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Forgotten Friday #181 - 音雅オウ / Inga Ou
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There's a significant time skip coming up in A Spectrum of Apple Skins, so let's come back to Belle and Jonah in Beauty and the Puppy!
Jonah had no idea what he was getting himself into when he agreed to date Belle, but it was magical.
She ran into the world headfirst and even convinced him to do things he was terrified of. They even had dinner in fancy sit down restaurants! In the movies, all of the villagers tried to kill the Beast. In International City? Either people assumed it was a fur suit or begged to pet his rabbit soft fur. She made him feel like he didn't need to be human again.
But as the dates went on, he started to notice the light in her dwindling and dwindling. He had went to the bathroom briefly on their current date. After him dragging her to vegan restaurants every week for a month straight, she was finally getting him a big, fat steak. When he came back, her eyes were glassy as she rested her head on the table next to her half eaten steak. He knelt beside the table and slowly petted her head. "Belle…?"
"Nnh." Belle blinked slowly as Jonah's thoughts raced. Was she drugged?! She was a little slow all week, but this seemed like there was an actual medical issue. He stood and frantically looked around the dining room.
"Uh…" Jonah pulled his wallet out of his pocket as he made his way to the attendant at the entrance. "I think my girlfriend… I think that well…" He pulled out his credit card and held it out. "Can I pay and have everything boxed up?"
The person behind the cash register looked over at their table. Of course anyone with eyes knew where the bipedal wolf had been sitting. They nodded as they took the card and disappeared into the kitchen. Jonah made his way back to the table, not sure what to do.
The waiter stopped by with boxes. "I can…" Jonah gave a shallow nod. The waiter began boxing the food. When he was finished, he looked over at Jonah. "Medical technology is really helpful. Take her to the hospital, and they'll take some blood. If someone drugged her, you will find out."
After setting everything down, the waiter pulled out Jonah's credit card and handed it to him. "I don't have any cash," Jonah looked down at the floor in shame as he put the card in his wallet. "I don't have time to rerun the card. Do you work tomorrow? I'll come by with a tip."
"Don't worry," the waiter nodded sympathetically. "Get her to the hospital, and call if it was drugs. We want to find any person evil enough to do that and report them to the authorities."
Jonah knelt down before Belle. "Belle? Can you hear me?"
"I'll come with you," the waiter picked up the boxes.
"Thank you so much," Jonah winced as he gently picked up Belle and held her in his arms. She made a few soft noises of contentment as she snuggled against his shirt. She begged him to dress like a Wild West investment banker on fancy dates, but Jonah could tell she wished that she could be enveloped by his fur. He made his way to the parking lot. Thankfully, he didn't lock his truck. The waiter rushed to open the passenger door for them. As soon as Belle was in the passenger seat and buckled in, the waiter handed Jonah the food.
"Take care," the waiter called out at they ran back to the restaurant.
What's wrong with Belle?! Find out next week in Beauty and the Puppy!
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