Fused Affection[StevenxPearl](Hitatus/Rewrite Possible)

Rose

Rose Quartz wasn't the one to boast or gloat on her power or victories, but she wasn't exactly the fairest. After her previous identity was uncovered, Rose made a point that Steven was only to receive training from her, and her only. Obvious objections were made from the trio and ultimately shut down. It took her son begging for her to allow him to hang out with the Gems, although Rose was not happy, since that meant she still had to share her son with Pearl. It was her fault that she wasn't exposed in the first place, Rose surmised. All for some petty crush. What made matters worse is that Steven to choose them over her, his own mother. When they weren't training, he would travel around with his friends. Any free moment he had, he would spend it laughing, smiling, and being the happiest she has ever since them. Rose, however, would sit in her room, recreating magical moments of her days on Earth. From the vast scenes from her exploration of the world to moments she settled down here in Beach City, and every step of the way was her Steven, and the was no HomeWorld, no wars, and especially no Pearls. She longed for her baby. She missed him dearly. The way he laughed. She didn't care if he wanted to spend time with those clods, she was his mother, which meant she had superiority over everything in his life, right? It's was the one thing that Rose loved about her room. Here, nothing outside matters, and it was here she could confide in her creation.

"I'm sorry, Steven." She said as she cradled him in her arms. "I didn't mean to drive you away."

"It's okay mom. You know I could never hold any against you. You're perfect even when in it comes, you're your flaws."

"Steven; was it wrong? I just... I just wanted to get away. To be free from the stress, responsibility, the demanding load of standard placed on me a Diamond. Was it so wrong to ruin a few lives, if in the end everything worked out?"

"No. If you achieved the desired results then anything done should be noted, but it ultimately doesn't matter grand scheme of things. However, morally it was terrible to sacrifice most of your kind, for the sake of an unknown species. Really, it's how ever you see it. Tell me, do you believe you made the right decision?"

Rose pondered silently. She had a lot of thoughts that swam around in her mind, but when she looked at him, she knew what her heart wanted to say. "At the time, I was impatience. Reckless. I couldn't wait for my Sisters to see reason. I hated them for not see me as something more than a symbol of power and tyranny. When I faked my death, I didn't do it so I could get away, I did because I couldn't face the thought of fighting my own kind as myself. Rose Quartz was a way out. I could hide behind it and no worry about how my family saw me. But now, that my secret has been revealed, I'm scared. I'm scared because I know what I did wasn't right. Because I know that my former friends would never forgive me for what I did, because I don't forgive me for what I caused. That's why I need you, Steven. You stay not because I said to, but because you love me. As my son. I cherish that about you. I don't have to worry about anything when I comes to you. You're strong, compassionate, and you try to do right for both parties. Nothing can change that about you, not even my sins. I love you, Steven. More than I loved Greg. But he's gone, and you are all that I have left to comfort me." Bitterly, she wept.

The child in her arms smiled with content and began fading into clouds of pink smoke and glitter. "Perhaps it's best you say this thing to him." It said as it faded away.

Driving Rose was two things; the instinct to love and protect her friends, and the love she held for her son. Maybe that's why when the scythe reaped her in two, she looked at her son, and cracked a smile.

"Everybody always tells me how great Mom was. I just don't feel like I can ever measure up to her."

'You became more than I could have ever imagined being. You'll continue to make them proud.'

"This is how I want you to be, but I don't know if this is who you really are."

'I wish I could've been more.'

"I thought you'd never want to hurt anyone! You hurt everyone! How could you just leave Garnet, and Amethyst and Pearl, and-and Dad?! They don't know what to do without you! Maybe they didn't matter to you as much as hiding the mess you made! And that's why I'm here, isn't it?! Did you just make me so you just wouldn't have to deal with your mistakes?!"

'I'm... sorry, my son.'

"Steven! Fight for life on the planet Earth. Defend all human beings, even the ones you don't understand. Believe in love that is out of anyone's control. And then risk everything for it! These are the words of my Manifesto. Hold me to my words." And with that, she popped out of reality.

One could say that Spinel single handedly reduced the leader of the Crystal Gems to a mere vessel of her former self. In one swift act, she had reverted the leader of the greatest (if not the only) rebellion in HomeWorld history into a broken shell. It was the most devastating move anyone has ever made against the team, and a good majority felt it was a fair dose of karma for the affected.