"Glinda I-" Elphaba broke off as the girl in question silenced her with a kiss.

"Don't, Elphaba," Glinda whispered, pulling ever so slightly away so that she breathed her words into Elphaba's slightly parted lips. She kissed her again. "Don't explain. I'm not going ask. It doesn't matter."

"But, but Glinda-"

"No." Glinda wrapped her arms around the stuttering girl. "I said it doesn't matter." She sighed, pressing her face into the green skin of Elphaba's neck. "All that matters is that you're here." She slowly backed the two of them toward her bed. "And I love you."

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The gentle light of the dawn brought by the small sliver of sun peeking over the horizon found the two lovers together in the comfort of their shared embrace, their limbs entwined and their hearts beating as one. They simply lay there, watching the rise of the golden orb over the green hills and knolls, listening to the sounds of the early morning animals, they simply lay there together.

It was Elphaba who broke the spell.

"I have to go."

Glinda turned.

"Yes you do."

The sun was well above the horizon before either of them moved.

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Elphaba leaned forward, kissing Glinda one last time before turning to pick up her broomstick. She moved to mount but was stopped as a pair of arms wrapped themselves around her waist and a face nuzzled into the back of her neck.

"Glinda," she sighed, trying to pull away, "you know it's too risky for me to stay past sunrise.

The pair of arms tightened. "That didn't stop you before."

"And someone almost saw me and, Glinda!" she turned abruptly and kissed the witch hard once before pulling away. "I'll be back tonight," she said with a sad smile. "But I have to go now before everyone starts waking up."

Glinda sighed. Maybe a day would come when they could tell the truth and have the people believe them, when Elphaba would no longer be a falsely convicted criminal, when she would no longer have to hide her existence, when they could share their love freely under everyone's eyes.

Maybe. But for now,

She kissed her lover one last time before letting her mount her broom, watching as the billowing shape flew further and further away, toward the few faint glimmers that anticipated the arrival of the sun.

For now they had this.

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The End