Roomies- Lapidot Human Au (Rewrite)

Part 6: A Long Night

Peridot Pov:

While sitting at the dinner table everyone was being social and asking Lapis questions while all I could do was sit nervously and stay quiet, just like this afternoon. After a minute or two dinner was served and everyone started eating, occasionally someone would stop eating to ask Lapis another question. I just sat in silence and ate the whole time, trying to think if there was anything I could do to make Lapis forgive me for what I did because of Jasper, or even just talk to me in general. After everyone had finished their meal they kept talking to Lapis for a while, though after I finished I just dismissed myself and headed upstairs where I just laid back on my bed and stared at the ceiling.

After maybe half an hour or so I decided I may as well just get ready for bed, so I headed into the bathroom where I took a brisk shower and brushed my teeth. Walking back into the room I noticed an old, slightly worn looking book lying on Lapis' bed, The mystery of the ocean monument, huh, she really seems to like the ocean a lot. I walked back over to my bed and slipped my socks off, tossing them in my laundry basket. I pulled my slightly worn jeans off and tossed them on the side of my bed, just as I was about to take my shirt off I heard the door open as Lapis walked in, a look of slight surprise on her face. All I could do was stare at her, my face turning slightly red as she looked at me.

Lapis Pov:

Once everyone had finished asking me questions at the dinner table I headed upstairs, going into the bathroom where I quickly brushed my teeth, I stepped out and walked to the bedroom. Opening the door I was caught slightly by surprise as Peridot was standing there, in the middle of getting changed, with her pants off and standing in her shirt and underwear, huh, she's wearing boxers with little aliens on them, that's cute, wait what? I blinked slightly and looked back at her,

"Oh, uh, sorry" I turn and walk out the door, closing it behind me and sitting at the top of the stairs while I wait for her to finish getting changed. Though for some reason i can't stop thinking about her standing there in those alien boxers.

Peridot Pov:

She just stares at me for a few seconds before apologising and walking out, I stumble back onto the bed, my face bright red and my heart pounding in my chest, Oh stars ,she walked in on me getting changed, why now? why couldn't it be a second earlier before my pants were off? I quickly stand up, swiftly pulling the rest of my clothes off and grabbing my pyjamas, putting them on. I sit back down on the edge of the bed, my heart still throbbing, a few seconds later there's a gentle knock on the door,

"you decent yet?" I call out softly, my voice a little shaky,

"Y-yes... I'm dressed" the door slowly opens and Lapis walks in, she goes over to her dresser and grabs a slightly large shirt before heading back out again. She comes back in a few seconds later, wearing the shirt, which goes down to the middle of her thighs, her other clothes in her hands, she dumps her clothes in her own laundry basket before picking up her book from her bed and getting in, starting to read. As she did I crawled into my bed, turning on my night light and pulling out my phone, scrolling through it to try and distract myself from the feelings of embarrassment.

Around an hour passes when I see Lapis put her book away and turn off her light, so not wanting to disturb her I turn my own light off and put my phone away, laying down to try and get to sleep. After a few minutes of finding it difficult to get to sleep I roll over, now facing the wall where Lapis' bed is, I open my eyes slightly to see if she's asleep, looking over I see her eyes are closed and she's breathing slightly louder than usual, so i'm pretty sure she's asleep. I can't help but stare at her face, she looks so peaceful, her hair hanging over her face slightly. Stars, she's beautiful, it's sort of unreal that this is happening, that she's sleeping just across from me. Why did I have to do those things to her before, why couldn't I have just said no to Jasper?

But hey, maybe there's a chance I can somehow make it up to her, and maybe there's a chance we can even be friends, or perhaps something even more. I continue to stare at her, listening to her soft breathing, a-am I gay? I couldn't be, could I? I mean, looking at Lapis she is attractive but that doesn't mean I'm attracted to her, right? I spent the next few hours just staring at her face with the same thoughts rolling through my head over and over again, all ending in the same question:

Am i gay?