More Than Best Friends (Steven x Spinel)

Two Doughnuts

Steven woke up with a fresh start. He got out of bed quickly and ran down to the bathroom to get ready for the day. After using the bathroom, brushing his teeth, and changing out of his pajamas, he quickly ate breakfast and ran upstairs to the base. There, he saw Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl waiting for him. "Good morning, Steven," Garnet greeted. Steven smiled and greeted back "good morning". Pearl was cleaning up some of the dead leaves from the rose and hibiscus bushes that were laying around the floor. She saw Steven and greeted, "hello." "Hi, Pearl." He answered back, "are you excited that Spinel is coming over from Homeworld to stay with us for a month? I know I am!" 

Pearl nodded, "I hope she's doing well, after all the stress she went through." Steven agreed, "Yeah, she's probably made a bunch of new friends on Homeworld! I'm really happy to see her again..."

 After a few minutes of waiting, Amethyst got bored and whined, "when is Spinel coming, anyway? It's taking her ages!" Garnet answered, "she might be getting ready, since she's going to stay with us for a whole month." Amethyst groaned and continued, "okay, I'm gonna get some food. Tell Spinel I said 'hi' if she gets here once I'm gone." "Alright, bye Amethyst!" Steven waved to Amethyst as she was making her way out of the base.

After a few more minutes, there was beam of light from the warp. Once the light faded, a wide smile formed on Steven's face.

 There she was, Spinel.

Steven ran up to the noodle-armed, pink pig-tailed gem saying, "Spinel!" He hugged her tightly, surprising her a bit. "Oh, hello Steven!" She greeted and hugged him back. Steven broke the hug and held her hand, "it's so nice to see you again. I hope you were doing well on Homeworld." Spinel blushed, "uh, y-yeah. Everything's really great on Homeworld. White, Yellow, and Blue have been showering me with affection since I got there. I even got a new room and new clothes!" She smiled and showed off what she was wearing. Spinel was wearing a magenta cropped top, a pair of black leggings and black ankle boots. Steven also noticed that she wasn't wearing her gloves that he saw her wear the last time she was on Earth.

 "Wow, Spinel. You look really pretty. I thought the Diamonds were gonna make you wear something fancy schmancy, " he chuckled. Spinel's blush deepened and giggled, "yeah. I thought that, too." "To be honest, you looked like a jester before you changed. No offense," Steven laughed. Spinel lightly punched him on his shoulder, "Steven! You're so mean!" She laughed along. He grinned and remarked, "what? I'm just saying..." Spinel giggled once more and snorted. She put both her hands on her nose, embarrassed. There was a silence for a seconds before they busted out laughing.

Near them, Garnet was smiling. Pearl saw this and asked her, "what's making you smile, Garnet?" Garnet turned to Pearl and explained, "you see, they look perfect for each other." Pearl gasped and looked over to Spinel and Steven, who were still laughing. "Oh my Stars! I see it!" Pearl whispered, but another thought came to her mind. "What about Connie?" Garnet fixed her visor, "don't worry, she'll understand. We're talking about Connie after all, "she whispered back. Pearl agreed and they both stared at Steven and Spinel.

Steven and Spinel's laughing died down when he asked her, "wanna see a tour of Little Homeworld?" Spinel's eyes widened, "I thought we were going to stay here on Earth!" Steven chuckled once more, "no, Spinel. I'm talking about the place for the new gems that live here on Earth." "Oh," she twirled her arm and smacked her head. "Let's go, but I have put my bags somewhere," she pointed to the pile of bags laying next to her. Steven was confused to as to why he didn't notice them before, but he shrugged it off. "Since you're going to stay here for a while, you could put your stuff in my room," Steven replied while getting all her bags. He started walking to his room with all her bags as she followed behind him. Steven put the bags down next to his bed before Spinel asked, "wait. Where am I going to stay?" He smiled, "oh. You could stay wherever you like." She thought for a moment before continuing, "can I stay with you?" "Well, of course you can!" Steven announced, Spinel blushed again. "Oh, okay. Yay!" She exclaimed. "Now, on with the tour!" Steven held onto Spinel's hand and led her downstairs.