Little Gem Thief

Welcoming Party

Pearl had been told by Garnet that if the Borrowers were to ever return that Steven would want to throw a welcoming party in their honor, and if it was the case then she was to retrieve Garnet and Amethyst. Though she didn't like the idea, mainly because she had never gotten to say sorry until now, but also because they're the ones who took Steven's socks! It may have taken a while for her to realize it, but she had eventually used Sage's speech, which she had conveniently recorded with her gem, to come to that conclusion. She still did as told and ventured into the temple, after apologizing to Grimm of course, and wandered around until she was able to find Garnet and Amethyst. "What is it Pearl?"
"The Borrowers are back."
"Told ya she didn't scare them away G!"

(Back in the main room)

"Connie! You brought them back!"
"Well, they asked me to bring them back, I would never bring them back without them wanting to come."
"If Grimm didn't want to come back you never would've seen us again." Steven chuckled at Sage's comment, thinking that she had been joking, forcing Grimm to grab her arm to calm her down. At this point Steven and Connie could tell that the two borrowers dynamic was much like their resident fusions parts, Steven really thinks that they'd make a tiny Garnet if they were able to fuse. Now he wants to get them to dance to see if borrowers can fuse, since he's not sure if Sage ever said that they could, but that didn't matter right now, right now it was time to celebrate their return! Steven brought out the banner that Garnet told him to make just in case, it read; 'Welcome back to your new even though you've been living here a while home!' "Wow, you made a banner? Weren't we only gone for about a week or two?" Sage looked towards Grimm, expecting her to agree with a nod, and instead saw her with an excited expression, Grimm looked towards Steven and quickly began signing something, Steven who didn't understand any sign language, and who didn't even know any other language besides English existed, quickly became confused until Sage sighed and began to translate for her girlfriend friend "She says, 'Thank you so much for the surprise! We're going to be staying here and we're doing great!' mind you she said that with much more enthusiasm, but you could probably pick that up by her expression."
"Yeah! It's great to have both of you guys back at the temple! We've missed you!" Almost as if on cue, at the word 'we' the gems came tumbling out of the temple though it wasn't for the reason that Steven and Connie might've been hoping for, instead it was to see the borrowers and make sure that they had not been injured in any way, as Garnet had taken an impression to how much they acted like the gems that made her up, except for the fact that these two were not together in any admitted way that wasn't friendship. Soon after the gems and borrowers had spoken the party began, mainly going through the usual motions of ice-breakers for the two that did not know the others as well as the remaining beings in the room, after ice-breakers and snacks they began to talk about what they would be doing in the near future, now that the borrowers were now residence of the crystal temple. "Well now that we're back here I guess well just do what we would've if we hadn't been caught, just keep borrowing stuff like usual."
"Does that mean we won't get to talk again?"
"Of course we won't talk. Grimm's probably going to be the only one attempting to communicate, and either way we agreed that we'd borrow whenever you guys can see us, so you'll see you plenty, but you won't hear us. Unless Grimm actually starts to speak." The last part of the sentence was aimed at the quieter of the borrowers, who's face paled when she heard what her lover friend hoped she would begin to do, and she quickly signed at Sage, asking her if they could return to their old home underneath the couch for a talk. Sage complied and told the human and gems where they would be if they were needed, but she was sure to mention that she did not encourage them to actually try and speak with them, soon after the borrowers disappeared in their home the party broke up, everyone went back to their rooms, and Steven and Connie began to get ready for bed.