Title: Friendly
Author: snowpuppies
Fandom: BtVS
Character/Pairing: Buffy/Oz
Genre: Comedy/Fluff/Little bit of Angst
Rating: PG13
Highlight for Warnings: ** innuendo.**
Disclaimer & Distribution: Recognizable things aren't mine but the fic is. Please don't archive or distribute without asking.
Summary: Buffy doesn't tell Willow because there's nothing to tell.
Word Count: 634
x-posted to: TBA

A/N: MY FIRST POST to the Community; Prompt: Secret

Beta'd by velvetwhip




Friendly


Buffy doesn't know why she doesn't tell Willow.

Willow and Oz have been over for years, and hello, Willow's all gay and making the funky monkey with Kennedy, so it shouldn't be a big deal.

Just two old friends...being friendly.



"Hey, Buffy."

"Oh! Oz! Hey."

"Hey."

"Hey."

"You said that."

"Yup. That I did. So…"

"So, how are things?"

"You know—Peachy, side of keen. And yourself?"

"Can't complain."

"Good. That's…good."

"Yeah."



See?

Friendly. That's all.



"So, this isn't awkward or anything."

"Good. I'm glad it's not just me."

"Not just you."

"Guess we should talk about the elephant. You know, the one next door?"

"Is she?"

"Huh?"

"Next door?"

"Oh. No. She's...well, last I heard, she was taking a break with Kennedy. I...really don't want to know."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"So you guys don't talk?"

"Well, yeah. It's just...hard. Globetrotting's hell on the social life."

"Yeah, I'd heard the Slayers went international."



So, two friends catching up. Not a big.

Hardly worth mentioning.



"Sounds stressful."

"You have no idea. They all look to me for guidance and plans and a solution to everything, from vampires taking over the television to slaying techniques to finding the best price on tampons in bulk. I mean, taking care of one teenager was hard enough and they're all Slayery and wild and are all teenagers that horny? I don't remember it—Mmph!"

"..."

"So, you kissed me."

"You were babbling. A little."

"Does something for you, huh?"

"Guess so."



Okay, so he completely broke Willow's heart once upon a time, and okay, so it really, really sucked, but that was a long time ago, and it's ancient history, and Willow's not much for history anyway. She's more of a science person.

And yes, that totally makes sense in her head.

So, she might be moving to Egypt. Just call her Buffypatra.



"This doesn't have to be a thing."

"A thing? What thing? Are there things now? Mmmph!"

"..."

"..."

"You wanna...?"

"This is so weird."

"Except for the part that isn't."

"Except for that part."

"So?"

"We…shouldn't."

"No?"

"I mean…what about the elephant?"

"The elephant isn't in the room, anymore. Not even in the same country."

"No. She's not."

"And maybe elephants aren’t my thing."

"No?"

"Maybe not. Maybe I like…giraffes."

"Giraffes, huh? Wait. Am I a giraffe in this scenario?"

"I'm not sure. I think I lost track of the metaphor."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"…"

"So?"

"So…You have a room?"



Okay. So it was maybe more than friendly.

But it was just the once.

Or twice.

Okay, three times—and that's all!



"Wow."

"Seconded."

"That thing with your tongue...?"

"Liked that?"

"Not sure that's the word. Actually, I don't think they make words for that."

"Oh, they do. Just not in English."

"..."

"..."

"I stand corrected: Globetrotting kicks ass. Globetrot away. Well, just not right now, 'cause I'm not done with—Mmph!"



Bottom line: Willow's her best friend..

And she's had enough of seeing Sad Willow face for a lifetime.

So if she'd rather just sprinkle the salt on her popcorn instead of rubbing it into Willow's ancient-history wounds...

...it shouldn't be a problem.



"You ever think about what it might have been like? You know, if we'd..."

"Me and you? Back in Sunnydale?"

"Yeah."

"Huh."

"Yeah."

"I don't think I'd change anything."

"Me, either. Just curious."



She doesn't even know what she's freaking out over; there's nothing to tell.

Doesn't mean she doesn't feel guilty.

She's just not sure what she feels guiltier about: the fact that she'd slept with the man who broke her best friend's heart...



"So, I'll see you."

"Yeah. See you."

"Back to the awkward, I see."

"We're good at that part."

"Not the only part."

"No. Not the only."



...or the fact that she'd really, really like to do it again.










FIN.










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