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Neil woke up to his alarm going off, telling him to get ready for school. he slowly got out of bed and looked in the mirror as he realized he never changed into pajamas. whatever. as long as he changed right now, it wasn't any issue. he covered up his mirror with one of the spare blankets on his floor before opening his closet and grabbing a change of clothes and chucking his other clothes into his hamper and getting dressed. He quickly went downstairs to see the eldest foster standing in front of the stove making breakfast.

“Good morning, there’s some food on the table. So eat and get your socks and shoes on so you can get to school on time,” they told him as he walked into the kitchen. he grabbed a small plate and dished out some food for himself before sitting at the table and quickly eating it before washing his plate and going back upstairs to get his socks on. once he did that, he decided to check on Godfrey before he left. he went upstairs to godfrey’s room before knocking on the door.

“Neil?” Godfrey asked.

“yea,” he nodded, though Godfrey wouldn't see it.

“come in.”

Neil opened the door to see Godfrey laying in bed on his side.

“i just wanted to say goodbye before school,” he smiled sheepishly.
“come here.”

Neil walked up to Godfrey as he sat up. once he reached his brother, he gently pulled his head down to his level before giving him a peck on the forehead and ruffling his hair.

“have a good day,” he smiled as Neil smiled back.

“mhm, you too. don't forget to eat.”

then Neil left to the front door to get his shoes and backpack on before he finally left for school. it wasn't that far, so he tended to walk unless he really wasn't feeling up to it, but otherwise it was a nice calm way to start the day. just him, a music box cover of an undertale or deltarune song, and the slight brine in the air from the ocean. it was like a slice of heaven he got to indulge in before the hell on earth that was school. after a while of walking, he got to the bus drop off station and saw Dylan and hollie getting off their bus. he snuck up behind them and scared Dylan by harshly gripping his shoulders, which worked like a charm, since his best friend let out a small scream as he turned around and saw Neil.

“morning Nini! how’d you sleep? did you eat breakfast?” Dylan greeted as his tail began aggressively wagging.

‘morning, honey. i slept good. yes.’ he signed back to Dylan.

“good! c’mon, if we're fast we can grab a drink before the first bell!” Dylan grabbed neil's paws and started walking faster to get inside so the both of them could get to their lockers fast enough to have some time to grab a drink and get to class. when they were finally done and they got to neil's first class, dylan gave Neil a hug and a little kiss on the cheek goodbye before running to his class. Neil began softly purring to himself as he walked into his class and sat down. he tried to be as quiet as he could while he sat down and got what he needed for class. the bell eventually rang, allowing the teacher to start class, but Neil hadn't stopped purring. he started to quietly panic as he tried to force himself to stop purring.

“excited to learn about the american revolution this morning; aren't we, Neil?” the teacher asked, suddenly at his side. Neil just nodded his head in embarrassment as the teacher smiled.

“good, then I hope you don't mind starting the lesson for us,” he continued, handing Neil a dry erase marker before going to his desk and sitting down. Neil awkwardly shuffled up to the front of the class and began writing down what they were supposed to be learning about. he hated this class solely because of the teacher; he usually did stuff like this when he noticed Neil was in a good mood. a few weeks in, he learned that it was because Godfrey was in this class back when he was still in middle school and had caused quite a bit of issues for this teacher, so he assumed that neil would be the same way and started picking on him for little things, like reading before class started or coming into class purring. it sucked, but at least Godfrey was somewhat of a history nerd and would ramble on about various history things to Neil.