Chapter Text
It was a bright and beautiful in day in Beach City. The sun was shining, children were laughing, and Steven was relaxing on the sand after a day of hard work around Little Homeworld. Yes, everything was perfect. Too perfect. So perfect that Steven had started to fall asleep from the sheer monotony of it all. Well we're just going to have to fix that, aren't we?
Suddenly out of nowhere, a large shadow came hurling right at the boy.
"Oh no, not again" Steven slowly lifted his gaze with a look of unapologetic apathy. He didn't even try to escape this time. He was never quick enough. He might as well accept that his fate was sealed and get it over with.
"HELLO BEACH CITY! AND WHAT A BEYOOTIFUL DAY IT IS TODAY!" the sound of a familiar voice shouted as the figure flung itself straight at Steven and knocked him into the ground playfully.
"Darling, calm down! You're going to scare off the birds!" a sing-songy voice followed after Spinel.
"Good! That'll teach 'em to leave droppings in my hair."
"Ouch..." Steven groaned.
"Oh right, Steven..." Spinel quickly ran over to the boy and helped him out of the sand.
"Spinel. Do you really have to do that every time you come to visit?"
"Why Steven. I thought you liked our special friendship greeting," Spinel batted her eyes innocently and spoke in a fake cutesy voice.
"Anyways now that that's outta the way I have someone I'd like to introduce ya to!"
Pink Pearl made her way out from behind Spinel and waved sheepishly.
"This is my girlfriend, Pearl. But I call her Pinky to distinguish her from the others."
"Hey, Pink Pearl! How've you been?"
"Better," Pink Pearl murmured awkwardly. She still wasn't super used to socializing.
"Wait a minute!" Spinel pulled her girlfriend to the side. "You didn't tell me you two knew each other!"
"You never asked," Pink Pearl shrugged.
"Sheesh! I've only been back a minute and I'm already making a fool of myself!"
"Please don't say such things..." Pink Pearl stared deep into Spinel's eyes. "You know that when you speak ill of yourself it hurts me too..."
Spinel started to tear up a bit. "Aww gee, doll. Why do you always know just what to say?"
"Rule number one of being Spinel's girlfriend is to spoil her senseless with any and all manner of affection. Haven't we been over this?"
"Repeat it one more time? Please? Just until I get it?"
"Oh if you insist," Pink Pearl picked Spinel up and whispered sweet nothings in her ear.
The truth was Pearl had no idea what sweet nothings actually were. But that wouldn't stop her from whispering the phrase "sweet nothings" into Spinel's nonexistent ear over and over again. It made Spinel giggle every time.
"I love you so much I could just," Spinel coiled her arms around Pink Pearl's waist and proceeded to kiss her whole face.
All the while, Steven stood awkwardly in the corner.
"Uhhh I can go for now and you two can meet up with the gems later..."
"Oh uhh right, Steven," Spinel stopped what she was doing and cleared her throat. "We're ready now."
"Are you sure? I can..."
"W-we're good! Lead the way."
As soon as Steven turned around the two went back to nuzzling noses.
Immediately, Steven turned to face the flirting gems with an unamused look on his face.
Once he caught them, the gems turned away from each other and pretended that nothing had been going on.
Eventually they made it to Steven's house and Amethyst decided to take them to the Big Donut to give him a break.
"What is this...donut?" Spinel pondered curiously.
"Yes, please do tell!"
"It's food!"
The pink gems wore puzzled looks on their faces.
"Oh right. That stuff doesn't exist on Homeworld," Amethyst tried to figure out how to explain it to them.
"Well you see you take the food and put it in your mouth. Then you use your teeth to chomp it to pieces like a wild beast hunting it's prey!"
Pink Pearl and Spinel continued to give Amethyst looks of confusion. "Ah man, alright. I'll show you how it's done."
After Amethyst showed them how to eat, she handed them both a donut "Now you try!"
But still they hesitated.
Eventually they reached for a donut. But they both reached for the same donut, causing their hands to touch.
Pink Pearl blushed and giggled and Spinel became equally flustered.
"You take the donut," Pink Pearl offered.
"No you! You had your eye on it first after all."
"No you!"
"I said you!"
"Hey lovebirds, I have an idea!" Amethyst snapped her fingers to get their attention.
"Why don't you share the donut?"
The two gems' eyes lit up.
"Gee now that you mention it...it's been a long time since I shared something with anyone. What a swell idea, Amethyst ol' pal!"
"Let's do it!" Pink Pearl's eyes sparkled.
Amethyst thought they were going to cut the donut in half but...
Pink Pearl and Spinel both grabbed one end of the donut and starting chomping on it without hesitation. Oh, yes. They ate that bad boy up until there was no barrier separating the lines of their lips. Whether or not this was all according to plan was up for interpretation.
Well...that was one way to share a donut. It wasn't what she expected but Amethyst honestly couldn't say she was surprised considering how lovey-dovey the two acted in broad daylight. Not that it was any of her business.
As soon as they pulled their lips apart the couple gasped in awe.
"That was...amaaaziiingg. Are there more?" Spinel asked with a pleading look on her face.
"That taste...indescribable...so delicious..." a lone tear trailed down Pink Pearl's cheek.
"There's a whole bag! Help yoursel-"
"Thanks, Am! You're a life-saver!" Spinel reached over, grabbed the paper bag, and no sooner was she shoveling more donuts down her throat.
Pink Pearl wanted some too but she was too polite to say it. After all, she was happy just watching Spinel enjoy herself.
"Damn. You sure like those donuts," Amethyst remarked.
"Amethyst!" Spinel gasped as if the purple gem had insulted her. "We do not like donuts."
"We love them!" Pink Pearl chimed in.
"Yeah! What the lady said!" Spinel snapped, coiling her arm around Pink Pearl defensively.
Those two sure were close. Heck they seemed even clingier than Ruby and Sapphire. But Amethyst would be lying if she said it wasn't a bit sweet. Seeing Spinel go from a villain bent on world destruction to an openly affectionate fool in love certainly wasn't a bad thing.
"Here you go, dorks," Amethyst handed over another bag of donuts.
"MINE-I mean...after you, milady," Spinel winked at Pink Pearl.
After the couple successfully devoured 5 whole bags of donuts, Amethyst looked at the time.
"Yo it's getting late. Are you guys sure you haven't had enough? You'll regret it later if you eat too much."
"Psh. We're fiiine," Spinel remarked with her mouth full.
"By the way, what time is it?" Pink Pearl pondered. "We don't want to keep the Diamonds waiting too long."
"5:45. I should get going. Steven's going to be eating dinner soon and it's my turn to finish off the leftovers. You two should stay for dinner!"
"Hmmm," Spinel pondered. "That does sound tempting buuut...we promised the Diamonds we wouldn't be gone too long! We don't want to worry them too much."
"Alright. Well, see ya!"
"See ya, Amethyst."
"Goodbye! It was nice to meet you!"
"We will be back," Spinel muttered to herself with wide eyes and a toothy grin on her face.