Blue Diamond sighed as she sat among the rumpled pillows on her bed. She stared at the pink and blue portrait hanging across from her.
She glanced down to her Pearl, who was resting against her leg. Slowly, she smiled and held her hand down in front of Blue Pearl, signalling for the Pearl to hop up. Blue Pearl obeyed the silent offer, and Blue Diamond brought her Pearl up to her eye level.
"Have I ever properly thanked you for that painting, my dear? You captured her -you captured us- so well."
Blue Pearl blushed at the compliment, and a contained smile spread across her face.
"I'm serious, Pearl, it's... perfect, really..." Blue Diamond spoke softly, "Um... I really do love your style, Pearl... are there any other works that you've completed that I could see?" Blue Diamond blushed at her own question, knowing it was silly for a Diamond to ask such a personal question of their Pearl.
"Um..." the Pearl hesitated. She lowered her head and spoke in a near whisper. "I do have some other works, but they're nothing really."
The Diamond smiled sincerely and spoke in a similar whisper, "I'd love to see them, my dear."
Blue Pearl grinned and clapped her hands silently yet excitedly.
Suddenly, both gems eyes widened as they heard the heavy click of heels marching down the hallway. Blue Diamond felt panicked and quickly set her Pearl on the floor. Blue Pearl ran to the door, so that she could appear to have been waiting patiently for her Diamond instead of having a genuine talk with her.
Blue Diamond adjusted the pillows on her bed, attempting to make things look presentable. She had been laying in bed all day, either sleeping or sighing as she dwelt on how things could have been. She knew Yellow wouldn't react well if she knew Blue had been sleeping. As Yellow put it, it was an activity for weaker beings, and for the lazy.
The sound of the incoming steps halted just in front of the entrance to her chambers. Blue heard Yellow Diamond speaking through the door to her Pearl.
"Pearl, wait for Blue's Pearl and you shall be dismissed. You are to return to my work space and organize those files I left out. Blue Pearl will help."
"Yes, my Diamond!" Yellow Pearl replied with gusto.
"Blue?!" Yellow called out from behind the door.
Blue Diamond took a deep breath before approaching the door. She let it slide open.
"Yes, Yellow?"
"We need to talk. Dismiss your Pearl. She is not useful here at the moment. She will join my Pearl in organizing some of my things during our... talk."
"Okay. That's fine..." Blue Diamond looked down to her Pearl, "You heard Yellow. You are dismissed and are to join her Pearl."
"Yes, my Diamond." Blue Pearl replied with a curtsy and made her way out the door. Blue let the door slide shut behind her.
Yellow marched over to the arm chair next to Blue's bed and took a seat. Blue took a seat on her bed across from Yellow and absent-mindedly adjusted the pillows. Yellow leaned forward towards Blue and leered at her. Waiting to make eye contact, she grew fidgety and started wringing her hands. Blue kept her head down as she felt Yellow's piercing glare.
"How are you, Blue?" Yellow finally broke the silence. She was anxious, and her leg was now bouncing.
Blue mumbled, "I'm good. Really." She raised her head and let her eye's meet Yellow's, hoping Yellow might believe her.
Yellow didn't speak, but instead got out of her chair and walked the small space between the chair and the bed. She took a seat next to Blue.
Blue felt a rock sinking in her stomach as Yellow let her hand come to rest atop her own. She turned her hand over and held Yellow's hand lightly. Blue was looking at their hands to avoid eye contact.
"Blue... I can tell you're not feeling well, baby." Yellow leaned closer and let her head rest on Blue's shoulder. Blue's body tensed for a moment before she finally let herself relax.
"I'm good. Really." Blue repeated in a whisper. She closed her eyes and rested her head against Yellow's, imagining herself in a different scene from not so long ago. Blue let herself smile as she let her thoughts, for a moment, turn pink.
Yellow let her thumb run over the side of Blue's hand. Yellow smiled to herself as she thought of what might follow. Blue continued to smile as memories clouded her reality.
"Blue. We need to talk." Blue jolted slightly as she was brought back to the present.
"Yes, Yellow?" Blue asked, the smile leaving her face. She lifted her head, and so did Yellow, so they could properly face each other. Yellow continued to stroke the side of Blue's hand with her thumb.
"You know your colony, X5E12?" Yellow began.
"Yes..."
"Well, I know you've been feeling a bit overwhelmed since... everything on Earth, and..."
"You want it, don't you?" Blue interrupted.
"I just want to help you, Blue." Yellow looked into Blue's eyes and smiled. She pushed some of Blue's hair behind her ear.
"I see." Blue turned her head away and looked towards the pillows again. "I have been... ignoring my duties as of late. I suppose it wouldn't hurt either of us to transfer management." Blue sighed.
Yellow touched her hand to Blue's chin and lifted her face so they could once again make eye contact. Yellow let her hand stoke Blue's cheek for a moment. Blue looked down yet again, avoiding Yellow's gaze. Regardless, she couldn't help but smile at the action. This was unlike Yellow- to be so affectionate. Once again, memories began to cloud her vision.
Seeing Blue's smile, Yellow closed her eyes and leaned in for a kiss. Blue looked up as she felt Yellow draw nearer, and allowed Yellow to kiss her. Her eyes remained open for a moment, but she shut them to block out the world. Blue leaned into the kiss and began kissing back as she let her mind drift.
Yellow moved her hands to Blue's hips, and held her tight as Blue began passionately kissing back. Blue brought one hand to Yellow's face and let the other drape over Yellow's shoulder, in the small space between her neck and her shoulder pad.
As Blue pushed herself into her kisses, Yellow pushed back harder until she pushed Blue over and onto her back. Blue kept her eyes squeezed shut as she continued to kiss across Yellow's face. She moved her hand from Yellow's face to her waist and allowed her other hand to rake through the back of Yellow's thick, short hair. Yellow adjusted herself on top of Blue so that Blue could kiss her neck.
Yellow then moved so that she could kiss Blue's lips again, and she did so sloppily and forcefully. She nipped at Blue's lips until she bit down too forcefully.
"Ow!" Blue yelped as her eyes flew open. Blue frowned as she made eye contact with Yellow.
Yellow gave Blue a sorry look and shushed her before returning to her lips. Yellow kissed very gently along where she had bit, and Blue closed her eyes to return to her pink world.
As she felt Blue relax, Yellow pulled away and adjusted herself to Blue's side. She ran her hand over Blue's chest and along her gem. Blue let out a small sigh at the gentle touches. Yellow then moved to pull Blue's dress down from her shoulders. Blue kept her eyes shut as she sat up slightly and wiggled her top half free of the dress. She laid back down with a sigh.
Yellow ghosted her fingers over Blue's nipples. Again, Blue let out a small whimper.
"If that Earth is good for anything, it was definitely this..." Yellow whispered as she swirled her fingers around Blue's hardening nipple.
Blue opened her eyes and looked towards Yellow and scowled. "Sex and anatomy were not the only things she taught me, Yellow." Blue stated plainly, her eyes narrowing.
"Oh hush, you know I meant nothing from that comment." Yellow said as she pinched Blue's nipple between her fingers. Yellow moved so that she could let her tongue work on Blue's other nipple. Blue closed her eyes as Yellow started to lick circles around her nipple. Quickly, Yellow sped up her pace, and started pinching harder. She let her teeth bite down slightly around Blue's nipple. She wrapped her leg around Blue's and let her knee press against the space between Blue's legs.
Blue opened her eyes again. It was hopeless with Yellow. She could never be as gentle as she needed. Blue watched as Yellow worked hard to please, and Blue let her hand come to rest again in Yellow's hair. She sighed and tried to let herself sink away again. She needed this, but didn't want it from Yellow. She pushed away her doubts and decided to let her needs overshadow her wants. If she kept her eyes closed, maybe everything would be okay.
Yellow slowly dragged her hand down from Blue's chest to her stomach. She travelled under Blue's dress, down her leg, and she ran her hand along Blue's inner thigh. Yellow moved her own leg from between Blue's thighs and allowed her hand to take its place.
Suddenly, Blue bolted upright, knocking Yellow off of her chest. Yellow quickly withdrew her hand from between Blue's legs. She looked up at Blue in confusion.
"Not right now." Blue said slowly. She rose from the bed and walked aimlessly across the room.
Yellow laid, stunned, on the bed for a moment. "Okay." she finally replied. She rose from the sea of pillows and started to head towards the door. Stopping for a moment to adjust herself, she then turned to face Blue, who was adjusting her dress back to its proper place.
"Sorry." She whispered.
"It's fine." Blue quickly replied. "It's just me."
"Okay." Yellow replied again, with uncertainty. She walked up to the door and let it slide open.
"Take X5E12." Blue called out as Yellow walked through the door.
"Okay." Yellow called back. She scrunched up her face as she walked down the hallway away from Blue's room. Once she was a safe distance away, she let herself slam her fist into the wall in fit of frustration. She stood there for a moment, with her hand against the wall, and her face scrunched up, trying to avoid any tears. Eventually, she let out a long sigh, regained her composure, and headed towards her work space to fetch the Pearls.