#spoole

Furosity

“You’d think more people would adopt black cats during Halloween, right Spoole?” Adam asks, looking over at his friend as he helped set up decorations for the adoption day. Black and orange streamers adorned the walls as paper mache pumpkins rested on the front counter out of reach of mischievous furballs.

“I mean I think that’d make sense, like I know there’s a superstition about black cats during October, but I don’t think that’s super common today?” Spoole shrugged as he placed a skeleton cat next to the adoption forms on the counter. “I’d be thrilled to adopt a black cat, I wouldn’t have to worry about their hair showing up on my dark clothes as much as with a white or gray cat.” He grinned gesturing towards Adams' dark colored ensemble with copious amounts of cat hair strewn about. 

“Oh shit I didn’t even think about that, they might show up a little bit but not as bad as what I look like now.” Adam laughs at himself as he notices the fur all over him. “I do not regret cuddling those cats one bit, how could you resist something like that unless you’re a psycho.”

Spoole hummed back in agreement as they finished up decorating the area. The decoration boxes were cleared away and the floor was swept leaving the area spotless as they finished up their volunteer duties. Donning their hoodies they stepped out onto the sidewalk, breathing in the crisp fall air.

“You know, I feel like if we dressed up the cats in little Halloween costumes and posted pictures online we’d have more people come out.” Spoole suggested as they approached his car parked on the curb. 

“I’ll tell you what, you dress up those cats in costumes and I’ll be happy to take their pictures for you. If I’m feeling nice I might even supply some first aid to your wounds afterwards.” Adam chuckled at the idea pretending to ignore his friend's unamused face. “Listen I agree it would probably get some people out to see the animals, but I have experience dressing up cats in costumes and those two rarely mix well.” 

Spoole rolled his eyes in response as he slipped behind the wheel and closed his car door. “That’s a risk I’m willing to take if it gets those adorable, precious, and sweet cats in a good home.” 

“I’m not saying we shouldn’t do it, just that we’ll need some protective gear, you know I want those kitties to go to a good home too.” Adam replied as he buckled in. “Let’s go to Petsmart and get stocked up, but if they don’t have any cute cat costumes we’re heading to a different store, sound good?” He asked, sticking out his hand towards Spoole.

 “You’ve got yourself a deal Ellis.” Spoole grinned as he grasped Adam's hand and shook it, sealing the deal.

“Good, we’re going to need to stock up on a hell of a lot of treats for this.” Adam grinned as they pulled out and onto the main road.