"Goodness, it's kinda quiet in here, isn't it?"

You cracked an eye open at hearing pearl's voice sound from your back, sounding quite relaxed, but mildly awkward. "It's... not often that things are this... uneventful in here." she shuffled slightly, twiddling her hands. "It's either us going on missions or steven getting into something... and sometimes we just spend time to ourselves in our room... even then, it's never this... calm." She hesitated at the final part, like she was trying to search for the correct word. "Like right now, I'd likely be out on a mission, searching for specific items or fighting corrupted gems or... getting steven out of trouble. or I'd be in my room training." She shifts her weight with a soft grunt and and hums softly. "This is quite a change in routine for me... but I do admit..." she smiles contently. "It... does feel quite nice."

She sighs, resting one arm on her abdomen and the other arm on your back, her hand unwittingly playing with locks of your fur. "I think see why amethyst and spinel do this so often..." she mused, shutting her eyes and letting herself relax more. "Your mane is surprisingly soft." She chuckles to herself then sighs. "It's a wonder on how you kept it so clean despite your previous living conditions." your eye squinted slightly, unsure of how to take the blunt comment. "(Name) made sure to keep herself clean." You replied lightly. "Especially with a corrupted gem like (name), she needs to look as decent as she can." You joked, letting you a small snort in amusement. Unbeknownst to you, pearl pouted, unamused by your so called "joke"

"(Name), don't say it like that." You hear pearl quip, as she flipped onto her stomach, and played with a strand of fur between her fingers. "You're better looking than most, if any, corrupt gems we've seen." You squinted your eye at this, turning your head slightly to look at her in mild skepticism. "Really? How so?" There was a hum, and you felt her hands migrate from your shoulders to your head, tracing the base of your horn with her finger. "Well, you aren't really that startling looking in appearance." She then sits up and gets up off of you, turning to get a better look at you. "Despite your quadruped, or hexapod anatomy and massive size," she spares a brief glance at your six limbs, before walking to your front. "You really don't appear all that intimidating. If anything, humans typically like things that are fluffy." You hummed softly, watching as she knelt down infront of you. She wore a very warm smile as she set a hand on your muzzle. "Your face especially isn't frightening." She chuckled lightly. "Not only is it symmetrical, buut..." she then brings both hands up to part your bangs, smiling as you blinked at her with a friendly, if not a little confused smile.

"You do have a lovely set of eyes."

You you snorted, a playful smirk tugging the corner of your mouth. "(Name)'s eyes? Lovely?" You tilted your head slightly. "Is pearl sure HER eyes working right?" She scoffed playfully, absentmindedly pressing her hand against her muzzle. "I mean they look a lot better than most corrupt gems we've seen." She chuckled, rolling her eyes. You shook your head, grumbling with mock offense, in which pearl gives you a little play-slap on the muzzle. "Oh, you should be grateful, half the corrupt gems we've encountered don't even HAVE eyes!" Your eyes widened slightly, a flash of surprise darting through you.

"No eyes?" You blinked a few times in astonishment. "That must be a sight." At this, you gave a semi-loud chortle, in which pearl clasped her hands to her mouth, her cheeks flushing blue at trying to restrict her own laughter. "D-Don't joke about that! It's not funny!" You shook your head, still snickering to yourself. "(Name) doesn't see why she should!" You cackled mischievously. "(Name) is also a corrupt gem, so she has a free pass to do it!" Pearl shoved you playfully, barely able to keep herself together. "That isn't how it works! Stop it!" She hisses, her hands pressed against your muzzle, her head turned to try and hide her laughter, but you playfully bumped her head, cackling mischievously. "But (name) can't turn a blind eye to making pearl laugh from her bad puns!" You snickered watching pearl facepalm and turn away entirely, in an attempt to hide her obvious amusement, and pressed your muzzle into pearl's cheek. "And seeing pearl happy is a sight for sore eyes." You smiled serenely at the pale gem, pressing your muzzle further into her cheek. "That makes up for it, right?" There was a grunt as she lightly pushed you away. "Okay, okay." Pearl sighed, crossing her arms in mock annoyance. "Eye see that you do have a point." She replied raising her chin in a haughty manner. "So... Iris my case."

You both looked at each other in a temporary silence.

And that was all it took.

You both burst out laughing, pearl pressing her face into your chest fluff, wrapping her arms around your shoulders as she laughed into your fur as you slung an arm around her back, a surprisingly feminine undertone making itself present in your otherwise loud, quaking laughter. "Oh..! my sta-ars! I can't believe I actually said that!" Pearl laughed, voice bordering on hysteria. "Th-that was so bad!" Your laughter lowered slightly to where you were merely snickering. "Not bad for pearl!" After a while, she rolled over, so she was resting on her back and leaned back into your arms to catch her breath. "Oooh, my goodness... It... isn't very often that I laugh quite like that..." she chuckles lightly, before she clears her throat, in an attempt to regain her "professional" composure. "Let alone laugh at something so ridiculous." You snorted resting your chin on her head. "Pearl started it."

She grunted laying down against you with a cute attempt at a play-pout, poking you in the muzzle. "Oh hush, you were the one with the ridiculous puns!" you playfully nipped at her finger with a cheeky smirk. "Pearl gave (name) an opportunity." you hummed nonchalantly. "Besides, she didn't seem to mind it." Pearl replied with a soft giggle, turning onto her side so she'd have her cheek resting on her bicep. "I didn't. did I...?"

There was a lengthy silence, as you both basked in the peaceful, warm atmosphere, with you simply purring to yourself and pearl laying there contently, tracing little shapes on your arm.

"Hm... perhaps this is one of your traits, (name)." Pearl suddenly said out loud catching your attention. "Hm?" You looked down to see pearl smile in a relaxed, genuine manner. "A trait you had before you became corrupted..." she shut her eyes, and letting herself relax in your embrace.

"Maybe... you brought out the good in everyone."

Your eyes widened, your face scrunching at a sudden burn in your face. ...brought out the good,? "Does... pearl really think so..?"

She turns to you with a soft giggle. "Well-"

"Yo, what's going on in here?"
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Eye am not sorry.

Content, relaxed pearl is a thing that kinda needs to be expanded upon.

I also need to get used to drawing her lean, string bean looking anatomy-