The Gourmet's Lil'snack

Kids Talk 2

"I'm not a pet!" Thorne grumbled, crossing her arms over her chest.

“Huh? Why are we talking about pets now?” Alex asks, confused.
 
She frowned up at him. "I may have a tail but I'm not a dog. I saw it in the movie. Humans adapt dogs as pets, but I'm not a dog!" She huffed at him, ears twitching again.
 
Both of his guardian's shoulders laughed at that. Alex was dumbfounded. Well, maybe she doesn't know many words... “I- no no-no-no. You get it wrong. I mean you can indeed adopt pets but that is not what the word stands for. An adoption is...something you do to make someone or something part of your family...” he tries to explain as best as he can.
 
Thorne's angry pout slowly dropped into a surprised o. "O-oh....so.....humans can adopt other humans?" Her tail flicked for a moment behind her as she thought about it more. Would it even be possible for Humbert to adopt her? He probably couldn't do it on paper like the movie, but the thought of being adopted by Humbert was actually...really nice. She didn't even realize her tail had started to wag behind her. "I-I never thought about that."
 
“Ignorance can be bliss.” Kaël indicates as he lies down on the human shoulder.
 
“Dude. Is it an angel thing to spit out anecdotes and proverbs randomly?” Zalifer complains about his masked mockery, her face distorted in disgust. 
 
“Well...yes. It was something I was aiming for when I was young.” Alex explains.
 
She looked up at him, tilting her head in confusion. "Hm? I thought this was your family." She vaguely motioned to the apartment itself. "I know you're not related and technically everyone here is a roommate, but you guys seem to act enough like any family I ever heard of from what I've seen around here." It was true. While she may not know much, what little she's seen from a few of the shows they'd watch on TV to anything she heard while living in the restaurant, they certainly looked like a family to her. A strange one, but still a family.
 
He hummed but looked down as he played with his hands. He also feels like too but... “We may look like family but... No one here would see me as their child...” he confessed. He was kinda hoping that Raymond would adopt him but he knows that it is just a mere dream: he is too “old” to be part of any family now.
 
Thorne frowned up at him, pouting again. She couldn't say for sure, seeing how she'd never really paid much attention to everyone's relationships with one another before. Maybe she should. "Well, it's not too late for that. Even if they don't see you as their kid, I bet some of the others here would at least see you as a sibling or something, right?" She smiled up at him.
 
"But siblings are not the same thing as parental love..." He comments, his tone reveals his desire for this kind of love. He knows what love between siblings is...after all, practically every kid in the orphanage can be considered as his siblings.
 
She looked at him and frowned. "Ah...s-sorry. I wish I could help with that. I-I'm sure you'll find it, though." She got up and gently patted his hand. "Hey, if you ever wanna talk you can always just knock on the wall. I'll probably hear it and come over."
 
He smiled although his stoic face didn't show up. But his eyes gleamed as if he was about to cry. He nods instead. “T-Thanks. ”

She frowned up at him as she saw the glimmer in his eyes. "A-are you okay? Did....d-did I say something wrong?" She lifted a hand, then lowered it, unsure what to do or how to help.
 
“Huh? Oh... Sorry, it is just an emotional subject for me... I have always dreamed of having parents and being part of a family...” and never being abandoned by them. But he didn't say the last part. “Ummm...if it is alright with you, can we hang out from time to time? I would like to discuss with you...”
 
Thorne looked up at him, nodding in understanding. He didn't say it, but her mind filled in the blank with the same answer. She didn't even realize how much it had hurt to be left behind by her own family until now. When he asked if she could hang out more she blinked out of her own thoughts. "H-huh? Oh, y-yeah! S-sure! I ah...I actually wanted to ask if you'd like to hang out a bit more too? S-so yeah, that's fine with me. I-I'd like that."
 
“Oh by the mortal world! Why is she so frickin cute!!!” exclaimed Zalifer while Kaël rolled his eyes. 
 
“Glad that you wanted to hang out...” Alex fills in, ignoring both of his supernatural guardians.
 
She smiled up at him, then looked at the clock. He'd brought groceries, but had he also come home from school? "D-do you need to work on homework? I-I can come back later if you need to focus."
 
“I do have homework but I don't mind if you stay here you know?” he answers as he picks up the assignment that needs to be done.
 
Thorne nodded. "Okay. I-I don't think I'd be able to help at all b-but I don't mind waiting." She moved aside as he brought up the assignment. She sat nearby but hopefully out of the way, watching him work. It was interesting seeing people larger than her writing or typing.
 
He nodded but before he started he took out a piece of paper and a pencil lead and offered it to her. ”There. Just in case you get bored.” he explains before doing his homework. Math is easy for him but he is not good with languages…
 
She blinked, looking at the piece of lead and the paper. She wasn't really sure what to do, but the thought was appreciated. For a good while, she watched him work, but eventually, she did get bored. While she didn't know math past the basics, she did start to doodle a little bit. She tried drawing Humbert and the others.
 
The other two jump out of his shoulder and fly to Thorne watching as she is doing. Although Alex was grateful that his usual troublemaker decided to give him a break, he was a little possessive of those two. He keeps working on his assignments but his phone rings. It is time to make super. He stirs up. “I have to make dinner now.”
 
Thorne didn't notice the two at all. She just focused on her sketches. She wasn't satisfied with her drawing of Humbert but figured she'd work on it more later and instead began to dry drawing Alex since he was in front of her. It had been a while since she drew anything, but it was a little better than a child's drawing. One benefit of being a borrower was attention to small details. She looked up as he said he had to make dinner. “Hm? Oh, okay. I-I should probably go then.” She looked down at the piece of paper she’d been drawing on. It was too big for her to take with her without ripping it.

Noticing her drawing of Humbert, he asks “Are you going to give it to Humbert as a gift?”
 
She blushed and fidgeted. “M-maybe...I-I wanna work on it some more though....I-it’s not done. Y-yours aren't either.” She tried to cover up her drawings so he couldn’t see them.
 
He nods “I see... You can leave it here, you know?” He said as he set aside his book and notebooks. “I mean... You can come back to finish it here...”
 
“Are...a-are you sure?” She looked up at him and tilted her head. She moved the paper over so he still wouldn’t see what was on it even if he left it on the desk.
 
He nods once again. “I will be back after dinner,” he said as he waved before he left. “But won't Humbert be back by then?” Zalifer lets out as they climb down the stairs which makes him freeze. That's...true... If one thing Alex is sure of is that she mostly prefers Humbert’s company to his... He sighs as he starts to cook.