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Time Skip

(Three Weeks Later)

Steven sighed deeply, staring at his television that had been playing a rerun of Dogcopter 6: Til Death Do We Bark, I Now Pronounce You Man and Woof; Steven lazily looked at the screen as the action continues, a bowl of cereal was set on his laps, slowly slipping which Steven couldn't care less.

Drew, one of the characters from the movie, said in worry. "I know you're eager to chase the mail truck, Dogcopter. But the mail truck is a decoy. Good boys chase the blue car. Be a good boy, Dogcopter."

Steven looked at the screen boredly, his body continued to slumped as the seconds passed, his grip on the bowl of cereal continues on loosening.

In the TV, it shows Dogcopter flew to the blue car with such a cinematic way of doing it, Dogcopter opened the trunk and quickly took the bomb along with a small box nearby; Dogcopter then flew away from the car, watching as the car passed by as if nothing happened.

Drew ran towards Dogcopter, cheering loudly as the mission was almost complete. "Nice work, DC! Now get the bomb off the bridge! We're almost out of time!" she warned with worry.

Dogcopter noticed the timer began to ran out as he quickly threw it off the bridge, the bomb blew off as soon as it reached a few feet away from him but unfortunately, Dogcopter was hit by the nearby explosion and was thrown on the ground, all dirty and injured.

"Dogcopter! No!" Drew mourned, ran towards the injured robotic dog, sniffling. "Dogcopter, I- I can't lose you," Drew sobbed.

Dogcopter woke up slowly, turning to Drew's gaze and pulled out a small box he managed to grab earlier; Drew gasped when Dogcopter opened the lid, revealed a ring shaped like a dog bone, Drew instantly stuttered between sobs.

"Is this... what I think it is?" Drew asked in disbelief.

All of the sudden, an announcer announced through the marriage ceremony. "Dogcopter 6: Till Death Do We Bark: I Now Pronounce You Man And Woof!" and quickly ended the movie with rolled credits.

Steven stared at the rolling credits, slumping even more; he reached the remote, clicking the on/off button as he watched the TV faded into black, the bowl that was on his lap was dropped onto the floor, dirtying the boards along with dirty clothes scattered around the room, which you cleaned it up after every time he went to bed.

Steven felt ashamed of his wrongdoing and mostly stupid, he felt like digging up a hole and die inside of it, he felt ridiculous and embarrassed when he proposed to you, though it had been three weeks and you had moved on from it, Steven couldn't; whenever he looked into those innocent eyes of yours, he felt himself shrinking under your gazes, he felt as if you were judging him in silence behind those smiles of yours, he didn't know what to do.

Steven plopped himself on the bed on his back, looked at the ceiling with a deep frown. Sometimes he felt like crying, too. "Everyone's getting married but me!" he groaned. Without him realising, he glowed pink for the nth time of the day. "Ugh! I feel like poop," he complained to no one, rubbing his face tiredly.

Meanwhile, you were in the Little Homeschool, proceeding with your studies per usual but the same guilt in your heart hasn't faded since three weeks ago; you felt so awful for turning him down when you knew that you liked him back as much as how he liked you, but you also reminded that it's for Connie's sake too, which messed up with your mind even more.

When can you accept his proposal? When will Connie give up her feelings for Steven? When will everything go back to normal?

Every question inside of your head started with a 'when', you had been thinking and stressing out about this matter that you ended up with the worse headache and mild fever, you didn't tell anyone about it though, you have no time to waste on people who worry about you; you had thought of talking it out with Connie so you could find help on figuring out of what you should do but you hesitated every time you reached your phone to dial her, it always ended up with you shoving your phone back inside of your back pocket.

But not today, you were assured that Connie will accept everything that happened if you tell her the truth, you're best friends anyway; so, once your phone alarm went off, Bismuth dismissed the class again for the day as you thanked her and quickly left to Connie's house.

Fortunately for you, Connie's 15-minute break is at the same time as yours so you don't have to bother much on thinking about her schedules; as you rushed towards her house, the sight of your usual hang out began to seem nearer and nearer, your heart thumped dangerously behind your chest and it made you anxious further, your breaths quick to loose as well.

You stopped when you arrived in front of her house, staring at the doorbell that began to seem scary than comforting, you reached to the doorbell then paused before pressing, you cursed yourself and fidgeted on spot; you reached out to the doorbell again but halted and rubbed your dried eyes, you wiped your palm on your pants as it began to sweat like crazy.

"(Y/N), what are you doing in front of my house?" you heard Priyanka, Connie's mother, walking up to you with groceries was wrapped around her arms as she carried them to the door.

Your eyes widened at the sight of Connie's mother. "M- Mrs Maheswaran... I- I was just..." you stuttered. You watched her walked up to the door and struggled to get her keys out. So, you quickly offer your help. "May I give you a hand?" you asked.

Priyanka sighed in relief. "Oh, thank God, dear. Thank you," she said, giving you a bag of groceries as you carried it easily.

Priyanka grabbed her keys and shove them into the doorknob, twisting and unlocked the door before opening it; she welcomed you inside which you waste no time and entered the house, you saw Priyanka walked towards the kitchen so you followed her, you almost paused your walking when you saw Connie was making a sandwich, humming her favourite song.

"Mom, welcome back!" Connie greeted, turning her face towards her mother who had just put down the bag on the counter, huffing. Connie took a glance at you and looked back at her sandwich, continuing to make it. "Oh, hey (Y/N)," she choked on her saliva. She looked back at you, eyes widened. "(Y/N)?" she asked, voice rising.

Priyanka raised an eyebrow at her daughter. "Were you not expecting her to come?" she asked Connie.

Connie stared at you for a while before looking at her mother, shaking her head. "Yes, I was expecting her! That's why I made two sandwiches!" she laughed nervously, grabbing the plate of sandwiches. She grabbed your arm and pulled you to walk with her. "So, we'll be off then! Having girls' talk!" Connie squeaked.

Priyanka smiled at both of you. "Have a great time! Don't worry about groceries, I'll settle it," she informed.

"Okay, mom!" Connie yelled once she reached upstairs.

Your hands grew sweaty every second passed, your heart thumping like crazy that you could feel your chest following your heartbeat; you watched Connie opened the door to her room, setting down her plate of sandwiches on her nearby study table, closing the door before looked at you in surprise.

"What are you doing here?" she breathed out, eyebrows furrowing.

You put your hands up, breathed out as well. "I know that we're not in the best condition right now, but something terribly awesome happened to me three weeks ago and I need help with it," you blurted out, huffing.

Connie stared at you for a moment before closing her eyes and inhaled and exhaled. She nodded and sat on the bed, patted at the empty spot beside her. You looked at the empty spot before sitting on the spot.

"Sounds serious."

"It's because it is serious."

"Let me guess, it's about Steven."

"You know it's always about Steven."

"Then, I don't want to talk about it."

You looked at Connie in shock. "What? Connie, this is serious," you pressured.

Connie rubbed her temple, eyes shutting close. She hopped off the bed, her free hand on her hip. "Listen, you know how I feel towards him and I feel unsettling to think that he likes my best friend instead of me," she began. She turned around, giving you a tired look. "I've been trying to move on ever since... we happened. And it's not easy, let me tell you that," she continued.

You sighed through your nose. "I know it's not easy."

She hummed, thinking over it, squinting her eyes. She fingers gun you. "I don't think you do."

You hopped off the bed and approached her. "Connie... You have no idea how much I've sacrificed things for you. I'm trying my best to fix our friendship," you tried to reason.

She turned her back to you, both hands massaging her temple as she grown stressed. "(Y/N), I'm not in the mood right now."

"Connie-"

"I need you to leave so I can study," she began pushing you towards the closed door.

You struggled under her grip. You pushed yourself deeper inside of the room. "Connie, listen."

"I know what're you trying to say," she said, grabbing your arms once more. "Move on from Steven, give up your feelings, yadda yadda," she boldly stated, rolling her eyes.

You dead stop on your feet, making her stopped her actions as well. Her eyes stared into your raging ones. "Connie, this isn't about you," you highlighted. Connie was surprised by your choice of words. Connie froze in her shoes. You gulped as you continued. "And... it's not about me either," you licked your dry lips. "It's about Steven."

Connie let go of your arm slowly. She brought both of her hands and cupped her entire face, groaning through it. She then ruffled her hair aggressively, messing her hair further. "Sorry..." she lowly apologised. She sighed deeply, laying on the bed on her back. "I'm not in the right mind right now."

You crawled on the bed, looked at Connie as your face was on top of hers. You gave her a worried look. "And so is Steven," you began.

"What's wrong with him?" she asked, eyeing your eyes.

"He proposed to me three-" Connie's forehead bumped into yours hardly. Connie cried in pain as you groaned at the hit. You rubbed your forehead and watched Connie sat on her neatly made bed. "Ouch, what was that for?" you asked, rubbing your forehead still.

Connie set her hand on her forehead, eyes widened as big as her dreams of going to college. "Steven proposed to you?" she screamed.

You nodded. You ruffled your hair in distress. "I just don't get what's going on inside of his head. It's like, he's not thinking right lately," you informed.

Connie sat, sitting crossed legs on her bed. She held out a palm to you. "Wait, wait. Just tell me," she paused. "Did you say yes?" she asked anxiously, mostly concern about you getting engaged at a young age.

You shook your head quickly. "No, I rejected him," Connie sighed in relief. "I told him that I don't want to hurt you by accepting... But I guess it made our situation worsen," you stated sadly.

Connie set a hand on her chest. "Aw, (Y/N)..." she cooed. "I really hope that you reject him because that you can't get married at a young age, nevertheless, thank you for trying to save our friendship," she sincerely spoke.

You nodded, smiling. "It's nothing," you replied, shrugging.

Connie then gave you a serious look. "Okay, so what's wrong with Steven?" she asked seriously.

You nodded again. "Okay, so, I've noticed Steven had been stressing out a lot recently. And whenever I asked him if he's okay, he always replies that he's fine but I can clearly see he's not fine! I'm not sure how to get his emotions out of him anymore," you rubbed your face. You looked at Connie in dead eyes. "Oh, and get this. He's swelling and glows! It looks painful, too so I'm worried."

Connie set put a hand on her mouth. "That sounds dangerous," she stated. Connie reached her phone immediately and searched for his number. "I'm calling him," she said.

You nodded. "Yeah, you should. He probably will listen to you more than he listens to me," you informed. Connie was about to say something when your phone suddenly rang loudly. You put a finger up, holding her thought and answered the phone. You walked away from the bed, leaving Connie talking with Steven. "Hello?"

"Hey. How are you doing?" a feminine voice asked.

Your eyes widened as well as your grin. "Ma'am? Why are you calling me? I thought you check out around 4," you stated, grinning wider when you heard your mother was at the end of the call.

"What? I can't call my own daughter during worktime now? Is that a new law that I missed?" she joked.

You giggled. "Of course not. I was just wondering. And I'm doing fine, too. How's work?"

"Eh, boring as usual. These munchkins can't stop calling me out for a meeting every five minutes and it's starting to get on my nerves. But, hey! Gummy Bears solves everything!"

"I'm happy to hear about your Gummy Bears addiction getting worse," you laughed.

"No one can live without Gummy Bears!" she deepened her voice as if she's trying to quote someone.

You giggled at this. To be honest, you were over the moon when she calls now and then. She kept her word on keeping in touch even though she's busy. "Well, I can agree on no one can live without sugar," you joked back.

"Forget about Gummy Bears. Anything new?"

You scratched the back of your head nervously. You hummed hesitantly. You looked at Connie who had a worried look on her, almost shouting at her phone about something. "It's about Steven, again," you huffed.

"Oh, no. What happen?" she asked.

You hummed again. "He... uh, kind of proposed to me a while ago. A- And I think it's my fault that he's been swelling lately," you formed a thin line on your lips.

Your mother gasped. "Wait, you mean like, swelling swelling? You better get him to the hospital ASAP or else God knows what will happen to him!"

Your eyes widened. "Right! We'll do that!"

Your mother paused for a moment. "We?" she asked.

You nodded. "Yeah, we. Connie and I will take care of it. Thank you, ma'am. I promise to fill you in later," you promised.

"You better, you lil brat. Or else I won't call you anymore."

You grinned. "I never break a promise," was all you said before she hung up; you tucked your phone in your back pocket.

You turned to look at Connie with a determined look, Connie hung up as well and gave you the same look; both of you nodded at the same time.

"Let's get him to the hospital," both of you exclaimed.

Connie put on her shoes and tied the shoelaces neatly as you were amazed at how tidy it looked, Connie stood up from her bed and reached a hand to you which you smiled and intertwined with hers; without any thought, you both stepped out of Connie's bedroom and towards the main door.

"Connie? Where are you going?" Priyanka questioned, finishing up tidying the groceries.

Connie looked at her mother for a moment before looking back at you. You raised an eyebrow before widening your eyes. You tugged on her hand gently. "We can ask her to help, right?" you asked.

Connie was hesitant at first but then decided to ask away. "Mom. We have a favour to ask," she slowly spoke, biting her inner cheek.

Priyanka leaned on the counter with a raised eyebrow. One of her arms rested on the counter as she leaned on it. "What kind of favour?"

"The... Gem-issue-thing... kind of favour," you bit your bottom lip in nervous as you said that.

Priyanka didn't reply for a while before she grinned and grabbed her car keys, Connie smiled widely at her action as she dragged you outside and to her mother's car that was parked nearby; Priyanka followed close.

Priyanka unlocked the doors which you and Connie sat at the back, Priyanka entered the car and start up the ignition, she looked up at the rearview mirror with the same determined look; you and Connie eyed her eyes.

"Where to, girls?" she asked.

Connie grinned. "Steven's."

Priyanka only nodded as she led the car towards her daughter's used-to-be crush's home; as the three of you nearing the beach house, you began to feel yourself fidgeted on the cushion, it's been pretty awkward between the two of you recently and you didn't want to make it worsen; sometimes you saw the necklace that Steven gave you on the fridge, or sometimes on the side of the bed he slept on, or sometimes even on the bathroom's sink.

You knew that he regretted proposing to you but you didn't regret of his cause, you felt relieved, even more, you felt over thrilled for knowing Steven likes you like that and you're overjoyed that you cried when he proposed; the guilt of agreeing to it held you back and at times, you regretted for not accepting, it feels like a one-time thing and it felt so special at the moment; sometimes you wished you could turn back time and accept the proposal.

Again, there's Connie who's not ready to get over him, it's not her fault for failing at her feelings for Steven, they've been best friends longer than you knew Steven, you were jealous by that; when you looked into Steven's eyes, sometimes you could see that he have the same feeling for Connie as well so most of the times, you had to pretend naively and exclaimed that you and Steven were only friends, that's why you've been holding back.

The scene of the ocean passed by fastly, memories of spending time with Steven flashed before your eyes, you felt warm at the reminder; a scene where you and Steven laid heads on top of each other and just looked at the sunset, hands intertwined, the memory of that made your heart tightened.

You gripped the shirt that was located on your chest, huffing a bit, eyes widening. You could feel tears burnt your eyes before slipping out of your eyelids. Before you knew it, your cracked voice asked. "Do you really think... I can make him happy?" you asked, gripping onto your shirt tighter.

Connie flinched at the question. "Huh?"

You turned to her, eyes bawling. Your face is now beet red and you could feel your head felt like exploding. Connie was surprised by this. "I- I feel like... if he's with you, he'll be happier..." you sobbed.

Connie furrowed her eyebrows. "(Y/N), why are you saying that?" she inched closer to you.

"I- I mean, like, look where we are now. Me being here make things worse," you sniffled.

Connie shook her head, grabbing your free hand. "That's not true," she scolded. "He's happier with you," she pressured. You shook your head, facing your laps while ugly sobbing. "Hey. Hey, look at me," she requested. You wiped your snots using your sleeve and looked at her. "Believe it or not, we're just not destined to be together, you get me?"

"B- But-"

"I've been his friends for over 5 years now, and I've never seen him this happy around anyone except you. Steven is a unique boy, a sentimental but also a joyful boy. He is so easy to read and I can read that he's really in love with you," Connie explained further. She tightened her grip. "(Y/N). You're the only one for him," she exclaimed softly.

You sobbed further, wiping your snots over and over again as your nose grew red because of it, your eyes are getting itchy as well but it didn't bother you much.

"(Y/N)..." Connie called gently. You sobbed. She squeezed your hand to reassure you. She hesitated at first but then, she shook her head and gave you a determined look. "Confess to him," she demanded. She didn't request nor ask, she demanded it.

Your eyes widened at those words. You quickly shake your head. "N- No! If I- I do that, I can g- get rejected!" you reasoned with her.

"(Y/N). I want you to know that it might take me a while to give up on him. But, I need you to steal him away from me," she told. You scanned her face through your tears. She scoffed. "If- If you don't... then I won't be able to move on and Steven won't be able to get with you because of me. I know this is for the best, for sure," she assured you.

"W- What..."

"Please, be together with him. Connect with him. Just, be happy with him. If you do that, then I'm happy for the both of you," she pleaded.

You sniffled, your sobbing slowly died down. "But what about you?"

She scoffed. "My soulmate isn't Steven. Maybe it's yours. Don't worry about me. I will find a better guy."

"Are you sure?"

She nodded slowly. "Yeah. Plus, I want to give up on this feeling way back but never could. So, this is my opportunity to do so," she winked.

You sniffled and nodded, hugging Connie tightly.

Priyanka smiled at the girls, the car had stopped a while ago and she didn't have a gut to break the heartwarming moment; she cleared her throat, catching the both of you off guard. "We're here," she stated.

You wiped your nose and eyes for the last time. "I think you should go get him. I can't get out like this," you giggled, motioning to your current look.

Connie giggled. "I understand," she stepped out of the car and closed the door, began to make her way towards the beach house.

It took a few moments to see Connie's and Steven's figures climbing down the stairs and approaching the car, your heart began hammering against your chests again, your face flushed when you recalled the guy of your dream proposed to you, it means confessing too, right? You still need to do some research on this kind of thing.

The door that was supposed to be on Connie's seat opened, Steven climbed inside and sat on Connie's seat before closing the door, Connie sat at the passenger seat and buckled her seat belt; you gripped your pants, trying so hard to control your heart and hard breathing, you felt the car reversing and made its way towards the hospital.

"Hey," you heard Steven whispered beside you after a while the car moved.

You turned and looked at him, feeling your cheeks heating up even more. "Hi..." you whispered back.

You saw Steven grinned as he had blushes on his cheeks as well. But he also looked like he's trying to act cool and hold himself back. "Uh, how are you?" he asked, whispering.

You giggled. "Just peachy," you whispered back.

"Great, great..." he mumbled. The blushes on his cheek didn't help with his current emotion. "Um, may I?" he asked.

You looked to where he pointed at which ended up at your currently clutching on your pants hand. You blushed and loosened your fingers, you felt it stung because of how hard you clenched on the pants. "S- Sure," you stuttered, giving out your hand.

Steven grinned wider. "Thanks," he whispered. He soon intertwined his hands with yours.

Just as soon as you felt like home, Priyanka parked her car and died down the car, pulling her car keys and stepped out of the vehicle, Steven frowned at this, forcing himself to let go of your hand and did the same of Connie's mother; you frowned at this as well but escaped the car too, closing the door after which Priyanka locked the door after.

Priyanka gathered the three of you and pointed to the entrance using her head. "Follow me," she requested.

As the four of you entered the hospital, you whispered to Steven which startled him a bit. "Are you nervous?"

Steven formed a small smile and bent down a bit, kept on walking as he watched where Priyanka led them to. "Yeah. Aren't you?" he asked back, whispering.

You gave him a funny look. "I'm not the one who's doing a check up on," you answered.

He turned his face to you, momentarily stop focusing on Priyanka and Connie. He formed a toothy grin. "I almost forgot that I've been swelling. Must've been because I was too distracted by you."

You blushed. You squinted your eyes. "Hush, you," you grinned.

He chuckled. "It's true."

"We're here," Connie interrupted.

Steven and you backed away quickly. blushing like crazy. "Right! I'm ready," Steven told.

The four of you entered the room, closing the door after as you examined the room, you had always been curious about what's inside of hospital's room since you've never entered one before; you looked around, seeing beds, curtains, small knives and a lot more things surrounded the room, you feel like becoming a doctor somehow.

Steven is now sitting on top of an examination table with a deeply worried look, you and Connie stood beside him with a slightly concerned face shown; Connie's mother, Priyanka, began to talk to Steven.

Priyanka grabbed a couple of gloves and wear them. "You're lucky I had a cancellation today, normally I'm booked up weeks in advance," she informed.

Connie touched the examination table, inching closer towards worried Steven. "Think you'll be able to help him? Even if this is some sort of Gem issue," Connie stated in concern.

Steven glanced at you. You softly blushed and slowly look away. Priyanka soon interrupted. "Gem issue or not, you have a human body. Which means we can run tests. At the very least we can determine if you're suffering from a non-Gem condition," she informed.

Connie exhaled in relief, turning and looked at Steven. "See? I'll go wait outside. I'm sure it'll all be fine!" Connie said, doing as she told and went outside.

You coughed awkwardly. "Uh, I'm also going to wait outside," you nervously stated.

You walked towards the door before halting. "(Y/N)!" Steven called, eyebrows furrowing and a frown could be found on his lips.

You turned to Steven with a small smile. "Hey, I'm sure you're going to be fine. Just... call me if you need me, okay?" you told and continued to walk outside.

As you stepped outside of the room, you glanced at Connie who had her phone next to her ear as she bit her nail; you approached her and patted her shoulder which startled her a bit, she sighed in relief when she saw it was only you.

"Who're you calling?" you asked.

Connie frowned softly. "Greg. I think we need him to be here for Steven," she informed worriedly.

You nodded, agreeing with her opinion. You paused for a moment, hesitating. "You won't tell about the proposal, right?" you asked nervously.

She looked at you, grinning before using her fingers as a sign she had zipped her mouth and threw away the key; you breathed out, shoulders began to relax, without a second thought, you hugged Connie tightly with a smile, Connie returned your embrace not a moment after.

"I'm sorry for everything," you whispered.

You felt Connie shook her head. "No, I'm sorry. I should've moved on from him. You have all the rights to be upset with me."

You shook your head, tightening your hug around her. "I don't have any rights. He's not even mine, to begin with," you paused. "We'll always be best friends, right?" you hesitantly asked.

Connie smiled. "Of course! I can't imagine living without you!"

"Me neither," you stated truthfully.

Connie's your first ever girl friend you had hung out the most and she began to feel like a sister to you; she worries about you, she takes care of you, she gossips about a lot of things with you, she's really felt like home that you can't bear to lose.

Suddenly, Greg's voice entered the chat, startling the both of you. "Heyya, Connie. What's up?" Greg said from the other end of the line.

Connie put the phone back to her ear and everything Greg said began to deafened out from your hearing range. "Greg! There's something I have to tell you," she began. She paused for a moment before speaking up again. "Steven's in the hospital," a faint 'what?' could be heard from your spot. Connie winced at the sudden loud voice. "We don't want to worry you but he's been glowing pink again. And this time, he swells, too," Connie informed.

You pointed to the hallway. "I'm going to eat something," you whispered to Connie which she replied with a nod.

You turned around and began to walk towards the cafeteria, looking at the signs that were plastered around so you won't get lost, after a few more attempts, you finally arrived at the cafeteria; not many people were around, you shrugged and get into the line, waiting for your turn.

Once it was your turn, you got yourself a sandwich and sat at an empty seat nearby, you get rid of the plastic that was covering the sandwich, you looked outside the window for a moment before taking a bite on it; you swallowed after chewing them a few times.

"Hi," a voice interrupted your moment.

You flinched but looked to your side, a familiar figure stood there with a warm smile along with an apron wrapped around his waists. "Jamie?" you asked, surprised to see him there. You smiled at him. "What're you doing here?" you asked.

Jamie chuckled. "I work here," he replied casually.

"I thought you worked at a cafe."

He nodded. "I do. But one part-time job isn't enough to pay the bills, you know?" he joked.

You nodded. Before that, you furrowed your eyebrows. "Oh, and I'm sorry."

He raised an eyebrow. "What for?"

"I promised that I will go back home when I hung out with my friends. I called Jake to tell him about it but I'm worried because he sounds sick at that time. How is he?" you asked.

Jamie blushed violently, fidgeting in his shoes. "He's fine! He's doing great, really! Haha! Oh, look at the time! My break is almost finished! See you later, (Y/N)!" he ran off quickly.

You watched as he did so, bumping to tables here and there as he panicky entered behind the counter and hid behind it, you giggled at this, shaking your head and continue to enjoy your food.

You spend about an hour in the cafeteria, bored out of your mind when suddenly you heard something crashed loudly coming from upstairs, you stood from your chair, the chair screeched loudly against the floor which you could care less; you threw away the rubbish and ran towards the sound.

Once you reached there, you looked around to where the sound came from, you panicked even more when you guessed that it was coming from Steven's room; you brought your legs as fast as you can to run and you made it there in no time.

When you entered the room, you saw Connie was already on her mom's side with a terrified look. Your eyes widened further when you saw Steven glowed pink and is as big as the room. His limbs swelled in places. "Mom! What's happening?" Connie asked in worried.

Priyanka shook her head. "I don't know, I just asked if he had any stressful experiences lately," she replied.

You stepped inside the room further, your worried look deepened when you watched some parts of Steven's body swells. "Steven..." you called softly, reaching out a hand to him.

Steven continued to swell and it worsen when you were in his sight. "It's not you, (Y/N)! It's everything that happened before!" he lied, his body kept on growing and growing.

"Steven, was it what happened three weeks ago?" Connie asked.

Priyanka furrowed her eyebrows as she looked at her terrified daughter. "What are you talking about?" she asked.

Steven reached his head, gripping his hair in whole as he looked at you in panic. "You told Connie?" he shouted, eyes could be shown as panicking.

You walked closer to him, a hand raised in front of you. "I'm sorry! I need to tell her!"

Steven stumbled on his feet, gripping his head tighter as he squeezed his eyes tightly. "It's not your fault, I think I just need you to leave!" he said.

Priyanka glared at him. "This is a medical emergency, I am not leaving!"

Connie grabbed her mother's arm. "Mom! Us being here is making it worse!"

Steven continued to grow larger, he accidentally broke the ceiling as it hit his head, the alarm went off as soon as it broke; the hospital gown that he wore was ripped into pieces because of his current size.

"Oh, no! Please- j- just go!" his voice deepened, his body continued to grow bigger and bigger as the second passed by.

You cupped your mouth. "Steven!"

Steven squeezed his eyes tighter. "I...! can't...! be around you right now!" he finally shouted, breaking the windows in the process, panting slightly after. A strong gush of wind was created when he yelled.

Steven breathed heavily, shedding a tear. Greg came inside as soon as he yelled. "Steven!" Greg called.

Steven squinted his eyes, sniffling. "Dad...?" he said in a shaky voice.

Greg ended up in front of him. "I'm here!" he assured.

Connie tugged her mother's arm, as well as yours. The both of you looked at Connie. "Come on, guys. Let's give them space," Connie suggested.

Priyanka nodded. "Right."

Connie soon dragged the both of you towards the door, your heart stung still even though you knew he didn't mean what he said nor did it mean anything harsh, nevertheless, your heart clenched like crazy that you didn't know the reason for it.

Steven panted again. "H- How'd you know I was here?" he asked, sniffling.

"Connie called me about an hour ago."

Steven looked towards Connie's way. "Connie..." he called, making Vonnie stopped in her shoes. "Thank you..."

Connie slowly turned around with a small smile. "Yeah... I'll be here when you're ready," she said before proceeding to step outside further but paused again when Steven called once more.

"(Y/N)..." he called tearfully.

You turned around and gave him an encouraging smile. "Have some rest, okay? I'll meet you outside," you informed before stepping outside along with Connie and Priyanka.

Once the girls left the room, Greg speaks up. "Steven, I'm sorry! If I'd have known I-"

"It's fine, Dad. You were busy, and I didn't know what was going on," he interrupted.

Greg moved closer to him, touching one of his giant fingers. "Come on, Steven. Talk to me," he pleaded.

"I- Well- I, um-" he stumbled on his words. His eyes began to fill with tears again. "I proposed to (Y/N)!" he admitted, tears rolled down his cheeks.

Greg's eyes widened in surprise. "You what?" he shouted back.

"She said no..." Steven continued.

Greg's eyes saddened. "Oh, Steven..."

"My body, it's reacting like it's the end of the world! I think I've seen the world almost end so many times now that- everything that goes wrong feels that- that extreme!" Steven started. Tears rolled out of his eyes further. "I should be feeling so good these days, the Earth is safe, it's Era 3. But I'm swelling up over these third-era problems! What do I do? How do I move on from all the stuff I've been through? How do I live life if it always feels like I'm about to die?" he whimpered.

Greg's heart clenched tightly at the sight of his son mourning over a fact that he couldn't and never will understand. So, he did what humans always do to comfort people they love. He hugged Steven, well mostly he hugged one of his finger's that he touched. "It's gonna be alright, schtu-ball. I'm here for you," he comforted.

As soon as those words left Greg's lips, Steven began to shrink back into his normal size. Greg made way to him, seeing Steven kneeling on the ground with a deep tired look broke the father's heart even more. "I just- I wanna go home," Steven managed to breathe out.

Greg nodded. "Okay, let's go home," but before that, he helped Steven dressed back into his normal clothes before stepping outside the room, the three of you who had been waited outside looked in their direction.

Steven made eye contact with you which you only could stare back, Steven inhaled deeply, taking out all of his courage to hand you a hand of his, inviting you to come back home with him, you stared at his hand before taking it with yours which made Steven internally sighed in relieve; you bid the Masheswarans goodbye and continued to walk, hand-in-hand, towards Greg's van.

The car was dead silent when Greg was halfway to the beach house, Steven didn't sit at the passenger seat and instead, he sat at the back with you, laying on both of your backs and stared at either the window of the plain colour ceiling; a few minutes of silence and Steven build up his courage to squeeze your hand, you squeezed back after a few seconds.

The three of you entered the house soon after the van stopped, you and Steven headed towards the bedroom as soon as the both of you stepped inside the house, Greg didn't and proceeded to make his son a cup of tea; the sky soon painted in plain dark blue, no stars or moon showed up this time.

Steven, who was still in his pyjamas, climbed on the bed and covered his lower part as he stared at his fingers, you sat on your spot, feet dangling at the side of the bed as you let your hair cover your face; Greg came upstairs with the tea in hand, handing it to Steven gently which he thanked his father for it.

Steven exhaled. "I guess I thought I propose to (Y/N) to know what to do with myself. But I'm the one that's gotta figure that stuff out," he admitted, slurping his tea.

Greg formed a small smile. "Cut yourself some slack. It's okay to be worried and make some mistakes when you're figuring out what to do with your life. That's not unusual. Uh- the magic swelling is a little unusual, but that's okay too! If you wanna be a giant boy, we can use the car wash as a shower," he suggested.

Steven unintentionally spat out his tea. His eyes widened at his father. "Dad, your tour!" he shouted.

Greg chuckled at his son. "Don't worry about me. Just get some rest, kiddo. You don't have to solve all your problems in one night," he stated, standing up from the bed.

Steven sighed. "Yeah. Thanks, Dad."

Greg ruffled Steven's hair. "Get some sleep. Call me if you need me," Greg informed, making his way downstairs and out of the house.

Then, it was silence for a few minutes which was uncomfortable, so you decided to speak up. "Steven... I, um..." you began. You shook your head after. "Sorry, never mind," you bit your bottom lip.

"No, no. Tell me. What is it?" Steven slurped his tea.

You looked at Steven hesitantly, cheeks blossoming red as you tried to put your confidence at a high level. You gulped. "I- I like you," you managed to blurt out.

Steven spat out his tea for the second time, he was surprised to hear those words coming from you and it sounded genuine, too, Steven wiped his mouth using his arm and set down the cup on the nightstand beside his bed, he turned and looked at you, eyes widened and cheeks were beet red, he was startled to hear those lips chanted the words.

"I'm sorry, come again?" he requested, wanting to know if it was his ears deceiving him or it is your words.

You looked away, cheeks reddening further. "I... like you. I really do," you repeated.

Steven swore that his head is now smoking. His heart thumping heavily under his skin. His jaw was not on his face anymore. "W- What changes your mind?"

You looked at him, smiling softly. "About liking you? It never changed," you informed.

Steven bit his lower lip, gripping onto the sheet. "Then... why are you rejecting me?" he asked sadly.

You climbed on the bed, inching closer to Steven. You gave him a serious look. "I'm not rejecting anymore."

"But what about that certain person?"

"She gave me the green light. She said she's ready to move on."

Steven breathed out. His hand brushed his curls backwards. He then looked at you, eyes widened. "Wait, so does that mean we can finally be together?"

You nodded joyfully, Steven teared up and hugged you tightly, you hugged back as you listened to Steven's cheering, you giggled and deepened your head on his shoulder; Steven pecked your shoulder lovingly, you could feel warm droplets fell on your shoulder which you didn't mind.

Steven sniffled. "I'm so happy..." he sobbed out.

You nodded along with him, tightening the embrace. "Me too," you told.

Steven suddenly pushed you back, eyes widened as he realised something before he rummaging his drawer, clothes were flying everywhere and you only watched while smiling at his childish behaviour; Steven climbed back onto the bed, holding something in his fist as he looked at you seriously.

"(Y/N). I know that I messed up my confession a while ago but I want you to know that I really, really like you. And- And I'm so happy that we can finally be together. So, uh..." he opened his fist, revealing your necklace that you didn't get a chance to take for over three weeks. You slowly cupped your gaping mouth. Steven bit his inner cheek. "(Y/N) (L/N), will you be my girlfriend? For real this time," he added.

Tears rolled down your cheeks as if you had gotten proposed once more. You nodded rapidly, sobbing as you jumped onto Steven, hugging him tightly under your arms. "Yes!" you squeaked, chanting it over and over again between your sobs.

Steven sighed in relief as he heard you said that. His body relaxed and he hugged you back. Steven grinned as wide as he could, feeling his cheeks hurting from smiling too much. "Finally..." he whispered.

You sobbed on his shoulder, warm tears dropped on his shirt and he didn't care about it, he hugged you tighter on the waists, inhaling the scent of strawberry that he had loved for so long, the soft skin he held under his arms was finally returned to him; he felt so happy that he could die.

You suddenly pulled away, Steven's hands remain on your waists. You looked at Steven, dead serious. Eyebrows furrowing. "Steven, let's... uh, what do you call it?" you tapped his shoulder a couple of times, trying to remember what the word was. Once you remembered, you grinned. "Ah! Let's get connected!" you exclaimed.

Steven's face darkened even more at the thought of it. "Wait- You don't mean-"

You hummed, nodded. "Let's have sex!"

Steven swore he almost passed out when he heard you said those words. "Aren't- Aren't we moving too fast?" he squeaked, stuttering.

You continued to give him the serious look. "Please," you began, shutting down Steven's incoming words. "If- If we don't do this, I'll feel like this is just another worthless confession that we might end up in another break," you gripped on his shoulders. Your eyes went teary again. "I love you so much. And I don't want to lose you again," you said in a cracked voice, landing your head on your knuckles.

Steven glanced at your head, reaching out a hand and patting your head gently, he could feel you're shaking from holding back your sobs; he didn't want to lose you too, but will be connected actually solves it? He's been waiting for this moment for a long time and the both of you had been going through so much together, damn, he might as well head over heels for you.

Steven smiled and sighed through his nose. "Alright," he said, making you flinched at his answer. He pecked your neck again, leaning his head on it. "But I have to tell you that I have no idea how to do this. So, if you get hurt, I apologize beforehand," he informed.

You pulled back slowly, smiling at the smiling boy in front of you. You wiped your tears, sniffling. "You can never hurt me," you stated.

Steven tapped his fingers on your waists. "Okay, so. Should we declare our relationship with a real kiss?" he asked.

You raised an eyebrow. "Real kiss? Was before not real?"

Steven scratched the back of his head, chuckling nervously. "I... might've tricked you. Sorry about that."

You punched his shoulders softly. "What? So, you meant all those kisses were just to get me to kiss you?" you asked in disbelief, punching his shoulders harder.

Steven laughed. "Sorry, sorry. I wanted to tell you but I figured that it's already too late," he chuckled.

"Meanie!"

"Come on, I said I was sorry," he reasoned.

You pouted, puffing your cheeks. "You're lucky that you're cute. Or else I would've dumped you right now," you sulked.

Steven chuckled. "Hey, now. We haven't even got together and you're already dumping me?"

"It's your fault!"

Steven patted your back. "I'm sorry. I should've never done that," he sincerely spoke.

You eyed his face, scanning if he was genuine or not. Steven only smiled up at you, cheeks blushing like a lovesick teenage boy, which he is one. You slowly cupped his cheeks, caressing his cheeks using your thumbs. "So, a kiss will declare our relationship?" you asked, no longer pouting.

Steven nodded and grinned even wider, you pinched his nose which he yelled in pain while chuckling, you kissed his nose which startled him a bit; the both of you locked eyes, gulping nervously before slowly leaning towards each other.

Steven put a strand of your hair on the back of your ear, cupping your cheek afterwards, you blushed under his touch and stared into his brown enchanting eyes; your lips were inches apart and you could tell Steven is a nervous wreck at the moment, you gave him a nod and soon, you felt his lips meeting yours perfectly.

A tear escaped your eye when you fluttered them close, breath hitching when Steven pulled away slowly, the kiss felt different from others, it felt more genuine and more love in it, it felt magical; Steven leaned forward and kissed you again, he parted and whispered how much you meant to him before dipping and savouring you again, you only managed to sniffle and kissed him back.

Meanwhile, Garnet instantly perked up and made her way towards her comrades. "We have some mission to do," she informed rather bluntly.

Pearl raised an eyebrow. "Sure. Where to?" she asked.

"Follow me," Garnet replied and stepped onto the warp pad, Pearl and Amethyst shared a glance at each other, nevertheless, they climbed on the warp pad and warped themselves away.

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Slowly but gently, he laid you on the bed, not breaking the kiss yet, you wrapped your arms around his neck, deepening the kiss further, Steven kissed your lips passionately which had you melted rather fastly; you felt Steven's hands caressing your waists, trailing up and down which made you fidgeted under his touch.

Both of his hands slipped under your shirt and instantly found your breasts in his hands, he squeezed your breasts tightly which received an airy moan coming from you; he parted his lips for a moment.

"It's been a while," he whispered, squeezing your breasts one more.

You giggled. "I know," you moaned, playing with his curls.

He chuckled. "How did we do this again?" he asked, chuckling further.

You laughed. "I'm not sure. We were so confident before," you stated.

Steven hummed, sitting up as he took out his hands away from your shirt. "Maybe we should be naked first?" he questioned.

You sat up on the bed as well. You tilted your head. "Maybe we should," you nodded. "Should we, uh, take off each other's clothes?" you suggested.

Steven blushed, hesitantly grabbing the hem of your shirt. He eyed your face, making sure that you aren't uncomfortable with it. "Are you sure about this?" he asked.

You nodded, biting your lower lip, you watched as Steven hitched your clothes upwards rather slowly, you looked at Steven who was biting his lip, looking at your exposing stomach that's slowly revealing your bra, you watched as Steven's Adam apple moved as he gulped; you raised both of your arms, letting your shirt slipped easier, Steven soon threw in on the floor.

Steven motioned for you to do it to him so you reached both of your hands out and grabbed the hem of his shirt, inching it upwards slowly until it's finally off his body, you proceeded and threw his shirt along with yours.

"I think you should lay down. It'll be easier for me to take off your pants," he suggested.

You followed and laid on your back, getting yourself comfortable on the sheet, Steven smiled at the sight of you before grabbing the pant's belt, you lifted your waists, letting Steven slipped your pants easier, soon he threw it on the floor, leaving you half-naked.

Steven insisted he undo his pants by himself so you let him do so, he easily pulled off his pants, throwing them among the scattered clothes on his floor, leaving him only in his blue coloured boxer. He chuckled. "If I've known this would happen, I would've worn something more attractive," he joked, climbed the bed again.

You make yourself comfortable on the bed, laying on your bed comfortably as you watched Steven nearing your legs again. You giggled. "What do you mean?" you cooed. Steven crawled through your parted legs, cheeks burning and a stupid grin plastered on his lips, making his eyes squinted happily. You caressed your fingers on his body, sending shivers down his spine. You leaned to his ear. "Your body is so beautiful," you whispered.

Steven hid his face on your naked shoulder, feeling his cheeks blossoming further. He could feel his bottom part heating up as well. "You're making it impossible for me to be calm," he mumbled on your shoulder.

You pecked his ear. "Who's telling you to be calm?" you moaned.

Steven sprung and sat up instantly, his face was beet red at your words. "Okay, sit up. I'm taking the bra off," he demanded.

You did what you he asked, sitting up on the bed and in front of Steven, Steven gulped again, slowly reaching his hands to you, you hopped towards Steven once, bodies touching each other and face was only inches away from each other; his breaths hitched, fingers hitching at the clips of your bra.

You batted your eyes at him, earning another bashful look coming from your now called boyfriend; as he unclipped your bra buttons, you used your hands and caressed up to his knee and thighs, distracting him deeply.

After a few seconds, Steven successfully took off your bra and threw it amongst the other scattered clothes on the floor, he looked away as soon as he took off your bra; you giggled at his expression and helped his hands to touch your breasts, his breaths hitched again and his cheeks deepened if it was possible.

You tilted your head. "You were so confident groping me earlier? What happened?" you teased.

"Oh, come on. You're naked right now. It- It was different before," he stuttered.

You gripped his hands that were on your chests, helping him squeezed them gently. You moaned. "You shouldn't be nervous. We've done this a couple of times before," you informed, looking into his eyes.

Steven finally relaxed, shoulders slumped. "Yeah, you're right," he pecked your lips. "Okay, so, um... lay on the bed. Again."

You pecked his lips and did as you were told, he reached to your underwear, throwing in on the floor, revealing you are now fully naked, Steven leaned forward, getting through between your parted legs, kissing your jaw, tongue wettening your jaw before he moved downwards, he gave your shoulder butterfly kisses before proceeding on sucking it, leaving hickeys; you parted your lips and moaned, hands rummaging his curls which you tugged on it, making Steven hummed in pleasure.

After leaving you a whole lot of hickies, he began to kiss your collarbone, your cleavage, your stomach, your inner thighs and finally, your clit; your head rolled to the back as you moaned loudly, gripping Steven's hair as he's sucking your inner thigh rather hardly, Steven pulled away, inches away from your core and stared at how much it's been leaking, you whined when Steven stared at it for too long.

Steven chuckled at your whines, dipping his head and gave your first lick, your eyes rolled back instantly as your eyes squeezed shut, Steven instantly was in high of your taste, letting his tongue pace faster, earning shaky moans coming from you, you covered your mouth, trying not to make loud noises that'll disturb people, Steven stopped as soon as you covered your moans.

He pulled away from your core, a string of your pre-cum was on his tongue. He shook softly. "Don't... Don't cover your mouth. I want to hear your moans," he breathed out before dipping into your clit again.

You set both of your hands in his hair, tugging it desperately as you felt something building up inside of your body, Steven sucked and used his tongue before repeating the action, again and again, making you sweat under his tongue.

"S- Steven! I feel like- something's coming out!" you moaned loudly, tearing up.

Steven parted for a second. "Just let it out," he whispered, digging in again until you finally cummed, your thighs hugging his head, deepening his head.

You panted heavily, sweats trickling down your skin like a second layer, chest heaving; Steven pulled away, his mouth was filled with your cum as his face was still in a colour of red, he's still in high of your juices.

Steven licked his lips. "Now I know why guys love eating out girls," he mumbled, chuckling.

You pinched his arm hard, with all of your strengths left. He shrieked in pain. "Oh, no you don't. Don't you dare try this with other girls or else I'll kill you with my bare hands," you threatened.

He leaned forward, hitting his budge with your sensitive core as you flinched at it. Steven pecked your forehead lovingly. "I can't imagine doing this with anybody else. I love you."

You pinched his nose. "Lies! You horny hybrid!"

He laughed. "It's true. Ow, can you let go of my nose?"

You let go, puffing your cheeks and looked away, pouting; Steven cupped both of your cheeks, making your eyes meet his as he looked at you lovingly, he kissed your nose, both of your cheeks, forehead and lastly and longingly on your lips which you melted into it.

"If it takes for me to say it a million times, I will. You're the only one for me and I can't imagine my life without you. I love just the way you are and you have no idea of how happy I am right now," Steven bit his lower lip nervously.

You wrapped your arms around his neck, staring into his eyes deeply. "I think I get how you feel a little bit," you hugged his neck and kissed him passionately.

Steven felt him smiling through the kiss, you followed his suit and smiled along with him, the bubbly feeling in your heart couldn't be described in words and only you and Steven knows how you're feeling at the current moment; this moment was special, this moment was precious and you will forever cherish it, thinking of this made you teared up a bit.

You and Steven parted soon, panting softly as you felt your head already feeling dizzy. Steven took a notice of this and grabbed something from the nightstand. He brought out the lube and a condom, sitting up between your legs. "Are you ready to take it into the next step? We can't turn back after this," he spoke seriously.

You caressed his arms. "I've never felt so ready in my entire life," you stated.

Steven nodded. He used his teeth and tear the plastic opened. He soon covers his member with it. He grabbed the lube, opened it and poured it onto his member and your core, you flinched at the cold liquid hitting your skin. Steven covered his member with lube as much as possible so that he won't hurt you as much. Steven put the head of his member on your core, palms were on your knees. "Are you ready?" he asked again to confirm.

You gulped and nodded slowly, you felt Steven enter slowly but still in one way, you gripped onto the mattress tightly as you teared up, you gritted your teeth behind your closed mouth; after a while painful moment, he finally got it all in, hugging you as the both of you panted.

You shed a tear. "S- S- Steven..." you sobbed.

Steven supported his body using his elbows, looking down at you in worry. "Oh, God. Did it hurt?" he asked in worry. You nodded, your eyes let out more tears. "Oh, no. I'm sorry! Let me search on what to do!" he panicked. He leaned forward to grab his phone that was on the nightstand, deepening himself inside of you as you cried. He finally got his hand on his phone and fixed himself on top of you to not let you hurt further. He searched on what to do and he read the article as fast as he could. "So, it says here that I should put my fingers in first to let you loosen up," he started to pull himself out slowly.

You grabbed his shoulders quickly, stopping him. "No! I'm starting to get used to it," you sniffled.

Steven stayed in his position for about 3 minutes, heart hammering against his chests and clenched dangerously. When he saw you relaxed and nodded, he licked his lips nervously. "Are you sure? Maybe we should stop."

You opened your eyes, letting a few droplets of tears escaped. You sniffled. "Please," you pleaded.

Steven pulled out of you slowly, his hips soon met yours as he repeated his action slowly, he watched as your eyes fluttered close once again and moaned out of your dear life, Steven gulped, gripping onto the mattress that was beside your head tightly and began to fasten his pace.

Steven dipped his head onto the crook of your neck, breathing on your neck as you let him be, Steven continued to thrust inside you over and over again that your legs began to shake violently; Steven searched for your hands, once he found it, he intertwined it with yours as the both of you tightly gripped onto each other's hand.

You let your thighs hugged Steven's waists, deepening him inside of you as you moaned desperately, Steven pecked your shoulders, leaving more hickies on it as he desperately thrusts inside of you; your walls clenched around Steven, making it harder for him to hold it in, you bit his shoulder, letting out a loud cry as you cummed once more, walls clenching around him further.

Your core was sucking him in that he gets addicted easily, he felt as if he needed more and more as time passed by, his thrusts were beginning to slow down but he still tried to put all of his strengths into it so that he could also cum; after a few more thrusts, you whined and cummed again, tightening your walls around him dangerously that it made him cummed instantly because of it.

Steven thrusts a couple of times before pulling out, the condom was filled with his cum, Steven panted, sitting up and took the condom off him, tied it up and threw it away on the nearby dustbin, he covered your body with a blanket and did the same to himself as he laid on your spot of the bed.

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"Oh, God. That was amazing..." he panted heavily.

You whined, trying to be comfortable under the sheets. "My body's aching," you stated.

He chuckled, grabbing your hand and gripped it tightly. "I promise I'll take care of you tomorrow," he promised.

You looked at him, smiling. "Make sure to stay true to your words, Universe," you warned.

He chuckled. He soon stared at his plain coloured ceiling, feeling himself forming a huge smile. "I'm happy that you're my first," he began. He was weirded out when you didn't reply. He looked at you. "Aren't you glad that I'm your first?" he asked.

You gulped, looking away. "Sorry. I'm really happy to finally be connected with you. But, uh, you're not... my first," you winced at your words.

Steven sat up quickly and his eyes widened. "What?" he yelled in surprise. "Who's the first?" he panicked, laying back down with the same panicked look.

You gulped before slowly shaking your head. "I... don't know who it was," you began.

"What...?"

You looked at Steven. "Remember two years ago? When I was kidnapped by a group of boys? While you were trying to rescue me, they... did the same thing we do but it's more unpleasant and disgusting. I didn't enjoy it at all."

"It happened two years ago? Why didn't you tell me?" he yelled.

You fiddled with your fingers. "I didn't know! I thought that was normal! And- And I didn't know how to bring it up since you're so busy at that time," you bit your inner cheek.

Steven grabbed your hand again and gripped it tightly. "(Y/N), if that ever kind of thing ever happened to you, that's called rape!"

You covered your mouth, shutting your eyes when you felt it was too much to process, Steven approached you and hugged you tightly, his worried eyes turned into sad ones when he felt you were shaking so much; he kissed the top of your head and continued to hug you.

Before the two of you know it, the both of you had already fallen asleep.

Time Skip

You were in the kitchen, watching Steven took over to make breakfast since your legs were still weak to walk, his bareback was filled with red marks and bite marks, you knew that you're the one who made those and somehow, he was proud to have those marks on him that he insisted to let them heal by itself.

You sat on one of the chairs they have in the kitchen, arms on the counter, you wore Steven's last night's shirt along with your panties, he told you to be as comfortable as you can so you didn't wear your bra nor pants, he even carried you downstairs, seemed like he kept his words on taking care of you.

Steven whistled happily, flipping the pancakes with ease. He bobbed his head as he played a piece of imaginary music inside of his head. "You seem happy," you chimed.

He glanced at you and grinned widely. "How can't I be? We're finally official after so long! This is the greatest moment of my life!" he squealed, turning off the stove and used the spatula to put both pancakes on separate plates before sliding it to you.

He sat beside you, humming a tune that you didn't know but his wide grin told that it was his happy song. "I'm happy, too," you agreed.

Steven was about to say something but your phone rang loudly, interrupting the conversation. Steven winked at you and stood up. "I'll pick it up," he told which you nodded and start digging on his homemade pancakes.

Steven climbed the stairs, eyes roamed around his now messed room, he saw that your phone was on the bed which went unnoticed by him when the both of you woke up, Steven climbed up the bed and grabbed the ringing phone, sliding the button to unlock and examined the caller ID as it showed 'Jamie🔥'.

"Jamie? It's been a while since I've last heard his voice," he wondered. He answered the call and set the phone on his ear. "Hel-"

"(Y/N)! Great, you pick up! Usually, you won't take this long to answer," the unknown male voice joked. "Anyway, I just want to remind you about tomorrow's hang out. Make sure to be there at 8 in the morning sharp! Because we have a lot of decorating to do-"

"Wait, hold up. Who's this?" Steven demanded, his eyebrows furrowed deeply.

"Oh! Hi. You must be Steven! It's good to finally hear your voice. (Y/N) talked a lot about you. How's she doing?" Jamie smiled at the end of the call.

Steven grew more confused. "She's fine. Who's this?" he asked again.

"I'm no one suspicious, really. I'm Jake's lover. You know, (Y/N)'s brother?" he answered casually.

Steven nodded slowly. "Right..." he answered suspiciously.

Steven climbed downstairs, he handed you the phone which you thanked him for it and put it on speaker, continue eating your breakfast. "Hello?" you greeted while chewing.

Steven then ate his breakfast, eyeing your face to look for a hint of nervousness or anything similar to that but he found none. "(Y/N)! Great! I just want to remind you about tomorrow!" Jamie perked.

You slapped your forehead. "Ugh, I completely forgot about that!"

"I know you'd be. So, be there at 8 in the morning sharp! Tomorrow! Got that?" he warned.

You giggled. "Yeah, yeah. Oh, can I bring Steven with me?" you looked at your boyfriend.

Steven raised an eyebrow in confusion. "For what?"

"Jake's birthday! It's the first time we'll be celebrating it together!" you squealed.

Steven scratched his head. "Isn't that, uh, family matter?"

You pouted. "You're my boyfriend, aren't you?" you stated.

Steven blushed at those words. "Fine, I'll go," he said, defeated.

You pecked his cheek. "Thank you," you giggled.

"Good! So, both of you will be there at 8?"

"We'll be there."

Jamie soon bid goodbye and hung up.

Silence filled the room for a while before Steven spoke. "This is surreal," he said.

You looked at him. "What is?" you asked.

He grabbed your clean hand and pecked on it. "That you're really mine, now."

You pecked his cheek. "Treat me right from now on, okay?"

"I promise."

I just wanted to say...

I. Absolutely. Have. No. Idea. Of. What. I. Just. Wrote.

Like, I have been thinking about putting smut on this episode for such a long time and I didn't realise that Together Forever and Growing Pains will be side by side :// I thought there will be a gap or something.

I apologise if it seems like I'm rushing (mostly because I am because the story is almost coming to an end) but I have planned this wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy back. Hope you guys understand.

Future me edit: Priyanka who is involved with whatever situation she couldn't understand be like 👁👄👁

I KNEW THAT I WAS SUCH A KLUTZ AND WILL PROBABLY ACCIDENTALLY PUBLISHED THIS CHAPTER 😂 That's why I get rid of the lemons and the meme beforehand hahahaha. Surprise?

Wowee, 11k+ words. I'M ON ROLL 🔥🔥

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