Author's Note: Hello all. I'm honestly surprised to see this fan fic is still getting attention all these years later, given I never actually finished it. I never really thought much of this story, but this one seems to get the most attention out of the ones I've posted. Anyway, thank you for continuing to read Taking Care of Steven. I'll think of something. - (1/26/21)
Steven Universe wandered into the bathroom. The half-gem, half-human kid sat on the toilet and scooted the nearby garbage can over to barf into. He had gotten sick from eating expired Halloween candy that he had found in the fridge. ''Oh, why did I have to eat those?'' he thought. Then he barfed into the can. ''What will the other Crystal Gems think of this?'' The kid stayed in the bathroom all night, eventually falling asleep.
The next day, Steven woke up with a miserable stomach ache. He fixed himself up and walked to the living room. He lay on the floor, moaning, and waited for the Crystal Gems to appear, or at least one. Then Amethyst entered the living room, presumably looking for something. ''Steven, what are you doing here?'' she asked.
''Uhh... I found some Halloween candy that was stale... and I must've gotten sick. Can you tell the others about this?''
Amethyst yawned. ''Maybe, if I'm not too tired. Don't worry, I'll stay with you and make sure no one disturbs you.''
''Who's gonna disturb me?'' Steven said.
''Eh... I don't know.''
Steven sat up. ''Are we gonna do anything fun, Amethyst?''
''Yeah!'' said the purple-skinned gem. ''We could play video games, or maybe we could watch TV, and I'll read some bedtime stories too, if you feel like it.''
''Today's gonna be great, I know that already!'' said Steven excitedly.
Amethyst became excited as well. ''Great! I'll stay with you the whole time so you'll have someone to talk to in person!"
Suddenly, Pearl warped into the living room. ''Amethyst, what are you doing here?'' she asked. ''It's 4:00 in the morning!''
''Steven ate some expired candy,'' said Amethyst. ''Do you know where the medicine is?''
''I'll see if we have anything.." The grumpy gem walked off to the medicine cabinet. Steven nudged his belly, which was hurting. ''Ohhhh! Why!?''
Inside the cabinet were a bunch of pills and medicines for all sorts of things. Too bad there wasn't anything that could solve today's problem. Pearl closed it, and walked back to the living room.
''Bad news, everyone,'' said Pearl. ''We ran out of that Pepto-Bismol thing Garnet picked up when she went to NYC.''
Steven fainted, while Amethyst sighed. ''Should I go to the regular pharmacy, Pearl?'' she said.
''Maybe you could ask Garnet when she wakes up." said Pearl. She continued to talk as Amethyst went to watch TV. ''I think she knows someone who can make a potion. It's easier to do that than going someplace else, Amethyst, because you might pick out the wrong drug!''
''Alright, I'll ask her.'' said Amethyst as she flipped through the channels, talking to herself. ''There's nothing on. I don't understand this."
Steven got back up as Pearl went to talk to him. ''Now Steven," she said. "You must know that expired goods are bad for you.''
''I'll try to remember that, Pearl.'' said Steven.
''But wait, there's more I've got to tell you.''
"I'm interested."
Pearl continued to lecture Steven about expired food, and ventured onto related topics such as germs and diseases, the usual things. Steven fell asleep right in the middle of Pearl's speech. Pearl, realizing she had been talking for about a half-hour at 5 in the morning, took a nap too beside Steven.
