You wake up to the first gentle rays of sunshine seeping through the blinds. The storm has passed and the sky was clear once again. Instead of getting up and embracing the new day however, you rolled to your side in hopes to escape the sun.

It was no good. You were already awake and judging by the sound of it, Asriel was too. He kept pacing back and forth in the room, almost as if he was afraid of something.

"Morning." You said, half asleep as you sat up on your bed. You never were the morning type of person.

"Good morning." He chirped, shooting you a happy smile.

It kind of surprised you. You weren't all that friendly to him yesterday.

Asriel, being the observant type of guy that he is, immediately picked up on your changed expression.

"You look pretty adorable when your sleeping, you know." He looked at you with an adoring gaze, speaking as if he was struggling to contain his excitement.

Your expression dropped to something more serious.

"Did you seriously just admitted that you watch me while I sleep?" You didn't sound happy about it, not in the slightest.

"C'mon now. It happened only once." Asriel tried to justify his actions.

"We met only a day ago." You gave him a stern look.

"Please don't look at me like that, your giving me the creeps." A hint of fear lingered in his voice as he averted his gaze.

What's it with him? First he's talking about you and him potentially being in a relationship and now he's watching you sleep.

"Well, I'm going to take a shower." Asriel said in a more lively matter, only to disappear into the bathroom soon after.

You simply began to stare out of the window, watching the various students move around the campus. It was a sunny morning with only a few clouds dotting the sky. While the sound of flowing water was faintly running from behind the bathroom door, you watched if anything interesting happened outside. One student had his sandwich stolen by a bird and another student decided to perform an improvised street magic show. Other than that, nothing eventful happened. That was until the sounds from within the bathroom fell silent and the door opened. Seconds later Asriel's reflection appeared in the window. You immediately looked somewhere that wasn't the window or the general direction of the bathroom.

"BLOODY HELL, I did NOT need to see that!" You exclaimed, more annoyed than flustered.

Asriel simply stood there with a rather confused look on his face. It's like he's completely oblivious to the situation he's in right now.

"Put on some clothes already, you look like your freezing." You, more or less, ordered him.

"I'm not freezing. Actually, I think it's pretty warm in here." He said, still not picking up on what's going on right now.

"I'm trying to give the benefit of the doubt right now." You paused for a second, then sighed. "Just put on some clothes, you idiot."

Now that you've seen more of him than you ever wanted to, you could conclude that he was, at best, average in every way imaginable.

It looks like Asriel finally realized the situation and, without a warning, dashed towards the wardrobe on the other side of the room. The one that, of course, was opposite of where you were sitting right now. Only seconds later and he was back in the bathroom again.

While you were still processing what exactly just happened, the door to the bathroom opened again.

"Sorry about that." Asriel sounded embarrassed, the skin underneath his fur dusted in pink.

"Let's just forget that ever happened. I'll definitely try." You said dismissively. Right now you just wanted to forget what you saw.

After an incredibly awkward moment of silence, you too decided to take a shower. Once you grabbed some fresh clothes from your wardrobe you entered the bath, making sure you lock the door behind you. Maybe a cold shower will erase these pictures from your mind.

A few minutes later you were done showering and were now busy drying yourself. If there's one downside to being a Neko it'd be drying your ears and tail. It was cumbersome, sometimes even a little painful, but you managed. Now, freshly dressed and ready to face god knows what the day has in store for you, you left the bath and were immediately met by Asriel, who was staring at you.

"Is there a reason as to why you're staring at me like that?" You asked, keeping an indifferent expression.

"I always thought cats dislike water." Asriel sounded confused, for whatever reason.

"Well only a very small part of me is cat so..." You started off but were interrupted when Asriel pointed a laser pointer on the floor in front of you.

"Just what exactly are you trying to accomplish?" You gave him a questioning look, sounding almost offended.

"You said you're part cat so I though that, maybe, you'll pounce on the red spot." Asriel spoke in an almost juvenile tune, smiling widely.

"How about I..." You paused once you realized just how wrong what you were about to say sounded." You know what, never mind."

"How about catnip?" Asriel was a little too curious for you liking.

"How about you keep that stuff as far away from he as possible. The last thing you want to see is me under the effect of catnip." Your tail started to quickly swish back and forth as you spoke in a serious, almost angry, voice.

"What happened the last time you had catnip?" Asriel seemed clearly intrigued.

"You do not want to know, trust me." Your ears began to vibrate. You were slowly getting really agitated.

"But I really do want to know." He kept trying to get an answer out of you.

"Alright, fine. You want answers, I'll give you answers. When consumed it acts as a sedative. When smelled it can drive a cat crazy. Due to brain differences between actual cats and Nekos, Nekos have to be exposed for longer than normal cats for the catnip to take effect. The downside, the effect will also last longer. A Neko that's intoxicated by the smell of catnip will act very 'affectionate'. If a Neko eats catnip they'll basically become useless for the next thirty to sixty minutes." You gave a very brief talk on the effects of catnip on Nekos, sounding a little aggressive while doing so.

"Basically a drug." Asriel concluded.

"Yes, though it's widely accepted in society. Much like alcohol, cigarettes or caffeine. For now at least." You sat back down on your bed, eyes fully open.

"So, what happened the last time you were exposed to catnip?" Asriel kept asking question, too many question.

"I called the guy working at the dorm office a bloody idiot. Now, how about you stop asking this question. I'm slowly getting the feeling you're up to something." Your eyes narrowed as you looked at Asriel. Your voices sounded clearly unamused.

He simply looked at you in innocence.

"If I find catnip in my food, you'll regret it." You had a dead serious expression on your face.

"How about we get breakfast?" Once again Asriel simply changed the topic, sounding nervous as he avoided looking at you.

You sighed. "Sounds fine to me."

"Alright then." You gave Asriel a genuine smile as you extended your hand towards him. "I'm ____, nice to meet you."numerous students, many of them whispering amongst each other. Most of the things they talked about weren't all too pleasant while others were blatant lies. Like you and Asriel being in a relationship. Because falling in love with someone, confessing to them and that someone reciprocate these feeling all within a few hours after you met is totally possible. You actually recognized some of the faces from yesterdays crowd. None of them dared to approach you or Asriel, at least while you were still around. They were simply too scared off you. You continued walking at you usual pace but slowed down a little once you realized Asriel was struggling to keep up with you.

"____, I don't know what you did yesterday. I don't want to know what you did, but it looks like it worked. I can finally walk around without a bunch of people swarming me." He shot you a wide smile, sounding incredibly relieved.

"They're simply a little afraid off me. I'm pretty sure they'll swarm you again as soon as they catch you alone." You voice sounded rather casual.

"Then I just have to stay close to you at all times." He said jokingly as he nudged your sides.

You stopped in your tracks, tail beginning to swish back and forth again.

"C'mon now, cheer up a little. You don't have to be so grumpy all the time." He quickly moved in front of you, tilting his head to the side as he smiled at you.

"I'm not grumpy, I just have little patience for meaningless idiocy." You rolled your eyes as you walked past Asriel.

"That sounds grumpy if you ask me." He spoke in a playful tune, walking next to you.

"Well, guess I'm grumpy then." You simply shrugged and kept walking.

"Really, no snarky remark, no glare, nothing?" Asriel seemed a little disappointed.

"And play directly in your hands? No thanks." Undeterred, you kept walking. The cafeteria was in sight and you were hungry.

Numerous people were sitting in the cafeteria, enjoying their food as usual. Most students stopped doing whatever it was the moment they saw Asriel. None of them dared to speak up however, not while you're still there. It's been half a day at best and people all over college were talking about yesterdays events. This could prove to be troublesome.

Everyone returned to what they were doing shortly after and you walked up to the counter. Once you picked up your breakfast you began looking for a table to sit at. After looking for a while and finding nothing, you felt Asriel tapping you on the shoulder. He pointed to an empty table. At first you gave him a questioning look but then simply shrugged your shoulders and followed him.

You and Asriel sat down, facing one another. It was at moments like this where you regretted having sensitive ears. Students immediately began gossiping about you and Asriel. Some convinced you were dating, other saying you're holding him hostage. Yet others suggested he was simply using you to keep the others away from him. Your ears turned to the side and your pupils began to dilate, something that didn't go unnoticed by Asriel.

"Everything alright?" He looked at you as if he was trying to figure you out. It seemed as if he doesn't know all that much about a cat's body language.

"Just a bunch of idiot running their mouths. Nothing out of the ordinary." You spoke in an almost condescending manner.

"You can actually hear what they're saying?" He sounded impressed.

"Can you tell me what everyone's talking about?" Asriel immature side began to shine through.

"Gossip, mainly. The guys over there for example." You mentioned towards a group of people, three tables to the left. "They're talking about whether we're dating or not." You sounded rather dismissive.

"What about the guys sitting over there." Asriel pointed towards a table filled with familiar faces, a look of curiosity on his face.

"They're arguing who is the best 'Waifu', whatever that might be. Probably something stupid." You sounded almost as if you have given up on humanity.

"Seriously, they're arguing about something that stupid. The answer is simple. It's that cat dude from that one anime." He said with confidence, an almost cocky expression on his face.

That cat dude from that one anime. He could only be more specific if he said something like: that one character from that one particular anime.

"I'm not even going to bother asking." You slowly shook your head, using one hand to keep it from sinking down too far.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that? He's pretty cute for guy and I'm pretty sure you'd agree if I show you." He was surprised by your reaction, looking at you as if you had three heads.

"You know what, let's just forget we ever talked about this. I couldn't care less about 'Waifus', much less about which one is supposed to be the best." You sounded almost broken and could feel parts of your sanity slowly melting away.

Breakfast continued in silence between you and Asriel.

Asriel, although he didn't show it, was disappointed. You once again blocked his attempts at small talk

After a while Asriel looked up again.

"Hey, you wanna go and check out the clubs?" Asriel looked at you, sounding eager to find a club to join. Or maybe he simply wants to spend more time with you so he could get to know you. You weren't quite sure.

"Fine." You responded plenty of clubs for you to check out so you might as well give it a try.

You and Asriel left the cafeteria and made for the club section.

"Hey, what about this club?" Asriel pointed to a familiar door.

"You don't want to go in there, trust me." You tried to discourage him from entering THAT room.

"It's just the anime club. It can't be THAT bad." He sounded blissfully unaware of what he was about to get himself into.

"Suit yourself, I'll be waiting somewhere over there." You said and left him be.

Once you disappeared around a corner you leaned back against the wall, and listened. Asriel was greeted in a similar way like you were. And just as you expected he left as soon as he go the chance, which took him a lot longer than you.

"You were right, I did not want to go there." Asriel looked slightly disturbed.

"I did saw another interesting club though." He added somewhat confident.

"If it's the gaming club, don't bother." You once again discouraged him.

Asriel sighed and you continued walking down the hallways, checking out numerous clubs. Most of them didn't sound all too appealing.

"Seriously, aren't there any good clubs around here." It seemed as if Asriel was growing frustrated.

"Why don't you join a sports team?" You suggested.

"Because I already have more than enough groupies. If I were to join a sports team, I'd have to wear sportswear. Sportswear is either really tight or really revealing. Both options will draw even more attention to me and I really don't want to deal with that." Asriel seemed to dislike your idea, a lot.

"Then how about you think about it for a day or two." You looked at him with a rather blank stare.

"Sounds like a plan to me." He didn't sound all that convinced.

You returned to your shared room and just sat there. Time was crawling since there wasn't all that much to do. That was until Asriel was starting to play with his laser pointer again. Where did he even got that thing? Your eyes followed the red dot as it darted across the room. What does he hope to accomplish?

"Seriously, that laser pointer again?" You were clearly not amused and your expression made that quite clear.

"It was worth a shot." Asriel shrugged and put his toy away again.

"Why do you have that thing anyway?" You asked in a demanding tone.

"Presentations." He answered a little too quickly.

"What kind of presentations?" You further inquired, sounding more and more serious.

"Is this some sort of tribunal or what?" He tried to avoid your questions, as he began to feel more and more uneasy.

"You knew you'd be sharing a room with me, didn't you." Your voice sounded judgmental.

"Yes." Asriel's voice was meek, almost as if he was scared.

"And you hoped I'd be like your typical happy go lucky Neko that can't really control his cat-like behavior." Your eyes began to narrow again.

Asriel simply nodded, head hanging low in shame.

"Yes." His answer almost came out as a whisper.

"Just what did you hope to accomplish?" You spoke as if Asriel had done something terrible.

"I was simply trying to make friends with you. I guess that backfired." He sounded terribly guilty and didn't dare to look at you.

You were taken aback. He was simply trying to be nice and you were always acting more aggressive then necessary. Maybe you're little to defensive.

You shook your head and sighed. "I understand you were only trying to be nice but you were acting under the mistaken impression that all Nekos are the same in one way or another."

Asriel still tried avoiding looking at you.

"How about we forget all of this ever happened and start again. From square one?" For once you spoke in a rather soft voice, a soft smile on your lips.

Asriel slowly raised his head again, looking at you with new-found confidence.

"Alright then." You gave Asriel a genuine smile as you extended your hand towards him. "I'm ____, nice to meet you."

"Asriel, my pleasure." Asriel sounded hopeful.

You sealed the new beginning with a handshake.

You spend the remainder of the day talking about life. Or rather, Asriel told you about his life. Well, parts of it. He was more than excited to tell you about his life on the surface and all the fun times he had with his younger sibling. About his wacky friends and that one guy he can't stand. According to Asriel, that feeling was mutual. Unfortunately, said guy is a teacher at this college. In fact, most of his friends were teachers here. Mainly science and PE.

What he didn't talk about, was his life before the surface. He avoided question about his life in the underground like the plague.

Before you knew it, night fell upon the campus again and after visiting the bathroom, this time without any incidents, you went to bed. Perhaps sharing a room with the prince won't be that bad, or maybe it will. Only time can tell.