Peridot was sitting on the grass in front of the barn, watching two ants. She had put a crumb from a donut Steven gave her onto the ground and now the ants were fighting over it.
"Log date, 7 16 2, I have given two small Earth creatures a 'crumb' from a 'donut', as Steven calls it. I thought that they would share it, it's big enough for both of them, but they are now fighting over it. I'm going to squish the bully ant. End log." She stares at the ants and squishes one of them, cause the other ant to flee from her with its prize.
"Hey! I wasn't done observing you!" She yells after it and hears a laugh from behind her. She turns around to look at Amethyst. "What do you want?"
"This is the best place to watch the sunset," Amethyst replies and lays down next to the green gem.
"Sunset?" Peridot questions, confused and Amethyst laughs agian.
"The sunset is when the sun goes down!" She explains through laughter.
"Oh. I knew that," the small green gem lies. She'd seen it several times but didn't know what it was called and was never really able to really watch it before since Jasper always kept her busy. She winces at the thought of the bigger Homeworld gem that had accompanied her to this wretched planet. Well, maybe it's not that wretched, the small gem thinks. It did lead her to find Amethyst. She stares at the purple gem, admiring how she looks, a blush creeping onto her cheeks. And it led her to the Crystal Cl-Gems. It led her to the Crystal Gems, her new friends. The small gem smiles and scoots closer to the purple gem.
'Why do I feel differently around this Clod than the rest of the Clods?' Peridot thinks, blushing and squealing in surprise when Amethyst grand her arm and pulls her towards her, ending up with Peridot's head on Amethyst's lap, both gems blushing.
"Now look up," the purple gem says and Peridot obeys, seeing in place of a sunset a sky filled with dark blue and a light?
"Why is that light moving?!" Peridot questions, now clinging to Amethyst, who laughs in return.
"It's a firefly!" The purple gem explains, laughing.
"Oh my stars! It's on fire?!" Peridot's eyes go wide.
"No, it just lights up. I thought might've seen some since you've been on Earth for so long."
"I haven't gotten to see much of anything," the green gem says in a small voice. "Jasper never let me explore. I was only let out long enough to do what I was told to do. And then after I escaped I was to scared to do anything. I hid at night." Amethyst wipes away a tear that had started falling down Peridot's cheek.
"Hey, it's ok. You don't have to be scared now. You're with friends." The purple gem pulls the smaller gem in for a hug. "We won't let you get hurt. At least I know I won't. You're safe, Peri."
"Thank you," Peridot whispers something she had heard Steven say.
A/n I do not own Steven Universe.
