@intherealway
No, no no no! Pearl covered her mouth with her sleeve as she leaned against the door of the stall, grateful that the person on the other side couldn’t see the flush in her cheeks or the tears on her face. She hastily tried to shush her own crying, sniffling and burying her face into her hands, pressing her palms roughly to her eyes and squeezing them shut tight. Embarrassment pierced her chest and turned her red all the way to her ears; Garnet was not supposed to see her like this.
“I told Amethyst not to get you,” she muttered bitterly into her wrists, glaring down at the floor through her blurred vision. She was just supposed to go back to class and give her a minute to get herself together, not drag their other friend into it so Pearl could be mortified even further. “I’m fine. I’m just–I’m fine. You don’t have–” She inhaled sharply, the noise hiccuping in her chest. “–to be here.”
Pearl's words rolled off her like nothing, any hints to leave her alone ignored. Garnet was pretty sure that was the opposite of what she should do, anyway. She leaned a shoulder against the other side of the stall, hearing the quiet sobs that came from inside and feeling her lips tug into a small frown.
"But I am here." She stated, simply, almost gently. She didn't make any move to try and force Pearl out of the stall before she was ready, but instead offered the support silently from the other side. "Tell me what happened." Amethyst had started to tell her the details... but Garnet had opted to hear it from from the source, instead, leaving the third friend of their trio behind to be here now. "I'm not leaving until you've calmed down."
