"What?" Connie blinked as she opened the door to their home, seeing the makeshift tunnel system of pillows and blankets as it seemed to go throughout the house.

Getting on all fours, she shuffled her body, crawling through the darkened and warm pathways, wondering where the one responsible for this could be.

First turns into the kitchen, thinking they might be there, but only finds one of her snack boxes from Startries and a message.

"Heartberry finds a snack box."

Connie chuckled before turning around as this was a dead end. With the box in hand, age made her way into the living room.

Crawling around the couch, she found another dead end but with it, a lion print onesie, complete with tail and ears.

"This is adorable," she stated as she looked at the message.

"It's dangerous to go alone; take this with you."

Connie laughed at the memie message before stripping off her clothes and changing into her new pajamas," Thank stars I bathed before leaving R&D."  She mused as she zipped up the front, humming at how nice it felt, how it hugged her curves and the slight smell that made her tremble.

His cologne.  He always knew how to add allure to a cute situation nowadays.

With a chuckle, she turned around and headed towards the stairs and clambered up them on all fours. Her body moved like the animal she now adorned, feeling a bit silly and sensual from the whole situation.

She turned east as she reached the top and saw the pathed forked to their bedroom and the house's 'gem' room.

She heard his chuckle from the first made her smile..before heading to the Gem room.

Her gamer sensibility showed, though, as she crawled to the room, and her silliness hit a high when she saw it was indeed a red herring.

"Knew you would fall for it."

She kissed her teeth, hearing the taunt as she backtracked and crawled to the bedroom. 

The bed was covered in a canopy of thin silhouette sheets and held up by poles—all made by Steven power.

"You played to my gamer side." Connie accused as she made her way to their bed and giggled as she was pulled into a hug by a lion pajama adorned Steven complete with mane and snout.

"And where's my snout?"  Connie asks, kissing him multiple times.

"Well," Steven smirked as he sat her on his lap and reached behind his pillow, pulling out small jars of paint, " I figure I can handle that myself."

Connie swooned slightly before kissing his lips, breathing him in as she pressed against him rested her palms on his nape.  A sweet clipping evoked from their breaking.

"What this all about, Bisky." She palmed his facial cheeks as he held her hips.

"Nothing, just thought you would like to go have something fun and silly after working, we both would. So got your snack box, made you a pajama with your CoSphere, and set up these paints ore your face..."

"They smell edible." She commented," you sure this ain't a Valentine thing?"

"No. I got something special for Feb 15." Steven winked, " This is an ' I haven't seen my heartberry in a few weeks in person, and I know she works hard, so I wanna treat her right' thing." He grinned at her blushing face, " So let me treat you right and be a bit silly with me tonight."

Connie sighed, shaking her head with a grin, "just tonight?" She leaned forward, hand on his thighs.

"Every and any night you want." He corrected, spotting her nose with black currant paint and getting giggle.

" For all time then."  She smiled as Steven gave her peanut butter whiskers.

"Deal." He smirked, sealing the paint and putting it on the end table. "Cute kitty."

"Not cute, ferocious." Connie challenged," rawr!" she snarled before clamping their hands together and nuzzling noses with Steven while pinning him.

" is that so?" He said with a fake struggle before reversing their position with a hip twist,  moving to her ear.

"Now who ferocious, Kitten? Rrrawrrr!

"Ohhh, Saying it with your chest there, Mister." Connie bit her lip, trying to fight the shivers," but just because you got me pinned and panting doesn't mean you won. I am a lioness through and through."

"You are my little kitten." He teased, getting a growl from her, " and I'm gonna make you purr."

She was about to protest when his large hand slipped under her pajama top, making her gasp at the sudden invasion before he sat down and rubbed one of her most sensitive spots.

Her scalp.

"Noooo~ " Connie purred meltingly at the movement; her body fell to in instant submission to the headlong affection.

" Heartberry Cub." Steven teased as she roles and flipped their positions again but stayed getting her head rubbed.

"Still a lioness." Connie mewled, snuggling close," but I'll be your cub for a while." Her tongue as coy as possible.

"Hehe! Sure Heart. Want some music?"

"Nuh-uh. Got your heart, only soundtrack I need right now."

Steven's face turned rose pink at the comment urging him to hold her closer as he continued to rub her head.

"I love you, Steven."

His ears picked up the drowsiness of her voice and the light breathing. He turned to see her eyed close and lips partly open, sleeping.

He smiled as he kept on.