Author's Notes: Happy New Year, everyone! Not to sound like an overprotective sister here, but I hope you all stay safe and have fun with whatever your plans are for tonight! Without further ado, please enjoy some shameless Kinzidot fluff!


"Explain to me again what it is we're doing here," Peridot demanded as she sat with Kinzie on the beach.

"It's New Year's Eve!" Kinzie exclaimed. "We're going to watch the fireworks!"

"And why do we have to wear these over-sized 'sweater' things?" Peridot asked.

"It's tradition," Kinzie explained. "Besides, it can get pretty cold out here at night."

Peridot sighed. She didn't understand this holiday; what was the point in celebrating the start of each year? Humans didn't live nearly as long as Gems did, she understood, but they still lived long enough that celebrating each new year shouldn't be necessary. Besides, didn't all humans celebrate the day they were born as well? These 'birthdays' could easily count as the start of a new year for humans, couldn't they? She would have preferred to celebrate this 'holiday' at Kinzie's house with just the two of them but...she couldn't bring herself to say no when she saw how excited Kinzie was about the fireworks. It also helped that Kinzie had promised Peridot that they'd head straight back home afterwards and Kinzie would be hers for the rest of the night and the following day.

"Peri?" Kinzie began as she leaned back against the green Gem and smiled, snapping Peridot out of her thoughts. "Thanks for coming out here with me. I know this isn't really your thing."

'And there she goes again with that smile and those big eyes,' Peridot thought as a bright green blush swept over her face. 'She's making it that much harder for me to pretend to be irritated about this.'

"Don't worry about it," Peridot replied. "There's worse ways to spend an evening. I could be stuck with the crystal clods all night."

Kinzie laughed. "Say whatever you want, Peri. I know you don't hate them as much as you pretend to."

Before Peridot could retort, a loud popping noise filled the air. The pair looked up to see the night sky becoming alight with different colors.

"So these are the 'fireworks'?" Peridot asked. "Are you sure the Earth isn't under some sort of attack?"

"Positive," Kinzie giggled. "We humans set these off at times to celebrate different things."

"Humans really seem to like blowing stuff up for no reason," Peridot observed. "That was all you did for the past week when you got that Saints Row game."

"They gave me a missile launcher," Kinzie retorted. "I would have been a fool to let something so magnificent go to waste."

Peridot smiled as she wound her arms around Kinzie's waist. "No point in arguing with you, I guess."

The pair sat in comfortable silence as the fireworks continued to illuminate the sky. Kinzie smiled as she snuggled back against Peridot's chest. As Ronaldo's cousin, she felt fairly confident that she'd heard it all, that nothing 'weird' would ever throw her. But if someone had told her at the start of the previous year that she'd be in a loving relationship with a socially awkward polymorphic sentient rock from outer space by the end of said year, she probably would've called them insane.

'Now that I think about it, though, everything that's happened to me in the latter part of this year has been a little weird,' Kinzie thought. 'Still, I don't think I'd change it for anything. Peridot, Amethyst, Steven, or any of the Gems; I wouldn't want them any other way.'

"Hey, Perbear?" Kinzie asked.

"Mmm?"

"I think I forgot to mention another New Year's tradition," Kinzie said.

Peridot quirked an eyebrow. "And that tradition would be?"

"Well, I guess it's more of a superstition than anything else," Kinzie replied. "But people say that if you get a kiss from someone at midnight on New Year's, you and that person will stay together for the year."

"That's a tradition I can get behind," Peridot said. "So you're telling me that as long as I kiss you at the start of each year, I'll be with you forever?"

Kinzie laughed. "Something like that."

"Why don't we test out that little superstition, then," Peridot suggested, turning Kinzie around in her arms and tilting the girl's chin up towards her.

"Hang on a sec, Peri," Kinzie said. "It's not quite midnight yet."

No sooner had Kinzie spoken than the fireworks display erupted into its finale, signaling the start of the new year.

"You were saying?" Peridot snarked as she brought her lips down to Kinzie's.

Kinzie's eyes widened before drifting closed as she melted into the kiss. Peridot was usually more than receptive to any affection Kinzie gave her but she rarely initiated any herself. This was far from an unwelcome surprise, though, and Kinzie couldn't tell if there were more fireworks going on in her head or in the sky above them.

Peridot pulled back from the kiss far too quickly for Kinzie's liking but pressed another kiss to Kinzie's forehead. "Happy New Year, Kinzie."

"Happy New Year, Peri," Kinzie replied before pulling the Gem into another kiss.


Ending Notes: I don't really have a whole lot to say at the end here except that I hope all of you have a safe and happy New Year!

I hope you guys enjoyed the fluff and, as always, feedback and constructive criticism are always appreciated! Thank you so much for reading! Geekinthepink, out!