ORPHANS

Chapter 16

"N-no.. no mhmm.." The younger girl mutters rolling around on the bed, her eyes clenched tightly and her fists balled up.

"Don't... No.. don't go.. I- they're not -" Onika soon pops up from sleep with a fast beating heart and racing mind.

Small whimpers escaped her lips as she wrapped herself up in a fetus position.

She looked towards Beyoncé's bed to see the older girl asleep like a baby which only makes her whimper more.

She was scared, she wanted Beyoncé to be awake, she wanted the girl to comfort her.

Slowly ascending herself from the bed, Onika walks over to Beyoncé's bed kneeling besides the sleeping girl. She stares at her for a second trying to match her breathing but after a minute of it not working she begins to tap the girl.

"Bey please wake up." Onika says tapping her arm repeatedly which makes Beyoncé groan slowly opening her eyes to look at her.

"Mhmm? W-what?" It was way too late for Onika to be doing this. Beyoncé thought looking towards the girl but sits up a little when she notices the tears gathering in her eyes.

"Can I sleep with you?" Onika asks softly afraid of rejection.

Beyoncé who chooses not to pay too much thought to the way Onika had worded the sentence just nods although a bit hesitantly.

Onika doesn't waste time climbing into her bed at the gesture. The bed was a bit small so they were squished together but Onika didn't seem to mind.. she'd liked the body contact.

But Beyoncé was a little awkward so she just turned to face away from Onika trying her hardest to fall asleep despite the feeling of Onika's now even breaths on her back.

It takes her quite awhile but soon enough she'd finally managed to fall asleep.

Onika wakes up first as usual the next morning blushing when she realizes the position she was in.

With her head on Beyoncé's chest and the blondes hands wrapped around her like she was cuddling a teddy bear or something.

She tries pulling apart from the girl but the movement causes Beyoncé to wake up, her face instantly tinting pink at their close proximity.

She doesn't waste time letting go of Onika's waist as they both pull apart, Onika rushing towards the bathroom to collect her thoughts and Beyoncé on the bed doing the exact same.

They both decide within themselves not to speak about it and so they didn't although the memory would replay itself in either one of their minds randomly.

Onika couldn't help but feel jittery thinking about the feeling of Beyoncé's arms wrapped around her.

Her arms are warm. I like them.

Beyoncé in her own right couldn't stop thinking about Onika's breath on her skin or the close proximity at which their faces were.

Only being an inch from an actual kiss.

She'd never kissed or been kissed before and so the feeling would be foreign.

Shawn had tried it with her once before but of course it hadn't ended well for him.

But honestly speaking and although Beyoncé wouldn't ever admit it out loud she couldn't help but imagine how Onika's lips would've felt on hers.

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The weekend rolls around unnecessarily slow and by the time the week was over the pair was already exhausted.

School was getting much more hectic as the days passed by from full schedules to stupid fights.

Today was a Saturday, Beyoncé was sprawled out on her bed with her airpods in listening to music whilst Onika sat staring out the window in complete boredom.

She just stared at the people walking by the orphanage, some stopping to take a closer look at the sign board and others sparing an apologetic look towards the building but honestly her mind wasn't there.

She'd been thinking of her parents all week and it was doing nothing but making her increasingly depressed.

She really needed someone to talk to about it but didn't want to bother Beyoncé with her 'issues' and so she kept it all to herself.

Suddenly an idea popped up in Onika's head that if she were to be a cartoon character a light bulb would've probably lit up on her head.

She wanted to go back to her house.

Not to stay but to like look around and probably pick up a few things,-When she turned 18 she'd still move back in there anyways-but she didn't want to go alone and so the next best option was just a few feet away from her with her eyes closed and humming a soft tune to herself.

She couldn't help but stare at the girl for a good second but quickly snapped out of it as she stood up from her sitting position and walked up to her bed.

Feeling a presence above her head Beyoncé opened her eyes, removing one airpod from her ear, "Yeah?"

"I need your help." Onika blurts out which causes Beyoncé to sit up a little looking Onika over in worry, but nothing looked out of place.

"My help?" Beyoncé questions.

"Yeah... Umm..." Onika wasn't exactly sure how to place her request, she wasn't even sure if it was a good idea "I want you to follow me.... To my house."

Beyoncé shakes her head 'no' almost immediately, "Absolutely not. I'm not going. You're not going either you'll only get yourself ... And me in serious trouble!"

"No one will know bey please?" Onika pleads adding on her infamous pout.

"Why'd you even want to go there anyways?" Beyoncé asks feeling her hard exterior slowly dissolve.

"I've been.. I've been thinking about my p-parents a lot lately.. I just.. I wanna get something." Onika whispers shifting on her feet but it's still loud enough for Beyoncé to hear.

Beyoncé has to think about it for a second and then finally she sighs out, "Fine but we better not get in any form of trouble!"

"We won't I promise." Onika smiles widely leaning down and pecking Beyoncé's cheeks completely unaware of the effect it had on the girl.

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