Peridot stared out upon the horizon. The dawn had come somewhat earlier than usual. She was still trying to grow used to the idea of the sun's cycles and seasons. Compared to the monotony of Homeworld, change was both welcomed and simultaneously feared in some way. Or at least oftentimes drastically misunderstood.
Lapis was still fast asleep downstairs. She had taken well to learning the human ritual of sleep. Her loud snoring filled the barn below and echoed out through the quiet cornfield. Veggie as they so often did, decided to curl up on Lapis' chest and make themself comfortable for the night. Lapis would always end up cuddling them close, providing them the warmth they came in search of.
Peridot continued to listen to her barnmate break the morning air and snickered to herself. She found the strange ritual adorable and found herself in envy of her pet. As the thought passed through her mind her laugh faded a bit. The past months with Lazuli had rolled through her mind without relent. It started out slow at first, and picked up speed quickly enough.
As much as Peridot hated to admit it, she really liked living with Lapis. She liked the way she walked, the way she talked, the way she carried herself, and her openness. She liked that the most she thought to herself. When she met Lapis, she was closed off and cold, and in many ways she still was. But something was beginning to change about her. It seemed like every time Lapis was alone with her she had a looser attitude. Even in groups Lapis would always loosen her normally colder demeanor around Peridot.
She laughed, she held long and fascinating conversations, she opened herself up to new people and possibilities, and she felt like a whole new person. She remembered when Lapis moved in how things started off shaky. After the incident with the Rubies, Peridot lived up to her commitment and divvied up the barn as evenly as she could. Lapis was very quiet those first few days following. She barely acknowledged anyone's existence, even her own. It seemed like she was in really deep thought most of the time.
Then one morning, a few days after the Rubies left Earth, Peridot awoke to hear the quiet sound of scraping on the floor. She turned over to see Lapis, who had been staring at the border all night had just decided to begin erasing it. She was scraping at the marker drawn border with the end of the broom Peridot used to clean the barn.
"What on Earth are you doing Lazuli!?" Peridot demanded. "All of my hard work! I calculated precisely how much we should both get and I was THE most consider-" Lapis cut her off midway. "I'm erasing the barrier for good. This is our barn, so I thought we should just share it equally." Peridot stood there for a moment, stunned a bit by the statement Lapis had just made.
It wasn't like her to just change her tune so suddenly. Or was it? Peridot realized at that moment how little she knew about her surprise roommate. Not wishing to get caught off guard about anything again, particularly on this Lazuli, she made a point of it to spend the next 2 weeks learning as much as she could about Lapis.
It got to the point where Lapis couldn't take another moment of questioning and nearly flung Peridot into the silo across the field. Even Peridot had to admit the questions were starting to get a little ridiculous. But she had a place to start with her. And that was more than she had from the getgo. Suddenly her flashback was interrupted by a very familiar voice, "Morning Peri..."
A flustered Peridot nearly toppled from the roof in her attempt to about-face Lapis. Lapis sat behind Peridot with Veggie sitting comfortably in her lap. Peridot fumbled about and sat across from Lapis trying desperately to look like that didn't just happen. "Uhm... Good morning, uhm, Lapis..." Peridot spoke nervously. Lapis chuckled and gave Peridot a knowing smile.
Peridot cleared her throat, "Yes well it is a good morning, isn't it? So what's on the agenda today Lazuli?" Lapis shrugged her shoulder instinctively "I dunno. Didn't you say something about wanting to take me out to some place called 'Funland'?" Peridot sat up immediately and proceeded to talk matter-of-factly, "Why yes! You've got to see this place Lazuli! I know you'd love it! Why we can even bring Veggie if you want! There are these things called rollercoasters! And these weird-looking things called balloons! And then there all the games and diversions we could spend hours distracting ourselves with!"
Peridot continued her long rant, which seemed to become less and less coherent as it went on. Or perhaps Lapis had just tuned out most of it. Didn't really matter to her though. As long as Peridot thought her rambling got the point across, she was happy. She began to think about perhaps making breakfast for themselves. She was starting to enjoy the idea of food and wanted to try a recipe Steven had shown her for something called 'pancakes'. She wasn't sure what they were, but trusted that if Steven had suggested them, they were probably worth the trouble.
Just then Peridot had finished her rambling. A moment passed before Lapis spoke up, "Yea, that sounds like fun. Say Peri, would you like to try out that pancake thing I was telling you about yesterday?" Peridot's eyes lit up, "Yes! I would love to do that! Erm, how about you go downstairs and start it up and I'll join you in a minute." Lapis agreed and flew downstairs to begin. Peridot sighed and realized in the time they were talking the sun had finished rising. Ah well, there's always tomorrow, right?
Heading down to the barn's interior she helped Lapis prepare breakfast, or at least their own wacky version of it. Packing their grip they started out towards Beach City for the day. Little did either of them know how greatly this day would change them forever...
