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Garnet couldn’t be mad that Opal was around more often. Pearl and Amethyst were getting closer again which was good and Opal was so happy. She still tended towards being quiet but she giggled to herself and grinned often. The only con was the lack of Pearl and Amethyst, who Garnet knew loved her. She wasn’t sure with Opal.
It wasn’t like Opal was cold towards her. Opal obviously liked Garnet, but it seemed only as a teammate or a friend,. Garnet was working on not caring. Opal wasn’t helping with being so touchy, but Pearl had never broken that habit so Garnet assumed Opal wouldn’t either. She had always been like that. Garnet didn’t care, or at least she was working on it.
Opal fell apart giggling and both her components were giggling. They didn’t unfuse gracefully even if it had been on purpose. They were sitting on the ground . Amethyst grinned up at Garnet and said, “Hey, G.”
Pearl tried to smother her giggling but eventually gave up and said, “Hi Garnet.”
Garnet smiled softly and offered both of them a hand. She said, “Hello.”
Amethyst didn’t let go of her hand after she got up. Pearl did for a moment, but had no problem grabbing onto it again.Amethyst asked, “Did you miss us?” She was joking and Pearl rolled her eyes, smiling.
Pearl reached out to gently shove at Amethyst and said, “We were only Opal for..” She had to pause to think of how long they were Opal.
Garnet supplied the answer, “Five days.”
Pearl simply replied, “Oh...I hadn’t realized...”
Amethyst said, “Sorry, G.”
Garnet looked at Amethyst and said, “It’s fine. Opal is fine.”
Opal was fine. Garnet really couldn’t complain about her. She was sweet and Steven loved her and Peridot was warming up to her and Pearl and Amethyst enjoyed being her and Garnet liked seeing her. The only problem is that Garnet was in love with Opal and she was pretty sure it wasn’t reciprocated. That problem was purely Garnet’s.
Amethyst grinned at Pearl and teased, “In my defense Opal was Pearl’s idea last time.”
Pearl said, “Fine. If you’re going to be like that it might be a while until we fuse again.”
Pearl didn’t sound legitimately angry or at all serious and Amethyst laughed. Garnet couldn’t help but smile at them both. Amethyst let go of Garnet’s hand and Garnet looked down at her. Amethyst was standing on her toes and grinning up at her.
Garnet smiled and leaned down to press a kiss against Amethyst’s lips. Afterwards Amethyst’s smile was softer and she pressed her hand over Garnet’s on her cheek for a moment. Garnet pressed an additional kiss to her forehead, not to share future vision, just to kiss.
Pearl didn’t let go of her hand. She just readjusted so she was under her arm. Garnet smiled at her and Pearl initiated the kiss. She stood on her toes and pressed a kiss to Garnet’s lips. Pearl smiled after the kiss ended. Then she let go of Garnet’s hand and smiled at Amethyst.
Amethyst smiled and grabbed onto Pearl’s hand and tugged her down for a kiss. They both started giggling when they broke apart. Amethyst said, “I love you.” She looked up at Garnet to indicate that she meant both Pearl and Garnet. Pearl smiled and kissed Amethyst again.
Garnet smiled as she looked at them and they both looked at her. Before Pearl grabbed onto her hand again Garnet kissed her. Afterwards Pearl grabbed her hand again, but she quickly let go and said, “We should go say hello to Steven.”
Amethyst nodded, “Yeah. We should.” She playfully punched Garnet’s thigh and said, “See you later G.” Then she linked hands with Pearl and they disappeared towards the house. There were tons of very likely futures where she saw Opal before she saw Pearl and Amethyst again.
She could just follow after them. They generally didn't fuse while Garnet was there. Usually Garnet would come back from a mission or she'd enter Pearl or Amethyst's room looking for the two of them and she would find Opal. The first few times that had happened Garnet had accidentally surprised her and she'd unfuse, but Pearl and Amethyst got better at it and that stopped happening. Most of the time when Opal unfused it was voluntarily and not due to panic or conflict from her halves.
Garnet was happy for them. They were falling back together in more ways than one and she knew Pearl and Amethyst loved her, but Opal seemed content and not in love with Garnet. It wasn't a big deal. Garnet kept telling herself this. Pearl and Amethyst loved her, but the feelings didn't quite transfer to Opal. It wasn't a big deal, even if Garnet's feelings for Pearl and Amethyst had transferred to Opal.