Steven Universe fic

Chapter Five: the Shortest Part

Pearl picked one of the roof planks off of Amethyst and Steven, Garnet pushed the remaining debris from the living area, glancing at Steven who sat up rubbing his sore neck.

"I don't understand. I thought she was better." He mumbled. Pearl helped the boy up before picking up another plank.

"Obviously she isn't. I was expecting her to go on a tirade. I don't see why she didn't" she scoffed, shaking her head at the thought.

"She wasn't ever going to hurt us." Garnet deadpanned as she threw her pile of debris over the balcony.

"What? Did you see it with your future vision?" Amethyst gawked, throwing another plank overboard.

"Yes." Garnet pushed her visor up before turning to Steven who sat on the couch looking distraught.  She entered the living room and sat on the couch next to him.
"Spinel is right."

Her words caused Steven to break from his train of thought, he looked up at his friend.

"Your relationship wasn't honest, and she has grown enough to see that."

Steven looked to his feet, overcome with guilt. But feeling oddly relieved that the gem had left. And angry, but he couldn't comprehend why.

"I say let her go. If she has a tantrum every time her feelings get hurt, we'll have to rebuild every day." Pearl remarked snidely. Amethyst came to her side now, listening intently to the conversation but not speaking.

"Garnet, did you know this would happen?" Steven asked after remaining silent for the time.

"Yes, and no. It was a possibility. Now it's an eventuality. But now you have to decide what to do about it." Garnet stood, "I'm going to throw out the trash." The fusion stepped out to the balcony and vaulted over.

Pearl turned her attention to Steven, her hand resting on his.

"You don't have to go after her, it might be better if you didn't." She sighed, clutching his hands.

"Yeah, there's no telling what she would do to you, she might come back with another injector." Amethyst said, hopping on the couch next to him. Steven bent over, resting his head on his palm, trying to think of what he would even say to Spinel. He ran through as many scenarios he could imagine, but he couldn't see himself speaking to her. Let alone her listening. He didn't want to do anything. He wanted to just let go of it all. His mind wouldn't allow it though, he thought about the diamonds, and their actions, what he saw in Spinel's memories.
He thought of the chore it would be to confront them. But he didn't want to. He shouldn't have to. He shouldn't have to deal with any of this. Homeworld, Spinel's instability, these were things his mother caused, he wasn't obligated to fix anything.

"I'm going to bed." He muttered, standing up from the couch, he turned his head to look at Pearl and Amethyst who let out a reluctant sigh.
Then he walked up the stairs to his room and flopped onto his bed. Exhausted.