"Oh god this is so slutty." I grumbled, staring down at the costume Lapis had ordered. When she said she had an idea for our costumes last week, I didn't have this in mind. She refused to tell me what her idea was, and just went ahead and ordered the costume. "You didn't even bother to ask for my input?" I looked over at Lapis, arching an eyebrow. The bluenette only shrugged, and gave me an innocent smile. "You could always be the joker, but the height difference may taint the realism." she replied, and I rolled my eyes. 

I had to admit, this was pretty clever, though there were probably millions of other couples who've already done it. I huffed, and couldn't help but smile a little. She was planning on being the Joker...and ordered a Harley Quinn costume to go along with it. "Besides, I'm almost positive your Vampirella costume was ten times sluttier than this one. It's not even that bad!" Lapis protested, looking down at the costume. I felt my face heat up at the mention of that damned Vampirella costume, and I groaned. The Harley Quinn costume in fact wasn't as bad as my 9th grade abomination. 

"Look, I'm not forcing you to wear it, Peridot." Lapis chuckled, crossing her arms. "Lapis, you know I love comic book villains and heroes. Of course I'll wear it. Just why couldn't it be...Batman and Joker or something? I'm pretty sure they're gay for each other in some universe." I grumbled. Lapis snorted, and shook her head. "The party starts at 8...we better at least start getting ready." she said, and walking toward the bathroom. "Can we do you first?" I asked, just stalling time before I actually put on the damn thing. "'K. I need help with my makeup. I suck at it." Lapis replied from the bathroom. 

"Alright..." I muttered, walking to the bathroom as well. "So what do you plan on wearing? Doesn't seem like you even ordered a Joker costume for yourself." I explained. "He wears fairly simple clothing, Peri. I did order something. I got a purple blazer and purple suit pants." she replied, turning on her faucet. "You know he wears more than just that, Lapis. What about his bow tie? Or his flower? Orange shirt? What about props?" I asked all at once, watching Lapis splash water onto her face. "Calm your nerdy tits, Peridot. It's all done. I have an orange button shirt, I bought one of those gag flowers from the friggin dollar store, and you have a red bow tie, don't you?" Lapis asked, tilting her head. 

"Yeah...b-but it's special..." I mumbled, looking away. "Peridot, I'm not gonna lose it. Quit your worrying." "His green hair." I deadpanned. Lapis huffed, rolling her eyes. "I'm not going all out for this costume, Peri." she replied lazily. I scoffed, feeling slightly offended. "I thought you were a 'Halloween enthusiast'" I mocked. "Oh, I am. But I'm not making you go all out. The costume's all there." she justified, gesturing to my costume. I huffed, looking back down at my costume. Lapis walked out of the bathroom for a moment, then entered it again with the clothing in her arms.

"Where's the makeup?" I asked. "Right here." Lapis replied, dropping the pack onto the bathroom counter. She set all of her clothes down with the makeup, and sighed. She changed into the orange shirt, purple blazer, and purple suit pants. "Huehuehue, lookit me all snazzy." Lapis said in a nasally 1950's voice as she spun and posed in front of the mirror. I snickered, and bit my tongue, trying to hide my extreme amusement. "Alright, jazzypants, sit down. Let's do your makeup." I said, opening the package to the makeup.

Lapis closed the toilet lid, and sat down on top of it. "Oof, you better hope I can work with this." I muttered, reading the instructions.

. . . .

Lapis nodded approvingly, staring into the mirror intently. "Not bad. Better than I could ever do." she said, examining it closer. Her face was painted white and dark circles surrounded her eyes. Red stretched from her lips all the way up almost to her eyes in a large grin. I retrieved my red bow tie from my drawer, and brought it to Lapis. "Don't lose it please." I said, before putting it on Lapis carefully. Lapis nodded in response, and half-smiled at me. I shyly smiled back, and looked down at her fancy coat thingy. "Where's the flower?" I asked.

Lapis grabbed it from the counter, and clipped it onto the front pocket of the blazer. "Your tuurrrnnn~" she purred, walking up to me and smirking. I rolled my eyes and groaned. "Alright, alright." I grumbled, taking the costume out of the package. I struggled to change into it, for it was a bit snug in certain places. Sadly, it managed to fit me though, and I was shy as hell. I made Lapis go wait out in the room while I changed, and I nervously opened the door. "Alright, I need my makeup done too." I murmured as I felt Lapis's eyes scan me intensely. "Damn you look better than I expected." she commented, smirking. "Wh-whatever, j-just do my damn makeup!" I whined, stomping my foot.

Lapis chuckled, and stood back up from the bed. "I told you I suck at makeup." she replied quietly. "Oh, it's so frickin' simple, Laz. It's not as 'complex' as yours." I protested. Lapis giggled and sighed, gently pushing me back into the bathroom. "Okay, okay." she said, hoisting me up onto the counter.

. . . .

"You said you had props or something?" I asked, finishing up admiring the great makeup job Lapis had done. My face was painted white, and she had painted a black eye mask around my eyes. Heh, I looked like a deceased Incredible. "Yeahhh, I got these." Lapis replied, pulling out a shopping bag of stuff. "I got this from Spirit..." she murmured as she pulled out a cartoonish clown hammer - most likely for me. "These are from Party City." she said, putting a whip-type baton thingy onto the bed, as well as a fake gun - those were probably for her. "Hehe, these are cool." I said, picking them up and examining them one by one.

"Yeah, heh. We should head out." Lapis said, picking up the whip thing, and putting the fake gun into her pocket. I picked up the large hammer, and chuckled pridefully. This thing is so damn cool.

Greg had taken Steven and his friend Connie trick or treating, so the house was once again empty. So that's where Amethyst was having the Halloween party. Once we arrived, I heard music booming from the inside, and I could feel the drunken vibes already. We got out of the car, and I gripped my hammer, knowing it won't actually do anything but I wished it did. Lapis banged on the door loudly, and we stood there for about 30 seconds tops.

The door then slowly opened, and there stood Pearl in a classy vampire costume. "Oh, hello Lapis! Peridot!" she greeted loudly over the music, and I only nodded in response, looking to the side. "Hey Pearl! Didn't know this many people would show up again!" Lapis yelled, and Pearl shook her head. "Tell me about it." the pale woman said quieter, taking a step aside to let us in. As soon as I walked in, I was hit with the strong smell of alcohol and vape clouds. "I dunno how Greg deals with this..." I muttered, taking Lapis's hand so I wouldn't get lost.

Lapis seemed to follow Pearl, so I followed after Lapis. We walked into the kitchen, and there stood Amethyst with a huge bucket of Halloween candy on the counter. "Ame!" I shouted, and said girl jumped slightly, and quickly turned around. "P-doootttt, you made it!" she hollered, holding her arms out. She stepped up to me, and bear-hugged me, causing me to groan loudly. I heard Lapis giggle, and my cheeks burned furiously. I finally kicked my legs and tried pushing Amethyst off. She was clearly drunk, and released me sluggishly.

"Happy Halloween, man! Isn't this party fuckin' dope?!" she shouted, and I pursed my lips. "Hell yeah it is." Lapis fakely answered, putting on a grin. "You guys look sooo cool!" Ame said, looking us both up and down quickly. "Thanks. It was Lapis's idea." I responded shyly, rubbing the back of my neck. "Joker and Harley Quinn, eh? Clever stuff." I then heard a familiar voice chime in behind me. I cocked my head to look behind me, and mentally killed myself. There stood my sister Squari in a grim reaper gown, holding a fake scythe and hour glass. "Dressed as Death, I see?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. Maybe you're here to KILL my chances of any happiness.

"Yup. Hand-in-hand with Satan himself." Squari replied as Garnet approached us, simply wearing glowing devil horns. "That's not entirely accurate." Pearl added, resting her elbows on the counter. Amethyst was dressed as a werewolf, but her ears were already falling off. "Look at my tail!" she said excitedly, turning around. I looked down, and noticed there was no tail there, leading to my confusion. "What tail?" Lazuli asked, and Amethyst turned her head. "Wait what?!" she looked down at her own ass, and whimpered. "Oh fuck. Noooo, my taaailll..." she whined, realizing it was missing.

"EVERYONE SEARCH FOR A TAIL!!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, and I quickly looked away, pretending not to know her. "Moving on..." Pearl muttered, gripping the solo cup in her hands. "Steven said he saw you at the pet store, Peridot." she said, looking over at me. "Oh, right. Yeah that was when I was getting Pumpkin." I explained. "Pumpkin?" Pearl tilted her head. "Yeah. Our puppy." Lapis answered, and Pearl's eyebrows scrunched up. "Where are you keeping the poor thing?" she asked, sounding shocked.

"Uhm, in our room?" I replied, not understanding her behavior. "You do realize they don't allow pets into the dorms, right?" Pearl asked, lean in forward. Lapis and I then looked at each other, then back at Pearl. "Fuck, for real?" I whined, raising my eyebrows. Pearl nodded in response, and I grunted. "How'd you even get the puppy in without getting caught and stopped?" she asked. "I had her in my backpack when I brought her to the dorm... it was to surprise Lapis." I exclaimed, scratching my neck. "Makes sense." Lapis deadpanned, shrugging.

"Welp. Looks like we just gotta hide the puppy whenever we have guests." I said, looking over at Lapis. "NO ONE'S FOUND IT!" Amethyst shouted, running back to us urgently. "It'll turn up somewhere, Amethyst. Chill." Garnet said, taking a sip of her juice. The short girl then looked over at me, and smirked. "Damn, Peridot. You're mighty fine in that costume. How did I not notice it until now? Like holy shit dude." she said in a raspy slurred voice. I groaned, knowing this meant nothing and she was just speaking drunken tongues. "What's the material?" she asked mindlessly, reaching straight for my boob.

I flinched as I heard a loud slap sound, and I blinked a few times before looking back at Amethyst. "Ow! I was just joking!" Amethyst yelped, holding her burning hand. I looked behind her and noticed Lapis gripping the whip in her hand. I snickered and burst into laughter as Pearl started chuckling as well. "I wanted to go trick or treating." Garnet deadpanned, crossing her arms. "Garnet, I know you did. But Amethyst and I can't manage the party by ourselves. More like just me since Amethyst is drunk off her ass." Pearl explained, looking over at Ame.

"I'll meet you in the bedroom, sexy~" Amethyst purred, sluggishly pointing a finger at Pearl. She spun on her heel, and began to sloppily trudge toward the stairs. However, she tripped over her own feet, and flopped onto her face, probably passing out. Pearl sighed and facepalmed, walking toward Amethyst most likely to go help her up. "We can manage the party." I suggested to Garnet, and she hummed in response.

"It's fine. Amethyst would probably get us arrested somehow anyways." she replied, picking up a solo cup of her own. "I'm disappointed that Halloween is almost always on a fucking weekday. We gotta get up early for our classes in the morning." I groaned, glaring at the floor. "Never stopped me from staying up all night on Halloween." Lapis remarked, shoving her hands into her pockets. "What do you even do?! Houses aren't giving out candy all night." I replied. "Who says I trick or treat all night? Trick or treating is merely the warm-up of my Halloween night. There's late-night haunted houses, clubs, parties, and a shit ton of other things to do. The options are endless." Lapis explained, tracing a finger through her hair mindlessly.

I shrugged in response, crossing my arms. "So does that mean this party isn't the only thing you're planning tonight?" I asked, feeling a little uneasy at the thought of going to another party after this. Lapis only shrugged, and gave me a shit-eating grin. "Guess we'll see." she stated. I grumbled quietly, not wanting to stay in this tight-ass costume any longer.