Over Our Obstacles [ENG] [FINISHED/ADDING REMAINING CHAPTERS]

Chapter 5 | Big Plans

"You're... welcome." Pearl let out breathlessly, completely paralyzed by what just happened.

They were standing there without any single word then. They both were lost in their thoughts, staring at each other – even that horse was gazing at them, probably wondering what kind of a strange ritual that was.

Pearl pulled a hair lock behind her ear, biting her lip softly and looking aside. "I... should probably go now. I don't want to disturb you."

"You're not!" Lapis reacted immediately, and it was a little bit louder than she wanted it to be. "I mean... you're not disturbing me."

Lapis' cheeks became slightly red as Pearl looked back at her. There were thousands of words she wanted to say, but Lapis was too shy to do so. She couldn't. Her tongue was curled up in her mouth, she wasn't able to say anything.

Blue then decided to give Lapis a hand. She made one step backwards and with her muzzle she pushed Lapis forth, making her doing several forced steps towards Pearl. Lapis panicked a little when she appeared just a few inches away from her, almost making a contact with her chest again.

"Blue?! What are you..." Lapis tried to pull herself back, but the mare was still pushing her forward. "I-I'm sorry, I... she's not usually like this." And as Lapis finished the sentence, she was pushed against Pearl again, slightly touching her.

Normally, Pearl would make a step backwards, but for some reason she didn't.

"I'm sorry, Pearl." She apologized and then turned around, pushing her horse away. "Blue, stop it! Damnit, what's wrong with you?"

"Maybe she's hungry." Pearl opined. She didn't notice that yet, but even when Lapis' horse was this near, Pearl didn't feel much nervous.

"Well, yeah." Lapis agreed, embarrassed, still pushing her horse away. "I should probably feed her..."

Pearl tittered, crossing arms on her chest in embarrassment. "Okay, so... I-I gotta get going, I... won't bother you, guys."

"No, it's okay." Lapis finally made the mare stop, though she had an unpleasant feeling that Blue will surely do it again in a short time. "You can stay."

Pearl licked her lips; they became dry for some reason. "Thanks, but... I've got some plans for today." She lied. She would really like to stay, but there was a problem. Well, actually lots of problems; giant problems with big dark eyes that were staring at her since she came here.

"Oh." Lapis lowered her eyes in disappointment and rubbed her nape. "Yeah, well, I... it totally slipped my mind that I actually wanted to clean my horse and... the stable and some stalls, too... so, yeah... I should be going, too." She stammered. Well, sure she was going to clean stalls and horses, what else would she do? 'Geez, I'm so stupid. I couldn't make out anything worse.'

Pearl looked at Lapis with a worried expression. She felt like something was bothering her. That girl suddenly seemed so sad.

"So..." The taller girl said, clearing her throat softly. "This is our goodbye?"

Lapis crossed her arms on her chest, not looking at Pearl, although this was the only thing she wanted to do at that moment. "Yeah... probably." She squeezed the red fabric in her hand and sighed.

"... So, goodbye then... Lapis." Pearl said, a little confused and... sad, yet she didn't even know why. Was it because Lapis wasn't looking at her? 'She probably doesn't want to see me... huh... I knew that this whole thing was a bad idea... I shouldn't do that...I shouldn't give her that stupid pearl.' She thought and bit her lip hard.