Helluva Boss: ''Helluva Human Kid''

Ch.148 - The Cat in the...Office?

An hour into the visit at Raven and Elton's safe house, with the place fully covered with Christmas decorations,-

...Well, the inside of it, anyway,

The I.M.P crew were ready to leave with a plastic cup of homemade milkshakes in their hands, while Loona followed from behind, carrying a large sack of presents with her bare hands.

"Thank y'all so much for the, uh, Christmas presents." smiled Millie.

"The pleasure's ours, really." replied Raven.

"HA! She said pleasure." Blitzø quietly nudged Moxxie's shoulder.

"Anything as well, for taking care of our little mate here." Elton added, rubbing his son's shoulder.

As he did, a quick thought suddenly crossed Balin's mind.

"Excuse me, mommy? Daddy?" he politely raised his hand. "I don't want to be rude asking this, but, how come you gave my I.M.P friends presents instead of Santa?"

How could they take that as rude?

...OK, on one part, it did come off as a little rude, but the parents knew their son had a point for an 8-year-old. Nervous, they quietly stammered to each other, trying to find a way to keep the 'Santa isn't real!' talk a secret and away from Balin.

Until...

"Be...cause maybe this, Santa bro, doesn't give presents to grown-ups." Loona quickly interjected.

"...Yeah. He probably delivers them to boys and girls." agreed Elton in surprise. "Little, kids."

"Kinda like you." Loona finished with a light head ruffle.

"Really?" Balin was intrigued.

As his parents nodded, his mother said in a giggle; 'No wonder', before sighing to herself in near relief.

The little boy's mind was so blown at this, he once again gestured it.

"Hehehehe. S-Speaking of, do you have a Christmas list for him, honey?" asked Raven.

"For who?" Balin tilted his head.

"Pfft! For Santa Claus." his father snickered.

"Oh! Yes I do." replied the boy with a smile. "I'll get a list ready for him straight away."

Once again, his parents laughed. Even Loona let out a raspberry or two before going back to her aloof expression.

"Well, is there anything you want him to bring you this year?" asked Elton next.

"Hmm... I do have one present in mind."

Balin walked over to his parents, who crouched down to his level so he could whisper his Xmas request in their ears, keeping it hidden from his I.M.P friends. Little did any of them know, Loona could still hear 'anything' in her human disguise.

Soon, she got yet another idea.

"Hey. Y-You three take the kid back to the apartment. I'll catch up in a bit." Loona spoke to the imps, dropping the sack into Moxxie's arms.

"Whatever you say, Loonie." Blitzø smiled and left as he drank his milkshake,... with his forked tongue.

Enough to make his daughter embarrassingly grossed out.

"Take all your time!" the boss imp added in a shout.

"C'mon darlin', say bye-bye to mommy and daddy now." Millie held the boy's hand as the two began to leave next.

"Bye-bye mommy and daddy!" Balin waved to his folks.

"Uh, don't you mean 'for now', sweetie?" Moxxie asked, wanting to correct his wife.