Garnet’s tongue retreats back into her own mouth even faster than it had left it, both of her hands immediately letting go of Pearl and clutching her blankets instead. Shit. Shit shit shit. She should have known this would happen, should never have pushed this past where they’d comfortably been yesterday… She desperately tried to sink as far into the bed as possible, to break off any remaining points of contact that she could. She’d never, ever meant to make Pearl uncomfortable, and she wanted to lessen that blow as much as she could.

“I’m so sorry,” she gasps, eyes wide with horror. “I thought-- I didn’t realize--”