"So, can I open my eyes now?"
"Uh...sure," Steven replied, evidently nervous. "But don't turn around yet-it's taking a bit longer than I thought."
Connie sighed, slightly annoyed. "Alright," she said as she opened her eyes. Although she knew that she was in a bubble and off of the ground, only now did she realize that the two of them were currently in orbit of Earth, just outside of the maximum extent of Earth's atmosphere.
"Oh my gosh," she muttered, taking in the splendor of the Earth from their current distance. While she was distracted, Steven motioned a brief thumbs up to Lapis, who stayed out of her sight as she flew off following their brief flight up.
"Yeah, it really is pretty, huh?" Steven said with a smile.
"I don't think I ever actually got the chance to see what it looked like when we went off to Homeworld," she replied.
"I've...seen it more times than is probably healthy. Not all of them from within a bubble."
Connie chuckled. "Yeah...still, though. It's definitely something. I mean, think about it-only five hundred and thirty six people besides us have ever had the chance to look at this view in the entire history of the human species!"
Steven chuckled. "Not to mention walking on the moon."
"Honestly, you probably have a record. 'Most departures from Earth.'"
Steven laughed. "Think I should call up Guinness?"
"Totally!" Connie replied before considering additional information. "Of course, they don't give out a prize or anything."
"Eh, we already have more than enough money," Steven said with a grin. "Anywho...few more seconds, and...now."
Connie scooted around in the bubble in order to turn around and get a look at just what Steven had prepared, only for her eyes to widen in utter disbelief. Her face turned completely scarlet as she drew her hands up to her mouth, and she was left on her knees, staring unblinking at Steven's surprise. At first, Steven simply stood there, wishing to give her a moment to process, but when she began hyperventilating, he rushed to her side.
"Connie! Are you okay?!" he cried out in panic, while in his head his thoughts were traveling at a thousand miles a second. "Oh gosh she literally can't process it it was too soon oh gosh it was too soon oh heck oh no things are just going to be incredibly awkward forever until the end of time and it's all my fault and-!"
Connie held up a finger to assure him that things were okay. "I'm fine!" she replied somewhat hoarsely. "I'm fine! I just..." she paused for a moment, thinking the whole situation over, before breaking down. "I just needed time to process that a boy just confessed his feelings for me through a giant love note carved into a heart on the frickin moon with a pair of giant robot legs!"
She began to gasp for breath once more, only this time it was the result of her suffering from a fit of hysterical laughter. Despite his apprehension over her reaction, Steven found it impossible not to join in, and the two of them both fell onto the floor of the bubble laughing hysterically at the circumstances they found themselves in. Eventually, when both of them were done, they turned themselves so they faced each other, Steven looking into Connie's eyes as he sighed deeply.
"Yeah, that was...definitely too much, huh?"
"I'll say," Connie replied, laughing. "You'll have a heck of a time topping that next year."
At this, it was Steven's turn to turn completely red in the face as he began stuttering uncontrollably. Eventually, after several seconds of this, he finally managed to get out a coherent response. "Uh, n-next year?"
Connie simply sighed and looked at him like he still didn't understand what was going on. Before he could ask anything else, she suddenly pulled him closer to her by his shirt, allowing her to plant a kiss on his forehead. She giggled as she watched him devolve even further into a blushy mess.
"Wow. I don't think I've ever seen you this embarrassed."
Steven simply sighed, partly out of relief and partly out of embarrassment. Connie chuckled once more, loosely draping a hand onto his shoulder.
"Jeez. Were you really that scared I wouldn't feel the same way?"
Steven could only nod in response.
"Dude," she replied more seriously. "I tried to kiss you, like, two months after we met. Plus the dance thing on your birthday. You were fine." She laughed happily as she recalled the experience. "Honestly, I was worried I was pressuring you or something. Figured it'd be better to wait for you to come out and admit it, but...this..." she finished as she resumed laughing heartily. "This is frickin insane!"
Steven laughed along with her as he finally began to get comfortable enough to respond in full sentences. "Still doesn't quite cover it," he said, in as suave a voice as he could muster, causing Connie to laugh even harder.
"Oh, stop!" she said, playfully hitting him in the arm as she bowled over, Steven following suit. After another moment of heartfelt laughter, Steven sighed again.
"So you always knew, huh?"
Connie chuckled. "Even discounting the picture of me you keep by your bed, how Garnet reacted when she saw Stevonnie the first time, and a hundred other things, you can't really help wearing your heart on your sleeve, Steven," she said. "That's one of the things I like the most about you."
Connie found herself blushing along with Steven, and the two laughed together for a minute before quieting down once more.
"So...are we-?"
"Yes, it's like I didn't just get through explaining this!" Connie said in a playfully annoyed tone, smiling all the while. "I like you, you like me-seems pretty clear cut, don't you think?"
"Ah...okay," Steven said, still slightly anxious yet generally happy.
Connie snickered. "How did I end up the one who has any knowledge of where to go from here?"
"Because you're the smartest girl in the galaxy?" Steven supplied, causing Connie to burst into laughter.
"Steven oh my gosh I cannot even right now you are too cute!" she said when she'd finally calmed down. Steven simply smiled.
"You're cuter."
"No you."
"Did you actually just say that?"
"You're the one who started it! Romantic comedy cliche number fifty seven!"
"Okay but of all the things to say-"
"It works in this context!"
"It does not work in any context!"
"According to whom?"
"According to me!"
"...Welp. Can't argue with that," Connie said with a chuckle. Steven replied in kind before they quieted down right now. Eventually, Steven spoke up again.
"Okay, so sorry if this is kind of forward, but-"
"Yes, please."
"Okay," Steven said before pulling himself closer to Connie, kissing her softly on the lips for several seconds before pulling away. After that, they simply laid across from each other, alternating between pointless conversation and looking deep into each others' eyes, before they found themselves falling asleep in each others' arms. Within minutes, Lapis arrived, enveloping the bubble in a blob of water and gently carrying it back down to Earth, taking great care not to wake the two sleeping soundly within.
Day 7 is Free, but I'm just saying it now: I'm going to write a Connie's birthday fic for this every single time until the show either ends or it's shown in a canon episode, and no force on this Earth is going to stop me.
Anyway, we're done! Jam Bomb week is over, all the fics are done, and I can finally get back to my regular fics. Thank you all so much for bearing with me throughout all of this. I hope that at least one of these fics proved enjoyable for you. And, with all that said, thank you all for reading, have a fantastic night, and take care!
