Helios flattened his little dark ears, but otherwise didn’t appear to be too concerned about the puppy. Summer chuckled. “Hi, Ace. I guess your a/c isn’t getting on well with this heat either?” She lowered her gaze to Diesel and gave that particular type of smile people often give to cute animals. “You should probably let them sniff each other. I, um, I was thinking I’d probably leave my door open during the day until it cools down some. Helios and I don’t live a very, um, exuberant lifestyle? But if it’s a problem let me know.”
“It isn’t, and I’m pissed,” he muttered, gaze drifting down to the puppy that squirmed in his arms to sniff at Summer’s feline friend.
Begrudgingly, he gave into the girl’s suggestion and set Diesel between their feet, who promptly made work of trying to launch his chubby little body onto the couch cushion.
“You’re too short. Quit while you’re ahead.” Ace spoke to Diesel like he would even register the annoyance in his owner’s voice, before directing his attention towards the red-haired girl once again.
“Same here, then, until I can scrounge up enough cash for a new one. You’re fine, by the way.”
Helios leaned down, ears and whiskers swept back, to cautiously sniff at Diesel, before he sat back up and began to assiduously wash his face. “Good boy,” Summer told him, and he slitted his eyes at her. “Mine still works,” she told Ace, sorting through her box for another spool of wire. “It’s just really struggling in this heat, so I figure I’m better off money-wise if I just turn it off during the day. I can’t pay four hundred dollar electricity bills.
She began to thread gemstone chips onto the wire. “So it’s just you and Diesel over there?”