We all need a friend (StevenxSpinel)<Discontinued, remake in process>

Breakfast

Welcome back peeps, how's it goin'?...I'm never doing that again...

Anyway, Welcome to the next chapter, good to see you're still around after all this time.

Now, I have been gone for a while so I gotta pump out a chapter right away while still having content that makes sense...okay, sure, I like challenges.

Anyway, Spinel is having strange feeling towards this boy that she hardly knows, let's just see where that goes.

-=The Diamond House/Steven's room=-
-=Steven/Spinel=-

Steven sighed as he came out of the shower with a towel on. He couldn't find a way to explain to the pink Gem that shower time was a private thing that he needed to do alone, so he just had her sit in the corner and face the wall with a towel over her head to prevent her from having a panic attack due to her believing he wouldn't come back.

Now he knew he had to help her get better; this was just as bad as when Peridot took his bathroom, if not worse. He would have to make her wait in one place while he went somewhere at some point, that way she would trust that he would return more often, but it just didn't feel right to do that to her after what his mom had already done. He was going to at least give her a while to become more comfortable with the people around her first. "Alright, you can turn around." He spoke, wrapping his towel around his waist.

"So, what's the point in this again? I don't really understand the whole...'shower' thing." She questioned him as she left her corner.

"It's not really important, it's just that it's kind of customary that you do it alone, cause you can't be dressed while in the shower." He explained as he left the room, Spinel in tow. "Though the whole thing about getting cleaned is important for humans."

"Y-yeah, you explained that much." She said with a nod, taking a moment to hesitate before glancing up to him. "...Steven?"

"Yes Spinel?" He responded, using a second towel to dry off his curly hair.

"Am-...Am I a nuisance?..." She asked, now beginning to think about how her clinginess could be making him upset at her.

Steven gave her a look of confusion. "What? What do you mean?"

"I-I don't want to make you not want me around anymore by being too clingy, I don't want you to be annoyed with me, but I-...I just-" She seemed to be freaking out internally and it was spilling out.

Steven cut her off as he put a hand on her shoulder. "It's ok, Spinel. I understand why you need someone to be around; my mom left you there and I guess that really messed with your head, but it's ok, I'd much rather you be around me constantly than you be alone like that."

"I know...you say that, but I mean, Pink said a lot of things too... I told myself that I can trust you, and you haven't really done anything to break that trust...but I just don't want to be hurt like that again...so...can you please, just promise me you'll never leave me? You can say no, I would understand, I'm sure if I'm not being annoying yet, I will be eventually...I know it seems kind of silly and even rude of me to ask, but still...it would mean a lot to me..." Spinel asked, tears swelling in her eyes, the Gem not daring to look up from the floor.

Steven grabbed her hand with both of his and gave her a smile. He then wrapped his pinky around hers, giving her a nod. "I promise to always be here for you, you don't have to worry about me ever leaving you behind...if I can physically help it at least. And don't worry about all that, you really are good company to have; I've been really alone here on Homeworld, I could use a friend."

Spinel took his words to heart as she looked down at his pinky that was still wrapped around her own, with confusion. "What's this for?..."

"It's an earth thing that's called a pinky promise. It just means that there is now an unbreakable promise between us. Also, I think there's a rule somewhere that if I do break the promise, I have to eat needles or something horrible, but that rule holds as much ground as 'jinx, you owe me a coke'." Steven stoped his rambling and chuckled a little bit. "You probably don't understand a word I'm saying, but just know that it means I won't break my promise." He explained.