Learning Curve (Human Stevinel College AU)

Chp 5 (accidental outing)

   About a week had past since Spinel snuck into the boys dorm to gift Steven twenty dollars for the repair of his childhood ukelele, and at the moment, Steven was walking around outside on a very beautiful, cloudless day. He couldn't help but smile to himself, for he could feel the warmth of the sunlight tickle the skin on his face, a half eaten hot dog with ketchup was nestled in a paper boat as he walked, indicating that he was in the middle of eating his lunch. As Steven was chewing on another piece of his hotdog, he could feel his phone vibrate ever so slightly in his pocket, using his left hand to reach into the left pocket of his jeans, and he could feel the familiar smooth plastic surface of his cellphone. After the male retrieved his device from his pocket, his brown eyes lit up with excitement and happiness, for he received a text from his favorite person in the whole wide world. "Hey Steven, I'm sorry I've been so busy this week with my classes, I haven't had the chance to ask how you've been. Well.... how has college been treating you?" was what the text read, which made Steven chuckle softly to himself. His focus switched from in between his hot dog and his phone, his thumb tapped on the keyboard on his screen, "pretty good, I joined an acapella group called "AcaPals" and our first meeting is tomorrow. I'm excited, but I accidentally broke my ukelele on the second day so that's a bummer...." he typed right before he sent that text. In the few minutes that it took to recurve a new text, Steven took the opportunity to finish off his hot dog, he crumpled up the empty paper boat in his hand before tossing it away into a nearby trashcan, just in time for his phone to vibrate once again to show a new message has been received.  "I'm sorry to hear that, are you able to get it fixed?" was what the text read, which made Steven frown a little, unsure if his ukelele is fixable or not, "honestly I'm not sure, I'll have to take a bus back to Beach City later when I have more time...." he replied. Stevens brown eyes were now focused solely on his phone, however, he continued to walk on the pathway, his pink flip flops were somewhat audible in the silent atmosphere. "I do hope you get it fixed soon, I know how much that ukelele means to you. I have to go soon but maybe we can FaceTime later tonight?" the text suggested, which made Stevens heart flutter, and his smile widened. "That sounds great! I can't wait, I love you Connie and I'll see you later tonight~ <3 " was what the male had typed out, and as soon as his thumb pressed the SEND button on his phone, he felt the impact of a body colliding with his body.

    "FFFFFFFFFUCKER!!!" a familiar voice screeched, and Steven knew exactly who that venemous voice belonged to. Spinel stood there on the pathway, clutching a mostly empty coffee cup with the lid now resting in the grass, the front of her white tank top was now stained with hot coffee, as was the cracked upside down heart logo on the front of her tank top, and her look of disgust now matched the ugly brown splatter of coffee on her tank top. "Spinel! Oh GEEZ IM SORRY!" Steven shouted his apology, scrambling to grab what few napkins he has in his jeans right pocket while also shoving his cellphone back into his jeans left pocket, "I-I-I-I have napkins, L-Let me help you" he stated before approaching Spinel with a fistful of napkins. Spinel was still sneering, having already tossed her coffee cup to the side where it now nestled in the green grass, dribbling coffee onto the dirt as the female held her stained tank top out with her left hand to where the dampened clothing wasn't touching her semi-flat stomach. As soon as Steven was close enough, she ripped one of the napkins out of his grasp and began to dab at her ruined clothing, "damn it that stung...." She huffed, now focused on getting as much coffee out of her tank top as she could. "H-Here let me help..." Steven gulped, now also dabbing his last napkin at her tank top, his left hand gripped at her piece of clothing so he could be able to do what he needed to do. "Tch, why weren't you looking where you were going?" Spinel growled lowly, her pink colored orbs darted up to eye the male in front of her. "I-I am so sorry, I was texting someone important...." Steven stammered as he apologized once again, his brown eyes now meeting her eyes, however his actions never stopped. "Whatever...." Spinel huffed, her gaze slowly broke from his when something else caught her eye, a small little glob of ketchup was settled onto the pink fabric of his bomber jacket, "geez, are ya a messy eater or what?" she asked softly before wiping away the red glob with her napkin. "H-Huh? O-Oh I was eating a hot dog earlier..." Steven explained gently, after dabbing at her tank top a couple more times, his hand halted before he started laughing a bit. "What's so damn funny?!" Spinel asked irritated, she already wasn't having a good day so far, and now here she was, drenched in scalding hot coffee which ruined her tank top. "Look at us, we made a mess of each other" Steven giggled, showing off his bright white teeth by smiling widely. Spinel couldn't help but look at where she was wiping the ketchup away, then she looked down at her coffee splattered clothing, and as much as she didn't want to admit it,  the collision was partly her fault since she also wasn't looking where she was walking. A snicker escaped past her lips, "I guess so, you owe me a new coffee by the way...." the fuchsia hair colored female stated, attempting to score a free cup of joe from the male. "Coffee? Oh uh sure but....your shirt....oh I know!" Steven agreed to buy Spinel a new cup of coffee while taking off his jacket, "here, wear this" he suggested, offering his pink bomber jacket to her by holding it out for her to take. Spinel could only cock her head to the left in confusion, her two fuchsia ponytails drooped to the left as well, her right eyebrow was raised as she eyed the male, and his jacket. The shade of pink that dyed the fabric of his jacket was sickly sweet to look at, which matched Stevens personality, to sweet for the world to taint, and she couldn't help but grab the jacket from him. Spinel soon found herself slipping the oversized jacket on, "he's bigger than I expected...." she thought to herself as she stuck her arms through the appropriate holes, and after the clothing was settled onto her torso, she began to button up the jacket to where it stopped a button below her chest. Steven couldn't help but giggle to himself, thankful that Spinel hadn't caught onto his little laugh, "ready?" he asked softly, still holding his wide smile. Spinel rolled her eyes before shoving her hands into the pink pockets, "yea let's go...." she answered before turning around to head back to the college's cafe area. Steven jogged slightly to where he was now walking beside Spinel, he felt his phone buzz in his pocket once again, and out of curiosity he fished the device out of his jeans to see who texted him. The text from Connie read "I love you to Steven" which made Steven's heart flutter once again, and a small blush settled on his face to go along with his smile. "Hmm? That "Important Someone" text ya back?" Spinel asked, noticing his slight mood change when she glanced over to see him reading his phone. "Y-Yea, my girlfriend Connie to be exact" Steven stated proudly, his blush never faded when he turned his head to face Spinel, "she goes to a different college, but we still make it work" he explained happily. "Huh..... she's a lucky gal then~" Spinel teased, although the thought of being connected with someone for so long, and for over a great distance from each other, made her stomach churn.