Not long after he fell asleep, Steven found himself in the room again. He sat down in the room full of his treasured wonders and people, not bothering to travel to the dark room. He brought his knees up to his chest and looked around the room. He reached out for his ukulele, wincing as it poofed away. He stood up and went about the room, touching everything and watching it all poof away by the touch of his hands. He stopped when he reached the Gems. He reached out and stopped himself. He sat back down.

"I'm not doing this. I'm not doing this," Steven repeated, gazing up at the Gems. "This isn't real."

Refusing to go to the dark room, Steven eventually woke up. He blinked his eyes a few times before opening them fully. He looked down at the foot of his bed and saw that the Gems were still sleeping, and that it was still dark out. He slowly crawled out of the bed only to have Lion put his paw in front of Steven, stopping him. Steven glanced at Lion, whose eyes were still closed, but his upper lip was a bit snarled.

"I'm not going in the bathroom," Steven whispered to Lion. "I dunno if you understand that, but I'm not gonna try to get in trouble."

Lion's ears perked up and he set down his paw, letting Steven go. Steven softly sighed, tiptoeing down the stairs. Steven sat on the couch, not knowing what to do. If he went to sleep, he'd probably end up awake again sooner or later. Yet there was nothing to do at night. If he went out, he'd get caught eventually. Besides, no one was really up at night. Except...

Steven pulled out his phone, dialing the one number that crossed his mind. The dial tone trilled for a minute, and Steven's hopes fluttered away.

Hey, this is Jenny! Leave a message!

"Uh, hey, Jenny. Sorry for calling you so late. I thought you'd be awake but, I guess you're not. Uh, so yeah, ehehe, byeeeee."

Steven sighed, lightly drumming his fingers on his gem. Man, I wish I could go somewhere alone where I can't get in trouble. Right after, Steven's gem began to glow, and Rose's room opened for him. He looked behind him, not wanting the Gems to see the room open. He tread quickly and dashed into the pink room.

The tiny floating whale appeared, flying around his head. Steven let out a light chuckle, watching as it floated in the air. Now that Steven was in the room that grants his wants, his mind went blank.

"Uhm, room," Steven cleared his throat, making it firm. "I want a ball pit!"

The odd request was granted. A ball pit appeared in front of Steven and he immediately leaped for it. He sank into the pit, seeing colors of green, red, blue and yellow as he went down. He grabbed some in his hands and threw them in the air. He giggled as they bounced around and poofed away.

"Room, I want an ice cream sandwich."

Poof. One appeared in his hand. He opened the paper wrapping and opened his mouth, biting into air. When he felt nothing go in his mouth, he looked down and frowned a bit.

"Oh, yeah, it's not really there, so I can't eat it." Steven tossed it on the ground, kicking the clouds that rose as it poofed away. Steven pulled on the collar of his shirt, nervous about what was on his mind. "Room, uhm... show me... my mom." Steven stood tall. "Room, I want you to show me Rose Quartz."

The room did nothing for a moment, but then a rush of wind blew past Steven. The wind became one with the pink clouds in the room, and combined, the two lifted off the ground, outlining Rose's body structure. It took a minute since Rose was tall, but when it finished, the pink clouds slowly drifted away. Steven waited for the clouds to fade away, anxious to see Rose with his very eyes. His eyes first gazed on Rose's white, long dress, with her gem inside the star print of her dress. The different shades of her dress was something Steven never noticed until this moment. His eyes fell on her long pink curls that draped over her shoulders so carelessly beautiful. Then... her eyes.

Steven's eyes had stars in them, and his chest felt light. He took a little step forward. "Can you talk?" There was no response from her. "Room, I want her to say something she'd always say, or show me something she liked hearing."

Suddenly Greg popped up beside Rose. They were facing each other. They were holding hands.

"If every pork chop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs," Greg said, a soft smile on his face. He brought his finger up to Rose's cheek. Rose chuckled, lifting her hand up to intertwine it with Greg's. Steven smiled sweetly, his eyes glazed at the moment his parents used to share.

Suddenly Steven heard someone outside the door, and Greg and Rose both poofed away. Steven gasped, reaching his hand out as if he could save them. His eyes watered more, and some tears went to the corners of his eyes. Steven furrowed his eyebrows, and his hands balled into fists. Steven turned swiftly as he heard distant voices from outside.

"...where could he be? Is he in the bathroom?"

"No, he's not in there."

"We have to find Steven!"

Steven sighed, sliding his hand down his face in frustration. He dragged his feet to the exit, dreading having to face them. If they were worried, he was bound to be scolded sooner or later. He just wanted to get it over with. The door to Rose's room opened, and he took a step out. The Gems swiftly turned around, and relief flooded them.

"Steven!" The three chirped.

"Is that where you've been?" Pearl asked, engulfing him in her embrace. "We were worried sick!"

"It hasn't been that long as you're implying," Steven replied flatly.

"When did you go in there?"

"Whenever I woke up, I think it was like, 6am or something."

"Well, it's about noon now."

"Only 6 hours, that's not-"

"You should have told one of us before you did, Steven," Garnet replied. "We're just glad you're okay."

Steven nodded, slowly wiggling out of Pearl's embrace. "I need to use the bathroom."

The three stiffened up. They all exchanged looks.

"I'll watch him," Amethyst volunteered, following Steven to the bathroom.

"Are you sure you don't wanna wait outside the door for me instead?" Steven asked, closing the door.

"Eh, I'll just look away, or go behind the curtain."

"Curtain sounds good." Steven waited for Amethyst to go behind the curtain and turn her back to him before proceeding to use the toilet. They were silent. Amethyst stared into the tub, and she tugged on the hem of her shirt.

"So... they told me what happened yesterday... why'd you do it?"

Steven became puzzled, and he became a bit defensive. "Do what?"

"You know... let the water almost go to your mouth."

Steven cleaned himself and pulled up his bottoms, flushed the toilet, and went to wash his hands. "Is that what they said?"

"Yeah."

"Well, that's not what happened," Steven spat. "I told Garnet what happened. Did she not believe me?"

"Steven-"

"No!" Steven stormed out of the bathroom, and he went towards Rose's door. Garnet and Pearl were about to stop him when Steven turned to face them, a very angry expression on his face sent them reeling back a bit. "Garnet, I told you what happened. I fell asleep in the tub and that's what happened! I didn't lie to you if that's what you think! I didn't try to do anything, all I did was fall asleep on accident, and that is that!"

Garnet's mouth was a bit agape. She was shocked, and felt a bit bad. "Steven, I might have used poor judgement, but-"

"I'm going back in the room," Steven mumbled, not bothering to let her finish. He took a step in, ready to be closed away from them when his phone rang. He quickly answered it. "Hello?"

"Steven! You called? It was like, so early, so I was probably still sleeping when you called me. Sour Cream, Bucky and I were just about to head out. You still wanna come out and hang?"

Steven took a look back at the Gems, who were all staring at him. He was scanning their faces to see if he'd have to get permission to go out, especially after he just snapped at them. Garnet's face was blank, but she sensed Steven wanted to be anywhere but here, so she gave him a slight nod. She thought it was best if he went out to clear his head rather than be stuck to get more upset with them. Pearl looked at Garnet, then looked at Steven. Amethyst shrugged her shoulders at him.

"Yeah, I still wanna." He took his foot out of the room, watching the door close. "Lemme just freshen up, and I'll wait for you guys."