Don’t make this weird

The rain had stopped. Everything was silent now, except for the gentle sound of water running, which was coming from the bathtub. Enid had already slipped into her pajamas, when Wednesday went to the bathroom to clean herself from the blood and dirt.

The blonde glanced at the clock. “Half past three.” she murmured and sighed.

A few hours ago, she was about to fall asleep from fatigue, while Wednesday was… bathing her or whatever that was. But now, she just couldn’t keep her eyes shut. Images from the Hyde, blood and Wednesday flashed before her eyes every time she was about to close them.

And not to mention the awkwardness she felt after her fangs lengthened before the dark haired girl.

Ugh, everything’s so messed up. she thought, when abruptly, the bathroom door opened disrupting Enid’s thoughts.

“Aren’t you asleep?” asked Wednesday in her monotonous voice.

She wore her all-black pajamas and walked towards her black bed.

“No, I can’t sleep.” answered the werewolf, while she fidgeted with her fingers. The craziest idea had been occupying her thoughts for a while now.

“Hey, Wednesday?” asked Enid.

The dark haired girl turned her black eyes at Enid.

The blonde gulped. “Could you… do you want to… uhm…” she stuttered.

Wednesday just kept looking at her, waiting.

“Can I… uhm…” Enid scrunched up her face and talked fast. “CanIsleepinyourbedtonight?”

“What?” asked Wednesday slightly joining her eyebrows in a clueless manner.

The werewolf gathered all her strength and repeated slowly. “Can I… sleep… in your bed tonight?”

Wednesday froze.

Uneasy silence fell upon the room making the atmosphere heavy.

Then, the answer sounded loud and clear: “No.”

Enid’s heart sank. “Oh, I see. Sorry, I know you don’t like-”

“You don’t understand.” interrupted her Wednesday. “You can’t sleep in my bed, because I have coated my bedframe with silver. And although I would appreciate the burning sensation on my skin if I were a werewolf, I highly doubt that you will enjoy it.”

“Wait. You did what?! When?” asked Enid in shock.

“My first night at Nevermore.” answered Wednesday flatly.

The blonde stared at the dark haired girl with wide open eyes.

“Don’t act so surprised, Enid. Half of the student body consists of werewolves and vampires. One must surely take the necessary percussions.” stated Wednesday matter-of-factly. Then, she lowered her eyes to the floor. “Besides, it was before I… knew you.”

Enid smiled. “Then, maybe, you could sleep in my bed.” she suggested.

“Aaah, yes. It seems that the day has finally come for me to die of my flesh slowly peeling off my bones.” Wednesday’s eyes beamed. “I’m looking forward to it.”

“Yeah, ooor we could just change the bedsheets.” suggested Enid.

The ravenette’s expression dulled. “How boring.”

The werewolf rolled her eyes and chuckled. “You’re weird.”

“Thank you.” answered the shorter girl who walked to her closet grabbing a black bedsheet.

Enid was the happiest girl in the world right now! Internally, her wolf screamed. She had convinced Wednesday -The-I-hate-human-touch-Wednesday- to sleep with her? In her bed?!

But, totally in a platonic way, of course.

“Enid, your radiating happiness makes me want to jump in a bucket of pink paint and listen to Barbie songs, until my ears bleed.” commented Wednesday, while reaching the blonde’s bed.

“Gee, thanks Wednesday.” Enid rolled her eyes again with a small smile on her face.

Then, she looked at her teddy bears, then at Wednesday and then again at the teddy bears. Hmmm, she wondered how far she could push the shorter girl’s limits…

She playfully grabbed a plushie and threw it at Wednesday.

The black haired girl caught it in surprise. Then, she shot a death glare at Enid.

Oh no. Maybe I pushed a little too far. thought the blonde. “I’m sor-“

THUD!

A flying plushie cut her mid-sentence.

“Oops. It slipped my fingers.” remarked Wednesday in her monotonous voice.

Enid huffed and threw another one at the shorter girl, who dodged it off with ease.

Immediately, Wednesday snatched a fluffy unicorn and tossed it at the blonde. “Oh, my. It happened again.” she teased and hurled another one at a grinning Enid.  “And again. How clumsy I am.” the ravenette continued her teasing in her monotonous voice. Then, she lightly threw a small deer at the happy werewolf, who ducked laughing. “It can’t be.” fake-gasped Wednesday. “You have clearly coated them in some slippery substance.”

“Oh, you got me.” teased Enid when she caught her breath and fired a fluffy octopus at Wednesday. The latter avoided it swiftly.

“When you were in the bathroom, I sprayed my plushies with a magic…” the blonde thought for a moment “THING that makes you unable to hold them.”

“I knew it.” responded Wednesday with the smallest smirk on her face and dodged off another flying stuffed animal.

Soon, this playfulness evolved into a real plushie-fight, until there was only one teddy left on Enid’s bed.

Both girls went to grab it, the determination shining in their eyes.

And then…

Their hands touched for the second time that night. Both looked up surprised.

The room went silent again. And Enid was the one that spoke first.

“Uhm, here. You can have it.” she said and withdrew her hand from the plushie.

“I appreciate the gesture Enid, but I find stuffed animals insufferable. It is only right that a bubbly person like you should have it.” commented Wednesday and handed the plushie to Enid.

You didn’t find stuffed animals so insufferable a few seconds ago… the werewolf thought, but said out loud “Thank you. I guess.”

“Now, come Enid. The bed isn’t going to be made by itself. I suggest we start arranging the bedsheets now, so we can finally find some rest.” stated a stoic Wednesday.

Enid opened her mouth to say something, but decided against it and closed it.

“Are you pretending to be a fish now? How amusing.” commented Wednesday flatly.

“I’m not! You – ugh! You’re so annoying sometimes.”

“A second compliment in the same night.” smirked Wednesday. “Please stop, I would blush if I could.”

Enid inhaled to calm herself and waved her hands. “You know what? Never mind. Let’s get this over with.” she said and took a corner of the black bedsheet in her hands.

“I thought you wanted me to sleep with  you.” said Wednesday. “Well, if my presence here is unwanted, then I should-“

“No!” shouted Enid. Then, she cleared her throat. “No.” she said with a lower voice and added: “I can’t sleep. And if I’m being honest, the only thing that makes me feel safe right now is you. I don’t know why or how, but we work. We shouldn’t, but we do.”

“Well, then. Less talking, more doing, Enid.” stated the black haired girl.

Enid blushed as her mind went to places that shouldn’t… “Oh, you mean the bedsheets?” the enlightenment finally came.

Wednesday stared at her. “Yes.” she spoke.

After they finished making the bed, both went to a separate side of it. Enid made herself comfortable on her side, while Wednesday crossed her arms like a corpse in a coffin.

Finally, the sleep came, so powerful and abysmal like death and-

“Wednesday?” asked Enid.

The shorter girl huffed annoyed. “Yes?” She opened her eyes and looked at the werewolf having her arms still crossed.

“Your hands.” whispered a worried Enid. “They’re red.”

Wednesday observed her hands. “Interesting. Considering the amount of color that I came into contact with in the last few hours, I’d expect at least one open wound.”

“Hey, don’t say that!” said a distressed Enid.

“Don’t worry, Enid. I just survived a Hyde attack and a demonic pilgrim. I am certain that a few colors won’t harm me.” said Wednesday. ”Now, could you be silent? We need to sleep.” she added and closed her eyes.

A few seconds of silence passed and Enid’s voice sounded again. “Wednesday?”

The ravenette sighed annoyed. “Yes?”

“I can’t sleep.”

Wednesday’s features softened. She opened her eyes and looked at Enid. Behind her stoic expression shone something. Something tender?

The black haired girl opened her mouth to speak. “When I was a kid and couldn’t sleep, my father would come to my room and tell me stories and jokes.”

“Jokes?” asked Enid. That didn’t sound so Addams-like.

“Yes.” answered Wednesday and paused leaving them in silence.

After a few moments the ravenette asked: “Do you need to hear one?”

“I… want to.” replied Enid.

Wednesday bit the inner side of her mouth and spoke in a monotonous voice. “I was drinking a martini and the waitress screamed ‘Does anyone know CPR?’ I yelled ‘I know the entire alphabet.’ And we all laughed and laughed. Well, except one person.”

The blonde frowned. “That was dark, Wednesday.”

“That was the point.” she said.

“Don’t you know a lighter one? You know, something funny?”

“Our perception of ‘funny’ vastly differs, but let us not elaborate on that.” answered the ravenette. She thought a little and voiced flatly: “I tried to warm my son about playing Russian roulette. It went in one ear and out the other.”

Enid’s eyes opened in shock. “I said something light, Wednesday.”

“That was light.”  Wednesday clarified.

“Listen, I don’t know how you did it, but I actually feel worse than before.” said Enid.

“The other thing we did when we couldn’t sleep was playing a round of electroshock, but I doubt that you’ll find it helpful.” commented Wednesday.

“Yeah, not really.” agreed the blonde.

“Well. I am out of ideas.” stated Wednesday and remained silent.

“We could hug.” suggested Enid softly.

Wednesday stared at her like she had just told her to become blonde.

Enid’s eyes widened. “Did I just say it out loud?” she panicked.

“Either that or I can hear your thoughts.” jested a monotonous Wednesday.

“Well, I hope not.” murmured the werewolf.

“Why not? Do you have something in there that shouldn’t be?” smirked the shorter girl.

“What? No, that’s – that’s not what I said.” Enid defended herself.

“Yes, you did.” continued Wednesday. “With your eyes.”

“That’s ridiculous.” huffed Enid.

“Or is it?” said Wednesday with piercing eyes.

“Uh, is it hot in here or is it just me?” said Enid panicking.

“Well, you are hot.” remarked Wednesday.

“What?”

“What?”

Enid blinked. “What did you just say?”

“I didn’t say anything.” said Wednesday slowly.

“Yes you did. You just said-“

“Gosh, Enid just take the hint already!” expressed Wednesday and grabbed Enid’s shirt collar kissing her passionately.

Enid let out a surprised sound, before deepening the kiss and letting her inner wolf take control and-

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Wednesday shot up in shock.

She panted and looked around her. She was sitting on Enid’s bed with her sleeping deeply beside her.

Enid stirred. “Wednesday? Is everything okay?” she murmured.

“Yes, everything’s fine Enid. Go back to sleep.”

The blonde woke up slowly and opened her eyes, while realizing the panicked look on Wednesday’s face. “Are you sure everything’s okay?”

“Yes. I just had a nightmare. That’s all.” answered the dark haired girl.

Enid grimaced. “I thought you liked nightmares.”

“Not that kind of nightmares.” said Wednesday and added: “When did we fall asleep?”

Enid blinked. “Ugh, I don’t know.” she thought a little. “I was tired, but then I noticed that your hands were red and then you told me something about demonic pilgrims… I don’t know. I don’t remember anything else.” she said.

“So, you don’t recall anything about martinis, CPR and…” Wednesday cleared her throat. “… human contact?”

“Uhm… no?”

“Good.” Wednesday exhaled relieved. ”Well, goodnight Enid.” she stated and laid back crossing her arms.

“Yeah, goodnight Wednesday.” responded Enid confused. Then, she closed her eyes wondering what kind of terrifying nightmares frightened even THE Wednesday Addams…