Conflicts Occur (Human Steven x Human Spinel Gang AU)

Chp 31 (Reunion)

    Spinel didn't know what was happening at all, what made her change her mind about executing Pearl? Was she going soft or?.....no, no that wasn't it. It was seeing a memory of Steven's dissapointed face flash in her mind, and she could feel the guilt bubbling in her stomach. Spinel could feel Stevens dissapointment in her even if he wasn't physically there, he was still on her mind, binded at her soul, stuck in her heart even though it felt hollow inside without him. Then before Spinel could question Pearl more about her parents, the sound of firecrackers caught her attention quickly, and it pissed her off. She figured it was a few of her fellow knuckleheaded gang members just fucking around with some equipment, and she was going to go give them a piece of her mind, and possibly shoot one of them in the kneecaps. But the more she traveled to the sound of the firecrackers, the more she could hear the faint sound of gunshots, and the more she questioned whether or not it was a few fellow gang members actually messing around. However, before Spinel had the chance to get even closer to the commotion, she collided with a person so quickly that it seemed like a blur to her, especially when she was knocked to the ground. She opened her eyes, extremely irritated and angry, no, beyond angry, and she was about to give the person a piece of her mind right before her eyes focused on a familiar figure that attempted to shoot at her. Extremely messy, but familiar brown curly locks, somewhat dirty looking clothes that donned a familiar star logo in the front, a faded scar on the left cheek that's imbedded in the soft, kind face that could only belong to Steven Universe. Spinel's face drained of any color in her pale skin, as if she had seen a ghost, or she had seen a hallucination.

     "S-Spinel?! It's you! You're ok!" Steven exclaimed happily, excited to finally see Spinel after so long, granted it was a week, but it felt longer than that to him. His face slowly fell when he realized that Spinels face hadn't changed at all, in fact, she looked more like a statue than anything, pale, seemingly cold, and so frozen on the ground. What caught Steven off guard was the fact she was wearing his jacket, both Spinel and the piece of clothing have seen better days and......was that part of a tattoo on her stomach? It looked vaguely like a vine with thorns on it. "Spinel? Where'd you get my jacket?" Steven asked, only to receive silence as an answer, but that only prompted the male to scoot a bit closer. Spinel's breathing hitched as she scooted back a bit, out of fear, shock and disbelief. "Spinel? It's me Steven....A-Are you ok?" Steven asked, reaching closer to Spinel, only to watch her tense up and shrink away once again. "Am I ok?...ha....hahhahahahahaha" Spinel asked before giggling lowly to herself, as if she had lost all hope in the world. "when am I ever ok?.....I've gone off the deep end finally....I'm officially crazy, a nutcase that's hallucinating...heh....how wonderful..." she continued to giggle, even when black mascara stained tears rolled down her face, staring at Steven's extremely confused face before looking down at the ground, still giggling creepily while sobbing. As if a lightbulb went off in his head, Steven realized that Spinel Actually believed he was dead, it'd make sense after all, after everything that lead up to this moment, he seemed dead to the world really, and he couldn't even begin to imagine how Spinel must've felt during that week. "Spinel I'm not dead.... I-I'm right here!" Steven stated sternly, loudly, and proudly. "Sure you are....." Spinel answered coldly, truly believing that Steven was just a manifestation of her shattered mind. Steven didn't know what to even say, how could he respond to being called a liar when he spoke the truth? He sighed softly and then looked down at the ground. "I miss you....way more than a friend should....." Spinel spoke softly, which caused Steven's head to snap back to attention, his eyes focused back onto Spinel's hopeless form. "I can't take off the jacket.....it feels like I'm losing you all over again....I miss being with you Steven..... I miss joking around with you on cheesy movies......I miss having meals with you....I miss every part of you....It hurts to know you're not in the world anymore......because no matter what I do you left a permanent shimmering star on my heart Steven, one that'll never burn out.....I just wish I could have explored the universe with you Steven Universe......" Spinel spoke softly, her legs pressing against her chest as she hugged her knees, and she still couldn't stop the tears that came, even when she hid her face in the crook of her left arm.

    Steven's jaw was on the floor by the end of Spinels confession, he never knew Spinel felt so strongly about him, let alone the fact that she could be so open and vulnerable to him, but the belief that he is an illusion is probably what made her speak from the heart. He sighed softly as he scooted closer, daring to not make a sound so as to not spook Spinel any further, granted he looked dreadful despite resting for a weak, but now he felt more alive than before. The second Steven gently placed his hand on Spinels fuchsia dyed hair, he felt her tense up greatly, and before her head looked up to meet his eyes he noticed her hair was a natural Chestnut brown at the roots. "Warm.....soft...... comforting.....strong.....safe....." was what Spinel was thinking when she felt his hand lay on her head, why is this so familiar to her? She rose her head up to meet his face, her pink colored eyes looking into his brown eyes, and she could see that familiar twinkle in his eyes. Spinel reached her hand up and gently cupped Stevens hand within her own, grasping it slightly to move his hand off of her head. She then explored his hand, feeling how soft the skin is, how warm it felt against her own cold skin,  and how strong it felt when she watched Stevens fingers intertwined with hers even though she was wearing fingerless gloves at the moment. Spinel was so focused on how alive Stevens hand felt, that she didn't notice how a tear rolled down his face, but what she did notice is what he said next. "I missed you two Spinel....." Steven spoke softly, which made the curious female look straight back up into his eyes, but specifically at his tear. Spinel used her right hand to wipe away Steven's tear, it felt hot and wet, and it felt so real. "Steven......y-you're alive?!" She asked as her doubt faded away finally, and now she could see the whole picture. "Alive as I'll ever be~" Steven answered while smiling out of relief, although what he wasn't expecting was for Spinel to hug him so tightly, especially since her arms wrapped around his neck and her face nuzzled into his warm neck. "I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!!" Spinel sobbed happily as she clung to Steven, but she then stopped only to speak once again in a chilling tone, "I THOUGHT YOU WERE!!!!" she shouted before shoving him into the wall. Steven grunted when his back connected to the surface of the wall, then he felt her grab his shirt collar, but what caught him off guard was the fact that she was also straddling his lap while gripping his shirt. "I MISSED YOU SO FUCKING MUCH YOU ASSHOLE! HOW COULD YOU MAKE ME THINK THAT YOU WERE DEAD WHEN YOU WERE ACTUALLY ALIVE?!?! YOU ARE PISSING ME OFF SO MUCH RIGHT NOW GOD DAMN IT I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HAVE MOURNED FOR YOU OVER THIS WHOLE WEEK?! I KEPT BLAMING MYSELF FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO CONVINCE YOU TO STAY THE NIGHT AT MY PLACE. I FELT LIKE IF I HAD CONVINCED YOU TO STAY THE NIGHT THEN YOU WOULD STILL BE ALIVE, WELL YOU'RE STILL ALIVE MOTHERFUCKER! I THOUGHT I WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO CONVINCE YOU, OR NOT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH TO BE WITH YOU!" Spinel screamed at Steven, shaking him a bit while also sobbing uncontrollably, but eventually she stopped shaking him and just let the tears fall from her face and onto his chest. Steven sighed softly out of dissapointment for himself, he gently cupped her face and rubbed the make up stained tears off her face, "Spinel I'm so sorry....I thought someone wanted me dead and I figured it was best to let them think that....I didn't mean to make you suffer so badly, or make you believe I was dead....I really really am sorry ...." He apologized gently, but also tearing up as well as he hugged Spinel to his body. Spinel's breathing and figure were shaky, but that didn't stop her from hugging Steven once again, no anger, no sadness, just happiness, happy to finally be in his arms once again.