Player Food for Thought, Staring Retna

Story by Talonsaurn on SoFurry

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This little story before you was done for Retna as a little getting to know you gift, the idea is something that lingers in my mind more often than not, fourth wall vore, stalking down a player and gobbling him up, it turned out rather a sweet and affectionate encounter for sure. For those not going to be at AC this year it'll let you get into a hungry belly, for those that go... well get ready for a sequel of some sort eventually with a few other folks.. Its one of the few recent stories I've written I felt good enough to share with the greater population of the gulp net, so enjoy.


Player Food for Thought, Staring Retna

Done as a Gift, pre AC 2013

Retna(C) himself, Scott is a "Player" avatar, all story work © By Talonsaurn

The story contains soft vore, 4th wall bening. Male playfulness that is a light R in Level, player vore,and general clever hyena hunting down delicious meals.

"Solo Room." Retna said to himself, smiling a bit coyly to himself, the pudgy hyena was dressed loosely, tan pants and his scarf standing out, the later especially, the splash of color made a normal wardrobe just his own.. sitting down at the convention center registration room he casually looked over the river through the floor to ceiling windows.

The smile was firmly entrenched on his face... he initially had felt a bit jealous hearing about his friend going solo to the con, plenty of room to himself, for single person to stretch out. It made his own accommodations more frustrating..having not had any room,or space. It was leaving him to wonder if he should have come at all. The thought though soon came to him.. a person in a solo room... with the card key on them... and no one to stop a meal.... it was almost perfect... teach them for not offering to share the room. Though, if he was alone in a room with a human fellow he probably would have eaten them anyway.

Retna had thought of his plan in advance and made sure to print out the photo before he came.. so now he was all ready...he didn't know the room number of course..and neither would his till he checked in. He'd have to go to registration at some point though, and that is where Retna would make eye contact. This had proved rather harder than he had expected though, so many people, and folks didn't turn to face him like a lineup, he had to move around now and then to get a better look at a fellow who was around the right build and size... three hours of this had made him rather hungry.. so he bought a hot dog outside before returning... only to realize in dread that he might miss his real meal..

He ran down quick alternatives in his mind, eating someone else came first.. but he wanted to do it in private... and solo rooms were tricky things here...and all things being the same he preferred to dine on those he liked, friendly flavor was better than a random furry.. He wouldn't be in a suit would he? Oh no..Retna thought, what if..that would have ruined the whole plan from the start. The fact that it was one of the ways he was portraying himself didn't occur to him to see it from the other angle.

The hyena kept to his mental gymnastics going for a few minutes of frustration before something caught his eye,that was him.. yes, he was almost..well 90% sure, just about six feet, wearing a animal print shirt, backpack, glasses, it looked right..he carefully made his way inconspicuously, the fellow looked appetizing enough.. maybe.. yes he'd dine on him in any case... if he was wrong he'd just take his meal someplace private.. maybe on the walk to the hotel... if he wasn't in the Westin of course... .." Retna muffled a grunt as he was close but not quite close enough to see the badge the fellow had... he licked his lips a bit and his stomach rumble, a nice..BIG meal...yes.. he slowly moved closer, took a sniff of the fellow... trying to get it locked in his mind, before he locked it in his tummy.. narrowing it from the rest of the crowd was a bit hard, but his species was gifted with acute nasal senses.. He followed for a a minute or so as his prey walked, focusing on the head, only when his gaze glanced down did his heart mimic his stomachs excitement..the badge hanging from his backpack, the non con badge..that was vastly easier to read..and it was his food..He followed..

Retna followed a hundred or so feet behind his quarry, the fellow moved at a brisk pace but nothing to much, backpack bouncing a bit with each step..the hotel wasn't the closest to the convention, but that wouldn't really mater, Retna was certainly fit enough to endure a five minute walk over just sleeping in on a bench.When he entered the hotel he had a few other worries spark in his mind, should he try to sneak into the same elevator with supper...could he resist pulling the alarm and eat him right then and there, the confined smell would be delicious enough,and expectation, but it would be trapping himself to do that he realized..and he wouldn't know the room number then... He could see what floor it stopped on.. then take another up...but he might not get there in time to get in the room with his meal.. that would be awkward.. He supposed he could play up his voice like maid service.... that would work..less he was one of those security conscious fellows who put the little chain over the door..that would have made it annoying, he could probably break through, but stealth was better..

The solution was obvious when the time came.. they weren't alone at the hotel afterall.. and his meal wasn't in the elevator alone....so squeezing one more hyena, or man in a fursuit in was no big deal... he couldn't help but murr at the fact that as they were scrunched up tight in the elevator his meal was right behind him pressing against his back..just a bit..Ding after ding the elevator went up.. he realized his good fortune, he'd have to move to let his roomkey leave..it would be just perfect to get out after.... what was less fortunate was as the elevator slowly emptied room by room he was left alone with lunch, and his control wavered just a bit, thoughts of pulling the emergency alarm... but finally at the second to last floor the door opened and his lunch sauntered out.. Retna followed after as quietly as he could...not wanting to arouse suspicion, he stopped at the corner of the hallway..and listened.. hearing the door lock tumble he moved quickly, seeing the door start to swing close he made a leaping dive and got his paw on it before it closed fully, self locking. Landing with a soft muffled thump on the carpet... fingers clenching the doorstop.

He caught his breath for a few moments, he had done it.. and he was starving...He let his tongue rove around his lips, he got to his knees, he got to his feet, and he slipped in, letting the door close behind him....

Retna took in the room quickly, it was a surprise.. the first thing he was surprised about was the fact that there was one bed.. a king size, now while this wouldn't really harm him.. maybe it would make things a bit easier... he figured it might remove the initial plan of getting his meal at ease when just asking for the spare bed, the bed had his soon to be meals backpack draped on it casually, nothing specail there, kicked off sneakers on the ground, and then.. well he couldn't have hoped to have everything right.. he was staring face to face with his meal.. staring at him open jawed, understanably confused at a strange person in his room. Retna decided to speak first.

"Hey there." he said. Trying to sound pleasant enough, .and willfully repressing his stomachs rumbling..the fellow wasn't anything special... but still was appetizing, a bit bigger than him, but a human just the same.,a look of acceptance on his face, an easy demeanor from the way he walked, and of course the biggest thing was he wasn't going screaming, running for the phone, or whatever, It let Retna get in.. It might not last long. "I was thinking, I know you have a room to yourself this convention, and figured I'd ask if I could bum part of the room."

"I think they still have rooms at the other hotels" the fellow said, cautiously.

Crap Retna thought, that was something he didn't really want to get into.. it was seemly to concern things with money, it was a question that annoyed Retna..mainly cause it was an honest one that was hard to come up with a quick answer for.. He was thinking of playing for time, then something snapped inside him..

"Ah, but don't you know, its no fun to have a room all to yourself at a con, all alone at night, no one to talk to, just watching TV, that's not how to enjoy yourself.. You might have space but no one share the experience with." Retna said with a smile, proud of himself for thinking up a way that he could explain himself and move on in..

"Well there is only one bed here.." The tasty smelling fellow said, Retna repressed the stomach grumbles...

"Well I don't take up much room" Retna said, giving his best innocent look, he was quite skilled with it.."I could even sleep on the floor" He lied... but it was such an OBVIOUS lie...It didn't count. He realized he wasn't really adding much to the deal himself.. He had played the hand of imposition well as he thought, he was wagering his easy dinner that his new "Friend" would be charitable and unable to shove a person out in the cold..well..heat actually at this time of year..If he did Retna would have very few compunctions on forcing his way over the fellows body and turning him into a proper hynena bulge. "And I can help pay for your room, that's more money for you to enjoy, can even eat out rather than using day old bagels and water.." He added. He probably COULD pay for a bit of the room..but didn't intend too.. less his meal had a bit of money in his wallet... It wouldn't be robbery would it?" Retna waited, inhaling the smell in the air, the sounds of folks walking outside.. he really hoped he'd not have to make to much commotion...

"Well Okay..." His supper said.. "You don't have to sleep on the floor, the bed probably has enough room, your not that large..."

Retna gave an honest smile. That was nice, he kinda liked that sorta personality, he removed the black mark for bringing up that still room in hotel quip. "I'm Retna" he said with a smile, approaching his supper, his stomach rumbled ,unable to be squelched this time.. but he ignored himself, covering up with conversation. "I know my way around this city pretty well, I can show you a place i'm sure you've never been once you unpack" He added..thoughts racing through his mind, he needed to eat now.. could he just ASK to eat him.. no that was to soon, charitable or not, you just don't do that on first meeting someone.. should he try to seduce him? Maybe get him out of that clothing... or maybe snuggle him into a belly during a hot shower..really he could go so many ways...but they all ended the same, him kicking the fellows backpack off the bed with one of his paws, sprawling out spread eagle and letting the massive bulge wobble the afternoon away..

Retna noticed there was a bit of a gap in the air.."So...you don't have much luggage here? Just your backpack of four nights?"

"Oh, Airline lost it, they say it'll be here by supper time, no big deal, just a pain.." The morsel replied. "Though you don't even have a pack."

"Oh, ya noticed" Retna said with a smile, he had predicted this one. "I wash what I wear while I shower, its sorta attached to me you see, he made an effort to pinch his exposed fur, I can travel light. " He decided to play a bit "Though.er... I think you..might want to wash up.. " He said sheepishly, playing off being honest"

"You think?" Dinner replied. "Well nothing is going on for a while, the spare key card is on the table if you want to go out..

"Thank you"Retna said.. picking up the keycard, waiting a moment.. there was no movement.. his stomach rumbled, the meal was shy... well... Retna smiled "I think i'm going to look around the hotel, i've never been in this one..."and with that he took the keycard, and went to the door, making sure not to fully close it.. just to be sure... the fellow might be VERY smart and have given him a false key card. He waited a few moments, ear to the wall, hearing the soft sound of cloth hit the ground, the footsteps, the sound of feet on bathroom tile....He slipped back in, and smiled silently as he got a glimpse of his meals backside before he went into the shower....the bathroom door not closed.. he must have not be used to having someone with him...

Retna could certainly use that for his own needs, he peered into the bathroom without a word, and consciously forcing his belly to behave, while he leaned in..looked at the outline in the shower, and picked up the discarded clothing, collecting it in his hands before dropping it in one of the dresser drawers.. just to keep things.."neat" looking back in the bathroom he realized that their were a lot of towels as well... he wanted to set up his meal to be embarrassed ... coming in on a roomie you didn't expect naked couldn't HELP but put the roomie in a position to negotiate... He considered for a moment reaching in and taking the towels as well, but while clothing was on the floor by the door, the towels would really be ballsy.. and if he was caught he'd be thought a pervert...well.. something at least... he wouldn't have minded earlier, food shouldn't judge, but decided to leave the towels where they were.....however...he did spy something almost as good...the fellows glasses on the vanity.. He was about to make a grab before he realized..THAT would be even more obvious.... people had rituals, something as personal as eyeglasses were likely put in the same place all the time...... he figured he would wait and play things out normally... proving his whole little get supper bare endevor was a waste of time.. can't win em all... and he'd win the last

Retna churred a bit as he heard the shower go on full blast.. he was left "Alone" in the room proper... it was almost too easy, he could sneak into the bathroom on little hyena's feet, then into the shower to say hi..ther'd be a scream..a gulp and a...."Retna shook his head.. that wouldn't fit.. it would really be both to rude..and forward..and well..He sighed and sat down on the big bed. His thoughts kept drifting to eating though...he needed something to distract him...his eyes settled on the backpack...it was quite large. He opened the flap and curiously unpacked his suppers property..

first was the laptop...fingerprint needed to boot... oh well, they weren't the most sophisticated by a hyena finger wouldn't pass for that... then he pulled out a pair of animal print shirts, nice.. lions and dinosaurs... then "Retna coughed and sputtered a bit and had to work on thinking unsexy thoughts, It wasn't fair, it wasn't right... it was quite fitting though.. the fellow had a "Press Navel to speak to contents" shirt.. he knew there was an interest..of course, still something so blatent he couldn't avoid getting back on thinking about eating.. he was starving now.. his mind kept dragging itself back to eating..He didn't think of himself as a thief... but now and then...He'd have the fellow in his stomach, gurgling away,whats a little shirt after going that far.the rest of the backpack was far less exicting thankfully, he didn't want to make a mess afterall, he was going to be a good roomate... well until he had his meal in a few minutes.. He packed up everything but the shirt... he just stared at it a few moments more..touching it again might make pants not even optional..He put both paws on his stomach and winced.. it had to be soon.., he couldn't wait..much longer...his eyes roved to the phone again... Roomservice?" He could wine and dine his supper before feasting on him, yes, that would be wonderful that would be romantic that would.. His stomach almost roared.. He couldn't wait that long.. food..food...food... then it dawned on him, a cunning idea, a sly nefariously loving idea... he hoped it would work...he looked down at his pants...and sighed....'Think unsexy thoughts" he muttered to himself, and turned on the TV.

When the shower ended, Retna was careful not to be staring at the bathroom door, it wouldn't help, but when he heard the footsteps, a slight gasp, his eyes moved. His meal emerged from the shower, slick with water, dribbling from head to toe, wearing his glasses, and a towel wrapped around him, the initial surprise at finding Retna already back and waiting seemed not to fluster him too much, at least considering.. Retna viewed this as a good sign, a mark of trust..he licked his chops..his stomach rumbled... time to make his play

"You smell much better" Retna said fondly. "Much cleaner" he added.. "What do you have to eat by the way?" He added coyly.

"Eat? Why would I have something to eat" Supper said..

Retna couldn't hide a devilish glint in his eyes, he already knew this, one reason he went through the backpack.."Well its just something about having a guest in your place, its hospitality, a hyeana who's been traveling for a long time is going to be hungry afterall.. My kind has roots in cultures that speak a lot on hospitality..

"Oh? Do they say much about sneaking into peoples homes unannounced.."

Retna was staggered mentally a bit, he hadn't thought of that, it wasn't really accurate.. at least in his mind...this was HIS place now, and supper was just here for that.. he tried to roll down his expectations a bit, smiling all the time. "Caring for the transients is also part of the code, yeah, its a bit...murky on having to invite them in..but i'm not a vampire... no long blood sucking teeth..and I show up in mirrors." he said soflty..he had to move now if he wanted to seal it..

"I don't have any food" the walking steak said.

"Oh thats where your wrong.. he pointed one finger at his new friend. "You are in the food chain you see.." He churred and then used his trump card lifting the shirt with his other paw waving it gently "And I think its time you go where we both know this is going.."He said soothily...

There was no reaction, which was a huge plus to Retna, it wasn't the screaming,or begging, he guessed right. He wanted to let it sink in a moment, even if he knew the followup works were important "Trust me, it won't be bad, you want it, and I promise that you'll thank me for it later.. I think you'll like it so much you'll even let me have this shirt."He added coyly. "I did say I'd show you a place you've never been afterall"

"Your stomach?" "Well you haven't have you"Retna cooed playfully as he rose, rubbing his tummy, noticing the gaze of his meal going low.. "Oh..er.um.sorry..kinda love to eat folks, and have been thinking of this since I saw you...and the shirt..its really your fault you know." He put both paws on the fellows shoulders.."So your mine right, my supper...don't think I can right?" He added, looking up ever so slightly..paw running down the humans side, slipping down against the towel and scooching it down.. "Right?" He added for emphasis..

"Okay" the nourishing fellow replied, though quitely, as if in thought..

Retna licked his lips and admired his catch. "I'm glad I waited to eat you, wouldn't want to ruin your clothing now would I" he said, leading the conversation smoothly.. "and I am going to enjoy this, you can be sure, I'm thankful for a meal.. I probally won't need to eat the whole convention with you in me.."he added politely..

"Are you calling me fat?" "Not yet..but you will be"Retna teased, feeling more at ease, and perhaps a bit more careless. "Mmm yes.. going to be a really good meal... He ran his other hand down soflty and smiled..leaning up and starting to slowly Carress him "It will be cramped, but you'll end up with your private room" he murred, leaning up to kiss " but come on trust me, I'll make it very..very gentle...."

With That Retna sat on the bed, soon laying on his back and pulled the slightly larger fellow onto him, spreading his knees around the hyena's stomach, paws roving up again to his meals face, feeling the trembling nature.. watchin the man's hands clench a bit as the towel was dropped..."Right, Trust me, were going to be fast friends....inseperable for a while" he added with a playful giggle... He murred as he felt the warm dampness of the mans legs on his sides, feeling each squeeze of trepidation..it was actually for his own benefit, he could use it for reading how the meal was going, no need to startle at this point... He ran his fingers slowly up the mans back, his furry brown fingers working up the base pale flesh till they framed the mans face..pulling it down slihglty his own hot breath fogging the glasses..

"Nearsighted?" He asked

"Yeah." the man said, trembling

"Thats good" he said, lifting the glasses from his meals face with one thumb and putting them next to the hotel phone. "You won't be looking to far away" And with that he started to press his nose at the fellows face, gently pressing firmer, letting his mouth open, his tongue laping gently at the face as the hyenadid muzzle stretched, strong bite grip restrained to not hurt his willing meal. His breath rolling over the mans face, taking his own inhaltions through his nose..

((cott)) was mesmerized, the soft touch had gotten him so far and now he was staring into the lips of a hyena, a real hyena that was planning on swallowing him whole, his mind was fighting itself, his eyes examined the dark lips, the dark gullet the drool dribbling down his teeth, it was still hard to belive that the hyena thought he could swallow someone bigger than him.. it just didn't seem possible, and yet.. there was a inate curiosity he had, the feelings of the fellows face around his made him whimper just once, he pulled out a bit, but Hyena paws held his face in place, ready for the next swallow, there was no shove, just a natural smooth swallowing motion, wet heat rolling over his face again and again

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Retna had been ready, he had felt the tense so made sure his hands were behind the mans head, holding him there as a bit of second thoughts must have slipped his mind, he didn't do anything else, just let the feelins fade inside his meal, using the legs tensing as a gauge he took his time before pressing his lips forward, feeling the mans head press into his, stretching his cheaks and almost forcing his eyes completely closed, he swallowed slowly as the legs stopped squeezing his middle, hooking bothhis hands around his meals shoulders he made the next pull in, rocking his jaws back and forth a bit to ease the mans chest into his lips, his own gullet starting to stretch, he laughed a bit nad almost gagged, the fellows ponytail and hair was tickly rubbing back and forth against his upper pallet.. he managed to refocus soon enough, the recently bathed body did taste rather scrumptious, the faint taste of the body wash was a nice touch, it added to the natural flavor quite well. His lips crossed the pecks of the unfit meal a few seconds later, letting his jaws rest.. by this point there was no real NEED to be nice... ingestion of the head was the whole of control.. but apart from a almost teasing clench of his jaws he couldn't resist he maintained a affectionate slowly swallow, pulling the man's sitting position slowly up his body. His hands soon moving down from the chest to resting on the hips, just showing a firm affection..

Scott yelped and was about to jerk only to find the soft grip right around him, ready to corral him, he squirmed a bit in the maw, staring at the back of the teeth a few moments before he closed his eyess and felt the thick gullet entrance press over him, urging him in a bit quicker, his head now fully upside down he was sweating, eyes clould see very little in the darkness, the muscular gullet flesh almost form fitting, just wet sounds of salvia and mucous to aid his decent, the tried to kick a bit but his squirming aws again held fast, he did manage to get his fingers around the hyena's maw, clenching a bit, but feeling them drag against the wet flesh more than hook in..his own form forcing them to be dragged in with him, wet lips kissing around his abdomen, his own breathing halting from the compression of the Retna's tight body . He squirmed weakly..flexing his toes

Retna was really enjoying his meal, the squirming was expected, and deep down it was a nice thing for him as well, it spread the flavors around as his tongue. Finally he liftied his meals tush from his own chest, his head tilted up and he began the last half of his big meal's dive into hyena gut. slowly rubbed over the naked chest, feeling each little muscle, the slightly overfed belly, the deep greedy gulps of hyena hunger did plenty though, practiced enough at swallowing a person down he was in the zone.. easily stretching his maw over the tummy, the full feeling was already starting to fill his own body, the sensation of being stuffed was something he could never really get enough of, it was very natural. His tail flicked happily while he gummed his meal, savoring the last moments before he'd be carrying this big boy around.... till he became cute hyena pudge..and a bulge... He lazily pried the clinging fingers from his lips and swallowed them down.. . Feeling dinner start to enter his ravenous tummy

Scott was hot and bothered, blushing in embarrassment, oddly enough being naked a bit more on his mind than the fact that he was being eaten he kicked his legs.. and made contact with something.. he couldn't help but mumble sorry.. he wasn't sure if he was heard, but he struggled to stop kicking...

Retna was a bit shocked first he was so lazy he hadn't even made sure the legs weren't in kicking range, the second was the feeling of the foot hitting him firmly in the chest,causing him to almost gag, the final and most shocking was the immediate cessation of the kicking without his intervention.. all going on within a few moments, it was a rather nice turn.. an accidental foot in the chest was hardly something to hold a grudge over at this point. The feeling of the mans toes clenching.. against his fur wasn't all bad either, he carefully corralled the legs though, grabbing at the ankles, not moving them of course.. just making sure they didn't get frisky again.. Each little gulp he made spread the flavor a bit, he worked the legs a bit to swish the flavor around as he tilted his head back, feeling his gullet work hard on the swallows of the larger fellow.

Scott moaned inside, the hot digestive tract of the hyena was quite stretchy,he still felt like he was a hefty deal, each gulp and swallow through his whole body. The hyena's lips soon were scraping against his most sensitive regions he stiffened up and moaned, whimpering weakly as he waste tasted casually, almost relieved when his crotch was slipping into the Retna's maw proper without much more molestation. His face pressing through the next sticky valve, the tightness of the throat only somewhat alleviated as his face pressed into the stomachs darkness, the slimy oozing walls gurgling already in exception. Slid in to what was sure to be a tight claustrophobic tomb.

The hungry hyena fellow was all to happy to slip his new friend into the snug confines of his belly, feeling the squirming muffled by his own bodyies grip he let out a long moan around the still protruding hips licking the thighs as the stomach felt the fellows cranium press in the hair tickled his belly a bit as it started to stretch from lean to fed...but it would be growing a lot more,, his eyes glancing down at his tummy just showed the starting of the firm bulge against his pelt. His hands moved to the tush, giving a playful push on both cheeks to shove them into his lips, and a bit further, pushing the hips into the back of his throat in one motion before closing his jaws around the two legs, sucking a bit and holding them together all lined up for the final swall, he now settled his paws to running down his meals body again..though this time it was over the newly found spotted coating he would be enjoying for a bit, the outline of the shoulders rocking softly almost visible against his chest while the arched back was clearly the thick bulge in his gullet.. each swallow sent the whole package down, there was a bit of discomfort as the whole form started to empty and stretch his stomach, nature might not want him to eat this much, but nature was wrong.. each extra swallow brought a few more semi limp pounds of man isnide him, forcing the belly to accept with each greedy gulp soon the hyena had his paws on the growing bulge, gently pressing his thumbs in in time with his own breathing and swallows, kneading his tummy into happy acceptance... his stomach knew it liked such delicious meals, and had long ago agreed with Retna on Nature not knowing how to find its own arse.. it was only a few more minutes before the mans toes lipped between the spotted furs lips, giving him a very well made fursuit...

Deep inside Retna, in the dark, Scott shifted as much as he could, the stomach gave very little it was snug to his body, feeling like it was at its limit. He pressed his feet, twisting his ankles and kneeding his toes into the tough stomach walls of the predator, feeling the greasy walls. His hands pressed out at the stomach , braced between the body and the outter stomach, giving a inch or so before tugging back and forcing his hands against his chest. The heavy oz of Retna's digestive goop pooling around him more and more, he shifted himself to a bit of a more comfy position, laying atop his new friend, keeping his back to ....back..the little air left inside Retna's tummy had become preciously cherished, the stomachs muscles kept grinding against him..endlessly. Adding to the hot rocking almost putting him to sleep, his eyes couldn't see much now...no need in keeping them open.. He didn't end up getting nearly as much space to sleep as he had planned....

Retna burped as he felt the massive bulge settle inside him, it swelled him greatly, his belly trembled at his pawpress, flesh stretched taught, his new shirt stretching a bit to accommodate the bulge, faint tears here and there showed it wasn't made for two. Still he was glad supper was a bit bigger than him..otherwise it'd have not fit so nicely after a good meal.. or at all. .The hyena stroked his belly slowly with both paws, fingering the outline a few moments before the phone rang next to him.. It was a surprise to be sure.. he was careful when he lifted the receiver and said "hello" in a questioning voice.. he listened... he smiled, he nodded and used one hand to pat his middle. "Oh no, thats fine, have enough clothing for today." He said and muffled a hickup.."And brought my food with me" he added to cover that up..he hung up the phone,smiled and leaned over and gave his tummy a lick whispering "They lost your luggage again" he said softly.. "Not that it matters now does it..." He smiled happily and closed his eyes.... they opened a sliver.. did he just hear something by the door...?