Porn warning here.
~O~
Hope Blossoms
"Hold him."
"Is this..."
"Yes, White; ah, good. He's content, you're doing well."
White cradled a lion in the crook of her arm, sitting beside Pink that early morning. They had chosen to sit beside each other in the gardens. White had found the time to spend with Pink, albeit short as it had to be. She wanted to introduce her to the animals of Earth, particularly the creatures called 'lions'.
The creature was one of Pink Diamond's favorites and seemed to connect well with the Rose Quartz's even more so. Nature had been something Pink Diamond and her court were well-attuned to. White often forgot that this could be a part of why Pink was so concerned for the natives of her planet.
White Diamond looked down at the lion; the creature seemed rather content in her arm, slumbering with one paw tucked to his face. She gently raised one finger to caress its small head and Pink seemed happy with the gesture.
"He's sleeping in my arms." White said. "I take it this is good?"
Pink laughed gently. "Yes."
White managed a small smile when she seemed pleased by this. She certainly admired the other matriarch's love of these things if it meant it benefited later study.
"White, I'm delighted you came to visit me today," Pink told her. She smiled a little, a particularly happy smile.
White looked up at her. She said nothing.
The heat was back in her chest, clenching.
"Pink..." she began, looking down at the lion in her arm. "I must ask you something and I trust you'll be honest with me."
"Of course." Pink looked at her with full focus.
"I understand you know what it is that I do," White said, glancing down, "I understand you know that I am not the best of company for you; Blue Diamond certainly offers more. It's to my understanding that she HAS offered you more."
Pink's eyebrows went up. "What do you - Oh. Oh!"
She realized what White Diamond was telling her; the other matriarch knew of her evening escapades with Blue. It wasn't like they behaved like that of most creatures who played with one another. The Diamonds had no shame with those sorts of things. Pink found human ideals in that particularly strange, but she herself had never thought of it possible with White.
Especially with White.
"It's true, Blue and I have played with one another," Pink said. She chuckled now and studied her with vague interest. "Does that make you jealous?"
White looked at her sharply, as if she were a young gem caught doing something particularly untoward. "No. I simply asked for your own benefit."
"I see..." Pink said, smirking slightly.
"You don't believe me."
"I've never known you to be jealous." Pink argued, gently, "In fact, you exhibit very little emotions in your face. So when you actually DO seem to show it, it's quite easy to notice. Oh, don't be upset. I'm happy that most were wrong in their assumption of you."
"Assumptions." White was well aware of what those were.
"Indeed. They were wrong. Emotion is still there within you. You just hide it very well."
White felt internally mortified by this knowledge, especially since Pink could easily read her. It shouldn't have been that way. But instead of voicing it, she exhaled patiently. "I see. Perhaps I must meditate on this to better improve..."
She started to rise, but Pink took her arm, stopping her. She looked worried that she'd offended the other diamond. "White, no. You don't have to do that," she said, gently rubbing to soothe her, "It's okay to feel a little. If just only a bit. There is nothing wrong with it."
White seemed to hesitate, consider her words. She suddenly seemed...uncomfortable and lost. "I will speak with you later."
She departed, but returned only moments later to gently place the lion onto a bed of leaves beside Pink. The matriarch watched her go, sighed sadly and shook her head. The lion that White had been holding awoke from her movements and wandered over to rest inside Pink's hands.
Well, perhaps later, then.
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Blue Diamond sighed, leaning back in the bath.
She was annoyed by the sound of her pearl addressing her. She opened her eyes and noticed the smaller gem bowing before her at the edge of the bath.
"What is it, pearl?" Blue asked.
"My Diamond, you have a visitor." she said, quietly.
Blue exhaled, but sat up. "Who is it?"
White Diamond spoke from the other side of her bath chamber doors. "It's White Diamond. I wish to speak with you."
Blue sat there in her bath, furrowing her brow with surprise before she sighed and stood up. "Very well. Come in."
The doors opened and White watched as Blue stood, water rushing down the length of her body. No particular need for modesty. White had seen her before anyway; when she and Yellow had spent time together in their chambers. It had been only inevitable that she'd walk in on them sometimes.
"I wanted to speak to you about something." White told her.
Blue nodded, retrieving her robes and fitting them on. "Alright. What is it?"
White hesitated and it was interesting watching conflict touch her face. Blue had very rarely seen it. It was intriguing, though troubling all the same.
"Is something wrong?" she asked.
"No. Not...Not really," White told her, glancing away. "It's about Pink Diamond. I was simply... Well, I'm not adept in dealing with these particular subjects and Yellow Diamond recommended that I speak with you about them."
"I see. Well, what do you wish to ask?"
White looked around for a moment, considering her words before she exhaled quietly. "We have had a few nice encounters as I'm certain that you are aware." She managed a very small smile that was there and gone again like lightning. "I've just never had to deal with these feelings before..."
"Ah." Blue Diamond chuckled softly, resting a hand on her shoulder. "White, you've done wonderfully thus far. Do you believe Pink could not adore you as she has the rest of us?"
White didn't respond. Her silence told Blue what she wanted to know. The other matriarch turned and Blue wandered toward the enormous balcony nearby.
"It's all very simple, White." she explained, "All you have to do is fulfill her every wish and desire; be a good lover for her and everything else will just flow naturally into place. It'll come together in time. It just requires patience and understanding. You're intelligent and we look to you for advice, White; you can understand the nature of love, yes?"
White furrowed her brow. She seemed unsure of that idea. "Of that, I do not understand. Nor will I pretend to."
Blue laughed gently, making her way to her again. She straightened White's cloak a little and patted her shoulders.
"White, love is as natural to all of us as the billowing winds and the pouring rain," she told her, "It's not something you regard with your laboratory tools. You love Pink, I've seen the way you look at her. It's unlike the stares you have when you work."
White looked away. She exhaled and nodded her approval. "You seem to know what you're talking about. I appreciate your advice, Blue Diamond."
"Of course." Blue smiled at her.
O
It had been a lovely evening.
White Diamond made her way to Earth once again, walking passed rows of gems who bowed to her; they didn't interest the older diamond. She found Pink in her chambers, studying herself in the mirror. Her pearl was nearby, giving her comments about her appearance. She seemed focused on something and White Diamond softly cleared her throat to get her attention.
Pink Diamond looked up into the mirror and smiled when she noticed her. "Ah, White. Good to see you, again," she said. She looked mildly concerned when she noticed the odd look on White Diamond's face. "Is...everything all right?"
"Yes, yes, I'm fine," White replied, quietly. "I simply wanted to return and extend an apology for my unworthy behavior."
"Oh. No apology necessary," Pink told her, shaking her head.
"But it was necessary of me. I had..." White trailed off when she noticed what Pink had occupied herself with - an unusual wooden tablet covered with interesting splotches of various colors. "What are you doing there?"
Pink looked down briefly at what White was staring at, then smiled. "Ah! You've noticed. I have much to show you from my observations this morning!" she said, standing. "Please, sit!"
White Diamond looked somewhat lost as Pink took her hand and urged her to sit where she had once been sitting.
"What are you doing, Pink?" White asked, unable to resist her curiosity.
"Well, today, I've watched the humans and they have given me a delightful idea." Pink told her, with a bright smile. "This afternoon, I've spent time here making what humans had taken to calling 'makeup'. It's quite wonderful."
White Diamond furrowed her brow, taking the small wooden plaque of colors Pink had created. She understood its purpose well enough given her study of the natives of Pink's colony. Some humans had taken to calling such things "war paint" for times of battle. It supposedly strengthened them somehow.
"Are you not aware that we could alter our appearances if we chose?" White Diamond asked, "Such a thing fails us."
"Yes, perhaps that is true. But this is fun! I've already painted up my Rose Quartz's," Pink Diamond told her, "And it's an excellent way to bond with one another. As I have seen, human females do this and discuss their most trivial details of their lives. But they seem to delight in it. Now that you're here, perhaps you will indulge?"
White Diamond glanced down when Pink began to dab one of her fingers into a dark, blue color. She made a small sound of embarrassed protest and scooted away when Pink tried to touch her cheek.
"Perhaps I am not suited to such - " she began.
Pink smiled at her and raised an eyebrow. "Trust me. You'll look lovely."
"Am I to assume I look less appealing without this?"
"No, of course not. Now hush and let me work."
It was fortunate that White Diamond adored Pink the way she did; most gems were not permitted to speak to her in such a tone. Still, she kept silent and allowed Pink the opportunity to indulge in what she felt was a mundane and ridiculous thing.
Pink Diamond began to rub the color on White Diamond's cheek, all the while the older gem sat perfectly still. She was quite good at that; lacking movement as needed. Sometimes, most gems who approached confused her for one of the many statues that littered her great halls.
"Do you have stories you'd like to share?" Pink asked, noticing how uncomfortable White suddenly seemed. She sought to ease the tension.
"Ah, yes; an observation, perhaps? I noticed your gardens are growing. They are quite lovely." White replied, watching Pink's face as the younger gem worked. She seemed curious. Maybe fascinated.
"Thank you, White. Would you like to join me for a stroll? Perhaps taking a break from your work would benefit you. You seem distracted."
White Diamond murmured an affirmative before Pink began to work the makeup near her left eye; the action made the older gem blink rapidly a few times, making Pink chuckle a little.
When Pink eventually pulled away to clean her fingertips on a cloth nearby, White assumed they were finished.
"May I stand now?"
"Oh, no. Not yet. I have to apply this to your lips as well."
"My lips?"
"Yes. Now..." Pink dabbed a little color onto her thumb, took a few seconds to study it before brightening. "Ah! Yes! This is more your color! You would certainly stand out!"
She leaned forward, raising an eyebrow. "Now, part your lips a little."
White Diamond glanced down at her fingers, then up to her and slowly parted her lips. Pink Diamond rubbed the color onto her lower lip first and White Diamond hadn't realized she'd shut her eyes. Mm, a nice touch. Normally, she was appalled at the idea of touch all together, but this was...nice.
Very nice.
Pink Diamond seemed interested in moving to her cheeks and it left White's lips trailing off in wonder as to where her fingers had gone.
"You look lovely!" Pink Diamond said, brightening. "Would you like to see?"
"I suppose if I must."
Pink stepped away from White Diamond's field of vision so that she could see herself in the great, expansive mirror before her. White Diamond tilted her head like a confused dog. Well, it certainly wasn't perfection, but Pink seemed quite proud of herself and she was not one to see her disappointed. Not this time.
"Yes, your hands certainly craft wonders," she replied, "Pray tell; is there more to these human rituals you wish to involve me in?"
Pink Diamond was delighted that she asked. "Yes! Come! Follow me into the gardens!"
"Very well. Pearl?" White Diamond looked down at her pearl and gestured that she follow them.
The two pearls obeyed and followed their diamonds out into the expansive rose garden outside. White Diamond looked down at them; a sea of pink roses as far as her eyes could see. Yes, she had definitely spent more time allowing the gardens to grow further. Pink smiled with pride and bent down, retrieving one of them.
"My gardeners have certainly outdone themselves this passed year," she said, "But I had a hand in it all the same. As I told you before, sometimes beautiful things can grow in place of destruction; there was a forest fire here, long ago. I made it beautiful."
She held up the rose to White Diamond and the other gem gently took it from her hand. She admired it for a moment before murmuring her approval.
Pink chuckled and gestured for her to draw closer. White Diamond did so and the smaller diamond placed a rose in her hair. White Diamond glanced up at the flower there and Pink laughed softly at her expression.
"Is there a purpose for this?" she asked.
"Yes."
White looked curious now - well, flowers suited no purpose that she herself could think of, but Pink smiled affectionately.
"To make you look beautiful."
"Honestly, Pink..."
The younger matriarch laughed gently. She drew closer, gently taking her hand and they continued walking through the gardens. The two pearls nearby followed, as permitted. White Diamond would never find herself using the word 'beautiful', but today was lovely, especially now that she had time alone with Pink.
"My Diamond!"
The two diamonds turned, just as an agate approached, holding a clipboard in hand. She quickly bowed to Pink and held it up to her.
"The expansion of the zoo is underway!" she said, "I was hoping for your approval on the - "
She noticed White Diamond's wide, annoyed stare and quickly withered, clutching the board close to her chest with a frightened sound.
"I'll come back later." she said, hurrying away.
"That would be best." White Diamond told her.
The gem hurried away, leaving the two alone once more. White Diamond looked down at Pink and the smaller diamond put her arms around her. After a few moments, White Diamond returned the embrace.
Pink looked down at her pearl and winked once. The smaller gem acknowledged and hurried away. White Diamond caught the gesture and looked down at her.
"Is this a part of your plan? To indulge in more human customs?"
Pink chuckled. "Oh, you caught me."
"I fail to comprehend your obsession with those creatures, but I confess they do create wonders," White Diamond replied. "Their music is something I do find pleasing."
"Interesting that you mention that, White."
White looked down and noticed the pearl return with a tablet. The gem pressed a few buttons before music filled the air. She held it up and White Diamond's pearl looked at her curiously.
The music was lovely. It was hard to imagine that humans could create such beautiful compositions. White Diamond regarded the pearl for a moment before looking at Pink. The smaller diamond reached up, taking one of her hands and setting it around her waist.
"I see." White Diamond mused. "You wish to dance. I don't dance."
Pink chuckled. "That's alright. There's a first time for everything. Now, just follow my steps."
She called it a 'waltz'. White Diamond found it pleasant, despite the fact that dancing always seemed unnecessary for her. Still, the delightful way Pink laughed made such a thing easily overlooked.
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Pink led White Diamond to her chambers and the pair watched Earth's moon from the chaise lounge. White Diamond watched the stars, somehow finding solace in the silence. It took a few moments before Pink looked at the other diamond curiously.
"How old are you, White?" Pink asked her.
"As old as this universe," White replied, without hesitation. She shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe older. I don't think about it anymore. Perhaps I don't remember."
Pink looked at her sadly. "Did it get lonely for you?"
"No." A pause. White seem uncertain. "Not anymore."
Pink smiled a little and leaned against her. White glanced down curiously at the gesture, noticing how the other matriarch seemed to relax her cheek against her shoulder. The heat in her chest returned, the flames within her being licking agitating sensations beneath her skin.
White Diamond felt the air change when Pink touched her; she rested a hand across her abdomen, gently caressing.
Now. Do it now.
"Where do we go from here, Pink?" she asked, her voice quiet in the room.
Pink leaned forward, whispering in her ear - a dulcet, feminine purr that could melt even the coldest beings in the universe. "The stars."
The comment confused White Diamond until she felt Pink's arms wrap around her shoulders, pulling her down to rest on top of her in the chaise lounge. Pink laughed with a delighted sound and White Diamond turned a little to get comfortable; she wrapped an arm around Pink's shoulders before pulling her into her chest.
She raised her free hand and Pink mirrored the gesture; their hands caressed like the bodies of two lovers, gentle and even teasing. Pink smiled up at her and she leaned up to kiss her lower lip. It was about as far as she could reach.
The heat in White's chest nearly blazed like an inferno.
"Touch me, White." Pink whispered, kissing her cheek.
White's eyes darkened and she looked at her, that stoic facade vanishing into something new; it was almost primal. She quickly regained her senses and shook her head rapidly.
"That's...what you want?" she asked.
"It's what I've wanted for a while," Pink rumbled, seductive in the wake of this new change. "You know I adore you, White. If you feel I am unknown to these things - "
"No, I just..." White looked at her, eyes heavy. "It's me you truly want. How can that be when Blue offers you far more congeniality than I can?"
Pink looked surprised by that. "Oh. Oh! I see..." she said, "You think..."
White looked at their hands as they continued to caress and touch one another in a slow, sensual dance. Even the slightest contact made every nerve ending in her body hum.
"I want you to be the one I share my bed with," Pink told her, kissing her fingertips.
"I must be mad to indulge in you." White Diamond murmured, quietly. A faint shudder ran through her body.
"No. You're quite sane, love." Pink Diamond assured her.
White Diamond looked at her for a moment, seemingly working something in her head before she kissed her, as if spurred on by the notion of sanity. Pink made a happily surprised sound, wrapping her arms around her shoulders.
"Oh! Oh," she murmured, between kisses, "You're sane. You're quite sane."
O
It had really been too long.
Once they began to kiss one another, this became obvious with every waking second that White hadn't been intimate with another in a very long time. It had never been needed and never been called for.
Pink kissing her neck, working her fingers into the thin, flesh-tight black mesh of her uniform made every inch of her body feel like fire.
"Do you want me as well, White? I hope I am not placing my desire where unwanted."
"No! No..." White was startled by how thick her voice sounded; it was also strained, betraying her desire. "No. I want you, Pink..."
Pink smiled with pleasure, quite happy with the response; she noticed the heavy-eyed stare on White Diamond's face, the way she seemed to shudder at every contact of her lips. She leaned forward, placing hot, open-mouthed kisses on her neck.
"How long has it been since you've been touched, White?" she asked, making her way lower to kiss the bare flesh of her abdomen as she managed to lightly pull the black mesh away.
"How long?"
"Too long."
Pink was content with that breathless response. White murmured something that Pink didn't hear, so she lifted her head from her task and met the other diamond's stare. White smiled a little and stretched, chest heaving with a low, deep inhale. She straightened after a few moments to cup her chin in one hand, placing a proper kiss on her lips.
Pink returned the kiss and reached up to cup her cheeks; her thumbs tracing the gray lines beneath her eyes and she shivered as White's mouth explored her.
The kiss turned a little more intense when she felt White's mouth part a little; when Pink opened her mouth and welcomed her, White gave a low, rather attractive murmur of appreciation and delved in. Her own tongue rose up to meet her and the entire room suddenly grew hotter.
White cradled her with one arm and the other teased down the length of her front, moving slowly passed her gem, then back up again, deftly dodging the place between her thighs.
Pink felt vulnerable in this position, but she trusted the older matriarch holding her close to her chest; her breasts were bared through the black mesh and Pink couldn't resist the urge to tease them, rubbing the darker skin of her nipples with light, inquisitive fingertips.
White's kiss grew slightly more passionate; her teeth lightly nipped her lower lip and it sent hot sparks dancing through her body. Pink parted from her just an inch to take a deep, shaking breath. White watched her, smiling a true, genuine smile.
"How beautiful you are," she sighed.
Pink chuckled against her lips. "Nothing like you."
"You flatter me."
White's thoughts derailed and her breathing stopped when Pink's fingers began to explore her chest. They moved lightly over her side, her leg and delved inward, making her suck in air through her nose and tense when she touched her there.
"I can do more than that for you, love," Pink said, her voice slightly strained when White mirrored the motion.
Another hiss. White almost sounded like she was in pain.
Yes, yes, finally! Touch me there!
Pink noticed how the other diamond looked in the darkness of the room; lips parted, eyes glazed over with a hunger she'd never seen before. It was wonderful to see White look at her with such need and devotion. Now that they were finally here together, it became apparent that her struggle to maintain control over herself was slipping.
"You can deny any emotion you wish, but you cannot deny this, love..." Pink told her, with a gentle, affectionate kiss to White's cheek. When the stroking became too much, she parted and gave a low sound of approval. "Oooh..."
Through the thin fabric of her clothes between her legs, White could feel how warm she was; the rubbing motions dampened the robes where she touched her. Her lips parted and she uttered soft, almost inaudible sounds of pleasure.
Pink's hands were everywhere; she moved to undress White completely, fingers tugging at the thick cloak somehow still on her shoulders. White stopped rubbing her, moving to assist in disrobing. Such a complicated affair - she hadn't needed to do so very often - and one that irritated her sensitive flesh to new levels of aching.
Once she was finally able to free herself from the confines of her attire, she was suddenly aware of Pink's stare. It left an odd ache in her belly and White looked down at her, face and cheeks suddenly flushed.
"What are you looking at?" she asked, lovely voice thick with arousal.
Pink smiled brightly, running a finger across a long, gray line that traveled across White's shoulder and down her arm. Many of these unique gray lines trailed all across her body.
She was thinner than the other two diamonds and not quite as shapely as Blue, but there was a beauty to her that Pink couldn't quite define. She noticed that White still waited for an answer and smiled tenderly, reaching up to kiss her again.
"You're lovely, White. Why wouldn't I look at you?" she told her. "And you..." She looked down, gently running a hand across White's abdomen. "Have a positively beautiful form."
White's cheeks flushed a little. She huffed at the dulcet manner that Pink had spoken and leaned in close to pull her up against her chest.
Pink smiled and gave a giggle as she worked to undress herself; the sense of urgency was there again and once she was properly undressed, her breath hitched when she felt a few fingers press against her slick folds.
White's eyes almost glowed in the darkness of the room. She lowered her head for another kiss, gently nipping the corner of Pink's throat. The matriarch beneath her squirmed, a few labored sounds filling her ears.
"Stay still, Pink," White soothed, lightly sucking on the skin of her neck, "This will please you."
Pink Diamond obediently stilled her hips from squirming too much at the promise of pleasure as she lightly touched her slick, aching folds with two gentle fingers. She stroked her hand back and forth, listening to the shallow sounds coming from Pink.
Then, without warning, she slid them inside at an agonizingly slow pace. She gasped as her touch sent prickling waves of heat through her and tried to stay still, but couldn't help making slight twitches when her fingers brushed against sensitive spots within her. They moved, seeking something...
Pink could most certainly appreciate the feel of those fingers as they worked slowly into her; White looked at her with an intense focus on her face as she rocked that hand. It reminded her of how the diamond often looked when she was studying something or working in her laboratory.
Here, it was so incredibly erotic that Pink felt her insides tighten.