Crazy trouble with love part 4
Greg and Yellow Diamond
Series: Steven Universe
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We find ourselves at a pristine looking college campus as students were leisurely walking about at their own business. One would think this was a regular high class college except for the students and teachers.
Various ones had different color palettes for their skin and hair. Some were six to seven feet tall while others barely reached four.
"And that's how I got a B on my last test, can you believe that?" frowned one who looked like a little girl with light blue skin and hair while sitting on the shoulder of a stocky and tall yellow skinned girl who had an impassive expression.
"I know, completely ridiculous." Agreed a green skinned girl who was a little bit taller than the blue girl with her hair combed into a triangle. "I for one tried to write a five page essay explaining why that test was not needed, but the teacher ignored it. What a clod."
"You do know you have to write the correct answers to the questions to pass, right? You can't just make your own up when you don't understand." Said a buff orange woman with red stripes on her skin and white hair.
"My answers were correct, that clod just didn't have the brainpower to bother looking it up. Not my fault if they hire inferior teachers here."
"Did you study the right materials or study at all?"
"Jasper this is Peridot, she'd sooner call the teacher a clod to their face then admit she needs studying." smirked the smallest girl with a snicker.
"Like you're any better miss perfect! I seem to recall you studying biology one night for a physics test!" Peridot replied with a grin.
The small girl frowned while sticking her tongue out. "I bet I still got a better grade on it then you did!"
"Oh yeah? Well then let's ask Yellow Diamond, she'll tell us who's smarter."
"Fine, even though I know the answer I'll humor you. Hey, Yellow Diamond!"
"What?" sighed a yellow colored woman with matching hair who was taller then all of them and was reading a book.
"Who do you think is smarter, me or Peridot?"
"You can't be serious. You really want me to answer that for you?" She asked as she put a bookmark in her book before closing it.
"Well I'm not worried, but it seems Aquamarine here is feeling self conscious." smirked Peridot.
"Hey, you were the one who suggested this in the first place!"
"Quiet!" Yellow Diamond shouted, silencing the two bickering gems. "The one I pick is Peridot, now leave me be!"
"Yes Yellow Diamond." The two gems quickly said before heading back to the group.
She sighed and went back to her book while they walked away. 'Why must they annoy me with such trivial questions?'
A little bit away down the road was a small van driving towards the college.
"All right, Homeworld college, I can't believe I got in here." spoke a man with a long mane of brown hair while turning into the parking lot. "Alright, time, to get started with my new life as college." He said as he grabbed his guitar before getting out of the van, He started walking towards the main building while taking in the architect. "Man, they went really heavy on the modern architecture, this place looks like it's from the future."
"Hold up, who are you?" asked a woman with purple skin and white hair who was taller then him.
"Um, hi, my names Greg Universe, I'm a transfer from Beach city College." He said as he held out his hand for a handshake.
She raised an eyebrow. "And you're a new student?"
"Yes, today is my first day."
"Then go to the main office."
"Great, um...where is it exactly?"
"Over there." she pointed to a tall building in the center of the area.
"Thanks, see you later!" He called before running towards the building. "Alright, just get registered, find my dorm room, and then here I come graduation!"
He was so focused on his plan he didn't notice the yellow female walking in front of him. When he got close enough he collided with her, sending both of them to the ground. "Ouch, what did I hit?" he groaned as he tried to regain his bearings.
"Watch where you're going!" snapped Yellow Diamond rubbing her stomach with a frown.
"Sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't see you." He said as he slowly got to his feet. "I'm kinda new around here."
"You don't say and let me guess, your parents are rich and bought you in here so you could party for the next four years as you play with your guitar?" she asked with a glare.
"What? No. My folks made me leave the house after I finished high school. I came here after saving up a ton of money because I wanted to become a world famous musician."
"Either way you're not fit to be here, this school is for the best of the best." she replied standing back up and dusting herself off. "If you plan to play loud music all night then go to some bar and do it there."
"Hey, what right do you have just judging me like that? You don't know who I am, you're just making baseless accusations!" He shouted angrily.
"No, they're facts." she frowned with a raised eyebrow. "Do you really think saving up enough money and getting in is going to be enough?"
"Yes and come hell or high waters I will graduate from here!" he declared before running past her. "You'll see! Oh! And the name's Greg Universe!"
"And mine's Yellow Diamond, remember the name of your better!" She shouted back at him. "Even if he got here from hard work, he'll be like all the other frat boys."
"Stupid yellow woman, talking down to me like she's so much better, well I'll show her!" He muttered to himself as he entered the building. He walked up to the desk with a woman and cleared his throat. "Excuse me, I'm Greg Universe, and I'm here to enroll as a new student."
"Ah yes, Mr. Universe, we've been expecting you, all your files seem to be in order, here is a list of your class schedules and dorm room number and location." She said as she handed him a piece of paper.
"Thanks. Oh before I forget, can I practice in my dorm room when I have free time?"
"Yes, it is acceptable to do so, though I must warn you the walls are a bit thin so the students in other rooms may hear you."
"Don't worry, I'll keep it down." He said with a grin as he looked at the list of classes he would be attending. 'Reminds me of high school, but nothing too out there.'
"Great, and word of warning, your dorm is CO-ED, so don't be surprised to find girls there, ok?"
"Really? Sweet." he smiled while exiting the building. 'Wonder if I'll get my own fanclub here? Now, how do I find my dorm?' He thought as he looked around. He looked at the paper and followed the instructions to a building and headed inside looking for the room number.
'9-B, 9-B, where oh where is 9-B?' He thought as he walked passed the dorm rooms. "Gotta be somewhere around here."
"What are you looking for?" Came a curious voice behind him.
"9-B, it's my dorm room number." He said as he turned around to face Peridot.
"Ridiculous, that's Yellow Diamond's room number, and she's never had a roommate." remarked the shorter gem. "Perhaps you mean 9-8 or 9-10."
'Nope, it says right here on the paper, 9-B, and did you say Yellow Diamond?" He asked with dread as he showed Peridot the paper.
"Yes….oh clod." she muttered with wide eyes. "That's not good."
"Why, why isn't it good?" Greg asked as the feeling of dread kept growing.
"Yellow Diamond is the best honors student at this school, and she is very strict. Those who annoy her, are people she will never forget no matter how many years pass."
"Yeah, and let's say hypothetically I've met her before coming here and got in a fight with her, what would happen next?"
"Oh that's easy, she'd make sure you regretted it for the rest of your life and ensure that any disturbances from you would be ended like that." she snapped her fingers. "But the chances of you making her mad on your first day are fifty-thousand to one."
"Well, let's just say I'm really unlucky." He chuckled nervously.
"Let me guess, you use to work at an old drive-in with dreams of grandeur, right? I've heard that a million times already."
"Hey! It was a carwash, not a drive in and I will succeed in this school!" He retorted angrily.
"Well word of warning, it's not easy. Well for me it is, but for numerous others they have trouble on a simple pop-quiz."
"Well, I'll just have to study really hard, so can you take me to my room now please?"
"Alright, but be warned, try not to do anything to dig a deep grave for yourself with Yellow Diamond."
"I won't try to, I'll try to be civil if she's there, and if not I'll go get my stuff from my van and come back here."
"Then follow me." She said as she began to quickly walk down the hall. 'This is going to be good.'
"Hey, slow down!" He called as he followed her. 'For a short girl she's quick.'
"Here we are, 9-B, Yellow Diamond and I guess your room." she pointed to the room before walking off. "Enjoy." 'I certainly will.'
"Thanks." He said as he took the key that was taped to the back of the paper and inserted it into the keyhole. He unlocked it and walked inside while seeing two beds inside with a small kitchen to the side and stuff on the left side that looked like ribbons and trophies.
Man, this is a really nice place." He said to himself before hearing what sounded like a shower. 'Wait, that couldn't be her, could it?' I should probably go get my stuff, I don't want to be here if she steps out, that would really suck.' He thought to himself, not noticing that the shower had stopped.
"Ah, I needed that." Yellow diamond said as a door next to the kitchen opened and she walked out in nothing but a towel.
Greg's eyes widened with his mouth dropping with a blush before she stopped and took notice of him.
They both stared in silence for a moment before she screamed. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE YOU….YOU PERVERT!"
"AH! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!" he cried covering his eyes while stumbling to back up and get to the door.
"Get out! Get out!" She shouted as her face turned orange out of embarrassment.
He reached the door and ran out while shutting it and panted with a blush. 'Oh no! Why did I have to see that!?'
"Sounds like you saw something good in there, huh?" Chuckled peridot.
"What are you doing here? Did….did you hear all that?" He asked with a big blush as she nodded her head yes.
"Yep, and good luck, you're going to need it." She said with a grin as she began to walk away.
'Aw crap.' He thought as he began to walk away to go get the stuff from his van.
In the dorm room Yellow Diamond growled while moving to get her clothes back on. "How dare he break into my room, that stupid human." she slipped her uniform over her body and dried her hair. "When I get my hands on him, I'll make sure he goes back to that last college."
Suddenly she heard the door beginning to open again. "Peridot if this is to ask for my top again-"
"Sorry, not her." Cames Greg's voice as he carried some boxes into the room.
"YOU!" she jumped up with a scowl. "Come back for another peep? Well in that case, I'll make sure you won't be walking for a month." She said angrily as she cracked her knuckles.
"NO! First off, I'm sorry about that, I didn't know you were in the room, and secondly I'm here to unpack, I'm your new roommate." he spoke up while hiding behind the boxes.
She stared in disbelief for a second before saying. "Yeah right, there's no way you're my roommate now get out before you regret it."
"I swear it's the truth! I even have the paper with my room number on it." He said as he held the paper up to her.
She took it and looked over it with a frown before her eyes widened. "What? No, no! This has to be some mistake!"
"Well, until it's fixed I'm going to be living here so...yeah." He said before Yellow Diamond marched forward and grabbed him by his arm. "Don't kill me! I'm not much of a fighter!"
"I'm not going to kill you, at least not yet, we're going down to the office now to fix this mistake immediately!" she growled before dragging him out of the room while he dropped his boxes.
"Hey, let go of me! I can move on my own you know!" He shouted as she dragged him down the hall.
"I want this over with and I'm making sure you don't try and sneak off." She said as she tightened her grip on his arm as she passed by Topaz and Aquamarine.
"Looks like Yellow is mad." snickered the small Gem.
The larger gem stayed silent as she watched Yellow Diamond drag Greg down the hall.
When the two reached downstairs she marched themselves over to the a girl with pale white skin and with her orange hair done back. "Pearl!"
"Yes Yellow Diamond, what is it?" Pearl asked in annoyance.
"I'd like to know why this man was made my roommate when I'm fine without anyone living in the same dorm room."
"Well, it was randomly selected and since your room is located in the co-ed dorm the vacancy in your room was added to the list of empty rooms." She as she typed on her computer.
"But can't he just move in with someone else?" She asked pearl curiously.
"Unfortunately no, that was one of the last vacancies and the others have already been reserved." she smiled. "So you two are stuck with each other."
"WHAT? No, this is not acceptable, I demand he be moved somewhere else!" Yellow Diamond demanded.
"Sorry, out of my hands." She said with a grin as she watched Yellow Diamond begin to lose her temper. "Meaning I'd suggest you try to get use to each other."
"NO! I refuse to share a room with him!" She shouted as she banged her hand on the counter.
"Well too bad, so sad." Pearl said with a grin as she suppressed a giggle.
Yellow Diamond growled while leaving a crack in the counter and marched away.
"Um, could you let go of me now please?" Greg asked meekly.
She instantly did while leaving him there. "This is an outrage, me, a hard working student forced to share a room with that oaf."
'This is gonna be hard.' thought Greg.
(Later)
"Alright, I'm finally unpacked!" He said with a grin as he finished putting away the last of his possessions.
"Just remember to stay on your side." Yellow Diamond said as she read a book on her bed.
"Sure thing." He said as he flopped onto his bed as he picked up his guitar. "You don't mind if I play a little do you?"
She didn't look up before saying. "Yes, I do mind, so don't play that waste of wood in here."
He frowned and huffed before strumming a few notes.
"Human, what did I just say?"
"Oh you meant now? I thought you meant I couldn't later on." he smirked while playing a few more notes.
"Well I didn't, so stop it." She said as she began to get annoyed.
"Come on, some music might do you some good while reading." He said as he began to play more notes even faster.
"The only music I do good with is the old kind, and this is far from old." She said as she set down her book.
"Well, you know what they say, out with the old and in with the new." he smiled while he began to slowly work up a rhythm.
"Well, I still prefer the old so please stop playing that damn guitar!" she shouted sitting up with a frown.
"Nope, I'm going to keep playing and you can't stop me!" He said as the rhythm began to go even faster.
"Don't make me go over and break that thing!" She threatened as she swiveled herself on the bed so she was facing him.
"For an honor student you sure are extra high strung. Don't you ever relax, even once?"
"I can relax when I graduate and on summer break, why do you care?"
"Because if you keep getting stressed out, your whole life might be full of it."
"Regardless of that, I doubt listening to a talentless musician will help me relax."
He frowned. "Oh yeah? Well sit back, relax, and you'll see I've got loads of talent."
"Fine, and if I'm not satisfied you can't play that thing again while I'm in the room."
"Deal." He said with a grin as he stopped playing for a second as he thought of what song to play. "Alright, get comfy, cause this is gonna blow your socks off."
"I highly doubt it, but try your best." She said with an arrogant smirk. She sat back on her bed while he strummed some notes. 'This'll be a good laugh.'
"All right, here we go!" He said with a grin as he began to strum on his guitar. He started off with a slow tune his latest single had and began to slowly increase the tempo.
'At least he's on tune, I'll give him that.' She thought as he continued to play. 'But it doesn't stand out that much.'
Suddenly the melody began to pick up pace and the notes he played became more defined and powerful.
'Hmm, this feels a little more advanced than I expected.' She thought as she kept listening, not realizing she was beginning to smile a bit.
Greg however did and began strumming even faster. 'Alright Greg, let's bring it home!' He thought as he began to finish the song.
Yellow Diamond smiled more as it finished and saw Greg smirking before she quickly looked away with a frown. "It was good, for a beginner."
"Oh, just a beginner? Then why were you smiling?" He asked with a grin.
"I-I was thinking of a joke, that's all." She said as she lightly blushed out of embarrassment.
"Suuuure, keep telling yourself that." He chuckled with a grin.
(Later)
It was nighttime and the two roommates were currently snoozing with Greg lightly snoring.
"ZZZZ….guitar….rockstar…..ZZZZ" He murmured in his sleep.
Yellow Diamond frowned while trying to use her pillow to block out the sounds.
'Of all the roommates I could have why did I get stuck with a snorer?!' she thought while glaring at Greg. 'Why can't they just sleep quietly like everyone else?'
"ZZZZz…..Diamond…..ZZZZZZ' he got out while she looked at him in surprise.
'Is he dreaming about me?' she frowned. 'I wouldn't be surprised if it was me naked or in some slutty outfit.'
"ZZZZZ….music….ZZZZZ." He snored.
'That's more like it.' She thought as she considered smothering him with her pillow to make him be quiet. 'Wonder if I could lock him in the janitor's closet for the night.' She thought as she put her pillow down and began to pull back her covers.
"Mmm….relax….so stressed…." He moaned in his sleep as he began to toss and turn a bit.
'I'm not stressed.' She thought with a frown as she stared at him.
"Mmm….cute...smile…"
That made her blush and stare at him before quickly turning around and pull more of the covers over her. 'Stupid human...I'm not cute.'
(A week later)
"Damn it...another C!" Greg moaned as he looked at his paper. "I was sure I was gonna get a B."
"I told you you weren't cut out for this school human." Yellow Diamond said with an arrogant smirk as she looked at her own A.
"It was just the first test! I can get a better grade next time for sure."
"I highly doubt it."
He frowned at her before getting an idea and shrugged. "Yeah, you might be right. This was probably a breeze for you."
"It was, it was a very easy test to be honest."
"Which is to be expected from an honor student, but I bet even you wouldn't be able to handle tutoring someone."
"It would be incredibly easy, I can teach even a monkey if need be, tutoring someone would be child's play." She said arrogantly with a smirk.
"Suuuure, you say that now, but you'd crumble in a second."
She frowned and said. "I would most certainly not!"
"Would to."
"Would not!"
"Would to."
"Would not!"
"Prove it, tutor someone."
"Fine! I will!" She shouted at him.
"Great, see you later for our study session." He smiled before walking away.
She stared for a second before saying. "What just happened?"
(Later)
"No no no! We just went over this!"
"Well the way you put it makes no sense."
"I put it very logically, you're just too stupid to understand it!"
"Oh yeah? Well I at least know how to have fun and be nice. With you it's like you have it out for everyone around here."
"I don't and don't try to change the subject you imbecile!"
"No! I'm getting sick and tired of your high and mighty attitude!" he snapped back. "I wanna know here and now, what's your deal? Were you stood up at prom and won't let it go? Were you some pampered rich girl? Or do you do it just because it makes you feel better than everyone else?" He shouted at her angrily as she looked at him in shock.
She blinked and looked away with a frown. "For your information, I'm like this for a simple reason. Do you know how much percent of the students here got here merely because they had someone open the doors for them, or had all their problems paid out with money?"
"I don't know, about half or so? Why does it matter?!" He shouted back at her.
"It matters to me!" she yelled back with a scowl. "Over ninety percent! Ninety percent of people who don't have to work as hard as SOME of us!"
He stared at her in amazement and disbelief as he tried to process what she just said.
"My whole life I've tried my best to rise above so many others because in high school there were teachers who would look away from bullying, or students who clearly didn't give a damn and get away scot free. And it didn't help that I have to stay ahead just to find a decent job nowadays."
He stayed silent for a second before saying. "I understand what you mean."
"Ha! What would you understand? You've probably lived a laid back lifestyle."
He chuckled before saying. "Far from it, my family was poor and we owned a car wash. No one else had gone to college before so none of them supported my decision of coming here, they wanted me to stay and work at the car wash for the rest of my life."
"Still sounds a relaxing life."
"I'm not done yet, everyone picked on me at school for being the poor kid, I had no friends and I had to convince my family to let me graduate high school instead of dropping out so I could work full time." he admitted looking away. "I had my music and wanted to be a big star, so I figured if I got to college I could be one."
"Well, I guess we've both had it bad, but how are you so happy all the time?"
"Because even if things seem bad, you gotta keep going with a good attitude. I mean if you go around mad and angry, that doesn't sound good for the rest of your life." He said with a small smile as she looked at him before sighing and saying.
"Lets….let's go over the problem again."
"You got it teach." He said with a grin as they went back to work.
(Later)
It was the next day with Greg and Yellow Diamond in class and unaware of the impending pop quiz.
"Ok everyone, take out a pencil and clear your table, pop quiz." Their professor Garnet said as she began to hand out papers.
That made most of them groan with Greg paling at the sudden news.
"Oh god, a pop quiz!" He groaned as he banged his head on the table. 'I'll probably fail it.'
"Calm down Greg, we studied this last night, remember?" Yellow Diamond said as she got her test.
"Oh yeah, good point." he replied before getting his own. "But that doesn't mean I'm not getting cold feet."
"Hey, you two lovebirds can talk after the class!" Garnet said sternly.
Both of them blushed while the others snickered and quickly looked at the papers while Garnet started the clock.
"You have thirty minutes starting….now!"
'Alright, just remember what happened and you should be fine, right?' He thought to himself as he began to look at the questions. 'Alright, that one I know, and that one.' He thought as he began to answer the questions.
'Easy.' thought Yellow Diamond writing down the answers.
After a while the alarm went off and Garnet said. "Ok, times up, turn them in."
Each of them moved down and put the papers on the desk with Greg sweating nervously. 'Please let it be a good grade, please let it be a good grade.' He thought as he put his paper on her desk.
"Relax, you did fine." whispered Yellow Diamond. "As long as you remembered what I helped you with."
"Ok, you're right, I'm sure I did well." He whispered to her as Yellow diamond put her paper on the desk.
(Later)
The human and gen were getting ready for bed in their dorm and Greg was waiting for Yellow Diamond to finish up in the bathroom.
"You almost done in there?" He asked in mild annoyance as he waited for her to get out.
"It's rude to ask a girl that when she's busy." She retorted from inside the bathroom.
"You've been in there half an hour though!"
"Relax, I'm just about done."
"Alright, good." He said as the door began to open. He saw her with a bathrobe on and blushed before quickly looking away as she passed him. 'Don't look, just don't look.'
"The bathrooms all yours so go ahead." She said as she dried off her hair.
"Thanks." He said with a small blush before rushing into the bathroom right as the door to their room opened.
"Yellow Diamond, I need a tip." Peridot said as Lapis followed her.
"What is it?" She asked in annoyance as she finished drying her hair.
"How do you deal with someone who won't give back your phone?" she asked while glancing at Lapis.
"Apologize for stealing my alien shirt and I'll give it back."
"I'm not done with it yet."
"Then you don't get your phone back."
Peridot growled and gave Lapis a small push. "Give it back you… you clod!"
"Oh yeah?" she frowned before shoving Peridot back. "You first clod."
"No, you first you clod!" She shouted as she punched Lapis in the stomach. Bad move as the gem quickly picked her up and tossed her on one of the beds. As she landed there was a loud crack and the bed fell apart. "Uh oh."
"Oops." spoke Lapis with wide eyes while Yellow Diamond went slack jawed before slowly looking angry.
"Get out of my room!" She shouted angrily as she began to approach them.
Peridot jumped off the bed as she and Lapis bolted and shut the door on their way out.
"Yellow Diamond, what's going on out there?" Greg called from the bathroom.
"My bed was broken!" She shouted angrily as she stared at the wreckage of her bed.
"What? But I thought those beds were suppose to be sturdy?"
"Apparently not! Either that or Peridot has gained some weight!" she growled while facepalming. "Now what am I supposed to do?"
"I dunno, is my bed broken to?"
"No, it's perfectly intact." She said as she looked at his bed before getting an idea. "And I think we'll be ok."
"Really? But your bed is destroyed, where are you going to sleep?" He asked in confusion as he finished up in the bathroom.
"Your bed of course." She said as she changed into her pajamas.
"But then where will I sleep?" He asked in confusion as he came out of the bathroom.
"Well either the floor, or…."
"Or where?"
"We share it, together."She said as she pointed at the bed.
"W-What?!" he blushed while looking at her in shock.
"It's our only options." She responded with a small blush. "Unless you want to sleep on the ground."
"Well...if you say so…" He said with a small blush.
"Look, we're just sharing the space. Nothing happens or goes on while we sleep, and we don't say a word to anyone about it, agreed?"
"Agreed, it's just sleep, nothing more." He said as they began to climb into the bed. He tried to ignore how much more space she took up right next to him and shut the lights off. "G-Good night."
"Good night to you too." She responded with a blush as she pulled the covers over them. 'I hope I can get a new bed soon.'