💤 reverse (ascending-ocean) (i hope you dont mind)
Silence had fallen between the two of them, the dark quiet of the night interrupted only by the faint sound of rolling waves. Pearl enjoyed talking with Lapis; as much as she knew that her other friends would listen, they simply did not understand the heavy ache of homesickness that hung heavy within her chest at times. The suffocating nostalgia that looking towards the stars caused her. But Lapis did, and sometimes it was nice to be able to voice these things without someone trying to convince you that everything was alright. Sometimes, it was nice to simply have the validation.
Pearl had assumed that the long pause between her words and the other’s reply was for personal reasons and thus waited respectfully, only aware of the true cause when she suddenly became aware of the warm weight leaning against her. Pearl blinked, surprised, and then a wary smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. Well, that explained why Lapis had been speaking so quietly before.
She exhaled and tilted her head back, careful not to disturb the other. For beings who did not need to sleep, the universe had such a way of making them tired. Pearl blinked slowly a few times before her eyes finally closed, her body relaxing back against Lapis Lazuli’s beside her.
She slept, and in the dark silence of the night, she dreamed of home.
