The next morning, Pearl woke up from her sleep, early as a bird, and slowly opens her eyes. It felt really strange and nice to fall asleep again she thought, as most gems didn't need to sleep or rest. Only a few like Amethyst do rest and sleep if they want to. The white gem saw Harry still wrapped up in her arms and snuggling comfortably against her chest under the bed covers. Pearl smiled, as Harry was sleeping so peacefully and didn't look like he had any nightmares last night.
"What a sweet little boy you are" she cooed, as the white-skinned gem stroked the side of the boy's hair with her fingers. In response, Harry slightly nuzzled his cheek against her fingers whilst sleeping. It felt like he knows that Pearl is there to keep him safe when she is giving the affection he gravely staves for.
Pearl slightly laughs, covering her mouth so she wouldn't wake him up from his slumber. But now was the time for her to get up and try to think of what to do today with Harry. First, she was going to make Harry his breakfast for this morning. Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst used to cook for Steven before the half-human and half-gem hybrid learned to make his meals in his pre-teens.
Pearl carefully slipped out of the bed and quietly climbed downstairs to the living room, leaving Harry to rest in peace. Once there she went into the kitchen bar and looked for some cereal for Harry's breakfast. As she intended to feed Harry a healthy breakfast at first.
But Pearl was now annoyed because she couldn't find the cereal boxes in the cupboard and realized that they had already run out of them. She suspects Amethyst had eaten all the cereal like the purple gem always does in her spare time. However, she gives up and decides to cook one of Steven's homemade meals in the mornings. The Together Breakfast.
Though it is an unhealthy meal for Harry to eat, she could at least spoil him just for this morning. But a little boy like him couldn't become spoiled rotten at his young human age. He was such a kind-hearted child, who is well-mannered and nice to anyone that he meets.
Pearl collected the main ingredients for the together breakfast and was now ready to cook it. Firstly, the gem placed two waffles into the toaster and waited for a few minutes until they popped up all toasted. Next, she placed the two waffles onto a plate, spreading whipped cream, pieces of popcorn, and maple syrup. Lastly, she added one strawberry on top of it. Also, she poured some orange juice into a glass for Harry to drink.
Finally, with that, Pearl finished making Harry's together breakfast. Pearl thought it looked perfect compared to Steven's given the circumstances. She just hopes that nothing bad will happen with this together breakfast. Like what happened last time when Steven's together breakfast was possessed by an evil scroll's spirit in the Bubble Room.
Then, the white gem heard the Temple Gate opening in the Crystal Temple. The Temple Gate is a magical gateway that allows the Crystal Gems to gain access inside the Crystal Temple and its numerous rooms. Including their respective rooms by activating their gemstones.
Pearl looked over and saw the small purple gem on the door's star symbol glowing brightly. Which meant that Amethyst was going out of her room. A purple light line diagonally appeared on the door and then it split into two halves in a sticky texture. It revealed Amethyst standing there in the Temple Gate inside her room.
The purple gem steps out of the door, yawning and stretching her arms up, with the Temple Gate closing behind her. "Good morning, everybody," Amethyst greeted, with a cheerful look and feeling ready for today.
She headed straight over to the kitchen bar for something to eat and stumbled upon Pearl holding Harry's breakfast. "Hi Pearl, whatcha got there?" she asked, pleasantly licking her lips.
Next, she made her purple tongue extend with her shapeshifting powers and attempted to swipe the food into her mouth. But Pearl quickly managed to lift the plate and prevent the gem's tongue from taking it.
"Amethyst! This is Harry's breakfast, not yours" Pearl scolded Amethyst. Amethyst pulled her tongue back into her mouth and shapeshifted it back to its original length. The purple crystal gem friendly blew raspberry lips out of her mouth and then shrugged her shoulders.
"Fine" she moaned. "I'll just make my own together breakfast then," Amethyst happily walked over to the kitchen bar and started fixing up her own meal.
"So, has the kid called you mum yet?"
When she heard Amethyst's question, Pearl was startled and almost dropped Harry's breakfast. "Excuse me…what did you just say?" Pearl asked, feeling uncertain.
"I said, has the kid called you mum yet?" Amethyst repeated her question to Pearl and placed her waffles into the toaster. "No, he hasn't" she replies curiously. "Why do you ask?
"It's just that…you've been spending time together with Harry since yesterday and he's getting along with you very closely if you know what I mean" Amethyst answered her question to Pearl.
Pearl was at loss here. Gems couldn't reproduce their kind. Since they were created thousands of years ago when emerging from the underground and absorbing the life energy to fully grow, which caused damage to the environment and its entire planets.
Though, Rose Quartz managed to have a son with Greg, despite both of them being two distinct species. She supposes gems could adopt human children, which was a better alternative. But the problem is that she wasn't very sure if she wanted to be a mother or adopt Harry as her son.
Sure, both she and Garnet become mother figures for Steven in his life, but this is different. Harry was a victim of abuse and Pearl felt she wasn't ready to let go of Steven yet. However, she wasn't sure to let go of Harry either, as he has grown far more attached to her.
Pearl turned her attention to Amethyst, looking at her with a sad smile, which caught the purple gem's attention. "I'm…not sure if I'm capable of being a mother" Pearl hesitantly said.
"What do you mean?" The small quartz concerningly asks her friend. "What I mean is… Pearl tried to answer nervously, as she placed the breakfast on the side and rubs her upper arm with her other hand. Then she lets out a sigh of stress with the situation regarding Harry.
"I only got to know Harry just a few days ago and I'm not sure if I am ready to let go of Steven or if Harry will be staying with us, permanently" She starts to slowly panic.
"What if Steven founds out that we replaced him with Harry? What if- "
Just then Pearl was cut off by her last sentence when she felt something wrapped around her waist tightly. She looks down to see Amethyst hugging her calmly with her purple gem's eyes shut closed.
"Steven's going to be ok without us, Pearl" The purple-skinned gem comforting Rose Quartz's loyal member of the Crystal Gems.
"I miss him too every day even after he left Beach City. I know because we've watched him grow into the big and strong man he is, who can manage anything in the world now. But right now, Harry is our main priority, ok?"
Pearl was surprised by Amethyst's words which sounded very reassuring and supportive. She can sometimes be untidy with eating, making messes, and pulling pranks. But she possesses a kind heart towards others. Amethyst was a big sister to Steven, and it felt the same sisterhood towards Pearl as well.
All three of them who raised him together with Greg felt grieved to see their favourite hybrid half human and gem leave them.
This made Pearl let go of her worries and smile then hugs Amethyst back, knowing that she was correct with everything she just said right now. "Thank you Amethyst" she replies.
Amethyst lifts her head and nods up to Pearl with a smile of her own.
Eventually, Pearl positively went back upstairs to Steven's bedroom and deliver Harry's breakfast to him. While Amethyst stayed behind in the living room so she can continue making her breakfast. Once the white gem made it up into the room, she saw Harry still cutely asleep in the bed. Pearl wanted him to sleep longer to see as he had a lot of sleep to catch up.
But she shook these thoughts away and she knew that he needed to wake up to eat his breakfast. Pearl sat on the end of the bed near Harry and places the together breakfast and the orange juice on the floor. So, she wouldn't knock them over and get spilled all over the bed sheets when waking up Harry. Then she gently rubs Harry's arm up and down which made him stir a bit.
"Harry, time to wake up, dear" Pearl whispers, as she saw Harry slowly opening his eyes and waking up from his slumber. As Harry got up and took a minute to figure out where he was until he looked up to see Pearl smiling down at him.
"Good morning, Harry" she sweetly said. "Did you sleep well last night? Harry nodded steadily in response and lets out a cute yawn. "Mmhmm…yes… I-I didn't have any nightmares" he mumbles.
Pearl felt relieved that the little boy finally slept well throughout the night and looked incredibly happy.
"Well, I'm glad to hear that, dear" Pearl smiled, as she brought his breakfast up for him to see. "Now, how about we feed you your breakfast?"
Harry was fascinated when he settled his sight on the together breakfast and nodded, willing to try anything given by his new guardian. Pearl cut up his waffles into small pieces, with the knife and fork. Where the whipped cream, maple syrup, and popcorn melted over them together. She stabbed a piece of a waffle with the fork and held it in Harry's mouth.
Harry took his first bite and slowly chewed it to savour its flavours. Then suddenly his green eyes widened to the size of footballs, and he felt like his brain had been melted by fire. It tasted really good. He enjoyed the sweet and creamed flavours of all three ingredients mashed up together.
This made Pearl laugh at his reaction and proceeded to feed him more, which he gladly accepted.
Soon after that, Harry finished eating his breakfast and slowly drank his glass of orange juice. Whilst Pearl saw a bit of maple syrup on his chin and used a spare napkin to clean it off. At that same moment, Harry sipped all of his orange juice into his throat and then smiled up at Pearl.
"Thank you… Pearl" he happily thanked the gem. Pearl smiled for remembering his please and thank you to her and gently ruffled his hair making him giggle. "You're quite welcome, sweetheart"
"Pearl?"
"Yes, Harry?" Pearl noticed Harry looking up at her with a curious and uncertain look on his face. "Miss Vidalia…mentioned yesterday that I look like someone named…Steven"
Pearl widened her light blue eyes in surprise realizing that Harry was wondering who Steven Universe is.
"But please don't be mad…but I was just wondering who Steven was…" Harry asks, feeling a bit hesitant that the gem might be mad at him for asking a question.
Pearl was hesitant to tell Harry about all the battles that happened in Rose Quartz's and the Crystal Gem's fight to protect Earth 6,000 thousand years ago from the Great Diamond Authority and Gem Homeworld. Or tell him that Rose Quartz was Pink Diamond. It might be complicated and terrifying for a young human of his age to listen and understand.
Instead, she decides to just tell him about Steven and what he had accomplished. How he saved the entire galaxy by helping the Diamonds change the error of their ways and allowed every gem to be free to choose who they want to be.
Pearl moved away from her thoughts and turns her attention to Harry, who still looks worried due to her body language. Then, she smiles and gently placed her hand on the boy's arm. This eased down his nervousness and took his empty glass along with his plate on the floor.
"Well Harry, Steven was…like us… but except he was half human and half gem" she explained, as Harry looked puzzled but listen to every word she said. "You know Greg, the man you met yesterday"
Harry nodded, remembering the nice man who give them a lift back to the beach house in his van. "He's Steven's father and his mother-
Pearl paused for a second recalling back a painful memory when she had to say goodbye to Rose Quartz, before giving up her physical form for Steven to be born into this world. Then she took a deep breath, before looking at Harry with a sad expression, and went back to tell him about Steven's mother.
"His mother was…a gem named Rose Quartz…who inspired us gems to be free and be ourselves. "But sadly… she passed away after she gave birth to Steven" Pearl dropped her head down in sadness and thought about Rose again.
"I'm sorry…"
Pearl surprisingly heard the timid voice and lifts her head to see Harry frightened. He thinks it was his fault for upsetting her when she was talking about Steven's mother.
The white-skinned gem gently places her hand on his cheek, and he flinched when he felt her smooth hand touch him.
"Harry…don't you ever apologize to me" she gently said, with a soft mothering tone and a tiny smile. "It was really hard for all of us to say goodbye to her…and we had to accept that she was no longer with us"
"But do know how we moved on?"
Harry shook his head with curiosity and Pearl happily answers her question.
"It was because of Steven" she acknowledged to Harry, who was astonished by her answer. "He kept us all together and was always open to helping his friends and family in need, like just his mother."
Harry nodded, understanding that Steven and his mother Rose Quartz meant everything to Pearl, the residents, and the rest of the gems living in Beach City.
"Steven… seems really nice" he replied.
"Yes, he was…and with his positive guidance he saved the entire galaxy!"
"The entire galaxy!" He exclaimed in surprise. Pearl laughed loudly at the boy's amazement that filled the entire room. "How!?"
When Pearl stopped laughing and playfully ruffled his hair. She thought of telling Harry more stories about their adventures on Earth. But also decides not to tell him some of the serious stuff, like the battle on the Gem Homeworld or the war rebellion on earth when he is much older.
"I'll tell you some more later, ok?" she replied, and Harry excitedly nodded in response to her.
Deciding to get ready for today, Pearl got Harry out of the bed and sat him down at the end of it. So, she can dress him in one of Steven's t-shirts again that covered his tiny body. This time the shirt was light blue like her clothes are. As the white gem took off Harry's old shirt, she notices that some of his bruises and scars were slowly healing which was good news.
Hopefully, they will get better in time, and whoever did this to him shall pay dearly.
After dressing Harry, Pearl examined how he looked from her perspective. He still looked cute and tiny in one of Steven's old t-shirts. However, she soon thought it would be best to buy some new clothes that fitted him. So, the gem plans to take the child back to Beach City tomorrow and buy some clothes for him.
Just as Pearl was about to bring Harry downstairs into the living room, she heard someone coming upstairs to them. They both saw Amethyst enter the bedroom and sat on the bed beside Harry. But mostly she came to see Harry.
"Good morning, little man, how was your breakfast" the purple gem greeted the child, with a grin.
"It was nice…thank you Amethyst" he eagerly replied and nodded.
Then, the three of them heard the front door open downstairs in the living room. Amethyst and Pearl suddenly realized that they have forgotten all about Garnet since they haven't seen the fusion this morning.
They heard her climbing upstairs to Steven's room, who already knew they were up here, thanks to one of her gem abilities as a fusion called Future Vision. Future Vision allows Garnet to see through multiple outcomes and probabilities of the future.
Once Garnet made it upstairs and enters inside, she was carrying the handle of a cat carrier, containing Cat Steven. Cat Steven is an adult female calico cat that was adopted by Garnet as a little kitten. She was found by the fusion and Steven living abandoned in the forest along with a tiny pack of kittens.
Both Pearl and Amethyst quickly remembered Garnet telling them the other day that she scheduled to take Cat Steven for a check-up at the vet today.
"I apologize for heading to the vets early, but it felt best to get Cat Steven's check-up done with for today" Garnet cheerfully explained.
The fusion knees down with one knee as she settled the cat carrier down on the floor and opens its cage door for the feline to be let out.
Cat Steven then hops out of her carrier and lets out a soft meow, as she stretched her front legs feeling happy to be free.
"Kitty" Harry mumbled, sounding surprised as his green eyes widened when setting sights on the cat.
Cat Steven looked up to see the little boy sitting on the bed and lets out a curious meow. The three gems smiled, finding it cute to see the child's reaction to seeing their pet cat for the first time.
"Yes, she is definitely a kitty. Her name is Cat Steven, why don't you come down and say hello?" Garnet recommends to the little boy.
Pearl lifts Harry under his armpits and gently places him on the floor. The little boy slowly reached out his tiny hand to the cat, who come over sniffing it, until she leaned her head nuzzling against it tenderly. Then Harry gently strokes the feline's head, making her purr instantly, clearly enjoying the boy's affection.
This made Harry giggle as he happily continues stroking Cat Steven even more. Pearl loved seeing the interaction between the feline and the child, making her realize that Harry is a cat person. It made her remember how Steven managed to persuade them to keep Lion in their home.
"Aww, looks like our cutie pie is a cat-lover," Garnet commented and smiled. Harry looked up to Garnet and slowly nodded in agreement with her.
"They're really n-nice and fluffy…they do s-sometimes get grumpy…but they let me pet them without being scratched."
The Crystal Gems listened to him with soft smiles on their faces, then Pearl covers her mouth with her hand and laughed softly.
"You're correct Harry, they truly are lovely creatures to have as pets," she remarked.
Cat Steven turned her head to Pearl, meowing again happily as if she is agreeing with the gem's opinion about cats. Then, she went back to Harry leaned forward, and continued to nuzzle his tiny hand, which made him giggle even more.
Pearl and the rest of the two gems happily continued to watch Harry show affection towards Cat Steven for ten minutes. Until it became time for them to get up and do something else with the human child for today's morning.
During the rest of the morning, one of the first activities that the Crystal Gems did with Harry was watching a movie together. It was Amethyst's idea. But Pearl told Amethyst to try to find a movie that isn't so violent and wouldn't frighten Harry. The white gem has heard that children can become aggressive if they are watching movies with violence in them. Movies like Dogcopter 3.
Eventually, Amethyst managed to choose a non-violent movie that they can watch with the young child. She picked the movie Pupcopter's Sky-High Adventure. It was a spin-off of the Dogcopter's film franchise about a puppy with a helicopter propeller attached to its back that goes out saving people from emergency disasters. Pearl thought it was ok for Harry to see, as this movie for children doesn't have explosions or aliens destroying buildings.
As the Crystal Gems settled down in Steven's or Greg's bedroom and sat at the end of the bed. Cat Steven relaxing and snoring on Garnet's lap whilst being stroked gently by the fusion. Harry sat on Pearl's lap as well as being wrapped up in the white gem's arms.
Once Amethyst placed the DVD into Steven's television, she sat on the floor after, and now they were finally ready to watch the movie.
A half-hour later when the movie started playing Harry was already engaged with it. He was drawn to the bright colours, characters, and the story itself. Pearl saw glad to see him enjoying the movie, as he loved watching Pupcopter save a little girl from a house that was set on fire and brought her back to her loving family safely.
This scene reminded Harry of how she saved him the other day she thought, looking over the little boy.
After one hour and a half, the movie was finished as the credits rolled.
The Crystal Gems went downstairs into the living room, where Harry spent the rest of his morning with Garnet and Cat Steven.
As the tall gem and child both sat on the floor, Garnet had some of Cat Steven's favourite toys to play laid out. A fluffy yellow-green ball, a pink feather dangler, and a tiny crochet grey mouse. Garnet demonstrated the feather dangler to Harry, as she held and swung it across the floor with the feather flying about.
The calico cat tried multiple attempts to chase, jump and pounce on her prey. Until she finally caught the feather in her front paws and playfully rolled on her back to play with it. Harry was fascinated seeing Cat Steven playing with the feather attached to a piece of string from the pole. Garnet happily handed the feather dangler over to Harry for him to have a turn.
Harry was hesitant at first but took it and started to swing it about for Cat Steven to catch. He giggled when she caught the feather and did the same all over again. Garnet silently smiles watching her pet cat and the child enjoyed playing together, as it reminded her of when both she and Steven used to play with Cat Steven a lot around the beach house.
In the earlier evening, Harry watched Garnet give Cat Steven her food, as the fusion poured the can of cat food into the cat's food bowl. She placed the bowl on the floor in front of the feline who happily ate her food. Harry smiles, as he observes Cat Steven eating until-
BBBBEEEEECHHHRRRRR!
His tummy out of no way started growling very loudly. He placed his hands on his stomach, with his face turning pink like a raspberry, and was feeling embraced. Then he felt his hair being gently ruffled by the gem's hand.
Harry looked up to see Garnet smiling down at him, reassuring him that it was ok for him to feel hungry. The little boy shyly nodded at her in response and now it was time for him to have lunch.
Pearl took the little boy and sat him down at the kitchen bar table, as he watched the white gem make him his lunch. She just made him egg sandwiches and poured a glass of apple juice. Pearl placed the plate of sandwiches on the table near Harry and he quietly started enjoying eating his lunch in peace. Pearl felt happy and relieved to see Harry eating willingly.
He was such a good little boy still that warmed the gemstone on her forehead.
Once Harry finished eating his sandwiches and drank his juice, he went back to playing with Cat Steven. He sat on the couch swinging the feather dangler on the floor for the cat to catch again, whilst Pearl was beside him along with Garnet and Amethyst watching. Both Pearl and Amethyst thought it was quite entertaining to see Cat Steven already grown attached to Harry so fast.
It wasn't until they saw Garnet standing up and walking over the opposite side silently with a frown.
"Garnet…are you ok?" Pearl asked, concerningly.
Garnet turned her attention to Pearl, who then smiles at her to assure her that she is fine.
"I'm fine Pearl…." She replied. "We just need some time to be unfused for a while."
Pearl nodded, completely understanding what Garnet meant.
Then, Garnet suddenly started to glow into a mass of light, which caught Harry's attention as he turned around to see what is happening to Garnet. The light then amorphously split into two forming two figures. As the two lights began to fade away, revealing Ruby and Sapphire who were holding each other's hands as a married couple.
"Hi everybody, how are you all doing today?" Ruby asked, cheerfully to Pearl and Amethyst.
"We're doing fine for today, thank you, Ruby" Pearl politely replied. "How about you two?
"The same as you guys," Sapphire said, smiling at the white-skinned gem. "We apologize for unfusing…but we thought we just take a break from it before going back together. Sapphire looked at Ruby, who happily blushed at the comment and gently squeezed her lover's hand.
"Ruby, Sapphire…you are always welcome to unfuse anytime you-
Pearl suddenly stopped when she felt something touch her side and heard a soft whimper as well. She turned around and saw Harry leaning against her side, who was scared and confused at the same time, looking at the new gems he had not seen before. He clearly didn't understand what had just happened to Garnet.
Where is Garnet? Who are those gems? Is she gone forever?
Pearl quickly improvised to calm the child's stress by gently placing her arm around his shoulder and smoothly rubbing his upper arm.
"Harry It's ok, there's nothing to be afraid of" Pearl reassured the child. "What you just witness was Garnet unfusing herself."
"Unfusing?" Harry mumbled and blinked, looking up at Pearl confused.
"That's correct, you see…Garnet is actually two gems fused as one gem altogether" Peal trying her best to explain gem fusion to Harry.
Harry titled his head still unsure what Pearl is talking about. "Gem fusion is one of our abilities, where two gems or more can fuse their bodies and minds to become another gem. When fused their bodies combine to make a much bigger gem."
"For example, Ruby and Sapphire can fuse into Garnet through their love for each other. Here, why don't you say hello to the both of them"
Pearl picked Harry up and placed him on her lap. Harry then turned his head to look at both Ruby and Sapphire and waved at them shyly. Ruby turned to Sapphire who both nodded at each other and went over to greet the little boy.
"Hi there little guy, it's nice to meet you, "she said, with a smile still holding hands with her lover. Harry acknowledges the small red gem and nodded at her respectfully. It's nice to meet you too…Miss Ruby and Miss Sapphire".
This made Sapphire let out an aww that he called them miss with his well-manners and shyness, even though they are not fused as Garnet.
"Pearl, may I hold him, please? The small blue gem requested as she is eager to hold the boy in her arms. "Only if he's ok with it," Pearl said, looking over to Harry to make sure if he was ok with Sapphire holding him.
Harry slowly looked behind Pearl nervously but knew that he can trust her every word. From what she had told him both Ruby and Sapphire are Garnet. So, he turned his attention back to the gem couple and nodded, giving Sapphire's permission.
From his response, Sapphire took Harry from Pearl in her arms and held him up close to have a look at his adorable face. She thought he was a little angel from heaven with his cute face, nose, and big green-emerald eyes.
Both Ruby and Sapphire were the same height as Amethyst, so they won't have a problem holding Harry, as he is half their height due to his tiny fragile body.
Aww, aren't you the sweet little thing I've ever laid eyes on" she complimented. This made the boy blush on his face again and Sapphire giggled at his innocent reaction.
"I agree with you, Sapphire. He does look cute." Ruby said as she carefully tickled his ribs making him laugh.
Just as Sapphire tilted her head and giggled to enjoy hearing his cute laugh. Until bangs of her long pale blue long hair swung over revealing her one dodger blue eye to Harry, who suddenly caught him by surprise.
Sapphire expected him to be shocked or frightened by her eye. However, that was the opposite. Harry just curiously looked at her eye without being afraid of it and then said, "Your eye looks pretty."
This made Sapphire gasp and immediately hugged him to her chest "Oh thank you, sweetheart." Harry accepted and enjoyed being hugged by the small blue gem, as nuzzled his head closer to her even more. Sapphire beamed down at him, as she gently held him in place.
She turned her attention back to Ruby, who was just standing there blinking and watching their interaction, awkwardly. "Would you like to hold him, sweetums" Sapphire asked, offering Harry to her lover.
The small red gem felt a bit hesitant at first and then nodded to hug him. Sapphire handed the boy over to her and willingly accepted him in her thick build arms. Harry straight away snuggled against her, as he felt the warmth of her body, due to her pyrokinetic touch activating when they contacted each other.
She made sure that her ability didn't burn him in discomfort but enough to envelop him in a comfortable warm hug. Ruby smiled to see Harry closing his eyes and cuddling close for warmth from her body.
While Sapphire felt something leaning against her dress and look down to see Cat Steven wanting some attention from her. The blue gem gladly picked up and cradled the cat in her arms. She started to stroke the fur of her back, which made the feline purr and close her eyes in relaxation. The gem giggled, as she continued to rub both her and Ruby's pet.
In a few minutes, Sapphire let go of Cat Steven, as the calico scrabbled upstairs to Steven's old bedroom. Sapphire turned back to her lover still holding the child in her arms.
"Don't worry Harry, we'll be back as Garnet again" Ruby assured him. Harry opened and looked up at the gem couple with a hopeful look on his face. "Really?"
Both the gems nodded, as Sapphire leaned forward and gave him a gentle kiss on his forehead. "We will sweetheart, we promise," she said as the blue paled hair gem joined in the hug as well.
Whilst being hugged, Harry utterly understood fusion a little bit more. It felt like Garnet was there with him when being close to the two gems. Ruby's warm body and Sapphire's calm personality reminded him of Garnet.
Pearl completely adored this moment seeing the two show their love towards the boy. It's as if Garnet found him and took care of him instead of her. While Amethyst just laid down and smirked to see the boy's affection has affected most members of the Crystal Gems.
When Ruby and Sapphire let go of Harry in their hug, they brought him back to Pearl. The white gem gladly accepted the boy back in her arms.
Until they heard the warp pad activating in the Crystal Temple. Meaning some gem or more have come to visit them. All four gems went over to the teleportation device to see who it is, with Harry wrapped in Pearl's arms. Soon as the blue beam of light came downwards and faded revealing their visitors on the pad. It was Bismuth, Peridot and Lapis Lazuli.
Hi guys, what's up?" Bismuth who spoke first to them.
"Bismuth, Lapis, Peridot" Pearl was happy and wasn't expected to see their friends come over to theirs today. "What brings you here today?"
"Oh, we just came to see if you needed any help with Harry today?" Lapis replied eagerly. Pearl guessed that they would say that, as they only got to know and met Harry just yesterday in Little Homeworld. It looked like both the water gem and lime-green gem were keen to see him again upon seeing their facial expressions.
As the three gems got off the warp pad and over to the others, Bismuth knees on one leg to greet the child wrapped in Pearl's arms.
"Hi there, little guy… did you enjoy your stay with our friends?" Bismuth grinned down at him. Harry nodded and smiled at the rainbow-haired gem, as he remembered her being kind to him yesterday.
"It was nice… thank you for asking Bismuth" he replied. "Well, I'm glad you think so kiddo" Bismuth gave him a wink and ruffled his hair, which made him giggle.
Then Harry was completely snatched from Pearl's arms by Lapis, who happily hugged him immediately, whilst Peridot stood blissfully to meet the little human again as well. "Hi there little one, remember us?" Lapis said.
"Hi, Lapis… and Peridot," he said shyly, looking at both of the gems. Lapis and Peridot let out an aww at how cute and shy he was to them. "Aww, don't be shy around us little guy," Peridot said, with a smile.
"So Pearl, what are you going to do next with Harry this evening?" Lapis asked and looked at Pearl, who could have sworn to see her annoyed. Probably because she had taken Harry away from Pearl without her permission.
But Pearl's face quickly changed into an exciting expression. "Well, I thought of taking him outside on the beach to play next" She suggested. Feeling some exercise to play or explore on the beach would be excellent for young human's health.
"Alright, then we'll join in the fun" Lapis added, wanting to have fun with the little boy. "Come on little guy, let's go outside for some fun and I can show you what I can do".
Lapis eagerly headed towards the front door, wanting to spend time with the little boy at the beach outdoors. Harry was willing to explore the beach in his curiosity and play with the gems too.
"Hi, wait for me Lapis! I want to show him what I can do as well" the small lime-green gem said, annoyed and not wanting to be left out. "That goes for me too" Amethyst quickly said, as both gems followed Lapis to the front door outside.
Pearl wanted to tell them to be extra careful with Harry before they went, as she didn't want him to get hurt or be in danger. Then her worries were soon washed away when a large hand rested on her shoulder. She turned her head to see Bismuth with a confident smile.
"Chillax Pearl, I'm pretty sure we'll be careful with him" the grey gem consoled her. Pearl looks at her, with concern, and then at both Ruby and Sapphire who nodded in confidence.
She knew that they are capable of protecting the boy. The white gem softly sighs as a way to let go of her worries in her thoughts for the boy's well-being. She smiles to reassure her friends that they were right, and she was fine with it.
Then Pearl and the others started walking to the front door to meet up with the rest of their fellow gems and Harry who were ready to play outside.
