I guess I am eating this sussy salad here...I eye the salad and Ariel both looking between the two. She looks smiles almost early at me when I am slowly reaching my hand out to reach a fork for the salad. What am I doing it's a salad I am sure Caimaan bodies have strong immune systems even as a child! Give me the bloody salad!
I reach with my whole right hand and grab a hold of some of the salad with a handful of wet lettuce and what looks to be tomatoes and some sort of oily substance on it. I shove it down my mouth aggressively like a deranged child and start chewing like an undisciplined child would e like. We have all been one of those at some point except I am an adult getting away with it.
As I chew, I realize it isn't that bad. The taste is watery but has a flavor that is a bit sour but with the oil and texture of lettuce, it sort of gave me the crunchiest salad I have eaten in a while.
"Wow! This is great for s salad!" I blurt out with food still in my mouth. Resulting in me spitting my food out with my mouth being open when talking. So rude of me...
"Oops sorry" As I proceed to continue chewing my food. But kept my mouth shut as much as possible to be polite.
"Oh I am so glad, because it's not a salad but skin of Caimans like yourself..." she says narrowing her eyes at mine.
"W-what?" I stop chewing and was about to spit my food. I look at her back slowly not moving an inch. Is this a joke? She didn't make it out to be one...Oh God is she some sort of like murderer?!
The staring lasts for what feels like about 10 seconds and then she starts smiling. She closes her eyes and puts her hands on her cheeks as she tilts her head to the side.
"Just kidding! Oh the look of your innocent face when I said that, hahaha!" she turns around holding her stomach like she just pulled the largest fast one on me. She starts laughing to the point of coughing a bit as I slowly continue my chewing my salad. She had to do me dirty like that...
"Geez, you had me scared for a moment. I thought you were some kind of serial killer for a moment." I speak after swallowing my food.
She turns around and smiles calmy like her usual self again and puts her hand on my head rubbing it in a way that gives me a tingly feeling. Feels relaxing being this way. Is this what it is like to get the pat?
"I would never do such a thing to you. Not my child."
Wait, so I am her child like a son? I knew our relationship as of so far was like son and mother but she never outright said she would be a mother to me. Wow. She is an incredible woman. Unless she just cares for me like a son but can't say she is a mother.
That would make more sense in all honesty if that was the case. But still, I think she is amazing for what she has done for me already. I continue my salad then a knock at the door happens in our special moment...Timing is perfect I guess for stopping this pats of heaven for me.
Ariel walks over to the door putting her hand back down to her sides as she walks away to the door wiping herself off. Damn, she is so much taller than me. Granted I'm 3 feet but still. I wonder if nuns are not allowed to have spouses in this world.
As she proceeds to open the door, a man in what looks to be a Japanese kimono walks in a bit. With what looks to be a little girl. Except these people aren't human, they have greenish skin tones with black hair. Plus the male seems to have 2 of his bottom teeth protrude a bit from the jaw a bit. Also has a scar going from his top forehead going slightly down his forehead a bit. I wonder if he got in a fight a while back and got the scar.
The little girl appears to be maybe my height if not shorter. She is wearing a black kimono with red flowers on the lowers parts of them. She is holding the hand of the orc man so she might be his daughter or relative of him.
"Hello, Mr. Uchida! How are you doing today? I hope well. I forgot you were coming to visit with your daughter. So sorry I forgot. I am, or have been busing all morning with something that came up."
"Hmm, it is fine Miss. I do not care if you have sudden problems that come up as long as you are fine and well. If you are not able to watch for my daughter, then I can take her with me for today if you-" he stops in the middle of his sentence and notices me at the table.
Shit...Maybe I should've hidden but these orcs are so interesting to me. They remind me of the orcs from a game called Skyrim a bit. I have no idea how since this isn't Skyrim but whatever. I decide to be weird and look back and eat my food continuing to finish my salad.
As the orc man looks at me with curious looks he then starts looking more confused after a few seconds. I bet he didn't expect to see a little lizard boy in the dining room eating a salad. I wouldn't but that is beside the point.
"Uhm if I may ask, what is he doing here? I didn't realize you watched other parents' children as well. I was hoping my daughter would be alone with you in all honesty." he says sincerely not to come across as mean to me.
"Actually, he is an orphan. I found him alone in a basket crying in a rainy night. Poor soul didn't eat for a while or have clothes just a basket and a blanket with him. I am currently watching him until further notice as the orphanage might not be his best place for someone with his particular unique aspects of him." she says trying to be vague as possible
I bet she just said that in order to not mention I am a thin scale or whatever she referred it to as. I don't really care if I am considered inferior or weak by others because it just means I can whip them around when I become stronger than them all.
At least those who look down on me and mistreat me. Still, though I wonder why lizardman is not a human, orc, or elf. But I guess I can't do anything about it now. Not like I did have much of a choice, to begin with.
"Oh I am sorry to hear that. Surely the parents must be under horrible circumstances to just leave a child alone in the night during rainy times of the year." he says while studying me a bit. Checking a child out in my world would be a big no-no...
"Anyways, I hope my daughter can still be here, but might I ask you to keep the lizard boy away from my daughter. I am, uneasy with the thought of a stranger within my daughters' presence. Especially those of unknown backgrounds." He says while looking at me chewing my salad.
"I will try sir!" I blurt out after swallowing my food down finishing the last of the salad. "But no guarantee!" Obviously, I won't listen to him. I need friends my age anyways. But I won't tell the big scary man about it until the timing Is right.
No one looks for an orphan who is missing. I can tell for a fact. But doesn't mean it wont still be horrible if it does happen.