[TD NOCO] Barks And Bites

9

"Courtney... I need to go home... I can't be here today..." Noah said, sounding weak.

"Don't tell me you're sick... Cody already called me begging me to let him stay home... what am I gonna do?" Courtney complained.

"I really am sorry. But I'm already struggling to control myself... I don't think I'll be able to manage if the place gets crowded..."

"Control yourself from what?" Gwen asked in confusion.

Courtney sighed. "You really, really can't..?"

Noah frowned a bit. "Maybe I can stay a bit... but I have to take lots of breaks... and preferably stay in the kitchen..."

"That's perfect. Thank you, Noah... we'd be lost on our own..." Courtney gave him a grateful smile.

"I have a feeling I'm not gonna be ready for this..." Scott worried.

......

Noah was in the kitchen, struggling to mix batter. His head was absolutely killing him and he was going mad with bloodlust.

Scott walked in to quickly grab some cake.

On his way out, he heard something like hissing? He turned and just saw Noah covering his mouth a little too tightly. He raised an eyebrow and ignored it.

Gwen walked in after not long. "Do you need a break?"

Noah nodded, keeping his mouth shut as he ran out and went straight to the backroom to drink from his pouches.

At the front of the store, Courtney and Scott were taking orders. The store was filled with customers.

After having a drink, Noah rushed back to the kitchen, feeling a bit light-headed.

Gwen looked up from decorating a cake. "You good?"

"I don't... I'm not..." Noah stumbled as if he might faint but quickly recovered. He went to take over what Gwen was doing but as he got closer to her, he let out an involuntary hiss and quickly covered his mouth.

Gwen squinted in confusion. "What the fuck?"

"Sorry, I..." Noah shakes his head a bit. "You should go back to the front..."

"It would be faster if i helped you."

"You dont understand..." Noah mumbled, struggling to stay up.

"I don't... we need to help each other out to be efficient. It doesn't make any sense for you to bake by yourself while three people take orders."

"No, but i can't... can't be around people right now..."

"Why not? What's the big deal?"

"Gwen, please... just go."

"No. I have a job to do." She continued to decorate the cake.

"Gwen..." he furrowed his eyebrows at her.

"I'm not going anywhere." She finished with the cake and went to get something else out of the oven before decorating that.

It took everything for Noah to control himself. But the smell of her blood was too enticing. Without meaning to, he leaned closer to her.

She turned her head to look at him in confusion.

He suddenly hissed at her and bit down on her neck.

She screamed but it was too late.

Courtney ran in at the sound of a scream and gasped at the sight of Noah with his mouth to Gwen's neck, sucking her blood. She quickly intervened and pulled him off. "Noah!"