An Unsure Start

A small black form scampered into the den-like home, white eyes scanning around as it excitedly toured the new surroundings. A nervous looking succubun followed after, closing the door behind them. Rather than go further into their own home they settled for just watching the apparition from where they stayed by the door.

'Why did i agree to this..?'

Eirian thought with a small frown and a huff. They knew exactly why they agreed to it.

After the first attempt, Hutch has seemed to be on a mission to prove that Eirian could be a good pet owner. 'Reginald was just having a rough day, thats all!' He had claimed, holding the glaring chirop close, having finally rescued Eirian from the imp's anger. Ei wasn't convinced. They have never had much luck with imps afterall. And yet here they were, following the brunette bun to the training grounds for yet another try at playing with some imps.

The pair didn't stay for that long, having been interrupted by the new petshop owner - and Hutch's apparent nemesis - Quiche? Quilt? Eh, it doesn't matter. Whatever her name was she was quiet the character, strutting over to chat with the two with her unusually pink critter in tow. Hutch had been openly displeased about her presence and imp care techniques. The reunion had resulted in a declaration of competition and Eirian being pinned with a choice of who to help. And how could they say no to Hutch? Especially with the way they had lit up when Ei picked them over the eccentric stranger.

One trip to the Imporium later and Hutch had picked the supposedly perfect imp for Ei to take over training. A very social Impup puppy.

On the bright side it DID seem to be the best pick. It hasn't gotten upset by Eirians existence yet.

The freckled bun looked from the impup currently circling under the table to the neatly packaged bag of sesame treats. Hutch was very adamant about ONLY giving an imp sesame treats and never anything else - something their competitor shared very different views on. Ei opened the bag and took one of the bone-shaped treats out to inspect it before taking a deep breath, letting it out in a long exhale, cyan-purple eyes flicking back to the impup who had heard the crinkling and was making its way over.

"Sit!" Ei wasn't confident the pup would listen to them and yet, while not stopping immediately, it had sat happily wiggling at their feet.

Looking just as surprised as they felt, Ei knelt down, holding out a hand. "Shake?"

The impup seemed a bit unsure about the request as well, deciding that rolling onto its back was the right move.

Ei couldn't stop the giggle from escaping between their teeth as they smiled at the silly move. The puppy looked so proud of itself and who was Eirian to bash that. They lowered their hand with the treat and the impup rolled back to its feet to accept the snack gratefully, tiny tail wagging so hard its body wobbled with it. After devouring the sesame treat the pup nudged at Eirian's hand for more which the bun happily offered up. Hesitantly, Ei lifted their now empty hand to pet the imps head, scritching lightly between the pointy horns, said imp happily leaning into the pets.

Maybe this wouldn't be too bad..