Connie, Steven, and Doug were sorting through vinyl disks at the storage lot. Connie picked up three and laughed. "Dad, why do you have so much classical music? I thought you were a rocker!"

Doug smiled sheepishly, "I am! I just like all kinds of music."

"At home, we only have rock music. I've never heard any of this piano music." Steven smiled.

"You've never heard the Symphony of the Realms?" Doug asked. Steven blushed. "Oh man, give it here." Steven did so. "This'll really knock your socks off." Doug put it on and the music on and while Steven listened, Connie had her eyes closed and was rocking her head back and forth. Steven suddenly grabbed her hand, "Would you care for a dance?"

Connie giggled and accepted his hand, "Of course!" Steven tried to dance as elegantly as he could, following Connie's lead. Connie gave a laugh and they spun faster, making Steven laugh as well. Connie blushed and didn't notice the yellow glow coming from her gem.

Doug didn't either, only seeing Steven had grabbed his daughter's hand. "Okay you tw-"

Suddenly, they fused into Stevonnie. They laughed in a mixture of the two and then realized Doug had had jaw wide open. "I…" Stevenonnie whispered. Doug stopped the music and walked up to them.

"You two, b-better explain this!" He cried, as if not knowing how to separate the two when they were one being. Connie and Steven suddenly poofed back.

"Who… You and… Steven can fuse?" Doug whispered.

Connie nodded. "Yes… Um, the person you just saw was Stevonnie, are you mad?"

"N-no, pumkin, of course not, I just… Wow." Doug sighed, smiling.

"The Temps think it's something to do with me being part human-"

"Please, don't tell my dad, Doug!-" Steven cried, popping up beside her.

"When did I say you could call me Doug?" The father growled.

"Well never, but I, um, well-"

Doug gave a laugh and patted the boy's shoulder. "I'm only joking, Steven. Besides, I may be the only human being on the planet who's gonna understand."

"Hm, I am intrigued." Steven whispered. Connie smiled, "Me too!"

"Well…" Doug started. Connie suddenly gasped and cried out, "Oh! Are you going to tell us a story?" She and Steven sat on the trunk of his police car and watched him plug in a tv.

"I didn't think I'd be telling this so soon." Doug blushed, "Probably best to start with this." He put a VHS tape in and pressed play.

A younger Doug Universe adjusted the camera, and behind him, Jasper held a keytar and Lapis, a tambourine, Yellow Diamond was slightly taller then Jasper at this time, and she held a microphone. "Are we ready?" The human asked, turning to them. He ran to the warp pad stage, like they were filming a music video. He put down the effect pedal and held his guitar. "1, 2, 3, 4…" He and Yellow Diamond then started to sing together, "What can I do for you? What can I do that no one else can do? What can I do for you?" Doug walked up to the warp pad and they grew close, "What can I do for you?"

Yellow suddenly started to sing a solo, "Human man, you are so much fun. I didn't plan for a simple thing like you to be you quite this entertaining." Doug frowned at her words. Entertaining? "I like your band…" Jasper gave a whoop behind her and Lapis giggled. "... for, it's better than some. I like the way, human beings play, it gives me so much freedom." Connie's mother sang. "Oh-woah-oh-oh-oh-woah-oh."

Doug slowly started to sing once more, feeling rather strange now, unrespected, and for good reason, "What can I do for you? What can I do that no one else can do? What can I do for you? What can I do for you?"

The couple, nor their supporters noticed Peridot looking at them bitterly. She gave a growl, and picked up the wire that connected the speakers, which she thought was yelling at her. She started rapidly chewing it in frustration. When it wouldn't break, she suddenly thought of a better idea.

She smirked and walked up as Doug started a guitar solo. She pulled on her diamond's armor, and the gem bent down to listen to her little ally's whisper. She smiled and nodded. Yellow Diamond got down from the warp pad and gently twirled Peridot, dipping her in front of Doug. Peridot smirked at the man as she went back up and suddenly, a glow emitted from them as they came together. A massive woman formed, that quickly shapeshifted herself smaller. She had yellowish-green puffs of hair, and a crossed bodice that was green with a yellow diamond stitched in, it was sleeveless. She had Peridot's tights with Yellow Diamond's skirt-like armor around it. The fusion wore heeled shoes and danced with them very well. She had Yellow's eye shape but the iris held no diamond like hers. The fusion danced in front of Doug, as if showing off but also wanting to impress him, which he clearly was. The fusion then fell into the warp pad and formed back into Yellow Diamond and her Peridot. The short gem smirked, grabbed a mirocphone and suddenly threw it into the bushes. Doug knew she wanted it to be as if she had dropped it, with the, "I win" kind of way, but she clearly didn't get that. The music stopped and Lapis flew over to get the microphone.

"Wow…. How did you… phase into that one being?! That was incredible!" Doug gasped, looking at Yellow with awe. The Diamond smiled. "That was Tashmarine, Mr. Universe. Peridot thought a fusion might give your video a little... something extra. Did you like it?" She leaned in to kiss him on the cheek but hesitatied, leaving just a faint touch. She smiled weakly, "Sorry, but I have to go. I'll talk to you later." She and Jasper warped away while Peridot still stood there, smiling devishly.

Lapis suddenly popped up beside him. "Hi Doug."

"Hey Lapis." He smiled wistfully, clearly still lovesick.

Lapis blushed and smiled, "Er, that was fun! We should hang out some more, right?"

"Uh-huh."

Lapis tucked a bang behind her ear and suddenly, Peridot grabbed her arm. She gently pushed Lapis aside and walked up to Doug. "Do you truly think you can keep this… relationship going for long?"

Doug glanced at her with disdain, "It's going okay now, so I'm not worried."

"Oh, well you should be." Peridot smirked. "She thinks you're like a little child she needs to protect, like all of this planet." Peridot then smiled, "All except me, of course."

"And what makes you so special?"

"Simple! I mean, for one, at least I can fuse with her! Fusion is the ultimate connection between gems, and stupid humans like you can't fuse!"

"Peridot, stop it." Lapis snapped.

Doug frowned as Peridot walked away, "Well, has any human ever tried fusing with a gem?"

Peridot paused and glanced back at him, "I-It's impossible-"

"If no one has tried, then I will." Doug dropped the microphone.

Lapis gasped in suprise. Peridot gave a grumble in annoyance and walked away, with Lapis following, "Good night, Doug."

"Aw geez, what am I doing? These things are expensive." Doug murmured, picking the mic up. Lapis sighed and warped away.

Later, Doug sat in his new storage lot, watching the video of their little gig. He watched it intently, watching Peridot's rather robotic movements.

"Doug!" He heard and turned to see Lapis practically leaning into him with Jasper behind her. "What are you up to?"

"Oh, um, hi Lapis." Doug sighed. "I'm just… trying to study this fusion dance."

"But fusion doesn't need studying, it just happens." Lapis laughed, giving a ditsy twirl before siting down beside him.

"Oh, you two have fused before, right?" Doug asked. Lapis looked at Jasper and then nodded, "Um… why do you ask?"

"Well, I need to fuse with Yellow."

Jasper and Lapis looked at each other with worry. Jasper slammed down beside Lapis and gave a cough, rubbing her neck, "Er, well… you don't have a gem… but, I do want to see where this leads, so…"

Doug sighed, "You're right. It won't work."

Lapis frown and whispered, "You could always… try, if you really love Yellow that much. You gotta dance like you, not like Peri, that's what will make you closer, you have to fully trust her, that's what fusion is."

Doug gave a small nod, "I think I understand…"

Later, Doug stood outside his car, he had wood planks covered in light bulbs that were now on the beach next to him. He wore a nice suit and had his hair slicked back, like a true gentleman. He heard the warp pad and put on some music. Yellow Diamond walked up and looked around, "What… is this?" Doug suddenly took her hands and twirled her into a dance. Yellow frowned and whispered, "I'm not good at dancing… I haven't done it in a long time." Doug shook his head, "That doesn't matter." They kept dancing, waltzing around the floor. Yellow smiled softly as Doug blushed and laughed awkwardly. She gave a tiny chuckle and he pressed a button with his foot and beautiful yellow bulbs lit. Yellow showed slight suprise with a eyebrow raised and they continued to dance. Soon, Doug had stepped up on a sterio to gain height and kissed the woman. Shocked, Yellow's eyes were diamonds, much like her future daughter's often did. Doug waited and realized, they hadn't fused. "We...we didn't fuse."

Yellow's eyes narrowed and she tore away, "What? You thought… we would fuse? But, you're just a little human."

"Little human?" Doug asked, seeing Yellow had her back to him.

"Yes. You are so… simple compared to my kind, you know. I would love to be a human, if only for a day. You're all so carefree, it's amusing to me." Yellow Diamond whispered.

Doug grimaced, heartbroken. "Look... these last few months have been great-"

"Yes." Yellow chuckled.

"But I'm getting a little worried about the future."

Yellow Diamond turned to him, "Hm, I wish I had a Sapphire here, but I suppose Jasper is the best I have for that."

"I'm starting to wonder if you... respect me?"

Yellow Diamond frowned and then laughed. "Strange… You are very strange!" She chuckled, "Unlike anyone I have met!" She kept laughing and Doug winched in suprise. "Yellow, please-"

Yellow kept laughing, as if she couldn't hear him, to wrapped up in his strange and exsotic question.

"Can you just-" Doug gave a sigh and suddenly cried, "Talk to me for one second, like a real person!?"

Yellow abruptly stopped laughing in shock and the music seemed to change. "W-what? Treat you like a… equal?"

"Is that so hard?" Doug laughed, tears in his eyes.

"But, I'm… and you're so… and…. she… are you telling me this isn't how it works?" Yellow Diamond asked, head tilted. "You're supposed to be like this, right?"

"Oh…" Doug whispered. "oh... this is so weird, you really... are a leader of another species…" He then started to laugh.

"Why are you laughing?" Yellow whispered, "I didn't-"

He broke down into tears and she cocked her head, "You're…. crying? I'm not used to this…."

"How are we gonna make this work?" Doug cried with a teary grin.

"Fusion?"

"No, us. We're really, really different." Doug sighed.

Yellow Diamond looked at him and whispered, "What do we do now?"

"Let's just... talk." They hugged. "I barely know you."

"That's a good thing." Yellow Diamond smiled.

"We really rushed into this."

"Everything on Earth seems fast to me."

"Do you... miss your home planet?"

Yellow smiled softly, tears in her eyes, "Certain things I left there, yes."

"If you had a whole army, how did you just end up with those three?" He nodded to a rock nearbyand Yellow Diamond glanced over and saw Jasper trying to hide, but failing. Lapis peeked over the rock but ducked when she saw them looking. Peridot was jumping to see. "Oh, them. They're all in one huge, long story, connected."

"I can't see! What are they doing?!" Peridot hissed behind the rock. Lapis shushed her.

"Have you... loved... other humans?" Doug asked.

"Have you?"

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Have you ever been... in love... with a human?"

"No." Yellow said. She then frowned, "How would I know?"

"It's torture." Doug laughed softly. Yellow suddenly stepped away, looking upset, "Is this torture to you humans?"

"It's the worst." Doug sighed.

Yellow cupped his face in her hands, "Y-You're lying. I would never hurt a hum-"

"No, you're not… hurting me, exactly."

"Then what am I-!" Yellow paused her spout of anger looking at his face, "I'm just really confused."

"Me too!" Doug smiled.

"I suppose, this is good. We've got one thing in common." Yellow smirked. Doug cracked a smile and Yellow Diamond took him. They began to dance again, laughing.

Peridot frowned behind the rock. "They're still dancing?! But that's not… it didn't work!" She sputtered.

"It sure did." Jasper smirked.

"What? No, it didn't!" Peridot huffed.

"It did!" Jasper insisted.

"He's my favorite… and he's with Yellow." Lapis blushed slightly.

"... I think he's her favorite too." Peridot whispered.

The story finished, Steven and Connie blushed heavily, with suprise on thier faces.

"Oh…" Connie whispered, mistified.

"You loved her." Steven sighed.

"I sure did. We talking to each other a lot after that…" Doug smiled. He sat beside Steven and Connie with a small smile. "Listen... humans and Gems... it's uncharted, undiscovered! You're gonna have to work it out together…." The kids looked at each other with tiny matching smiles. Doug looked at Steven and patted his back, "And Steven? I know I haven't been… the most open about you and Connie, but if you ever need to talk to another human being about this, you can always talk to me."

Steven gave a small nod.

"Human beings?" Doug smiled, offering a high five. Steven gasped, looking mistimed. He high fived him and laughed, "Human beings!"

Connie looked at the two and touched her gem and then clutched it, feeling alien as she whispered, "Human beings…"