WHITE CARNATIONS ─ NIHACHU ✔

06. two queens in a king sized bed

the next morning came by quickly enough, hermione and niki having retreated home not too late into the night.

it was early morning - around six a.m. - when hermione woke up, entrapped in niki's arms which were curled around her middle. and, as the blonde girl couldn't retreat out of the arms (more like she didn't want to), hermione decided to just lay her head on niki's chest, and enjoy the cuddles she was receiving.

hermione wasn't really used to the affection, to be honest, being the middle child. her older sister, bronte, always received more love - especially due to her medical condition - julia didn't get as much love as bronte, like hermione, but at least she had tommy. and tommy was the most successful one of them all, making bank, as philza minecraft would say.

so when given the opportunity, hermione welcomed it with open arms.

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it wasn't long after hermione cuddled back into niki, that she fell back asleep. only for niki to wake up an hour or so after the girl fell asleep. and all niki could do, was gaze down at the shorter girl, foreign feelings raging through her as she took in hermione's features.

niki adored the way hermione looked when she slept - it was simply adorable. the way her cheek was smooshed against niki's chest, pushing her lips into a small pout. the way her blonde hair danced around her face and how her eyelashes fluttered as if they were going to open any second.

and surely, they so. as hermione's eyes opened gently, adjusting to the change in light, niki looked down upon the girl in her arms.

"sleep well?" niki asked softly, slowly shifting into a more comfortable position for the girls.

"yeah, you?" hermione responded, still half asleep.

"yeah," niki drifted off as the two gazed into each other's eyes, slowly leaning towards each other, before being broken apart by hermione's phone ringing.

"sorry, niki," hermione apologised as she removed herself from the embrace, picking up her phone and answering the call without checking the caller id.

"hermione! where are you! you said you'd be back this morning! its two fricking p.m.!" hermione's older sister, julia, yelled through the phone, the blonde girl faintly being able to hear bronte in the background as well.

"slept in," hermione responded bluntly, pulling her phone away from her ear slightly, as yells rang through the speaker, "geez, calm down julia, bronte, i'll prob be home tomorrow, i don't know, nice to see that you care though," she continued curtly, before ending the call and turning back to niki.

"sorry about that, niki,"

"it's okay, hermione!" niki cheerfully responded, her accent subtlety making itself evident.

"now then, where were we?" hermione asked, before pulling niki back into a cuddle as they began watching different types of movies together.

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the day had passed quickly, the two girls having spent the entire time watching movies together and cuddled up close. various times, they had come close to kissing, but it was always one of their phones ringing that broke them apart. the usual suspects being: julia and bronte (who was normally just screeching in the background); and wilbur (the man constantly wanting niki's opinion on lyrics he was writing for the new song he was writing).

but eventually, after putting their phones on silent - something the two should've done earlier that day - their lips met in a short and sweet kiss.

the girls gazed into each other's eyes as they pulled apart, before dipping back in for another kiss, this one being more passionate; before being broken apart by a knock at the door.

the two rose out of the bed and stalked their way to the door, where wilbur towered over their smaller forms from the other side of the door.

"ayup," the man spoke, barely registering the annoyed looks from both girls, "niki, you didn't respond to my calls,"

"that's because i put my phone on silent, will," niki deadpanned, as hermione let out a few giggles at the interaction, before walking back into the house, leaving niki to shoo the tall man out.

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eventually, it was time for hermione to leave. the two girls hadn't spoken about their kiss at all throughout the remainder of hermione's stay, said girl overthinking everything and thinking that she had messed up her relationship with niki. when in actuality, it was only just beginning.

as the blonde girl arrived home, she was met with screeches from bronte, yells of worry(?) from julia, and screams from tommy (who was streaming). but absolutely nothing from her parents.

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"white carnations?"

"yeah! they symbolise good luck!"

"and pure love,"

"i guess my love for you is pure too!"

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why did i take so long to write this?