(Alternate) Steven Universe x Corrupt gem reader Insert

part 26: water fight

after a minute or two you all parted and looked at each other for a moment, before nodding in understanding. he steps away from you and spinel and casts his gaze up at the tower. "lapis, we're coming up to see you," he announces, before his voice dips sheepishly. "...so please don't drown me." behind you all, you hear connie shuffle slightly. "wait, steven--!" he huffs and turns back to face you and spinel. "meet you both at the top!" with that he turns to the tower, and with a deep breath, jumps into the wall of water. you watched with cautious eyes as a massive water hand forms beneath him, and after a reassuring wave, Steven is lifted up to the top. after a moment, you look down to spinel and nodded at her to which she grins and nods back, as she jumps onto your back and coils her legs around your torso into a firm grip. with a grunt, she twirls her arms together and starts spinning them rapidly, until you feel yourself leave the ground.

this ends now, lapis.
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at the top of the tower, you find steven, entrapped in a water bubble beside the blue gem. he turns to you both and smiles brightly. "there you are!" you and spinel smile warmly at the boy before landing onto the watery platform beside him, steering your attention to lapis, who wasn't looking at you three. "what are you guys doing here?" her voice was flat, yet vexed. "what? I-" Steven sounded stunned, but he quickly gathered himself. "no, what are YOU doing here!?" he exclaimed. "lazuli take the ocean! that crazy!" you added, pounding your fist against the watery ground for emphasis. "can't we work somethin' out?" spinel queries, fiddling her with her hands nervously. "I mean... we gems should be friends!"

suddenly, lapis wheels around and gets into your faces, a terse sneer on her face. "don't you guys know anything?" she hissed. "your friends, they don't care about other gems." your eyes widened, startled by such a claim. "all's they care about is the earth." she turns away lowering her voice to a mumble. "but I never believed in this place..." she then lifts her gaze to the endless sky of space, freeing steven from his water bind. you stare up into the direction she is, and your eyes catch the sight of a notably shiny cluster of stars. you squinted at them as the gears in your head began to click...

"i just... want to go home.."

home...

you all then set down next to her, Steven and spinel at her sides and you behind her. "we know how important a home can be." steven reassures, snapping you out of her thoughts. "but that's why we're here," he explains lightly. "you took the ocean away, and the ocean is an important part of our home!" lapis turns to face the boy, a look of some kind of reassurance on her face. "I'm only using the ocean because my gem is cracked." she looks back up to the star cluster, a desperation in her eyes. "If I can just stretch it far enough..." she then slumps, letting out a somewhat defeated sigh as he hugged herself. "this is never going to work." you look down to her back to see the same tear shaped gem from the mirror right in the center of it. and across it was the same good sized crack from the mirror as well. your eyes widened at how large it was, poking steven in the arm so he'd look as well. once he sees it, he gasps. "I can fix your gem." he proclaims, prompting you to squint your eye at him. "I have healing powers!"

"Euh?" you grunted, prompting steven to look up at you, smiling almost proudly. "oh yeah, you don't know yet." he realized. "wait till you guys see this!" lapis suddenly looks around, looking slightly confused. "oh, what should I...?" he turns back to lapis, suddenly looking awkward. "oh, uh.. sorry." he replied, scooting closer to her back. "this might be a bit wierd." he then looks up to you, eyes shining in eagerness. "ready for this, (name)?" you curled your lip in confusion as lapis queries with a very baffled, "what?"

you open your mouth to ask how he's gonna go about doing this, but he suddenly licks his hand, covering it and a strangely sparkly substance and pats it onto lazuli's gem, earning a shudder of discomfort from her. you wrinkled your muzzle in minor disgust as spinel keeps her eyes on the gem in curiosity. "er... did steven just-" you were cut off by the gem glowing brightly, radiating a beautiful blue light, her body suddenly brightening up I color as the crack disappeared. your eyes widened in amazement as two large water wings suddenly sprouted from the gem's back. "ooooooohhhhh.. " you heard spinel murmur from your flank as lazuli gave them a test flap. the blue gem then turned to you all, her eyes now holding a grateful blue gaze. "thank you, steven!" she exclaimed gratefully. after a moment of awe, the boy responds. "no prob, bob." The gem stared back in a baffled silence.

"...it's lapis." she corrected, earning a snort of amusement from you. lapis then turns her gaze over to you and spinel. "thank you both, to." you grinned and nodded toward her while spinel leaned against your flank. "anytime, lapis!" she chirps, earning a sincere smile from the blue gem. however she keeps her gaze on you for an extensive amount of time, as if she were searching for something. ...what? She bore a slightly sad smile for a split second before she backs up a step and turns around. "okay, bye!"

with that, she takes off and you all watch as she flies towards the cluster of shiny stars, smiling in achievement. "great job, team!" steven chirps, raising his hands and giving high fives to you all. we did it! you thought in elation as you fist pumped spinel. we actually saved a gem...

however, your celebration was short lived as the tower beneath you began to rumble.

uh oh...
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I can't draw Steven too good-

Child or not, I can't help but draw him with some kind of neck-