55 Familial Bonds 16 (1/2)
The rustling of the plastic bag was likea death bell in Iris' ears. She wished he really stopped bringing her 'gifts'. That last one yesterday was plenty enough.
Yet what he brought out was not more insects, like she had expected. Instead, he held out a blueberry to her. For a moment, she just stood still, disbelieving. Had he really brought out something that she could eat?
”You don't want this?” he asked, with a bit of concern in his voice. As he said that, he also moved to lift his hand up.
'I want it!'
She pounced on his palm and snatched the berry. Her rush resulted in her scratching his skin a bit, but who cared about that. She brought the blueberry to the other side of the sofa and swiftly ate it, before he could take it away from her.
Kyro looked down at his palm, then at Iris. ”I guess that means you like this?”
How could she not? When compared to insects, even her least favorite meals sounded like great things, let alone berries that she normally enjoyed eating. If she was given a choice, she'd start eating them every day.
Like an excited puppy, she ran back to him and cried out for more. It couldn't be that he had only bought a single blueberry. That'd be way too crazy.
He took out a couple more and lowered his palm to her. This time, Iris didn't rush like before, but instead carefully scooped one up and chewed it slowly. The berry was fresh and juicy, and as large as her mouth. It actually took a bit of effort to eat it.
To her disappointment, Kyro didn't give her as much as she wanted to eat. After a handful of them, he caressed her head and said that it was enough for now. She screamed out at him at the unfairness of it, but he didn't seem to care, so she just walked away and lay down to rest.
Now that she moved a bit, she noticed that her little stomach was actually quite full. She had forgotten just how small she was. A handful for a human was just a taste, but for someone her size…
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The next couple days passed in a comfortable routine. Iris woke Kyro up, then watched him leave and spent most of the day before the TV. In the evening, she got to eat some berries and tried to decipher his password. By now, she had managed to grasp that it was made up of nine symbols, the first half of which were 'cj1S9!'.
Friday seemed to be going as usual. When Kyro returned, he checked if she'd eaten her meal—a bowl of insects and worms—and then gave her some berries. Once she lay happily on the sofa, the doorbell rang. She looked up questioningly at Kyro.
It was a bit too early for the deliverer to bring him dinner, and nobody ever came over. Or wait, was Gale coming back again? She hadn't heard anything about him the whole week. It was hard to know things when you spoke a different language than your roommate.