"Uuh,..." Tom said feeling not like himself, it was after Turkey Day and he, Cherry along with Timmy and Tommy but had eaten a ot only that wasn't it as his nose hirt, feeling it was starting to leak among other things yet he had work to do despite feeling off getting up slowly and getting dressed sluggishly hearing Cherry, Timmy and Tommy up goijg downstairs seeing them up, only Cherry sensed something was off with her cousin making Timmy and Tommy confused, was their dad okay?
"I think he has or getting a cold which happensthis time of year but he's okay, don't worry." Cherry reassured them.
She was making them breakfast hearing Tom sneezing a lot making Cherry guess that her theory might be right seeing her nephews agree realising it mightn't be a good idea for him to go to work today seeing their dad shaking his furry head drinkijg coffee saying he was fine leaving the house seeing them sigh making Cherry understand, knowinghow much they cared about their dad knowing he caredabout them ever since he'd adopted them which Cherry knew about.
"We should go, you know?" Timmy whispered to Tommy.
They were leaving to go check on their dad seeing Cherry going with them, she was worried about her cousin even though he was being stubborn as usual even though it involved hishealth seeing Brewster call them, making them exchange a look going imto the Roost finding Tom sitting at a table resting his head on a table, seeing he wasn't feeling good, as Cherry put a paw on his furry head, feeling he was warm, very warm.
"Yep he has a bad cold alright, we need to get him home no matter what he says." Cherry saidseeing Timmy and Tommy agree wondering about the shop seeing Cherry sigh, guessing the villagers would understand that her cousin wasn't feeling so great and needed to rest telling them the store might be closed until their dad felt better, which made them worried, their dad would flip if he foundout.
"He'll understand once we explain, money isn't everything boys." she assured them.
"We know but our dad likes it well besides us, I hope he understands." Timmy replied.
"Yeah he only takes time off on Countdown along with Isabelle." Tommy added, returning to the Nook house entering putting Tom on the couch wrapping a blanket around him gently, knowing he would get better with their help along with the cold running it's course relieving Timmy and Tommy hearing the phone ring, as one of them answered, it was Isabelle wondering where the heck Tom was, handing the phone to Cherry, explaining who it was which she understood takijg it from her nephews, checking on their dad who was still sleeping.
"Don't worry daddy, we've got you, just rest up, even if we closed the store until you get better." Timmy whispered seeing his brother face-palm hoping their dad didn't hear that knowing he might freak and try to open the store despite being sick seeing Cherry hanging the phone up.
"Is everythijg okay, is Isabelle mad?" Tommy asked.
"No after I explained, she understood." Cherry replied.
"Ohhhh that's good, aunt." Timmy replied to
She nodded as she was making soup for her cousin impressing the twins, as she explained that helpedwith colds and flu along with medicine making them agreeihg knowing when they got hurt or sick, their dad worried about them helpinf them get better so wanted to help him get better well if he let them which Cherry hoped would happen as she was making tea, adding honey into it, to help her cousin'sthroat
After a while, Tom began to stir feeling terrible wondering what was going on, why he was feeling like this hearing Cherry explaining seeing him sigh as he hated missing work despite being sick, drinking the tea coughing a lot, feeling Cherry rubbing his back seeing his boys bring him tissues for his nose, as it was leaking.
"Thanks guys, I feel terrible, at least somebody's taking care ofthe store." he said weakly seeing Timmy and Tommy exchange a worried look hearing Cherry tell them to go play, knowing their dad might react better to their aunt explaining hearing coughing and worry guessing Cherry had told him, sighing hoping their dad would relax, the villagers would understand, there were more stores on the island besides theirs.
"We should let him rest guys, he'll need it to get better." Cherry said.
"Yeah we know, everybody gets sick like daddy told us when we were littler." Tommy said making Timmy agreeing with his brother only they wondered something if Cherry was staying, why couldn't she have her own house instead of sharing with them which surprised Cherry, finding their logic sweet.
"Getting a house takes a lot of bells and red tape, even if your dad runs Nook Homes that would be too much, I'm happy living here with you." she replied unaware this was not the end of the matter once her nephews set their minds to something guessing they could ask Isabelle about that, she ran Resident Services after all.
"Hey guys why did you talk to Isabelle about buying a house, you're just kits!" Tom said coughing and still feeling terrible.
"It's not for us, we still wanna live here with you, the house's for Aunt Cherry since she's going to be staying here, so she has her own space where we're not in her fur." Tommy reassured him handing him a tissue seeing him blowing into it.
"I think that's a great idea but it has to wait until I feel up to it, alright?" he replied seeing them nod getting excited about buying a house making their dad smirk burning up only he saw his boys age up into teens in his feverish mind blinking seeing his boys asthey normally were.
"Daddy you okay, why so flushed and worried?" Timmy asked.
"Go get a cold cloth, he's burning up." Cherry told them.
She was surprised hearing her cousin tell her the image of his boys as teens, with reassuring him that was part of the fever knowing that would be a long time before that happened, seeing them return with a lot of cold cloths makijg her smile at them making them wonder what was goijg on.
"Oh nothing boys." she replied.