What is... A puppy dog love phase?
An hour had passed and you found yourself laughing with Enid and impressing Wednesday all at once, rather comfortable with the two strangers. They were incredible. You had to control your thoughts as you found yourself feeling attracted to both of them very easily. Even scolding yourself to chill out and just make new friends without making things complicated by literally crushing on a couple. God you barely know them but they were so easy to be around and talk to. How could you not succumb to their charms and charisma.
Anytime the conversation got too much Wednesday would dial it down and anytime it became disturbingly morbid Enid would replace the atmosphere with a more positive topic of conversation. It was the perfect balance. It became far easier to understand why their two opposite personalities attracted so much.
As you walked beside Enid, you found her voice becoming muffled while you zone out as she explained the history of Nevermore. She seemed to know everything, and you wanted to listen, you really did,but you got distracted watching her lips move and her eyes light up as she let the copious amounts of facts and history spill from her mouth.
"My dear I think you're boring them" you hear Wednesday's voice snake its way through the muffled sound of Enid's and you snap out of it.
"Oh am I? I'm sorry Y/N sometimes I just waffle on and on and on and on and on-" she rolled her hands forward over and over to emphasize.
"Enid Darling" Wednesday stops Enid from continuing, tugging at her hand that was intertwined with hers. She then nodded her head at you and you smiled in appreciation even though you weren't bored at all, just ... Distracted.
"It's okay I get told I do the same" You reply empathetically. Over the years you've never had control of the word vomit that would occasionally pour out of your mouth especially when you were nervous. In fact it was taking an extensive amount of self control to stay quiet around the 2 very charming young women and not make a fool of yourself.
"The capacity her brain has to retain knowledge is admirable is it not?" Wednesday leans across awaiting your inevitable agreement and nods at you when as you say
"For sure! Very impressive" you reply, agreeing rather aggressively to avert suspicion. However you worried it could be misconstrued as pure sarcasm especially since most of the people around you have also mentioned your inability to sound genuine a fair amount of the time.
"My beloved is the smartest person I know" You watch as Wednesday showers Enid with compliments and chuckle to yourself when the blonde gets all giddy. She strokes a piece of Enid's hair behind her ear and you have an odd hint of jealousy while watching this.
But who were you jealous of... The cute and enticing bubbly blonde or the captivating and mysterious darker haired girl?
You quickly realise you'd been lost in thought watching the two interact when they both turn to you. So to prevent suspicion again you twitch your nose and say
"You guys are kinda gross" your face twists into mild disgust trying to make a joke as they both had just caught you staring.
"Well that's rather offensive" Wednesday inspected, believing your comment to be serious.
"No-no I mean_ like- ok... how long have you been together?" You decide to ask instead of letting you dig an even bigger hole to crawl into and let the pressure of socialising, consume your soul.
"Officially 1 Year 2 months 7 days 14 hours and 37 minutes but unofficially almost 2 years now" Enid spoke with blissful adoration and shocking accuracy as she swung her arm over Wednesday's shoulder affectionately. You blink, unsure whether you're terrified or impressed by this before continuing on.
"Wow and you're still in the whole puppy dog love phase? That's crazy" you gesture between the two with confusion. You've watched everyone you ever knew eventually fall out of Love or become stale and comfortable in a relationship but these two were a modern day Shakespeare novel with their undying passion not faltering even after it had been well over a year.
"What is ...a Puppy dog love phase?" You see a flash of confusion lay upon Wednesday's features as she continues "Is it because you are a canine?" Wednesday directs the last question to Enid who again just giggles at her girlfriend's detachment from relationship terminology. You yourself let out a breathy chuckle before trying to explain, noticing Enid's amused expression as she watched you stumble over your words.
"You know when you're in a relationship the first few months is all Lovey dovey and-" you begin but again you are cut off by a
"lovey dovey?" she almost threw up mimicking the phrase and she genuinely seemed horrified at the expression. But from what you have observed so far the spectrum on which her facial expressions lie is not a very vast one. So you just continue
"Yeah like all in love and infatuated with each other, you're always together you never get tired of being with them" your thoughts drift while you speak lightly daydreaming "You constantly shower each other with compliments and affection, you always want to be with them, or near them or just attached to them in some way" You can feel your eyes begin to water but you're too lost in a dream to do anything about it "They are the first thing you think about when you wake up, your last thought when you go to sleep and you let them know through constant reassurance and messages" You're waffling on now but you can't seem to stop yourself " And people around you are disgusted by how cute you are but you don't care because you are in your own little world and are all like- all gross and lovey dovey and all over each other" your words grow quiet as you phase out the sentence, examining the two girls who looked very VERY confused. When they don't immediately answer you panic " I'm sorry if I offended you I just mean that-" but again you are interrupted
"Are you okay?" Enid is looking at you with concern and Wednesday with more. You're not sure why they are glaring at you but it doesn't help to make you feel any better about offending them. You blink. The tears in your eyes are gone, you didn't let them fall, you would never... So why are they still looking at you like you're balling your eyes out in front of them.
"Huh yeah just a little awkward around new people" you step back slightly, trying to remove yourself from the conversation. As if you hadn't been getting along and chatting like you had known each other for years only moments ago.
"Y/N your eyes have a rather florescent tint to them am I right in assuming you are some kind of shapeshifter or mage?" Wednesday examined your features and watches as a look of dread covers your face.
"Oh. Oh shit! Yeah no I'm fine" You squeeze your eyes shut placing your index finger on your right eye and thumb on your left to press against them in an attempt to stop the phenomenon. "It's just uhhh" you can feel your skin vibrating, your blood turning cold and more fear arises as you realise you cannot control what is happening. Why now? You barely felt any emotion why did talking about that stupid relationship stuff trigger your powers? It's ridiculous!
"Hey it's okay" End reaches out to you but you slap her arm away, accidentally, as a learned reflex. The situation just turned from a light-hearted educational conversation into a violent outburst and you can't help but scream in your own head at the irritability you have towards your "gift" trying to make an unwanted appearance. You had to get away from them otherwise it would happen again. It CANNOT happen again.
"Sorry sorry" as you look up Wednesday's glare had turned into one of wrath, probably due to witnessing the attack you just performed on her girlfriend. "Sorry" you say again your eyes still glowing as Enid reaches for you again this time gripping your arm.
"Hey don't be ashamed of your mutation, everyone at Nevermore is a little different" your heart melts at the look she's giving you and your tense gaze softens for a moment.
Again you can feel the vibrations get stronger, pulsating through your veins a rapid pace, and you look down at the arm that is currently in the tight grip of a werewolf. And you dare to look at Wednesday's eyes before your next move.
"No!" You yell, ripping your arm away from her tight grasp and stumbling back slightly "I'll umm- thank you- for showing me around I didn't mean to hit you I'm sorry I'll find my room on my own" you apologise profusely scattering away, leaving the two girls extremely perplexed.
"Wait!" You hear Enid yell after you. She didn't sound mad just more worried about you which leaves you with a small wave of relief but you still continue to run away from the entire scene regardless.
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Wednesday turned to Enid "Are you okay?" She asks with great concern picking up Enids arm and inspecting it for damages. She felt a little dizzy but she wasn't about to admit that to Wednesday just look at how she was reacting to a light slap on the wrist.
"Yeah yeah I'm fine" Enid shrugs her off still staring in the distance trying to figure out where the New student had run off too. And why? Everyone here was an outcast with some kind of mutation/anomaly to humans so what was so terrifying about yours?
"Care Mia" Wednesday cradles Enid's face recognising her saddened features "Then why are you upset?" She observes.
"Wens she seemed so scared and she's so nice, we've barely been with her an hour and we've already scared her off" Enid decides that she must have said or done something to cause such a panic in you.
"I don't think we are responsible for the event that just occurred Mi amore" Wednesday tried to comfort her by taking a hold of Enid's hand again and raising it to her lips in a comforting kiss.
"I know but like- I still feel like we have to do something I- I like her" Enid looks to Wednesday. She had a weird feeling when it came to you, kind of how she felt when she first met Wednesday and although that was scary, Enid was always open to pursuing new things and making new friends.
"Remarkably, I feel she would be a good ally too" Wednesday compliments which shocks Enid a little. If even her negative, monotone girlfriend is accepting of this new student then she just had to go after her.
"You like her aswell babe!" She yells out "That never happens what is going on?!" She squeals out rather excited grabbing at Wednesday's upper arms and shaking her happily.
"I know. It concerns me too but there is something about this one" Wednesday rolls her eyes as Enid lets her go, her toothy grin blinding Wednesday's eyes. Not that she cared. She would happily let Enid burn out her retinas if it meant her little wolf was happy.
"I mean I know why I like her but why do you?" Enid's attention is back on Wednesday but there's a little voice in the back of her head whispering that they need to do something to help ... After she probes her girlfriend for more information that is.
"I'm not entirely sure." Wednesday thought for a moment before continuing "She rejects all forms of human contact"
"Realatable for you" Enid mutters earning a playful glare from Wednesday
"She has broadened her horizons from the English language to expand into some of the more desirable forms of communicating"
"Impressive" She mumbles again thinking back to Wednesday's conversation with Y/N in Italian and trying desperately not to swoon at the memory.
"And... Well I'm not sure but she just-"
"has a good vibe?" Enid helps her finish the sentence
Wednesday clears her throat and sighs " Yes she ..." She struggles to continue but chokes out "has a good vibe" she agrees with Enid squeezing her hand lightly for comfort. "That was, of course, up until she attacked you"Wednesday reminded Enid that she wasn't completely ok with the events that just unravelled before them.
"She didn't attack me?" Enid actually looked puzzled at the insinuation. A light tap to her arm meant nothing to Enid but of course her very intensely morbid Girlfriend would explore all the ways to defend her.
"Mi Amore, her hand made contact with your body in a frenzied attempt to get away from you" Wednesday explained "That ...is almost by definition an attack of sorts" she quirked an eyebrow up.
"Yeah but she didn't mean it and I barely felt it I'm a badass werewolf for God sakes" Enid gave the darker haired girl a smug grin and made a kissing motion with her mouth towards her, attempting to act too cool for school
"You're still my piccolo Lupa" she gushes over Enid sickeningly gripping her chin lightly to pull Enid from her 'cool wolf fantasy' "And I will seek repercussions for her actions" the devilish smirk that appears on Wednesdays face is one that Enid knows all too well. It was the reason 2 boys who hit on Enid ended up in Jericho hospital only last week and the reason the girl who accidentally bumped into Enid found her locker full of scorpions last month.
"Wens she didn't mean it! Come on Baby! Let's just find her and ask what happened maybe she can explain" Enid attempts to settle the ferocity in Wednesday's thirst for justice as she moved away from Enid to start her pursuit.
Wednesday had a slight (major) tendency to be fearlessly overprotective of Enid and she wasn't sure that not despising this girl was enough to allow hurting her beloved to slide.
"And you actually like this person Wednesday" Enid caught up to her grabbing at her wrist in a futile attempt to slow her down.
"Ouch." Wednesday bluntly states and Enid flustered moves away examining her hands,believing to have pierced her girlfriend with her claws "It hurts me deeply when you resort to using my given name" Wednesday continued as Enid let out a sigh of relief. So that ouch was emotional ... Good to know.
"Says the girl who literally scolds me every time I call her babycakes" Enid retorted.
"Rightfully so" Wednesday nodded.
"So are you over it?" Enid asks hopefully. She wanted to pursue this new friendship, find out what was going on and now more than ever her curiosity was itching its way to the surface.
"I will decide when we confront her" Wednesday compromises.
"So we're going to find her?" Enid asks.
"We are going find her" Wednesday agrees and the two girls head off to find Y/N, rushing through the halls of Nevermore quickly but swiftly.