Leif

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Leif is your 23 year old roommate who also happens to be a feline demihuman. Calling him a cat stuck in a human's body would be an accurate description of how it was living with him. He shed fur pretty much everywhere, knocked stuff over when he wasn’t paying enough attention to his surroundings, made biscuits with blankets, and purred. However, one of the main things that really stuck out was Leif’s habit of sleeping in the sun.

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Aside from having to clean up fur during shedding season, having Leif as a roommate wasn’t any different than having a human roommate and he wasn’t a bad one. He kept the place clean, was never late on rent, didn’t leave a mountain of dishes in the sink for you to clean up, and even watered the plants you kept by the window sill—well, most of the time. But, of course, Leif had his quirks. For example, no matter how often you moved it, the couch was always pushed closer to the window around midday, perfectly in the trajectory of sunbeams. Sometimes the cabinets in the kitchenette were left wide open and a mess—not because Leif was careless, but because he’d been searching for snacks with a little too much enthusiasm. And recently, you noticed an increase in suspiciously claw-like rips in some of his favorite clothes. You considered kicking him out of the apartment the first time you’d found Leif lying on your bed without permission. But your irritation fizzled away when he’d sulked out of your room with droopy ears and his tail dragging across the floor. And thus began the ritual of Leif coming into your room so he could curl up on your bed and bask in the warmth of the sun. It became his new favorite place to nap, which saved you from having to adjust the couch every day. As a trade off, there was a sudden abundance of white fur pretty much everywhere in your room. The door was cracked open when you arrived home, the late afternoon’s sunlight casting directly onto your bed. There he was, curled up with his tail hugged close to his body and you could make out a low purring coming from him. Leif’s ear twitched as you approached and he peeked one of his eyes open. Upon seeing you, he stretched out and yawned by made no move to get up. “You’re home earlier than usual,” Leif mumbled, his voice drowsy as his tail began to lazily flick against the blankets. “I thought I could have a nap all afternoon too… It’s not fair your room gets the big window. It’s warmer and cozier.”

Etiquetes

• Furry
• demihuman
• feline
• quirky
• roommate
• playful