[The sad part is that Peridot doesn't actually disapprove? Or rather, she doesn't disapprove in the way that Lapis may be thinking. Dating a human, sure, that's weird, but Lapis is her own gem who can make her own decisions. Plus, Peridot's confident that she'd never do anything REALLY crazy, like pull a Rose Quartz. And as for Peridot's own side of things...
She's a gem, so monogamy generally doesn't mean much to her. But here's the problem: first, while they've both worked to improve some of the more problematic aspects of their friendship, Peridot still has a lot of baggage tied up in needing to be needed, especially where Lapis is concerned. Second? She's not just a gem here! She's also a dragon. And dragons are, famously, pretty bad at sharing.
So yeah. It's complicated feelings o' clock up in here.
Peridot is staring at the ground now, and her tail starts to swish, brow furrowed in consternation.]
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She's a gem, so monogamy generally doesn't mean much to her. But here's the problem: first, while they've both worked to improve some of the more problematic aspects of their friendship, Peridot still has a lot of baggage tied up in needing to be needed, especially where Lapis is concerned. Second? She's not just a gem here! She's also a dragon. And dragons are, famously, pretty bad at sharing.
So yeah. It's complicated feelings o' clock up in here.
Peridot is staring at the ground now, and her tail starts to swish, brow furrowed in consternation.]
...I don't get it.