what happened, smiling at this after Tommy came out of the bath clean but in pyjamas hugging him seeing he was in a better mood listening to him explain seeing Tommy get it.