"Please, Spinel?" Steven begged, batting his eyes with his hands clasped together in the most pathetic display of pleading.
The pink gem stood with her arms crossed, looking away from him in irritation.
"No." She answered coldly, Steven persisted nonetheless. He rounded her, trying to maintain her line of sight, despite her ability to wind herself around for what seemed like an infinite amount of times purely to not let herself get caught up in those shining eyes of his. If she did, she'd surely crack.
"Sardonyx wants to meet them. If it's just for a little while, it won't-"
"Steven, no." She stepped away from him, gripping her shoulders tightly, her anger was only a thinly veiled attempt at hiding her true feelings on the matter. She had managed to make him drop the subject for months, but he persisted nonetheless.
"It'll mean the world to me." Steven pulled her hands down, drawing her attention temporarily away from the ocean waves she was using to distract herself.
It was a fatal mistake. She met eyes with him and all but completely melted.
Spinel let out a reluctant sigh, the blush of her face burning brighter as he eagerly smiled.
"Okay..I guess for just a minute or two?"
That was all he needed. Steven jumped in the air with glee, floating back down to the earth and twirling her into a hug, spinning until the two of them glowed and finally fuzed.
Pink Zirconia grinned, still holding themselves in a tight hug.
"Thank you!" They squealed excitedly.
Sardonyx sat on a makeshift set in Steven's living room, where Amethyst, Connie, Greg, Lapis, Bismuth and even Peridot sat on the couch, awaiting Pink Zirconia's debut.
"So, what is this supposed to be anyway?" Peridot asked, glancing at the three gem fusion who beamed as she giddily waited for Zirconia to enter.
"Oh-hoho, it's a debut, my darlings! We have a long awaited, only teased once, fusion among our midst!" Sardonyx winked out the window, signaling Zirconia to enter.
"Are you sure... it's gonna be fine, Sardonyx promised to tone it down a little." The pink fusion fought with themselves for a moment before a calming breath depleted their anxiety, if for a moment.
They opened the door and ducked through the doorway, awkwardly moving toward the large chair that the fusion had next to her.
"And here they are!" Sardonyx grinned, waving for the small audience to clap for their entrance. "Pink Zirconia, everyone!"
The pink fusion smiled and waved caught between joy and embarrassment despite the menial group of close friends that consisted of the audience.
"Heheh, hiya." Zirconia plopped down on the chair across of Sardonyx as she rubbed her chin inspecting the fusion closely.
"So, Pink-"
"Zirconia is fine, heh." The fusion interjected, barely hiding the wince at least one pair of eyes made. Sardonyx nodded in approval.
"Zirconia, Pink Zirconia, beautiful gem and a beautiful fusion," Sardonyx hummed thoughtfully, "do you have anything to say to your adoring fans and friends?"
She gestured to the gems in the room, who stared at the pink fusion, almost making their skin crawl at the deafening silence.
Sardonyx cleared her throat loudly, eyeing the group until they slowly understood what she wanted.
"Oh, is this where we clap?" Peridot asked, loudly slamming her hands together in a single clap. Connie, Amethyst and Greg clapped as well, followed by Lapis and Bismuth until their little cacophony ended and the awkward silence ensued. Only to be broken by Sardonyx once more.
"So, a few of us saw your teaser debut at the diamond kindergarten and we've all been dying to know more about you. What do you say?" Sardonyx leaned over her chair, inching closer to the fusion, who nervously laughed, Spinel wasn't fond of the memory, and internally she wanted to curl up and hide. Steven on the other hand was enjoying simply being with her, being a part of their creation.
He was eager to answer the question.
"Well- it uh, yeah, it was definitely interesting!" Spinel held him back, desperate to prevent him from airing her discomfort of the event.
Her secrets.
"It absolutely was, and you were phenomenal!" Sardonyx took care not to mention the terrible blunder within the palace. She was keen on making the fusion feel comfortable, it was about them, not her. "So, show us that interesting weapon you used?"
Pink Zirconia's eyes brightened, and for once Spinel and Steven were on the same page.
"Oh, yeah, this thing?" The fusion stood up and pulled out their scythe and shield, tossing it into the air and spinning the scythe until the two weapons melded into one larger one that continued to lazily spin once it was displayed.
Sardonyx's eyes shined at the weapon and she held her face in awe, garnering more small applause from the meager audience.
Pink Zirconia blushed lightly, shrugging their shoulders as if the weapon weren't as impressive or worth even the small attention it had gained.
"So, it looks like some kind of spinning scythe, or a bladed wheel."
"I think it's a pinwheel." Zirconia glanced at the five pointed blades that curved like a large flower around it's star shaped center.
"Or it could be a five bladed pizza cutter- harkening back to the new homeworld incident-"
"Yeah, no, I'm pretty sure it's just a pinwheel." Zirconia interjected, feeling a sudden wave of unease drift over them. Sardonyx laughed and nodded, pushing the weapon to spin a couple more times before moving on to her next question.
"So, your pinwheel is definitely a devastating weapon" she giggled, holding hand up to her face for a short aside, "not to mention a great form of transportation."
The fusion clapped her hands excitedly.
"But we want to know about some of your other skills, it seems you retained that signature Spinel elasticity, care to give us a show?" She requested, eyeing the pink fusion's extra limbs.
Pink Zirconia blinked for a moment, regaining their train of thought.
"Oh, yeah, I can do that!" They replied, unraveling the second pair of arms and stretching them out to shake the hands of each member of the audience. "It's a pleasure."
The pink fusion retracted their arms, comfortably resting them in their lap, waiting for Sardonyx's next question.
Sardonyx leaned even closer now, vibrating with joy.
"So, last question, why Pink Zirconia?" The question was simple enough, Zirconia smiled, not even bothering to filter their words.
"Mutual guilt and inadiquacy."
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Steven Universe Fic (Season 2)
FanfictionSYNOPSIS: It's been eight months since Steven's returned from the Kindergarten, things are going well, especially now that Spinel is fully healed. though, there are still problems he needs to fix. Until The Creators come out of hiding to finally re...
