An AU where Lapis, Peridot, Jasper and the rest of the Crystal Gems are a team of journalists. (You guessed it, Garnet is the Boss.)
Generic Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, Steven Universe belong to its respective owner.
"Dialogues"
Inner thoughts
-o-o-o-o- page break/ time skip
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Chapter VII: Back as Before
The trip was once again spent in silence. Same as before Peridot took out her laptop and typed away in it while I just stared out of the window, watching the clouds as we pass by. Nearly an hour after the take off, Peridot took away her laptop to try and get some sleep. I see her shift relentlessly on her chair, trying to get comfortable in it.
I poked her shoulder in which she just looked at me questioningly. I smiled as I took her head and leaned it on my shoulder. She looked surprised at first yet she remained there, smiling as the blush spread on her face. The rest of the trip, we both fell asleep leaning against each other.
Our boss, Garnet, was actually waiting for us at the airport together with Jasper. Just as we made it out of the door Jasper engulfed Peridot into a bone crushing hug, lifting her off the ground as the blonde tapped on her back in submission. Upon bringing Peridot back down, Jasper made her way to me—greeting me with a pat on the head.
"Thanks for taking care of Peridot the past few weeks, Lapis... so how was she?" We were walking side by side with just enough distance from Garnet and Peridot to ensure that they won't hear us. "Well she's really good in her job. She just knows what to say and how to act and! And! She has all these cute habits… holy shit Jasper, I think I like her."
Jasper smiled widely at my sudden outburst, putting her arm around my shoulders. "Well, I'm leaving her in your capable hands..." the arm around my shoulders tightened, almost feeling like a choke-hold more than anything. "…but if you make Peridot cry, I swear I'll make you regret the day you were born."
Just as fast as it came, the hostility was gone as Jasper loosened her grip and I walked stiffly beside her, the weight of her arm still present on my shoulder. "Yes, of course ma'am." It's not like I'm planning to make Peridot cry, but the thought still made me sweat nervously—Jasper really cares for Peridot, huh.
I looked at the said blonde walking ahead, oblivious of all that is happening behind her. I'll do anything to make this nerd happy and I'm sure I will never let her down. I steeled my resolve as I turned to Jasper once again.
"I swear I won't." I looked at her dead in the eye, determination filling me with the challenging look she gave. She smirked. "You better keep your words." She said before walking off to catch up to our boss.
Then just like that we're back in our daily lives. We resumed our usual duties in our office and even through it, I made sure to see Peridot during my breaks. It's been a few weeks since our trip and I wanted to ask Peridot out for dinner.
I asked Amethyst for some advice about my whole ordeal and she was happy to help… well, more than happy as she forces me to go on with it and ask Peridot out for dinner. "Come on just do it!" I refused to go on with my plan, opting to plant myself in the floor to which Amethyst responded by pushing me to where Peridot's table is.
By the time we made it there the whole company would've already known with all the fuzz Amethyst was doing. I sighed in defeat as more of our coworkers and a few clients stare at our direction."I'll do it sheesh, you don't have to push me!" I shoved her face as she continues pushing me, actually succeeding as I noticed we were a few steps away from Peridot's table.
"Uhm, what are you two doing in front of my working quarters?" I straightened up, causing the shorter girl pushing me to fall over face first. I face palmed, my cheeks burned in embarrassment as the blonde just let out a chuckle. Peridot must be making her way back to her table from a coffee break, evident from the mug in her hand.
"You okay there, Amethyst?" Said girl stood back up, rubbing her reddened nose. "Yup, just fine P-dot. I'm just here to drop Lapis off." She looked at my deadpan expression before quickly running back to our side of the office with a bye. I kept my gaze to where Amethyst has ran off, fuming slightly. She's dead when I get back.
"So uhm, hi again Lapis." I looked back to see a confused Peridot, her head tilting slightly to the side. "Do you have any business with me?" Ok here we go.
I gulped. I can feel my heart hammering in chest as I took a deep breath to calm myself a bit. "Yeah uhm... I was just thinking... want to go out for dinner with me? this weekend… I know a good place that's not that far."
I scratched my head sheepishly, avoiding eye contact as much as possible. A few seconds past and the blonde in front of me still remained silent so I turned my head back to look at her. Our eyes met and I felt my heart flutter. I still can't get over how her eyes soo much like the sky... She smiled "I would be happy to go out to have dinner with you" I beamed, hugging her and twirling her around.
"So is this our first official date?" Peridot smirked as my face turned red, just like hers, and she continued. "You always ask me to each lunch together, but dinner... this is a first."
It's true that I always make sure to ask Peridot out for lunch and even made it a habit to bring my own just in case she already have hers so we can eat together in the office. Most of the time we have our coworkers with us, Jasper asking for a bite of my homemade lunch or the rest of the crew at a local coffee shop... we never had a time to be alone.
"Yeah…" I held her hands as I pressed my forehead against hers "…If it's okay to you that I call it a date, then yes. I'll ask again then, Peridot will you go on a date with me?" I looked hopefully into her eyes. "Yes Lapis, I would love to."
I once again hugged her tightly until a giggle caught our attention. "When's the wedding?" Jasper could be heard snickering in the distance. "Jasper you clod!" Peridot shouted back but the smile in her face remained.
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In all legitness, the fic is supposed to end when they get back but there was soo many ideas swimming in my head that I just had to put it all in here. Acads is kind of being a pain rn so I made a update schedule. I'll post an update every Wednesday (that day in my place ofcourse). Assured 100%.
Since the last chapter the number of follows and faves rose alot~ yay~ For those who recently did so, I'm sorry I can't say your names here one by one like usual (fic's getting unnecessarily long) so I'll thank you generally... Thank you sooo much for supporting and reading this fic you guys! I'll still read your reviews though, so at least expect answers to your reviews here.
Side Note: Last chapter Peri refused to call Lapis by her first name and said 'wow, thanks' when Lapis gave her a nickname. I adopted that from the Japanese (cuz I'm an otaku) where first name calling and nickname giving are endearing actions.
