Finally, his lessons were over for the day, not that Shawn was paying much to his mentor today. He did feel bad that he was so distracted, but he couldn't help it. And Lief was grumpy at his slave, huffing and angrily twitching his tail the whole way home.
But now that he was home, Shawn dropped his backpack against the couch and flopped down on said piece of furniture with a heavy sigh. Lief jumped up onto Shawn's back and curled up, intending to nap for a good while and not allow his slave to move at all.
Shawn seemed content with the arrangement, and he pulled out his phone to reply to Sophie's texts. As an afterthought, he called out to alert his family of his presence.
"I'm home!"