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Years after graduation from Shiz University, there were a couple of consistencies in Elphaba and Galinda’s lives. They still found themselves to be roommates — now in a cozy but spacious apartment in the Emerald City, and no longer in the halls of Shiz of course — and their friendship still remained intact.
All throughout their fourth year of university and fourth year of living together, the two talked and contemplated frequently of their post-grad plans, often discussing where they would stay, who they would stay with, if they would still live with one another, and how they would keep in touch. It was always concluded that they would still live with one another, as neither of them could picture the future without the other in it. That’s what four years of rooming together does to people, right?
Elphaba and Galinda’s Emerald City apartment now was nothing too special, but it wasn’t bad either. They had a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment with a nice spacious living room and a rather beautiful kitchen (for an apartment, at least). Again, it was a nice place, but it did have one flaw. There was no balcony! Balconies are essential for quality living, Galinda had insisted when they were on the hunt for a place to stay. Her whines were quickly shut down by her best friend. Elphaba had told Galinda time after time again that an apartment with a balcony was simply not in their budget.
It had now been a year and three months since they had first moved in, and life seemed to be rather calm and stagnant for the two. Galinda had a stable job at Emerald City High, where she taught both Art History and AP Photojournalism. Elphaba was furthering her studies at ECU in hopes of becoming a veterinarian. For now, she worked at their local coffee shop as a part time barista, mainly so she could pay her half of the rent.
Today, Elphaba finally had a day off from both her studies and work. Being the high achiever that she is, she of course completed all of her assignments for the week by Tuesday, and luckily, she wasn’t on the schedule for today. She lay sprawled out across their living room couch wearing a black tank top paired with grey sweatpants. She was halfway looking at the TV, watching whatever Netflix had queued up next after her docu-series ended. There was a deep red blanket lazily draped across the lower half of her body while she laid comfortably with her microbraids pulled back into a low ponytail with a few loose stands escaping, framing the sides of her face. On the coffee table in front of the couch was an open bag of Goldfish and a half-drunk bottle of juice.
She was quickly pulled out of her daze when she heard a key in the lock. Shit, is it already four?? She thought to herself. The front door opened slowly, revealing her blonde best friend on the other side, who was quickly making her way inside the apartment. It wasn’t often that she was unoccupied when Galinda came home, so today, she was overjoyed and delighted at the sight and the domesticity of it all, and so was Galinda.
After closing and locking the door and kicking her shoes off of her feet, Galinda charged and nearly launched herself at Elphaba, who was still cuddled up on the couch. Elphaba (or anyone else for that matter) wouldn’t have believed it if they were told that 24 year old Galinda would still be as energetic and as hyper as 18 year old Galinda, but here they are.
“Hi Elphie!” Galinda was so close to her best friend’s face that Elphaba could hardly see her. A nose, pink lips and bunny teeth, and a chin was all that Elphaba had view of. Also, her ribcage was being crushed, but she didn’t mind that too much. With a soft laugh and a bit of struggling, she returned the greeting. “Hi Galinda.”
Quickly scooting off of Elphaba so that she could sit up, Galinda made herself comfortable on the other end of the couch so that she and Elphaba could have a direct view of each other.
“Have you been here all day?” Galinda asked with a wide eyed expression. It was rare for Elphaba to have not gone to any classes, labs, the library, or work all day.
“Yeah,” she shortly glanced down at her clothes, a sure indicator that she hadn’t stepped foot outside of the apartment today. “I’ve just been resting and snacking and watching TV all day.”
“Ugh, no fair Elphie! I’ve been dealing with stinky children all day!”
“Galinda, you teach high schoolers.”
“Yeah, well they still stink.” At this, Elphaba laughed. She knew deep down that Galinda loved her job and that she especially loved her students. After she had stopped laughing, she focused on her best friend, noticing her… strangely smiling at Elphaba?
“Galinda?”
“Hm?”
“Why are you smiling at me like that?”
Galinda seemed to jump at her own realization that she had been staring at Elphaba. “Oh nothing,” she started, “but has anyone told you that you look absolutely and positively cozy and adorable today!” She had once again made her way over to the side of the couch that Elphaba was sitting on and took her cheeks into her hands, squeezing her face as if she were a baby. “Awwwww!”
“Galinda!”
“I’m sorry Elphie, I really am! But you look so cozy!”
“Well to answer your question, no. No one has told me that today, because in case you forgot, you are the only other person who lives with me, and you've been gone. All day.”
Galinda’s face dropped at Elphaba’s (unserious) seriousness. “Well, Elphie. You look absolutely and positively cozy and adorable today!”
Not being able to do anything but smile at her friend’s antics, Elphaba just kindly and shyly took the compliment with a small, “thanks.”
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It was now 8:17 PM. Elphaba sat on a stool at the island of their kitchen eating a small caesar salad, while Galinda was finishing up her nightly routine. The two had agreed upon a movie night —- just one movie though! They were very busy women who needed to be asleep at a reasonable time so that they could have a productive next day!
“Elphie! I’m almost done! Stop chomping on that horrendible salad and get the movie ready!” Galinda yelled from her bathroom door. Without responding, Elphaba ate the remaining bits of her salad, placed her bowl and fork in the sink, and walked back over to the couch to pull up their movie for the night. No more than a few moments later, Galinda emerged from the bathroom with fluffy candy cane pajama pants on and an oversized red t-shirt. If asked, neither she or Elphaba could tell anyone where she got it from. It was just there.
“Are you ready?” Galinda turned off the kitchen light and the lamp that sat on the end table next to the couch, leaving the room completely dark except for the light coming from their TV. She sat on the couch next to Elphaba, way closer than what two people were supposed to be on a couch, but how else would she and Elphaba cuddle while watching the movie?
Since Shiz, cuddling had been the norm, the expectation, the given, with those two! Of course, first initiated by Galinda during their freshman year, the two best friends had spent almost every night in Galinda’s bed wrapped in each other’s arms. Their clingy behavior eventually made it outside of their dorm and into the public eye. Holding each other's hands, the constant hugging, and the spontaneous and rather random words of affirmation were all normal aspects of daily life for the two of them. Naturally, rumors of them started to brew on campus.
Are they like… dating?
They’re totally lesbians!
Galinda definitely wants to get in her pants!
Every now and then, there’d be the occasional:
Guys, they are clearly just two close best friends!
Anyway, Elphaba opened up her blanket to let Galinda in, so that they’d both be completely wrapped in the blanket together. She pointed the remote to the TV screen and turned to face Galinda to tell her that she was ready. She pressed play on the movie and they both quickly grew silent, giving their undivided attention to the screen in front of them.
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“Elphie stop acting brand new! I’m always big spoon and you know it.” Galinda huffed. They had been an hour into their movie now and were clearly growing tired of their previous positioning on the couch.
“Yes but a change for once wouldn’t hurt,” Elphaba argued.
“Oh but it would. It would hurt so bad Elphie! That’s why I'm telling you that it is imperative that I hold you and not the other way around!”
Elphaba groans but eventually accepts her defeat. She rolls over, still facing the TV, as Galinda settles behind her to hold her with a smile on her face. “See,” she whispers in Elphaba’s ear, “this is much better.” Elphaba couldn’t argue, she liked being held by the blonde.
As the movie progresses, it’s safe to assume that Galinda’s attention has been stripped from the movie and placed on something else. What exactly it was that stole her attention, she wasn’t sure. But she definitely wasn’t watching the movie anymore. As she lay with her body perfectly slotted behind Elphaba’s, she had let her hands begin to eventually roam Elphaba’s body as she took them away from their original positioning on her waist. There was nothing wrong with friendly petting here and there!
After several moments of Galinda gliding her hands up and down the sides of Elphaba’s torso, and occasionally drawing circles on her stomach, her hands started to mindlessly move upwards, slowly approaching the swell of Elphaba’s breast. A small, gentle touch there with Galinda’s pinky finger was all that it took for Elphaba’s breath to hitch. The sound immediately snapped Galinda back into reality, her big eyes widening even more as she realized what she had done.
“Oh Oz Elphie I’m so sorry!” She had even sat up a little bit, trying to give Elphaba a little bit of space just in case she needed it. Elphaba turned her head to look at Galinda with soft and sincere eyes. She pulled her arm, signaling to Galinda that it was okay for her to lay back down. “It’s okay.”
“No it’s not okay! I violated you like some gross pervert and I wasn’t even paying attention. I’m going to lose my bestest best friend of six years now all because I can’t keep my hands stationary. I’m so so sorry Elphie, I’ll text Momsie and Popsicle and tell them that I’ll be moving back in-”
“Galinda!”
Elphaba’s sudden switch of tone and the raising of her voice quickly caught Galinda’s attention and cut her off mid sentence. She looked at her best friend who was still laying down and waiting for her to speak, afraid of what she may say.
“I told you that it’s okay Galinda. Please let’s just lay back down and finish the movie. You have nothing to worry about, I promise.”
With no response, Galinda slowly laid back down and the two girls were quickly back in the same position as before. Only now, Galinda was clearly stuck on what she should do with her hands. In fact, it was so clear that even Elphaba noticed.
Without saying a word, Elphaba reached back to grab Galinda’s awkwardly hovering hand, and placed it back on her stomach. Knowing for sure now that she was comfortable with her touch, Galinda sighed in relief and let her body melt back into Elphaba’s.
The only difference between now and before was that Elphaba’s hand remained on top of Galinda’s. It was maybe seven minutes after the two had laid back down again that Elphaba’s hand started to move Galinda’s. Maybe Galinda wasn’t processing things correctly but… were their hands moving back up to Elphaba’s chest? Galinda’s mind was clouded with thoughts that were telling her to stop being so weird and perverted, until said thoughts were cut short as she felt Elphaba’s entire breast in the palm of hand, with Elphaba’s hand still on top of hers. Now, it was time for Galinda’s breath to hitch.
They both said nothing and continued to watch the screen in front of them as if none of this were happening. Feeling bolder and gaining confidence as the time went on, Galinda tightened her hand, squeezing just a little. By this point, Elphaba’s hand was no longer on top of Galinda’s. Again, neither of the two acknowledged what was happening, and kept their (definitely divided) attention on the movie.
Testing the waters and wanting to push a bit further, Galinda started to glide her hand back down Elphaba’s torso, letting it land below her navel and right on the waistband of her sweatpants. Elphaba and Galinda both pushed down their questions of ‘What are we doing?’ and ‘What does this mean?’ and decided to let everything play out in whatever way it did. They’d address it later.
Galinda toyed with the waistband, occasionally dipping the tips of her fingers into the very top of Elphaba’s pants and then pulling them right back out. Responding to the relentless teasing of Galinda’s digits, Elphaba slightly pushed her ass backwards into Galinda’s front.
Trying not to make any sounds that definitely wouldn’t be appropriate to make right now, Galinda started to speak.
“Elphie.”
“Yes?” Elphaba responds, almost breathless.
“Do you like the movie?” She dips her hand fully into Elphaba’s sweatpants now, no longer teasing the space between her belly button and waistband.
Elphaba feels her heart skip a beat, but not wanting to ignore her friend, she just responds. “Uhm, yeah. It’s alright.”
“Hm. That’s good.”
Galinda lets her hand fall down lower and lower, until it reaches the patch of wetness that covered the surface of Elphaba’s underwear. Wanting to explore more, she drags her finger up just slightly, and applies the smallest bit of pressure on Elphaba’s clothed clit.
Now, she could definitely tell that this was affecting Elphaba. Her breaths started to become heavier and shorter, and though she didn’t know for sure, she was almost certain that her heartbeat had ever so slightly sped up. She continued to rub light circles, not wanting to change paces too quickly with Elphaba.
Galinda started to speak again. “What are you doing tomorrow, Elphie?” After this, she slides her hand inside of Elphaba’s underwear, sliding her fingers all the way down to her opening to gather wetness, and then bringing them back up to continue what she was doing before, but now with direct contact.
Elphaba let out the softest sigh, one that was almost adjacent to a moan. Galinda could tell she was holding back, as they were both putting forth their best efforts to pretend that this wasn’t happening.
“G-Galinda..”
“Hm?”
“Galinda, shush. The movie is still on.”
Galinda obeyed. She continued the movement of her fingers on Elphaba, only to let her fingers dip down once more. Slowly, with two fingers, she pushed into her best friend. Still, as Elphaba tried to hold back any reaction, she made minimal noise, but her back arched into Galinda as she pushed her two fingers further and further inside.
Once Galinda’s fingers were buried deep into Elphaba, she pulled them out and pushed back in. Slowly gaining speed and comfortability, Galinda started to thrust her fingers faster in and out of Elphaba. Now, small whimpers and moans were escaping Elphaba’s mouth. Galinda felt her own arousal starting to build. I’ll have to deal with that later, she thought.
Now, really wanting to push Elphaba over the edge, Galinda pushed her fingers inside and started to curl them upwards, causing a sensation that made Elphaba nearly lose her equilibrium. Elphaba started to almost slip off of the couch until Galinda snaked her other arm around and pulled her back into her body, still continuing her movements inside of Elphaba.
With her thumb, Galinda resumed her earlier actions and gave attention to Elphaba’s clit as well. From here, it only took a few more moments until Elphaba’s body started to tremble into Galinda’s. Not much under her control anymore, Elphaba’s moans and sighs became louder and uncontrolled. Even the occasional “Galinda,” slipped out.
Galinda, finally, becomes the first of the two to even acknowledge aloud what they’re doing. “You sound so beautiful, Elphie,” she whispers gently into her ear. She continues the movement of her hand with persistence.
Only a few moments later, Elphaba’s body stiffens, and shortly after, she relaxes back into Galinda’s arms. Her chest is rapidly rising and falling as she breathes heavily, recovering from her orgasm.
Galinda removes her hands from Elphaba’s sweatpants so that she can now hold her with both arms. She’s rubbing one of her hands up and down Elphaba’s arms as Elphaba turns around to face her and suddenly breaks the comfortable silence.
“Galinda?”
“Yes?”
“What was that?”
“I made you come, Elphie. What else?” Galinda had a slight smug yet playful tone in her voice.
“I’m being serious. Stop.”
Galinda sighs, “Honestly, I don’t know Elphie. But we don’t have to talk about it really. It’s late and we both have work tomorrow, right?”
“Yes, but Galinda?”
“Hm?”
“Tomorrow, or the day after that, or weeks from now, can we not pretend that… this didn’t happen?”
Galinda gives a sweet and genuine smile to Elphaba, “of course.”
“Thank yo-” Elphaba stops her own line of speech as she watches Galinda suck the same two fingers that had been inside her, into her mouth. Elphaba does nothing but watch her with wide eyes.
Galinda releases her fingers from her mouth and the same energy and joy that she had when she had first gotten home from work returned, eyes wide with delight. “Oh my OZ, Elphie!”
“...what?”
“You taste wonderful !”
“Galinda!”