Sapphire tears up as she concludes the story. "That's how it happened. We just split apart from each other. Yet, we stay together and our relationship has turned abusive!" I look down and I sigh. "What have I done?" Sapphire wipes her tears with an arm.

"No. Don't blame yourself entirely for what happened. I just wanted to defend you. And now, I regret doing that because look at where we have ended up! It's not fair!" She looks away. Eyeball places her hand on my hand and I turn to face her.

She holds them together, her eyes welling up. "Eyeball?" She sniffs as Sapphire look back at us. She loses some of the tension from herself by taking a deep breath. "And then there's you two. I guess you're a couple now or something?"

"Yeah. We kinda are."
"Well that's nice to hear. How did you two get together?"
"It went down like...how do I put this? She came here with her platoon and I saved her from getting all the abuse from her leader, Doc."

"We fought them and we developed crushes for each other over time. I came first though. I saved her from like killing herself and then I sung a song to her and um..." She blushes as I put a hand on her shoulder. "I developed a crush on her and it was that same night too."

"I nearly lost her. But we found each other and it was all from a battle with Holo Pearl."
"Holo Pearl? But Pearl can't summon her anymore."
"No no. SHE was the Holo Pearl."
"But that doesn't make any sense."

"Well, it happened."
Sapphire sighs. "Well I'm happy for you two. Please, don't let yourselves become Ruby and I. I don't want to see you guys the same way you see us right now. It can be tough. Trust me, I know."

"What can we do to keep things mutual between us?"
"First off, relationships can be very complicated. It can really be all fun and games if you let it. However, you two need to feel something from each other as well. You need an equal balance of good times and bad times.

"Another thing to remember is to be like Garnet, a conversation. You two need to talk in order to get to know each other better. If you like what you hear, then keep going, don't stop. The more you know each other, the better your relationship will be.

"One last thing to know is the maturity factor. Yes, there are times for private sessions. But you two need to be very careful not to do it too often. One, you lose privacy from each other. Two, you get bored of it after a while. And three, it isn't good for your mental health."

"Huh. Good to know."
"Yes, very."
I get up to look outside the window. I groan. "Yellow is still out there." Sapphire looks up at the ceiling and then back at us. "Well, until they are gone, you are more than welcome to
stay here with us."
"Thank you, Sapphire."

"You're welcome. Knowing Ruby, she will completely disagree with me on this. But honestly, your safety matters more right now than our personal opinions do. You can use the bathroom and watch TV. I think there's a second bedroom already up there, so you two can use that."

She gets up from the couch. "I think Ruby cooks the food while I do everything else, so yeah. That's all you need to know. Now I just need to find that key and you two should be good to go. I'll see you two in a bit."
"Okay. Sapphire?" She turns to face me. "Yeah?"

I smile. "It's nice seeing you again." She smiles back for a moment. "Nice seeing you too, Amethyst." She walks away and Eyeball and I look outside again. "When is she ever gonna leave?" My eyes widen as notice Yellow pulling up her screen again.

She appears to be really stressed out with things. My picture pops up again and she sighs. "She's not gonna leave, Eyeball. Not until she has me."
"Man, she must be really obsessed with you."

"She sure is."
We turn back to the staircase. "So how long do you think we'll need to stay here for?"
"Until Yellow leaves...if she ever does. In the meantime though, we'll have to reside here with Ruby and Sapphire."