Helluva Boss: ''Helluva Human Kid''

A Hellhound? As a Friend?

Loona showed little Balin her kitchen pantry, which was filled with snacks for days.

"And voila." she smiled. "Here we are."

"Whoa..." the boy's eyes sparkled seeing so many of his favourites from Earth in the hellhound's kitchen.

There were some protein products, considering the figure she wanted to maintain as I.M.P's occasional badass, but she also had candy bars, popcorn, cereal, and soft drinks. Many of them alcoholic though.

"So, what would you like to eat?" asked Loona.

"Hmm... can I please have a Nutella sandwich?"

"Got it, sweetie." she giggled, loving his good manners. "Why don't you make yourself at home on the couch? I'll be there with your snack shortly."

"Okay, Ms. Loona." replied Balin.

As he sat down, Loona went right to work, making two Nutella sandwiches to share.

Funnily enough, she was right about hellhounds not being related to dogs. She was a dog-like demon, but thanks to her heightened senses, chocolate didn't seem poisonous to her.

As she made the snacks, she sometimes looked up at the kid, feeling glad he was doing just fine now. Her first impression was almost fixed, but she had that all covered.

Soon, she grabbed a plate for the hazelnut-chocolate spread delights, then served them at the couch.

"As you requested?" teased Loona in a British accent, like a butler.

"Thank you, Ms. Loona." the boy replied in a smile.

"Please. I love your manners, but you can just call me Loona." she blushed. "I'm okay with it."

"Okay."

And with that, the two began biting into their meals.

Watching as Balin happily eat his sandwich slowly filled Loona's heart. She couldn't help but feel lucky to have someone like him, a new little friend, in her home. Even if he was the first one AND a human.

Once they were finished, Loona took the plate to the sink and sighed, knowing there was one more thing she had to do.

"Now Balin, I wanna chat with you about something." she bravely said.

"Sure, Loona. What is it?"

Breathing in and out, then sat back down next to the boy, softly placing her paw around his back.

"I'm so sorry for how I treated you back up there. It was so wrong of me to attack you like that, especially when I didn't know you were a kid. But that's no excuse for me, so, I hope you can forgive me."

"Hey, it's okay." the boy tried to speak with her with a smile.

"No. No, it's not." Loona anxiously interrupted him. "I threatened to kill you, screamed at you, scared the sh... heck outta you, made you cry until you passed out, I was about to kill you for God's sake. None of that should be okay!"

Loona then looked away from him a little with watering eyes again.

Balin knew deep down she was right, but hellhound or not, he couldn't just let the first demon he made friends with wallow in self-pity, even if she had a grumpy or violent nature underneath whatever feelings she had.

So in sympathy, he held her hand, making her look at him in surprise.

"I know, really. But I do understand." the caring little human said. "I don't hold a grudge on anyone who does something bad. Unless they do it on purpose, because I've been seeing that for a while now. So I do forgive you, Loona."