Rising Tides (Human!lapidot)

Chapter 33

Peridot opened her eyes to an unfamiliar blue ceiling with little glow in the dark stars and moons stuck onto it, some making constellations, others just stuck in random spaces. For some reason, it calmed the blonde from her racing heart. She turned around onto her side to try and get comfortable but was met with a face full of blue hair. The blonde drew back, almost falling off the bed. The bed? Wait, wasn't she on the floor?

The small girl sat up, running a hand through her awful bed head and looking down at the sleeping figure beside her. Suddenly everything came back and Peridot began to feel a little light headed. She decided her best option was to lay back down and enjoy the warmth and company of Lazuli while it lasted. She could wake up at any moment and Peridot would have to leave. The only outcomes for realising they had slept in the same bed were all incredibly awkward.

On the one hand, Lapis probably invited her into the bed when she had woken up from the flashback. But what if Peridot had just slipped in next to her without the tanned girls consent? She highly doubted it but who knows what her sleep deprived mind was thinking last night. It was like, 5am and she had gotten barely any sleep the following day.

So, the blonde decided to get up and pretend nothing had happened. Her first stop was the bathroom to take a quick shower. But before she could turn it on to test the water, she froze. What if she woke Lapis up? Didn't she need some fresh clothes? The small girl shrugged and stripped from her clothes, turning on the shower before stepping in. After washing, she changed back into the clothes Lapis and lent her and stepped out of the room with a soft baby blue towel in her hands. She attempted to dry her unruly hair with it until she gave up and dropped it into a pile of dirty clothes.

There was no need to try and tame the mess of hair on her head, most of it had somewhat sunk because of the water and instead of a light blonde colour, it was now a dirty brown. Peridot hated her hair when it was wet, it always looked longer than it actually was.

Walking back into the bedroom, Peridot noticed that Lapis was still sound asleep and decided against waking her. Instead, she rummaged through her bag for her phone and started messing around and checking her social medias. She was scrolling casually through a tumblr tag when a familiar looking box caught her eye. It was sitting beside a small TV, along with four other similarly coloured and labelled boxes. Peridot couldn't believe her eyes and she crawled up to them and picked the one labelled 'season one', her green eyes wide and a smile growing on her pale face.

"I can't believe this" she whispered to herself, hugging the box to her chest and suppressing a giggle. "Lapis has all five seasons of Camp Pining Hearts!"

Glancing back at Lapis, who had turned over so she was facing towards the blonde, she opened up the box and...wow, there was a disk! It looked pretty much untouched save for a couple of little scratches here and there. Peridot slipped the disk into the TV and sat back, the goofy grin never leaving her face.

The TV sprung to life with happy music and bright colours and Peridot began to sing quietly along to the theme tune as the animated characters danced around the screen.

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All Lapis could hear was noise but she couldn't quite pinpoint where it was coming from. Her eyes refused to open and she could turn her head. But she could hear noises. The TV. Was Peridot watching it? That would explain the voice, slightly muffled due to the fact that Lapis had buried herself in a mountain of pillows and blankets. But it was still audible and now Lapis was curious as to what the small girl was watching to make her sing along and read lines from the supposed show as well as the voice actors were.

But she couldn't move, sleep had taken over her body. So, she opened her mouth. Then shut it. Then repeated the action several times until she let out a small noise. Peridot seemed to stop in her tracks and spun around to face Lapis.