#Ugh this took so long I rewrote this like a million times

[1driedpersimmon]

Finally second part of Saffron's backstory :)

[snarky-badger]

Hello, i love your work! so may i resquest a prompt with a badass/sarcastic girlfriend for eddie, like Something happen to us and eddie and venom to protect her but she kick some ass too and their shook because they want to protect her but she protect them from someone i dunno i hope that give you a better idea than mine !

This… didn’t come out the way I wanted. I rewrote it twice. Still not totally happy with it, but I’m worried I’ll ruin it if I tweak it any more.

Since Youtube doesn’t like links, copy/paste this into your browser to hear the music that inspired the fight scene: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac4J9344s2s (It’s ‘I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight’ by Hidden Citizens)

You grinned as you stepped out of your office building and spotted Eddie leaning against a street light. He jerked as it poked, his gaze rising from his phone, a warm smile spreading over his lips when he spotted you.

Smiling, you wove through the mass of people, heels clacking on the pavement as you made your way over to him. “Hey, you! I wasn’t expecting to see you here.”

Steel blue eyes flickered a little as a white shadow flit across them before Eddie’s smile stretched into a grin. “Thought we’d pick you up for an early supper,” he said, reaching out to take your messenger bag from your shoulder.

“Aw, you’re sweet.” You rose up on your tiptoes to kiss him, slipping a hand in under his jacket to touch his ribs, chuckling when you felt a symbiote tendril curl around your fingers and squeeze. “Lemme guess, someone’s hungry?”

“When is he not hungry?” Eddie chuckled. You snickered at the thin black tendril that rose up from his jacket collar to flick at his left ear. “Vee - not in public!”

A soft laugh left you as you pulled away. “Hi Venom. Steak or Sushi?”

“Steak,” growled out of Eddie’s throat, the man coughing a little once the alien had relinquished control of his voice.

“Steak it is,” you chuckled, smiling again when Eddie hefted your bag onto his shoulder before taking your left hand in his, lacing his fingers with yours. “So, what’d you do all day? Eat anyone interesting?”

A laugh left him. “Nothing nearly that exciting. Just lots of research for the next article the editor tossed at me. A pharmaceutical group recently upped the price of some cancer drugs by a thousand percent.”

“Ugh. Gross.”

“Yeah. Assholes. And you?”

“Oh, yes, because I lead a glamorous life as a Human Resources lackey,” you snarked, rolling your eyes. “The new program they installed is shit, to be honest. It keeps crashing and causing problems.”

“So they fixed it until it broke?”

“Yup. And it’s breaking in an fantastic way. Half of the people I talked to today haven’t been paid in three months, others got seven times their bi-weekly pay in one lump sum, and three had funds taken out of their accounts… which, technically, should be impossible, but the new program is apparently a ‘huge success’.”

“Bureaucracy at it’s finest,” he muttered with a roll of his eyes, and you chuckled as you nodded your agreement. “Well, we’re here to distract you! Good food and then a quick wardrobe change at the apartment and we’ll head down to the fair that just got set up.”

“Oooh, yay! Dibs on the shooting games! I need to shoot something.”

Eddie laughed at your enthusiasm, hand releasing yours so he could relocate his arm around your shoulders, pulling you into his body for a hug. “Deal.”

“Target acquired!”

“Wha–”

You and Eddie both turned towards the shout. You caught a glimpse of a trio of heavily armed people standing in the middle of the intersection before the one on the left rose their arms, silver gauntlets on their wrists glowing a little before noise, a shrieking, screaming, wall of sound hit you.

You dropped with a cry, hands clamping over your ears. The sound, horrible, high pitched, making your bones vibrate uncomfortably as it cut through your skull. People all around you clutched at their heads, some falling, some crawling for safety - though there was none to be found.

All the windows around shattered. Cars, buildings, store fronts, all exploded, sending glass flying everywhere, pelting everyone on the street and sidewalks with shrapnel.

Eddie howled in pain next to you, dropping to the ground, writhing. Blackness boiled around him as Venom uncoiled, the symbiote convulsing as the high pitched sound cut through it. Venom’s own scream, feral, raw, rose in counterpoint to Eddie’s and you could only watch, tears streaming down your face, as the ones you cared about thrashed in agony on the pavement.

The silence that followed that sonic barrage was complete and still, and you spent a moment trying to remember how to move, muscles still vibrating from the blast. Finally, you managed to shakily crawl over to Eddie, who was breathing shallowly, Venom a weakly twitching puddle beneath him.

“E-Eddie?” You saw the three start to approach out of the corner of your eye and shook your boyfriend, voice sounding distant and tinny to your no doubt damaged hearing. “Eddie!”

All around, people were scattering, running, a group nearly stampeding over you as they bolted from the trio that were slowly walking down the street, bits of broken glass crunching under their boots as they approached.

Hands shaking, you stumbled to your feet, one shoe missing. You kicked off the other pump, glass easily cutting through your pantyhose covered feet as you grabbed Eddie under the shoulders and started dragging him under an parked SUV and out of sight

The panicking group of people around you helped to hide your motions, enough that the attackers paused when they reached the spot where Eddie had fallen. You were shaking, laying flat on the dirty street under the SUV, Eddie on his back next to you, half-conscious.

“Can’t have gotten far,” one of the attackers growled, and you watched armored boots move around the side of the SUV you were hiding under. “Alien should be out of commission from that blast.”

“Thought you said it’d take him out with one blast! Where’d he go?”

“Look, I don’t know everything okay? Just what was in the portfolio. Weakness to sound and fire, that’s all it said.”

“Shouldn’t have taken this job, Mark. It stinks.”

A new voice growled out: “Fuck that. For five million dollars I’d take out my own grandmother.”

“That’s cuz you’re batshit insane, Jonah.”

You chewed on your lip, eyeing Eddie where he lay beside you as the obsidian puddle that was Venom slowly reformed around him. He moaned, eyelids fluttering, and you slapped a hand over his mouth to silence him, attention going back to watching the three sets of boots mill around as they started searching the street.

It wouldn’t be long before they spotted you. You frowned, your free hand curling into a fist, hating the lack of options.

Eddie suddenly jerked awake next to you, and you shifted your hand from his mouth to his chest, pushing him back down.

“Shh,” you hissed, meeting his gaze before glancing to the nearest set of armored boots.

He tensed, but stayed silent, tilting his head back to watch as the man stomped past the SUV, moving to investigate an alley. “When we say ‘run’,” Eddie rumbled into your ear, his voice a low growl of mixed human and alien. “Run.”

You nodded, mutely. Watched as blackness rose to cover him, Venom’s face forming close to yours, pale, opal sheened, eyes and a mouth with too many fangs settling into place.

“READY MORSEL?”

“Yeah.”

“GO.”

You scrambled out from under the SUV at the same time that Venom lifted it off it’s wheels, bolting for the shelter of a parked bus on the other side of the street. There was an unearthly roar of anger, followed by yells and screams from ‘Mark’ and ‘Jonah’, and a crunch of a car being thrown.

Glass sunk into the soles of your feet as you jumped and slid across the hood of a car in the middle of the street, the vehicle abandoned by it’s owners. You landed on the opposite side, hunkering down. Blew a loose strand of your hair out of your eyes as you peeked over the hood, watching as Venom closed a taloned hand around one of the attacker’s throats and lifted him off his feet.

A roar of pain left him seconds later as a flash grenade detonated at his feet, bits of the symbiote flaring away a little before reforming. Venom turned, and threw the man in his grasp at the one who had thrown the grenade, the two males crashing to the ground in a tangle of limbs.

Fire filled the street as the third attacker ran into the thick of things, and you winced at Venom’s shriek as flames licked at his body, bits of his symbiote form flaking off, like ashes. He leapt out range, used a tendril to rip a newspaper box off it’s moorings, then threw it.

When things started to get too close for comfort, you sucked in a breath and darted away from the car, ignoring the sharp pains cutting into your feet as you ran for the safety of an alleyway a block away.

Took cover behind a dumpster, crouching there, closing your eyes when another blast of sound made the fillings in your teeth vibrate.

You hoped Venom could handle himself. Technically, you could have done something, but fear of reprisal held you back. You didn’t think the repercussions would come from Eddie or Venom. No, you were worried about bigger things - like your life.

When you’d turned thirteen, you’d developed the ability to move things with a thought. Your parents had been horrified. Had instilled in you the knowledge that if you ever let anyone know what you could do, that you’d be taken away. That you couldn’t under any circumstances, use your powers, no matter what. So you’d kept what you could do a secret throughout high school, and then college, and then your adult life.

Now, with the Mutant Registration Act in full swing, you feared for your life. You knew what humans did to mutants: had seen far too many beatings and anti-mutant protests and hatred. The ‘Friends of Humanity’ patrolled the streets like a wave of physical hatred.

Fear kept you from trusting anyone. Fear kept you restrained.

So, you huddled, hiding, as the sounds of the battle got louder. People screamed and sobbed as Venom and the Trio fought, stragglers darting around, some stupidly taking photos with their phones while others right ran for their lives.

With every scream of the sonics, with every whoosh of fire and loud explosion of grenades, with every roar and scream of pain from Venom, you jerked as if physically hit. Guilt knawed at you, and you clenched your eyes shut, the heels of your hands pressing into your temple.

Suddenly, a massive explosion rocked the ground, sending you to your knees in the grime. Bits of buildings, bricks and mortar, clattered to around you, and you curled over, hands rising to protect your head as another series of booms and bangs rattled everything. It sounded like the end of the world, like a nuclear bomb going off.

People screamed again, cars lifting off their tires, some flipping onto their sides. More sound shook the air, drowning out your own shriek of fear as everything went to hell around you. The ground rose, then slammed back down, and you cried out again as you landed hard on your chest, the breath whooshing out of you.

Distantly, as silence and stillness finally returned, you heard the sounds of triumphant whooping.

“HAH! Got ‘im! Told you land-mining the street ahead of time was worth it!”

Panting, shaking, you pushed yourself to your hands and knees, palms bloodied from scraping on the concrete. Your pant were torn at the knees, covered in grime, and you stiffly shucked out of your blazer, loosening the top three buttons of your blouse as you tried to level out your panicked breathing.

Numb, ears ringing, you stumbled to your feet, then staggered towards the street, side stepping around bits of debris. The street was decimated. Huge holes lined either side of the road, bits of concrete and asphalt peppered the ground, along with more glass. Some stores looked like they’d imploded, others were missing completely. A building across the way was missing the whole front of it - it had simply caved in. Some cars had been flattened by debris, one was one fire, and a few were blaring their alarms.

Shivering, you braced yourself against a still standing wall, and peered around it. The trio were standing in around a figure on the ground, and your heart sank when you realized that it was Eddie, his left leg broken, his right arm bent at an unnatural angle. Venom was pooled under him, trembling, and you growled when one of the thugs aimed a flamethrower at the leading edge of the symbiote and literally burnt it off with a burst of fire.

Your life, or the life of the man (and symbiote) that you loved?

Your hands curled into fists at your sides, nails cutting into your palms as your knuckles went white.

You didn’t have the luxury of fear anymore.

Eddie groaned, pain, sharp and white hot, bombarding him. One leg was definitely fucked up, and one of his arms was just a blur of agony. Things weren’t too good with his head either, he had trouble focusing his eyes, and his thoughts seemed decidedly… slippery.

The place where Venom usually lived in his brain was frighteningly quiet, and he frowned, tasting blood as he licked his lips, voice croaking out. “V-Venom?”

A voice snorted laughter at him. “Sorry, asshole. Your alien buddy is down for the count.”

Another chuckled. “Easiest five mil I ever made.”

He groaned again, trying to sit up, good arm shaking as he tried to heft himself up, only to cry out when the butt of a gun smacked into his forehead. Stars and blackness exploded across his vision, consciousness wavering, and Eddie felt hands grab him, felt new pain as he was dragged down the street. His still working hand slid through a familiar viscous mass, and he curled his fingers into the symbiote, slurring Venom’s name again.

“Wait. What the fuck is that?”

“What the fuck is what?”

Dimly, Eddie felt it. The ground, vibrating, like an earthquake, but more drawn out. As if a train was rumbling by. He rolled his head on his shoulders, blinking through the blood in his eyes, and joined his three attackers in trying to figure out what was going on.

He caught sight of you before they did. Blinked again, trying to focus, as you kept walking towards them, slowly, steadily. Your business outfit was torn, blood, dust, dirt and grime marring your clothes, feet bloodied from walking on bits of glass and debris.

“Who’s that?”

“Who the fuck cares? She’s a witness. Fry her.”

Eddie thrashed, trying to get loose. Howled when the one on the left returned the attempt with a kick to his head. His skull rebounded against some debris, vision going black, and he groaned, curling into himself, good hand rising to cover the bleeding gash he’d just gained.

“Hey there, sweet thing,” the one with the flamethrower leered as he stepped forward. “You look a little hot!”

“No!” Eddie screamed as fire exploded from the odd gun the thug was holding, washing forward like a tsunami. Saw it engulf you, the flames hot enough to made the paint on nearby cars turn black from the heat and start to peel. He fought, screaming obscenities, lashing out with his good leg and making contact.

The goon with the sonic gauntlets went down with a curse when his knee was kicked in, landing on Eddie with the intention of beating him senseless. Rage took over as Eddie fought back, grappling, beating on the other man with his good fist, until one of the others still standing kicked his broken leg right where it had snapped in half.

His vision went black from pain. Heaving, Eddie curled into himself, receiving a knee to the ribs as the thug he’d kicked gave him a final hit before staggering to his feet again.

He heard a curse of surprise, heard more footsteps. Managed to crack an eye open in time to see the trio start to back away. Frowning, he tilted his head back as far as he could, blinking through his swollen eyes in shock.

You were standing in the center of a circular unburnt patch, the only signs that fire had been involved the chaos around you, burnt cars, smouldering asphalt that was partially melted from the heat.

Eyes narrowed, you stepped forward, ignoring the sizzling stench of your skin burning as you walked across hot concrete. Everything vibrated around you as your powers uncurled from you in waves, making bits of debris rattle on the ground.

Eddie blinked up at you as you reached him, pausing to look down at him with glowing eyes. “B-Babe?” he croaked, shivering when the glow faded a little, as you gave him what you hoped was a reassuring smile before raising your gaze back to the Trio, breathing deep as you stepped in front of Eddie’s crumpled form.

The Trio didn’t bother with any quips or conversation. Merely opened fire, flames and the scream of sonics filling the air.

Eddie grimaced, bracing himself for more pain, eyes widening when you rose a hand to the side, fingers curling a little. A heavily damaged car rose off it’s tires and flew between you and the oncoming attacks. Metal groaned, the frame buckling inwards, as it acted like a barrier, absorbing fire and the sonic barrage. 

You waited for a lull in the attacks before making a shoving motion, sending the car flying forwards. It cartwheeled through the street, sending the Trio diving for cover. You sent an SUV and a pickup truck after it, aiming to crush the opposition outright, eyes narrowing as you reached down, into the ground.

More concrete buckled, ripping free, chunks rising into the air as you took hold of them. Another thought had slivers of glass gathering together into sharpened spikes, your makeshift weapons floating in the air around you, held aloft by your thoughts alone.

Only two of the attackers rose out from the destruction from the vehicles, and Eddie propped himself up on his good arm as you took aim, sending a chunk of concrete after the one with the flamethrower and three spikes after the one with the sonic gauntlets.

Fire was useless against rock. The concrete flew through the wave of flames aimed at it and hit the man right in the chest. He died seconds later when a razor sharp spike of glass sunk into his face.

The other man had thrown himself to the side, rolling out of the way of the spikes you’d sent after him, and Eddie watched as you made a gesture, one of the other chunks of concrete floating nearby shooting forward. It forced the thug to abandon his hiding spot as the heavy chunk flattened the small Mazda he’d been hunkering behind.

He darted across the street, arms raised, more sonics screaming out from those odd gauntlets he wore. You mentally wrenched a nearby car door off it’s hinges, seeing the metal buckle as you used it as a shield. The second the sound stopped, you sent half a dozen spikes at him; five at chest level, one at his feet.

He deflected five, but not the sixth that sunk into his right foot, pinning him to the ground. Finally still long enough for you to focus on him, you mentally reached out and snapped his neck, his head spinning all the way around before he dropped, dead, to the ground.

“That’s quite enough of that.”

Eddie grimaced as he jerked his head to the side, following your startled gaze as the two of you stared at the third goon, and you grit your teeth when the man rose his arms, the pair of sonic gauntlets he wore glinting in the light before he activated them.

Being hit point blank was like having a bomb go off in your head. You screamed, dropping to the ground, your telekinetic hold on the concrete chunks and shards of glass failing as the shriek of sound cut through your brain. Eddie convulsed next to you, the symbiote boiling and undulating in agony.

Panic took over, and you lashed out.

Everything exploded.

The thug died on impact as the blast picked him up and sent him flying across the street to impact with a building wall with bone breaking force. Recurrent waves of power rolled off of you, over and over, concrete buckling, cars being sent flying, buildings cracking on their foundations. Garbage and debris swirled around, forming an impassable barrier.

Eddie groaned, reaching out, fingers touching your arm before curling around your wrist. Everything beyond a ten foot radius around the two of you was falling apart under a constant barrage of unfocused power, the ground cracking and splitting under the stress. “Babe. Babe, s’okay. S’over! Babe!”

The shout, along with the grip on your wrist, jolted you, eyes snapping open, blinking a few times before you focused on Eddie’s bloodied face.

As soon as your mind calmed, everything settled. Cars slammed to the ground, debris dropping all around you like rain. You gasped, breath hitching in your throat as tears gathered in your eyes. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry! I didn’t– I lost control–”

“It’s okay,” Eddie rasped, forcing a smile when you crawled over to him and leaned down to press your forehead to his. “You kick some serious ass when you’re pissed.”

A watery laugh left you, and you kissed him, gently. “You look like shit.”

“Feel like shit, too.” A grunt left him as he forced himself to sit up, and you frowned as you helped him, your gaze landing on the mass of black, viscous, symbiote under him. “Ahhh shit. Ribs.”

“Venom– I-Is he?”

“No clue. Can’t feel him.” He reached down into the obsidian puddle under him, frowning as he sank his fingers into the mass. Felt it vibrate a little against his skin, and look up at you with a crooked smile when the symbiote slowly, painfully slowly, sunk into his skin. “Down but not out.”

You let out a sigh of relief. “Good.”

Sirens caught both of your attentions, and you frowned as police, fire trucks and ambulances appeared at the intersection. People appeared from everywhere, sticking their heads out of stores and alleys and doorways before mobbing the response teams.

You looked away and refocused on Eddie, who was pale under the patina of dirt and blood. Sighing, you dropped down to sit next to him, leaning your head against his when he slumped against you. “Don’t think Vee’s going to appreciate hospital food though.”

He managed a tired, weak, huff of laughter. “That’s because it’s not real food.”

A smile tugged at your lips for a moment before fading. “Think I’ll get arrested?”

“Don’t know. Though if anyone connects me with Venom, I might be joining you.”

“Shit.”

“Yup.”

“I’m sorry… for not telling you,” you murmured as the throng of police and EMTs neared the two of you. “I should have. You trusted me, and I was too much of a coward to reciprocate.”

His good hand sought out yours and you shivered when his fingers curled around yours tightly. “S’okay. Promise. It’s okay.”

“No, it’s not.”

“Overruled.”

A tired laugh left you. “You’ve been watching too many court dramas again.”

“Vee’s fault.”

“Of course it is.”

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Too Close (Amedot Fic)

One-Shot

Summary: Peridot and Amethyst talk about their feelings

Notes: I rewrote this. I’m planning on rewriting a majority of my shit on AO3 but here’s the first. I hope it’s better then the original, it’s actually longer. 

Word Count: 2285 words

AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15431358

She had been looking for Amethyst for at least 10 minutes, and then she arrived at the top of the hill, the hill that overlooked the Crystal Gem temple, she found her sitting on the edge, staring at the sky, which was painted with different shades of red and pink. "..Amethyst?" Peridot asked, softly, and somewhat cautiously.

Amethyst turned around, rather suprised that Peridot was here. Her eyes were wide, gleaming, with her mouth slightly open. She didn't know the reason she was suprised that Peridot was here with her, but she was. "Peridot?" She asked. "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be with your best friend right now?" She teased.

"Well. I am here with her right now," Peridot commented, confused, not really getting Amethyst's little sarcastic comment about her friendship with Lapis.

"That's fair," Amethyst laughed. She patted down a spot next to her to indicate that she wanted Peridot to come sit with her, "Here. Come sit."

"Oh - uh - okay!" Peridot walked over, and then sat down next to the purple gem.

"I think I probably already said this but.. I like your new regenration, Peri," Amethyst enthused. "It really suits you!"

"Oh! Wow! Thanks!" Peridot blushed, slightly smiling at Amethyst, flattered.

Amethyst smiled back at her. "Sooo.. how were things without us?"

"Things without you and everyone else were.. boring.. persay."

"Really? Was it because I wasn't here?" Amethyst asked, jokingly.

"Oh yes! It was sooo boring because my great, funny, and strong purple quartz wasn't here," Peridot teased, almost flirtatiously.

"Hehe," Amethyst giggled. "Man.. Homeworld was insane."

"What do you mean?" Peridot asked, slightly confused.

"It's just.. I've never been to Homeworld before. There were so many gems.. Like a million.. And I saw era one Peridots! But.. they weren't exactly as cool as you," Amethyst rambled, putting her hand on Peridot's shoulder, something Peridot was used to. Peridot's cheeks flushed, becoming a light shade of blue. "We saw White Diamond! And her pearl! Man. They were so creepy. And there's so much else, but it's just a lot to explain, and I'm too exhausted from it right now to explain everything else."

"Yea.. I remember White Diamond and her pearl both being creepy while I served for Homeworld."

"Peri..?" Amethyst asked.

"Hm?"

"Okay.. Well.. you really actually scared me when were fighting the diamonds," Amethyst admitted.

"Really? How so?" Peridot asked, confused.

"You thought that it was an awesome idea to run up to Yellow Diamond and call her a clod," Amethyst explained what she had meant. "Per.. She could've shattered you... She could've took your gem and crushed it.. I could've lost you... and for good.."

"I'm sorry! .. It's just.. I was.. uh.. I wasn't thinking.. What I did was in the heat of the moment..," Peridot apologised. "I-I don't know... Maybe I just wanted to be cool.. Everyone else is.. You guys are amazing!" She paused and then blushed, taking Amethyst's hand, "You were amazing, Amethyst."

Amethyst's cheeks were a dark purple, "What? No! Peridot! You were just as cool as us! You are just as cool as us!"

"Um! No! I'm not just as cool as you guys!" Peridot argued. "All of you have your own awesome abilities! For clods sake, Amethyst, Steven was able to knock Blue Diamond down within just one hit! One!"

"Uh! Dude! You have metal powers! Metal. Powers." Amethyst cried.

"And what good is that?" Peridot asked.

"Um! ALOT!" Amethyst yelled, out of frustration. She face palmed and then clutched her bangs, that covered one of her eyes, "Ugh. Listen. Per. You are amazing! I know you personally don't believe that! But guess what? I do! And so does Garnet! So does Pearl! So does Steven! So does Bismuth! And so does everyone else! So stop thinking about what you could be when you already are so amazing! Stop comparing yourself to others dude."

"You really think that?" Peridot asked, blushing.

"Oh my - Yes. I thought that I was being perfectly clear on that!" Amethyst answered. She sighed, "Dude. I care about you, so much. You're my best friend, Peridot! And maybe.. Maybe you're even more then that.."

"Amethyst.. I feel the same way, about you," Peridot admitted, flushed.

Amethyst lightly smiled at Peridot. And then sighed, "I don't want things to go back to how they used to be."

"What do you mean?" Peridot asked, confused by what Amethyst said.

"Lapis."

"What?"

"Peridot.. she was practically your world.. She made you so happy! You guys did everything together! You guys had everything together! You had your own farm, your dumb show, your meep morps, Pumpkin! You were always with her.. and I guess.. that..  it made me so crazy.. and so jealous.. because you were always with her.. and you never had time for me.. Ugh.. that's sounds so selfish of me to say.."

"I guess.. but.. we weren't the perfect relationship.. and even though it seemed like everything was perfect.. it wasn't.. She was controlling, I lied to her. What we had wasn't exactly healthy," Peridot sighed.

"Yea.. I noticed something was off.. you were too peppy.. Like as soon as you guys moved in together, every time I was with you and she was there, you were different, but every time she wasn't there, you were still same old Peridot after you betrayed Homeworld, and before she moved in.. And maybe I thought it was my jealousy but I was right.. she really was bad for you," Amethyst explained. "That's also why I never want you guys to get as close ever again. Because you'll get your heart shattered again, and you'll be too peppy and bubbly just for her sake."

"I'm glad you noticed that," Peridot said. ".. Can you make sure of that? That I never get that attached to her again? Like.. I want to be her friend again, but we can never get that close again.. not until she gets better."

"Of course Peridot. I was gonna do it anyways."

"Thank you, Amethyst," Peridot smiled.

"Anytime 'Dot."

"I'm glad she's back though, and I'm glad she's here.. But I'm still hurt, and I don't think things will ever go back to how they used to be.. I don't want them to.. and that's why I asked you to make sure I don't get too attached to her. And Amethyst, I'm sorry I made you feel that way.. I did want to hangout with you but I felt like Lapis needed me, she only had me, and I thought you never had time for me either.. and truth is.. everytime we did it made me so happy to see you again.."

"Aww Peridot, you're makin' me blush, I loved hanging out with you too, and I still do," Amethyst blushed. "And don't apologize. It's okay Peridot."

"So you were jealous?" Peridot asked.

"Yep. Suprising, right?"

"Yeah but... You're important to me, Amethyst. I care about you a lot. And even though I don't show it sometimes, I do. And the thought of you leaving me, in some form, terrifies me..," Peridot said, as she got closer to Amethyst.

"Per.. you'll never ever lose me.. I promise..," Amethyst promised, taking Peridot's hand and holding it to asure her she would never abandon her.

"Wow.. Thanks," Peridot blushed, smiling at Amethyst. Amethyst smiled back. "The wedding was.. beautiful. I find it fascinating how earthlings celebrate romantic love."

"Yea.. Ruby and Sapphire are so in love with each other, it's amazing," Amethyst pointed out the obvious. "Even after they got into that huge fight, they still found their way back to each other."

"The concept of love is really.. interesting, and beautiful, and as you said, amazing," Peridot said. "On Homeworld, we weren't taught what love is, we weren't taught what romance is."

"Of course you weren't, silly. Those guys hate happiness, love, romance, and even fun. Like Yellow Pearl didn't even know what fun was until we went to Homeworld."

"Yea.." After moments of silence, Peridot finally spoke. "Have you ever felt love for anyone else, ever?" Peridot asked.

"I mean.. I love you guys.. You guys are m'a family."

"I meant a romantic attraction for anyone else."

"Welll.. I've kissed humans.. I've done stuff.. I've experimented.. I've had relationships but they weren't exactly long-term," Amethyst admitted.

"You've.. kissed someone?" Peridot asked.

"Why? You wanna kiss me or somethin? Or ya jealous that someone else has had the satisfication of laying their lips on mine?" Amethyst teased. Peridot's posture slumped, clenching her bottom lip, with her cheeks turning blue. "Dude, I was joking, but if you want to, I'm down for it."

"Oh. No thank you."

"You're a rookie at lying," Amethyst pointed out. "So what's up?"

"I don't know," Peridot said. "How do you.. Can you.. describe the feeling of a romantic attraction to me?"

"Well.. for me.. personally.. When I want someone, it's like my chest is pounding, or it's super tingly. And when I'm around the person who I have feelings for, it's hard for me to stop smiling, because they make me so happy, and I love being around them. And seeing them sad or upset, it makes me feel horrible too, because it hurts me when they are in pain. And when I see them, I just have this urge to pick them up, or hug them, or hold their hand, or kiss them, or do something to show them how much I like them," Amethyst gushed. Her eyes were sparkling, her cheeks were a deep purple, with her lips parted.

Peridot blushed and quietly said, "I.. think.. I think I have that feeling."

"For who? Lapis?" Amethyst joked. "Or have you been hanging out with Pearl?"

"No. Uh. You," Peridot admitted. Amethyst's face turned deep purple. She didn't respond, all she did was just stare at Peridot. "Did I do something? Amethyst?"

"No! No! You didn't!" Amethyst finally responded. "It's just.. I've liked you for so long.. like forever.. I've had this stupid huge crush on you forever, and I've never been able to get rid of it because you make me so happy."

"You have?" Peridot asked.

"Yea! Ever since you apologized for being a jerk to me at the Kindergarten, and gave me that little dorky smile I've liked you, and at first it was just a small crush and some flirting, but I really didn't start liking you until we started hanging out again, and it got to the point where I thought it was obvious, because Garnet and Pearl would notice me staring at you sometimes," Amethyst admitted, rambling again.

"I thought it was pretty obvious that I had a romantic attraction towards you," Peridot commented.

"Well it wasn't obvious enough."

"Why would you feel that way about me?" Peridot asked.

"Because... why wouldn't I? You're funny, you're sassy, you're pretty, you're my best friend, you're smart, and I love being around you!" Amethyst explained. "But, why would you like me? I'm the quartz soldier who came out wrong!"

"Amethyst, you may not be well made. But I don't care. I like you for you. I love your personality, I love your appearance, and I love everything about you. Defective or not. You're amazing."

"Aww thanks. You're making me blush even more, and super mushy," Amethyst smiled, ignoring Peridot's comment about her not being well made.

"So you call the act where someone presses their lips on someone else's, kissing? Correct?" Peridot asked.

"Yep. Why?"

"I'm down for it."

"Down for what?"

"Kissing you."

"Uh - listen like I know we just confessed our feelings for each other and all.. but you don't have to kiss me if you don't want to like.. I don't want you to feel pressured to kiss me. Okay?"

"I want to."

"You sure?" Amethyst asked.

Peridot nodded.

"Okay first, we gotta get closer." Amethyst pulled Peridot in, face to face. "Okay." She could notice Peridot squirming a little bit, she then put her hand on Peridot's hand. "Relax.."

"Sorry.. I'm just nervous.. I've never done this before and I don't want to mess it up."

"It's ok Peridot..." Amethyst then slowly leaned in. She noticed Peridot's cheeks turn blue, and her eyes half-lidded. She gently, and slowly placed her lips on hers. She then wrapped her arms around Peridot's shoulders, and Peridot wrapped her arms around Amethyst's wait. The kiss was held for at least a minute, and then they let go. All Amethyst saw was the green gem looking up at her, with her pupils enlarged, sparkling, her cheeks blue, her lips shimmering and parted.

"Holy smokes..," Peridot stammered, wowed by her first kiss. She felt so many new strange feelings, she didn't know what they were. She could feel her chest tingling, and her stomach felt like butterflies were swirling. It wasn't a bad feeling. She wanted more, she wanted to do it again. She cupped Amethyst's cheek, and leaned in, and kissed her again. They both smiled at each other, and giggled.

Amethyst kissed Peridot's cheek, and then kissed her lips again. She then laid down on the grass, staring up at the sky. Peridot joined her too. Amethyst smiled, and then gently grabbed Peridot's hand, holdin gonto it. "Is this okay?"

"Yeah." Peridot held it. She couldn't believe how fast things happened today, she went from talking to Amethyst about Homeworld to getting poofed to romance to confessing her feelings, and now she was holding hands with her, and she had just shared her first kiss with her. She knew this was real, but it still felt like a dream. Then they just laid there, not questioning anything, but hand holding, and blushing, and smiling, staring at the sky.