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Sex, Lies, and Diamonds	By : hathawaynoa0093 Category: +S through Z > Steven Universe Views: 13628 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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--Five hours after Steven's shower--

"Steven? Honey?"

"Yeah, mom?"

"I brought some folks here to see you."

Steven turned over in his bed.

"I don't wanna see anyone. I just wanna go to sleep..."

"Heheheh! Steven, it's only five-thirty!" he heard a familiar voice exclaim. His pupils shrunk; his eyes widened.

"Connie?"

He felt someone sit beside him in bed and pull off the covers.

"Surprise, my love!"

Steven turned his head to see none other than Blue Diamond sitting beside him, a warm smile greeting him as Pink and Connie stood in the doorway. Steven swiftly changed his facial expression to something less fearful.

"Oh, uh, hi! What brings you here?"

"Your mother and I had another talk, and she convinced me to come down early to treat you to one of your human rituals! This is what you would call a "promotion", yes? Promotion from not just human to Gem, but to Diamond? That's nothing short of a cause for celebration!"

Steven sat upright, looking confused as Pink sat beside him. She gave him a peck on the forehead, Blue running her hands down his back as Pink spoke.

"So, I decided to quit my Earth job and use up the rest of our currency to take you, me, and all the others out for a fancy dinner! Well, except Pearl. You know how she doesn't like human food."

"Oh. Uh... That's cool."

Pink gave her son a pat on the back as she got up, standing in the doorway.

"I've already made reservations. How ready can you be in half an hour?"

"Uh-! I can be ready real fast, mom!"

"That's my Stevie."

She blew him a kiss as she closed the door. Steven's face grew as red as a beet as Connie and Blue didn't follow suit.

"Hey, guys? Are you gonna... lemme get dressed?"

"C'mon, Steven," Connie said softly. "You can get dressed in front of us. You've already seen all of us naked, and vice versa."

She leaned on his dresser, crossing her arms, her friendly expression quickly fading.

"So?... What're you just sitting there for?"

Steven felt a creeping sense of dread as Blue pecked him on the cheek.

"She's right, Steven. Why the hesitation? Not the conduct one would expect from such a finely trained young boy..."

Without a moment to doubt, Steven got out of bed and rushed over to his dresser, avoiding eye contact with a very cross Connie. He closed his eyes and took his pajama shirt and pants off, replacing them with his classic shirt and jeans. He still felt humiliated, the sense of the two's eyes on him never leaving him. He turned to face them, smiled, and struck a pose."

"Ta-da! I'm all ready to go!"

Connie looked unimpressed, a scowl beginning to develop on her face.

"You do know we're going somewhere that has a sense of class, right? Do you really think you'd look in place wearing clothes like those?"

Steven's false smile evaporated as he looked down guiltily.

"No..."

"Then take them off. And look at us while you do it."

His hands beginning to tremble, he lifted his shirt up over his head, keeping general eye contact with Connie and Blue as he folded his shirt and put it back in the drawer. Then he pulled his jeans down, quickly discarding them in his dresser, wiping off a bead of sweat on his forehead as the room began to feel much hotter.

"W- what should I wear?"

"I know," Blue said before she snapped her fingers. Instantly, Steven was clothed by a nice suit and slacks, undershirt and all. Connie's angry look lessened slightly as she glared at Blue.

"Bluuue..."

"What? He asked for something to wear!"

"You could have just put them in his dresser! You can't just baby him like that!"

"Well, my apologies for treating my love with decency!"

"He's my love too, y'know! And love means you have to be tough sometimes!"

Blue crossed her arms, rolling her eyes as she got up and led Steven out of his room by the arm.

"I'm very glad you won't become a Diamond along with him," she muttered under her breath.

--Ten minutes later--

"Hey, Connie," Pink yelled, "wanna come down now? Everyone else is ready!"

Steven sat in the middle of the couch, Amethyst and Blue at his sides, as Pink angrily stared at the top of the staircase.

"Want us to leave without you? You won't get to see Steven become a Diamond!"

Down the stairs trudged Connie, her eyes down, a sad frown on her face.

"Hey. Uh..."

Pink looked down at Connie, sporting an angry frown ill-fitting for her kind and motherly face.

"Don't you have something to say to Blue and Steven?"

"Yes..."

Connie walked around to the front of the couch, standing in front of Blue and Steven.

"Steven, Blue, I'm really sorry that I got so mad at you."

"And?" Pink asked, raising an eyebrow. Connie sighed as she took Steven's hand and kissed it.

"And I won't do it again."

She turned towards Blue.

"I'm really sorry you had to see that, Blue."

Blue looked somber as she put an arm around Steven.

"Thank you. And... I'm sorry I said I didn't want you to be a Diamond."

"That's fine," Connie said without a follow-up. The room was silent; you could cut the tension in the air with a knife. Amethyst patted Steven on the lap.

"So, uh... Should we start heading out so you three can kiss and make-up?"

Connie smiled awkwardly as the other Crystal Gems got off of the couch.

"Sure. We might need another minute or two."

The Crystal Gems headed out as Steven, Pink, Blue, and Connie remained in the house. Pink sat with them, her previously angry expression entirely gone.

"Say," she started, "are you sure everything's alright? It's not anything more than some new friends getting snippy with each other?"

Blue smiled back at her old friend.

"I think it's nothing a dinner together won't fix."

Pink smirked as she snuck her hand over to the front of Steven's pants. Steven felt a tinge of nausea as his mother continued.

"You sure. You don't want a short little burst of..."

She grabbed his crotch in plain view of the others.

"Bonding?"

Blue covered her mouth with her hands; Connie blushed and looked away. Pink giggled and pulled her hand away.

"Aww, why not?"

I made a vow to myself," Blue interjected. "I vowed to save myself for his Forging. I also wanted to be his first, but..."

Blue grinned confidently grinned at Pink.

"I'll let you have that honor."

Pink blushed lightly and covered her mouth with her hand.

"Oh, Blue, thank you so much... And what about you, Connie?"

The young girl giggled as she headed towards the front door.

"I just don't wanna spoil my dinner."

-Twenty minutes later-

The group had arrived at the fancy restaurant without further incident. The back room was reserved all for them, each Gem taking their own spot. Steven remained standing as he scouted out the empty seats at the long table. There was one in between Pink and Blue, one between Amethyst and Peridot, and one between Lapis and Connie, as well as an empty spot at the head of the table, with Pearl and Peridot in between. He began to fidget with his collar as he mentally ran through which of the seats he wanted least.

I don't wanna sit with Connie... But she'll probably yell at me again if I don't sit with her... I don't wanna sit with Pink or Blue. I don't want them to touch me here... Pearl is real weird, but not in a bad way... and I guess Peri's kinda harmless...

"Steven? You gonna sit, or are you gonna eat standing up?"

Connie's joke caused all eyes to descend on Steven. He gulped as he fast walked towards the front of the table, choosing the spot between Pearl and Peri. He held his hands together and forced a wide grin.

"Uh... I chose the head of the table cuz... I'm gonna be the next Diamond, and Diamonds are leaders, right?"

The table was dead silent for a few moments before everyone burst out in laughter, including Steven. It was such a silly rationalization that not even he could buy it.

"Just say you don't wanna sit with us, buddy!" Connie interjected. Steven's laughter quieted as he went to study his menu, everyone else soon following suit as the table talk turned into gossip and small talk.

-Ten minutes and three glasses of water later-

Steven crossed a leg and wagged his foot. Everyone had ordered dinner - except for Pearl, of course - and cross-table conversations were in full swing. Steven was keeping quiet, too immersed in his own thoughts to pay attention to what anyone else was saying. Thoughts about what would happen tomorrow, about how he would become a Diamond, about what all the training was supposed to even do.

"Hey, Steven, talk to us. We're dying over here!"

Pearl gently tapped his arm, her and Peri happily gazing into Steven's eyes. Steven snapped out of his trance and took a sip from his fourth glass of water.

"Uh... Pearl, why are you here if you don't like human food?"

"I couldn't not be here for this, Steven! It really doesn't matter that I can't eat anything here, because I'm here for you!"

Pearl gave Steven a big, friendly smile as he sipped on his water.

"Anything else you wanna talk about?"

"Uh... Oh yeah. Where's Garnet?"

"You don't remember? Garnet left the day after the talent show. She went to do some investigative stuff like she normally does."

"What sort of stuff does she investigate?"

"I dunno. But it must make your mom real unhappy, because she tells us not to let her back until you become a Diamond."

This strange revelation made Steven raise an eyebrow.

"That's weird. Why would mom do that?"

"Beats me. Must be pretty important, though, huh?"

"Guess so..."

Steven crossed his arms, his leg wagging impatiently as he waited for the food to arrive. But then he noticed something on his cuff that made him pause. It was a strange, clear stain. Then he looked back down at the rest of his outfit. He froze.

"Hey, Blue? Where did you get these clothes?"

Blue stopped gossiping with Pink and leaned forward in her seat to look at Steven directly, a light blush on her face.

"Remember when you first went to Homeworld? I never got a chance to give those back to you. I... I might have tried them on... Or I might have did something a bit more than that.. I figured they didn't need cleaning, but..."

She snapped her fingers, and suddenly Steven's clothes were as fresh as they could be. Blue gave him a wink before turning back to chat with Pink. But it did little to phase Steven as hormones flooded his brain and put him in fight or flight mode. He chose flight.

"I, uh, I'm gonna go use the bathroom!"

He quickly got from his seat and exited the party room, entering the nearby bathroom, breathing hard, beginning to see red. He went over to the sink and ran the water, pulling up his sleeves and obsessively washing his hands and wrists. The washing made him calm down slightly. He quickly looked around him to make sure no one else was in there - sure enough, there wasn't even anyone in the stalls. It was the perfect time for an act of catharsis.

Slowly, he began to tear up, sobbing quietly so no one outside could hear over the general ambience of the restaurant. He sniffled as tears ran down his red face and lightly stained his suit. He whimpered to himself, somehow alleviated by his emotions bursting out in such a small way. He kept washing his hands as he cried, the rush fading, but the panic lingering. He turned the water off and grabbed a paper towel, drying his hands and washing his face before throwing it in the trash. Then his phone vibrated in his pocket.

He pulled it out, expecting a call from one of the Gems about what was taking him so long. But what he saw surprised him.

Message - Garnet - Just now.

He initially hesitated on checking the message due to what the other Gems would text him. But his intuition about what Pearl had told him made him think otherwise.

If they aren't letting Garnet train with me, there has to be a good reason why...

He clicked on the notification.

"Steven," it read, "there's not enough time to explain - MAKE AN EXCUSE TO GET OUT!!! I'm in the weird tan ship at the end of the parking lot! WE'RE LEAVING!!"

The message frightened Steven as much as it excited him. It didn't take much deliberation to reach a decision. It was either stay with the Gems and continue what he was enduring, or go with Garnet to somewhere unknown. He headed back out of the bathroom and into the party room, walking up to his mother.

"Hey, mom?"

"Yes, sweetie?"

"I, uh... I left my phone in the ship. Can you gimme the keys, please? I'll be right back."

Pink thought nothing of it and gave him the ship keys, not catching the outline of his phone in his pocket.

"Thanks," Steven replied as he left the room before darting out of the restaurant and heading to the very end of the parking lot. He checked his phone, the bright screen contrasting with the dark night.

"Steven," he heard someone whisper. "Over here!"

He used the flashlight on his phone to guide himself to where the voice was coming from. Soon enough, he found Garnet, standing outside an ugly, small, tan ship. The door was open, and Garnet swiftly entered, Steven close behind, neither making a sound. A surge of adrenaline washing over him, his hands and feet shook almost violently as Garnet piloted the ship, got them off the ground, and sped up into the skies and beyond the atmosphere.

--Half an hour later--

The rush of hormones and chemicals had worn off twenty minutes ago, replaced only with dread and fear as the two hurtled through space. He was curled up in a ball in the back of the ship, the inside looking more like someone's room than anything, with two beds on each side and the walls covered in personal memorabilia. Garnet pressed a few buttons at the control panel before getting out of her seat and sitting beside Steven.

"Alright, the autopilot should handle everything for the next hour or two."

She didn't touch Steven. She barely even looked at him. Instead, she sighed.

"White told me everything about what you were going through. I'm so sorry I didn't take you on the night of the talent show. It takes so long to get to Earth from where I'm taking you, and once I got there for the show... I wasn't absolutely sure you were in danger. I am now."

Steven was silent as his arms wrapped around his legs, his face between his knees. He was sobbing again. Garnet frowned, knowing that she'd lose whatever trust he had in her once she touched him.

"Steven? Do you wanna just... Talk? About stuff?"

"N- nooo-o-o..." Steven whimpered, his cries muffled by his slacks.

"Alright... You can sleep in the other bed, I know it's late for a boy your age."

She stood up and sat at, the built-in desk near the flight controls, writing something in her notebook. She looked back at him, a look of regret and sorrow on her face.

"You don't have to hide it anymore. You're somewhere they can't get you. Get some rest for now, and you can talk to me whenever you're ready."

Steven didn't respond. His mind was going a mile a minute, just from all the thoughts entering it. About where Garnet was taking him, and what she'd do with him. About what the other Gems would think of him. Or whether his mother and the other Diamonds would keep him from being a Diamond. Or worse, what Connie would do to him. He gradually scooted across the floor, his mind jumping to the worst case scenarios of each as he eventually made his way to the bed on his side. He crawled into the strange bed material, never having slept on a ship before, and curled up under the cheap, stiff blanket, removing his shoes and overshirt under the covers and slipping them out onto the floor and closing his eyes to attempt to get some rest.
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