Yeah.
"So… how will we now if it worked? We wait and see if your belly grows or…?", asked Greg lying next to Rose on a 120"x138" bed she created in her room.
"Hold on…", she replied closing her eyes. A moment later, her gem glowed. "Done", finished, opening them and smiling widely.
"Really?! We're already waiting for our baby!?", he inquired again excitedly, his pupils acquiring the shape of stars.
"Yes, there's already a zygote in my shapeshifted uterus", answered softly the now pregnant pink lady, happiness evident in her words, but remaining calm nonetheless.
"That… that's fantastic! We're already pregnant! We are gonna be parents!", Greg exclaimed hugging her tightly, barely able to contain his feelings as seconds after he got on his feet and started springing on the mattress.
"Please, be careful Greg", Rose said giggling, looking at her human significant other.
He stopped and crawled towards her, a big grin adorning his features. "Why? This place is made out of clouds, I couldn't hurt myself even if I wanted… literally, because you rule here. And I'm happy!", finished, pecking her lips and her cheeks quickly motivated by his emotions.
"I know, honey, but you are still naked, and you were jumping, and the motion…", she started explaining, stroking Greg's hair, who was kissing her neck when he felt the urge to stop her.
"Oh gosh, stop! Hahaha, I'm sorry, but I just couldn't help myself!", he excused himself, placing his head carefully on her exposed chest, and gazing at the eyes that were placed on him.
The place became silent as they needed no more words to express what they were feeling, but they had to talk to understand what they were thinking.
"You know? This is going to be the longest fusion dance", said Rose tenderly, who was still caressing her partner's hair.
He looked at the infinite pink sky above them and replied in a whisper. "But it's also gonna be a fusion like Garnet: fruit of our love".
"Yes, and it won't ever be undone", she replied sweetly, smiling at him once again.
Greg turned his head and kissed her gem, surprising her. "Listen to me, buddy. You are just starting to exist, and I already wanna see you. I don't know what to say… I don't know you yet. But there's something that I do know, and is that I already love you. And I assure you that you have the best mom in the entire universe. She even loves me, how's that?". His voice was low, but full of affection. He even shed a tear while he was speaking.
Rose would have too, but she was confused. "Is the baby able to listen to us already?".
"No… well, I don't know… not yet I think…", he answered, stroking his chin and looking at her, being apparently confused.
"What do you mean?", she asked again, turning her expression to a worried one.
"It's just that… I don't know when he will be born. Human pregnancies usually last around nine months, but since you're a powerful extraterrestrial…", Greg responded doubtful.
"Oh, no, don't worry! I know what a human embryo needs to be developed properly, and I will provide it just as a healthy human woman would", Rose assured him, caressing his back.
"So… nine months, then?", he inquired, still a little confused.
"Yes Greg, we'll have our child in nine months", she replied smiling, .
The aforementioned changed his position, lying on his side next to her and embracing her nude figure. "Now we have so much to do…", he whispered in her ear.
"I know…".
"Hey… there's something you haven't told me yet. How did Amethyst, Pearl and Garnet react?", Greg asked, not altering his tone nor his position.
Rose had to think about her answer. She knew how Greg felt about them, and even if most of them reacted nicely, maybe a simple opinion could really affect him.
Garnet accepted it. She understood perfectly their feelings, and she also was the result of two beings loving each other. Actually, that made her feel closer to them. Plus, she liked Greg, and he was making Rose happy, so she had no problem with them having a child… not yet, at least.
Amethyst accepted it. She wasn't going to judge her leader's plans, and she'd like to have a human child running around her. She had met a few in her life, and she liked their way of acting and thinking, which she considered to be really funny.
Peal pretended to accept it. She didn't like Greg much, and the idea of "fusing" with him disgusted her. She even knew the way humans created other humans, and she couldn't understand why someone like Rose Quartz would like to waste her power and her time doing something like that and spending nine months carrying an incomplete being inside of her. No, she hated the idea. Just like Rose, she wanted to protect the human kind, but that's because Rose wanted. If Rose told her to eradicate them, she would. She depended completely on her. Now, the one she loved the most was going to bring to life a being by mixing herself with a lower race. Pearl didn't accept it, but after discovering that she could do nothing to change Rose's mind, she said otherwise. After all, she was their leader.
After hesitating for a moment, the pink lady finally answered. "Actually, better than I expected! They… they'll even help us", she sounded as sure as she could.
"Really? Wow. That's great!", he cheered. "But yeah… now we have a lot to do! We have to buy diapers, and a cradle, and a baby buggy and formula… or do you prefer breastfeeding?", he stopped to look at her, whose expression was a little confused. He didn't let her finish as he continued listing things he thought they would need.
Rose was a little upset after all. Pearl, who had been with her the longest, didn't approve of her decision. Was she being shellfish? She just wanted to actually be a part of the world she loved by bringing a new life to it. Was that wrong? She was happy, and the human she had really loved after millennia being on Earth was happy as well. Somehow, she could understand how Pearl was feeling, but they also had their own fusion. Maybe… was she still jealous of Greg after so many years?
"… and a lot of pacifiers, and talcum powder, and…", he ceased when he saw his partner's deep-in-thought face. "Are you okay, Rose?".
She looked at him and pecked his lips. "Yes, it's just… how many pacifiers will be enough?", she replied, sounding a little doubtful.
Greg didn't realize, his enthusiasm didn't allow him. "Oh… I don't know. Maybe he'll lose some of them. But don't worry, we can buy those anytime we want!".
"Fine then", Rose said neutral, starting to get out of bed.
"Where are you going?", he asked, certain worry in his words.
"Oh, you know… Gem stuff…", she answered a little awkwardly before touching her gem, making her usual white dress cover her nude figure.
"Won't… that be dangerous… for you and… for the baby?", Greg inquired once again, more concerned now.
"Don't worry", she started, offering him an apparently reassuring smile. "There's no danger now, I just want to see how the Gems are doing".
"And I'm", Greg looked at his wristwatch, "Going to leave! My shift at the car wash starts in ten minutes!". He sprang out of the mattress and began dressing up.
"We'll need that to buy pacifiers", she said in an upbeat tone, making their bed disappear.
"And everything else!", he replied similarly. He gave her a quick kiss and she snapped her fingers, making the door appear, letting him leave in a hurry.
Rose went out a little after and went to look for Garnet. After some time, she found her training nearby, behind the lighthouse.
"Rose", she greeted stoically, stopping when she saw her.
"Hi, Garnet", she replied neutral.
"Congratulations", said the fusion when she got closer.
"Oh? Ah, thank you!", exclaimed now happier. "Could you help me?", her tone saddened again, and looked down.
"With the baby?", asked Garnet unsummoning her gauntlets.
"No… well, yeah. Do you know why Pearl dislikes the idea of… you know…?", she pronounced hesitantly, lifting her gaze again.
"I think you already know the answer".
"I just… I want her to accept our decision".
"I know, but not all of us think the same". Garnet got closer and held her hands. "Look Rose, after all this time, I can assure you that everybody has their own way of conceiving love. In this case, yours and mine are quite similar, but Pearl…". She stopped. She wanted to be honest with her leader, but she didn't like the idea of speaking badly about her comrade.
"What… does Pearl feel for me?", Rose inquired, fearing what could be the answer.
Garnet sighed. This wasn't easy to tell. "You were the first one that ever showed her affection, and she ended up admiring you and even imitating some of your actions… she loves you too, but not like Amethyst or me. She… she's practically obsessed with you, Rose". She finished, unsure of her words.
"So…", Rose looked at the ground, "It's that why she acts like that? She… doesn't want me to love anyone else?". Her eyes became wetter as tears started to appear.
"I'm sorry to be the one telling you… but yes, she doesn't really approve of your love towards Greg… and probably she doesn't approve of your baby either".
"But she has nothing to do with this!", she shouted, lifting her head. Two warm rivers adorned her features now. "I... I'm sorry, I shouldn't…", she wanted to excuse herself, being calmer now.
"Don't worry, I understand you", answered Garnet, offering her a smile, which ended up being corresponded.
"Thanks… I need to think about this now…", Rose whispered, letting her hands go and turning around.
Garnet didn't like seeing her like that. "Rose, do you want me to meditate about it? I could see the outcomes of…".
The aforementioned just turned her head and nodded silently.
It wasn't ethical but, in this case, it was almost necessary.
Rose spent her afternoon thinking. Thinking about her future. Thinking about Greg. Thinking about their baby. Thinking about the Gems. Thinking.
She barely saw Pearl. She spent the last two weeks almost entirely in her room, trying to avoid the thoughts of Greg and Rose… together, in more than one way. Her love towards the one who saved her life started to change. She knew that she did what she did for a reason, but… he's a human! For her, this race wasn't smarter than dogs. She really didn't had the same sight than Rose.
They casually met next to the warp pad, and they only shared a couple of words, both of them were "hi". Their eyes didn't get to meet, their feelings didn't let them.
Rose ended up outside, stepping on warm sand and seeing how the sun was hiding behind the horizon.
"Rose, here you are!".
That voice was Greg's. She really needed him in a moment like that. She didn't know about the rest of humans, but Greg was someone you could talk about your feelings with.
"Hey…", she said, turning to him. She sounded sad, even if she didn't want to. "Don't you usually come later?".
"Yeah, but I told Mr. Gallagher that I'm expecting a child and he let me go sooner today!", he said, smiling while he held his guitar.
"That's… nice of him", she replied softly, looking down.
"Well, he hired me and I had no idea of…!", he stopped. Her expression concerned him more than anything had ever before. "Rose, is everything okay?".
Rose met his gaze. "Yeah... I-". She couldn't continue as Greg interrupted her, dropping his instrument and getting closer.
"Please, don't lie to me", he held her hands. "Are you okay? Is… is the baby okay?". Those last words were like stabs for him.
"It's okay…".
"Rose!".
Her eyes wetted again, as they did when she spoke to Garnet. "It's Pearl!", she exclaimed.
"W-what happened?! Is she okay?!", Greg asked, worrying even more.
"I… I don't know…", she said now calmer.
"What do you mean? Please, Rose, tell me what's happening!". Now he was feeling fear. He didn't know what to expect anymore.
"I think… she doesn't accept us… having a child…", she replied lowly and sobbing, her eyes focused on the sand laying under her.
"…", Greg let her hands go. "I should have known it…". Rose lifted her eyes as his were now on the ocean. "Did you know that she tried to make us break up when we started dating?".
Rose simply shook her head. Honestly, she didn't know much about Greg and Pearl's relationship.
"It's normal, I guess… look, I could tell you a lot of things I'm not sure of. There are only two things I do know: that you have me, and you will have me until I die; and that, if someone really loves you, that someone will end up completely accepting you, your likes, your principles and your decisions".
Even in her state, Rose's pupils acquired the star-like shape. Greg met them, his being as humid as hers, and then he hugged her.
"After all the time you've been together, I'd say she'll end up accepting us. If she doesn't… maybe…". His tone was serious all the while.
"Thank you…", she said in a whisper.
The ultimate decision was up to Pearl. Even if she could be influenced, she was the one who had to choose what to do.
"Hey, what's the guitar for?", Rose asked after a few silent moments, resting her head on his shoulder.
"I couldn't stop thinking about everything that happened… and a song came up", he answered, a little sheepishly now.
"May I hear it?".
"Of course!".
They broke the embrace and he took his guitar. He dusted it off and sat down.
He started strumming. "This is how it goes…". Rose sat in front of him.
"I can't even recall how much time it's been/
And after all you just wanted to stay with me/
All I can say is that I love you too/
And my life is better since I met you two-/".
He stopped and caressed her around her gem.
"I'm the luckiest being who has been on this planet/
Even if I'm just a human I can really feel your power/
And now we are one, awaiting a comet/
To bright our universe, for now and-"
"Forever", they said in unison, smiling fondly.
"That's all I have for now…", Greg whispered.
"I love it, and I love you…".
Till next time, friends. Thank you for coming. This is your host for the evening...