Law and Order | yellow zircon x reader |

7. Recovery.

Yellow Zircon seemed almost as shocked as [Y/N], as the words escaped her lips the way a river may flow down a rough patch, her speech was rocky and muffled due to the oxygen mask.

A perfect 'O' shape was Yellow Zircons mouth, and [Y/N] couldn't help but let her mind drift at how cute she looked when confused.

Shaking her head, Yellow Zircon let her guard down long enough to [Y/N] and appeared visibly uncomfortable, clearing her throat she fixed her fancy looking suit and gave [Y/N] a predatory smile accompanied with a snicker.

"Why so intrigued?" Yellow Zircon leant over [Y/N] and [Y/N] found her cheeks flushing and her body becoming more alert.

"I- I- don't k-know, ma'am." [Y/N] whispered lowering her eyes, breaking eye contact momentarily as she brought her [e/c] eyes back up to Yellow's gentle golden gaze.

"Cute." Yellow mumbled, her slim frame highlighted by the soft hospital-light-like blaze that engulfed the room.

[Y/N] stared down at her bound hands as Yellow Zircon apparently weighed up the decision on wether to indulge [Y/N] in a mindful discussion of her origin, or make her sexually uncomfortable.

Her hands rubbed her chin thoughtfully before she smirked smugly at [Y/N] and moved her chair as close as possible to [Y/N]'s side, now in incredibly close proximity to her, [Y/N] could feel her hot breath against her neck and blushed.

"I'll indulge your childish fantasies- for now."

[Y/N] nodded as she attempted to keep this strictly on the knowledge side of things, she moved to her side and winced immediately as she put pressure on her rib-cage earning a overprotective growl from Yellow who forcefully laid her on her back.

It was like being a child at nursery,
No freedom whatsoever, and the bare minimum of speech,

Yellow Zircon cleared her throat over-dramatically as she began her anticipated revelation.

"Well, Im Yellow Zircon 8ZX, im a fairly new cut and formed gem, as my number system shows." Yellow Zircon explained, her cheeks stained yellow as she admitted to be young, [Y/N] couldn't help but find this weird.

On earth, Sadies mother would bask in the glory that she was much younger than she appeared, as did MR, Fryman, all the adults seemed concerned more about their age then their aging.

It made [Y/N] laugh admittedly, at how  children were desperate to be teenagers, and teenagers were either desperate to be younger or older and how Adults maintained high self esteem by persuading themselves they were 'young at heart'.

[Y/N] felt her anticipation sobering, as she came to the conclusion that gems were very incredibly boring life forms.

"Is that all?" Raising an eyebrow skeptically at Yellow Zircon she earned a unhappy murmur and a slow nod in confession.

"Oh." [Y/N] felt her interest deflate like a week old balloon, was this all to her capturer? Admittedly she'd have even been okay with a psychopathic murderer if it meant a more awe-inspiring back story.

Yellow Zircon stared at her thoughtfully, her mouth opened as if she was about to question [Y/N], then on second thoughts snapped shut.

[Y/N] awkwardly laid back, her company had gone sour, she glared up at the white patched roof and then at the white washed walls and the presumably marble floors.

She wondered if gems had a similar financial system to humans, she already understood from Pearl, that sleep  had no purpose to their complex systems, so [Y/N] began to wonder if they derived nourishment from the dirt?

Imagining Yellow Zircon squatting down and taking a large munch out of the ground set [Y/N] off laughing, she often laughed to herself and was more often than not called out about it.

Yellow Zircon looked perplexed as she arched both brows cynically, and sighed tapping the bed frame,

"Are you okay, [Y/N]?" Her voice layered thick with genuine concern.

"yes ma'am." [Y/N] ended the conversation as quick as it started.

"Do you need nourishment, if so do you retrieve it from the earth ?"

[Y/N] could no longer hold back, she absolutely 100% had to know the outcome, her curiosity nearly always got the best of her in the worst situations.

Yellow Zircon laughed, not the sarcastic, rude one she had come to recognise at Yellows, but a true deep laugh, it echoed from the caverns of Yellows mind- it was a sweet melody to [Y/N]'s ears. It lasted no longer than a few seconds, but it brightened [Y/N]'s mood immensely.

Yellow Zircon was a lot of things. A kidnapper, someone who adverted the cause of justice- but also [Y/N] was sure she held much softer values somewhere deep down.

And that's when she spoke.

Still laughing, she answered [Y/N]'s questsion with a brief, laugh-filled, no.

As [Y/N] apologised, Yellow Zircon began to engage in meaningless conversation with her.

The pair sat and talked everything from, Do gems excrete, (the answer was no), What was [Y/N]'s favourite gem stone, and other snippets of conversation.

After what felt like a few minutes, [Y/N] was almost sad to see Yellow Zircon check her watch and grimace, she stood up and gave [Y/N] a brisk good bye.

It saddened her to see a new acquaintance leave, Yellow Zircon wasn't easily forgivable, as [Y/N] still felt her grudge very prominent with Blue Zircon, Topaz and most especially the irking Aquamarine.

But something deep down stirred in [Y/N] when it came to Yellow Zircon, she may have had very few positive interactions with her, but she craved more, she craved Yellows approval and her praise more than she craved a way to return to her original  home.

It was scary how almost 24 hours had shooken [Y/N]'s worldwide perspective.

Over the following weeks, [Y/N] felt her feelings towards the almost evasive Yellow Zircon spiral out of mass control.

Blue Zircon would administer her medicine daily, and [Y/N] would lay in wait for her knight with a shining gem to make her daily appearance and gossip about all the other gems, especially the Rubies.

[Y/N] felt the damage made due to her anger at capture, begin to lick its own wounds, as between the pair they became more friends than master and slave.

Each and every day, [Y/N] made steady recovery, her bruised ribs and fractured ankle and bust up knuckles disappeared one by one, perhaps it was the modern advances made by gem-kind in medicine or maybe it was just the genuine good care she was taken of.

But [Y/N] felt a huge impact on her mental state.
She didn't know what Yellow had in store for her,
Nobody could relate to her,
She felt alone and lost the majority of the time when Yellow was gone.

Then one day it happened.

[Y/N] awoke, ready for her daily routine to continue into another week. She became accustomed to being taken care of, and hesitantly enjoyed it.

Only to see a anxious looking Blue Zircon staring at her with a smile, her eyes wide and ecstatic but held some sympathy underneath the pretence.

"Your bruised ribs have healed!"

"You should be good to go, for Yellow Zircon-" with every word she tied a noose around [Y/N]'s neck, it tightened and began to throttle her as her voice droned in the background.

Yellow Zircon would be alerted.
This whimsical 'punishment' was to be carried out.