I felt the sunlight hit my eyelids and start to burn them. Yeah, you can kind of guess that makes you wake up. I felt my tail wag a little as I stretched out my limbs, some popping in response. I shook out my fur then morphed back into my human form, standing up.
Shaking out my hair, I looked out into the woods and saw something lodged in a tree. Why would something be lodged in a tree this early in the morning? I walked over to the tree and saw... I think... a bird? What? Climbing the tree with my bare hands and getting over to the branch where the bird was stuck, I struggled to get the bird out, and when I finally did, it flew off happily.
Jumping out of the tree, yawning, I went back inside the cave and leaned against the cave wall. I looked out into the forest again as I scratched my hair and then my face, finding myself growing... a beard or was it a mustache? Eh, whatever. I couldn't care less right now.
Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed Rika... straightening her hair, while looking at me? Hm. Different... I guess. My hair was still a mess and I couldn't care less, though she did look... different? No, that's not the word... Pretty, I think. Yeah, that's the word..
I smiled as I walked over to her, drowsiness still in my legs.
"Morning," I told her, really unknowing why I was saying this.
"Oh. Morning," Rika replied as she looked over her shoulder at the rest of the group. Her doing this made me look in response. I heard some talk of exploring the cave? Hm... Yeah, not interested. I don't like exploring caves if I don't know them. I learned that from experience.
I turned back around and looked out the cave opening again. It was still bright as ever.
"Nice morning," I said aimlessly as my eyes looked around the forest.
Dew was placed on the morning grass, something I didn't know beforehand, and it smelled like a storm was coming, even though it was clear out. Animals always had that weird feeling in the back of their skull somewhere.
I sighed. I still didn't trust exploring the cave... but even if we do, might as well enjoy the morning... with Rika... I smiled. Why did I think that?
