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Life.

In a way, it's much like a raging fire. Despite every effort made to the contrary it can never truly be controlled or contained. One small mishap...one stray ember...one mistake, can cause the smallest flame to burst into a raging inferno...and yet there is a calming, almost peaceful, beauty to the blaze.

However, all too often there will be those who find themselves standing far too close to the fire to truly appreciate just how hot it burns. Mesmerized... Fearful... Arrogant... The cause can be numerous, but the result is always the same...stay too close for too long and nothing but ash will remain...

Sometimes it's too much to bear. Sometimes it's clear a step back is needed, but with no ability to do so on ones own...sometimes all it takes to appreciate the destructive brilliance raging just outside your grasp is to be drawn back by those who wish you no harm.

A bonfire is far more magnificent without the haze of smoke clouding your eyes and burning your lungs after all...

“What on earth are you doing in here babe!? Why is there so much smoke!?”

“Don’t worry about it! I have everything under control, now get out of here!”

“Like fucking hell you have everything under control! Open the fucking window before we suffocate!”

“I was getting to it for fucks sake, get the hell out of here Lapis! I. Have it. Under control.”

“Are you fucking serious Jasper!? I’m just trying to- My oven! Jasper what did you fucking do!?”

“Dammit Lapis! Don’t look- Fuck! I was just trying to make those sugar cookies you like okay!?”

“I don’t give a fuck what you were doing, dumb-ass! It’s not fucking worth it if you burn our house down!”

“Fuck you Lapis! Insolent little bitch, see if I ever try and do something nice for you ever again!”

“Bitch!? At least I’m not a stupid fucking piece of shit that can’t work a simple convection oven!”

“You know what? Fuck you Lapis and fuck your stupid little oven thing too!”

*NYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW*

Lapis and Jasper froze at the sudden pain filled screech that echoed around their kitchen from the open window that Jasper had just thrown Lapis’ small convection oven through. It took a moment for reality to clear away the rage induced haze from their eyes, but when it did both their faces fell into matching looks of unease.

“Oh God, Jasper you threw the oven onto something out there! Oh God, Oh God…What if you killed whatever it was? It sounded kind of like a cat…oh fuck what if it’s not fully dead and just lying there suffering!? Oh God, I’m gonna be sick…” Lapis’ rambled, staring at the floor in horror as her hands pulled at her cobalt blue hair.

Jasper found herself simply staring at Lapis’ little meltdown for a moment, before taking a deep breath and forcing herself to push down the current whirlwind of emotions inside her mind. Which was about as easy as swallowing a mouthful of sewing needles, but Jasper knew she needed to be the one who took charge of the situation since Lapis was overly sensitive to concepts such as loss of innocence and death.

It’s not like Jasper could blame Lapis for that though, not with everything the smaller woman had been through in her life. The world may see nothing but a spiteful and vindictive young woman, but Jasper knew better.

“I’ll go see what I hit and if it needs to be put out of its suffering.” Jasper said with a solemn tone as she turned and made her way towards their back door, her large calloused hand gently ruffling through Lapis’ hair as she passed.

Lapis was momentarily dumbstruck by the gentle and loving gesture. It really shouldn’t surprise her anymore how quickly the two could go from seething anger to butterfly touches, but it always seemed to suck the air from her lungs.

“T-throw the oven in the dumpster while you’re out there, knowing your strength that old thing probably exploded upon impact.” Lapis softly called after her with Jasper offering a small grunt of acknowledgment as she stepped out into the alley behind their small home.

The small alley was fairly well maintained by the neighborhood with trash being properly placed in sealed bins or the large dumpster at the far end of the street so it was rare for them to get any sort of animal back here since there was no readily available food.

Jasper grimaced at the sight of the small convection oven, true to Lapis’ guess it was completely destroyed. It probably hadn’t helped that Jasper threw it hard enough for it to bounce off the old concrete wall of the large warehouse that lined the opposite side of the alley from their house.

*GRRRRROOOOOOOOWWWWWWW*

The large woman’s eyes shot towards that sudden sound to find one of the tiniest cats she had ever seen stuck under one of the larger pieces of oven shrapnel. From what Jasper could tell it seemed to be okay, only stuck, and she breathed a small sigh of relief that the screech they heard was probably one of surprise rather than pain.

“I’ll be with you in a second fuzz ball, I gotta pick up the rest of this shit first.” Jasper said with the gentlest tone her gruff voice could handle, remembering what Steven had tried to teach her about interacting with animals the last time she had failed at holding his pet tabby cat Lion.

A small frown made its way onto her face when the cat’s response to her words was an angry hiss followed by a squeaky yelp of pain. Maybe the cat hadn’t gotta away from her temper unscathed after all.

“Way to go you brute…” Jasper sighed to herself as she made quick work of gathering and disposing the remnants of the oven aside from the chunk still pinning the cat. Once she was done she made her way back over to the small creature and crouched down, ignoring the enraged hiss she received for apparently getting too close.

Now that she was seeing the thing close up she could tell this was no ordinary cat. Its fur was a pale green accented with an unnaturally bright yellow on its head and the tip of its tail and paws, but what struck Jasper the most were the cat’s glaringly green eyes…its incredibly intelligent green eyes…

“What are you?” Jasper whispered, feeling her pulse rise as she watched the cats gaze lock onto her own before its eyes narrowed and it let out another hiss. A thousand questions exploded through Jasper’s mind at the thought that this weird cat could somehow understand her. However, before her mind could run off to imagination land and leave her sitting in the alley like a moron the sound of a door opening grounded her back in reality.

“It landed on a kitty? Is it okay?” Lapis asked with worry thickly laced through her tone as she took a few steps closer to where Jasper was crouched.

Jasper chafed at the tone, it was the same one Lapis used whenever she was bandaging up a cut or other such wound on Jasper that the blunette herself had inflicted. It was a guilty tone and Jasper hated it almost as much as she hated the situations that caused Lapis to use it.

“Well are you fuzz ball?” Jasper asked mockingly, watching closely as the cat’s gaze flicked between the two of them before it tried to burrow further under the chunk of oven it was pinned beneath. “Yeah I don’t think so, creepy cat you are coming inside with us so we can figure out what to do with you.”

The reaction to her words was instantaneous as the cat began to hiss louder than before, unsheathing its claws in preparation to fight off Jasper should she try and grab her. Jasper smirked devilishly at the display as she flexed her right hand. Her skin was tough as leather and extremely calloused from all the manual labor odd jobs she had done over her lifetime, she wasn’t worried in the slightest about what this tiny cat could do.

“Lap’ I’m gonna grab the little beasty and when I do I’m gonna need you to take that last piece of the oven to the dumpster for me.” Jasper spoke slowly, locking eyes with the cat as she flexed her right hand once again only this time it was for the cat to see.

Whatever Lapis had said in response to Jasper’s demand was lost on the larger woman as she was completely focused on the small standoff she was having with the weird green cat. It had stopped hissing and was now very blatantly glaring at her, it even flexed its own right appendage as if in challenge to Jasper.

A wide smirk filled Jasper’s lips seconds before her hand shot out like a skilled viper. The cat was apparently ready for the strike however and while Jasper managed to grab the cat by the scruff of its neck it did manage to sink its teeth into her wrist while bring its claws up into her forearm.

“Ow, you little shit! Got a lot of fight in you for something so small!” Jasper bellowed with laughter as she stood, pulling the small creature up with her once Lapis had pulled off the shrapnel and began rushing towards the dumpster.

The cat merely growled through its teeth as it tried to do as much damage to the large woman’s arm as it could. Jasper was about to mock the small cat for losing their little contest, but was stopped as she felt Lapis’ hands work their way around her grip on the cats scruff.

“Be careful Jasper she’s hurt! Look the poor thing’s leg is all cut up!” Lapis complained angrily as she began prying the cat loose from Jasper’s grasp.

Sure enough when Jasper’s eyes flitted down to the lower half of the cat that had been covered by the oven piece she saw a rather large gash going from the cats hip down its right leg. It caused Jasper to pause for a moment as the wound didn’t look like it was caused by the oven, in fact it looked like the fur around the wound had been singed off…

Jasper’s mind snapped back into focus when she felt the cat finally get pried free from her grip. “Careful Lap’ that thing is fucking…vicious…huh?” The assertion slowly faded out as Jasper stared dumbstruck at the cat as it lounged happily in Lapis’ arms while said woman scratched gently behind its ears.

“Maybe if you tried a little harder to seem less threatening animals wouldn’t be so adverse to you.” A small sigh followed Lapis’ words as she took a step closer to Jasper. “Alright let’s see it.”

Jasper huffed in annoyance, glaring angrily at the small green cat, before presenting her right arm for Lapis to inspect. The smaller woman gently took it in her free hand and began to examine the series of small claw and puncher marks. Doing this had caused her to stop her scratching of the cats head, which caused the cat to glare up at Jasper, which also caused Jasper’s own glare to deepen in turn.

“You just need a little cleaning and a few Band-Aids, nothing major, come on let’s get inside and get you two feisty girl’s fixed up.” Lapis said with a small snort of laughter as her hand returned to the cats head, making it purr with contentment.

“Let’s just hope it doesn’t have rabies.” Jasper huffed as she followed Lapis back inside, taking one last glance back into the alley for reasons she didn’t really understand before shutting the door behind her and following Lapis towards their bathroom.

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Neither Lapis nor Jasper would be considered overtly rich by most metrics, but together they were doing pretty well for themselves. It was that 'want for naught' lifestyle that drew them back into each others lives after their third breakup.

One of the many things neither took for granted any more after their time apart was comfy and spacious living arrangements. Single one room apartments, loud neighbors right above you, nosy roommates, bad maintenance and the smell of drugs in the hall were all nightmares of the past now that the two could afford their own home.

They both loved their little house. It was on a quite street not far from either of their jobs and it was just spacious enough for Jasper and Lapis to each have their own space, However, their favorite thing about this particular house was the newly renovated and fairly lavish bathroom that it had.

Both Lapis and Jasper could find themselves spending hours just relaxing in the bathtub after a rough day, it ranked pretty damn high on their lists of 'best places in the world' due to just how at ease it would always make them...sadly the small cat in Lapis' arms didn't seem to agree with that sentiment.

It didn't take long for pandemonium to break out once Jasper and Lapis entered the room. The small cat had seemed perfectly content resting in Lapis' arms, that was until the blunette had stepped up to the tub and switched on the faucet.

An enraged yowl echoed around the room as the cat leapt from Lapis' grasp and bolted for the door, almost making out into the house before Jasper slammed the door shut in its face.

Lapis had been so surprised by the sudden yowl that she had jumped in place, nearly slipping on the bathmat in the process, her arms loosening up just enough for the small cat to spring free of her grasp despite her best efforts to hold onto it.

“No, Kitty it's okay! The water won't hurt you I promise!” Lapis shouted nervously as she watched the small cat zipping back and forth under Jasper's feet as the larger woman tried in vain to catch it. “Be careful where you step Jasper! You’ll crush her!”

Jasper’s gaze snapped up to look at Lapis, her face twisted into an annoyed grimace as an audible growl left her lips. “I’m not going to step on it! Now help me catch the little shit before I change my mind!”

Lapis rolled her eyes at Jasper’s tone, her upper lip starting to curl up into a snarl. However, a small squeak of either pain or fear from the cat brought Lapis’ focus back to the small creature before she could act on her sudden anger towards Jasper.

“Okay, Jazz you stay on that side!” Lapis shouted as she moved herself more towards the middle of the room. Jasper nodded as she positioned herself opposite of Lapis, not bothering to question the smaller woman’s plan. “On the count of three…”

The cat had stopped in the center of the room, its gaze flicking between the two young women as it stayed hunched close to the floor. Jasper couldn’t get over the fact that the cat seemed to hold an almost knowing expression as it sized them up…

“One… Two… Three!” Lapis shouted as the pair made a move to grab the cat…the cat had been ready...

Forty minutes, three broken bottles, a torn shower curtain, at least fifty sheets of wasted toilet paper, sopping wet clothes, a bunch of new bite marks on Jasper’s hands and a new hole in the wall later the cat was freshly washed, fluffed and bandaged.

Jasper’s heated glare never left the, now fluffy, green demon as it sat on the toilet seat licking its paw in an aloof manner as if it hadn’t just put her and Lapis through hell. Lapis for her part seemed to be all smiles, finding the cat’s antics to be strangely endearing. “Oh stop, your face will freeze like that!”

The larger woman finally allowed her gaze to drift from the cat to the undeniably cute expression Lapis wore as she treated and bandaged Jasper’s arm. A small smile made its way onto her lips for a moment before she forced it away and spoke up. “Little shit broke my favorite perfume, some thanks we got for trying to help it.”

“She was just scared Jazz, you saw how she relaxed once we finally got her in the tub.” Lapis giggled lightly as she finished her work on Jasper’s injuries before standing and making her way over to the small cat and scooping it up into her arms. “And you need to relax around water little missy, it’s one of my favorite things so I don’t need you going ballistic every time you get near it.”

Jasper’s eyes widened at that remark, that sounded an awful lot like Lapis was planning to adopt this weird ass cat and she had no intention to let that little fuzzy shit invade her space any longer than absolutely necessary. “I sincerely hope you don’t plan on us keeping that little monster.”

Lapis pulled the cat into a tight protective squeeze and Jasper might have found some amusement in the cat’s obvious discomfort if she wasn’t so focused on the awful words coming out of the shorter woman’s mouth.

“We have too! Look at how precious this little baby is! We can’t just give her back to whoever had her before, look her fur is still dyed even after the bath! That can’t be good for her health and what about her leg? Please Jasper? I…I promise I won’t mess with your stuff in the backroom any more, no matter how angry I get at you for being a meathead!”

Jasper could already feel a headache coming on strong at the thought of having to deal with that fur catastrophe every day until it died or she did. Plus all the extra expenses it would bring, sure they weren’t bad off money wise, but…but Lapis did look like she genuinely cared for the cat already and taking it from her would be difficult.

It made her happy. Just by existing in her arms it made her happier than Jasper had seen her be in quite a while. Lapis was even acting all sweet to her which was something that didn’t happen often, especially not after they had a fight like the one not even an hour ago in the kitchen…

If it made Lapis happy then Jasper could deal with a little inconvenience, even if that inconvenience was a freaky little cat she supposed.

“Fine we can keep it, but you have to behave you little shit.” Jasper said with a forced sigh as she reached forward to poke the cat on the nose, receiving an annoyed little huff in response. Before Lapis could respond Jasper stood and strode passed her and back out into the house.

“Hear that Kitty you get to stay with us! We will get you all kinds of little toys and- Hey! What’s the matter!?” Jasper turned from her spot by the fridge to see Lapis standing right outside the bathroom door struggling to keep the cat in her arms.

What caught Jasper by surprise was the genuine, almost human, look of fear on the cat’s face as it tried desperately to free itself from Lapis’ grip. Jasper only managed to take one step towards them when a loud clang echoed from the alley causing the cat to freeze, its gaze snapping towards the window as it trembled in fear.

Jasper turned towards the window as well for a moment before she locked her gaze with the cat’s gaze once again. Fear and…pleading? Jasper shook her head clear of her rambling thoughts once again, right now was not the time to get caught up in the uncannily intelligent eyes that cat seemed to have.

“Lapis, bathroom. Now.” Jasper spoke forcefully as she reached under the sink to pull out the black steel machete she kept under there for home defense. Lapis nodded wordlessly and she turned and slipped back into the room with the cat still tucked in her arms.

Jasper drew in a deep breath before unsheathing her blade and stepping up to her back door. A moment passed where she readied herself for whatever was on the other side, before she threw the door open with a loud and anger filled shout. “YOU DIGGIN’ IN THE TRASH AGAIN!?”

The large woman stormed out into the alley, knuckles white against the grip of her blade, and was prepared to start swinging it when she stopped dumbstruck at the sight before her. Three men and one woman stood in the alley all of them wearing long lab coats except for the tallest man who wore a freshly pressed black suit and tie.

The trio of nerds in lab coats squeaked in fear dropping the trash bin lids they were holding back onto their respective containers before moving to cower behind the sharply dressed man. “We apologize for causing any disturbance Ma'am. We are searching for…our pet that had run off in this direction and we were just checking to make sure it hadn’t gotten into your bins.”

Jasper had to suppress a shudder at the almost unnatural way this man spoke, but she managed to keep her composure and continue along with the act she had devised only moments ago. “Damn straight it got in our bins! Whatever the fuck it is you’re chasing knocked over everything, had to spend all night cleaning it back up!”

A sudden chill swept down her spine at the way the man seemed to grin slightly at what she said. Jasper began to wonder if she had fucked up, but didn’t get to dwell on it long before a soft beeping sound came from the man’s suit jacket.

“Did you happen to see it or which way it went?” The man asked as he pulled what appeared to be some kind of custom made smart phone from his pocket. He glanced at it for a few moments, before slipping it back into his pocket to look at Jasper with a level of expectancy that sent another chill through her.

It felt like he knew something that she didn’t and Jasper didn’t like that.

“No or it would be dead right now, by the time I grabbed my knife it was already gone. Why don’t you keep your shit under control or next time I’m calling the cops and the neighborhood watch on you stupid fuckers.” Jasper all but snarled as she spit out the words in an effort to cover her ever increasing discomfort of the situation.

This time the man gave her a full blown smile, his mouth full of picturesque white teeth that any super model would kill to have. “I assure you there will be no next time. Once again we apologize for this inconvenience.”

Jasper glared at the four as they walked passed her and down the alley until they reached the end of the small gravel road. They turned right, taking another small road leading behind the large warehouse and were finally out of sight. A breath of relief fell from her lips as she waited in the alley for another few minutes to make sure they wouldn’t double back before she turned and went back inside.

Jasper made her way towards the bathroom, placing her blade on the counter as she passed. She had so many questions circling in her head, but she needed to let Lapis know that they weren’t in any sort of danger before she could get lost in her thoughts.

Opening the door Jasper was surprised to find Lapis sitting on the floor in the far corner of the room with a look of disbelief and fear plastered to her face. The cat was currently sitting on the floor in the center of the room and appeared to be in the middle of coughing up a hairball…only a hairball was not what finally fell out of the cat’s mouth.

Jasper’s watched in disbelief as a small metal orb clattered to the floor, staying still for a moment before sprouting legs and quickly making its way towards the small, now open, window they had above the bathtub.

Everything seemed to suddenly slam together in Jasper’s mind all at once and before she knew it she had crossed the small distance between her and the cat and had snatched it up once again by the scruff of its neck.

“You’re a fucking alien aren’t you!?” Jasper whisper shouted as she brought the cat up to be eye level with her, holding it only a few inches from her face.

Silence fell upon the room. Lapis finding it nearly impossible to breath with the thick tension suffocating the air, Jasper found herself holding her breath for a completely different reason as she held eye contact with the cat as she waited for her answer.

The cat stared back at Jasper, its eyes squinting slightly as if it was mulling over its options before it opened its mouth and huffed out a little audible sigh. “Fine, yes I suppose I am what you earthlings would refer to as an extraterrestrial.” The cats nasally voice came out sounding rather tired as it spoke.

To their credit neither Jasper nor Lapis screamed or panicked, they only stared at the talking cat with dumbstruck expressions for a few moments before their real reactions to the situation finally kicked in.

“Oh sweet fuck this is-” “SO COOL!”

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An unamused expression quickly overtook the small cat's face as it was held suspended high in the air while the two young women quickly devolved into vitriolic shouting and name calling. Only reaffirming that they were indeed the pair it had heard fighting with each other as it tried to sneak through the darkened alleyway...as if being hit with their primitive cooking technology hadn't already done that...

“So cool my ass Lapis! We have a real fucking alien in our house!” Jasper snapped, albeit with far more disbelief in her voice than actual anger. Making sure to keep the alien cat well out of Lapis' reach as she tried to get a grasp of the situation.

Lapis would have had stars in her eyes at the prospect of meeting an real to life alien if Jasper hadn't pulled the small alien out of her grasp before she had a chance to grab it. “Would you relax Jasper? It's obvious they're not dangerous so stop being an ass and let me hold her!”

Again, Jasper was left momentarily reeling in disbelief at just how little self preservation Lapis apparently had. Only to feel her mood shifting to real, unbridled anger as Lapis disregarded her and tried to climb up her arm to get to the cat...alien...thing. “It's not fucking obvious at all! You need to pull your head out of your ass!

“Fuck you! Stop treating me like I'm a stupid child, I am more then capable of understanding the situation.” Lapis snarled as she yanked at Jasper's arm with next to no delicacy, only to further agitate the claw and bite wounds she had previously taken time to bandage.

“Then stop fucking acting like one! This thing could kill us at any moment and you want to cuddle it? It sounds pretty fucking stupid to me!” Jasper adopted a snarl of her own, her words coming out deep and menacing as she harshly shoved Lapis away from her.

It was obvious after catching her footing that Lapis was seeing red as she quickly adopted a more hostile stance before continuing to berate the larger woman. “I don't want to cuddle it you big stupid piece of shit! Stars, why do I continue to deal with you?

“Don't be a little bitch, if you don't want me here then just say so! Talk about being a stupid piece of shit!” It was easy to hear the sneer in Jasper's words, but her facial expression was still twisted up in that nasty snarl. Her grip on the alien tightened, much to its dismay, but for them time both women seemed to have forgotten its existence.

“Oh now I'm a bitch? I'm never the little bitch when I'm kicking the shit out of you!” Lapis' anger had reached the tipping point as she started to preemptively tighten her muscles for the inevitable series of blows one of them was about to unleash on the other.

“Is that so? Well that blood stain on the wall in the hallway sure as hell didn't come from me!” Jasper felt her own posture shifting in preparation of the incoming physical conflict. Her grip still tightening around the alien cat's scruff, causing it to wriggle in discomfort.

“Maybe I'll make a new stain to match it after I break your fucking ugly ass nose again!” Lapis all but screamed as she prepared to lunge at Jasper, but her chance to escalate their fight ended before it even had the chance to begin.

“ENOUGH!!”

The sudden piercing shout from the long forgotten alien instantly smothered the thick cloud of tension that had overtaken the room, leaving the pair frozen in place. Acting quickly while both earthlings were still stunned the alien deftly slipped a sharp claw under one of Jasper's fingernails, causing the large women to let out a sharp hiss of pain as she instinctually threw the cat forward.

With only a small trajectory shift the cat managed to land on Lapis' shoulder with a soft thud. After taking a moment to steady itself it lent in and bit the tip of Lapis' ear before jumping off her and onto the bathroom counter.

An unfortunate series of critical miscalculations.

While the statement felt overly simplistic in nature, it did perfectly sum up the frankly nightmarish situations the small alien seemed to constantly find itself in since landing on this primitive planet. The only situation that could even remotely be considered as a positive was coming into contact with these two natives.

In fact, the brief time that she spent pretending to be a creature of lesser intellect had proved to be fairly rejuvenating...getting comforted and adored was also a nice change of pace compared to the treatment from those at that horrid 'research' facility...

However, it was obvious that the brief time of moderate relaxation seemed to be well past its end if the looks on the two natives faces were anything to go by.

At least the pair was directing their ire towards her now and not at each other. The little alien had done copious amounts of research on this planet and it's inhabitants and was certain that this level of animosity was not normal among those who were in 'close proximity relationships'.

“Why'd you bite me!? What's your name!? Where do-” Lapis' sudden onslaught of questions was halted just a swiftly by Jasper stomping her foot harshly on the tiled floor. Lapis' whole body snapped back towards Jasper with each of the women adopting a fighting stance yet again.

“I said that is enough! You two objectively fall under the categorical definition of 'adults' or 'fully developed' for your species and yet you act as if you are 'juveniles'. I insist that you cease with this asinine behavior and talk calmly with each other about your qualms so that we may move on to other, more pressing matters.”

The cat snapped with annoyance, its tail flicking back and forth irritably as she eyed the pair with a look of disapproval.

“What the hell are you talking about?” Lapis asked with a snarl as she dropped her aggressive stance and instead brought her hand up to rub at her still stinging ear. While she didn't necessarily feel any blood, she still wasn't fully convinced that the cat hadn't pierced her ear with it's unjustified nip.

“I thought emotional understanding and such ilk were one of your species fortes, perhaps I was greatly mistaken.” The alien cat gave a thoughtful hum before continuing. “I am a near perfectly logical being, my understanding of your kind's 'emotional spectrum' is limited, but from all the data I have accrued on the subject it is clear that you two share some form of emotional bond.”

The cat bit at one of it's claws for a brief moment, as if it were waiting for one of the two earthlings to voice some form of counter claim or argument, when none came it raised it's head and began to speak once again.

“My instruments are limited and trying to make detailed calculations on such volatile aspects of the mind without them is difficult even for one such as myself. However, it is clear that you two share some form of mental turmoil...or of some kind at least very similar in nature...and you two find comfort in each other, be that through physical or other such means.”

It was obvious to the alien that the pairs go-to method to work off their mental pressure was through assaulting each other, but both Lapis and Jasper took the phrase 'physical comfort' a completely different way then the alien had intended.

To say the small alien cat was confused would be an understatement. The two young earth women were ready to fight one another to visible injury mere moments ago and now they were each sporting a deep red blush, while shyly looking away from each other.

“What!? What is going on? Am I incorrect? I thought-” The alien cat seemed to fluff up as it raised it's voice in what sounded like a weird mix of confused anger. It's little tirade was cut short by a snort of laughter from Jasper.

“You're not wrong, but you might want to be careful with what words you use. Shit often has more then one meaning. Besides that, I wouldn't say you were wrong either way, it's just...our relationship is...well, difficult...” Jasper spoke with a hushed tone as she rubbed the back on her neck. Her gaze staying as far away from Lapis as it could, eventually landing on the small open window above their tub.

Hopefully no one had heard them screaming...at least the neighbors would pay them no mind, it was common for them after all, but those creeps from the alley...

“I fail to see what other meaning you could've ascertained from my words, but let me rephrase regardless.” The cat's face seemed to scrunch up in distaste for a moment before it cleared it's throat and began speaking again. “Perhaps a different approach altogether...Lapis does Jasper upset you?”

The two young women seemed taken aback at hearing their names spoken out loud by the alien, but their shock quickly shifted to unease as the question being posed to the smaller of the pair finally registered in their heads.

Lapis felt her heartbeat slowly begin to increase as she thought about all the recent times Jasper had pissed her off or that the two had fought, be it verbally or physically. “Yes, she does.” The words seemed to fall from her lips with a will of their own...

“That is apparent. Does she upset you often?” The cat asked in a tone devoid of emotion, as if it was asking about programming code rather then Jasper and Lapis' personal thoughts and feelings.

“Yes, she does.” Lapis answered with as neutral of a voice as she could, although unable to fully remove the small waver from her words. Her arms came up to wrap around herself, suddenly feeling very exposed.

“Does she do it on purpose?”

Jasper felt her whole body stiffen upon hearing that question leave the cats mouth. Her fight or flight response told her to either make the cat stop speaking or to leave the room entirely, but her body instead stood stark still as she waited for Lapis to start laying into her-

“No, I don't think so...” Lapis' voice came out so soft and almost mournful as she answered that Jasper had to replay the words in her head multiple time before she could understand them. When they did finally register Jasper's whole body whipped around to face Lapis, the grimace she had been wearing fell into a look of astonishment and confusion.

The moment of awkward silence was short lived due to the cat changing targets. “Jasper, does Lapis upset you?”

“Why the fuck are you asking!? You're not our goddamn counselor, you know nothing about us! You're a fucking alien for fucks sake!” Jasper snapped with a mixture of emotions she wasn't equipped to decipher nor really handle.

“Indeed, I am an 'alien' from a race of beings who use logic and reason over all else. When those in my cut wronged me, made massive trajectory altering mistakes to our projects or so forth we did not let what you call emotions rule our interactions.

We would seek out a third party who would mediate our discourse and we would come to agreeable terms. Either we would be split up so as to not cross paths and incur the same issues again, or we would work out whatever issues were there and return to normalcy with renewed vigor.

It is clear that you two have dealt with much in your relatively short lives, I can tell from the beat of your hearts to the dilation of your eyes. You are feeling more emotions each second then I have since my creation...and due to your apparently frequent outbursts I doubt most of those feelings are 'good'.

Despite all that you two are still here, still together and even to my emotionally untrained eyes I can see you hold some degree of care and passion for each other. I simply do not have time to deal with your outbursts right now and it was my hope to end this altercation swiftly and in a logical manner, but I can see neither of you are ready to speak logically about these things you are feeling.

I will wait in the other room, once you two have talked and composed yourselves I will answer as many of your questions as I can with what time I am afforded.”

No sooner had the words finished flowing from the cat's mouth did it leap from it's place on the bathroom counter, landing briefly on the floor between the two dumbstruck young women, before making its way out of the room.

Leaving the pair in deafening silence.

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Neither women knew what to do...what to say...

It was baffling how easily the alien cat had been able to dissect their psyche. It had known them for no more then an hour and yet it seemed to have a better grasp on their emotions and thought processes then even they themselves did.

Both young women had been through a lot in their lives. Having been subjected to some of the worst things humanity had to offer...it left them scarred and hurting, not to mention incredibly volatile...

Nobody understood them, not like they understood each other...maybe that's why they always found their way back to one another...

Lapis swallowed thickly, the sound tearing through the heavy silence that had engulfed them. They needed to talk...have needed to talk for a long, long time...but now wasn't the time...

“I'm sorry Jasper. I- we need to talk, just- not now.” Lapis slowly turned to face Jasper, but couldn't bring herself to fully meet the taller women's gaze.

Jasper felt like she had rocks in her stomach and balloons in her chest. There was so much she wanted to say...needed to say...but if Lapis didn't want to address things now then Jasper would abide by her wishes.

“Right... For what it's worth I'm sorry too.” Jasper cautiously drew her hand down Lapis' cheek in a more physically apologetic sort of way.

It seemed to have helped as Lapis finally raised her gaze to meet Jasper's, offering her a small timid smile. “Come on, it's not every day you get to interrogate an alien after all.”

Jasper returned the smile with one of her own along with a wordless nod, before gesturing towards their living room moments before following Lapis in that direction.

The cat was sitting on their coffee table, its annoyed tail flicking a seemingly constant action now that its identity was exposed. The pair quickly shuffled their way over to their well-worn couch and sat down, both of their mouths opening to begin asking questions. However, the cat held up a paw to silence them before either could make so much as a small squeak.

“I will begin by listing off basic information that should help dispel any needless questions, which will streamline this whole process so we are not sitting here wasting time needlessly. Do you find that agreeable?” The cat asked with a tone that left little room to actually debate the matter, so they merely nodded and waited for the cat to begin speaking again.

“My designation code is Facet-2F5L Cut-5XG. I am a primarily a scientist and technician with a small amount of scout training…or I was before a series of misunderstandings and egregious circumstances beyond…well…it was somewhat in my power to control, but I have never been a very gracious lifeform at the best of times.” The cat rambled on for a moment before pausing to look at the confusion and skepticism painted across the other two’s faces.

The cat heaved a heavy sigh at the thought of having to share the real reason it was in the predicate it was in, but it seemed there was no way around it as the two Earthlings seemed unable to follow along with the way she was currently describing her plight.

“What is the designation of time use on this planet?” The cat asked with a more sporadic flick of its tail, wishing it had been able to study this planet’s ecosystem and civilization a bit more thoroughly before being placed into the position she was in.

“Um, minutes and hours? Oh, or do you mean like days and weeks?” Lapis was unsure what the fluffy little scientist meant by ‘time’ as there were lots of different ways to calculate it.

“Planet rotations around your systems sun.” The cat clarified, directing its gaze to Jasper this time as she seemed to be less flighty in the head compared to Lapis.

“Years.” Jasper grunted simply, motioning with her head for the cat to continue. Said cat wrinkled its nose in distaste at how the large woman was acting, but figured it was well within her right to do so given the circumstances.

“I am unsure of actual time frames, but most likely several thousand years ago the…what’s your word for it? Let’s just say the Federation of United Homeworlds stumbled across your little mud ball only to find sentient life. Not very advanced life mind you, but sentient none the less. They journeyed here with the express purpose of progressing your ancestor’s technology and helping them reach a point where they could be inducted into the Federation.”

The cat paused eyeing the two to make sure they were paying attention and was pleased to see them both watching with rapt attention.

“Their plan didn’t take hold as the leaders of the time didn’t want to forgo the power and status they held over the rest of the population, which they would surely lose if your species truly reached the status of the others in the Federation. A deal was stuck that the Federation would wait fifty thousand ‘years’ before coming back to try and enlighten your species again.”

“Wait a minute you mean to tell me that we don’t have things like flying cars and teleportation pads right now is because some crusty old bastards wanted to keep being rich and powerful!?” Jasper spoke angrily through grit teeth as she nearly tore a chunk out of the couch due to how hard she was gripping it.

“Yes, foolish in the grand scheme of things I know, but at the time I was not around to be a voice of reason.” The cat said with a haughty tone before its demeanor fell slightly as it continued to speak. “It was agreed that your world would join the Federation without question and would become, in the best circumstances, a sort of 'city state' to one of the larger power majorities in the Union.”

Both Jasper and Lapis opened their mouths to ask more questions, but the cat raised its paw again to silence them.

“Obviously the time that was agreed upon isn’t up, but the faction that you were to be delegated under had been making moves to preemptively absorb your planet into their ranks. I by chance found their plans to wipe out your species and terraform your planet along with several other 'city state' planets due to the ongoing resource crisis on its main homeworld.”

Unsurprisingly Jasper and Lapis held looks of utter shock, Jasper’s tinted with rage while Lapis’ tinted with what the cat assumed was some form of accepted sadness.

“How though? Did the people back then sign some sort of contract or something?” Lapis finally asked after a few moments of contemplative silence between the two earthlings, still unable to fully comprehend what the cat was telling them.

“Yes, they signed off on what could be loosely translated as a 'Planetary Lease' in your tongue. Not that it matters from your end as you wouldn’t be able to fight back even if your ancestors hadn’t sold you off to the collective. However, the Union takes things like this very seriously since there are so many different races and beliefs in its ranks so you should have been safe at least until the agreed upon time period was up.”

“So what’s stopping them from moving on with their plans then? Is there anything stopping them?” It was a simple question, but Jasper felt her heart dropping at the thought of losing everything she had ever known and loved without any way to fight back.

“I stopped them.” The cat said simply, taking a moment to preen a bit and bask in their looks of unending gratitude and relief. “As I said I was a scientist and I stumbled upon the Cluster project, which was the combination and reworking of several smaller Planetary Lease agreements. They were doing it under the rest of the Union’s noses and so I set about altering it under their noses so when it was finalized and presented for approval it actually gave your species full ownership of your planet back as well as full protection under the Union as a Lesser Life Climate!”

The cat puffed out its chest in pride, it felt incredible to see these two Earthlings look at her as if she was the greatest creature to have ever existed! The cat couldn’t contain itself any longer and found itself subconsciously jumping off the coffee table and into Lapis’ lap. “I saved your planet, praise me! Praise me!”

Lapis laughed as the cat nuzzled its head under her hand in an obvious attempt to get scratches and if what it was saying was true then it deserved them tenfold! So with a nervous, excited vigor Lapis began scratching and petting the cat all over while cooing all manner of praise to the small fluffy creature.

“So if we take what you are saying at face value then…why? Why save us and betray your own people, you had to have been pretty important where you were from…why throw it all away for our little ‘mud ball’?” Jasper asked, exhaustion creeping into her voice as she relaxed deeper into the couch. Hesitating for a moment, before reaching over and adding her hand to the ones currently massaging the cat.

The cat seemed to perk up at this, taking a moment to savor Lapis’ soothing hands scratching it’s back before jumping off her lap and onto Jasper’s.

“Most worlds are ugly, stripped of what makes them distinctive and beautiful in the name of progress or some such. I was blinded by this ideology as well, that is until I saw this world’s forests and jungles, deserts and snowy mountains, oceans and rivers…your planet is wonderful and fairly unique as far as worlds go…” The cat said with a small purr as it rubbed up against Jasper’s large calloused hand. It was different than Lapis’ hands, but not in a bad way…it made the cat feel safe.

The cat hummed in contentment as it shimmied under Jasper’s hand to get her to scratch a certain spot on her back. “I couldn’t see it destroyed. I wanted nothing more than to study and learn all about your wondrous and beautiful little mud ball.”

“Aw you’re such a little romantic!” Lapis cooed as she watched Jasper try to figure out how to correctly pet the cat with a soft smile.

“I could go into more detail, but for now suffice to say I managed to foil their plans. I saved your planet and was chased off mine, since most worlds in the Union agreed with my actions but didn’t want to risk angering the larger collective that was my homeworld I was barred from seeking refuge on most habitable planets in the universe…which is why I am here.” The cat stretched slightly as it spoke, its own level of exhaustion catching up with it now that it was being pet by a living furnace.

“I take it those guys looking for you were part of our government then?” Jasper asked softly, not wanting to hurt the cat’s ears now that it was so close to her. The larger woman briefly wondered when she had stopped disliking the little shit, but decided to just focus on the relaxing feeling of the soft fluff on her fingertips every time she stroked down the small cat’s body.

“Yes your leaders were not as accepting and kind as you two have been, sadly my Robonoid’s data pulse will only keep them distracted for so long. I really need to leave before they come back and capture you two as well.” Despite the words it spoke the cat made no move to actually get up and leave, but instead curled up further into Jasper’s lap.

“How are they tracking you?” Lapis asked quietly, her eyes briefly glancing down at the wound on the cat’s leg before she stood and walked over to the kitchen window. Lapis stuck her head out and looked around to make sure there was no one listening in on them before shutting it and drawing the blinds.

“When I first escaped their custody I assimilated the DNA of the first creature I came across, which happened to be a stray feline. It was an impulsive action, I’m not a fighter and I had barely gotten away from them the first time and was desperate. I guess they must have some how known which creature I used because they are using its DNA against me to try and track me down.” This time the cat finally pulled itself up and leapt from Jasper’s lap back onto the coffee table, much to its and Jasper’s disappointment.

A tense silence fell over the room as they each tried to find the right words to say. Words of thanks and words of farewell seemed to rest on the tip of their tongues, but for some reason none of those words found their way into the stifling silence filling the room.

“Well what if you assimilate my DNA? Or better yet some of mine and some of Jasper’s! Then they wouldn’t be able to track you down any more right?” Lapis suddenly said in excitement as she bounced in place near the couch shifting her gaze from Jasper to the cat and back again. “She can stay with us! We can help teach her all about earth and it will be great!”

“I have to disagree, it would be very dangerous for you to harbor me here-” The cat tried to dissuade the smaller woman, but Jasper cut her off by picking her up by the scruff yet again.

“None of that you little shit, like Lapis said they won’t be able to track you anymore so there is virtually no risk and besides…” Jasper smirked as she held the cat out to be face to face with Lapis. “You think you can say no to that face?”

The cat had to admit it was a very convincing expression…ah who was she kidding? She really did want to stay, something about these two just made her feel all warm inside which was not something she was used too…and it was something she never wanted to lose…

“You two are most likely insane, but I suppose I will take you up on your offer.”

Jasper and Lapis both rolled their eyes at the statement and pretended to not hear the obvious rumbling purring coming from their little alien.

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Never in a million years had Lapis or Jasper thought they would be willingly offering up their DNA to an alien...and yet here they were.

The procedure took quite a few minutes to prepare, as the cat had to barf up the last two metal orbs it had in its stomach, but soon Jasper and Lapis found themselves kneeling on the floor in front of their coffee table with each of their right hands resting on the smooth wood surface.

“So how did you get those things in your stomach? Do you always have them in there?” Lapis asked inquisitively as she watched the cat try and type something onto a holographic screen projected by one of the orbs.

“When I escaped my form was bipedal in nature, much like your forms, and I was able to carry with me much of my equipment.” The cat began explaining before grumbling angrily at having to try and operate the screen with ‘tiny cat feet’ as Lapis had put it. “When I was cornered and forced to absorb the feline DNA I had to leave most of my things behind. I forced myself to swallow as many of my Ping Robonoids as I could so I would not be completely without my technology.”

A small beeping came from the Robonoid as the screen suddenly disappeared. The cat huffed in relief as it watched the small machine march over to Jasper’s hand, before extending a small needle from its body and quickly extracting a blood sample from the large woman.

Lapis was next and once both samples were extracted a soft whirring sound could be heard coming from the small machine as it vibrated slightly where it stood. Three pairs of eyes watched the Robonoid in silence, seemingly entranced by the small vibrating dance it did, until another series of small beeps drew the trio back into reality.

The cat took a few more minutes to go over something on the holographic screen, before finally speaking up. “Alright, changing form is no easy feat for me and having to do it a second time so shortly after the first is sure to drain me of all of my remaining energy. I request that you do not ask anything too strenuous of me while I am regaining my strength.”

“No problem! You can take as long of a nap as you need, hell you can even lay on my lap if you want! It’s the least I can do for the savior of Earth.” Lapis said with a cheeky smile, seemingly already well aware of just how to stroke the alien's ego.

Jasper felt a small grin pull at her lips as she watched how easily Lapis manipulated the small being, her grin getting bigger the longer the cat preened and mumbled about being 'the savior'. “Yeah fuzz ass, we'll take good care of you.”

The cat scrunched up its face as it looked up at Jasper with annoyance before responding. “I am not used to your species use of voluntary narcosis, but perhaps this ‘nap’ won’t be so bad…either way I am going to start the procedure, please do not interfere until the shift is complete.”

Lapis and Jasper watched in awe as the cat injected itself with a strange light blue liquid. A moment passed where nothing happened before the cat was suddenly engulfed in a bright green light. The cat’s form shifted into an indiscernible blob, before taking on a far more humanoid shape.

The pair felt their cheeks explode with fiery red blushes as the cat’s new form finally stopped glowing to reveal an incredibly short, incredibly hot and incredible naked young woman.

“Huh, not all that much different than my previous bipedal form aside from the drastic decrease in height. Odd since both of you are fairly tall…what? What is the matter?” The newly formed young woman asked in confusion as she noticed both of her soon-to-be housemates staring at her with expressions she didn’t understand.

She was about to ask another question before she felt a wave of nausea wash over her, causing her to stumble forward. Luckily Lapis managed to catch her before she fell to the floor, cradling the alien in her arms as she lowered them both into a sitting position.

“It would appear I received your complexion Lapis, strange I expected to retain my natural skin tone… I would have enjoyed having Jasper’s skin type since I find her strips absolute lovely, but this shade of tan is quite exquisite too.” The alien mumbled drowsily as she stared at her hands and arms.

Jasper and Lapis each made a small noise at what the alien had just said, but still couldn’t seem to find their voices. Jasper quickly ducked into their bedroom to find something for the alien to wear, coming back a minute later with one of her large tee-shirts.

“Arms up.” Jasper’s voice came out dry and strained, but if the alien noticed she didn’t comment and instead sleepily did as she was instructed.

“You are gonna need a name since I am not going to remember whatever that code thing was you told us and since both me and Jazz have gemstone names I think it’s only fitting we give you one too.” Lapis said softly after ten minutes or so passed between the trio in silence.

The alien looked up from where she was resting on Lapis’ shoulder to smile a small sleepy smile, causing Lapis and Jasper to blush wildly once again. “I think that’s a wonderful idea, perhaps a green one? I’ve always liked the color green…aren’t your planets sapphires green?”

“Some are, but we already know a Sapphire.” Lapis hummed a little as she looked up at Jasper, rocking the small alien back and forth subconsciously. “What about Emerald?”

“No, Emerald is a bitchy sounding name.” Jasper said with a snort of derision, leaning against the wall in thought before an idea came to her. “Remember Steven’s gem collection? Do you recall the name of the tiny green gem he went on and on about being so cute and sturdy?”

Lapis’ eyes lit up as she smiled brightly, squeezing the little alien tightly against her. “Peridot! That’s a perfect name! What do you think?” Lapis asked as she looked down at the alien she was smothering.

“I think it’s a wonderful name…” Peridot said softly before a large yawn overtook her words. “Thank you two for being so kind to me, I hope I can repay you in some way…but for now I think I will take you up on that offer to do the napping.”

It only took a few brief moments after the last word had left her mouth for the sound of deep relaxed breathing to fill the newly settled silence of the room.

Lapis smiled warmly as she carefully lifted Peridot into her arms and made her way over to the couch while Jasper did a quick check of all the doors and windows, before shutting off the light and joining the blunette in the living room.

The two sat side by side on their couch with Peridot now lounging on their laps, her head resting on Jasper’s thighs with her hips and legs curled up in Lapis’ lap.

The enduring silence between the pair started out peaceful, soothing in a way as they simply sat watching the little alien happily snooze on their laps. However, as time went on words unsaid and feelings unaddressed slowly began to sift that relaxing silence into one of tense unease.

Neither had ever been good at communicating, even at the beginning of their relationship discussing their feelings had proved near impossible for them...but they knew they needed to try. Peridot may have had a point when she claimed that they weren't ready to talk about those feelings and what lay behind them...

However Lapis and Jasper were never ones to listen when someone told them what they could and couldn't do...

Lapis was the one to finally break the ever tensing silence by taking a deep, grounding breath as she looked over towards Jasper. She searched her mind for the right thing to say in that moment... Should she compliment Jasper on her quick thinking regarding the government goons, not to mention Jasper's selfless willingness to defend her in such a situation...

Maybe starting at the beginning would be better...apologize for how she always seemed to treat the larger women so poorly...

In the end Lapis' gaze drifted back down to Peridot once again and she found words spilling from her lips raw and unplanned. “She seems so innocent Jazz...the way she spoke about the beauty of Earth. So full of wonder and excitement, can we really ask her to stay with us? With how awful we are?”

Jasper felt an unwanted lump grow in her throat at the soft, almost mournful, tone of voice Lapis spoke in. On some level Jasper had to agree with her, they were both awful in their own ways and if the past few years meant anything it was obvious they couldn't really change...and yet...

“Remember last New Years, we were both drunk and high out of our minds.” Jasper spoke around that lump in her throat, as she blindly fumbled around Lapis' arm until she found the smaller women's hand since she couldn't bring herself to look her. “You said at one point that we were so messed up and broken that it would take a literal angel from the heavens to come down for us to actually change...”

Lapis felt Jasper's thumb gently brush over her knuckles in a soft rhythmic way that seemed to draw all the tension out of her body.

“I supposed she would fit that roll wouldn't she?” Lapis gave a small almost weepy laugh as she lightly patted Peridot's hip. A small surprised squeak left her lips as Jasper unexpectedly pulled Lapis to her side to place a small kiss to the top of her head.

“We have the chance to do better...be better, for her-” Jasper found the end of her statement being cut off as she was roughly shoved by Lapis who was now looking at her with a stern and surprisingly serious expression.

“No, not just for her. I want us to be better for us too! I- we both deserve-” Lapis suddenly flustered as she averted her gaze from Jasper's, a bright pink blush forming on her cheeks. “I love you, you big dumb idiot... I don't want to hurt anymore, either of us...”

Jasper felt every ounce of stress, tension, unease and worry flood out of her body as her chest heaved with a rumbly laugh. “Is that how you tell a girl you love them? We'll need to work on that Laz!”

Lapis folded her arms grumpily as she turned further away from Jasper, cheeks filling up with a pout that only made Jasper laugh more. Softly Jasper leaned closer to Lapis, easing her back around so that they were facing each other.

With more care then Lapis had ever seen her use before Jasper cupped her face and brought them together in a soft and emotional kiss. “I love you too brat, we'll be better for us...I promise...”

Lapis felt like she wanted to cry, so to save face she instead pulled Jasper into another searing kiss. It didn't take long until they were completely lost in each other, neither noticed the time passing until they were interrupted by an annoyed little huff.

The two quickly separated from their impromptu make-out session only to find a very sleepy and very annoyed Peridot glaring at them from where she lay on their laps. “Care to explain why you to were doing...whatever it was that you were doing?”

The pair couldn't help but smile at the adorable little pouty face Peridot was making at having been so rudely aroused from her nap. “Sorry Peridot, we didn't mean to wake you. We were, uh, kissing is all.”

Peridot seemed unimpressed with the explanation and simply stared at the two with a drowsy look of expectation, folding her arms over her chest in an attempt to look more stern...or possibly to get more comfortably, they couldn't really tell.

“Kissing is something you do with those very special to you.” Jasper supplied after a beat of silence passed between them, receiving a small hum of acknowledgment from the small alien.

Another short beat of silence passed over them before a sleepy demand caught both earthlings by surprise “Demonstrate it for me.”

Jasper and Lapis exchanged a quick glance with the other, each sporting a soft blush on their cheeks, before Lapis shrugged and leaned down to capture Peridot's lips in a chaste, yet sizzling kiss.

Peridot's eyes widened as she clumsily attempted to copy the movement of Lapis' mouth before the blunette pulled away.

“I meant- never mind! Jasper?” Peridot spoke with a gasp after her kiss with Lapis ended before looking up at Jasper with an expectant and excited expression.

A second rumbly laugh left the large women's chest as she bent down to place an equally steamy kiss to the aliens lips. Once Jasper pulled away Peridot squished up her face in delight, before rolling over and getting comfortable in their laps once again.

“Wonderful! More data is required though...need to thoroughly analyze...act done with those...special...more...kissing...” Peridot's muttering slowly faded off into deep relaxed breathing as sleep claimed her once again.

Silence overtook the trio once again, only this time a sort of fluttery excitement could be felt sparking about in the air between them. There would be plenty of time for soul searching, for repentance and for changes to be made to the heart and mind...but for now?

Lapis and Jasper were busy daydreaming about how best to help Peridot 'analyze' acts done with those you find 'special'...

~END~