The shadow assassin (steven universe reader-insert)

Chapter 51.

Pearl begins tap-dancing with Steven.

Greg:♫ You're having fun! ♫

Pearl:♫ More or less. ♫

Greg: ♫ So dance with me! Just say-

Pearl: NO!

Greg tries to dance with Pearl, but Pearl immediately pulls herself away in revulsion, abruptly ending the song.

Pearl: I... I mean...

Pearl sighs "Maybe later..." walks away sulking

Hotel Employee: Boo! You ruined the song!

Greg holds out a handful of cash "Sorry, guys. Thanks for singing with us."

Steven looks at Pearl in dismay, as she stands in front of the windows.

Greg: Don't worry about it, kiddo. It's always been this way.

Steven keeps looking at Pearl sadly as the hotel employees begin to leave.

Pearl walks in to look around the penthouse, now unlit and in a messy state from Greg and Steven's activities. She then enters the bedroom, where Steven and Greg are fast asleep on a king-sized bed. Pearl walks over to glance down at the snoring duo and sighs deeply. She looks at a bouquet of roses by the bedside and smiles, as she begins to sing "It's Over Isn't It". One of the best songs in Steven universe.

Pearl:

♫ I was fine with the men,
Who would come into her life now and again.
I was fine 'cause I knew,
That they didn't really matter, until you. ♫

Pearl pulls out a single rose from the banquet and puts on her top hat. She then walks out onto the balcony, when Steven is woken up by Pearl's song.

Pearl:

♫ I was fine when you came,
And we fought like it was all some silly game.
Over her, who she'd chose.
After all those years, I never thought I'd lose. ♫

Pearl dances on the balcony and leans against the glass edge of the balcony. She then lets her hat roll down her arm and catches it in his hand.

Pearl:

♫ It's over, isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it over?
It's over, isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it over? You won, and she chose you, and she loved you, and she's gone.
It's over, isn't it? Why can't I move on? ♫

Steven sits up on the bed, staring sadly at Pearl, as she jumps on the glass railings, putting on her top hat.

Pearl:

♫ War and glory, reinvention.
Fusion, freedom, her attention.
Out in daylight, my potential.
Bold, precise, experimental. ♫

Pearl begins jousting, using the rose like a sword, and dancing on top of the railing. She then lays on her back on the railings, gazing up and reaching out to the sky.