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Pearl collapses through the front door at half past midnight, like every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. These are the days she has work after class, and while she frequently ends them stumbling half-conscious on the tail of a caffeine high, it's not often that she's so aggressively miserable.

As demonstrated quite immediately by her regular greeting being replaced by an incredibly vocal, drawn-out groan.

"Today was a disaster," she announces to the back of Garnet's head over the sofa's edge, momentarily tempted to just let her backpack drop from her sore shoulders to the floor before remembering her very expensive custom-made laptop, and placing it neatly on the floor instead. She flops over the sofa's backrest from behind, wobbly noodle-arms spilling down towards the cushion. "I'm a disaster."

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Pearl's chin tips guiltily down as soon as Garnet takes that tone with her, and she feels the warmth in her cheeks flare up.

"You're very hard to argue with, you know that?" she says at last with a bit of a laugh, glancing down into her mug again. "I'm almost done."

Tipping it up towards her mouth, she finishes off its contents in one long chug. The warmth settles heavy into her chest, and Pearl's shoulders slump with her exhale. "There."

Garnet smiles, that kind of smile when it's just from one side, as she takes the cup from Pearl and sets it aside. She shifts off the couch slowly, to rock Pearl as little as possible. "Can you lie down or does it still sting too much?"

"I can, it's alright." As comforting and pleasant it feels to be handled like porcelain, there's something about it that's unshakably embarrassing, especially now that her head has cleared.

Pearl's eyes dart towards Garnet's face again, lips pursing with self-consciousness. Still, she moves to lie on the sofa as requested, stomach-down and face buried in her arms.

"Thank you, Pearl," Garnet says softly.

This time it's very different from when she made Pearl lie down earlier. Garnet sits at the edge of the couch, and starts at Pearl's calves. Her touch is gentle, soothing, she hopes. Pearl's skin is still soft, even if pink and bumpy from earlier. She's especially gentle when she moves to Pearl's ass, careful to get every scratch and bruise.

She glances up, at Pearl's shoulders, the way her hair brushes against them when she lies down like this. She hasn't said it yet today and this feels like the right time. "I love you, Pearl."

Pearl lets out soft, short moans as Garnet begins working her way up tender skin, the touch stinging before soothing. It takes her a bit, but she soon finds herself relaxing into it, her moans melting into warm sighs. Garnet is good with her hands, and she can read her body like a map.

Exhaustion and pleasure knit together to drape over her like a blanket, and for a second she may well have been in danger of dozing off, were it not for Garnet's voice to stir her back awake.

There's a beat, and then Pearl blurts out a guffaw. "It's a little embarrassing when you say it to my behind," she says, her upper back curving so she can see Garnet's face, "but I love you too, Garnet."

Her smile looks a little funny, cheek squished up against her forearm; it's palpably sincere, though, laced with warm laughter. But then Pearl hesitates, and a sheepish little line forms between her eyebrows as her lips, just faintly, thin.

"... I didn't weird you out, did I?"

Garnet laughs, low, in her throat, at Pearl's teasing remark. It's true, it's strange to say when in this position, but she really does love Pearl, and after the night they've had she wanted her to know.

"Mmm," she responds thoughtfully at the question, now her hand working up to Pearl's waist, rubbing and caressing. "It was new, that's for sure." She leans over to press a soft kiss on Pearl's cheek, then pulls back to meet her gaze. "Anything that you want, I'm more than happy to do."

Pearl's mouth twists around, as if struggling to settle on a spot between a smile and a frown. "Well, I know, but-- you can do something while thinking it's weird, right?" Her hair falls forward as she slouches into the sofa, sighing at herself more than anything.

She knows she's fussing again, and she really, really shouldn't -- but Pearl thinks back on everything they'd just done and everything Garnet had said and she can't help it. "I realize you said those things as-- as part of the scene, but... it was dirty, wasn't it?"

Garnet's quiet and thoughtful for a moment. Her hands massage at Pearl's skin, moving up her back, fingers drawing circles against taut muscles now.

"It was dirty, but it wasn't weird," she says finally, in that tone she takes on when simply stating a fact. "And I really really liked it." She moves one of her hands to very, very lightly, tap one of Pearl's buttcheeks.

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"Ow, careful," Pearl chides with a huff, though it's really too light to hurt at all. The smile quirka back onto her lips, uneven and toothy. "Yeah, you did, didn't you?"

Relief fills her instantaneously; it's not like it matters, really, how it may seem to other people -- this is for her and Garnet alone, and all she needs to know is that Garnet is comfortable.

Rolling onto her side, Pearl stretches one arm out towards her, beckoning. "C'mere."

Garnet nods at the invitation, and lies down on the couch on her side. She's still clothed while Pearl is mostly not, and having her small body, soft and warm, against her is soothing in itself. Pearl's smile, her smell, her touch. Garnet feels like she needs moments like this herself, even if she was the one taking control before.

She smiles at Pearl, head tilted to the side as she lays on her shoulder. "Hey."

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Pearl presses herself close, stretching her limbs out like a cat in a sunny spot before wrapping them around Garnet.

"Hi," she giggles, and the tips of their noses brush together -- she leans in on instinct to close the gap, then stops herself an inch from Garnet's mouth.

"Sorry, I just remembered I taste like feet," she says with a self-conscious laugh.

Garnet laughs against Pearl, hands wrapping around her shoulders. "Well, it's my fault anyway." And she closes the distance for a kiss.

"Mm-" is the best response Pearl can offer with Garnet's mouth on hers, but despite her sheepishness, she melts into the kiss within seconds. It's hard to resist Garnet's touch always, but especially now, with it so playful and sweet in the wake of all they'd done. She leans in closer still, chest pressing to chest, legs twining together.

And she can't quite help brushing her toes down the sole of Garnet's foot.

"Nnn!" Garnet twitches back more from the surprise than anything. It takes her a moment to even realize what just happened, and that Pearl really did just use that against her.

"Two can play dirty," she responds, as her fingers tickle down Pearl's sides.

"No!" Pearl yelps, arms tightening around her midsection as she curls into herself for protection. "I've served my punishment, don't be mean!"

"Aright, alright," Garnet coos, and pulls Pearl closer, even if that makes her awkwardly press her head against her chest. "You should know better than to try to mess with me." She kisses the top of Pearl's head.

"I wasn't messing, just testing," Pearl harrumphs, as she rather comfortably settles against Garnet's bosom. "I can't believe you're actually ticklish. How did I never know you were ticklish?"

"I'm not really ticklish," Garnet responds, voice a little pensive. Her arm drapes over Pearl's shoulder and her hand draws lazy circles on her back. "I wasn't before." She smiles, a little silly, glad that Pearl can't see. "Maybe it's your magic tongue."

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"Really? My magic tongue?" Pearl's laugh is made all the more goofy by how flattered it sounds, but she really can't help it. "That's kind of endearing, actually."

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Garnet's laugh is a little freer, Pearl's goofy laugh contagious in this contented haze in her mind. "One of the many things I love about you."

"Oh yeah?" Pearl nuzzles her head to Garnet's cheek, humming lightly from the back of her throat. She wouldn't normally indulge herself in pursuing this line of conversation, but she's always a little less inhibited, after. "Like what?"

"Mmmm," Garnet hums, as if thinking about it, but really she doesn't have to at all. She continues her gentle touches over Pearl's soft skin. "Like your smile and your sweetness. How hard you work. You're the smartest person I know." Her voice has gotten lower and slower, as if she's drifting to sleep in the middle of them.

Only for her voice to come back to normal. "I love this spot spot right here." And she pokes a specific part between Pearl's ribs, where she knows she's most ticklish.

Pearl lets out a warm, syrupy sigh, sinking into Garnet's words. She knows she's being spoiled, but... it's nice, being told those things. Maybe it's fine, every now and then, as long as she doesn't overdo it.

She's always making mistakes, and she needs to get better; but even still, Garnet sees all this good in her. Garnet loves her.

For now, Pearl just lets herself relish in it. It's a drowsy, comfortable feeling, like drifting slowly through an ocean of wool.

Until Garnet snaps her out of it with a well-pointed jab of the finger, snapping Pearl into a ball like a terrified hedgehog.

"Garneeeet!"

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Garnet laughs again, pulling Pearl close even as she takes on that uncomfortable, balled up position. This is the part she should say she's sorry but really she's not one bit.

"Come on, come on." She tries to squeeze her hands in between Pearl's limbs to open her up, voice calm and soothing. Her own laughter makes her muscles a little weak, and Pearl is able to resist. "That'll be the last time, I promise." for tonight.

Pearl's knees remain drawn up in defense, and she wriggles a bit, but it's not much of a resistance. She likes Garnet's coaxing hands more than she cares to admit, and that giggly grin on her face is enough to make Pearl's heart flutter, even if she's being teased.

This side of Garnet is all hers.

"How can I know I can trust you?" Pearl lets out an exaggerated huff, lower lip pushed out childishly.