Fluff / Mild Cuddling

"Welp looks like it's just you and me," I said looking at Mabel, admiring her as she was standing in the middle of the living room in the Mystery Shack. She was wearing a light pink sweater- which matched the color of her headband, the sweater was decorated with darker pink hearts.

She was still wearing the same purple skirt that she usually use, with the same black shoes- which I didn't know what were called.. and white socks. The most noticeable difference was the necklace I gave her was hanging out this time, instead of being inside her sweater.

Her twin, Dipper was hanging out with Wendy, probably watching some movie again. Soos was fixing up some stuff on the Mystery Shack, then went out and said he was going to hang out with Melody. Stan, he-... well that's a mystery, he said something about a 'business venture' and didn't explain further.

"Hey! Will!" She says holding my face on both sides, which helped me get back to reality.

"S-Sorry.. I spaced out," I said laughing nervously. I put my hands on the pocket of my jacket, trying to hide the fact- that I was reaaally nervous...

"My eyes are up here you know!" She jokes, which made me tenser.

I relaxed myself and shrugged in response, "I wasn't looking at anything! I'm just tall," I reply, humoring her with a smirk.

"No, you're not! There are only a few inches of difference."

"Then I guess you're a few inch smaller than me." She puts her hands on the side as she pouts. It was cute.. "Alright, alright. I was just joking.. So, what do you wanna do?"

She sits down on the couch, grabbing the remote and turning the TV on. "Let's watch a few episodes of Duck-tective!"I looked at the clock on the wall. It was only the afternoon... It should be a good show to spend some time for a few hours.

"Then let's watch other movies later?" I asked as I sat down on the left side of the couch, next to her. I kinda wish I brought some other movies.. since Gravity Falls' movies are- well... I wouldn't say it's good.

"Yup!"

With that said, we watched the show for about an hour.. The show was.. interesting? Not the best, but enough to entertain the both of us. I mean it did had some time where the duck- being a detective, not making sense. Even the shows are weird as the town.

It was a chill afternoon, but soon enough we got hungry.

I put one of my hands on top of her head trying to her attention, her eyes were glued to the TV with Duck-tective still running. "Do you want some popcorn?" I asked her.

At first, we were sitting side by side, but now my whole body was on top of the couch with my feet on the other side of the armrest, it was nice as I found a perfect position, in which I felt relaxed in.

Mabel... was in front of me, she still sat on the couch which had enough space for us. The back of her head was resting on my chest, with her feet hanging by the edge, barely touching the ground.

It felt comfortable, so neither one of us said anything about it.

"Are you hungry now?" She replies.

"Yesssss. Though, I have to cook it.." I said, lazily. I didn't really want to get off the couch. I was comfortable, but I was also hungry...

Before she could respond, I hear footsteps coming from the hallway, "Guys? Dipper?" Wendy says from the hallway. She peeks at the room, before smirking, "Ah sorry dudes. Am I interrupting something?"

"I-It's nothing!" We both say at the same time.

"We are just watching some show since we were bored," I continued, without being flustered this time.

"Right.." She says, putting crossing her hands to her chest, "I'm just joking," She laughs, "Have you guys seen Dipper?"

Mabel turns to Wendy, she sat straight in front of me to reply to her. "I saw him with Soos last."

"Alright, Thanks.. Well, I'll try not to bother you both, if you see him again just tell him to find me." She turns to leave. "Have fun!"

"Bye!"

I softly chuckle, "Well.. that was awkward."

"That's because you're so awkward!" She giggles while blaming me. "Boop! Awkward," she says booping my nose.

"Hey! I'm not awkward, I'm just bad at.. talking."

"That's what awkward means, you dork."

"Is it? My bad then.." I say as I put my feet down to the ground, trying to sit up straight- with my arms incidentally around Mabel for support. "How 'bout I get us some popcorn?" I asked quickly retracting my arms.

She didn't seem to notice or mind, "Sure!" She gives me a quick peck in the cheek leaving me flustered, before giving me space to leave the comfort of the couch.

"Alright." I got up from the couch as she starts to watch the TV again. I lightly laugh, she seems to love that show a lot. As I approach the kitchen, I'm sure Stan wouldn't mind if I borrowed it. I put my hand on my chest, and my heart was racing, which I didn't realize until now. God, I'm awkward...

I shake my head, trying to focus on the task at hand. "Right right. I was going to get some popcorn. Easy enough."

I take the small paper bag from the table which I left there earlier. It was half full of corn kernels- is that what they call it? I don't remember. I took some and put it on a pan to let it cook. It took quite some time, but soon enough I headed back to Mabel with a bowl of popcorn in my hand, with a grin on my face as I started to eat some without even sitting down yet.

I took a seat beside her, she was sitting down on the floor on the rug. I won't blame her, there was more room on the floor. I placed the bowl near the tv, which was within reach for both of us.

As I take a seat beside her, I planted a small kiss on her cheek to get her back for teasing me earlier. "Here you go, M'lady."

She goes red for a moment, "Thanks." She simply says as she takes some popcorn and started to lean on my chest. Which I didn't mind, since she wasn't even heavy in the slightest. I took one of the pillows, which we took from upstairs earlier, and placed it behind me for more comfort.

We started to go back to watching the show without any other interruptions.

An hour passed, and we watched more shows- it was fun, and ate some candies, which she requested along with the popcorn. It tasted good since there were different types of flavored candies mixed in.

"How about we watch one more season." She says as the season ended.

I take the remote from the table before she could get it, "How 'bout let's watch something else?" I smirk.

She tries to grab the remote, "Nooo, I want to watch more episodes." Before she reaches it, I placed the remote above my head, while I held her back a bit. We were still sitting on the floor so it was quite easy.

"Yeah, but you said that an hour ago."

She goes on her knees, trying to pry the remote from my hands, "Just a few more."

"But I wanna watch something else, the show is good but I wanna watch a movie."

I fall to the floor, after she accidentally pushes me, she crawls on top of me still trying to get the remote, "I promisee just a few more episodes~"

Before I could retaliate someone speaks up from the doorway, "Am I interrupting something?"

We both turn to the voice, "Oh.. Hi Dipper... I-It's not what it looks like!" I nervously said, still on the floor with Mabel on top. I guess it really looks bad..

"Geez, some privacy Dip," She says sits up on top of me with her arms crossed.

"You're in the living room Mabel," He says crossing his arms.

"Oh right," She smiles as giggles innocently, "I forgot."

"I was gonna ask, did you guys see Stan anywhere? Can't seem to find him."

"He said he was going on a business venture," Mabel replies.

I wave my hand up trying to get his attention, "Also, Wendy said you should find her."

He looks rather surprised, "Oh? I didn't expect that.. I think I know where to find her, thanks for the info!" I reply with a thumbs up. "Also Will, I'll uh-.. I wanna talk to you another time about something I found in the Journals."

I look at him confused, he found something? Maybe about the author.. "Sure, tomorrow sounds good!"

"Okay, thanks. Anyways, I'd rather not bother you both, so.. I'll just go."

"Okay! I'll see you later Bro-bro!"

He starts to leave, "Have fun!"

As he leaves, both Mabel and I stare at each other, the moment felt like it lasted for minutes.

"So.. Any plans on getting off me?" I said nervously.

She smirks at me, "I don't know.. I kinda like you down there."

"I like you up there too, but I also want to continue watching."

"Then do you give up?"

I give a sigh of defeat, "Fineee, just a few more episodes.." I mutter to her.

She pumps her hands up making a victorious pose. "Yeah! Mabel wins!"

"Alright alright you win," She gets off me as I gave her the remote back.

After that somewhat not-awkward situation. We continued to watch a 'few'... episodes. It was fun, we had a few talks here and there, discussing more of the show. I'm not a fan of the show, but if it came up on TV I'd watch it for an hour or so.

We also watched a few more short movies that only showed near Gravity Falls, like.. 'NEARLY ALMOST DEAD BUT NOT QUITE.' and... it sucks. Entertaining but terrible. I'm pretty sure it was supposed to be a horror that became more comedic because of the bad acting.

I was so focused on the show, that I didn't seem to notice what time it is until the clock started to ring. "Oh shoot. It's already nine?"

She looks at me with a frown, "Are you going to go home now?"

"I mean.. it's nine? I also have to walk home also.. it gets creepy when it's midnight." I replied, shuddering at the thought.

Her frown quickly turned into a bright smile, "Then you should just stay for the night! We did stay at your house.. so it should be fine right?" Before I could reply, she starts doing the puppy dog eyes at me.

"I-... Uh.." I tried finding words, but I couldn't seem to say anything. It makes me weak.. those eyes... "I'll convince my parents..." I answered in defeat.

"Yes! Mabel wins again!"

I chuckle at her enthusiasm, she seems to have a lot of energy despite it being so late already. "Alright, I'll call them now," I said taking out my phone.

"Okay!" She turns off the TV as she stands up, "I'll change to my sleeping attire then."

Before I could reply she starts running off to the attic, leaving me on the floor. I wait for the footsteps to disappear before calling my parent. My phone starts to ring, as I wait for her to answer.

I put my phone down on the ground as I start to take off my Jacket, as comfortable as it is.. I'd rather not sweat throughout the night. Below my jacket revealed a plain blue t-shirt.

I took my phone again, it stops ringing, signaling that someone picked up. I answered the call and clicked speaker, "Hi mom!"

"You didn't tell me you were gonna be late, do you know what time is it?" She said, concern in her voice. I don't like worrying her but I also didn't realize that it was late...

"Yeah, I didn't know I'd be home late..." I replied sheepishly, "I'm still at Mabel and Dipper's house."

"You're gonna stay there for the night aren't you?" She bluntly guesses. I couldn't tell if she's mad or not...

"M-Maybe?"

She gives out a deep sigh, "You should have told me earlier, though I trust you anyway."

"Thanks, I was just busy earlier so I kinda forgot."

"You aren't doing anything illegal are you?"

"N-No..?" I wasn't sure about that answer, it feels like every time I get involved with Stan it's something illegal..

"Okay! I'll see you tomorrow I have to sleep as well."

"Right.. Thanks again, mom. I'll see you tomorrow."

"You're with Mabel, right? Well, make sure you don't do stuff you might regret!"

I stood up instinctively, "W-What.. What do you mean?" I coughed almost choking at my words. I look at the phone in my hand, 'Call Ended'. I stare at it for a moment, she just left me hanging and confused.

"Was that your mom?" A gentle voice came from behind me.

I turn around to face Mabel, she stood, and with the living room lights turned off the only thing that showed her off was the light from the stairs.

I stare at her from top to bottom, instead of a sweater she was wearing a long sleeve shirt that had a floppy disk design in the middle, the shirt color purple which matched the color of her hairband.

The shirt was rather big for her since it reached up to her knees. Instead of being barefoot, she was wearing slightly dark pink socks.

"You done staring? You dork." She sternly said, but with a hint of humor.

I shake my head before I go off into my own world again, "S-Sorry force of habit.. I-.. This is the first time I've seen you without your sweater, Hmm.. or maybe it's the second.." I said trailing off.

I sat back down on the floor as she sat beside me as well, "Well what did she say?"

"She was worried, but yeah she agreed," I shrug, "I didn't exactly expect that I would be here late. I guess I enjoyed my stay too much."

I turned the TV on, it already had a show running. We sat there for a minute or two letting the show run, it wasn't entertaining or something, but we just figured that it was enough to fill the silent room.

It was Mabel who spoke first, breaking the silence. "Can... Can I ask why you didn't turn me down?" I turn to her, she was still looking at the TV with a small smile. "I'm not exactly attractive.. and a lot of guys avoid me because of how weird and silly I am... and most of my summer romance didn't exactly work out." She says as her smile was slowly turning into a frown.

I gently placed both my hands on the side of her face, making her turn to me. I give her a reassuring smile, "Hey.. Look I'm not exactly perfect, I'm weird too! Would you leave me because I'm weird?" She pauses for a second, before shaking her head, "It's the same for you too... I wouldn't leave you just because you're silly, we're both weird!" I exclaim proudly, while her eyes started to glisten- tears threatening to fall, "Besides I love that about you."

She tackles me as I finish my sentence, her body pressed against mine with both her hands. I fell with my back toward the floor, and before I could even process what she was doing, she kissed me. Not on the cheek but on the lips.

I couldn't process any thoughts as her soft lips pressed against mine, I become tenser by the moment as I tasted a hint of strawberries from the candies which we ate earlier.

Soon enough I returned the kiss, which lasted for a few seconds. For me, it felt like forever.

After we parted, she stared at me, "I love you too..." Her eyes were still filled with excitement from the event that just happened. Neither one of us moved from the spot for a minute, well... I couldn't since she was still on top of me.

"That.. felt nice..." I shyly admit, with a meek tone. "Do you feel okay now?"

"Yeah.. thanks, Will.." She says as she laid down on my chest. I felt her racing heart through my body, which gradually slowed down. It felt rather warm with her on top of me.. for different reasons.

I turn my head to the TV, it was still open with the show muted. "Aren't we going to watch?"

"I'm tired~ Let's do that tomorrow..." She replies, sleep taking over her.

"Alright... Good night." She didn't reply. I checked to see that she was already in deep sleep.

I turned off the TV, luckily the remote was just within arm's reach. I couldn't exactly just move from my spot. I grabbed one of the pillows which I placed behind me, trying to regain comfort.

I placed my arms around her, defensively. Feeling as if I would lose her if I let her go.

Soon enough I fell asleep with her on top of me.

It felt comfortable...

warm...

It felt right...

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Chapter End