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venomandfaith · 3 years
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Asian Musicians Everyone Needs To Listen To
*note: Asia is the biggest continent on the globe, so please excuse me if not all countries can be covered.
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Sunset Rollercoaster
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Taiwanese synth-pop band
Notable songs: My Jinji; I Know You Know I Love You; Vanilla
Zee Avi
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Borneo-Malaysian indie/folk singer
Notable songs: Bitter Heart; Kantoi; Concrete Wall; Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Mocca
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Indonesian swing-jazz/indie-pop band
Notable songs: I Remember; On The Night Like This; Teman Sejati
David So
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Korean-American R&B/Soul musician and comedian (love the duality!)
Notable songs: Honeymoon Avenue; I’ll Do; All I Need
Cheats
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Filipino indie rock band
Notable songs: Drunk; Luna; Newspaper Girl
Annette Lee
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Singaporean pop singer, with influences from rock and indie-folk
Notable songs: Song For The Underdog; Remind Me; Spring Will Always Come
David Boring
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Post-punk band hailing from Hong Kong
Notable songs: Brian Emo; I Can’t; Men
Gym and Swim
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Thai alternative/indie band
Notable songs: Sunrise; Yuuwahuu; Don’t Leave Me Behind
Advents
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Malaysian indie, genre-neutral band
Notable songs: Television Dream; Swing State; Ramona Flowers
Isyana Sarasvati
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Indonesian singer-songwriter
Notable songs: Heaven; Kau Adalah; Tetap Dalam Jiwa
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Riddler part 6
Master List
Like i said in part one, I wrote this so long ago, straight after Fresh Starts actually, I was a different smut writer back then hehe.
Warnings: Smut.
WC: 1813
Enjoy x
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“Wow you look amazing prima (cousin)” Blake lent down hugging you and kissing you on the cheek. “Rafael, you scrub up pretty well too” both men shaking hands.
Rafael was dressed in a dark charcoal pin stripped suit with a medium grey button down and black shoes, hair gelled perfect and smelling amazing. You were in a navy blue pair of shorts with a matching navy blue blazer and a black tank top tucked in, low heel pair of black heels and your hair in lose curls.
“Thank you guys for coming, means a lot”
“Of course Blake, wouldn’t miss it” you hugged your cousin around his middle and he kissed you on top of your head.
“Logan and Caesar are coming by the way. They heard we are going out after so that changed their mind”
“Of course they did” you rolled your eyes with a smile.
Logan and Caesar walked in not long after, making a fuss of you as they usually did, both shocked how nice you actually looked. They both treated Rafael nicely and asked questions to get to know him and told him funny stories about when your guys were going up. After the presentation, Rafael went to the bathroom and was getting drinks on the way back.
“Wow Y/N, good job catching him. How did you do it? Give me tips”
“I ‘am sure you Chico (boy) don’t need tips” you said back to Logan
“Have you opened up to him yet prima, told him about everything?” Caesar asked.
“Yeah I have. But I stuffed up last night” they both looked at you and went on to tell them what happened between you both last night.
“Pollo (chicken)”
“I’ am not a chicken. Me preocupe (I’am worried)”
“Por Que (why)?”
“What do you mean why Logan, it’s been so long and I don’t want to get hurt. I can’t do that again”
Caesar grabbed your arm and made you look at him, “He isn’t the gilipollas (asshole) you were with before. We aren’t getting any younger. You have closed yourself off for so long to happiness. He seems like a nice guy, go for it. Sigue a tu corazon (follow your heart). We all got you if something goes wrong”
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“Which club are we going to?” Rafael was holding your hand looking a little nervous.
“Cuarto Rojo (Red Room)” Logan answered back as he hailed down a cab.
“You guys go to Latino clubs often?” Rafael looked between you all.
“It’s all we used to do once we got out of college and Y/N out of the academy” Caesar answered back.
You guys got to the club, showed your ID’s and walked to the table Caesar had reserved while at the presentation. The music was blaring with a fast salsa song. Rafael and Blake went to the bar to get drinks. As they headed back to the table Rafael seen you out of the corner of his eye and turned to look at you his eyes opening wide.
Caesar was spinning you around the dance floor, you both doing the salsa fast with some pretty advanced moves. You guys laughing with each other when he pulled you back into him. He couldn’t keep his eyes off you, he would have been jealous if it wasn’t your cousin. The way you moved your body, your hips, your feet. Blake and Logan saw him staring at you, and Blake lent over.
“You know she is the only girl in our family. Her and Caesar are the only two that have always been the same height. Mi Tia, Caesar’s Mum, put them in salsa classes together when they were 10. They won a lot of dance competitions till they got to senior year and Caesar’s crush teased him for dancing with his cousin so he put a stop to it.” Rafael nodded and looked at Blake with a smile. Blake lent back over to him,
“You know Rafael, I’ am not going to go all big brother on you, but I want to ask you one thing” Rafael nodded back at him, “Take care of her and love her how she deserves to be loved. She acts like she is tough, and her mouth shows she is, but she isn’t really, she just needs to be loved by the right person. And I really think that could be you”
“I promise I will” Rafael nodded back.
After a couple of songs, a slow song came on and you and Caesar walked back to the table. You walked over to Rafael and hugged him around his neck standing between his legs, he leant over and kissed you on the cheek and lent close to your ear,
“You looked amazing out there Hermosa”
“Gracias Guapo (thank you handsome)” you kissed him lightly on the lips “When a fast one comes back on, dance with me?” he nodded back.
Two songs later another fast song came on, Rafael grabbed your hand and pulled you to the dance floor. His dancing was amazing. The way he controlled you and led you around the floor, it started a fire within you. There was something extremely sexy about it, like it was foreplay in some weird way. The song ended and he pulled you close to him, you guys were nose to nose.
“Let’s get out of here” you said to him, a smirk coming to his face.
You guys walked back to your cousins at the table and you lent over to Blake, “We are going” he gave you a big hug and shook Rafael’s hand.
You hugged Logan and then got to Caesar, he whispered in your ear as you hugged, “Ve por ello bebe (go for it baby)”
On the cab ride home, you and Rafael couldn’t keep your hands off each other like two teenagers kissing in the back and running your hands up and down each other’s bodies. The taxi pulled up, Rafael paid and you both walked hand in hand into building. Once you got to your door, Rafael started to kiss your neck from behind, making it hard to get the key in the hole as he was kissing your sweet spot. Finally you got it in and pushed the door open. Rafael closed it behind you and slid the safety lock. You turned and pressed yourself against him, feeling how hard he had started to get. You pressed your lips to his and wrapped your arms around his neck and he led you back towards the bed room without breaking the kiss. You both fell in a heap on the bed. He pulled away and looked into your eyes.
“Do you want to stop?”
“No, te deseo (I want you)”
He smiled and lent in and started to kiss you deeply again. You pushed off his jacket and pulled his shirt out of his pants and started to undo the buttons, slipping it off once the buttons were all undone. He pulled away and sat up off you and taking off his shoes and socks, followed by his dress pants. You quickly followed undressing leaving you just in your bra and panties and you laid back down.
He laid down next you, you rolled onto your side and lent in and kissed you again. You put your hand onto his chest and let it run down to his boxers. You slid your hand down into them and wrapped your hand around his length, gasping at how big he was. He let out a little moan into your mouth. You started to stork up and down, from root to tip.
Rafael slid his hand to your panties and moved them to the side. He ran his finger over your folds and felt how wet you were. He slide one finger into you, you moved away from the kiss and moaned, then he added another one, making you let go of him and falling back on your back.
“Eres asombrosa” (your amazing) Rafael whispered.
He picked up the pace, thrusting his fingers into you, using his thumb to make small circles over your clit. It didn’t take long for the pleasure to wash over you, sending sparks all through your body. You moaned loud while Rafael fingered you down from your high.
Once you had claimed down, you lent over and pulled off his boxers. He moved his hips up to help you pull them off. He reached behind you and undone your bra throwing it on the floor and pulled down your panties. If he could have seen in the dark, he would have seen your cheeks go bright red.
“Confias en mi? (do you trust me)”
“Si” you whispered back
“Anytime you want to stop, you tell me and we stop”
“Ok”
Rafael lined himself up above you, and slowly started to slide into you inch by inch. He didn’t want to get too carried away with you, he wanted to control himself. It had been so long for him and for you, he wanted to last as long as he could
“Are you ok?”
“Yeahhh” he pushed in the last little bit and then paused for a moment.
“You ok Rafi?”
“Never better” he started to thrust in and out of you. The little moans coming out of your mouth was music to his ears and turned him on even more. He picked up the pace and you started to buck up meeting his every thrust, you ran your hands up and down his back. “I’ am close” he managed to get out
“Me-oh Rafael” you screamed as the pleasure ran threw again so intense your whole body was shaking. Your reaction was enough to send him over the edge after one big thrust and moaned your name and started to slow his thrusts till he was done.
Both of your breathing was hard and fast. Rafael stayed on top and in you for a little while longer, then he pulled out and rolled off of you falling onto his back. You rolled over on your side facing him. He rolled onto his side meeting your stare and a smile came to his face. He lent over and kissed you lightly on the lips. You took a deep breath and looked at him again
“What do you want to say?” he ran his thumb over your cheek bone.
“If this-if we are going to keep doing this-if we are a thing now. I’ll need to get some kind of birth control. I’m not on any, clearly, it’s been so long” you huffed
“Make an appointment and we will go together and see what you’re comfortable with” 
“Really?” you grinned.
“Anything for my girlfriend” you jumped on top of him wrapping your legs and arms around him like a bear.
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captainillogical · 4 years
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Home Ch.1
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The domesticity of living with an alien who hasn't quite had the chance at a normal life. 
Distant Lands sequel.
Spinel/Reader
collab with my lovely wife @firstofficertightpants​ 
thanks for still reading my shit, love you all
You slam the fridge door, taking a swig out of the bottle of water in your hands that you had just grabbed from the top shelf. It’s hot as hell out this afternoon, and you’ve just finished grabbing the last of your stray belongings to move across town.
“-and you need to make sure to keep your phone on, I’ll be sending you calendar updates to your current schedule. Things have been moved around twice for next week, so expect your lesson times to change again.”
“I appreciate all this Pearl, but you’re acting like I’m moving farther than 5 miles and a single warp away.” You say to the gem lecturing you off a list she’s made on her phone.
“I just like to be sure.” Pearl narrows her eyes at you slightly. “I know you’re capable of handling things on your own, I just worry.”
“You fret like you’re my mom.” You retort with an eye roll, taking another sip of water. Garnet grins at that, leaning against the counter. It’s just the three of you here in the kitchen.
“Well, I have known you for quite a few of your formative years.” She huffs, cheeks tinting blue. “I remember when you first responded to that ad Greg put up, you walked in and-”
“Pearl, oh my god, please no.” You cut her off, capping your bottle, it crinkling slightly in your hands.
“I think she’s getting empty nest syndrome.” Garnet says with a small chuckle.
“Y/N, you are sure about this, right?” Pearl ignores Garnet’s comment. “I know that living on your own can be fairly difficult as is..”
“We talked about this extensively yesterday, Pearl.” You sigh, giving her a specific look. “I’ll be fine. I’ve been through hell already enough as is, this will be a walk in the park for me. Besides, I’ve got Spinel.”
“That’s kind of what I’m worried about.” She replies, levelling her gaze with yours.
You try not to sigh out loud at her again.
Okay, so. Really, it's been less than a week since you've solidly been back on Earth. You can't reasonably expect Pearl of all people to be one for quick adjustment. But you did spend a long time with her the day prior going over all her questions about the surface of Golgotha for an updated gem archive entry she's working on. You were kind of hoping it would calm most of her worries about this in general, but you feel like based on some of your responses it might've made her worry even more. Not to mention paired with that incident in the kitchen the other day with Amethyst..
Even if it was a little painful for you for multiple reasons; like having to re-live terrifying moments in detail - it wasn't as painful as the BARRAGE of questions she pummelled you with about the nature of your relationship with Spinel once she got you alone. Fucking mortifying, that was, when Pearl had the audacity to ask if you two had been like this prior to coming back to Earth. You tried keeping much of it to yourself as possible as you aren't super well-adjusted to everything yourself. Like jesus fucking christ, Amethyst and Garnet accepted your text message without much question, other than a thumbs up from her and a solid wall of emojis and expletives from the shorter gem. And maybe a couple roasts about it that you're not going to mention. But they had managed to accept it without embarrassing you much, why couldn't Pearl be less.. Pearl about it?
“What do you think is honestly going to happen?” You retort flatly.
“Well, I don’t have-” Pearl stops to spare a glance at Garnet, who barely even reacts.
“Future-vision is cheating.” She says, lips still forming a wry smile. “She will be fine as long as she remembers to make sure the oven is off.”
“You’re gonna make me paranoid..” You groan. “And see Pearl? I’ll be fine.”
“If you say so." She says like she's waiting to be proven right somehow. You know her enough to not be offended by it. "You didn't forget about your stuff in the bathroom, did you?"
"Nah, but it's not like I won't be back, y'know, in-case you maybe find my missing rubber ducky." You say, feeling your stomach rumble. "And while I do love you both, really, I've got to go get some food in me and finish the lesson plan for next week.."
"Fiiine, go! Clearly we're just here to nag you." Pearl says with a bit of a huff, slight pout on her face, but you can tell she's mainly doing it for the dramatics.
"Don't be like that." You hold back rolling your eyes at her, even if you really want to. You grab the bag with the rest of your things off the counter, shouldering it.
"Did you give me sitting in and watching your first class any more thought?" Garnet asks, resting her hands on her hips. You can't see her eyes, but you know if you could she'd be studying your face for an answer. "It might help with the nervousness you're feeling."
"Yeaaaaaaahhhh," You let out a breath a bit nervously, having given that exactly zero extra thought. "I'm still pretty sure that you'd just give me performance anxiety. Give me a few more days to think about it."
You say your goodbyes for now, toeing your shoes on and heading out the door down to the beach below.
Ugh. It's hot, and so is the sand.
You should think about finally replacing your old car. You know, the one that died last year that Peridot said was worth more in scrap metal? You miss that old junker. You'd have to save up a considerable amount of money you don't have, but, ugh, you'll think about this later.
The breeze makes your hair fly into your face, and you're annoyed the entire walk over to town. Your stomach growls again, and you decide on pizza for your afternoon lunch.
It's kind of a no-brainer when your feet lead you to Fish Stew Pizza, and your hand is already on the door handle and opening it when you subconsciously realize a small hangup, possibly, just as the door opens.
Kiki's inside and manning the counter, and she's the only one in the establishment at all currently. You let out a breath of relief.
"Weeeeeeelcome." She greets you without even looking up from her phone.
"Afternoon'." You say in greeting, feeling awkward preemptively. Kiki looks up immediately when she hears your voice, and her facial expression is completely surprised at yours at first before she quickly schools it to more of a casual, neutral one.
Ah. Lars came through.
You see.. after that first day back you utterly loathed the idea of explaining why you're now pink to literally everyone else, and Lars offered to send out a couple quick informative texts. What a fucking bro. You should probably help him out sometime just for the effort alone.
"Y/N, it's good to see you." Kiki says, trying not to be too obvious that she's giving you a glance-over.
"Thanks, you too." You hear coming out of your mouth, the air conditioning of this place cooling you off rapidly. God you even SOUND awkward. "It's pretty empty in here for the time of day, that's kind of odd."
"Yeahhh, but I'm not gonna complain about it. I'm covering Jenny's shift right now and I'll take the slowness if it means I can just be on my phone.." She's staring at the scar on your face, and you feel.. weirdly self conscious about it.
"Typical Jenny. You gotta stop going easy on her." You reply, leaning against the counter.
“Oh, I wasn’t going easy. She’s doing my chores this week because of this, so actually she’s the one getting the short stick out of this. I had nothing planned with my time off.” She sets her phone down, and oh my god, she will not stop staring.
“Will you just say what you’re thinking and get this over with?” You spit out, impatient. She reels back for literally only a split second before leaning forward eagerly and getting right into your space.
“Lars wasn’t fucking lying, huh. That place messed you UP.” She reaches over the counter to touch your hair, and if it were nearly anyone other than Kiki you’d punch them in the face. But she helped you deal with her sister back then, so. “I saw you maybe a week and a half ago, and now look at you! Pink like Lars and with a giant scar on your face to boot! What didn’t happen to you there?!”
“I er, didn’t get the face scar there, and it wasn’t the only one I gained.” You say with a grimace. Your stomach growls again. “How much exactly did he tell you?”
“What!? I mean he told me about you being kidnapped by a deranged gem and that you died, but that was about it!” She replies, expression bewildered.
You sigh. God. Okay. That’s not the worst thing he could’ve told people. But he’s not making this any easier for you anyway.
“Listen, can I order a small plain cheese pizza? And then I’ll enlighten you.”
“Yeah, you got it.” She grins, getting this spark in her eye while ringing you up and even giving you a hefty discount. It’s why she’s your favorite sister of the two.
You move to sit by the window table, setting your bag down on one of the other chairs and pulling out your lesson notes.
You don’t really feel super up to this right now, but you should probably go over a few things by yourself that Pearl gave you some pointers on. You’re nervous, like really nervous about teaching this class, if you’re honest with yourself. But you also think it will be fun, and interesting, even. You’re only giving two hour-long lessons a week for right now, as the others wanted to see how well you’d fair. Your first lesson is in just a few days. Also, the class currently has 43 gems signed up for it, and that’s quite a bit of a hefty crowd.
You were expecting an interest of maybe.. 4 gems total. This is a little unnerving. You only have the one flier posted up with the other new classes on that board, so you’re guessing word of mouth was how it spread.
You feel your phone buzz a couple times in your pocket, and you pull it out to see who it is. When you see who the messages are from, you can’t help but feel a smile break out on your face that you have a hard time suppressing. Oh, and whoops, you forgot to reply to her earlier messages while you were being lectured by Pearl.
[14:13] Spinel: uuuuugh i just want today to be OVER please
[14:13] Spinel: i think bismuth enjoys sending me to help peridot like some kind of sadist
[14:13] Spinel: its like she knows i dont want to hear about camp pining hearts for the third day in a row? i get peridot needs assistance but i haven’t even seen this show and now i have no need to ever physically watch it
[15:42] Spinel: you can’t ignore me in person Y/N
[15:42] Spinel: i haven’t seen you in two days and this is how you treat me?
[15:42] Spinel: like an afterthought?
[15:42] Spinel: hurtful
You roll your eyes to yourself, still grinning. You can feel affection coming through the words even if that isn’t what they’re saying. You’re also ecstatic at the concept of the others getting on with Spinel quickly enough to annoy her on purpose now. You miss her face, and feel a little silly about it, considering it hasn’t even been that long. It sucks, but at least she texts you fairly often. And as of today, well, you get to live with her.
[15:43] Y/N: Rest assured, I can ignore you in person.
[15:43] Y/N: Dramatic ass.
[15:43] Y/N: I’m going to be seeing you in like, an hour anyway. Chill.
“Why are you smiling like that?” You hear, jolting upright in your seat as Kiki sets down your personal pizza in front of you with a glass of water. It smells heavenly. “You never smile like that.”
“Uh,” You reply, caught off-guard, and set your phone down. “Was just replying to something funny Steven said.”
“Sure.” She says in a tone that screams ‘I don’t believe you whatsoever but okay’.
You reach out for a slice of pizza and take a bite, cheese almost dripping all over the lesson plans in front of you. Kiki moves the papers aside for safekeeping, and you mutter out a quick thanks.
“So,” She starts, resting her chin on her hand. “You gonna enlighten me, or what?”
You finish chewing your slice of pizza, and grab another. And then you indulge her questions. All of them.
She has a lot.
You leave out all the details of what happened between you and Spinel, you’re really not ready to have those kinds of conversations yet. Dealing with Steven giving you shit for it has been more than enough to want it from anyone else, and you haven’t even told Lars about it - even though you told him you would whenever you finally confessed to her.
Also.. uh. You won’t lie. Between the both of you being pretty fucking busy almost right off the bat, you haven’t exactly, er. Had the girlfriend conversation with Spinel yet. Other than that one night, people are always around you two. You know you gotta just talk to her about it to clarify, but shit, you’re stupidly anxious about it. Part of your brain is literally screaming at you about being stupid about it, because sure, you had the most nerve-wracking love confession of your life and you two boned and also she definitely said she felt the same way, but what if this is just real casual to her?
Oh my god, you over-think fucking everything. Get it together.
You think not seeing her for two days in-person might be driving you nuts, a little.
"Lars didn't really tell me anything about Spinel. He gave me the jist of it, but told me to ask you for everything else whenever you seemed okay with it." She lets out a long breath, and you watch her eyes focus on you. "Imagine what would've happened if you weren't there with him that day. Do you think she would've killed him?"
"I'm not entirely sure. Honestly? She definitely had the strength to, but it doesn't really matter to me now. She wouldn't harm a hair on anyone's head." You reply, trying to not mull over the Spinel you experienced when you first met.
"You seem to have full faith in her." She states, a small smile forming on her face. "You didn't treat any of the other gems that tried killing Steven with any kindness for at least a month. You're less forgiving than Pearl."
"I spent a month with her alone on a planet, Kiki. I had to learn how to work with her, and she saved my life." You retort.
"Yeah, only cause you put yourself in danger for her." She narrows her eyes at you. “And you’re moving in with her today?” Kiki asks, expression a bit suspicious, smile still on her face. This makes you uneasy.
“Yeah?” You reply, confused. “It’s not that weird, is it? I moved in with Steven fairly quickly.”
“Yeah, except that was a different type of situation, you were a guardian for him. And this is you we’re talking about here.” She levels you with a look. “I feel like I’m missing something you’re not telling me. Like a key part to all of this.”
“L-like what?” You shove another slice of pizza into your mouth to shut yourself up. Not fucking today, dammit. Not today.
“I dunno, there’s just something..” She trails off, her eyebrows drawn together on her forehead as if she’s got a thought within her grasp. She looks at your hand, grasping your phone, squinting her eyes. She then shakes her head. “Whatever, you’ll tell me eventually. It’s not as if you’re sleeping with her.”
You choke on the slice of pizza you’re currently chewing, and violently so.
Kiki’s eyes go wide, and you put a hand up as if you can stop whatever thoughts are racing through her head. Her jaw drops.
“Wait,” You manage to choke out, gasping for air and finding it very difficult. You can't tell if you can feel your face going red from the lack of air, or from this conversation.
“Y/N.” Is all she says, voice dripping incredulously. “Y/N!”
“Kiki, you have the wrong idea-”
“I cannot believe you.” She says, mouth still open. She’s got half a grin on her face like she’s just unearthed the most juicy gossip, and you are SO not here for this. "Wait until Jenny hears about this."
"Kiki!" You wail, and sputter out another cough. "Kiki you can't tell anyone!"
"Why not!?" She cackles. "And besides, I don't even know if she'd believe me anyway. Y/N of all people?!"
"Tell her, and I'll tell Sadie you had a crush on her for a year." You spit out in a panic.
"You wouldn't!" Kiki narrows her eyes at you, face of mock betrayal.
"I would. Watch me." You state, grabbing your phone off the table pointedly.
"Okay okay! Sheesh." She puts her hands up in surrender. "So you gonna tell me the dirty deets or what?"
"No, I don't kiss and tell." You scowl at her, but she doesn't seem put off by it at all.
"Knowing you, that doesn't surprise me." She grabs your glass of water, taking a sip of it. You're not even annoyed. "Guess you and Greg have something in common."
She laughs at her own joke, and you can't help putting your face in your hands and groaning loudly and dramatically. It only makes her laugh harder.
"Shut uuuup." You sigh, grabbing the glass of water from her and taking your own sip.
The two of you talk for awhile as she grills you about Spinel, and you share what you're comfortable with. Eventually, she gets a family of customers in that she has to attend to, and you busy yourself with what you had come here originally to do.
Time passes and you lose track a bit, until your phone vibrates on the table and shakes you out of your concentration.
It's a couple texts from Spinel.
[17:04] Spinel: it'll be a while until I'm free
[17:04] Spinel: there were some ISSUES apparently
You stare at your phone. You try not to be irritated at the situation.
It's not like you haven't seen her in a hot minute or anything. You weren't eager at all to be able to see her face or hear her voice. You sigh, and text her back.
[17:05] Y/N: It's fine.
You stare at your phone for a little bit, but she seems busy enough to not have the chance to respond quickly.
Fuck it, it's not like you have anything else to do. You're tired of the papers and notes in front of you. Might as well make your way over to little Homeworld and wait for Spinel to be free from Peridot's tiny demon hands.
You pack up, and make sure to say your goodbyes to Kiki, who yells at you to text her as you leave the shop.
It doesn’t take you that long to get to little homeworld, and thankfully you know where Peridot is usually working as of late.
You pass by the town center, and the glass in some of the taller buildings glare in the evening sun. There's quite a few gems around, working and building, many conversing with each other. There's a couple humans intermingled with them as well. The general atmosphere is pretty lovely here. You like it.
A Rose Quartz bumps into you on the sidewalk and your bag flies off your shoulder, spilling the contents onto the ground.
"Ah! I'm so sorry!" She spins around, arms out to make sure she didn't shove you off of the sidewalk as well. "I'm just so clumsy." She says, pushing her long pink hair over her shoulder and grabbing for your things on the ground before you can even think to scoop them up yourself.
"It's okay, I wasn't exactly paying attention either." You reply, grabbing the papers that flew out of your bag and onto the street. Thankfully, nothing's damaged. She hands you your stuff, and you place it back into your bag. "Thanks."
"It was mostly my fault anyway." She grins lazily, and you watch her eyes wander around the area of your face where you have that scar. "Hmm, I feel like I've seen your face around here before. You hang out with Steven?"
"You could say that." You smile back at her and shoulder your bag. She's got this way about her that makes you think she's analyzing you, but not out of judgement. "Why?"
"No reason! I'll see you around, cutie." She says with a sly grin and a wink, and you're standing there feeling completely taken aback. Your face heats up a little in embarrassment. That was.. okay. Whatever the hell that was.
You keep walking, mind wandering as you try to figure out what the hell that gem's deal was.
You manage to spot Bismuth near a building with more scaffolding than anything else, and she's huddled with Peridot, Lapis, a couple quartz, and Spinel. You won't lie to yourself when your heart does a little summersault in your chest when you spot her magenta twintails.
They're talking loudly and animatedly about something you can't manage to hear from this distance, and you don't bother to get any closer. You duck into the entryway of a nearby building less than a hundred feet in distance from them just to linger for a moment.
One of the Quartz says something, and they all erupt into laughter, and your eyes are trained on no one but Spinel. There’s something about watching her like this that makes your heart swell, and you feel a bit ridiculous over it. You feel your phone buzz in your pocket, and you tear your eyes away to check it.
It's a message from Steven.
[17:37] Steven: can I ask you for a favor? It's not work related.
[17:37] Steven: Connie's parents invited me to dinner
[17:37] Steven: hELP
You stare at your phone, feeling your face break out into a grin. Someone tries to get into the shop you're standing in front of, so you side step to move out of the way momentarily.
[17:38] Y/N: Haha oh buddy.
You look up after sending the message just to make sure you're in no one's way, and you happen to see Spinel just as she's turning her head in your direction, aaaaaand she's spotted you.
Her face brightens up immediately.
She says something to the others, and most of them turn their faces to peer at you. Your face heats up, and one of them cracks some kind of joke that makes half the others howl in laughter as one of the Quartz slaps Spinel's back in jest.
What the fuck are they saying?!
She manages to disengage herself, waving a couple loud goodbyes as the others let her go. It sounds like they make another joke at her expense, they all laugh as she runs to catch up to where you're waiting for her.
She groans as she reaches you, bringing her gloved hand up to her forehead to shield her eyes from the sun.
"What the hell did you say to them?!" Is what comes out of your mouth instead of a greeting. You glare at the others, and you can’t tell if they can see your expressions, but they sure are howling with laughter.
"Well hello to you too," She replies, cheekily scratching the back of her head. “And I didn't say a word! They just.. kinda figured it out?” She says sheepishly, cheeks coloring a bit. “Guess I talk about 'ya a lot, eheheh..”
Oh my god, ugh. You think you're going to have a heart attack, probably. She's looking at you like she’s holding back a lot of affection. Probably for your sake?
One of them catcalls at the two of you, and you hear another whistling. You feel your eye twitching, but the smile doesn't leave your face.
"No, really, what'd you tell them?"
"That you're my girlfriend, you idiot, because they basically knew that already." She retorts with a roll of her eyes. She grabs your hand, and you feel your face heat up even more. "Let's get 'outta here already."
Well. That answers all your insecurities.
You look forward to the next upcoming days.
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