The Gourmet's Lil'snack

Adaptation

"So you want to enjoy the human world?" Raymond asks.

She let go of Humbert's hands to fiddle with the hem of her shirt, nodding shyly. "I-if that's alright? I-I promise I won't let anyone know I-I'm not human! I'll....I-I'll wear a hat or uh...tuck my tail in pants or um...humans have those e-girls and cause-play? O-otherwise I-I would wear makeup?" She continued to fiddle, worried somehow that she might somehow not be allowed to go outside.

"Well, that depends on your dad..." Raymond said as he looked at the demon.

Humbert was stepping in place. "O-oh well..."

Thorne looked up at him, nodding and looking at her dad. "M-maybe not today though so...th-think about it?" Going outside in general still scared her, but this could be a chance to spend a little more time with Humbert and the others.

He grimaced but released a sigh. "I-fine. But you are not allowed to go outside alone, is that clear Buttercup?" he said as he took her head in his hand and leveled it so she had to look in his eyes.

She nodded, agreeing completely. Honestly she wouldn't want to go out alone anyway so it was an easy condition to agree to. Now that all of that was solved however, she blinked at him while he still had her head. "Dad.... how come you're home so early?"

"My instincts told me you are in trouble." Humbert answers matter of fact.

"Did he say anything about his race?" Raymond asks.

She looked over to Raymond. "H-he did mention that his kind could tell when their offspring were scared or in danger, b-but I don't understand how it applies to me s-since I'm adopted?"

He nods at that. "Oh, so he has told you some things about that. We, angels, aren't sure how it works but from what we have observed; when one gluttony demon adopts one of another race, that child is like their own offspring. We don't know if the process is done instinctively way for them. But one thing is sure: they would crawl out of hell to protect their offspring. Even the adopted one."

Her ear twitched as she listened. "Ohhh, okay. H-he also told me that there wasn't a danger of me being eaten when he's half asleep anymore? O-or at least not in the bad way." She still hadn't pulled away from Humbert holding her face, instead keeping it there and just tilting her head slightly to look in Raymond's direction.

Raymond was about to say that it is the main reason why but was caught off guard by the next action of Humbert. Since she doesn't shake off his hands, Humbert decided to take the opportunity to rub his cheeks against her.

She flinched at first when something big came close to her field of vision, then relaxed as she realized it was just Humbert. She giggled as he rubbed his cheeks on her. "W-what are you doing?"

"Putting my scent back on you." That was all he said which made Raymond burst into laughs.

She blinked confused. "W-won't that be kinda useless around humans?" She squeaked as he kept doing it, still not pulling away or pushing him off.

He keeps trying to rub his scent on her like a cat-like to rub. But after a while, he whines since it didn't do much that way.

Thorne looked at Raymond and huffed before shrugging. It might work around other demons, borrowers, and maybe angels, but not humans. Still, if it made him feel better she wouldn't stop him. She did pull away a little to talk to him better. "I-I'll be okay here, b-but you should hurry to work. I-I don't want you to get in trouble or be late."

"I'm not going to go back to work!" he protests as he licks her now. If rubbing doesn't work then lickings may help!

"Ack!" She sputtered as he started licking her. "Daaaaad..." She whined, trying to push him off but to no avail. The not-so-little borrower was stuck with being licked at until he decided to stop.