Spoilers for the end of "Steven Universe Future"!


After Steven had left Beach City, even Cat Steven missed him. He had always been so nice and gentle with her, and sometimes he would sneak her extra cat treats.

Being a cat, Cat Steven couldn't really understand why Steven was no longer around. The morning after Steven's departure, Cat Steven just happened to climb up the stairs of the beach house, where Lion was curled up. Lion didn't look at Cat Steven when she approached him, nor did he respond to her when she licked and pawed at him. He just turned his head away.

Cat Steven went into the house through the open front door and found Pearl crying on the couch, hugging Steven's ukulele. Garnet and Amethyst were trying to console her. The cat wandered through the beach house, not hearing or smelling or seeing Steven, and she meowed in confusion. She kept on meowing as she went downstairs.

"Stop it," Pearl sobbed. "He's gone!"

Garnet picked up Cat Steven and kept the cat in her lap, while Amethyst patted Pearl's back and said something to her. Cat Steven didn't really understand what the Gems were saying, but she thought Pearl could use some cheering up. She licked Pearl's hand with her rough little tongue, and Pearl absently petted the cat. Eventually, Pearl looked at Cat Steven and managed a weak smile.

When Pearl was feeling a bit better, Garnet carried Cat Steven outside, onto the beach, and together they sat by the ocean for a long time. Garnet thought about how Steven bore some similarity to cats. Cats hid their pain, as Steven had done for too long, and cats traveled around and did their own thing, just as Steven was doing now. But cats would come back to places were they were given care and attention, so hopefully Steven would one day come back, too.

For now, Garnet wrapped her arms securely but gently around Cat Steven, not wanting to let go of her pet just yet.


Much later, Greg had settled into bed in Steven's old room, and he felt a bit of extra weight at the end of the bed. There was Cat Steven, staring at him in the unblinking way cats do. Greg was a bit nervous at first, because he knew cats liked to attack people's feet.

Luckily, Cat Steven didn't attack Greg's feet, and simply curled up and went to sleep. Greg sat up and rubbed Cat Steven's head. He'd worried that living in the beach house, and in Steven's old room, might make things awkward between him and the Gems, but Greg felt better about it, now, and the cat's purring felt very comforting.