Odd Squad one shots {requests are open}

Holding hands part 2 (Otis x Oona)

Night shift was now in full swing, and Otis and Oona had yet to decide what they were going to do about the current situation.

"Well, since we can't leave, there's only one thing we can do." Oona stated. "We'll stay here overnight while I build the glue-remove-inator."

"Overnight….? What about the night shift?" Otis hesitantly questioned.

"I c-can put up a force field in front of the lab so they won't bother us." Oona. awkwardly suggested "Besides, it could be fun…." she added, seeming slightly excited.

"….Ok." Otis replied, blushing for some reason.

Oona smiled slightly. "Great. Let's get to work then." she said.

Then she and Otis went to sit on the lab floor in the dim lighting and got to work.

Two and a half hours later, and Oona was almost done building the gadget they needed. It had been taking a bit extra long since it was sorta hard to build a gadget while holding hands with someone. So whenever there was a task that required two free hands, Otis had to help out.

"Alright. We're almost done." Oona stated encouragingly. "Otis, could you hand me that spring please?" she requested, holding out her hand.

"Sure." Otis replied before handing her what she asked for.

"Thanks, Otis." Oona replied, putting the finishing touches on the gadget.

"Ok, all we have to do now is secure this last piece into place, then we're done!" Oona announced quietly, as she felt the need to whisper since it was so late at night.

Otis smiled slightly "Great." he said nodding. In all  honesty though, he was just a bit not-so-excited about the gadget being finished. He was really liking spending time with Oona and having an excuse to hold her hand.

"Alright, hold this in place for me?" Oona asked, getting ready to attach the last needed piece to the gadget.

Otis nodded and did as he was asked. While doing this though, their free hands were now touching each other, causing both of them to blush a bright red. then, just like that, the gadget was finished.

"There. We're done! Whoo hoo!" Oona cheered, yawning slightly, clearly tired from all the late night lab work.

"I knew you could do it, Oona." Otis stated, also letting out a yawn.

Oona smiled "Aww thanks. But we did it." she added sweetly.

Otis blushed, hoping that Oona didn't notice since the lighting was dim.

Neither one of them could really think of anything to say after that. It was really late at night, and their brains were pretty fried from all the gadget making.

"So, now we can uh…." Oona trailed off awkwardly, looking at their joined hands.

"Uh huh." Otis reacted, nodding tiredly. He was just now starting to realize how sleepy he actually was.

"Yup. So, I guess I can you know, un-glue our hands now." Oona said, sounding sorta disappointed.

Just as she was about to use the gadget though, she noticed that Otis hadn't replied to her yet.

"Otis?" Oona asked, looking over at him, only to find that Otis was asleep, leaning against the wall.

Oona smiled, deciding to wait until morning to un-glue their hands. After all, she was pretty sleepy too.

She leaned her back against the wall next to Otis, and rested her head on his shoulder.

"….I like holding your hand." Oona said quietly, before falling asleep.

Little did she know, Otis had secretly heard what she said.

The next day, Otis woke up on the floor, resting his head on his arm, while Oona was laying very close next to him.

He looked around for a second, as if trying to remember where he was. Then when he looked over at Oona, it all clicked, and he remembered everything that happened last night, and that their hands were still stuck together.

"Oona?" he said, slightly shaking her to wake her up.

Oona opened her eyes, looking around groggily. "Huh? Oh, hey, Otis." she said, still half asleep.

Just then, Ms O walked over to the lab. "Agents!" she shouted.

"Y-yes, Ms O?" Otis and Oona said in unison, immediately standing up, now fully alert.

"Nobody else is even here yet? Work starts in an hour. Why are you two here so early?" Ms O questioned.

"Uh…. we were working on a gadget and
….we kinda slept here…." Oona awkwardly admitted.

"It's a long story." Otis added.

Ms O nodded, seeming to be satisfied by their reply.

"I see. Well, you two can come into work a little bit later today if you'd like." Ms O generously offered.

"Thanks, Ms O." Oona replied.

And with that, Ms O walked off.

"So, um we should probably use that gadget now." Oona said, picking up the glue remove-inator off of the lab floor.

"Right." Otis replied.

Oona pointed the gadget at their hands, and in a flash, they were free.

"There." Oona said, reluctantly letting go of Otis' hand "We're free!" she joked.

"Thanks." Otis replied awkwardly.

"Thanks for helping me build that gadget last night, you know, not that you really had a choice." Oona said, tugging on her lab coat.

"No problem, Oona. I would've helped you even if I did have a choice." Otis said, smiling slightly.

Oona blushed slightly. "Ok. I guess we can go home now." she pointed out, looking around at the empty headquarters.

"Yeah, I guess we can." Otis replied.

"See you later." Oona waved before walking away.

"Hey, Oona?" Otis called, making her stop and turn to face him.

"Yeah?"

"I like holding your hand too."

Boom! Posted! 😘 So I hope you guys enjoyed this part 2. I literally wrote this at like.... Idk wat time, really early early in the morning, so it might be a little sloppy. Sowwy. But hope u enjoyed anyway!

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