Pearl's heart promptly leaps into her throat and lodges itself there. She swallows, hoping to ease it back down, with limited success.

Garnet looks so incredibly pretty, hair splayed out on the mattress beneath her, full lips parted with the slightest hesitation. Being the one to look up at her, for once, with those unguarded eyes patient yet wanting.

Another swallow, and Pearl eases herself down. Faint goosebumps run down her arms, and she doesn't have it in her to completely lay her body over Garnet's -- she's not even sure if she should, if that would be misinterpreting the other girl's intentions -- and so she settles for planting her elbows at each side of her, mere inches between their chests, foreheads just barely touching.

Her back's a little stiff, and her face is red down to her collarbone, but Pearl offers a meek smile all the same.

"L-like this?"