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Who: Lapis, Peridot & Lambert (later)
When: Between Week 2 and Week 3
Where: Peridots House
What: hormonal young adults
Warnings: its steamy and then extremely not steamy who trusted me to write this description ITS LEWD

Lapis likes to believe that the only reason she bothers coming to Lamberts' house now that her unwanted dog visitor has departed is because of Pumpkin, and certainly not the vague feelings of comfort and familiarity that Peridots' presence brings. Unfortunately while she can verbally deny such things, she's still drawn in by the other girl all the same.

Maybe it's just hormones. It's probably hormones, right? Lapis leans over Peridot, resting her arms and weight on her shoulders and looking around to her current studies

"Multi-universe theory." She comments, a hint of disappointment. Of course it's weird stuff. Why wouldn't it be weird stuff? Why wouldn't her life just give her something normal to deal with for once? "Seriously? Don't you have better hobbies?"

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Peridot removes the arm from her face and goggles at Lapis all wide-eyed. "You watch this show too?"

"Of course I do. Everyone in my class does, for that matter." She waves dismissively. "I'm more surprised you watch it, though. Teen drama doesn't exactly seem like your kind of thing."

"Are you kidding me!?" Peridot exclaims, sitting up rather suddenly. "Such a vast an intricate story... How could anyone NOT love it!?"

"No offense but you definitely don't seem like the romantic type." At all. No one that Lapis knows that's that into weird research has ever gotten laid. Probably. She's fairly certain, anyway. "So I fail to see how exactly relatable this kind of teen drama is to you."

Peridot scoffs. "It's not like this show is just about romance. There are other facets to the narrative as well. Friendship, school politics, finding ways to fit in..."

She trails off awkwardly, like she's aware that she has just revealed a bit too much. She does not, notably, challenge the statement that she's not really the romantic type.

"You wan to fit in." She repeats slowly, clearly slightly incredulous. "You." She points this time. It's not that she can't see how Peridot wouldn't fit in it's more that she's... Well, a little too headstrong, in a word, from what Lapis knows about her.

Honestly the fact she's a werebeast is extremely down the list on reasons why Peridot wouldn't possibly fit in considering this god forsaken city of weirdness.

Peridot puffs herself up defensively. "Yeah, so? Doesn't everyone?"

"Oh calm down, I'll have you know I've mastered the art of fitting in." And also denying the supernatural." She waves her hand, like she is absolutely the most popular girl at school. She's not, but that's more for bad attitude than anything else.

"You want some pointers?"

She looks... Incredibly skeptical, side-eyeing Lapis warily. "Maybe..." She's not sure she can trust whatever advice Lapis is willing to give, but surely it can't hurt to hear her out...

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Well, Peridot is about to get a hands on demonstration whether she likes it or not, because Lapis immediately sets about pulling that skeptical look into a forced smile with her thumbs.

"That squinty eyed suspicious look doesn't exactly help you, you know."

Peridot grunts with surprise and tries to pull back, but Lapis is too quick for her.

Her mouth may be pulled into a grin, but she is definitely not smiling with her eyes.

"Duly noted," she growls, the words warped by the unnatural shape her lips are pulled into.

"You should probably work on that bad attitude too." She says, just pointing it out helpfully. She's also not letting go of Peridots face just yet, instead opting to suddenly squish it before she does. "If you want to fit in you might wanna work on getting people to like you."

"Mmmpphh--" She rubs her cheek with one hand, scowling. "I don't want to have to change to fit in," she mutters, glancing away. "I just want to find a place where I can fit in and still be me."

Which is an incredibly high-school thing for a college student to be saying but. Peridot has a lot of baggage that she has yet to sort out. Call her a late bloomer.

"I don't think that's how social life works." Lapis points out with a wave of her hand that suggests sagely knowing. "Your second best bet then would to just be dating someone popular, by proxy making you popular." She's seen it before, on TV shows and the like. Once or twice in real life too.

Peridot blushes uncomfortably. "Alright that's enough. I think I've had more than my fill of your 'advice' for one afternoon," she huffs, drawing herself up to sit cross legged on the bed.

"My advice is good advice. I'd date you." Which probably isn't the best thing to blurt out to someone who you've only known for a week or two, but whatever, it's out there anyway, and Lapis can downplay it like a champ. "Pumpkin is worth at least that much."

That's a terrible bait and switch, Lapis. And Peridot's not good enough at gauging people to read between the lines here. She barely even acknowledges her heart skipping a beat in hopeful surprise before she's frowning at that tacked on comment.

"So you're saying that... I'm worth dating. But. Only because I have a superlative dog," Peridot replies dryly.

"She's a very good dog." Honestly, Lapis has never met a dog she's liked as much as this one. That's beyond the point, though. "More people should ask to date you to know the wonder that is Pumpkin."

"I mean. I can't exactly disagree with that sentiment, I guess." Her dog IS quite good...

"So? Wanna date?" Is she going to have to spell it out planer for Peridot or is she going to catch on now? Hopefully it's now.

...Peridot just goggles at her, eyes wide and round. What... what the heck... Did she hear that right? Did she really just ask that?

"I... Can't tell if you're being serious or not," she says in a small voice after a moment, brows meeting in a look of vague concern. Like. Why would she be serious? Lapis basically said it herself. In Peridot's chest does not beat the heart of a romantic.

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"Well, I could kiss you right here and now and say i'm being absolutely serious, but I'm not about to get smacked for the effort. But yeah, i'm serious." And if Peridot wants it, then she'll kiss her.

"Oh my goodness. You are. You're serious," Peridot babbles, almost more to herself than to Lapis. She glances down into her lap where she's fidgeting her thumbs against one another, eyes becoming slightly unfocused. This is... This kind of situation is unprecedented? NONE OF HER TRAINING FROM THE TEEN DRAMA SCHOOL OF ROMANCE PREPARED HER FOR THIS?

Her head snaps back up to look at Lapis suddenly, face hot. "I-It's not that I'm disinterested!" Peridot says way too loudly, and winces at her own volume, immediately correcting. "It's just that IIII... Don't really know what I'm doing...?" she explains, words pitching up at the end of the sentence.

"Well, thankfully at least one of us does then, yeah?" Lapis leans in real close, taking Peridot by the chin like one of those terrible teen romance dramas. It's here that she stops, though. "If I kiss you you better not smack me."

Peridot's eyes are wide and bright, literally about as close as a real person can get to looking like she just jumped straight out of a shoujo manga page. It's kind of ridiculous. She can feel her heart pounding against her ribs. What the heck, this is all happening so suddenly and so QUICKLY--

"I won't!" she says indignantly, tense with anticipation. Just be cool Peridot. BE COOL.