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

Stress

Hello everyone; yes, this is another upload within the next twenty four hours, I just felt inspired to write and- bla bla bla, Yeah, this chapter might not be all that entertaining, but I hope you enjoy it nevertheless.

Anyway, on to the story then, there will be Connie, Spinel, Steven, and Pink Steven involved, that last one may not be the way you're hoping it to be, and you'll want it to be that way so much more once you read it, but if I'm constantly pulling him out, the times when he exists won't be all that special. :p

Anyway, I do make Connie look bad here, but as I explained, she isn't just doing it cause that's who she is, she'll have a reason explained sooner or later, though it most definitely will not excuse her actions.
That's basically me saying: 'I'm not deleting a 3.6k long chapter just to make this poorly written character look better'.

Anyway, enjoy-

-=The Beach House=-
-=Steven/The Crystal Gems/Spinel=-
-=Later That Day=-

Dr. Maheswaran came by earlier that day and much to Steven's embarrassment and discomfort, she had to remove his catheter despite him telling her he could figure it out. After a physical examination she left the residence, letting Connie stay behind.

The teen was taking a new interest in him that he found to be confusing and kind of out of nowhere, but he was more than happy to talk to her. Now Connie on the other hand wasn't exactly enthused about Spinel hanging out with them all day as well, she tried her best to get the gem to leave without making it seem like that's what she was doing, but she was staying too close to Steven the entire time, no matter what.

Connie wasn't sure why she even cared, all she knew was that she didn't want her near Steven anymore, not that she knew how she could go about that any time soon, but she did know that she wouldn't be able to get Spinel to hate him...so she would just figure out how to make it happen the other way around; this was just some random Gem after all, why should Connie care about her public image?

The human teenager let out a sigh as she discreetly made her way next to Spinel, the three of them walking towards the hill where Steven released the moss, letting it turn to flowers. They were going to this beautiful place so they could have a nice and peaceful picnic. "Hey Spine- oof" she tripped over her own feet on purpose, falling to the ground hard enough to scrape her elbows and knees. "damn, it hurts but at least that'll get me extra pity points I guess."

"Oh geez, are you ok?" The pink gem asked, offering her a hand to help her up.

"What?! You're the one who tripped me in the first place, don't try and act innocent!" Connie shouted, pushing her hand away as she looked over her scrapes. "Why'd you do that?!"

"Wh-What? No- I didn't do anything." She insisted, holding her hands in front of her. "I didn't even see you walking next to me."

"Don't lie! I bet you would've done a lot worse if Steven wouldn't have been around!" She shouted at the confused gem, reminding Steven a lot of that 'woman screaming at the cat who's just sitting at the dinner table' image that was going around in 2019.

"What? I really wouldn't do that, I don't even know you." Spinel insisted, but the human just kept accusing her and shouting so she decided to just get this over with. "Alright, I really didn't do this- or if I did, it was an accident and I didn't even notice, so I'm sorry if you think I'm trying to hurt you on purpose for some reason."

Connie was fuming at this point. "She's not suppose to apologize! Why isn't she getting mad or something?!" She thought to herself but didn't let her true irritation show as she just gave a sigh as she crossed her arms, accepting that this wouldn't work anymore. "Whatever, just watch what you're doing then."