Steven, for the first time, dreaded going to school. He wore an oversized stocking cap that he borrowed from Garnet to cover his curly pink hair. Steven walked into the school and tried to quickly make his way to English class but was put into a noogie hold by no one other than Jasper. She yanked the hat off of him and gave him a noogie "don't hide your hair small fry, it's a good look~" she laughed. Steven laughed a bit playfully from receiving the noogie. "That cheered you up quickly~" Jasper chuckled, soon releasing the pink haired male "Amethyst told me that I should get a piercing, I'm not going to, at least not for a long while..." Steven chuckled awkwardly. "You should, probably, just one though, many guys have at least one piercing" Jasper smirked. "I'm still on the fence, thanks for cheering me up Jasper" Steven smiled. "My sister figured you'd need cheering up after being pranked by accident." Jasper stated, leaning against the wall. "Wait.... Amethyst is your sister?" Steven asked surprised, those two barely looked alike at all. "Yea....well half sister" Jasper shrugged "run along small fry" she told him as the bell rang.

   Steven grabbed the hat and put it back on, he then hurried to his class. Steven quickly sat down at his seat and laid his head down to rest on his arms. He then felt someone poke his shoulder and he looked up a bit, seeing that it was Spinel. "Hey...." She greeted before sitting next to him "I saw the picture". Steven groaned as he buried his head further into his arms. Spinel chuckled and took the hat off him "you're gonna get overheated" she chuckled "pink suits you best you know?" She asked, a little bit of kindness in her words. Steven sat up a bit when the hat was removed, he gave a small playful pout at Spinel. Spinel's face heated up, but didn't flush at all. "How're you feeling?" Steven asked. Spinel had her usual hairstyle and make up on, but this time she was wearing a dark pink t-shirt with an black upside down heart on her chest, black fingerless gloves to cover up her hands, and black pants that were ripped mid thigh and mid shin. "Yea, I'm.a bit better, thank you.... you know....for yesterday...." She answered quietly.

   Spinel grabbed her back pack and reached into it, pulling Stevens jacket out. "Here, I tossed it into the dryer since it was wet" she explained as she handed the jacket back to Steven. Steven's eyes had stars in them as he smiled. He grabbed his jacket and put it on "thanks~" Steven smiled as soon as the bell rang for class to start.

   The moment Sardonyx had her back turned  to the class to write something on the white board, Spinel quickly scribbled out a note and placed it on Stevens desk. Steven being his curious self, opened the folded piece of paper, in which it read "why did you lent me your jacket?". Steven scribbled on a different piece of note and handed it to Spinel when Sardonyx had her back turned again. She unfolded the piece of paper which read "my jacket always comforted me during bad times, and I figured that it'd help you feel comforted." Which was Stevens response.

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    Spinel felt that same feeling in her chest again. Her face blushed a bit when she read the note. Spinel glanced over to Steven a little, in which he gave his signature kind smile. "Alright class, I'll be assigning partners for an upcoming project on proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Now when I say assign, I mean I'll be randomly assigning partners for said project." Sardonyx stated, turning to look back at the class. She immediately noticed Spinel and Steven being kind to each other, and decided to have a little bit of fun. "Spinel, Steven, since you seem so social, I'll assign you two together" she chuckled. Spinel immediately looked up at the teacher, slightly pisses off from her teachers actions. Steven seemed a bit confused at why Spinel seemed mad but decided not to bring it up.

    The school day passed quickly, and Steven convinced Spinel to come work on the project with him at his house. Spinel reluctantly agreed and started their trek back to his house. As they cut through the park, Steven heard small barking coming from the bushes. "Hey did you hear that?" Steven asked, stopping in his tracks. "What? The barking?" Spinel asked, looking up from her phone as she soon stopped in her tracks. "Yea..." Steven replied, looking in the bushes. "Steven I'm not sure it's a good idea to look through a random bush..." Spinel stated, approaching him slowly from behind. Steven let out a small gasp along with a whimper. "Sp-Spinel come look!" He stated quietly. Spinel gave a small sigh, and looked in the bushes with him. Inside the bushes was a corgi, and it gave a small bark at them before darting out of the bushes.

   "After him!" Steven announced before running after the dog. Spinel seemed a bit shocked from how fast the male could run, but she just watched him run off until she reluctantly ran after him. The dog thought that they were playing and continued to run around, Steven fell a couple times into the mud trying to catch the corgi. After about a half hour of trying to catch the dog, Spinel soon lunged and tackled the dog into the mud. Her clothes and hair now covered in mud, Steven was also in the same state, and he accidentally slipped and fell onto his butt in the mud. Spinel looked at him and started to laugh at how much mud covered him.

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   Steven felt his heart leap into his throat upon hearing her laughter. He soon began to join in laughing with her. "I wasn't expecting to get that much exercise outside of P.E" she joked before getting up with the corgi in her arms. "Yea, that was fun~" he smiled "I can carry him if you want?" Steven asked, holding his hands out to grab the corgi. Spinel gave a smirk before handing the corgi over to Steven. Soon they started to walk to Stevens house, in which Steven let the corgi go in his backyard.

   Spinel was in awe from how big the house seemed. "I didn't see a collar on the dog, I'll make posters about finding a lost dog later. Right now, I think we both need a shower" he chuckled "I'll have Pearl wash our clothes later ok?" He stated. "Uh.....well.....ok, I guess..." Spinel hesitantly responded. "Ok, I do have a bathroom attached to my room if that makes you feel more comfortable?" He suggested. "Sometimes I don't use it so it's up to you...". Spinel thought about it for a minute and nodded, Steven then lead her up to his room and opened the door. His room seemed basic, pale blue paint for his walls with the bedding to match. A TV set up in front of his bed with a few video games and a DVD player for movies to play on. He also had a wardrobe, a desk, a couple chairs, and a dresser to match the rest of his furniture.

     "Let me get you a couple pieces of clothing that you can change into" he explained, walking to his dresser and pulling out an oversized t-shirt and sweatpants that were to small for him, for Spinel to wear. "Thanks..." She nodded as Steven laid the clothing on his bed. Steven then grabbed clothes for him to wear "do you need anything else?" He asked. Spinel shook her head "no I think I'm alright....uh....thanks again...." She replied before quickly going into the bathroom. Steven sighed as he went to the spare bathroom in the hallway, tossing his old shampoo away since he'd have to borrow Pearls shampoo for now.

    After about a half hour, Spinel called from Stevens room "hey Steven, do you have a hair dryer I can borrow?" She asked, shouting really since she was upstairs. "Yea I can check!" Steven answered back. He went to Garnet's room and borrowed her hair dryer, knowing that Garnet wouldn't have minded since he borrowed it every now and then. Steven then ran up to his room to quickly deliver the hair dryer. Out of habit, he opened his door since it was his room and he wasn't really thinking. "Hey Spinel, I grabbed Garnet's hairdryer so please be-" he stopped talking as he stopped in his tracks. Spinel's pink hair was hanging down wet on one of Stevens old shirts, in which seemed big on Spinel's figure. The sweatpants hugged her legs gently in a comfortable way. "Oh my god......" Steven gulped "ahhh my heart, this is adorable!!!!". Steven squeeled "you're so adorable with your hair down!" Spinel blushed and looked away "shut up and hand me the hair dryer" she huffed in annoyance. Steven then handed her the hair dryer and sat on his bed. After a few minutes Spinel was done blow-drying her hair, she sat down next to Steven and was putting her hair up in her signature two ponytails. "Steven I'm home!" Pearl announced, in a few seconds she made her way up to Stevens room and knocked. "Come in!" Steven stated. "I bought food for us to have spaghetti tonight and-" Pearl stopped speaking as she looked at the two. "Who is this and why is she wearing your clothes?!?!" Pearl asked hysterically, taking things out of context.