holiday request from Oceanic_Crab

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"Let's celebrate, Blue!" Yellow shouted for what must have been the fifteenth time in the last two hours. She tried to focus a little harder on the notes in front of her. Maybe if she just thought a little harder, Yellow's constant whining would fade into the background... "Blue!"

"What, Yellow. I'm trying to work." She dragged one of the notes on the holographic notepad into the trash. This case was proving to be much more difficult than she expected. There was a lot of time, but there was a severe lack of evidence.

"It's a holiday! C'mon, take a break from your work for just a few hours!" Blue swiped at the holograms, and they quickly disappeared. Yellow sighed. It was holiday, and she was working. It wasn't like she had a choice on working or not. Blue bit her lip thoughtfully for a moment, and knelt down. Yellow was looking completely exhausted, which wasn't new, but it was always as concerning as the first time.

"Let's dance, Yellow." Blue slowly slipped her hands into Yellow's and stood up. Yellow followed like a slowed down shadow, following the motions with no motivation behind them. She stumbled a little, and she didn't bother to try and focus. Her glassy eyes were locked onto the ground, and it took all her power just to stay standing. Every few seconds she would have to blink hard to stop from dozing off.

"Why do we have to dance?" Blue muttered into Yellow's shoulder. "Why do we haveta celebrate?"

Yellow gasped in mock offence. "Blue Zircon! Did you really just ask that question? Have you really forgotten one of the most monumental days in our entire gem history?" Blue's brows furrowed in concentration and she took a few deep breaths.

"I....I forget..." she muttered, her breathing evening out so it almost sounded like she might just take a nap standing up.

"It's Yellow Diamond's creation day!" Yellow gently held onto Blue to stop her from falling over. "Don't you care at all?" Yellow gently teased.

"Not my Diamond, not my problem." Blue's voice was barely more than a whisper. Yellow giggled at the sight of Blue leaning on her chest, saying that a Diamond was "not her problem".

"Talk like that is treason, Blue Zircon, may I remind you. We are lawyers, after all. This is common knowledge." Yellow gently ruffled Blue's hair, and she only swayed a little more.

"The Diamonds.....Can fight me........Twelve o'clock.......Behind the Homeworld.....Alpha Base Kindergarten...."

"That's treason, my love."

"Yeah."

Yellow took a moment to look at her. She really did look like a mess. While all the other gems were out celebrating, the two of them had been lounging around in their private quarters. Despite Blue's insistence that Yellow go out and celebrate, it was painful to leave her alone in such a stressed state. So she stayed. Nearly the entire day had passed, and both of them hadn't done a single act of celebration for Yellow Diamond's creation day.

"We still have to celebrate."

Blue groaned. "What do you hav'in mind?"

"How about a nap?"

"Sounds good."