Spinel the Great Umbrella Thief

Chapter 8

Tw: implied non-consensual kissing but nothing further than that. Also physical abuse mentions.

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Pink Pearl tried to do as the diamond said and go to sleep but she felt so anxious that she couldn't. After Pink Diamond left the house was filled with nothing but noise. Loud bangs, crashes and yelling could be heard all throughout the corridors.

The sounds of heavy footsteps pacing through the halls followed by shrill yelling and the faint sound of Pink whimpering shook Pink Pearl to her very core. What was going on out there...? Even if Pink Pearl wanted to know she couldn't go out there and see for herself. And even if she could, she was terrified to find out.

She wanted to help her friend. But she also wanted to go back in time, run away, and pretend this never happened. And she hated herself for even thinking about abandoning her friend. How could she think of such a thing? What kind of horrible friend was she?

Pink Pearl closed her eyes and tried to block out the noise. It was all just a dream. A very bad dream. She'd wake up in the morning and everything would be how it was meant to be.

But it wasn't a dream. And she wasn't about to wake up from it.

Hours passed and it felt like years in that cold empty room all alone with nothing but background noise to keep her company.

Pink Pearl didn't know what time it was or how many hours had passed when she heard a loud door slam shut and the noise abruptly stopped. Not long after, she heard a small chink and Pink Diamond opened the door.

"Good evening, Pearl."

"Pink! Are you...alright..." Pink Pearl rushed to the diamond and threw her arms around her in desperation.

Pink was wearing a tired smile, and her mouth was bleeding a bit. By the looks of it, she hadn't slept well either...

"Pink...Pink. Pink...What happened....what was all that noise...why are you bleeding..."

"Shhh. Shhh. It's alright. We're alone now," Pink patted the pearl's back.

"What happened to you? What's going on?"

"Pearl...the truth is I'm scared to be alone in this place. Promise you won't leave me alone, won't you?"

"Never...never ever..."

"That's my girl," Pink Diamond bent down and kissed Pink Pearl on the lips.

"Pink...I didn't know you felt that way about me."

"Oh, don't be silly! You've stayed by my side longer than anyone. It's about time I repaid the favor."

Pink Pearl stayed silent.

"Hey, what's wrong? Chin up!"

"What's wrong? That's what I should be asking you. You're hurt, aren't you? She hurt you, didn't she? Why are you acting like everything's okay when we both know it's not?"

"That's all I've ever done, isn't it? You should know that more than anyone else. I don't know what to do Pearl...Things have gotten so bad lately. Every day she comes home in a fowl mood...and she blames me for it. All I've ever been is a thorn in her side and she won't let me hear the end of it. If I don't do exactly as she says I get punished...She never lets me go outside anymore. If I do I have to sneak out while she's away and even then she comes back so quickly that it's hard to know if I'll make it back in time. When she's home all I do is work. I don't have any outside contact. I have a phone but only so that she can keep watch on me. She monitors everything I do. And she pays all my expenses. I can't leave because if she finds out she'll report me missing and act like she's genuinely worried about me in an attempt to snatch me back. You're the only person left who still trusts me...I don't know what to do."

"You can come to my house...we can live there together. You don't have to put up with this, Pink."

"She's going to find out where I am...she put a tracking device on my phone."

"Dispose of the phone. Your safety is more important."

"It doesn't matter. She's going to find me. She always finds me. As long as she's my legal guardian she can force me under house arrest and there's nothing I can do about it..."

"I'm sorry, Pink but I can't do this..." Pink Pearl couldn't imagine the pain Pink went through on a daily basis but she couldn't stand being left alone in the dark to the sound of Pink getting abused.

"You're not going back on our promise are you..."

"And if I am?"

"How dare you! After everything we've been through! You're just going to leave me here to fend for myself, huh? Some friend you turned out to be!"

"Pink I...I didn't mean it!"

"How selfish can you get, huh?! I can't believe I thought bringing you here was a good idea!"

"Pink...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you upset, really. I'll stay...if you really want me to...I'll stay. So don't be mad okay?"

"We're friends aren't we, Pearl?"

"...best friends."

"That's what I thought."

Pink Diamond pressed her lips against Pink Pearl's and Pink Pearl didn't resist.

There they sat making out for what felt like a millennia. Pink Pearl was so tired. She just wanted to sleep.

When Pink Diamond finished she roughly patted the pearl's head.

"See you later, beautiful."

Pink Pearl lay on the floor in exhaustion and fell into a deep slumber.