Norma? Onceler x Norma fanfic

Half a person

Onceler's poin of view

It's getting better everyday, i feel like i have Thneedville.. no, the whole world in the palm of my hand, and this is one of the most satisfying feelings that someone can ever feel.
The crowd admires or fears you, your name is on the mouth of everyone, no matter what, and most importantly, you learn that the man is easily to buy, money can shut the mouths of whoever you want, shut them or buying someone to do that, easy, right? No, there's a little, tiny, almost insignificant for how much little exception, a short blond exception, named Norma.

It's always a blathering and blathering about the environment, i can't never focus all myself in my work, and this ruins my feeling of pride about my success, she always occupies a piece of my mind, every time i have to sign a document for my thneeds, like a broken record in my mind it plays "when the last truffula will die, you'll die along with it, don't sell your soul for fake approval, you don't need it", always that sentence, with the same words, same tone, and it will never leave me alone until i "do something about".

Norma's point of view

"Hey darling, i need you to come in the factory" i heard his voice from the other side of the phone, "you sound serious, did something happen?" "no, nothing just.. get ready, i'll send you someone to pick you up" "oh don't worry, you don't have to, i'll go by myself, okay?" "whatever", i sighed, and ended the call, he was a very unpredictable man, he could've switch from being the sweetest, warm, caring, shiny man that no one believed in him and his dream, from... coldness, i can't describe it in another way.

I put a coat on and started walking, the city was big, full of lights, great, no wonder, Onceler projected personally every single detail by himself, but if you turn the gaze outside the city a big wave of fear could've hit you, if only people could turn their gazes.

The truffula forest... it would be more correct to say, what's left of the truffula forest, well.. yes there's still "plenty" of them, but not like back then, the colorful tufts is a "great" contrast to the gray polluted sky, life and death, that sky.. i hated that sky as much as i hated everything he was killing, and for what? money? impossible, with the money that he had he could've live all his life in lux, so why was he keep going? i don't know, maybe he didn't either.

With the heart in my hand i walked inside the hall and greeted his secretary/mother, she had a tired look just like everyone in that factory, it was the first ever time that we met, and she didn't even knew that i was dating her son!
"Good morning, the Onceler wants to meet me" "Name?" she said, "Norma, Norma Wiggins", "Yeah, you're here, wait for a second, Mr Onceler is busy", i took a seat in a a chair near her desk, but not so near her and stared at the clock waiting for the time to pass immediately.

Hiss mother looked at me and asked, "you remind me of someone" she said staring at a megazine, "do i?" i asked surprise, "Yeah, you know, there are some voices that says that my son is dating someone, a blondie", "oh well, i guess that there are in thneedville or the cities nearby blonde girls" i said trying to not sound nervous, i didn't even knew why, she was his mother, why was i supposed to hide what i feel for her son, "that's obvious, but, you know, she looks oddly familiar" she said showing me a magazine with Onceler and me, my face was hid, in the cover, "or maybe you have a doppelgänger?" she said trying to intimidate me, and she did it, really well i could say.

I was silent and staring at my shoes, i didn't even had the strength to look at her, now i was starting to understand a little more about Onceler, it wasn't easy for him, poor thing, "are you gonna act like one of your age and answer me or you'll just stare at the ground?" she kept talking, what is Onceler doing? Why did he gave me an "appointment" if he's busy? this is like a torture, "i-i-i'm a friend of Onceler" i tried to stay calm, "you're lucky that his office is a few steps from here" she had a fake smile printed in her face "is this some kind of threat?" "to my son's little girlfriend? i would never, just remember that all the money from the thneeds are his, and mine, obviously" "i'm not interested in his money" "everyone says that", that conversation felt like an eternity when suddenly Onceler opened the doors of his office and gave an angry gaze at her mother, he was so angry, he reached me and apologized for the long wait, because he had some papers that it took him a few to be done, he held my hand and walked inside his office, i gave a last gaze to her mother, her head was down staring at some papers, did he have so much authority to scare also her mother?

"What did she told you?" he said lowering himself to my level, holding my face with his hand, "just a talk" "are you sure? you were so uncomfortable" "don't worry, what do you wanted to talk about? you were so serious" "oh yeah sure, after, uhm.. reflecting to your words, maybe you're right, i should do something for the environment" a light smile appeared in my face, was the sweet Onceler coming back? i had my hopes really up, "yeah? what were your thoughts" "oh, nothing special, maybe is not even great" he said with a shy smile, "since when you became so humble again? come on tell me" "okay okay, so i was thinking, that i could stop the production for a time of the year, or maybe finding other ways to have the tufts" "that seems like something actual easy to do" he looked at me and answered with the same bright smile of a time, "it's not that easy, but i know that with you it'll be more doable" we kissed for a few, then he said a little bit more confidently, "you know, this weekend i have another meeting with other rich men, would you like to-" i interrupted him "oh no, sorry but no, not again, do you remember what happened last time?" "no" "exactly" he stroked my head, "okay, but if you change your mind tell me" he sat on his big desk, "okay, you can leave, i have to go back to work, now i also have to think for the trees, bye Norma" i was a little taken back by all this but i didn't mind too much, i was in front of the door when he immediately told me to leave by the stairs, "what stairs?" i said, "on my balcony there are some stairs, be careful, okay?bye bye" now i had two choices, or to leave from the door but have the possibility to talk again with his mother, or risking to fall from a big factory due to some stairs, i chose the stairs.

Hi everyone, i not satisfied of how are those chapters, i have to many ideas but i can't write them all, so i'll this chapter was nice and understandable, bye <3, stay safe⭐️