It has become a habit to observe her movements.
He listens to her humming and watches her loves her humming, it's smooth and soothing.
She sways over to her dresser and grabs the purple bottle.
He cocks his head in interest.
When she brings the purple bottle to the preening room she doesn't come out for a long time. He wonders what she does in the preening room for such a lengthy amount of time.
He doesn't have anything better to do and his curiosity is growing. She heads to the door and he decides to follow her.
He trails behind her discreetly as she exits the room. He is careful to keep his nails from scratching against the floor.
She enters the preening room and he slithers in after her darting beneath a discarded towel.
She bends over the big porcelain tub, sets the purple bottle down on the ledge, and turns the shiny knob thingies on the big tub.
Water gushes from the faucet and he shudders. He doesn't like when she preens him in the little porcelain tub.
She tips the purple bottle, mutters, puts it back down, and leaves the room.
He cautiously tip toes out from beneath the towel and approaches the big tub.
He stands on his hind legs to get a better view into the bath and is fascinated to see a strange foam in the water.
He inches towards the purple bottle, noses it, and skitters back in panic as it tips and falls on its side.
He inches back and watches in fascination as pretty pearly liquid escapes from the top and pours slowly into the water.
He sneezes violently as a heavy sweet smell tickles his nose.
Peering into the tub and he is startled to see the fluffy foam is growing larger. Strange rainbowy circular things are rising in the water.
He loves fluffiness and this white stuff seems like perfection.
Footsteps alert him to her presence and he wiggles back beneath the towel.
She mutters some choice explatives and rights the bottle.
The strange fluffy whiteness and sparkly spheres have perked his curiosity and he wants to know what they are.
As she enters the room he decides he wants to know and prepares to make his presence known.
Just as he worms free of the towel she drops her robe on him and he is left in darkness. He hears her slip into the water as he tries to wiggle out from beneath the robe prison.
He frees himself and she submerges herself in the water and fluffiness.
He waits by the side of the tub for her to reappear so he can ask about the strangeness in the water.
When she doesn't reappear quickly he begins to chitter in panic.
The white fluffiness has eaten her! He must save her.
He clamps his front paws on the side of the tub and tries to pull himself up. His nails scrabble frantically against the porcelain, trying to gain purchase on the slick sides only to slide off.
He swipes frantically at the evil whiteness and it pops and some sticks to his paws.
She bursts back up startling him.
He chitters at her angrily. He was so frightened that the whiteness had eaten her.
Why would she be so stupid, getting caught by the evil fluff?
She screams and he back pedals in panic.
"Myka?!" Pete man yells
"I'm okay…Everything is alright" she replies catching her breath
"Did you see yourself in the mirror?" Idiot man jokes and she snorts
He squeaks angrily at them for being so stupid, the white stuff still had the rest of her trapped.
"Is that your ferret?"
"Yeah"
The door opens, "Why do you torture him with baths when he doesn't-"
"PETE!"
"Oh Uh! I thought you were giving him…uh" Pete man turns red.
Pete man can change colors.
He cocks his head to the side distracted by this new development, no longer worried that the strange fluff is hurting her. Pete man would have saved her by now if the fluff was dangerous.
He moves back to the tub and pokes his head in the fluff then sneezes and shakes his head as it sticks to his fur. He backs up then approaches cautiously looking at her.
The two are distracted by his antics.
"He's never seen bubbles before." She laughs and brings out her hand scooping up bits of fluff. Bubbles she called them.
He scrabbles at her hand and bubbles float to the floor and others pop.
He likes these…bubbles, they are fun.
He wants more.
He scrabbles to get into the big tub. Perhaps bathes are not such a bad thing after all.
They laugh at his curiosity and fascination.
"Rubba dub dub three ferrets in a tub" jokes Pete man
"Hey! You better not be calling me a ferret"
"Never and that would require three bodies in the tub" says Pete man
Pete man turns red again and she sinks lower into the tub.
"I'll just be going now..."
"Can you take bath tub ferret with you?"
Pete man nods and picks him up
"And Pete…thank you…for checking on me" she says as Pete man leaves the preening room.
"Always." He replies
This time she turns red.
He wonders again how they change colors.
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