Helluva Boss: ''Helluva Human Kid''

Ch.46 - Raven and Elton's Son, Reunited

Shell-shocked, Elton and Raven looked into their son's eyes peeping his head out from behind Loona's hips.

Balin was also thrilled to see them again, but he was still worried and Loona knew it too.

As he looked up at her, she gently rubbed his head, but then drew it away after a couple of seconds. She didn't want her feelings to show quite as much at first, since they were new to her.

So with a deep breath, Balin let go of her side and walked up to his mom and dad, whose watery eyes were glued to him in surprised.

"Mommy?" he spoke to them with a shake, looking up up at them with heavy eye contact. "Dad...?"

"BALIN!" screamed Elton and Raven happily.

The two parents ran up to their little boy from the door and wrapped him in their arms, spinning him around.

"Oh my God, my sweet baby!" cried Raven.

"You're here?!" wept Elton harder.

Balin couldn't believe all the affection he was witnessing. They actually still loved him after all that's happened, physical and emotionally, like the I.M.P crew said they would.

"You're... You're okay." the boy quivered quietly.

"Yes, we are. We're okay." the two each soothed him.

The parents kneeled down from him still in their arms, and Balin soon melted into the embrace, also happy to see them again.

Even if she didn't show a lot in her body language, Loona smiled, finding this moment so sweet, her eyes could mist themselves. But they didn't.

At last, Balin started weeping in sadness from the hug.

"I'm so sorry!" he sobbed.

The three grown-ups then looked to him with the tears streaming down his sad face.

"I know I missed you guys so much, but...!" he continued crying. "All this time, all I could, think about was how, scared and lonely I was, without you, even when I was safe, I couldn't keep my promise. *sniffles* I tried to remember what you taught me about, kindness, I wanted to f-fix things, and I... I..."

"Aww, no, no, God, no, mate." his parents consoled him.

Loona, witnessing this next moment, was now about to go on the brink of crying as well. And even with her arms crossed, she couldn't hold her pride in much longer.

"I-I've worked it all out in my head, I-I started having nightmares, where-where I was the problem, and where I never-I'd never see you guys again!" the boy wept even harder as his mother rubbed his cheek. "I'm so sorry that I came here, please don't hate me! I'm sorry!"

"Oh, no, no, no Balin! Don't you dare be sorry for that!" Raven teared up too. "We missed you too, baby."

"You... y-you did?" Balin looked up at her with a tear-stained face.

"Absolutely." Elton showed a smile to him. "Everyday, we've been sitting in the backyard, praying to see your manly little face again. And now..."

"Now, what?" the boy asked them, still sniffling.

"You're here!" the two parents said in unison.

"You must've been so brave waiting this long in that foster home for us." Elton continued, ruffling his head. "It's never easy, but you must have."

"Yeah." added Raven. "Because you also must have remembered your kindness after all. No matter how scared your were, you could never forget that."

Balin then slowly started smiling a little too, knowing his two parents were as right as the I.M.P crew and every other demon he made friends were from the start of their friendship with him.