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galinda, for once, wakes up first, and oh oz, she realises how much she had been missing out on, waking up in elphaba’s arms might’ve just become her favourite thing in the world, she sighs and tries to settle back into her arms when she feels her shuffle “shit” elphaba mutters to herself “good morning, my knight” “morning, sorry, i usually wake before you and-” “what are you sorry for?” “i usually get out of the bed before you’re up” galinda huffs, furrowing her brows “okay? what are you sorry for?” “i just-” elphaba runs a hand through her hair “i don’t want you to feel uncomfortable with how close we are, i mean, you’ve got a hand under my shirt and-” galinda’s eyes widen at the realisation but she doesn’t move it “well, yeah, i just don’t want you to, you know, be uncomfortable” galinda chuckles, elphaba huffs and tries to sit up, but galinda’s hand moves onto her arm to try and pull her back down “will you lie back down? it’s still early, and you’re not the one making breakfast today” “i should-” “i’m not uncomfortable, elphie, i mean, i asked you to sleep in my bed, and to be honest, i’m a little pissed” elphaba looks her in the eyes then, “oh, i-” “i’m finding out that you’ve been sneaking out of the bed before i get the chance to wake up, which means i can’t cuddle you in the morning! i mean how unfair is that? i’ve been missing out on months and months of morning cuddles with my bestest most favouritest friend in the whole world” galinda’s hand leaves elphaba’s arm, only for them to come up to her own face, fingers on her temples like she had a headache, elphaba lets out a sigh of relief.
“well, i sincerely apologise, no one should have to miss out on morning cuddles with their bestest most favouritest friend in the whole world” galinda beams “see? you understand, you have been missing out too, love, so, come on, lie back down, so we can make up for the months we’ve missed out on morning cuddles with our bestest most-” elphaba chuckles, putting her hands up “okay, okay” elphaba lays back down and opens her arms, making galinda hum happily as she rests her head on elphaba’s chest, “see, isn’t this the funnest?” elphaba chuckles, stroking galinda’s hair “the most fun” galinda looks up at her “i’m so glad you agree” elphaba rolls her eyes, but the two of them are laughing again, galinda’s hand goes under her shirt again “you know, most times i wake up, your hand is under my shirt” “you’re warm, can you blame me?” elphaba huffs “and your skin is so soft” “my skin is also green” galinda looks up at her with furrowed brows, “green, and more importantly, warm and soft” galinda’s hand wanders higher, making elphaba’s breath hitch “galinda” elphaba closes her eyes and galinda’s mouths curves up into a small smile.
“and beautiful, i’ll have to try and convince you to wear one of my bikinis while we’re out here” elphaba chuckles “good luck with that, galinda” elphaba feels galinda’s fingers curve slightly at her waist “i think i liked it better when you called me princess”
galinda moves her face closer to elphaba’s exposed stomach, shirt riding up higher and higher, and galinda knew for a fact that elphaba wasn’t wearing a bra, it’d be so easy to just- galinda stops bringing the shirt higher and settles for placing a tender kiss on her stomach, elphaba’s eyes shoot open “galinda! what are you doing?” “i’m trying to show you that i don’t mind your skin, elphie, in fact, i actually like it, love it, even” galinda moves again, elphaba’s hand going to the back of her head, stroking her hair and getting lost in the moment “hmm, princess” elphaba hums as galinda presses another kiss onto her stomach “yes, my knight?” elphaba closes her eyes as galinda continues to press little kisses on elphaba’s stomach, galinda was about to kiss her stomach again when their door flies open, elphaba’s eyes shoot open and her hand leave’s galinda’s hair to pull her shirt down, the two scurry to move away from each other, galinda goes to fix her hair, “oh shit, i didn’t mean to walk in on y’all-” “we weren’t doing anything!” elphaba says quickly to tibbett, who nods slowly, “sure, um-” “we weren’t” elphaba says, more sternly “okay, well, breakfast is ready” he says before turning and closing the door behind him, elphaba closes her eyes and groans, running a hand over her face.
“oh oz” galinda breathes “he’s never gonna let us live that down” galinda covers her mouth to hide her laugh, “no, no he isn’t” elphaba says, still covering her face, “oh don’t hide your pretty face from me” “that was, singlehandedly, the most embarrassing moment of my life” galinda chuckles “that cannot be true, i mean, do you remember the clothes you used to wear before you met me?” elphaba can’t help but chuckle “shut up” “no, and we should go down for breakfast, before tibbett tells everyone what he walked in on” elphaba groans again, shaking her head “i’m not leaving the room, summers over, i’m gonna die of embarrassment” elphaba sinks back down, pulling the blanket over her face, making galinda laugh “poor elphie, she only had one morning of morning cuddles with her bestest most favouritest friend in the whole world” “a shame, really, but i fear she has in fact, died”
galinda reaches out to shake her shoulder, but elphaba swats her hand away “come on, and you call me a drama queen? it wasn’t that bad, i can just say that we were, um, i dunno, i was making sure you didn’t get bit by bed bugs during the night” elphaba removes the blanket from her face, looking at galinda with a bewildered look on her face “bed bugs?” galinda looks at her with a big smile “there it is, that pretty face of yours” elphaba rolls her eyes, “aren’t you hungry?” galinda asks “would it be too much if i asked you to bring breakfast up for me? just tell them it’s for the ghost in the attic” galinda chuckles again, jumping out of the bed, how does she manage to look so perfect in the morning?
“come on” elphaba sighs and stands up “okay, fine” galinda reaches her hand out and elphaba takes it, the two walk down the stairs together, hand in hand “it probably won’t even be that bad” galinda says, elphaba shrugs “maybe” galinda stops at the bottom of the stairs and elphaba follows suit, she looks up to find that everyone had stopped eating or talking and were staring at them, elphaba groans and leans her forehead against galinda’s shoulder “should’ve just gone with the ghost story” elphaba mutters, making galinda laugh, she shakes her off her shoulder, “come on, i’m hungry” the group goes back to their food and conversations, elphaba groans but straightens her back, walking over to the island where everything was laid out for breakfast, all while refusing to let go of galinda’s hand “elphie” galinda says to her “hmm” “we need to eat” “okay” elphaba says with a shrug, galinda can’t help but giggle “which means i need my hand back” elphaba’s eyes widen, she shakes her head slightly “right, of course, sorry” galinda hums and leans in to whisper something so only elphaba heard her “nothing to be sorry for, my knight” elphaba feels her cheeks heating up at the new pet name she had acquired.
“so, what’s the plan for today?” tibbett asks, fiyero shrugs “the summer festival is starting today, so we could go into town again and spend the day there” galinda’s eyes light up “oh that sounds amazing! what’s it like?” galinda asks “there’s a bunch of stalls, different vinkan foods, jewellery, clothes, little trinkets, there’s a few games, so much, i can barely remember oh and the children make flower crowns for everyone, those are free” galinda turns to elphaba, who puts her hand up “don’t even think about putting a flower crown on me, my sweet” galinda chuckles, absolutely determined to get a flower crown on her.
they had all gotten dressed after breakfast, making their way to town huddled in a big group, elphaba and galinda had their arms linked, of course, with crope and tibbett right next to them, crope had been giving elphaba looks all morning, but elphaba would always look away quickly, not wanting to talk about what his boyfriend had walked in on.
“oh my oz! this looks amazing!” galinda says when they walk closer to the flower arch, elphaba turns to her “do you want me to take a photo of you under it?” elphaba offers, galinda smiles “i have a better idea” she says “crope, could you take a pic of elphie and i?” elphaba’s eyes widen “galinda, i don-” “please, elphie?” she looks at elphaba’s eyes with that pleading look on her face “fine” galinda smiles happily and crope takes his camera out. “elphie, don’t just stand there, you have to smile for the photo” elphaba rolls her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest “i’m smiling” she says “no you’re not!” galinda forces her arm through elphaba’s to link them together “please, my knight” elphaba feels her face flushing, and she turns to hide it in galinda’s neck “wait no, don’t do that! now crope can’t take a picture of your pretty face” elphaba chuckles, making galinda smile happily.
crope can almost feel his teeth rotting by how sweet elphaba and galinda were being, but he can’t help but smile at the two, the way elphaba was ready to do anything and everything galinda asked her to, no matter how stubborn she tried and the way galinda always tried to make elphaba smile or laugh, like elphaba’s happiness was hers too.
elphaba had somehow gotten away from galinda for long enough to buy something for her, tucking it in her bag before galinda could see, “elphie! i found where they have the flower crowns, the groups gonna go and get them, come on, i want you to choose for me” elphaba smiles and takes galinda’s hand, letting herself be guided through the crowd.
“oh” elphaba sees the crowd of children and their parents making flower crowns, all smiling and laughing and talking as they do, “aren’t they great?” galinda asks elphaba, elphaba hums “i don’t think they’re for me, my sweet” galinda scoffs. “flower crowns are for everyone, my love” elphaba chuckles “okay then” she relents, galinda’s eyes widen “yeah?” “choose one for me, before i change my mind” galinda squeals just a bit, squeezing elphaba’s hand, she tucks a hair behind her ear and leans down, eyeing all the flower crowns on the ground before picking one up, it had a mix of yellow and purple flowers, elphaba’s favourite colours, though she didn’t know how galinda knew that “this one” elphaba has a small smile on her face “do you like it?” galinda asks, elphaba nods “they’re my favourite colours” galinda smiles “i know” “but how-” galinda giggles “i don’t know if you know this, but we live together, not only that, we’re the bestest friends anyone has ever seen” elphaba closes her eyes and tilts her head down so galinda can place the crown on her head “my knight” galinda says quietly, almost to herself, but elphaba hears it “last i heard, knights don’t get crowns” galinda huffs “you just have to ruin everything, don’t you?” “it’s a special skill of mine” elphaba replies, galinda rolls her eyes “okay, go on, your turn” she waves a hand over the flower crowns “okay” elphaba looks over them before smiling as she spots one made entirely out of pink flowers, galinda smiles as elphaba picks it up “how’d you know?” elphaba chuckles and shakes her head “silly” elphaba goes to put it on but galinda stops her just as she’s about to “your hair will look fine, don’t worry” galinda shakes her head “it just needs one thing” she says, turning back to the flowers, she asks one of the children “hey, is it alright if i take this for my crown?” galinda points to a green flower, “of course miss” galinda thanks them before taking it.
galinda smiles at elphaba before placing the green flower in between the pink ones “what are you-” elphaba gets cut off when galinda rolls her eyes and scoffs a little “for you, obviously, now you can put it on, but make sure people will be able to see the green flower, okay?” elphaba hums and nods her head “okay, princess”.
the whole group turns when they hear someone calling out for fiyero “fiyero!” “stella, darcy! oh my oz, it’s been so long, how are you guys?” fiyero gives the two a hug each “oh we’re good, how long have you been here? how long are here for?” fiyero smiles as he catches them up “i would’ve told you guys i was coming but i had no idea that you’d be here too” fiyero talks to them before leading them to the group.
galinda noticed how stella had taken a liking to elphaba, not that she could blame her, elphaba was beautiful, the most beautiful person she had ever met and probably will ever meet, and she was so smart, her voice was so smooth and galinda always loved it when mik talked about any and everything, stella had been asking her so many questions, “what are you studying in college?” or “how did you meet fiyero?”.
galinda couldn’t help but feel jealous that she wasn’t getting all of elphaba’s attention, of course it’s fine for her to befriend someone else, it’s a good thing actually, because galinda knows how hard it is for elphaba to open up. so why was galinda feeling like she was about to be sick?
“my sweet” galinda’s thoughts get cut off by elphaba’s voice “hmm?” elphaba’s brows furrow, moving closer to her, “are you alright? you’ve been walking in the back of the group and- well, you never do that” galinda chuckles “i’m okay, i promise, i think i’m just getting a bit tired” elphaba nods, stroking galinda’s arm “we have been walking around all day, do you wanna head back?” galinda shakes her head “no, it’s alright, just gonna take things slow, you go ahead, you and stella seem to be getting along really well” elphaba shakes her head a little “i don’t care about stella, i care about you, if you wanna go back we can, we can just watch a movie or something” galinda feels her face turning pink “i’m okay, seriously” galinda wraps her arm around elphaba’s “come on, i think fiyero wants us to play a few games” galinda says, trying to ease elphaba’s concern.
elphaba had very impressively won prizes for galinda, making galinda blush with each one she hands her, “my elphie’s the best! fiyero how many have you won?” galinda can barely hold the prizes in her arms “none, darling, thank you for pointing it out” galinda hums happily, walking over to elphaba and bumping her shoulder “hey” elphaba looks at her happily “hi, you feeling better?” galinda giggles and nods “much, it’s like with every prize you get me, i get a new surge of energy” elphaba chuckles “i’m glad, fiyero said that at night, the drinks come out, and it basically turns into a big party” galinda’s eyes widen “a party? i’m not dressed for a party” elphaba chuckles, leaning in to kiss galinda on the cheek “you look amazing, my sweet” galinda hums “thank you” elphaba smiles “do you need help carrying these?” elphaba points to all the new stuffed toys that galinda had “how will you win more prizes if you’re holding stuff?” elphaba chuckles “fair enough, but can you see over all of those?” galinda chuckles “mm, no, not really, guide me?” galinda shuffles closer to elphaba and elphaba wraps an arm around her waist “okay, princess”.
“fiyero, dear, could you hold these for me? since you don’t have any prizes to hold anyway” galinda says when they catch up to him “of course” elphaba furrows her brows “i offered” elphaba says, galinda looks at her, she could tell that elphaba had been slightly hurt by the action, like galinda choosing fiyero must’ve meant that she didn’t think elphaba was good enough, but oh was she so so so wrong, “well, elphie, my knight, my love, however am i supposed to hold your hand if you're holding my prizes” that gets elphaba to smile, and it also makes her skin turn darker, galinda slips her hand into elphabas, squeezing it to get her point across, “okay, fair enough then” elphaba relents.
fiyero was glad that he had driven the group here, because it meant that he could drop all the bloody prizes that elphaba had won for galinda, he’d usually be annoyed, but he couldn’t help but feel giddy watching two of his best friends falling in love with each other.
the sun had started to set, which meant that the children and most families had gone home, “one for me, and one for my knight” galinda hands elphaba a cup of something, elphaba narrows her eyes “what is this?” “it’s good, i promise” elphaba tilts her head again, but takes a sip, her eyes widen at the flavour “wait, this is good” galinda gasps “that’s what i said, did you not believe me?” elphaba chuckles “sorry for doubting you, my sweet”.
the group had sat down on a table so they could eat dinner before getting too drunk, galinda had noticed that stella had sat down on the other side of elphaba, asking her all sorts of questions, and elphaba was happily answering them, barely sparing a glance to galinda who, to be fair, was in her own conversation with sarima.
“i’m gonna go get another drink, do you want one?” galinda asks elphaba, “thank you, my sweet, that’d be great” galinda nods and stands up from her chair, going over to the bar, but when she’s walking back to the table, she finds elphaba’s seat empty, not only that, so is stella’s — ignoring the fact that crope, tibbett, darcy, and fiyero had also left.
“where’d they go?” galinda asks the rest of the table, “dancing, i think” nessa says, galinda nods, hoping her hum was loud enough to smother the sound of her heart cracking at the fact that elphaba would say yes to dancing with a random girl who was basically still a stranger, but not with her, “do you wanna?” sarima asks, galinda shakes her head “i’m alright, i’m a bit tired from the day”.
when elphaba gets back to the table, everyone realises that elphaba was drunk, she usually only let herself get tipsy because oz forbid she let’s loose once in a while. “my princess, there you are” elphaba leans in to kiss galinda on the cheek “hi, i heard you went dancing?” elphaba chuckles at that “dancing? who do you think i am? fiyero practically picked me up to take a few shots with them” galinda nods “oh, i guess nessa heard wrong then” “did you want to go dancing, my sweet?” elphaba’s hands wrap around galinda’s waist, pulling her in “maybe sarima will go dancing with you, i think crope and tibbett are out there with fiyero and stella and um, with-” “darcy” galinda offers “yes, darcy” “i don’t wanna go dancing with them, i wanna-” “sarima, will you take our dear galinda out to the dance floor?” sarima looks at them, “i thought you were tired” “i am, but elphaba’s drunk and now she thinks i wanna go dancing” galinda says quietly “you’re tired? my sweet, why didn’t you tell me? we can go home right now” elphaba’s voice laced with concern, galinda shakes her head “i’m fine, love, we can stay, but you should drink some water, and you’re not allowed to drink until you finish a glass” elphaba nods “okay”.
“you really don’t wanna dance? you love dancing” elphaba says when she places the glass down, the rest of the table had left to join the group already on the dance floor “i’d much rather stay with you” galinda says, elphaba furrows her brows “i don’t want you to stay here if you wanna dance, i can take care of myself” galinda shakes her head “it’s okay, my love, i really don’t mind staying here with you, i prefer it actually” galinda’s hand goes over elphaba’s, still on her stomach, and gives it a squeeze.
galinda feels her heart racing when elphaba squeezes her waist tighter, and then she feels it almost jump out of her chest when she feels elphaba’s lips on her neck, “elphie” galinda sighs “you’re warm” elphaba says, pressing another kiss on her neck before burying her nose into galinda’s neck “you’re drunk” “barely, not anymore” galinda chuckles, shaking her head “let’s go” elphaba says into the shell of her ear “go where?” galinda asks, breathless “anywhere you want, my sweet girl” galinda’s breath hitches “but right now, how about the dance floor?” galinda forces out a laugh “you wanna dance?” elphaba chuckles “with you, only you, always you, my sweet, pretty girl” galinda closes her eyes and tries to fill her lungs with air, but all that does is fill her senses with elphaba, the scent of her, the feel of her, it makes galinda’s nerves go haywire, so she nods quickly and goes to stand up “okay, okay, let’s go dance before you change your mind and break my heart for getting my hopes up” elphaba giggles and takes her hands.
elphaba realises what she had agreed to, no, suggested when galinda wraps her hands around elphaba’s neck “wait” galinda’s eyes flick up to hers “yes?” “i really don’t know how to dance” galinda giggles, looking down and leaning forward to press her forehead against elphaba’s shoulder “that’s alright” galinda says, leaning back so she can look elphaba in the eyes “just feel, my love” “that’s ridiculous, and unhelpful” galinda giggles again, “just move with the music, i’ll lead us both, and next time, when you’re dancing with someone else, you’ll know what to do” elphaba almost chokes on air at what galinda says “oh, my sweet, i doubt i’ll be dancing with anyone else” galinda furrows her brows “of course you will, you could dance with anyone you want” elphaba smiles and hums, leaning in closer to galinda’s ear “well, i doubt i’ll want to dance with anyone else, my sweet, at least not like this” elphaba proves her point by pulling her in closer, galinda feels her cheeks burning “oh” because what else was she supposed to fucking say to that?