(Alternate) Steven Universe x Corrupt gem reader Insert

part 74: Wierd time??

You look up at the source of voice and feel your annoyance dim slightly at the sight of the peedee running over to you all frantically. "Stop bother (name) and come on! Dad wants you back at the shop!" He demanded almost frantically. "You're missing valuable fry time!"

"It's WIERD time, peedee!" Ronaldo jots back in matter-of-fact annoyance. "I'm doing big stuff! Cover for me!" You frowned in disapproval at ronaldo's irresponsible refusal. How could hunting for silly abnormalities POSSIBLY be more important than fry time? You look over at peedee sympathetically. Even from the distance you were at, you saw the disappointed glare of the fry younger sibling. You may not know him well, but something told you he valued his family's work very much, and was equally if not more disappointed at his brother's dismissal. He looked as if he wanted to argue a bit more with his older sibling on the matter, but after a brief stare down, he shows begrudging cooperation. "Fine. But this is the last time, or I'm telling dad." With that he storms off angrily, muttering bitterly to himself as he did. You watched him do so feeling nothing but sympathy for the boy. You couldn't help but wonder how often this happened between the two.

"So," Ronaldo suddenly got close to you and steven who was standing between your forearms, still smiling in ignorant bliss. "You wanna get your hands really dirty?"

Steven's eyes dart to the side briefly. "Can spinel and (name) come to?" Steven asks, still wearing his smile, though it carried a more hopeful edge to it. Ronaldo gives a drawn out hum, narrowing his eyes at you into a pensive stare. You just stared back at him with a vacant expression, while Spinel still struggled to scratch her head with her plastic bag binds. There was an awkward moment of contemplative silence before he nods. "Sure... she could be of help."

At this response, steven smiles wider and silently takes off the plastic bags that were on his hands. This silent answer was all Ronaldo needed as he turned, collecting his duffel bag. "Then follow me."

"Yeah! Come on, (name)!" He bounds off in blind childish joy.

With a huff and a roll of your eyes you trotted off after him, kicking off your plastic restraints as you did.
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"I can't wait to find something paranormal!"

You huffed softly through your nostrils, smiling faintly as he peered through his binoculars at you, smiling in a blind cheerfulness. "Can you, guys?"

You tipped your head to the side slightly. "(Name) paranormal enough for steven?" Steven lowered his binoculars, with a cute little pout on his face. "(Name)! Not that kind of paranormal!" You hummed in feigned confusion, shrugging your shoulders to adjust spinel's position on your back, while ruffling your fur to give her more fluff to snuggle into. "Oh? What could be more paranormal than big ol' (name)?" Steven pouts again, though this time he looked thoughtful. "Well-"

Before he could finish, Ronaldo suddenly shushes him, holding out an odd disk-shaped detection device in front of him. It was rapidly flashing a red light. "I'm picking up a quantum Flux on the weirdometer." He turns and points it into the direction from where the reaction was coming from, which to your surprise, actually lead to a cluster of jagged red rocks that jut out of the sidewalk. "There."

"Whoooaaaa...." steven was in awe at the display. He then turned to Ronaldo. "Did the fall from the sky?" Ronaldo looked as though he was about to reply, but his eyes caught you sniffing lightly at the odd occurrence, while spinel poked at it. You traced a claw over the cracks formed around them narrowing your eyes. "Looks like these things came up from the ground." You uttered, as spinel peeked out from behind your head to see for herself. "Wow.. pretty neat!"

Ronaldo pursed his lips and nodded. "She's right..." he muttered. "Quite the observant creature."
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Time carries on as you follow steven and Ronaldo around on their hunt of the "paranormal", something you found to be quite silly, since the boy basically lives with paranormal, but you honestly couldn't help but enjoy how excited and joyous he was throughout the trip.

It was like the littlest of things made him happy.

"Guys! look at this!" Steven pointed excitedly to the discovery, whilst gripping your chest fur in his hand. You all come upto a dumpster outside of Big Donut, where you come across a garbage bin speckled in pink flowers. You wrinkled your muzzle lightly at the strange sight, seeing that a normal flower wouldn't dare ground on such a foul object.

...come to think of it, they actually looked oddly familiar.

As you stared pensively at the odd plants and spinel just squished her cheeks in starry-eyed awe, Ronaldo suddenly pulls out his phone. "According to an online encyclopedia, in which I am a user/editor of..." Ronaldo starts, reading into an article. "...this species isn't indigenous to this region..." he suddenly pulls an exaggeratedly dramatic face as he finishes his claim. "or this dimension!" To top off this dramatic shift; he makes a poor attempt at an echo.

"...neither is (name) or spinel." You muttered flatly, unaware of spinel plucking a pink flower from the bin and placing it on your head with a giggle, it flashing subtly in sun's light.
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After a bit more of walking around, your "investigation" comes to a close and you walk upto BeachCity Fries.

"Ooh, (name), can we get fries?" Spinel asked, leaning forward eagerly towards the fast food establishment. You simply smiled in response. "Get money from (name)'s bag." You said, making your way towards the restaurant. Behind you, Ronaldo and steven were catching up to you, as Ronaldo lectured the boy.

"We live in a strange world, Steven. Stranger than most know, Stranger than they care to know. Take my brother for instance." He looks over at Peedee at his post, giving you your order of fries, reaching over to give you a head pat afterwards. "He's always getting on my case, telling me to work more. He'll never understand, but Steven I can tell you're like me." He looks down at the boy with a serious expression. "Your mother alien behemoth just exceeds that."

Steven seemed ecstatic to hear this. "Yeah!" However, his smile wilted slightly as a realization hit him. "But (name)'s not a-" he was cut off by ronaldo's stare hardening at the boy into the look of resolve.

"I know you're someone I can trust!"
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Ooh, been a while, hasn't it?~