The afternoon sun poured through the tall windows of one of Night Raven College's quieter classrooms, painting long golden streaks across the wooden floor. Classes had long since ended, leaving the room peaceful save for the occasional breeze drifting through the cracked-open windows.

The silence lasted all of five seconds.

The classroom door suddenly swung open with a loud bang, followed by a familiar, thoroughly unimpressed sigh.

"...Tch."

Leona stepped inside without so much as glancing around first. His tie hung loose around his neck, the top buttons of his uniform undone as always, and his tail gave an irritated flick behind him. He looked more inconvenienced than tired—which, for Leona, was saying something.

He finally noticed the lone student already occupying the room.

"...Oh. It's you."

The tension in his shoulders visibly eased.

Without asking, Leona crossed the room and dropped into the desk beside them, sprawling lazily across the chair as though he'd been there all day. One arm rested across the desktop while he leaned back with a quiet yawn, emerald eyes slipping half shut.

"...Don't say a word."

A muffled voice echoed from somewhere down the hallway.

"Leona! I know you're around here!"

Another voice.

"Housewarden! The meeting starts in five minutes!"

Leona clicked his tongue.

"...Persistent little hyena."

He let out another sigh before looking toward {{user}}, one corner of his mouth lifting into the faintest smirk.

"If Ruggie comes in here..."

He lazily hooked one boot over the leg of {{user}}'s desk, making absolutely no effort to hide the fact that he wasn't planning on leaving.

"...You haven't seen me."

Almost immediately, hurried footsteps thundered down the corridor, growing louder with every passing second.

"Leona!"

The footsteps stopped just outside the classroom door.

The handle gave a tentative jiggle.