"A date," Connie asked as she polished her sword.

"Yeah! A date! I mean, since we're dating now, don't you think we should go on one," Steven asked gleefully.

Connie giggled. "Well I guess you're right. What did you have in mind?"

"Well, I was maybe thinking something fun, something exciting, something romantic! Like, going to the arcade and some pizza."

"Steven," Connie sheathed her sword and gave Steven a small kiss. "You're such a goofball sometimes. The arcade sounds like an amazing idea, and I worked up quite an appetite from cleaning your mom's sword."

"Sooooo, is that a yes?"

"Hehehe, it's a yes."

Steven's eyes turned to stars. "Ooooooooh we're gonna have so much fun!"

Later in the night, Steven and Connie walked down to the Funland pier together, holding hands as they got several excited reactions from friends as they walked by. It seemed Steven's dad wasn't the only one who thought the two of them would make a good couple.

As they arrived at the pier, Mr. Smiley greeted them with his signature smile.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? A couple of young people in love?"

"Yes, sir. We just started dating. We've been getting that same reaction from a lot of people we know today," Connie replied.

"Well I can see why! Personally, I think you two were made for each other, and because I'm so happy to see you two finally together, I wanna give you these!" Mr. Smiley pulled two tickets from his back pocket and handed one to both Steven and Connie. "Here's a couple of free tickets to the Ferris Wheel for the budding new couple. You know, it's the most romantic place in all of Beach City," He said with a wink.

"Wow! Thanks Mr. Smiley," Steven and Connie said together.

"You two go enjoy yourselves, okay?" Mr. Smiley gave the couple a thumbs-up and walked away.

The two excitedly ran to the arcade to play skeeball, Meat Beat Mania, and some very short rounds of Contra.

"This game is so hard," Steven groaned.

"I know. It's ridiculous just how many bullets are on the screen and enemies just pop out of nowhere. It's like it's specifically designed to eat your quarters."

"Haha, yeah well, at least my dad has a ton of money so it's not like we really lost much."

"Yeah, that's true. You could actually probably just buy the machine if you really wanted."

"Woah, I never really thought about it that way." Steven put his hand on his chin and began imagining having a giant arcade inside of his house.

"Oh! Steven! Let's try the Dance Dance Mania machine," Connie said as she pointed in the game's direction and tugged gently at Steven's arm.

"Woah!" Steven let out a small, surprised scream as Connie became impatient and started dragging him along.

Connie quickly pumped eight quarters into the machine and started stomping on the foot pad as she selected two players and scrolled through the songs.

Steven stood himself up and began accustoming himself to the 'controls' of the game when he heard "READY? GO!" blast through the speakers in front of him and saw tons of arrows suddenly populate the screen and begin barreling towards the top of the screen. As he feverishly attempted to hit the correct spaces in time (and failing miserably), he looked over and noticed Connie flawlessly keeping up with every single step.

"Woah, Connie, you're really good at this," Steven stuttered out while fumbling over his own feet.

"Yeah, this is my favorite game! Didn't you know," Connie asked while not even breaking a sweat.

"This game is super difficult! How'd you get so good?"

"I've basically memorized the pattern for these songs. Do you need a bit of advice?"

"Yeah that would be nice," Steven said, wiping the sweat from his brow.

Connie turned to Steven and grabbed his hands. "Just do what I do, okay?"

Steven blushed as he looked Connie in the eyes and began mirroring her movements. As he stared into her eyes he felt himself truly falling in love. He felt so safe with her, and so in sync with her and her body as the two moved in unison. He could feel her heart beating with his as he melted into a universe of bliss where it was only the two of them.

Before he knew it, Connie was gone from in front of him.

"What," Steven uttered. "Where'd Connie go? Wait… Why does my voice sound like that?"

"Steven? Is that you," Connie asked.

Steven looked around, and then at his body. He noticed that he was no longer a short, teenage boy, but instead a tall, tan-skinned, young adult who could feel a sort of mental and emotional connection with Connie.

"Steven! Did we, did we fuse?"

(Also this is apparently gonna be an AU where Connie and Steven haven't fused yet)