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It had been exactly a year since the last (and the first) time Galinda and Elphaba went to Pride together. This time around, Galinda had undeniably been the more excited one of the two. It would be her first Pride out as a lesbian! How could she not be absolutely ecstatic?
Before they left their apartment, it was mandated (by Galinda) that they take at least a few pictures. They stood in Galinda’s bathroom in front of the mirror as Galinda stood behind Elphaba, hugging her with an arm wrapped around her waist. As she took the picture, immediately after, Elphaba pulled away and turned towards the door. Galinda grabbed her arm.
“Elphie, come back! We have to take a couple more!” She whined.
Elphaba sighed. “Galinda we’ve taken at least fourteen pictures by now, surely.”
Galinda poked her bottom lip out. “Please, Elphie? One more.”
Elphaba sighed once again and walked back into Galinda’s space.
“Yay!”
“C’mon and take the pictures so we can leave.”
“Sure thing Grumpy Pants.”
Galinda pulled Elphaba’s body against her own once more, returning to the same pose that they had taken earlier. This time, before taking the picture, Galinda leaned close and kissed Elphaba’s cheek, leaving Elphaba no choice but to giggle before she snapped the picture.
This year, Galinda wore a cropped white shirt that read ‘I ♡ MY GF’ (the heart colored in orange, white, and pink), with a baby pink mini skirt. Elphaba thought that the shirt was a bit excessive, to which Galinda explained that there was nothing excessive about expressing her love and commitment to her girlfriend.
Elphaba decided on a skirt as well this year. Though hers was black and also quite short, hers wasn’t nearly as short and revealing as Galinda’s. Initially, for a top, she wore a plain black shirt, much to Galinda’s disapproval. So then, Galinda shuffled to her own closet and brought out a plastic bag. Inside, was a black version of the same exact shirt that Galinda wore, only on this one, the heart was instead pink, purple, and blue.
Elphaba internally cursed herself for not sooner realizing that of course Galinda would have gotten her a matching shirt.
After all of the pictures that Galinda insisted on taking were taken, the two made sure to accessorize a bit more before leaving their apartment. Elphaba grabbed her tote bag which featured the little keychain bear that she had gotten last year. It had been there ever since. Galinda, being the dramatic one that she was, had tiny rhinestones around both her eyes, a gigantic lesbian flag (they would have to rent a storage unit for all the Pride flags they owned alone), and a very dainty double venus necklace draped around her neck.
“I’m not sure if I would’ve believed it if someone told me last year that you would be such an intense lesbian,” Elphaba joked.
“Well, it makes sense! Doesn’t it, Elphie? You know, I have always loved your butt,” Galinda said with a slight shrug of her shoulders.
Elphaba’s eyes were wide in shock. That was far from the filthiest thing Galinda had ever said to her, but she still wasn’t quite used to it yet. She wasn’t sure if she’d ever be, actually.
“C’mon!” Galinda nearly pushed Elphaba out of their front door, making sure that they both had their keys and bags.
~
For the second time, the girls took in the environment surrounding them, admiring the freshly manicured lawn that they stood upon. Galinda, with her arm intertwined with Elphaba’s, sharply turned her head when she recognized a familiar face.
“Oh, Elphie! Look, look! It’s the sweet lady from last year! Let’s check her stand out!”
“Wow, I guess she really meant it when she said she loved this, huh?” Elphaba laughed.
Galinda tugged Elphaba with the arm that she had currently wrapped around Elphaba’s bicep, pulling her towards the woman with the red hair.
“Galinda, you know that I wanted to go over there as well, right? You don’t have to drag me everywhere.”
Galinda huffed, still pulling Elphaba along. “Oh please. You know you love this!”
And to this, Elphaba had no response. Because it had been completely true. Elphaba did love being pulled around by her girlfriend. And if she were being completely honest, anything that required any form of contact between the two was undoubtedly welcomed by her.
The woman working the stand had hardly changed from the last time Galinda and Elphaba had visited, aside from the shade of red in her hair being a tad lighter than it was last year. As the two approached the stand – with Galinda still leading the way, of course – the woman still wore that friendly smile.
“You’re still here!” Galinda said with maybe a bit too much enthusiasm.
The woman nodded. “I am. And I see that…you two have figured some things out?” She glanced between both of their shirts and took in the hold that they both had on one another.
Galinda nodded and giggled.
“Well, she figured some things out. I had actually been pining for quite some time,” Elphaba said with a small laugh.
The woman with the red hair nodded understandingly. “Oh you don’t even have to tell me. I saw the look in your eyes that day the moment she called you two ‘friends!’ I prayed for you that night, you know.”
“Was it that obvious?”
“I’m afraid it was. But! There’s no need to harp on the past now. You two are together now and that’s all that matters. Might I add, you two make an absolutely gorgeous couple!”
At the compliment, both Elphaba and Galinda blushed.
“Thank you so much,” Galinda said.
“Now, I have a lot more here than I did last year. I have some candy if that interests you, some more keychains, mini handheld flags, some lighters, scrunchies, stickers, and some mini plushies! We ran out of giveaways quite early last year so we made sure to stock up this time,” the woman said.
“We must simply get everything, Elphie!” Galinda jumped up in excitement.
“Galinda, we can’t take everything. These are for other people too.”
The woman interrupted their conversation. “Nonsense. I have boxes of more items below the table! Take what you need.”
Galinda firstly turned her attention towards the flags.
“Galinda we seriously have too many flags.”
“Shush Elphie. This is for Fiyero! He said he’d be here soon anyway.” Galinda picked up the mini bisexual flag since she had never seen him with one.
Galinda continued to grab two of the mini plushies, one a duck for Elphaba, and the other a frog for herself. She grabbed a pink scrunchie and immediately put it on her wrist, and both she and Elphaba grabbed a couple of stickers.
~
Fiyero had arrived and met up with the girls nearly an hour after they had both first arrived. Since meeting at last year’s Pride, the trio had become pretty close.
Galinda made sure to gift him the flag that she had gotten for him earlier. She had hoped that it would add some character to his borderline boring outfit.
The three sat on one end of a wooden picnic table that was in the middle of the park. The event was rather crowded, so they couldn’t have a single table to themselves. Fiyero sat on one side with a vanilla ice cream cone while Galinda and Elphaba sat on the other side, sharing a plate of nachos. Though there was still enough room for the three of them to sit normally and comfortably, Galinda was perched in Elphaba’s lap for… whatever reason.
“Fiyero,” Elphaba broke the silence. “... have you started talking to anyone yet?”
Galinda, chomping on nachos, barely paid her girlfriend any mind as she spoke.
“Funny you ask, actually. I did start talking to someone about a month ago. His name is Boq.”
Elphaba smiled. “That’s good to hear. Do you like him?”
Fiyero returned the smile. “I really do. I’m hoping it goes a lot further than where it is n-”
“Elphie, do you have another bottle of water?” Galinda interrupted.
“I do,” Elphaba said as she started to reach into her bag.
“Did you even hear a word I said?” Fiyero asked, shaking his head.
“Of course! You’re seeing a guy called Biq! I’m very happy for you by the way.”
To this response, Fiyero couldn’t do much more than laugh in disbelief. “Anyway, why are you on top of Elphaba? You know there’s enough room,” he asked as he saw Elphaba sit the water bottle on the table in front of Galinda.
“I’m always on top of Elphaba,” she smirked.
Elphaba buried her face in her hands, trying her best to hide from Fiyero. Galinda turned around slightly to remove Elphaba’s hands from her face. “Oh everyone knows you’re a bottom, Elphie,” she said in her best efforts to comfort her girlfriend.
Fiyero was fully laughing now. Both at Galinda’s teasing but also at the factual nature of the statement. Everyone in their circle did know that, somehow.
“Not true,” Elphaba rebutted. “Sometimes I t-”
“Alright that’s enough,” Fiyero interrupted.
~
After another Pride event full of colorful flags, outgoing strangers and couples, snacks and deserts, and live music, Elphaba and Galinda made it back to their apartment absolutely exhausted.
They both kicked off their shoes and got out of their clothes, took showers, (Individually. They were far too tired for what a shared shower would likely result in.) and got ready for bed.
Despite having their own separate rooms, which they both still used accordingly and spent time in, Elphaba slept in Galinda’s bed on most nights. Galinda was already in bed showered and moisturized when Elphaba joined her, snuggling in close.
“I’m sleepy,” Galinda said.
“Me too. Today was fun though, wasn’t it?”
“Mhm. It was our first Pride as girlfriends!”
Elphaba smiled at the enthusiasm her girlfriend had even at her sleepiest and pulled her even closer into her embrace.
“You’re slurring your words. Go to sleep, my sweet,” Elphaba giggled and pressed a kiss on top of Galinda’s head.
Galinda pulled her head away from Elphaba’s neck and placed a sweet kiss on her lips before tucking herself back into her neck. “I love you.”
“I love you too.”