Mileven Oneshots

Holly

When Holly turned 7 she started a curiosity phase. She had to know everything about everything, and while her constant questions were cute, they had become a bit irritating to the Wheeler household, as they heard them 24/7. Since El practically lived at Mike's, she had also become accustomed to these questions, even if she sometimes didn't know the answers herself.

Mike sat in the kitchen, eating cereal. It was Saturday morning, and El had stayed over last night. She usually slept longer than Mike, so he would wait for her to wake up. Holly trudged down the stairs in her purple and blue pyjamas and looked at her brother. "Mike?" she asked, the curiosity already in her voice. Mike prepared himself for the onslaught of questions. "Yeah Hols?" he answered, taking a drink of orange juice. "Last night I thought I saw a monster in my room so I went to tell you, and you were asleep. But you and Ellie were sleep-hugging, you had your arms around her. What does that mean?" She questioned, sitting down next to him on one of the bar stools. Mike nearly spat out his orange juice. Did he really have to explain cuddling and love to a 7 year old? "Well- uh well" he started, not keen to describe this to his baby sister. "It's called cuddling. You do it with a person you love or care about. It makes them feel safe and shows them you love them" He said cautiously, trying to describe it as simply as he could. "Do you love Ellie?" Holly asked, eyeing him curiously. Mike was shocked by this. "I uh- I mean" "Yeah he does" El's voice sounded from the doorway. "El! You're up!" Holly squealed, running over and hugging her. El picked her up and spun her around. "I love you Ellie" Holly whispered, clutching onto El's shoulders. "I love you too Hols!" El exclaimed, looking at the girl she regarded as her little sister. "You know who else loves you?" Holly said, her eyes twinkling. "Mike" she whispered. El laughed, kissing the girls forehead and setting her down. "You know what? I think he does." She exclaimed as Holly ran off to watch cartoons.

"C'mereeee" Mike whined, gesturing for El to sit on his lap. She laughed and sat down, facing him. He wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his forehead against hers. "Hey" he murmured. "Hi" she said back, trying not to giggle. She kissed him quickly and got up, getting cereal while Mike grumbled behind her, grumpy about the distance. "So why was Holly asking if you loved me?" El asked nonchalantly, trying to hide the curiosity in her voice. "She saw us cuddling last night and asked me what it was. I said its something you do with someone you love or care about, and then she asked if I love you" Mike said, whilst going back to eating his cereal. El nodded. "Uh-huh. Now I'm pretty sure you love me, but y'know, I could use a refresher" She flirted, cocking her eyebrow at him. He smiled at her as she sat down. "I love you El" he murmured. "I love you too Mike" she answered, leaning in to kiss him. Their lips were about to touch when- "Ewwwwwww" They jumped apart to see Holly standing next to them, disgust on her face. "You guys were gonna kissss" She teased dancing around the kitchen. She than ran back into the living room chanting "El and Mike are in loveeeee, El and Mike are in loveeeee!" They both laughed and went back to their cereal, and spent the rest of the day stealing glances at each other across the head of the younger girl.