Chapter 17: New environment
The following morning Amari comes to consciousness from his sleep as he woken up by the sound of chirping birds and smell of the fresh morning atmosphere. He tries to get off the bed but can’t, but he debates with himself on whether he should continue sleeping for a little longer or get ready for school.
He is persuaded by how comfortable his bed is and finally convinces himself to carry on sleeping, but Nana intrudes his peaceful slumber by barging in the room.
’’Hey kid, it’s morning! wake up!’’
’’I’m up, I’m up!’’
’’Get yourself ready for breakfast, we don’t want to be late on your first day.’’
Amari responds by giving her a thumbs up. She leaves his room and heads downstairs to prepare breakfast. Amari finally gets up after minutes of contemplating on fully getting up from the bed, he drags his feet as he walks towards the bathroom. He walks in the bathroom and heads straight to the shower.
After a long and warm shower, he finally steps out and wipes himself dry before stepping out of the bathroom. Feeling refreshed he wipes himself dry with one of the towels. Before leaving the bathroom, he is caught by his refection from the bathroom mirror.
He stops to look at himself and is impressed with how clean he looks compared to when he was using the river to wash himself, but his problem was his hair, it was his first washing it and after it looked fuzzy and dry. It wasn’t something he was used too but he shrugs it off and goes to ready.
After finishing with everything upstairs he heads to the dining area for breakfast.Nana is already eating her breakfast, but he hears footsteps of someone else in the kitchen. He heads to the table and his plate is already there and takes his seat next to Nana.
’’Just so you know when our transport arrives, we’ll immediately. Whether you finished eating or not.’’
Amari nods and she finishes her food and leaves the plate on the table. She goes to the other room and takes one of her books to read while waiting for the transport.
The person that was busy in the kitchen comes to the dining room and it’s Nana’s maid. She smiles and waves at Amari and he greets her back, she takes Nana’s plate along with the cutlery she used to eat and returns to the kitchen.