Steven wakes up in the morning from the buzzing of his Cookie Cat alarm clock. He begins his morning routine at the kitchen sink, such as brushing his teeth, washing his face, and cleaning his ears. He then dunks his head into the sink full of water to wash his head further. At that moment, Amethyst emerges through the Temple Gate and Pumpkin, barking excitedly, and runs up to her.
"Oooh, hey there, girl!" Amethyst pets, Pumpkin."Yo, Steven! Is this a bad time?"
"Of the three things I have to do in the sink now, this is the one I least mind you seeing." Steven answers
"Ugh, Peridot and TQ are still depressed all up in your B-room?" Amethyst asks
"Yeah. They still haven't gotten over Lapis leaving and taking the Barn with her into space. I think they just... needs a little more time to themselves?"
"Nope! That's it. We're getting them out." Amethyst says
"Wait, Amethyst!"
Steven and Amethyst opens the door to the bathroom, a cold wave of air breezes out of the bathroom, making Amethyst and Steven shiver
"Uhh... Peridot? Turquoise?" Steven asks
Somber country music is heard playing from Peridot's tablet on the sink, while Peridot lies on Turquoise's lap while he lies down in the bathfrom the bathtub with puddles of water everywhere on the floor and ice all over the walls Steven and Amethyst exchange worried looks, and Amethyst walks in.
"You... feeling any better?" Steven asks
"Uugghhh..." Peridot groans while Turquoise remains silent
Amethyst pauses the music on Peridot's tablet.
"So... Uhh, what have you... been up to?"
Peridot mumbles something into Turquoise's chest
Steven walks over. "I uhh... couldn't really hear you there."
Turquoise grabs Peridot's hips and gently lifts Peridot from the bathtub and flips her over to the floor, looking absolutely haggard.
"Nothing..." Peridot says with a depressed groan
"You've been in this bathroom kind of a long time? Maybe you should get some fresh air." Steven suggests
"The air in here is satisfactory," Turquoise says, breathing an icy mist
Peridot in decrepit "... What's the point?"
"...To feel better?" Steven says
"Come on, Peridot! T! I can't stand seeing you like this!"
"Like what?..." Peridot asks
"A metaphorical and literally wreck," Turquoise answers, sitting up from the bath
"Dude, let's just get out of the house. We could go check out my old kindergarten. We met all those other Amethysts up in space, and they all came out of the same rock as me. I've been meaning to get a look at the old neighbourhood now that I've met the neighbours."
"That sounds fun. What do you say, Peridot? Turquoise?" Steven asks as Turquoise gets out of the bath
"If it gets me out of this room, my joints are getting stiff from sitting in that bath and I do miss the sun on my face" Turquoise says his hand on the cracked side of his face slightly digging his fingernails into the lines of the cracks
"You can make us feel dumb by telling us all the stuff we don't know!" Amethyst suggests
"I miss that..." Peridot admits
YOU ARE READING
STEVEN UNIVERSE - "The Off Colour"
Fantasyyou, the reader, are an off colour Male gem, a turquoise, to be exact. This story is kind of a ship story. Turquoise, being an outcast, has mysteriously ended up on earth with no recollection of how he got there.
