254 Exam Day

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

Suzuki Ara nearly fell off the bed as she rolled, startled by the alarm. She had been in a shallow, dreamless sleep – the one that someone could still hear everything around her the whole of the night. She didn't understand but she seemed restless. When she was finally basking in the warmth of her covers, ready to dive into a deeper kind of rest, the alarm started ringing, telling her to get up.

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

Urrgh…

Ara groaned again as she rolled on the other side, her hand fumbling for her phone so she could switch the alarm off. She was in the mind to just switch it off when she found the noisy thing and return to sleep, but then half of her remembered that today was her exam, and so she got up. Her body protested as she did, but her mind was already slowly becoming alert.

"No fun," she complained as soon as she stood up and marched towards the shower like a condemned person.