Backstage Protection
A Steven Universe Fanfiction
Epilogue
A/N: Okay so, this is the first story I've finished in about a year, so I'm getting a little emotional while writing this. Sorry it wasn't updated yesterday, my mom's truck broke down on the way across the state so my schedule got all fucked up. Anyway, I said I'd do fusion, didn't I?
Lapis had suggested the human custom of 'cuddling' one day, and to her surprise and delight both she and Peridot had enjoyed it. As time went on – days turning into weeks, weeks into months – the two newest members of the Crystal Gems found themselves intertwined on the couch, enjoying each other's warmth, almost all of the time, only breaking out of their cuddles to talk to Steven or go out on a mission.
Of course, the ocean gem was better at reading people than her green lover was, and could tell quite easily that their new teammates were getting rather annoyed with their frequent public displays of affection. At first, she didn't change anything, purely out of spite. However, after a while she knew that she would have to do something or stop, or she and Peridot would be thrown out or something of the sort.
Lapis hesitated, not wanting to break their cuddling but also knowing she would have to. She thought, wondering how the two of them could be as close as possible without being wrapped around each other frequently. Finally, her mind settled on something she never thought she would do after having to preform the act to protect Steven.
"Have you ever thought about fusing?" She asked, moving her face to look at Peridot.
"Hm?" The technician seemed caught a bit off-guard by this question and furrowed her eyebrows. "Why would I ever think of fusing? It is a combat tactic, and I was built to work with machines and create new technology, not to fight other gems.
"It's not just a combat tactic. I mean, look at Garnet. It used to be something to bring Gems with emotional bonds really close together, but when the Diamonds started conquering planets they made fusion into something of a battle practice."
"How do you know this?" The green gem huffed. "We're the same age, and it's been the same way as far back as I can remember."
"My mother told me about it." She blinked.
"Oh, right, I forgot. Daughter of a Diamond, lots of privileges and facts none of the rest of us could get our hands on -"
Lapis pressed their lips together, and could feel Peridot's face heating up and becoming an even deeper shade of green. When she pulled away, she could tell that her objective of getting her lover to shut up had worked out rather nicely.
"If we fuse, we can be super close all the time, and we won't have to worry about annoying anyone else or having our productivity down." She smiled, the smile she often used to get what she wanted from Peridot. "C'monnnn. And if we don't like it we can just split up the fusion and go back to doing what we've been doing."
The technician thought momentarily, glancing past Lapis and out the window so that smile wouldn't prevent her from reaching a logical decision. The ocean gem squeezed her even tighter, hoping that she could get out a 'yes' without having to be looked at.
"... Alright."
Yes!
Excitedly, the blue gem grabbed her lover and quickly stood up with her. The two bowed, causing their gems to begin to glow nearly immediately.
The steps were barely complicated; it was a very simple waltz, perhaps the sort that one would be taught in high school. Lapis was smiling so widely that after a few minutes Peridot couldn't help but smile as well. Once the dance had been completed, the green gem dipped the blue, and a warm light encased them as they joined as one and grew.
They settled into this new form rather quickly, and it was clear just from looking at them that the fusion was a stable one. Her two greenish-blue arms stretched, three eyes blinking open. She looked down at herself, unable to help a smile when she looked down at the crop top and baggy short pants.
Turquoise rather enjoyed being herself. She rather enjoyed it, indeed.
Fin.