The hot water splashed over Ryan, it felt good as it diluted the bleach. Then he saw that a pair of red sweat pants were stuck to the inside of the washing machine drum. As the water rose, Ryan knew the sweat pants would soon join him. Hot water, bleach, and red clothing: Ryan was sure he'd end up pink!
He shrieked unheard by Horst, "WAIT! HORST, there's RED sweat pants in here!"
Horst was in the other room, he switched on the computer and joined an active livestream video game. With his headset on max volume, even if Ryan had been human, his screams would have gone unheard.
"Hey, hunbun, are you doing laundry?" asked Horst's mother as she came home with a bag of groceries, and grocery store pizza for dinner.
"Huh?"asked Horst lifting one head phone away from his ear.
"Laundry?" she asked again as she walked into the game room.
"Yeah!"
His mother walked right in front of him blocking his screen view, and said, "Did you take my red sweat pants out of the washing machine before you started your load?"
"Sweat pants? RED SWEAT PANTS?" said Horst suddenly excited, "Sorry guys gotta go!" He clicked the exit icon, and dropped his gear and ran to the washing machine which was in spin cycle. Even a dumb jock like Horst understood the calamity of red clothing mixed with white in the wash.
His mother followed, "Please tell me you didn't use hot water and bleach!"