𑣲 PAINFULLY OBVIOUS
─── pairing ; eugene ottinger x fem!reader
─── summary ; you and eugene have been crushing on each other since forever, but neither of you are able to bring yourselves to say it
─── warnings ; tooth rooting fluff, pugsley has a tiny crush on reader, jealous!eugene if you squint, minor use of y/n, english is not my first language. (lmk if i missed something)
─── word count ; 1,1k
your first day back in nevermore couldn’t seem to get any better. your uniform was perfectly ironed and your hair was in it’s best day, for the first time, you felt excited and not dying of nervousness on your first day on school.
you reunited with a lot of your friends, enid hugged you tightly, bianca gave you a wide smile and ajax ruffled your hair when you walked by, he deserved a punch from you for that.
but, there was still someone you hadn’t met; eugene.
just thinking about him made you tense up, in a good way, you thought. you loved the boy crazy.
but he seemed to have vanished, no matter how much you looked around and stood on your tiptoes to see further, you couldn’t locate him.
you decided to take a stroll through the academy’s corridors, pretending you were looking for your dorm (you knew exactly where your dorm was).
for your own luck, at caliban hall’s door, you managed to see janet, one of eugene’s mothers.
an involuntary smile formed on your face when you finally saw who you were looking for. now taller, a lot taller than you remembered.
“hey, eugene…” you greeted, walking to the door.
eugene's smile widened just like yours. you quickened your steps to hug him, wrapping your arms around his neck.
you greeted janet too, but your gaze kept drifting towards eugene and his handsome face.
“i see you two haven’t lost contact after all.” janet mentioned with a smile.
“no, never.” eugene answered, maybe too quickly.
“hey,” you heard a happy voice behind you, you supposed they were talking to you, so you turned aroun. “i’m pugsley.”
when you turned, you found a dead-looking boy with deep baggy eyes. yep, that was definitely wednesday’s brother she complained so much about.
“hi! i’m—” you were shaking his hand until you felt an electric shock run through your hand. “ouch! what the hell?”
“electricity,” pugsley answered casually. “i inherited it from my uncle fester.”
you frowned and gave him a very slight, amused smile. “cool.”
once janet and morticia left, you stayed on eugene’s dorm to hang out with him and his new roomie.
you sat down, as usual, next to eugene, your shoulder brushing against his with comfortable intimacy.
pugsley was a weirdo, yes, but everyone was at nevermore, right? you were starting to like him. you hoped he’d know how to take care of eugene.
“well, i must go, i kinda wanna take a nap.” you got up from your seat in his bed.
“you want me to help you unpack?” eugene half got up.
you placed a hand on his shoulder for him to sit down again “maybe later. just knock, i’ll be there.” you gave him a smile and an awkward kiss on his cheek. “see you later.”
once you were gone, leaving the boys alone, pugsley had a question, and knowing his personality, he wasn’t going to keep it to himself for a second.
“is she your girlfriend?” he asked, raising both of his eyebrows.
“no! i mean—” eugene hesitated, unsure how to answer.. “no, she’s not.” he said, shaking his head and closing his eyes.
“well, she seems like it. she’s pretty, you’re lucky.”
eugene frowned when he heard pugsley call you ‘pretty’, with unconscious jealousy. he was about to protest, but the crystal ball on pugsley’s desk lit up.
he got up to see who was calling him, it was his parents. they were probably gonna talk about his first day on nevermore.
“oh, mijo! how are you doing? how was your first day?” gomez’s voice echoed through the room.
“it was great, dad! i made a friend. she’s pretty and kind. heavy on pretty.”
eugene grimaced again in disapproval from his seat.
pugsley continued talking with his parents for long minutes, and every time he mentioned you, eugene felt jealous.
eugene finally decided to go to your room to help you with your suitcase.
he gave three soft knocks on your bedroom door, hoping you had already woken up from your restful nap.
you had, indeed. you opened the door with a smile and without asking who it was, you knew it was him.
“did you sleep well?” he asked with a closed smile.
“yeah, something like that. you'd better go inside, my advisor would kill me if she saw you here alone.” you let him in and closed the door behind you.
“then we should hang out in my dorm. ajax would probably cover for me.”
“does that ‘we’ include your new roommate, pugsley?” you chuckled. eugene started to grab your suitcase and open it.
“gosh, please, no,” eugene shook his head. “i like him, but i’d like to hang out with you, just the two of us…” his voice dropped too low by the time he realized it.
you pretended not to notice; after all, you were probably just imagining things and that wasn’t important at all.
eugene helped you put all your clothes in your closet, while you both chatted nonstop as usual.
suddenly, divina, your roommate entered the bedroom. "oops, am i interrupting something? should i leave again?" a knowing smile formed on the mermaid’s face.
“no!” you and eugene said at the same time.
“come in, eugene was just leaving.” you added.
divina nodded and just sat on her side of the bedroom, minding her own business.
“well… if you need anything else, i’m here for you,” eugene said in a calm voice before leaving.
“good night.” you planted another soft kiss on his cheek before he left.
once you and divina were alone in the room, she was about to make a comment about the situation; “what the fu—”
“don’t say a word!”
𑣲 NEXT DAY
this morning, eugene had texted you asking if you were willing to help him with his bees, that’s how you returned the favor (even if you didn’t need to, he did it because he wanted to).
you two were transferring the honey to jars and labeling it, your shoulders were pressed together.
“eugene.” a monotonous, cold voice was heard behind you.
you turned around and, as expected, found wednesday.
“i could use your help for something at my dorm.”
“uhh…” eugene first looked at you to see if he could leave you alone for a few minutes, you nodded “yes, of course. i’m coming.”
they both started walking towards Wednesday's room. she broke the silence abruptly.
“what’s the deal with you two?”
“with me and y/n?.. nothing... we’re friends, we’ve been for a while.” eugene’s demeanor shifted to a more nervous one.
“ever since i got to nevermore you two seem physically incapable to separate from one another. i wouldn’t call myself an expert on the matter but i think that there’s something more between you. and it’s painfully obvious.” wednesday’s voice remained as always, cold and seemingly without emotion.
“it’s not what you think it is. at all.”
wednesday remained silent for a few seconds, analyzing eugene’s expression. "you’re incapable of lying."
“well, i like her! i love her, actually. she’s the coolest girl i’ve ever met—”
wednesday interrupted; “spare me the cliché romantic comedy speech. i already knew that. as i said, it was stupidly obvious.”
eugene smiled nervously. “what should i do? i don’t think she feels the same way about me. everyone’s after her. even your brother.”
“there’s no need to worry about pugsley. the chances of a girl like y/n paying attention to an addams are below zero. she’s way too smart to make such error.”
“what about an ottinger?” eugene’s eyes lit up.
wednesday rolled her eyes. “in response to your question about what you should do, i think you should put aside your cowardice and insecurities and just tell her how stupid she makes you feel.”
eugene sighed, looking down as he considered the blunt advice wednesday had given him. “i’ll think about it. thanks.”
for your part, you finished labeling the honey jars and arranged them all in wooden drawers.
just as you were about to go find eugene, he walked in the door and surprised you. “god! i told you not to do that!” you placed a hand on your chest and gave him a light smack on the shoulder. he just laughed, and that made the little anger you felt vanish.
“what was wednesday up to?” you asked curiously.
“she found a corpse butterfly and asked me for help; she wanted to find whoever was carrying that larva.”
you made a face of disgust. “i don’t wanna know more.”
you both walked to caliban hall, towards eugene and pugsley’s dorm. he opened the door for you
“i think puglsey went to help wednesday with whatever she’s doing.” he added.
you nodded, looking around the dorm
you sat confidently on eugene’s bed, and he did the same, his hand brushing against yours.
the touch was soft, but you noticed. you always noticed.
you placed your hand over his, smiling to yourself. you turned to see his flushed face.
he gave you a nervous smile, which was enough for you to start getting your face closer to his, gathering courage.
eugene didn’t back off. he even started to get closer too. very slowly. at his rhythm.
your faces were so close to touching.
you heard a cough, both jumped in fright and looked ahead. it was ajax.
“i’m sorry to interrupt, kids. but girls are not allowed in the boy’s dorm solo. it’s dort’s rules, not mine.”
“yeah, sorry… i was just leaving.” you got up from your seat and left hurriedly out of embarrassment.
eugene sighed, looking at ajax, clearly annoyed.. “couldn’t you turn a blind eye?”
the gorgon shrugged, feeling a little bad for having ruined the moment.
your heart was racing. you ran to ophelia hall looking for enid. who better to give you advice about boys than enid sinclair?
you opened the door without knocking and closed it behind you, leaning your back against it.
“enid. i need your advice.” you sighed.
she was reading a magazine in bed. “boy advice?” she asked with a smile. you nodded.
enid let out a squeal of excitement and made room for you next to her on her bed.
you took the place that she made for you and started spitting out words. “i really like eugene, he makes me feel like i’m the only girl ever, and that’s fantastic! we almost kissed! but i don’t know if he’s really doing all this just because i’m his friend and he cares for me as a friend, or because he likes me as much as i like him. i’d like to tell him how much i want to hug him all the time, and how much i want to kiss him and—”
you were interrupted. “don’t get too much into details, please.” enid grimaced. “and don’t be silly, it’s obvious he’s just as crazy about you. how many other female friends does eugene have that he treats the same way he treats you? exactly, zero. and if you really want to tell him how much you like him, just do it, calmly.” she laughed.
you sighed again. “and when am i supposed to tell him?”
“whenever you feel it! love has no clock.” she bumped her shoulder against yours. “i just made up that saying just for you.”
“thanks, i guess.” you laughed, calming down a little. after all, it wasn’t so bad.
you got up from your seat. “i’ll go think about it some more.”
“good luck!” enid yelled before you left.
𑣲 LATER
as the sun began to set, with pink and orange hues in the sky, you sat on a bench near eugene’s beehive to read your favorite book and calm your nerves.
as you turned a page, a vibrant butterfly landed on your book. you smiled, knowing who was responsible.
“i know you’re in there, come here.” you said looking without looking up from the butterfly.
eugene emerged from his makeshift hiding place behind a tree. “i wanted to give you some joy.” he sat down next to you.
You took a few seconds, thinking about whether to say what you really thought or not; “your presence is a joy.” yes, you did.
“wow... that’s really nice. thanks.” he laughed nervously, showing off his cute braces.
you moved closer to him, your shoulders touching again. “well… where were we?”
“you tell me...” he also turned in your direction, returning to the same situation you were in before in caliban hall. “well, i actually wanted to tell you something. something important.” eugene started nervously.
“i’m listening.”
“you... have always been really present in my life, and i…” eugene sighed, he didn’t want to give you a whole speech, he wanted to be direct, like wednesday had been. “i like you, a lot, i would like to be much more than just your friend, i think you are incredible, super cute, and intelligent and… many other things.”
a wide, open smile formed on your face. “i was going to say the same thing! you beat me to it.” you laughed, all the nerves had disappeared now that you knew he felt the same as you.
you finally gave him a peck on the lips. eugene’s eyes lit up, followed by a giggle from both of you.
now that no one could bother you, you shared a tender kiss, your hands going towards his cheeks and his to the back of your neck.
𑣲 THE END
this is my first one shot in here! please lmk if you liked it, i’d love to read your opinions on this<3
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