A/N: ! Contains SPOILERS for the latest episode A Single Pale Rose ! Additional Warning for slightly romantic elements toward the end. However, it is not necessary to read it that way.

"It's over isn't it… isn't it? Isn't it over? You won, and she chose you, and she loved you. And she's gone. It's over, isn't it? Why can't I move on?"

"It's over isn't it? Why can't I move on?"

"What are you singing?"

"Hmm! Peridot?! I- I was just - How long have you been standing there?"

"The whole time. It's pretty. But sad. So sad."

"I… It's about Rose. Occasionally my repressed memories bubble up. Stupid repressed memories not staying where they belong."

"Why would you sing this melancholy tune about Pink Diamond?!"

"Rose."

"Pink… Rose Diamond."

"It's none of your business Peridot. Why should you care about the musings of a lowly Pearl?"

"I don't think you're lowly."

"Oh? You've made your opinion clear plenty of times…"

"I'm sorry. For everything I said! You're the bravest, strongest, smartest Pearl I've ever met- and I've encountered a lot of Pearls! Which is besides the point…"

"Just leave me alone."

"And we fought like it was some silly game… over her, who'd she choose, After all these years I never thought I'd lose."

"You're mocking me now?!"

"No. It doesn't make sense to me that a Pearl would be so obsessed with her Diamond, it goes beyond reason -"

"She was more than my Diamond! She was Rose! She was... everything."

"…Like Ruby and Sapphire?"

"You - you know about that?"

"Please. It was obvious!"

"Well -"

"Pearl, look at you! She may be gone but that doesn't matter, even when you outlasted Greg, don't you see? She would've just gone on to the next human sap! You're - you're a clod if you think she deserves your one-sided yearning. Forget it! She never cared about you that way and never would've -"

"Don't you think I know that! I wish I could move on, and I've tried but I always subconsciously look for her in others- compare them to her. And they'll never measure up! Especially humans, since they remind me of her and what she believed in."

"Why don't you - Hey why are you crying? Stop that - I don't know what to do!"

"Leave me alone Peridot…"

"What would Steven do? What would Steven… do?"

"Peridot."

"Yes?"

"You're hugging me."

"Yes."

"Why?"

"That's what Steven does! When his friends are sad… he hugs them. Also… I'm sorry for making you cry."

"It's… not your fault. Anyway… thank you. That was surprisingly… cathartic."

"You want to know something, heheh, funny?"

"What."

"I'm kind of jealous of Garnet. And Stevonnie. I've never fused with anyone - but when I do - I hope it can be someone special like that."

"But I thought you and Lapis -?"

"What! No way… If anything, we're more like Steven and Amethyst. Except we shared a barn. I miss her."

"How insensitive of me - I forgot."

"No big deal. I just might never ever see her again. Probably. Most likely. I'll get over it. Maybe."

"She'll come back. Are you planning to stop hugging me?"

"Hugging you is all that's holding me together. And stops me from thinking about the sweet release of being shattered when the Diamonds launch their attack on this puny, beautiful rock."

"Oh. In - in that case. You'll find what you're looking for someday, if you don't give up."

"You'll find someone too! What you should do is look for someone so extremely, radically different to Pink Rose Diamond that you'll never see her in them!"

"Someone different… yes."

"P-Pearl? What are you - oh!"

"Wow. These pictures would so go on my blog if I had one… Peridot hugging Pearl… Pearl kissing Peridot! Steven is going to die!"

"Amethyst! I didn't kiss - what - you - give me that!"

"Gotta catch me first!"

"You did. On the cheek. My whole face is burning… a-ah."

"It was just! I kiss Steven -"

"Hey, you've never kissed me."

"Stay out of this Amethyst!"

"Whatever. Peace out."

"Peridot? Why are you laying on the floor?"

"Ah… I'm floating on a cloud…"

"That's ridiculous, you can't float on clouds, they're a collection of water vapor that forms as a result of -"

"Shut up, you're ruining it. Let us just lay here and… be quiet."

"You're… ruining it."

"Shh."

"Shushing is antithetical to keeping it quiet because it makes noise."

"Shh!"