This is what happens when I write a serious fanfic.
It was a beautiful night in Beach City. The full moon, shining majestic in the clear sky, gazed back at whoever looked at it with a powerful and eyeless stare. The only sound that could be heard was the ocean dancing along with the soft summer breeze, flowing together in a perfect and arbitrary motion… or at least it would be if two figures sitting on the sand weren't chatting.
"I can't believe it. How many years it's been? Fourteen already?", whispered Greg, looking at his companion's face.
Rose laughed softly and squeezed his hands, which she was holding, before answering in a similar tone. "I don't know, everything in this planet seems so fast. It's time really that important for you?".
"I guess it isn't… but…", he lowered his eyes along with his voice.
"What's wrong? Am… am I…?", tried to ask the pink lady, before the musician interrupted her.
"Oh, no, no!", started in a cheerier voice, "It's just… that after all this time, I still don't understand…", but finished darkening his tone as his vision began to turn cloudy because of the tears that wanted to escape from his lacrimals.
"Greg, tell me what's wrong, please", said Rose, worrying about the way he was acting.
After a few seconds, he separated a little from her, and he couldn't stop the drops that ended up streaming down his face as he lifted his head to meet her eyes. "I love you, Rose! That's what's wrong! I… I can't understand why you're still with me. Someday… I'll die and…", he ceased to sob, "And look at you! You're as perfect as the day we met… and I… I am just a human who is going bald, and getting fat, and can't even find a real job…". His words were filled with sadness, rage and hatred to himself for believing that he wasn't good enough for Rose.
The aforementioned frowned, and held his face gently with her right hand before speaking in a serious tone. "Listen to me, Mr. Universe. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me, and I've been living for thousands of years. You aren't a regular human, you are one of your kind. Since I met you, I've always seen that you loved living, and that you loved being you. I don't want that to change now. You are the sweetest and most lovely human I have ever met,", his expression turned to a serious one as she spoke, "And I can say without any doubt that you're the one who I love the most. Even more tan Amethyst, Pearl, and Garnet. And also… you are…". She stopped her inspiring speech reluctantly, lowering her voice and her face, as she was afraid to say something that the love of her life wouldn't accept.
He put his own hand on the soft one holding his face, not allowing it to leave, being a little scared of what could come out of her mouth, but beginning to draw a smile on his nonetheless. "I am…?", mimicked.
"You…", she doubted, but she also wanted him to know this, no matter what his reaction could be. "You are the only human I want to fuse with", pronounced softly, meeting his still wet gaze.
Greg looked puzzled. "But… we already tried…", muttered.
Rose shook her head and caressed his cheek with the thumb of the hand she was still holding his face with. "We tried the Gem way, not the human one", replied.
He kept the same expression for a moment, and then his eyes widened. "Do you mean…!?", started to exclaim, grabbing her shoulder with his free hand.
She showed one of her characteristic smiles, and her eyes expressed the purest tenderness. "I want to have a baby with you, Greg Universe", said sweetly.
He gaped as illusion and excitement filled him. "B-but how?! Is that even possible?!", inquired incredulous, going back to hold hands.
She kept smiling. "I've been doing some research, and if I shapeshift my body to be able to provide everything that a human embryo needs for its development, we can create a new being out of our essences. But as I have no real corporal matter, its base would be human". Greg just tilted his head, understanding about the twenty percent of what Rose said. She realized and sighed softly. "Yes, we can have a child", said, simplifying her explanation.
His expression was unreadable.
They kept static for almost a minute, and when Rose started to get scared of his silence, Greg hugged her tightly. "I love you, Rose Quartz", whispered in her ear, tears falling again, but this time, because of the overwhelming joy he felt. "We can create a new life!", continued.
"I love you too, Greg Universe", she said in a similar way, as she also started to cry, not really knowing why.
"I couldn't be any happier! A-and I wanna have a son with you! Or a daughter! Or… or anything!", he replied sobbing.
"But you're crying", muttered, caressing his back as they kept the embrace.
"So are you", answered, feeling her warm teardrops falling. "But we can also cry because we are happy! We can express our feelings however we want!".
"The same way I want to have your baby because I love you?", inquired innocently the pink lady.
He broke the embrace to see her face. "The same way I want you to be happy, no matter what you want me to do", replied softly, wiping away her tears with his thumb as he held her face the same way she did before.
"But I want you to be happy!", Rose exclaimed, holding the hand on her face with her right one, and wiping his tears in a similar way.
"Now we have something else in common: we want the other to be happy too, and we are happy if we are together", Greg said, now caressing her other cheek with his free hand as he leaned forward, wanting to feel her delicate lips against his in a lovely meeting.
That night was magic for both of them. Finally, their feelings were clear.
And that's the prologue! I was really mad because this is second time I write this: the first one my computer demonstrated how much it hates me. Anyway, what will happen from now on? Will the gems accept their new life plan? Will Rose really be able to get pregnant like a human woman? Will be the pregnancy a regular one? I don't know! Seriously, I don't, I improvised this.
I'm planning on making the rest of the chapters longer, this one is just an introduction.
Let me know what you think about Nietzsche in the reviews!