"Come on, St-*hic*-Steven... it'll be-*hic*-fun..."
Steven had been at this party for hours. He had brought his girlfriend Peridot along with him, and was beginning to regret it. Steven didn't know there would be drinks here, and Peridot had had one too many of them.
"Peridot, no! Not here..."
"Awwh, you *hic* suuuuure..? Pleeeassseee...?"
Peridot had pinned him to the wall, her robotic arms trapping him in front of her. She fumbled with the zipper of his jeans and gave him a drunken grin. Steven blushed and looked away.
"A-all right... just this once..."
"No, no no no! This can't be..."
Peridot locked herself in the bathroom, staring in disbelief at her scanner. Her routine self-examination scan had escalated to a shocking discovery: she was pregnant. Peridot, a full-blooded, Kindergarten-made, Homeworld Gem, was pregnant with the offspring of whom she presumed to be her boyfriend Steven and herself. As far as she knew, Gem reproduction was only possible through Kindergartens and gemetic editing. There was no way- she had to make sure.
Peridot immediately went straight to her enhancers' Homeworld database, searching for any reports on "organic" Gem reproduction. There! Gemlings and Geodes: Gemkind's Original Kindergartens. She clicked it the minute she read the title. All right, blah blah blah, Kindergartens, organic reproduction, blah blah, there! Conception.
Two Gems in a romantic relationship can create Geodes by touching gemstones during an intimate moment between the two. Peridot blushed. Intimate huh? She shook away the memory and continued. These Geodes, or Gem eggs, contain the offspring of the two parent Gems: a Gemling. One parent carries the Geode, or Geodes in some cases, until they are ready to be laid. After being laid by the carrier, the Geode or Geodes will hatch after a while.
I must be a carrier then, Peridot thought. What am I going to tell Steven?! She shook her head. I won't tell him. I'll just leave him. They won't miss me...
"What do you mean, you have to go? Go where?"
Peridot couldn't just leave her lover without telling him she was leaving. Unfortunately for her, it just complicated her escape. Leave it to Steven to worry about her.
"Sorry, Steven, but I have to go back to Homeworld. They need me there."
"Don't go, please!"
"I'm sorry, but I have to. I'll miss you, Steven..."
Tears welled up in the hybrid's eyes as he realized she probably won't be coming back.
"Are we- are we breaking up?"
Peridot's shoulders sagged.
"Yes, I guess we are."
At that, Peridot ran out the door, leaving her heartbroken lover behind.