Meeting Sapphire

ALICE POV

You step out of the shower, your black hair still a bit damp from the hot and steamy bath you’ve just taken. You put on a thin hoodie over your tank top and a pair of pajama pants before padding into the living room. The sofa is gone now, tossed outside by Ruby after the two of you failed to clean up Blue’s and Ruby’s juices, and the living room feels empty with the random gap in the middle. And despite your best efforts, it still reeks of your hedonistic deeds. You can see a familiar blue head of hair sitting on the remaining sofa, and its owner turns to face you as you approach.

“I take it you and my sister had a lot of fun?” Sapphire asks, sitting on the other sofa while sipping something from a cup. “I’m pretty sure the entire neighborhood heard her screams.”

“Weren’t all her screams.” You reply, sitting down next to him. He smells of the earth, his exploration today taking him down into some caves to find the perfect scene for his art. His short blue hair is spiky, and his black eyes glimmer with interest as he takes in the information. He has the same eyes as Ruby, though there’s a different constellation in them. You’re pretty sure all of her half-siblings have the void black eyes with white specks, well, at least the two of them you’ve met had the same eyes. Sapphire and Opal, both of them 4 years older than Ruby. Sapphire’s in his early twenties and despite being an incredibly attractive man, he’s never been in a relationship. His mom was friends with Ruby’s mom, and after she unfortunately passed away, he came to live with Ruby when she was 5 and he was 9.

“Oh? You finally let her make you feel good for once?” He questions you, putting down his tea to look at you curiously. Sapphire was the one who introduced Ruby to you, and was also one of your best friends.

“No, we brought in a third.” You reply and he scoffs at you. He shakes his head disapprovingly before looking at a wet spot on the floor that you missed.

“You’re driving her crazy, you know. Sooner or later she’ll ask to see you naked, when she gets tired of waiting.” He says evenly, looking at you with concern, “What are you going to do then?” Sapphire knows that you won’t let Ruby see you without your clothes on, but he doesn’t know why. No one knows why except your parents and they won’t be telling anyone anytime soon. And you’d like to keep it that way. Some secrets have to be buried deep and forgotten, but you’re a grim reminder that not everything can be hidden.

“I’ll deal with it if and when that problem arises.” You reply flatly, getting up to escape the awkward conversation. “I’m going to sleep now. Goodnight, Sapphire.”

You can feel his concerned gaze on your back, but his concern is the last thing you need right now. You’ve done this on your own for this long and you can do it for a while longer. After all, the only person you can fully trust is yourself.

You walk into the bedroom and your heart melts at the sight before you. Ruby and Blue are sleeping together, with the latter big spooning your girlfriend despite the size difference. They’re both softly snoring, exhausted from the day’s sexual escapades. You grin as you think about what you did to Ruby after putting Blue to sleep. At least your girlfriend had the training to withstand more than 15 consecutive orgasms. You pushed her to 20 today. And she took them like a champ.

Ruby has a contented smile on her face and you sit down on the edge of the bed to gently brush her pink hair out of her eyes. One day. One day you’d fully trust her, but that day wasn’t today.

For now your secret would remain your own, and you experience a sudden pang of loneliness as you crawl into bed beside Blue, sandwiching her between yourself and Ruby. Even here, in bed with your girlfriend and your new friend, you feel alone. You wrap your arms around Blue and bury your face in her brown hair, smelling Ruby’s familiar shampoo in it and you nuzzle the back of her neck. Blue lets out a sleepy murmur but she settles as you wrap the blanket around yourself. You hug her tightly, wrapping your legs around theirs as you find a comfortable position, and the loneliness fades, though you know it’ll return later. You keep hugging Blue as she warms you with her body and you think about the future.

Tomorrow you’d fight your gym battle with Ruby after helping her catch some Pokémon, and then afterwards you’d continue your journey to collect all the gym badges. And maybe Blue could join you too?

And maybe after your journey was done, you’d finally let Ruby see you for what you really are.