(Human/HS AU) Though Lapis had only transferred to Empire Academy maybe two months ago, and they weren't really friends, Peridot could tell when Lapis looked even more like an empty college student―dead inside and out, just only with a beating heart―than usual. There was nothing she could do, though, but she tried. And those rare smiles that came out of nowhere, they were worth it.

A short poem(?) I wrote during class about two characters from a novel I'm working on.