"Good morning, Emma!" The sound of Regina's voice accompanies the swinging door.
"Morning, m'lady," she replies, unable to suppress her grin. Even the mere thought of Regina made her giddy and now she's in the room with drags her gaze from the girl to her textbook despite her willingness to continue to stare at the girl.
"Donut?" The rich tone fills the silence.
The mention of food has her grin widening as she peers at the box, "Are there bear claws?"
Regina's chuckle has her gazing into the girl's chocolate eyes, "What kind of friend would I be without them."
She leans closer to the girl with a raised brow. "Just friend?"
Her eyes dart to her lips for a brief moment before she grins. "What's a matter? Cat got your tongue."
Her amusement only furthers at the sight of Regina's agape mouth.
She watches with a smirk before reaching for a bear claw. A yelp escapes her as the lid of the box suddenly clamps on her hand.
"Hey!" she whines, clutching her hand with quality acting.
"You're such a drama queen, " she mutters, eyeing Regina with a wounded look.
The girl rolls her eyes before handing her a bear claw. "I prefer Evil Queen."
There's a beat of silence that is soon interrupted by the sound of her chewing.
"Seriously, Miss Swan?"
She grinned at the girl with a mouth full of donut mush, her cheeks imitating that of a chipmunk, "What?"
Regina narrows her eyes pointedly, a look of disgust as clear as day, "You are a child."
Her reply is slowed as she swallows her food and cleans the crumbs off her fingers.
"And you're an old person, " she counters, clarifying with at the last second, "who calls someone Miss Swan."
The girl- who is really an old person in disguise- scoffs, "Please, you've only proven my point, Miss Swan."
She leans closer to the girl, a smug expression planted on her face. Regina shifts closer until they're inches apart. If she wasn't in the middle of winning an 'argument', her breath would've caught.
"And how is that?" Her eyes dart between Regina's eyes and lips. This woman was a goddess.
A lump of nerves formed in her thought and her mouth ran dry. Regina's lips curled into a smile, her head tilting ever so slightly.
"Well, Miss Swan- "
Her heart speeds up as the girl leaned in at the speed of an iceberg. Her mind went into a spiral of panicked thoughts.
Kiss me.
Her eyes widened at the voice in her head and suddenly it clicked.
Regina stopped a centimeter from her lips, a bright expression on her face.
"I knew you figure it out eventually but I couldn't wait any long-"
She cuts the girl's ramble off by ending the distance between them.
God, this was better than she imagined.
Her body lurched forward in an attempt to move closer, to connect.
Regina eventually managed to halt their kiss when she needed air. Their foreheads leaned against each other as they attempted to catch their breath.
"Wow, " she whispered breathily, already eager to do it again.
"Wow, indeed. "
A laugh escaped her as she stared into this beautiful woman's soulful brown eyes. She must've looked ridiculous with herself grinning like an idiot and heart eyes. But who wouldn't when this was her- her soulmate.
"Can I do that again?" she asked.
Regina nodded with a bite to her lip.
Once again, her heart pounded and soared.
She'll never get over this feeling.
After a while, Regina broke the kiss- god, was this woman on a roll today- to grin at her.
"You taste like bear claws."
She and Regina did eventually need to talk which is why she stood at the girl's locker after school. There had been may conversation throughout the day that where always cut off with one of them dragging the other for a make out session.
She decided to do some homework during her wait for her... girlfriend? After some problems, she glanced down the halls to find a figure walking toward her.
A grin erupted on her face as she scampered up only for it to drop a bit when the figure was closer.
"Salvator-"
"It's Emma."
"- Right! Emma," her gut wretched at the way she said her name, "we have a little surprise for you."
A curiosity rose in her, and despite her better judgment, she asked, "What kind of surprise?"
The girl smirked cruelly, stepping closer, "Well, it's more like a secret gift."
She glanced down the halls in hope to see Regina but find it empty.
"I was kind of waiting for someone-"
"It'll only take a couple minutes, plus we worked so hard for it."
Her mind debated itself before she nodded hesitantly, "Yeah, sure! If it'll only take a few minutes then I'm in!"
She towed after the girl that- she didn't remember her face.
"You're Maleficent, right?"
The girl's smirk returned as she glanced over her shoulder, "So you've heard of me."
She nods before releasing a nervous laugh as she met her pace. "Yeah, from Mary Margaret, all good things."
Maleficent hummed in disapproval, "I'm not inclined to believe you but MM never means any harm."
She sighs, muttering an agreement.
"So, where are we going?"
The pair has been walking for about 3 minutes or so and she wanted to return to Regina's locker.
The girl glanced at her before answering, "We're almost at the right bathroom."
Her eyebrows shot up in confusion and concern.
High school girls are weird.
"Alright, we're here, come on, Salvator."
"This is the girl's locker room."
Maleficent laughed somehow condescendingly, "You're lucky you're good-looking, Salvator."
She resisted a scowl at the girl's term of address as she followed the girl into the room.
A group of cheerleaders surrounded something.
"MM? What's going on?"
The petite brunette used her size in an attempt to fade into the background. She observed her with a curious look as she approached the group.
"What's going on-"
Her heart lurched at the sight before her.
"Regina." she whispered, her heart squeezing.
A collection of photos of the girl vandalized with disgusting comments and imagery.
Regina was being bullied.
Her mind flashed to the moment between Regina and MM and she cursed herself for being so stupidly dense.
"What do you think, Salvator?" Mal's voice riled a pit of anger in her which she fought to repress.
Her fist clenched as she stared at the girl then photos.
"What I think?" her voice had a steady tone of furry, "I think if you knew what was good for you, you'd stop fucking with my soulmate."
A wave of shock silenced the room filled with tension.
Mal jerked back in surprise and fear as the words processed.
"You! But you're Salvator and she's-"
She glared at the girl, "She's something you'll never understand. She's special. And she deserves better than this!"
Her anger boiled near the edge so she stormed out of the room.
Her thoughts raced with berating herself and hatred for them.
"Em- Emma!"
She stops mid-walk at the sound of MM's voice. Her mind begged her to continue but she spun around to face the girl.
"I didn't know." the girl cried, her face crumpled.
"But you still did it, MM, which is something else."
She left the girl to cry her heart out as she returned to Regina.
She found the girl at her locker.
"Emma!"
"Regina." she greeted, her anger dissolving slightly at the sight of the girl.
"Now, where are we talking?"
She grinned at the girl, "I've got just the place for a queen."