*Rowan's POV*
"Rowan.. wake up" I felt a pair of arms shaking me and I open my eyes "Eh..? what is it Hariko..? trying to sleep.." she shakes me rougher and I groan annoyed "Okay I'm up.." I sit up and she was already clothed "Uh.. you going somewhere?" "Your friend arrived, she's waiting outside so get a move on Rowan" I stand up and I was only in my shorts "Why do I have to wake up so early in the morning.. what time is it?" "Four in the morning" I groan as I looked through my closet "Oh and don't worry, I packed everything" I grab some shorts and a plain shirt, I glanced towards Hariko with a faint smile on my lips "You're really excited for this aren't you?" she looks away before I change into the fresh clothes "How are you not tired..?" we walk outside my bedroom and I see a suitcase at the door "Because I went to sleep early, unlike you.. hope you don't fall asleep in the middle of driving" I was literally so tired that I couldn't even see straight anymore, I grab both suitcases and head outside.
To my surprise it wasn't raining anymore, I put the suitcase in the car's trunk and yawn tiredly "Keep an eye of locking the doors will you? did you grab your wallet?" "Yes.." "Alright, oh and don't worry I covered my fox features" she smiles at me and got inside the car, I sigh and get inside too and sat at the driver seat "Morning guys~ feeling tired?" Larisa sounds so energetic.. how are these people so energized at this hour? "Rowan's feeling like he can fall asleep any moment while I'm good" I glare at Hariko and she giggles a bit "Oh and by the way Rowan.. another reason why I wanted you to drive is because Joseph has car sickness" I look over at him and he wasn't in a very good condition "Mate.. if you puke inside the car or me.. I swear.." I open the car's window on his side just to make sure "If you're feeling like puking say it, we can stop taking fresh air, alright?" he nods and I start the car "How far is this place Larisa?" "Um.. quite far, we will arrive there by.. around ten?" I groan and started driving, guess who's gonna drive for hours..
*Time skip*
The sun was already up on the sky and by now Joseph was asleep, that's good because he can't puke but it's also bad because we need to stay silent or at least whisper, we can't put any music on either so that sucks "Hey Rowan.. we're 10 minutes away from the hotel.. so keep it in there alright?" Larisa whispers in my ear and it felt a bit weird.. she was way too close to my liking "Oh and your cute girlfriend fall asleep too" I look in the rear view mirror and she was resting her head on the window, a little bit of her tail was visible and that worried me a bit.. but I guess we're fine "Why is your girlfriend.. so cute?" I shrug, even though she went to sleep earlier.. she is the one who fell asleep, not gonna lie I was a bit tired too but by now I was energized enough to not fall asleep.
"We arrived.." I look for a spot to park the car and eventually found one "Guys, wake up" I shake Joseph awake while Hariko opens her eyes, I get out of the car and the heat was warmer than usual "Finally, out of that freaking car" I take a big breath, the air was fresh and to my surprise there was a lot of people around here and it's not even Summer "Alright, me and Larisa we'll go inside and talk while you guys can wait outside, after all you need fresh air after hours of driving Rowan" Larisa N and Joseph goes inside the hotel while Hariko stretches her arms, she also had a big smile on her face "So what's the first thing you're gonna do Hariko?" "Hmm.. since you're tired how about we take a nap?" "Why do you want to take a nap? since you wanted to go to a beach so bad don't you want to have fun?" she giggles a bit before looking at me "It wouldn't be fun with a tired Rowan, the fun can wait.."
I reach out for her head "Can I?" she smiles before nodding, I pet her head and she laughs softly "I wonder how my life would've been if you didn't found me, I'm glad that you did.." she pulls my hand away and hugs me "Thanks to you I'm alive.. thanks to you my life is better than it used to be" I break the hug and remained silent, I didn't knew what to say to that.. "Hey guys, here" Larisa throws a key and luckily I caught it "Your room is 304 while ours is 207, we're gonna meet around three in the afternoon and from there we'll see what we can do for fun~" I nod my head and grabbed our suitcase, it's hard to believe that Hariko managed to put all of our stuff inside of this suitcase.. well it's bigger than a normal one but still "Alright, see you guys later" I grab Hariko's hand and head inside the hotel.
Once inside a powerful sweet smell hit my nose, I look around but I couldn't spot from where the smell is coming from.. someone's making cakes or something, we head to the elevator and pushed the 3rd floor button "Hope you don't sleep too much Rowan, I can wait.. but not for long" "Just wake me up when you want to go for a walk or something" "Okay, since when do you know how to drive?" "I have my driving license but I don't have a car, too expensive.. I plan to buy one though but first I need a damn job" the elevator's doors opens and I began looking for room 304 "You're full of surprises Rowan" "Not the only one around here" I spotted the door and unlock it "Ladies first" she giggles and steps inside the room, I enter the room as well closing the door behind me "Hey this room is pretty big, not bigger than your bedroom though" she gets her backpack off along with her hat and sighs in relief "Finally, I can move my tail" I noticed there was only a bed, and it was a double one.. Larisa you little sh-.
I lay down on the bed while Hariko started unpacking our stuff, at least the bed was comfy "Aren't you hungry Rowan?" "No, how about you?" "You sure you aren't hungry? you haven't ate anything for a while" "Don't worry it's not the end of the world for me" I yawn as I looked outside the window "At least we have a beautiful view, can't wait to see you in the water" "Can't wait to drown you" she laughs as I blink a couple of times "So that's how we are gonna play huh? just you wait.." "Not scaring me big boy~" I remember when I was younger and Larisa and I went to a pool, I almost drown her a couple of times.. good ol' times.. even though Larisa didn't talked to me after that, Hariko lays on the bed next to me and sighs "Guess we have to sleep together while we are here.. or you could sleep on the floor" "Excuse me ma'am but I'm not the half animal here, you should take the floor instead" she turns on the TV and rolls her eyes "Just keep your distance while we sleep and we're good" no promises to that, I turn to the other side as my eyes felt heavy, I close my eyes and I black out.