Gelphie One-Shots

Comfort

Elphaba watched from the far side of the library where she was sitting with Boq and Fiyero. She came in with the intention of sitting in her usual seat next to the window and reading a book, maybe do some studying, but instead her attention was stolen by something else. She couldn’t help but notice her blonde roommate sitting by herself in the corner. With the way her shoulders were rapidly shaking, the raven-haired witch could tell that the girl was crying.

Elphaba bit her lower lip nervously, “do you think she’s okay?” she asked her friends.

The two boys simply shrugged in response causing the girl to let out a groan, “you guys are no help” she grumbled.

The blonde was sitting in that same corner of the library whenever Elphaba arrived to do some studying of her own. The green witch couldn’t help but watch her.

     A textbook was open in front of her, along with a notebook and she had a pen in hand, but not once did she turn a page or put her pen to the paper to write something. It’s been almost two hours and Elphaba’s concern for her blonde roommate was only growing stronger.

After another half hour, Elphaba watched as the blonde got to her feet and walked out of the hall leaving her stuff behind her.

The green girl shifted in her seat, part of her wanted to leap up from her chair and run after the other girl but she remained glued to the spot.

Elphaba cleared her throat gently, “do you think she’s headed back to Crage Hall?” she asked the group gently.

Boq shrugged as he lifted his head to look out the window. A frown crossed his face “yeah, there she is” he responded softly.

Elphaba turned and saw the blonde as she made her way quickly across the yard and towards their dorm, “I’ll take her stuff back to her later” she muttered.

The two boys stared at her and Fiyero frantically shook his head, “you should do it now” he urged his green friend.

Elphaba scoffed lightly, “I’m probably the last person she wants to see right now, Fiyero. You know how much she hates me” the black-haired witch grumbled.

In truth, the lanky girl didn’t want her roommate to hate her, but she understood why she did. The green girl makes a few too many snarky comments that make her come off as well, bitchy.

Boq frowned at Elphaba’s response, “still, she’s your roommate. You should go after her. Out of all of us, you’re technically the only one who can” the munchkin explained.

Elphaba threw her head back in frustration at how right Boq was, “she’s crying, what do I do?” she asked.

Fiyero stared at the girl in front of him completely dumbfounded, “you go comfort her” he responded in a duh tone.

“How do I do that?” Elphaba asked nervously. There hadn’t been many instances in her life where she had to comfort anyone, sometimes just Nessa whenever Nanny wasn’t around, and she herself had never been comforted, people generally try to keep as much distance from her as possible. The green girl hadn’t a clue what to do.

The two boys threw their head backs in disbelief. Fiyero let out a low groan, “seriously, Elphaba?” he complained. The green girl simply shrugged. The dark boy sighed, “generally, people would start with a hug” he attempted to explained to his friend.