Infinity Train Book SU: Gem Shards (Steven Universe AU)

Epilogue

"STEEVENNNN" a familiar voice yells from the distance. Steven looks over to see pearl on the house porch, with Garnet and Amethyst quickly lining up behind her. Suddenly, the three fuse into Alexandrite, and immediately charge straight for Steven, stomping into the sand without any hesitation. Alexandrite reaches Steven before unfusing, leaving the three gems in the air, about to dogpile Steven. All three of them land directly on Steven, hugging him.

"Steven, you're finally back, we thought you'd never come back, we looked everywhere" Amethyst asks with tears in her eyes.

"Steven I'm so sorry," Pearl says before immediately balling, not being able to form any words.

Steven immediately breaks down, beginning to cry as well. "I'm sorry, I never wanted to leave for that long, I got abducted by this weird train and I... I..." Steven tries to continue, but just continues to cry without being able to form any words.

The four continue to hug it out, crying into each other's shoulders, finally reunited.

"I'm so sorry, I ran away-y-y-y" Steven says while continuing to cry.

"It's okay, It's okay, that's not important anymore" Garnet says, taking her visor off to wipe the tears from her eyes. "We want to help you, we're sorry if we didn't tell you that enough."

"No... no, I'm sorry, I didn't think I needed your help, I was so focused on helping others I never stopped to let them help me. I pushed you all away to avoid confronting my own problems, I'm so sorry" Steven says before continuing to cry.

"Steven, we will always be here to help you whenever you need it, we're your family, and we love you." Pearl says.

"And don't EVER run away again, or I swear to god Steven" Amethyst says while jokingly holding up a fist. Steven laughs before collapsing back into crying.

"I never wanted to make you guys think I'd never come back, I was just scared, and then I got kidnapped and I... I..."

"It's okay Steven, everything is okay now. You're back, we knew you could do it, and you did"

"Wait... what?" Steven asks through his tears, "You guys knew where I was."

Garnet smiles before saying, "We had a little visitor stop by, she told us everything."

"Hailee," Steven says. "Hailee came down to see you guys, she told you everything that happened."

"Yeah... everything she saw, yes, It took her a little while, she's very... descriptive" Pearl says.

"Homegirl don't shut up," Amethyst says with a laugh.

"Yeah, she's kind of awesome like that." Steven says.

"She's inside right now, we let her and her mom stay down here while you were gone, We were all waiting for you to come back" Garnet says.

"Wow, okay, I umm... A lot has happened since we last spoke." Steven says with a nervous laugh. "I think it might be a good thing she didn't see any of it, I might have gone a little off the rails after she left"

Steven and the gems make their way to the house, The gems being sure to not let Steven outside of their sights or general vicinity.

"I'm not going to disappear into thin air... again" Steven says.

Steven and the gems make their way up the stairs to Steven's house and open the door. Hailee is sitting down on the couch, twiddling her thumbs while looking at the ground. She hears the sound of the door opening, looking up at Steven and the gems walking through the door. Her eyes immediately light up, and immediately runs towards Steven. Steven bends down to give her a hug, Hailee slamming into him with tears in her eyes.