A/N : been a while since I've been busy with school, and I tend to lose motivation when writing chapters BUTTT, this is quite rushed and short but that's cause I wanna get to the main story line soooo
bum bum bum BUUUM! chapter 8!
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Ever since the events of Me and Wally under the rain a couple of weeks ago, me and him have been more physical and affectionate with each other.
It all started with me one day asking him to help me with something. He took his time off painting and helped me with my situation. To thank him, I kindly gave him a small kiss on the cheek. After that, it's been a back and forth thing with us. We would give each other small kisses in affectionate ways, whether it's ok the forehead, nose or cheek. The first few days, it always made us so flustered but now, were just used to it.
However, lately my heart's been craving something else. I was always so hesitant to give him an actual kiss. I mean, there was probably once or twice we tried to kiss. But, it was always interrupted by the inconvenience of something or someone.
I was sitting with Julie in the grass while Frank was hunting for butterflies. Julie could tell from my quiet sulking that something was wrong. She scooted closer to me, leaning herself closer to my frowned face. "What's with the face?" She asked as her eyebrows curved upwards in an worried and sad look. I would glance up at her and let out a sad sigh, holding my knees closer to my chest. I was messing with a random stick I found, drawing random sketches with it.
"It's been weeks and still we haven't kissed." Julie's worried face turned into a frown seeing and hearing how bothered I was. I knew she was equally as upset than I was as well, since I happened to tell her about that night. She was squealing and fangirling her head off, setting up snacks, blankets, and everything down just for me to explain what happened. She even planned a calendar marked for when we would have our first kiss. It was a bit random at first, even concerning me to a certain extent however, knowing Julie and how she's always a bit over-hyper, I just shrugged it off.
Frank happened to step away from his butterfly catching looking down at us both sulking on the ground. He scoffed at how dramatically we were acting, giving a roll of his eyes. "Oh come on you two, this better not be about that stupid Wally situation." His unibrow furrowed as he placed a hand on his hip. Me and Julie both looked at him with a small frown, giving him all the confirmation that he needed. "I knew it." his tone was nonchalant and unimpressed, as rolling his eyes again.
"Hey Frank, no need to be such a grump! N/N is having a breakdown!" Julie gestured her hands over to me, ridiculing Frank for his ruthless behavior. I couldn't help but look away from the two only feeling my cheeks turn a darker shade of red at the mention of the situation being brought up again. I leaned up on my hands letting out a frustrated huff.
"I'm not having a breakdown!" I pushed Julie's hands away furrowing my eyebrows at both of them. Frank shook his head watching his frown growing more at the stage of my denial.
"Your in clear denial Toots, why can't you just accept the fact you like him and get it over with?" Frank raised an curious brow.
I scoffed and rolled my eyes at him, giving an annoyed look. "It's not that easy Frank." I spoke sarcastically, earning a small click of his tongue. Julie took my side of the argument as she placed her hand on my shoulder. "Besides, you haven't even asked "sexy mailman" man, out yet! So don't get on others relationships!"
Frank let out a loud and shocked gasp at Julie's true but harsh words. He put a hand on his chest, being felt speechless. "Well...i.." he couldn't find any words to say, this only made him grow more irritated. The only thing he was able to muster up was a "shut up!" with a huge red embarrassed blush on his cheeks. Julie turned her attention to me giving a reassuring pat and smile. "Don't worry N/N, just tell him with your ready. No pressure in it." Her soothing yet high pitched voice made it all the better. She spoke truly sincerely with her words so that's possibly why I believed half of it.
A smile grew on my face as I took in her kind comfort and reassurance. "Thanks Julie, I'll be sure of that." I stood up from the grass and stretched my arms up in the air. I dusted the dirt and leaves off me putting my shoes back on. "I'm gonna head over to Howdy's and get something. I'll see you two later." I wished the two goodbye watching as they both waved back at me. I made my way over to Howdy's store, hearing the bell ring as I entered. I could see the tall caterpillar behind the counter with his back facing me.
"There you go little guy.." he mumbled whoever or whatever he was talking too. This only made my curiosity grow more intense. I stood on my tippy toes trying to peek over the counter, knocking on top of it to get his attention. Howdy let out an alerting high pitched yelp, spinning around to see who it was. He managed to calm down seeing it was just me. "O-Oh Y/N, phew, it's just you...I thought it was Wally again trying to take my apples." As he said this, he narrowed his eyes scanning the area for any sign of him.
I let out a small chuckle shaking my head. "no no Howdy, I just came by to ask you for something-" a small baby noise came from behind Howdy's back. My eyes shot up immediately at the little cooing sound. "W-What was that, was that a baby?!" i asked, my voice filled with both shock and excitement. Howdy gave a nervous laugh with a slight blush forming on his cheeks at being caught. "W-Well, one of my family members came by today and dropped my nephew off for me to babysit sit him for the ti-" "BABY!" i nearly jumped over the counter at the presence of the adorable baby caterpillar. He was wrapped in a blue blanket with green skin and light blue hair.
A high pitched squeal came out my mouth as I reached for the cute cubby baby in his arms. "Oh, lemme hold him, lemme hold him!" I cooed desperately wanting to take the baby in my grasp. I absolutely loved kids, especially babies. They were just always so cute and had the most adorable reactions to anything! Howdy laughed and lifted me up with one of his hands, placing me on the counter. I sat criss cross reaching my hands out as he gave me the baby. "His name is Didi."
(came up with the name "Didi" from Howdy.)
Even the sound of the name made me gush in love, as I cuddle the baby closer to me. I pressed my cheek aganist Didi's hugging him tighter. Howdy couldn't help but admire the scene in front of him, and leaned on his hand watching us. "Cute.." he spoke without thought and then realized what he just said.
"Hm? Did you say-" "NOTHING! Listen N-N/N, I'm busy with a lot of orders and recipes right now and I can't multitask the best with Didi. I know this might sound like a lot but...could you babysit for the time being?" I could feel my heart grow a million times bigger at the responsibility of taking care of a cutie like Didi. "Yes! Absolutely, you can trust me to babysit this little bundle of joy! He's in good hands!" He gave a small and ruffle my hair before handing me a bag. He pointed to it giving me some information on stuff.
"This is his bag, it has his diapers, bottles, toys, blanket, whatever you need." I nodded my head to confirm that I understood everything he was informing me about. I was just excited and ready to go take care of this baby! "Alright, I'll be on my way." Howdy would pat the top of Didi's head and sent me on my way. I finally made my way out the store and looked down at the sleepy caterpillar in my arms. A soft smile grew on my lips, looking at him with pure love. "Don't worry Sweetheart, Mama will take good care of you."
As I continued my walk with Didi, I happen to come across a small group of people. There stood Julie, Wally, Barnaby and surprisely Frank. I was surprised to see all of them together and decided to greet them. "Hey Guys!" I made my way down to them, holding Didi tighter to my chest. They all turned around and greeted me aswell with smiles. "Hi Y/N! Ooo, what's the bag for?" Julie stood in front of me, bending down to point at the baby bag I had around my shoulder. "Well... Let's just say I paid Howdy a little visit.." I revealed the baby to them who was snuggled up still fast asleep. Gasps filled the air at the sight of the sleeping baby. Julie was the first to cup the sides of her face, letting out a squeal.
"GAAAAH! He's soooo cuuuute!" She gushed with tears filling in her eyes. I could tell she also liked kids too at the sight of her clear tears. The other 3 stood over, Frank with his stotic look, Wally with a curious look, and Barnaby who was smiling down at Didi. "Well, isn't he a cute little fella." Barnaby rubbed a finger on Didi's cheek, then looked up at me. "Is he yours?" His question made my whole face turn red. I could feel my cheeks heating up, that it felt they explode any second. I waved a hand around frantically shaking my head. "N-No! I don't have kids!" I calmed down and let out a sigh as I began to explain to them the situation with Howdy.
"Howdy's letting me babysit his nephew for a while since he's busy. His name is Didi." I adjusted my arms in a more comfortable position smiling warmly at Didi still sleep in my arms. The others looked at one another with a small "ooooh" in unison. "Well, can we help? Id absolutely loooove to help with this little cutie!" Julie was over the moon with pure bliss as she stratched a finger underneath Didi's chin, making Didi shuffle in his sleep. A small coo came from him as he shuffled, snuggling his face more into my embrace. Me and Julie both made eye contact and began to mentally freak out, sensing our hearts being stabbed by the cuteness of it.
Wally stood between the two of us, leaning in to make his presence known to us. "Would it be fine if I happened to join apart of this?" He smiled wholeheartedly with his hands behind his back, waiting patiently for an answer. I turned my attention to him and gave an approving nod. "Sure, the more the merrier!" At the mention of being able to help babysit, Barnaby lit up in excitement quickly hopping on one floor to another. He seemed to have an idea to help with the Baby. "Oh Oh! I have an idea! I can perform for him!" He gave a proud smile and pointed his thumb to himself confidently. We all would stare at him for a second before my voice spoke up, everyone's attention turning back to me. "Well...that would be nice Barn, but he's just a baby. I think it'd be loud for him.."
My eyes looked down at Didi with a look of concern and a small frown of worry, not wanting him to be overwhelmed. Barnaby only let out a small "pssh" waving his hand around dismissively. "Don't worry Doll, I promise I'll be quiet. I'll just tell dad jokes!" He would pull out a random red book with the title "awful dad jokes to tell your baby!" on the front corner of it, in golden font. I cocked my head to the side, confused at why and where he would get the book from. I'm sure the others were equally as confused to why he had the book.
Besides that, we all sat in a circle in the grass while Barnaby told awful dad jokes to Didi. Well, more like we actually had to sit through the dad jokes on our own for around 20 minutes since Didi was still asleep. Barnaby made his way down to his final joke, but seeing that Didi was still asleep he stopped. His happy expression turned in a sad up as he let out a disappointed sigh. "Well, I guess I'm not fit to be a dad then." He let out a nervous chuckle closing the book and placing it beside him. Wally gave him a comforting pat on his back, smiling sympathetically.
"Don't worry Barn, I sure enjoyed it." Barnaby's frown turned into an happy and soft smile. "Thanks little Buddy." I couldn't help but smile at the view of their close friendship. They were so cute and supportive with each other. We continued to chat on about random things in the neighborhood and how our days been. Soon unexpectedly, I felt shuffling in my arms from Didi. His tired eyes slowly opened as he blinked a few times to get adjusted to the bright light. He spit his pacifier out and his face began to scrunch up. All our attention turned to the baby at the sight of tears filling his eyes.
I let out a quick gasp, feeling my motherly instincts kick in. "Oh! Oh no, what's wrong baby?" I unwrapped him from his cacoon blanket and held him over my shoulder. Wally and Barnaby gave each other worried looks, concerned for his crying. Wally quickly got up and sat closer to me with a nervous look succumbing his face. "I-is he okay? Why's he crying?" I continued to pay Didi's back trying to shush down his crying. When this wasn't working, Barnaby quickly stepped up and pointed his thumb to his chest. "I got this! I'm an expert at this baby stuff!" Without a word, he snatched Didi out my grasp and began to sing in an awful strong accent.
"HUSH LITTLE BAAABY, DONT SAY A WOOORD, PAPA'S GONNA BUY YOU A CATERPILLLAAR!" This only made Didi stop for a few seconds. Silence filled the air waiting for how he would react and not even a second later, he began to cry again. "Ah!" We all yelled in shock. I rushed to snatch Didi back from Barnaby continuing to pat and rock him. Julie came up from behind Barnaby and smacked the back of his head. She furrowed her eyebrows and put her hands on her hips. "You big doofus! You made it worse!" "I-i didn't mean too! I-i mean, thought!" "Oh yeah, singing at the top of your lungs with an awful accent is gonna make it better." "Quiet Frank, nobody asked for your input!"
My eyes rolled at the 3 of them bickering back and forth. I couldn't help but feel so useless at the sounds of his cries knowing something was bothering him. I frowned at the poor tears that were running down his cute face. I could feel the presence of Wally and Barnaby looming behind me.
"Maybe he's hungry.." "ah, good thinking Barnaby but...where would we get milk?" "Hmm.." I could sense their gaze slowly falling on me. Frank and Julie let out gasps of surprise at their rather direct "intention."
My eyes began to go wide and immediately, my whole face turned red. "YOU PERVERTS!" i grabbed the baby bag from the floor and smacked them both clear across the face with it. Their thoughts of me "feeding" the baby completely blew my mind and even caught me speechless. I shook my head at the both of them and grabbed the baby bottle from the bag. I was lucky enough to find a bottle with fresh warm milk in it, popping the lid off with a smile. "Here you go Sweetie." I put the nip of the bottle in his mouth and soon his whining turned into small noises of satisfaction. A sigh of relief came out my mouth as I watched him happily eat from his bottle. "Aww, how cute..."
Wally spoke with a warm smile at the sight of me and the baby. My eyes glanced up at the 2 friends seeing the red marks on their face from when I smacked them. However, another loud smack came but this time from Julie, who happened to smack the back of their heads. She would begin to ridicule them for their inappropriate behavior, the poor two boys quickly spitting apologies to the angered blonde. I made eye contact with Frank who was next to me watching the 3 before glancing back at the scene in front of us.
About an hour passed still and it was left to me and Julie to care for the baby. Figures to leave the two woman on caring for a baby. One doesn't know how to care for a baby, another one doesn't seem to care for the baby, and another...Huh. actually, where is Wally? I could sense someone staring at the back of my head so I turned around and was met with eyes. There was a white wall that was laid up for a stage prop, and from behind it I could see Wally's wide eyes staring intensely at me. I could feel strange chills running down my spine as I kept my eyes on his, almost feeling like a staring contest between us. He finally came back to reality and saw that I was staring back at him. Wally quickly hid back behind the white wall.
I couldn't help but feel a bit suspicious at his actions, and began to smirk. I handed Didi to Julie and got up from the chair. "I'll be back, mind watching over Didi for now?" She took him with a nod and began to rock him in her arms. I made my way over to the wall where Wally was out, and peeked over to get a glimpse of him. There, he was laid aganist the wall with a frightened look on his face. I stepped out from my hiding place and made my presence known to him. "Wally..?" this only alerted him more causing his head to twist in my direction. I blinked a few times and gave him an unimpressed face cocking my hip to the side.
"Why were you watching me..?" I put a hand on my hip on the side that was cocked. His face began to turn even more redder, watching the blush form deeply on his cheeks. "I-i uhm, I-i was just watching because...I liked watching you with the baby." My expression softened a bit at his words rather surprised by his response. My face turned into a small mischievous smirk, deciding to tease with him just a bit. "Oh, and why's that?" My arms crossed now, waiting for his answer. Seeing him this flustered and shy, it was quite cute. "I-i just.." Wally went quiet. I could tell something deeper inside him was truly bothering him. He wanted to tell me something but couldn't find the words.
"Wally.. What's-" "Y/N, I can't keep holding this back anymore." Wally took grasp of my arms, his voice soft and much more deeper than normal. I could feel my stomach flipping at the sudden touch and the firm grip he had on my arms. I stared into his eyes feeling the tension between us getting closer and closer. There was this sort of warmth and almost a seat edging sensation to it. "Y/N.."
Wally sighed out and finally, he spoke. "I was wondering if uhm...your free tomorrow night, would you like to...go on a date with me?"
My eyes grew large with surprise at his confession, feeling my own cheeks burning red. I couldn't believe it at all. It was like a dream that I didn't wanna wake up from. A small huff came out my mouth before it started to change into a quiet and soft laugh. "Of course. Id love too." Wally let go of my arms as I watched his smile only grow bigger at my acceptance. He looked like a kid excited on Christmas. "R-really? You actually wanna go out with me?" He was almost in bigger shock than I was. His eyes were filled with excitement and happiness, they were practically glowing. I nodded again and with a sincere and genuine smile. "Definitely." I held my hands behind my back giving him a half-lidded sweet gaze. I was in pure happiness that I was about to go on a date with him! I wanted tomorrow night to happen already just so I could enjoy a night with him. He took my hands in his softly squeezing them with a smile.
"Great! I'll pick you up tomorrow, 7pm." We both stood there for a second in silence, letting the mood drift to what was next. A cheeky smirk filled my lips as I got an idea. I grabbed the sides of his cheeks from under his chin and then...
I pressed my lips aganist his. It was a quick kiss, yet it was long enough for him to melt into it aswell. I parted and seen his dazed and flustered face. I could see hearts filling the air as his expression changed to a smitten charlie brown smile. A small giggle left my lips before I turned around and walked off.
"I'll cya tomorrow night, Hon."
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Y/N AND WALLY ARE OFFICIALLY CANON!!!!
their not dating yet guys but they definitely are getting closer. And you know what that means...WERE 4 CHAPTERS CLOSER TO THE PLOT!!
anyways, the next chapter with be a little comic on their date together so stay tuned when I start writing that.
- MZ