Peridot laid down on the bed next to Lapis, emotionless. She really didn't like and need sleeping. Peridot formed her screen, and organized some work on there. She pressed Lapis towards her, since the blue gem seemed to shiver a bit. Peridot sighed, as Lapis poked her cheek with a smile.
"What're you doing, Peri?" Lapis asked. "Doing work." Peridot plainly answered. "When can we just cuddle without you doing work?" Lapis whined, burying her face in Peridot's shoulder. She didn't say anything and continued to work on her screen.
"Can you please stop." Lapis mumbled. Peridot looked down at Lapis, she waited for Peridot to shut off her screen. "We can do other stuff together."
"No, Lapis. We can do that tomorrow." Peridot said, looking back at her screen. Lapis rolled her eyes and mumbled as she buried her face onto Peridot's chest. Peridot shushed her mumbling by stroking her gem.
"Cyan, give me back Tigress!" Dootzie yelled, chasing her sister across the room. Cyan grinned as she held Tigress, only the tail was slumping down a bit.
"Mum, mommy! Tell Cyan to give me back Tigress!" Dootzie cried out. Lapis groaned. She opened her eyes a bit to see Peridot, who seemed like as if she didn't want to get up.
Lapis pressed her thumb against Peridot's chin, "Pleaase." She whispered. Peridot grunted, then turned over.
"Cyan give Tigress back to Dootzie, please." Lapis groaned. Cyan ignored Lapis but soon tripped on the stuffed tiger's tail. Cyan fell onto Tigress with a hard thud. Lapis sat up, she saw Cyan shaking her head after the fall.
Dootzie tugged Tigress from out under her sister. Cyan hissed at Dootzie. Lapis picked up Cyan, before the gemling could attack Dootzie.
"Do you girls have to do this every morning." Lapis sighed. Cyan squirmed in Lapis' grip, trying to free herself. "It was Dootzie's fault! She woke me up on purpose!" Cyan complained. Dootzie stuck her tongue out. Peridot finally sat up. Lapis could tell Peridot was a little annoyed as she was from their behavior.
"What happened now." Peridot grunted.
"Cyan took Tigress." Lapis said. Dootzie ran over to the bed, and crawled on top of it to get Peridot's protection. "But Dootzie woke me up for fun by stuffing her stupid tiger in my face!" Cyan boasted.
"Is that true?" Peridot asked, looking down at her daughter. Dootzie shrugged, "Maybe..."
Cyan stuck her tongue out at her sister. "See! She admits it!"
"But that doesn't mean for you to take Dootzie's toy." Lapis huffed, picking up the stuffed animal. Cyan looked down, feeling guilty. Lapis handed Dootzie Tigress, the gemling snuggled her tiger.
"Mum, when can I get a stuffed animal?" Cyan asked. "As soon as we can make you one." Lapis responded. "But when's that!" Cyan whined, slumping down in her mother's arms. "Don't worry." Lapis chuckled.
Jasper waited for Peridot to come out. She wanted to ask her some questions about her little family. Soon, the door to the control room opened. In came Peridot, she looked a bit exhausted.
"Hey, what's eating you?" Jasper questioned, raising her eyebrow at Peridot.
"Just...my gemlings." Peridot hesitated. But Jasper does already know about Cyan and Dootzie, so why lie. Jasper rolled her eyes. Peridot began doing some work, but got interrupted by Jasper's mumbling.
"What was that?" Peridot raised her voice. "Nothing." Jasper scoffed. Peridot looked sightly at Jasper, "Is my presence bothering you?"
"No. It's just something else that's related to you." Jasper admitted.
"And that would Cyan and Dootzie." Peridot guessed. "And someone else." Jasper said.
"Lapis?" Peridot raised her eyebrow. "You guessed all of them, congrats." Jasper hissed through clenched teeth. "I don't even know why you would want a family like that. Filled with screaming brats."
Peridot ignored Jasper's opinion. It was quiet for a few minutes, until Jasper brought up something.
"Can I ask you a few questions?" Jasper queried. "About Lapis and the gemlings?" Peridot asked. Jasper fiddled with her fingers, "Maybe."
"Well then go ahead, I wouldn't mind showing off my family." Peridot chuckled. Jasper frowned.
"Okay so first off, when did you guys even had the chance?" Jasper asked. "That information is unclassified." Peridot spat, mostly because she felt awkward and weird to tell her. Jasper was a bit annoyed, but went on with the other questions she had in her mind.
"Second, whoever was the carrier, how come I couldn't hear them scream when they gave birth to them?" Jasper asked.
"That information is also unclassified." Peridot repeated. "Aw come on! Is all of the questions I'm gonna ask gonna be unclassified." Jasper huffed, and crossing her arms.
"It might." Peridot smirked. Jasper growled, "Anyways, onto the next question." She said, feeling really frustrated at Peridot's two responses from her last questions. Though, Jasper knows Peridot might just say the same thing or just mess with her. But she kept on ranting about questions of Peridot's family. Plus, she needed the information to tell Yellow Diamond when they get on Homeworld.