A white void is all that greeted Steven. Its endless expanse was devoid of anything, other than himself. He doesn't know how he got here or why he is here. His memories before the void alluded him, no matter how hard he tried to remember. With nothing else to do he began to wander.
Step by step he moved, walking aimlessly without stop into the void. He doesn't know exactly where he's going but he still kept moving. What felt like minutes passing turned into hours. Hours became days. Days became weeks. Weeks became months. And months became years. Soon time no longer held any meaning to him, but still he continued walking through the void.
Then he felt as though he was being watched, but by who or what he doesn't know. As he slowed to a halt he began looking around his surroundings in the hopes of finding the source of this feeling. Sadly nothing was within his sights, nothing but endless white. He let out a sigh, thinking he was beginning to go insane.
"̷̪͐Ḯ̵̙n̸͉̾t̴̮̀ȩ̶̇r̵̪̈́e̴̥͂s̷͇͘t̵͚̊i̸̖̔n̷͕̏g̸̚͜.̶̝̆"̴̺͘
Steven quickly whirled around at the sound of the voice that originated directly behind him and quickly came face to face with... a child. Curly brown hair on the top of his head. Skin that's a normal human hue. Eyes filled with childlike innocence. A short and chubby stature. Adorned with a red shirt that has a yellow star in the center and a pair of blue jeans. Sandals on his feet. And a smile that radiated happiness.
Steven was looking at himself, before the corruption.
Steven was a lost for words. Here standing before him... was himself, looking as though he was never corrupted to begin with. His normal self looked as happy as any child could be. The sight has Steven feel great sadness as he gazes upon what was taken from him. A time when things were much simpler and his life was relatively normal, for the most part.
"̷̩̈́Î̷͎ ̷̝͠b̵̪̽e̴̮̔ľ̴͇ỉ̶̙ē̴̫v̶̎͜e̵̟̽ ̴̗̏t̸̰́h̷̘͒i̶͚͝š̶̹ ̸̭́į̷͐s̶͉̄ ̸̣͊t̷̯̅h̸̹͝e̴̪͗ ̵̠͑f̵̛̥i̸͔͠r̷̟̐s̴͕̃ť̵̝ ̶͕͌ẗ̵̩́ĭ̸̱m̶͕̐e̴̻̓ ̸̩̈ẇ̷̰ẻ̴̲'̵͚̃v̸̱̆e̴̹͆ ̸̺͝ǎ̴͉c̴̖͌t̵̹́ǘ̷̪ã̴̹l̴͎̆l̵͚̋y̵͗͜ ̴̣̚b̶̫͌e̷̠͆ȩ̷̿ṅ̵̫ ̷͕́a̷͇͆b̴̫̆l̷̦̍e̶̽͜ ̷̱̋t̴̬͌o̴͉̐ ̴̳̆c̷̞͌o̴͚̅n̸͔̒v̷͉͝e̸͈͠r̸͎͆s̴̟̽e̷̠͋ ̷̹̕w̸̳̓i̶̫͑ṭ̵̍h̸̞̓ ̸͖͘ó̷̺n̴͖̆è̷̼ ̸͚̃à̴̢n̵͓̒o̸̠̎t̸͓̄h̴͉̒ê̶̟ř̷̩.̷͕̅"̶͇͝
Steven was taken aback by this. His normal self seems to have spoken without moving his mouth. He went on guard and carefully eyed this other Steven in case he turned hostile.
"̷̙̋N̵̛͚o̵̘̽w̸̹̿ ̴̥̃w̴̧͋h̶̦̑ỷ̸͇ ̷̣̏w̶̟̾o̴͕̅u̴͔̇l̸͍̋d̷͈̅ ̶̲́Ǐ̵̻ ̴̪͋d̶͕̎ŏ̴̻ ̵̡͛t̶͇̎h̴̻̾å̵͖t̸̫͂.̴͙͘"̸̙̃
Steven's eyes widen in shock. "How did you-"
"̷͎̌K̸̙͑n̷̗͝o̴̺͌w̷̜̐ ̴̳̽w̷̻̕ȟ̵̙a̸͙̾t̵͇̚ ̸͚͠ỵ̶̍o̷͓̚ṷ̸̉ ̸̧̈́ẇ̵̞e̶͘ͅr̸̹̕ȅ̶͚ ̵͚̊t̶̝̓h̴͕̎ȉ̶̢ṅ̵̨k̶̙͝i̵̢̊n̸̈ͅg̵͓̽?̵͓͌"̷̯͗ Said his 'normal' self while tilting his head, face remaining the same as it was before. "̵̱́Ĕ̸̼a̶͎̚s̷̪̅y̵̨͝.̶̖̊ ̶̮̈I̷̞̔t̸̡̕'̷̣̽s̵͈̀ ̸̨̍b̶̹͐e̶͊͜c̵̯̿a̵͎͗ủ̷̯s̴̰͗ë̶͇́ ̵̩̊I̸̩̊ ̷̥̈ä̶͉́m̵̠͆ ̸̒͜ÿ̴̜́ȍ̶̥u̵̪̾.̷̩͂"̵͕̅
Steven took a step back. "Impossible." His gaze became a glare. "You can't be me when I look like this!" He gestured to himself. "And you look like that!" He pointed at the 'normal' Steven.
The others expression did not change or make any indication of being affected by the claim. "̴̳̾L̷̝͑ẹ̶͂t̴͙̓ ̵̳͝m̵̩̃e̸̲̍ ̸̺͘r̵̩̈e̵͉̒ĩ̷͎t̵̲̂ẽ̸̪r̵̮̾ả̸͙t̸̲̊é̴̝.̵̩͗ ̵̪͂I̵̲͂ ̶̛͓Ả̶̞M̷̛̻ ̴̭͑y̴͍̚ō̴̝ū̶̡,̴̮͋ ̸̊͜b̴̾͜u̵͇͋t̴͍̍ ̷̱̀m̵̰͛ỏ̷̲r̵͚̈ẻ̵̼ ̷̙͛s̴̯͗p̷̘͠e̸̫͆c̴̟͗ī̴͕f̸͍̉ì̸͓c̴̺͋ḁ̷͐l̷̇͜ḻ̸̄y̸̱͐.̵͉͘.̸͇̎.̸̹͑"̵̻̓ His form began to glow. Steven watched as the glowing form began to grow and grow until it surpassed his own height. Once the light faded what stood before him was a twelve foot tall being that's entirely pink with feathery wings that are a darker shade of pink. A face with no mouth, no hair, and it was staring back at him with diamond shaped eyes. "̵̺͑Y̷̘̏o̴̻̅ủ̵̳r̶̨̔ ̵͕̀g̸͓͐e̴̤̎m̴̝̉ ̶̟͗h̵̼͗a̸̡͠l̴̯̈́f̷̡̌.̵̛̙"̴͕͛
Steven didn't know what to say. He was apparently face to face with his gem, something that shouldn't be possible. "H-How? How am I talking with you in this void?!"
If the personification of Steven's gem could it would have raised a brow. "̵̩̂W̸̲̑h̴͎͊o̵͕̅ ̸̙̄e̴̢͐v̵̧̽ę̸͊r̴̙̀ ̵̟̅s̸̺͒ȃ̶̙i̸̐ͅd̷̟͆ ̶͚̏ṱ̸͝h̴͈̚ḯ̷̘s̷̟͘ ̷̯̈́w̵̘̋a̸̯͌ṣ̸̉ ̵̬̃a̶̫͂ ̴̣̎v̷̩̔ô̵͍i̶͉̚d̶̳̓?̷̢͊"̷̠̆ With a wave of his hand the endless white void changed. Within moments it became a tropical island, a bustling city, and then settling on a grassy field.
The rapid changes had Steven disoriented and a little panicky. "What is this place?!"
"̸̩̋I̵̻͂ ̷̩͝t̵̖͠h̷͆͜ǒ̴͕u̸̗̍g̷̨̎h̴͖́t̸͚̄ ̴̠̊y̵͙̅o̶̼͗u̵̙̒ ̷͚̍w̶̘͛o̶͖͋u̵͖̚l̵̬̑ḋ̵ͅ ̴̮̒h̵̪͛ā̴͙v̴̖͑e̵͚̋ ̶̹͊ŕ̴̢ȩ̶͊c̷̮̓o̴̖͑g̶̫̕n̵͉͝ȋ̶̜z̴̦͗ȇ̸̩d̴͇͐ ̶͍̒y̶̿͜o̷͓̾ǘ̷͈ŕ̷̜ ̷̯̑ô̵̗ẃ̴͔n̴̞̊ ̸̲̕m̴̝͋i̶̳̓n̸͉͐d̴̺͠.̶̝̊"̶͕̅ The gem was now sitting on a throne made out of perfectly cut marble.
That got Steven looking at the gem curiously. "My mind?"
The Diamond nodded. "̵͕͂Y̵̦̍ȇ̵͓s̸̭͝.̷̲́ ̴͖̋Í̴̠t̷͊͜'̶͖̉s̵̻̽ ̴͇͝ẃ̶͇ȟ̸̖ȅ̷̠r̷̭͆e̸̬͂ ̴̺̀a̵̠͆ḽ̶͊l̶̝̈́ ̷̼́t̴̘͆ĥ̷ͅr̸̳͌ȇ̵͉e̷͉̽ ̴̪͂ò̸̱f̶̬͗ ̴͚͋u̴̲͋s̵͇͛ ̴̟͝c̶̡̚ä̷̠́n̸̼̈́ ̵̯̓m̴̻͝e̶̝̚e̵̎͜ẗ̸̘́.̵͇͛"̸̞͆
Steven was both surprised and relieved that he wasn't trapped in some endless void for all eternity. Then he realized something that his gem had said. "What do you mean by the three of us?" The only response he got from his gem was by it simply pointing behind him.
The last thing he saw as he turned around was a massive red figure standing before him with red slitted eyes.
—
Steven jolts awake gasping for air. He stared into the sky panting with his vision blurry. His heart racing in a panic as he tried to calm his nerves. It took him a couple of moments to get his breathing and heart rate under control. With himself finally calmed down enough he now left with one last problem, what had just happened in his mind.
"What the hell is going on with me?"
At first he thought that he was going crazy, insane even. The more he thought about it the more ludicrous it became! His gem was able to speak to him through his dreams? And there's apparently a third houseguest in his head? What the hell!? He just got back to the love's of his life and already more weird shit was happening to him.
He just can't catch a break.
Not wanting to deal with all of this right now he pushes these thoughts to the back of his mind. With that out of the way he moved to get up, but stopped. It was only now that he felt a weight on his chest, two to be specific. Looking down at his own chest he sees the causes of the unknown weight.
There laying on his chest, sleeping peacefully, was both Lapis and Peridot. Both of them were without their usual clothing and laid there completely bare to him. They were curled up to him and each of them sported a pleased, if not a little goofy, smile. He also made note that they both looked a bit messy. Their hairs were disheveled rats nests while their bodys were covered in a mixture of sweat and other juices.
Steven was a little flustered by the sight. The sight of his two lovers like this brought back the memories of the previous night. He had fucked Lapis to the point of orgasming while he was standing and holding her up in the air. During the afterglow Peridot had showed up and Lapis suggested a round two, with the green gem included this time. From that point on he fucked both of them well into the night without even stopping.
"Best night of my life." Steven said, a goofy grin now adorning his face as he stares into the clear blue skies of the morning. He was absolutely giddy from last night's fun an hopes to experience it again in the future.
It was then that Steven felt movement on his chest and when he looked back down he saw that Lapis was waking up. He watched as her eyes began to flutter open and simultaneously she lets out a yawn. She rubs one of her eyes of it's sleep with her right hand while using the left hand to prop herself up a little. Once her vision wasn't so blurry she looked around confusedly, but when she sees him that confusion becomes excitement. She's quick to latch onto his neck in a hug and snuggle up to him, rubbing her face against his.
"WHOA! Hahaha someone's affectionate today!" Steven stated with a laugh as he returned the affection in kind.
Lapis blushed a dark blue color but still continued to snuggle up to him, she even lightly nipped at his exposed neck muscles.
"Okay! Okay! What's got you acting all loving?" Steven questioned. He appreciates the love she's showing him but was curious as to why she was acting like this so early in the morning.
"Don't you know?" Lapis asked.
"Know what?" For some reason Steven had a great sense of foreboding.
"I'm with gemlings!" Lapis shouted excitedly with a big smile on her face that showed just how happy she was.
The proverbial glass window fractured behind Steven as he took in this shocking news. His mind raced as he tried to comprehend what he had just heard. Last nights passion was amazing and something that he'll cherish forever, but how did that lead to her being pregnant the very next day? It just doesn't make any sense to him?!
"H-How?" Was all Steven could stutter out as his mind went into anarchy.
Lapis looked at him confused. "Don't you remember what happened last night?"
Steven's mind went back to their night of passion. He remembers the pleasure, the arousing noises Lapis made, and the jolt he felt when his and lapis's energy's connected-
Steven's eyes widen as realization hits. Their energy's had connected.
Lapis smiled sweetly at Steven. "And do you remember what Peridot told you about gemlings and how they're conceived?"
Steven remembers alright. He remembers she said that when the energy's of two gems mix and combine a geode begins to form inside one of the partners. He also remembers her mentioning how it could be more than one geode that is formed.
Lapis nods in approval of him now understanding. "One detail she forgot to mention was that the time of conception is instantaneous."
Steven's eyes widened even further at that tidbit of information. "T-That means-"
Lapis placed a hand on her abdomen while looking at her lover fondly. "I can feel our energy's mixing inside me."
Steven's right eye twitched. He wasn't ready to be a father. He has no idea how to be a father! He's never taken care of a baby before! Why wasn't he being careful?!
This sparks a memory involving his father from a long time ago.
—FLASHBACK—
"Son. There comes a time when a man should always have protection on hand."
"What do you mean dad?" A young four year old Steven asked as he looked up at his father in confusion.
"Just trust me on this son." Greg said seriously with a hint of wisdom.
"But why dad?" Little Steven asked with his head tilted.
This earned a sigh from the balding man who looked to have aged a few decades in that moment. "Let's just say your mother didn't tell me she could get pregnant until AFTER the fact."
—FLASHBACK END—
That memory would have been very handy last night. A tired sigh escapes his lips. He just had to get lost in the lust and love making he had with Lapis and Peri-
He made love to Peridot last night as well.
Steven slowly turned his head to look at Peridot with a audible creaking sound. She was still sleeping peacefully on his side as his gaze went to her abdomen. He doesn't remember precisely if his and her energies connected or not, but he knows fate loves to throw him these curveballs. Just wanting to get this over with he reached a hand up to her and shook her.
"Peridot it's time to get up. I have something important to ask you." Steven gently said to Peridot.
All he got as a response was a grumble from the little gem before she snuggled up even more into him. Now getting impatient he shook her a bit harder.
"Wake up Peridot!" Steven growled. His patience was wearing thin now.
Again she grumbled and this time lightly smacked his hand. Steven was now out of patience and was about to throw the midget at a tree, consequences be damned!
Thankfully Lapis stopped him with a hand on his shoulder. He turned and looked at her questionably.
"I got this." Lapis raised a single finger and a water tendril appeared from her back. With a wiggle of her digit the tendril moved over to Peridot like a serpent. Soon it was directly over the green gem's backside she jerked her finger and the tendril came down like a whip.
*SMACK!*
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
Peridot screamed as she was rudely awakened by the feeling of white hot pain on her ass. She jumped around wailing in pain while holding her stinging ass. She skipped and hopped for quite a few minutes before the pain began to dim and subside into a dull throb. Rubbing her abused butt cheeks she roamed her eyes around for the cause of her pain. It took only a few seconds for her to find the culprit.
"YOU!" Peridot growled as she glared at the snickering Lazuli. Lapis tried to keep her snickering to a minimum, but failed and started laughing when she saw Peridot's glare. The green gem did not take to kindly to being laughed at and lunged at the blue gem with a high pitched battle cry. Her lunge was short lived however when she was grabbed midair by a massive armored vine. She shifted her gaze to the vine's owner and found Steven staring at her sternly.
Steven so far had been watching the whole thing for his own amusement. But when Peridot leaps at Lapis then he decides to intervene. Now holding the midget with one of his armored vine's he fixed her with a stern look.
"No fighting." Steven stated. He then gave Lapis the same look. "And no antagonizing her."
Lapis nods while Peridot just grumbles.
"Now Peridot I need you to tell me something." Steven asks with a serious look in his eyes.
"What?"
"Do you feel anything odd, like in your abdomen region specifically?"
Peridot goes silent for a moment while mulling over the question. It confused her as to why he was asking such a thing. Getting a bit curious, she closes her eyes and try's to feel for anything off. She wasn't use to doing something like this so it took a bit for her to focus on what she was trying to find. Her abdomen did feel off. It felt as though something was swirling around inside there but she didn't know what it was. Opening her eyes, she looks to Steven and nods.
"I can feel something in there." Peridot stated calmly. "Normally I would be alarmed and panicking at something unknown to me being inside me, but I'm not. For some reason I just feel completely okay with it being there, even a bit giddy that it IS there." Now she was looking at her two lovers perplexed. "What's happening to me?"
Her question was met with Lapis smiling widely at her and Steven just staring with his eyes practically bulging out. Before she could even question their reactions Lapis squealed and leaps over to envelope her in a hug, knocking both of them off Steven. Peridot was both surprised and confused by the sudden hug from Lapis. She then looked to Steven for some clarification on why Lapis was so... happy? All she got was Steven staring down at his hands and mumbling something. With Steven being no help at the moment she redirected her attention back on Lapis for some answers.
"Can you please explain to me what's going on?" Her question got Lapis to stop smothering and look at her. She then giggled before replying.
"It's not that hard to figure out." A teasing smile spread across the blue gem's face. "After all... your the one who explained the other method of gem creation to him."
Peridot looked at the Lazuli with obvious confusion for a few moments, then it hit her. Her eyes widened the same way Steven's did not to long ago. Slowly she looks down at her abdomen and she could feel the energies mixing inside her. With one last look at Lapis her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fell unconscious.
Lapis stared at the unconscious gem in her arms and sighed. "That could of gone better." Laying Peridot gently on the ground she proceeded to move back over to Steven. In moments she was up against him and could make out what he was mumbling.
"I'm fourteen and already becoming a father. I'm fourteen and already becoming a father. I'm fourteen and already-" Steven repeated these words over and over again, tuning out the world around him.
Lapis frowned at this. She seems to be the only one generally excited by this news. She thought Steven would at the very least be happy about this, but apparently not. With a sigh she raised her hand and smacked Steven.
Steven blinked. Then blinked again. He raised a hand up to his carapace covered cheek and rubbed the area that was smacked. It didn't hurt obviously, but it did break him out of his mantra. He then looked to Lapis with a bewildered look.
"Was that necessary?"
"Yes. Yes it was." The frown never disappeared from her face. She was starting to get upset at Steven's lack of enthusiasm about becoming the father of her and Peridot's gemlings. "Is it really that bad that your becoming a father? Do you not want to start a family with me?"
Steven was stunned. He could hear the hurt in her voice as she spoke those last few words to him. Now he felt really bad about the way he reacted to the news. Wanting to try and fix this he decide to be honest with her about how he feels about the whole thing. "I do want to start a family with you Lapis, Peridot to, but I just don't know if I'll be a good father. I've never taken care of kids before, let alone babies." His body was now trembling and tears were threatening to leak out from his eyes. "Do I even deserve to be a father after all I've done?"
Lapis was surprised by this. Her mood is completely changed after hearing how Steven felt about all this. It saddens her to hear how scared he is of becoming a father and how unworthy he feels he is of being one. With a sad smile replacing her frown she envelopes Steven in a sideways hug. "You'll be a great father to them, despite your worries. And do I think you deserve to be a father?" Her smile was now brimming with joy. "You've fought many times to keep me and Peridot save, stood against your own caretakers to do so. So yes I do think, no, I know you deserve to be the father of our gemlings!"
Steven was a lost for words. The words she spook to him had an impact on him. She believes he can be a father, despite everything he's done. Pure happiness exploded inside and he turned their sideways hug into a full blown embrace. His tears finally spilled and he laughed joyously as what felt like a huge weight was lifted from his shoulders. "Thank you... for believing in me."
"Anytime my love."
—
The crystalline platform of a warp-pad hummed to life as it received some new arrivals. The stream came for but a moment before dying out to reveal the ones who used it. There stood the trio of lovers, well duo now since Peridot was still unconscious in Steven's arms. Just before arriving Lapis had phased on a new dress and Steven regrown his crotch armor, Peridot was still naked for obvious reasons.
The duo stepped off the pad and made their way to the barn not to far away. As they walked the two started some small talk with each other. Lapis was suggesting names for their gemlings and Steven was doing his best to come up with some. It should be noted that he's not very good at naming things so it was difficult for him. In the end they decided to continue this conversation at a later date as they had arrived in front of the barn.
But something was off.
The barn door was open and the sounds of someone rummaging through things could be heard. Steven gently hands Peridot's comatose body over to Lapis before slowly moving to the barns entrance. Despite his hulking form Steven was able to quietly move over and against the doorway. Taking a peek inside he moves his head around to try and find the intruder. Not seeing anyone in immediate view he moves inside and looks around. He tried his best to make his movements as quiet as possible while walking around the barn, but that doesn't really do much when faced with creaking floorboards. Steven went still as a statue when the floorboard beneath him creaked audibly throughout the barn. Moments pass and nothing happens, not a sound is heard. Steven lets out a sigh of relieve and thinks that he was in the clear.
*BANG!*
The corrupted hybrid was hit over the head by something very hard and made of metal. Turning his head around he could see a man who looks to be in his later years, judging by the wrinkles on his face, holding a shovel. The man wore a leather bomber jacket, matching bomber cap, light brown pants, and black boots. He watched as the man look from him to the shovel in his hands, now sporting a noticeable dent, then back at him. The man audibly gulps before trying to put on a brave face.
"N-Now that was a um... ah warning? Y-Ya a warning!" The unknown man raised the shovel up high in a threatening manner. "So y-you better leave, b-before I make you!"
Steven simply stared at the middle aged man directly in the eyes without an ounce of fear. Faster then the man could see his hand grabbed the shovel's handle and snapped the wood in two. The broad blade fell to the floor with a audible clang and Steven casually pulled his hand back while continuing to stare at the man, never breaking eye contact.
As for the man; he felt terrified. His only weapon was broken in a fraction of a second by this monster. His body trembled with fear and he started to shakily backs up.
"N-Now now lets uh... not do anything rash here."
"We're past that now."
The man's eyes widen to the size of dinner plates upon hearing his voice. "You can talk?!"
Despite knowing he shouldn't, Steven did take some pleasure in the affect he had on the man. "Of course I can talk. Why? Did you think I was some mindless creature that just so happened to walk in here?"
"Uh... ya?"
Steven just stared at the man with the blankest of looks. He then took a deep breath through the nose to calm himself. He did not need to accidentally kill the man because of an outburst.
"Okay. Mind leaving my home now?"
That seemed to have set man off as he began shouting. "Your home?! This is my parents barn! Not some abandoned building for you to claim as your own!"
Now Steven was confused. "What are you talking about? My dad let me stay here."
"And who exactly is your dad!?"
"His name is Greg Un-"
"GREG?! That bastard is your father!?" The mere mention of that name seems to have set the man off.
Steven raised a metaphorical brow at the mans anger. "Um... are we talking about the same Greg?"
"Does he own a van and thinks of himself as a rockstar?" When Steven nodded the man blew up. The guy went on a full rant about Greg and him abandoning the family. How he gave away property that wasn't even his to give away to begin with. The longer he ranted the angrier he became.
Steven simply watched as this man cursed out his father's name and how he hurt his family. It got him thinking that maybe his dad wasn't as great as he originally thought. Didn't help that his dad seemed a bit apprehensive of him ever since he was corrupted, most notably whenever he was in the same room as him.
"Greg Demayo will rue the day he skipped town on us!"
That last line caught Steven's attention. "Demayo?"
The middle aged man looked at him confused. "Ya Demayo, it's the family name. Why?"
"Because our last name is Universe, not Demayo."
There was a pregnant pause between the two. Not a word was spoken from either of them. Steven was growing a bit nervous as the silence continued.
Then the man screamed.
"THAT SPACE WALNUT DIDN'T KEEP THE FAMILY NAME!?"
Steven had to cover his sensitive ears from just how loud the guy was shouting. He could see the guy was now absolutely livid, his blood vessels threatening to pop. His face now red as he want on a even worse rant fueled by his ever growing anger, and a side of colorful curse words. To make matters worst Lapis chose that moment to peek her head inside to see if everything was alright.
"Is this a bad time?" Lapis nervously asked. Peridot's head popped out from behind her, indicating that she was awake and more than likely curious about what's going on.
The man spotted the two colorful beings and started to shout out them. "What in the the name of Lincoln's underwear are you two!?" He looked around for some sort of weapon he could use, but then something grabbed his shoulder. Looking back he could see Steven giving him a rather dangerous look.
"If you even think of harming them, I'll rip your arms off and beat you to death with them!" Steven threatened. He would rather kill someone then let his lover's come to harm, especially now that their with gemling's.
The man wisely raised his hands in the air as a sign of surrender. "Alright, no need to be so violent." He then decided to change the topic to alleviate the tension. "So uh... who are these two?"
"They are my partners. Or as others would call them, my girlfriends."
The man looked at him in shock. "Girlfriends?! Damn... who knew my nephew was a player."
"Player?"
"Ugh never mind." A curious look was now on the mans face. "By the way I never got your name?"
"It's Steven, Steven Universe." He then saw the man reach out a hand, indicating he wanted him to shake it. Hesitantly he grasped his hand.
"Well it's nice to meet you Steven. I'm Andy, Andy Demayo." He shook Steven's hand before letting go.
It was then that a thought occurred to Steven, one that had him worried. "So uh uncle Andy, did you happen to hear about something bad that's happened in Beach City?"
"No. I've only been here for a few hours and my plane doesn't exactly have a radio."
"Plane?"
"Ya a plane. I'm a pilot that owns his very own plane. Of course it's a pretty old school model, but it has been in the family for generations and hasn't failed us Demayo's yet!"
"Well uh that's good to hear." Steven was relieved that Andy hadn't heard about what he did at the lighthouse only a few days ago. He watched as Andy turns his attention to both Lapis and Peridot before introducing himself to them.
From there Steven got to know his uncle for the rest of the day. They traded stories with one another and shared a couple of funny jokes as well. He even told him why he looks the way that he does, then having to explain what the gems were and their technology for him to understand. Steven did not tell him about his many conflicts or his capture and the subsequent experimentation that was done to him. Before they even knew it the sun had begun to set and Andy had to leave.
"It's been fun getting to know you Steven, but I got to go. I need to give your father a stern talking to before I head home. Speaking of which... do know where he lives?"
"You can find him at in Beach City. He runs the car wash there and lives in his van."
Andy nods in appreciation. "Thanks for the info kid, I'll be going now." He then proceeded to enter his plane prep himself for takeoff. Just before leaving though Steven had one more question to ask him.
"Will I be seeing you at my fifteenth birthday?" His question got Andy to snap his head towards him.
"YOUR ONLY FOURTEEN?!"
Steven laughs as he waves Andy off, who was mumbling about 'talking' to Greg about this. He watched as Andy's plane lifted off and flew into the horizon.
With him gone he returns back inside the barn to join his loves for a nights rest.