"Stop wiggling, dude!"
"Hehehe! I can't! Y-You're tickling me!"
"No I'm not!"
"Yes you are!"
"I'm trying to give you a massage! Hold still so I can do it properly!"
"Heheh…okay."
Peridot snickered quietly into Amethyst's neck as the purple quartz kneaded her rough fingers into her partner's lean, tight back.
"Okay, how does that feel?" Amethyst smiled.
"It…tickles." She said before bursting into a giggling fit again.
Amethyst snorted. "Maybe lying on my chest is making you giggly. It's not supposed to tickle, it's supposed to make you feel nice and relaxed."
"Yes, being in close proximity to you does something to me. It makes me…uncontrollable." Peridot said, lowly, daringly.
Amethyst gave her a kiss on the lips before rolling them both over so now the green gem was on the ground and she was above her.
Peridot shuddered "The grass is cold!"
"Flip over onto your belly." Amethyst instructed, mentally trying to get in the mindset of a professional massagist.
The green gem did as she was asked. "Now it's cold on my tummy and my face is covered in dirt!" she complained.
"Here." The purple gem handed her a small white pillow. Peridot pulled it on top of her arms and rested her head on the softer object. "I bought it out because sometimes I get sore when we stargaze. Bein' on the hard ground and all." Amethyst explained.
"Oh. Well, if you ever get sore, you can just lay on me, okay?"
"I'll poof you by accident. I'm too heavy and you're a stick. Plus, you're kinda bony in a lotta places."
"No you won't. Don't say that." Peridot chided. "And you can lay on my tummy or chest. Those are soft."
"I'll take chest." Amethyst said rather quickly. "You aren't lying about softness there, heh. Okay, are you comfy? Not still in the giggly mood? You gotta take it seriously."
The green gem's face was submerged in the pillow cosily. "Mmm, yes. I won't laugh. Just don't say anything funny or produce gases from your butt."
Amethyst snorted and covered her laughing with her hand. "O-Okay, I won't" Now she was the one laughing.
"You said no laughing." Peridot murmured from the pillow.
"Right, right." Amethyst calmed herself. "Okay, relax. If it hurts, tell me. Some of it is a good hurt though."
"I think I'm misunderstanding a term again."
"It's okay, don't worry about it."
The strong quartz used her knuckles and fists to press into the green gem's back through her jumpsuit. She started at the lower regions and moved up slowly. She could feel Peridot's back rippling underneath her hands.
"Hey, you okay? You're tensing a bit."
Peridot grunted a little bit before saying "I think I get the concept of 'good hurt' now."
"Heh, 'kay. Tell me if it bad hurts" she reminded. The green gem made an 'mmm' in agreement.
Periodically as the purple gem continued, Peridot would squeeze the pillow or shift a bit. Amethyst pressed and rolled her thumbs between her shoulder blades and Peridot found herself arching up and making a small keen into the squashed pillow.
"Did that hurt, or…?" Amethyst asked from over her shoulder.
"…Liked…it…" she groaned.
"Cool. I found a Peripoint."
"You now have a total of one Peripoint" Peridot said, relaxed.
"Ha! You're a funny nerd."
Amethyst could hear her smile. "I know. You've told me several times."
Amethyst's hands roamed down to Peridot's lean sides. "Hey, you're pretty ribby. I can feel all your ribs." She pressed on each of them like they were keys on a piano. "Pianodot."
"Do, re, mi, do, re, mi, dooo!" Peridot squeaked in an ascending pitch.
"Dude, there's seven notes, not just three over and over!" Amethyst started cackling lightly.
"Ah," Peridot flushed "I-I know, I just don't know the others."
"I'll teach you." Amethyst said, still pushing her fingers in a soft motion. She listed the notes before singing them softly. "Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti."
"I'm good at remembering songs. Do you recall that song Steven taught me while we were working on the drill?" She started to sing quietly, sleepily. "Life and death and love and birth~"
"Mmhm. We're doin' 'do re mi' now."
"Right. Continue." Peridot nuzzled into her pillow as Amethyst lightly stroked her.
Amethyst sang the song quietly. She went over what she knew of the song, stitching together the verses in the wrong order seamlessly, presenting Peridot with the basic fabric of the words and tune. The green gem copied her quietly, thankfully not asking pre-empted questions like "what's a deer?", and having frustrated misunderstandings like "The rays of stars are not liquid".
In fact, soon after, she wasn't saying anything. Amethyst finished the song for probably the third time, having sung it solo. She removed herself from Peridot's legs and crawled next to her, lying down on her side in the dirt and grass.
"Peri?"
No response. Only light breathing. Amethyst realised her massaging and soothing vocal accompaniment had lulled the green gem into a rare slumber. She must have really needed it.
Amethyst decided to join her, pillowing her own head with her hands. She closed her eyes, relaxing on the bare earth under the watch of a million stars. She smiled to herself.
"'Night."
Sorry for lack of uploads. I had exams and then I've just been so lethargic to write. This came out fairly easy, so it may be clearing up.
Remember to take care of yourself and get massages to relieve tension in your muscles! Especially where Peridot's 'peripoint' is. Anxiety and poor posture absolutely wreck that area.
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