#rsequrtz

( same tbh )

Another drink for another rude male who had too much to say. Why did guys always think they had the right to flirt when they got drunk? Something Pearl would never understand, and  never not be annoyed of.

   ❝ Yeah yeah. Take your          drink and go, I don’t want           your filthy tip anyways.  ❞ 

         ❝ What? Monster. I– ❞

She was caught offguard by the comment. Wh… What did she mean by that? How was Rose the monster here? Her heart sped up as the sudden fear over came her.

She had done… so many things. She had led many battles before she had even met Pearl and the other gems. Many mistakes costed the lives of countless gems– in fact, many frowned upon her tactics. Though they were effective, they were also nearly suicidal.

It wasn’t unil she had met Pearl and discovered Earth that she began to value the life that a single being could create.

But the overcoming fear on being labeled a ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲ again wasn’t a feeling she didn’t want to relive.

         ❝ I… I-I’m not a monster… ! ❞  

        ❝ Then what-- What else would you call yourself?! ❞  

To say that it was unusual for Pearl to lash out at Rose like this would be an enormous understatement. She had looked up to Rose, loved her... Rose was everything to her. In the times of greatest stress to her, that was when she clung to Rose all the more.

But that was all the more reason she felt so betrayed in that moment, having received cruel misdirection.

Pearl had endured a lot of pain over the thousands of years of her life. Rose had been the one to save her from the beginning and support her through the rest. She depended on Rose and trusted her. Rose had been the first gem to show her kindness despite her defect.

And Pearl had thought Rose cared about her anyway.