The Gourmet's Lil'snack

Morning Talk

The next day, Thorne recorded what happened the night before in her journal before getting changed and checking the look out spots for the kitchen and living room for who was up or not.

Around that time, It is Alex and Raymond who are awake but, well the angel actually goes to sleep so there is only Alex up. Though that day, he is feeling a little lazy since he didn't prepare any breakfast and just got a bowl of cereal.

Thorne tilted her head. Seeing how tired Raymond had been, she isn't surprised that he was still asleep. She carefully made her way to the kitchen tunnel and came out, peeking from behind the toaster. Kian wasn't usually up this early either, but she wanted to play it safe. "Good morning."

"Hello, Thorne," he responds but he seems tired too. "Did you sleep well?"

She nodded, then tilted her head at him. "Are you okay? Did you sleep well?"

"Meh..." he answers, making the motion of a wave with his free hands.

"Wait...do you eat?" he asks suddenly, his back straight

Meh? What was meh? Meh sounded more like he didn't sleep too well. Thorne then blinked at him incredulously, unable to ask him more about his lack of sleep before he changed the subject. "O-of course I do, why?"

"Ha..." his expression is still expressionless but his body wither. "Sorry I didn't make you breakfast- nor did I throw a little welcome party either."

She blinked at him strangely. "Um...that's fine? I can handle myself." Thorne then blinked at him again. "Welcome...party...?"

He tilt his head. "Yeah...do you know what it is?" he asks.

She shook her head in a no. "Not really." She tilted her head. Was it important?

"Well... Excuse if I'm wrong but you are new into this house, right?" he inquires before he adds. "Well, sometimes, people throw a small party to show hospitality and to welcome new roommates or new members of the family. Altho not everyone makes such an event I still think it would be nice to have one... A secret one maybe?"

"A-about a month ago, I think. Y-yeah?" She listened to him explain the party. Parties weren't new, but welcome ones were. "Well...i-it would have to be a very small and very secret one. Th-the only ones who know about me are you, Humbert, and Raymond. T-technically you weren't even supposed to know either....th-though I'm kinda glad you do....i-it's nice to have another friend."

He stays quiet until he tilts his head again. "So the majority of the house know you? Even Raymond?...even him?!" he realized at that fact, what it meant. "Wait, how does he make you pay rent?!"

Thorne glanced away at that. She definitely couldn't tell him the truth about that. "W-well since Humbert is the one who brought me here, R-Raymond said I'm his responsibility and how I pay my rent was up to him." She rubbed her neck. "W-we figured something out that works."

"...huh...okay?" Alex was so curious now! Because no matter why, he can't imagine Raymond letting it go or share the responsibility with someone else. That guy that hates to put his own work into the hands of someone else? That's new! He started to eat again, deep in thought.

She shrugged, unaware of the thoughts in Alex's head. "B-but yeah, I can handle myself for breakfast a-and you really don't need to throw me a welcome party. I-I live here but....t-technically nobody's supposed to even know I exist so....y-yeah."

He stops. "You didn't live a happy life huh?"

Thorne sputtered. "W-what?" What made him think that? How did not having a happy life relate to making sure humans didn't know she existed?

He stayed quiet until he realized that he said that out loud. He was embarrassed but...well, since he started this, let's finish it. "It is just...sad to live like that. Making sure that no one will notice you. That nobody is supposed to know that you exist. That is such a depressing statement. There is probably a reason why you decided to live like that and that is probably straight survival but...Between now and before...would you still choose to be nothing?"

She opened her mouth to speak before closing it. Since her family left...she had been sad. She remembered crying when she came back to their home to find them all gone. Eventually she'd stopped crying and focused on taking care of herself, but had she ever really stopped being sad? Her ears lowered. "I...I-I mean I guess now....y-yeah but....b-before I met Humbert...." She fidgeted. "M-my kind aren't supposed to interact with yours. W-we live in the walls and borrow what we need, b-but we're not allowed to interact l-like I have. I-it's forbidden." She looked down at her feet. "M-me living here the way I am....is basically breaking every rule in the book."

He takes a few ships from his bowl. "You are not supposed to interact with my kind...?" He thinks for a moment. "Well that is understandable, even to me I don't want to meet some of my own kind... But the people I have met so far have always been considerate of me and I care for them in return. Of course, I still got into some fights and broke some rules... But didn't we feel more alive than ever like that?" Was that a question? Who knows? But one thing is sure, Alex was smiling. Even if he did break some rules, some of them he didn't regret!

Thorne tilted her head from one side to the other a couple times. "Mmm....I-I mean...k-kinda? Y-you're also not small enough to be eaten by a cat or fed to someone's snake by some asshole, angsty teenager." She heard a borrower had been killed that way once. At least, that's what her parents had once told her to keep her from getting too curious as a kid. She sighed. "I-I will admit....meeting you guys and staying here is the most fun I've had in a long time a-and....I-I'm really glad I met Humbert and he brought me here. E-even if I am breaking the rules."

He frowns which can be considered as a grimace at being animal food but relaxes again. His smile is no longer there but his face seems more relaxed. "And I'm glad to have met you too. And Humbert too. That is why even though you have a «break» some rules, it is better to see it as an accomplishment. Because that is all that will be left behind. ... Sorry, I got a bit poetic here..."

She smiled a little and chuckled. "You're fine." She looked around for a moment. Others probably wouldn't be up yet, but she didn't want to risk someone getting up early for a change. "I-I should probably go get myself some breakfast and wait for everybody else to get to their usual routines....c-can we hang out again today?"

He nods "Sure!" and he finishes drinking his milk when something makes him notice the hour. "Oh shoot! I have to get ready! See you later Thorne!"

She smiled and waved to him. "See you later!" She ducked back into the tunnels right after that, going to her home. Looks like this morning would be a granola bar breakfast today.