Food, Glorious Food~ [completed]

[onmyouji-subaru.livejournal.com]

Character(s): Subaru, Belle and anyone else.
Content: Subaru and Belle proceeds to get food.
Setting: Porfavore's (I5)
Time: Late afternoon; Week 2
Warnings: None yet~


The delicious smell wafting from inside the small building that is Porfavore's does not help Subaru's hunger at all. The place seemed very inviting, the wooden plank with 'Porfavore's' painted on it messily and the occasional roar of laughter errupting from inside the place adds to the welcoming atmosphere of the restaurant. Subaru lets himself smile a little as he is reminded of Hokuto's deafening laughter. He can hear Hokuto laughing from behind him, and then scoffing and telling him he should appreciate her shopping trips more and wear the clothes she bought him.

He shakes his head with a smile, trying to wave the apparition away. Even though the place makes him remember Hokuto, it is Hokuto's smile that he remembers, and so he is in a very amiable mood. He is glad that Belle had chosen this place. He loves the human way the sign had been painted. He loves the mixed smell of many kinds of food being cooked and the deafening laughter that one will only ever share with one's close friends. Well, except for people like Hokuto, he muses. She laughs like that to anyone anywhere. He loves her for that anyway.

Subaru says no word to Belle, nodding at her and walking towards the door instead. He does this still with a slight glimmer in his eyes, however, and maybe there is a tinge of emerald in those grey eyes of his.

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[belleleera.livejournal.com]

Belle smiled at the waitress when the food was brought. She takes a few bites of the food. It tasted pretty good, she was pleased to find. A bit different than she was used to, but she could deal with it. She waited a bit before she continued, mostly because she couldn’t tell if he really wanted to hear, and because she didn’t want to talk with her mouth full.

“No actually. The monster turned out to be the love of my life.” She took another bite and then blushed, realizing how that might have sounded. “He was really a prince.” She hurriedly continued. “An enchantress transformed him into a beast to teach him a lesson. But that’s his story.” Laughs a bit. “You see, the longer I spent time in the castle the nicer he became.”

“One night, while I was exploring the castle I found myself in the exact spot Beast told me not to go in. But that does happen doesn’t it? When someone tells you to stay away from somewhere you inevitably end up there.” She paused once more to eat a bit. “He lost his temper that night and began to throw things around. So I ran away. Of course, that wasn’t the brightest of ideas. I ended up being chased by wolves. But the Beast saved me” She smiled. “That was the first night we became friends. From then on, he was friendly. He lost his temper from time to time, but it was nothing drastic. We spent a lot of time together. He even showed me the library and we would read most nights by the fire.” She smiled more with a dreamy look, idly eating a bit more.

After a few moments Belle snapped back into reality. “It was wonderful really. But, I missed my father. Beast showed me a magic mirror of his, that lets you see anyone you want at that moment. My father was sick. I had to go to him. The Beast let me go. He didn’t have to, but he did. I promised I would come back. When I got to my father though, Gaston was there, trying to toss him in the loony bin. My dad wasn’t crazy though. He was just trying to get someone to help me. He didn’t know I was fine. So I showed Gaston the Beast in the mirror. That was stupid. Gaston is a hunter and all he saw was a monster. He didn’t see the gentleness in Beasts eyes. So Gaston went to hunt down Beast, but not before he locked me in the basement. I got out though. And I made my way to the castle to warn him. I was much to late of course, they were already fighting, but Beast was so happy to see me. Gaston stabbed him when he was looking at me. And then Beast threw him off the balcony.” Belle paused. “He might have fallen...it’s hard to tell. Either way he fell. Beast was really hurt too. I thought I was going to loose him.” Belles eyes filled with emotion, re-living it in her mind. “But I didn’t!” She exclaims happily. “Right before my eyes he turned human again. It was the most amazing thing I ever saw in my entire life.”

[onmyouji-subaru.livejournal.com]

Subaru tries his best not to seem too interested in his food. While he is not exactly sure what it is made of or what its name is, the food is more than just decent. Perhaps he is simply hungry, but the food tastes heavenly on his tongue. Taking big bites at a time, Subaru tries to keep his eyes on Belle as often as possible. It would be rude to focus on his food when she is telling him a story, after all. Now and then he nods to show her that he is listening.

Honestly, he is unsure of whether she is lying to him or not, but she does seem to be reciting from memory, not making it up. Subaru gives Belle a fond smile, nodding at the ending of her story. "Love is an amazing thing, isn't it?" While he means his words in a slightly darker way, Subaru's smile does not falter as he utters his words. "It can change a Beast into a Prince," and a Prince into a Beast.