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

I'll do it for him

So I'll be honest, I'm underwhelmed about this chapter, and I have no idea how I could make it better, so you just gotta take it as it is I guess unfortunately. That being said, let's read what I would say has to be my second worst chapter in the story...at least it has notable plot.

-=Beach House=-
-=Steven/Spinel/The Crystal Gems=-
-=Next Day=-

"Steven- I know you feel like you just have to go back to Homeworld, but it's obviously not safe there, you should just let the Diamonds deal with things for now" Pearl offered to the teen who just gave her a small laugh.

"It's ok, Pearl," He dismissed with a wave of his hand. "I'll be here for week or two anyway, just to regather myself enough to come back with a stable and relaxed mind, ya know?" He said with a smile as he grabbed his clothes for the day while Spinel was sitting on the foot of his bed playing on his new 'GameStation' that he got on his last birthday, she found it difficult at first and got frustrated for a bit, but when he told her it was just a game, something seemed to just click and now she was just instantly a pro at just about everything she played strangely enough.

"Steven, have you already forgotten what Spinel said just two days ago about how you have to stop going in blindly and recklessly like that?" She said with her arms crossed, really hoping to convince him to stay here until this whole rebellion situation was taken care of, Spinel looking over once her name was mentioned.

"I'm not going in blindly or recklessly to anything, why do you think I'm taking a small break right now?" He sighed after getting his clothes together. "I've already talked to the other Diamonds and they agreed to take over for a bit and they also agreed to ask me if they want to change something big, so I'm taking this small break to not only let myself have some downtime but to test out how well they do on their own." He explained. "But it's not like I can be gone for long, they'll start undoing things and-...ugh, just know that I have to go back, it's not a matter of how smart that decision is."

Spinel paused her game as she stood up. "Well, I'm worried too, but no one really knows about the Diamond house other than you guys and myself, as well as the Pearls I guess, but when he's here, not only do they know where he is, but the place also has no security." She spoke, offering her offered her opinion on the matter. "Oh yeah! Talking about security, do you think you can train me?"

"Wait, what? What do you mean train you?" Steven questioned, raising a brow at her request that seemed to come out of nowhere. "What would you need her to train you to do?" He continued, knowing the likely answer to the question, though he was hoping that it wouldn't be what he thought.

"Well, train me to fight of course." Spinel said like it was obvious, though in hindsight it really was.

"Why would you have to learn to fight? I couldn't just let you go out to fight other gems like that, it's super dangerous!" He declared, trying to sway her from making this horrible decision out of nowhere.

The pink gem went to argue of course but Pearl was the first to speak up. "Now Steven, that's not very fair of you. You let Connie train to fight by your side, and she was just a human girl, how is Spinel any more fragile than her?"

"It's different now Pearl, I've seen first hand how strong gems really can be, I wouldn't have put Connie in that spot if I had really known about Gems like Jasper." He argued. "Spinel is important to me too, I can't just let her go and risk her life to fight in something that she had nothing to do with, I mean at that point I'm no better than-..." He stopped as he realized who he was talking to. He gave a sigh as he looked away. "Listen, this is about me specifically, not my mom, not any of you, and not the Diamonds, this is my war to fight and I refuse to drag more people that I care about into it than I already have..."