Curls up in her lap with a book with the intention of reading, but ends up falling asleep instead.
With clear skies and a refreshing ocean breeze, it wasn’t strange to find the crew enjoying the good weather for as long as they could– for it is known it might change in an instant into a raging force of nature. Annie was not part of those to miss the chance to spend the afternoon outdoors.
She’d taken a place to rest under the shade of one of the trees at the lawn-deck. With her back leaning against the trunk and her eyes closed, she just took it to listen to her surroundings and bask in the freshness of the air and the dim sunlight from above. The girl could’ve easily dozen off if she hadn’t felt the sudden weight of a warm and fluffy body on her.
Annie was more than used to huddle with the small reindeer; this sudden approach didn’t disturb her peacefulness. Breaking her off the drowsiness, she merely smiled and leaned over to see the kind of book he’d brought to read. Another medicine book, was it not?
She didn’t want to break Chopper’s focus with little talk, and thus she remained silence while he read in silence. An attempt was made on her side to follow up the difficult text and the unknown terms, but she was no doctor to understand it. Hypnotized by those printed symbols, she felt herself dozing off again… However, before she could warn Chopper of her drowsiness, she discovered he too had succumbed to his own.
Of course she was not going to wake him up or ask him to move! And she wouldn’t move away from her spot either. The solution was simple: Gently as to not wake him up, her arms curled around his small frame and pulled him closer to her. Holding him like this was no problem, plus, he was so soft and warm! Just as the good weather, a chance to cuddle up with Chopper was not to be wasted.
Annie smiled and closed her eyes once again. It wasn’t much time after that she ( finally ) fell asleep as well. Napping with a friend with such nice weather… This had been a blessed afternoon.