It was the weekends, the afternoon weather was sunny with a bit of a light breeze, and Ater had just had a nice lunch by himself. What else was there to do but take a nap? Well he didn't want to go all the way back to the dorm to do that and risk running into people he'd rather not run into as it would completely ruin the perfect day of laziness he had planned out for himself as a reward for acing a test through the clever ruse of making a deal with a classmate to pass him some answers.
And people say 'teamwork' doesn't apply to exams.
Pleased with how the day was going, Ater climbed up one of the trees and sat himself on a sturdy branch, back to the trunk. He stretched and yawned and made himself comfortable. He was fast asleep within minutes with the rustling of the leaves and the occasional footsteps from the brick path below acting as his lullaby.
Not many people knew where he was from exactly, but there were a lot of trees around his home. He was used to sleeping up them and he had a favorite tree, one that caught the scent of the flower garden. The grass was freshly cut here, and that was one of the best scents to ever grace his nose. It was bliss.
However, sometimes people can get too comfortable and lose their bearings, which Ater would demonstrate half an hour into his nap by leaning too far to the side. A startled scream and a thud against the grass later, Ater found himself nearly breathless. "Owww... why wasn't I born as a cat...?"
@Lain
