No Rest for The Weary| Crystal Gems X Reader

Chapter 53: Too Far

"Whatever, dude," Amethyst sighed as she walked away towards Y/n

"That was the incorrect response. Hey, Amethyst isn't laughing when I do these things," Peridot frowned, "Why isn't she laughing?!"

"Peridot, you really hurt her feelings," Steven told

"What?" Peridot turned to Steven

"You were pretty mean to her at the Kindergarten," Steven told

"Mean? No way! I was being... "cool". Amethyst loved it. She's probably telling the Y/n how much fun she had now," Peridot said, noticing Amethyst looking at her, "Amethyst, hi, hi, hi, Amethyst!" Peridot waved, but Amethyst put her arm around Y/n's shoulders, startling Y/n a bit, who was still on the phone, as the two walked into the barn, "She... she won't even look at me. It's making me feel... smaller,"

"You feel bad! That's how you made her feel," Steven told

"Who cares about how she feels? Who cares about any of you!" Peridot snorted as she began stomping around, "You're all just rocks! Ruddy, muddy, clumps beneath my gravity connectors!" Peridot grunted as the leash tugged at her body, causing her to fall over

"Ugh, another one of her temper tantrums. I'm surprised you three made it back from the Kindergarten without driving each other crazy!" Pearl commented to Amethyst and Y/n

"Yeah..." Y/n sighed, glancing at Amethyst

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"What's going on?!" Y/n yelled as they heard a loud whirring noise coming from in front of the barn

"It's okay, everything's okay!" Steven said as he stumbled around, clearly dizzy, "It was just a drill!"

"Oh, Steven," Y/n laughed a bit in pity

"Uh... Peridot?" Amethyst said, Y/n turned to their side to see Peridot on top of Amethyst

"Ah!" Peridot yelped as she jumped off, "It was an accident, I swear!"

"Hey, don't worry about it," Steven said as he walked over, "We know you didn't mean to start the drill,"

"Uh... yeah. That was an accident, too..." Peridot told

"Everyone alright?" Y/n asked as they approached

"We good," Amethyst gave a thumbs up

"Alright... I guess we should start clean up here..." Y/n sighed

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"Hey, are you alright? That was a close one. It's a good thing Peridot was there to save you," Steven asked Amethyst as the he, Peridot, Y/n, and Amethyst were cleaning up. Well, Y/n was supposed to be helping, but they took a break about ten minutes and hadn't returned

"Yes, it is a good thing," Peridot said, then paused, "Listen, I... uhm..."

"Just spit it out," Amethyst rolled her eyes

"Uggh!" Peridot groaned, "Why are you earthlings so difficult!?" Peridot took her tape recorder and played a message she previously recorded, "Log date 7112. This entire planet is backwards. There hasn't been one instance of correct behavior exhibited by any one of these "Crystal Gems". I have concluded that they are all defective. But I am no better. I failed my mission and now I'm working with the enemy. And I can't even get that right. I have apparently "hurt" Amethyst's "feelings", which was not my intent. If I've damaged my standing with the best Gem here, then I've made a serious mistake. I'm still learning. I hope you understand. I want to understand. I'm sorry. Peridot. Facet 5. End log,"

"Oh, Peridot," Steven teared up

"Peridot..." Amethyst looked to the green gem, "Thanks," Peridot gave an awkward smile back, "But you're still a nerd,"