prompt: “Let’s explore the galaxies, just me & you.”
ship: Blue Pearl and Yellow Pearl

 by: RadioWrittenHeart

 

“How are you holding up down there?” Blue said wistfully, peering over the edge of the ship.

 

Yellow grunted, yanking out a bundle of wires and ignoring the smeared oil all over her arms. Her outfit was completely ruined, her face was worn and everything about her displayed an aura of weariness. “I have no idea,” she snapped. “This ship refuses to do anything right. It won’t even let me fix it.”

 

Blue sighed, taking a seat on the brim and swinging her legs gently.

 

“Sunshine,” she spoke up. “Do you think we have to keep running?”

 

“What?” Yellow hollered from under the hood.

 

A giggle escaped Blue and she bounded off the edge, floating to the ground. “I said,” she trilled. “Do you really think we have to keep running?” She gently tapped the side of Yellow’s leg with her foot. “Maybe we could just … leave this ship here. Move on from it. Stay somewhere for once.” She paused, messing with her hair and waiting for a response.

 

One that seemed like it took forever to say; “You know we can’t do that, sky.”

 

Yellow crawled out from under the ship, stretching out. Under the soft mop of hair, Blue’s faded over eyes shined with all sorts of emotions. With a hint of hesitation, Yellow rose to her feet and took the other Pearl into an embrace. There were a few moments of hesitation, until their lips met in a chaste kiss. Surprisingly enough, Yellow was the one crying.

 

“We’re too close,” she mumbled. “They’d find us.”

 

“We’re Pearls,” Blue retorted. “We’re disposable to them.”

 

“But not to me, you aren’t,”

 

“I feel the same way, sunshine,”

 

Yellow shushed Blue, and stole another kiss; “Listen to me. We ran away, stole Diamond property and rebelled against Homeworld authority. We’re outlaws, and we’re too close. We need a better hideaway, or we have to stay on the run.”

 

Blue nodded; “This place is so beautiful, though.”

 

Countless moons, she had stopped counting after fifty. Stars for miles. Homeworld just barely in sight.

 

“Earth,” Yellow whispered. “I promised I’d get us there, and that’s where we’ll stay.”

 

Suddenly, Blue burst into a little session of laughter, falling against her mate. “Whatever happened to that stuffy, goody-two shoes yellow?” she teased.

 

“She met an incredibly shy and scared blue,” Yellow smiled.

 

They were no longer under anyone’s thumb. They were their own gems. It was a strange feeling, but they would get used to it.