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At least, that hat I thought

But the moment that the doctor all but fell into the roo her tiet undressed and put it on—I felt a protective instinct start to surge inside of me

One that demanded that I ed to me

“Belle, hi” The doctor tried to act cool once he closed the door, but he didn’t accomplish it

“Hey,” the nurse who’d followed hiht Ow You hit me in the face with the door Watch it!”

During all of his flourishing entrance, not once did he turn to look atbeside the door

He walked right up to Belle and offered her his hand

For some reason, that pissed me off

IBenji’s attention

“Uhh” He paused, hand midway stretched out between himself and Belle “Hello”

“Belle isn’t co this exa you are about to do before you do it Do you understand?”

Benji dropped his hand “I’m very professional”

I shrugged “It’s not about being professional”

“I have touch/sensory issues,” Belle said “As well as ato ask you to wash your hands where I can see it Otherwise I’ll obsess over it over and over again until you do I’m sorry”

That ‘I’m sorry’ was directed toward the nurse whose smile was soft