Becemily oneshots// 2018

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Beca doesn't usually mind that the Bellas know her so well.

Not by choice, because things never are with the Bellas, but they know her. After months of prying and prodding and late-night truth or dare and never have I ever games, they slowly chipped away at her walls until there was nothing left but rubble. And now they know her as well as they know everyone else in the house.

They know never to touch her headphones or music equipment, and they know that if she doesn't answer her texts it's because she's either sleeping or distracted by music, and they know that she tends to forget to eat which is why they always send someone up to her room every now and then to check on her.

She should hate it but it shows that they care, and she's thankful that she has a new family who all love her and who she loves in return.

It doesn't surprise her when they point out the obvious crush she has on Emily. First, it's Amy, telling her to tone down the heart eyes when she stands in the kitchen one afternoon watching Emily, Stacie, and Cynthia Rose attempt to bake cookies.

Then Chloe's next, asking Beca if the reason why she's being extra grumpy tonight is because of Emily's new boyfriend, which Beca immediately responds with "what?! Emily has a boyfriend?" and then soon realizes that Chloe is joking and she's just stepped into a trap.

"I knew it!" Chloe says, pointing at Beca with that devilish Chloe Beale grin. "You like Emily!"

After that, she figures that if Chloe and Amy know then the rest of the Bellas know too. They're not exactly the best at keeping secrets, so she learns to not deny it whenever one of them asks. Just as long as they don't tell Emily, then she's fine with them knowing.

What they don't know, is that she's pretty sure she's in love with Emily.

Emily always smells nice. Sometimes of perfume and other times, Beca thinks maybe it's just her natural smell. She breathes in when they're standing close or, on the rare occasion, hugging, and she smells the familiarity of Emily's scent, and it's always enough to make her feel calm. Safe.

Emily gets excited over the simplest tasks, like going grocery shopping or picking a movie to watch or singing every single song from Taylor Swift's new album a day after it comes out, even if she hasn't memorized all the words yet. Beca watches her excitedly singing along, making up the lyrics she doesn't know, and she simply gets overwhelmed with adoration. She's smart and beautiful and gives the best advice, even if it's unsolicited. Usually that'd be a trait that bugs Beca, but not with Emily. It's not that she ignores the bad stuff – because the fact that Emily likes licorice is outrageous, and Beca doesn't want to talk about that – but rather, she accepts them, puts them to the side and focuses on the good. And it seems that everything about Emily Junk is good.

When she finally gets the courage to kiss Emily in the middle of Bella movie night – she thinks they're watching some dumb Adam Sandler movie – she's surprised when Emily kisses her back. It's soft and gentle and Emily's palm feels warm and comfortable on her cheek, and she's smiling into the kiss before she even realizes that Chloe is awwwing at them from her spot on the other side of the couch that she's sitting on cuddled up to Stacie.

And it surprises Beca that the Bellas don't tease them. A few of them aww as Emily cuddles closer to Beca and rests her head in the dip of her neck with a warm blush on her cheeks, but that's it. She quickly learns that the reason they don't tease her that much is because this is the first time they've seen her genuinely happy, and they're all super stoked that they're finally together.

She doesn't mind that the Bellas know her so well, but she still finds it annoying when they always feel the need to point out something different about her. Like how she's started to put more effort into looking good, or that she's wearing a pair of sweatpants that are way too big for her, or that it's weird that she knows all the words to a One Direction song that's playing at a Bella party one night.

So, when Chloe and Stacie both aww at her when she walks into the kitchen one morning, tiredly rubbing one eye as she shuffles over to the coffee machine, she already knows that they're gonna point something out that, most likely, is because of the girl who's currently asleep in her bed upstairs, looking adorably comfortable under all the covers that Beca insists she has in hers and Amy's cold attic room.

"What?" she asks them, oblivious to the fact that the hoodie she's currently wearing drapes over her sleeves and stops mid-thigh.

"You look so cute in Emily's clothes," Chloe says in that voice that Beca's pretty sure is reserved strictly for babies and animals, and she rolls her eyes.

"Dude, I just put on the first thing I saw, I'm not purposely wearing her clothes."

"But you look so cute!"

"Shut up."

She busies herself with making hers and Emily's coffee, making sure to add two extra sugars in Emily's 'Hello, is it tea you're looking for?' mug. Chloe and Stacie keep their conversation to themselves for the most part, until eventually their conversation turns into whispers and then suddenly they turn silent, which Beca figures is never good.

She turns around, ready to ask them what they're up to, when she sees Emily in her periphery. She's leaning against the doorframe watching her with a small smile on her face, wearing the plaid pajama bottoms and plain white tank top she'd worn to bed the previous night, and she looks beautiful. It takes Beca's breath away slightly, which she quickly covers up by clearing her throat.

"Morning," Beca says, and if her tone completely softens when she talks to Emily, nobody mentions it. Beca tries not to grin at the fact that one side of Emily's hair is a complete mess, but she looks cuter than ever as she stands there nervously fiddling with her hands as she looks at Beca.

"Hi," Emily says, smiling as she finally walks into the kitchen, closer to Beca. It's not until Beca notices Emily shiver that she realizes that all she's wearing is a tank top, and she's selfishly wearing the only hoodie that Emily has at the Bella house.

"Shit, I totally stole your hoodie," Beca says as she starts to pull it off. Luckily she has her pajama shirt underneath so she doesn't mind taking it off, but Emily quickly stops her by laughing and putting a hand on her arm.

"Don't," she says, helping Beca get her arm back into the sleeve, "it looks cute on you."

"Shut up," she says, adding a quick and playful "nerd" as to not hurt Emily's feelings, and she doesn't mean for the pet name to sound so grossly affectionate, but Emily smiles at her and suddenly she doesn't regret saying it.

Because the way Emily smiles, blinking down at her with her beautifully long eyelashes that usually, Beca wouldn't be so fond of on a person, once again makes her breath catch in her throat. She gets a tingling feeling in her chest and around her heart that travels down to her stomach, and suddenly she gets a strong urge to lean in and kiss her.

Before she can though, Beca hears Chloe whisper "this is beautiful", and she closes her eyes and sucks in an annoyed breath when she hears Stacie respond with a murmured "I feel like I'm watching a puppy fall in love with like, a raccoon."

And she's about to tell them to get the fuck out of there, but then Emily is giggling and reaching down for Beca's hand, and all her thoughts seem to fly out of the window. The only thing she can think about is how she'll never get over how good Emily's hand feels in her own, and if Emily thinks that she looks cute in her hoodie, then she doesn't mind wearing it forever.