Steven Universe fic

pt 8 Chapter Five: Sickness

The sunlight trickled through the window to Steven's side, causing the sleepy boy to roll over, pulling his arm up to avoid waking earlier than he had liked.
But the smell of bacon downstairs drifted up to his half slumbering self,
pulling him gently awake. It wasn't common for the gems to make a full breakfast, so the smell was peculiar.

Steven sat up in bed and slipped on some house slippers before making his way downstairs.
Smoke filled the living room and hung in the air like fog and Spinel stood at the stove coughing and waving the smoke from her face.

The smoke forced Steven out of his grogginess and he pushed Spinel aside, grabbing the pan and pulling it out of her hands and far away from the stove.

"What are you doing?!" He gasped, setting the pan full of charred bacon on a cold eye.

"I was gonna make breakfast?" She answered grabbing one of the blackened peices and eyeing it like it hadn't been thoroughly cooked.
Steven stared at her entirely bemused.

"You've never cooked before, were you not watching it?" He asked, holding back a chuckle. Spinel rubbed her neck looking a tad embarrassed at her poor attempt of breakfast.

"I got distracted- guess I just spaced?" She answered blushing slightly at the terrible excuse. Steven laughed and picked up the bacon with tongs, and setting them on a plate.

"I hope you like burnt bacon." He replied, grabbing a crispy peice for himself, he waved it in her face before crunching down on it.
Spinel grabbed her own peice, watching Steven make exaggerated faces to convey the taste. She popped it in her mouth, the taste of it lit her eyes up, but the charred bits made her second guess herself.

"What is going on in here?!" Pearl entered through her room door, immediately shooting a look at the two of them, she waved the smoke away.

"Were you intending to burn the whole house down?" She chided, picking up a charred peice of bacon, her face twisted up into a look of disgust before she set the piece down on the plate again.

"Spinel wanted breakfast." Steven answered, grabbing the piece she set down and chomping down on it. Pearl looked at Spinel who glanced away in embarrassment before letting out a nervous laugh.

"Its only a little burnt." She muttered with a disingenuous smile. Pearl scoffed, before making her way to the warp to visit New Homeworld.

"Don't worry," Steven smiled through his chews, "we can open the windows and it'll be fine."

Spinel smiled softly in return, she was hoping to make him breakfast before he woke, he had been worrying so much about everything, it seemed like something that would make him feel just a little bit better.

Steven grabbed the last of the bacon, offering it to her, she shook her head, and he shoved the last couple pieces in his mouth before heading over to the window to let air inside.
Spinel grabbed a table fan and plugged it in, while Steven opened the windows.

"This should be fine, we can go outside while it airs out." Steven said, opening the door and holding it as Spinel followed him out.

"What do you have planned for the day?" She asked, following close behind as the boy made his way down the stairs. Steven waved his hand in the air dismissively.

"Not sure, maybe I'll go to the Big Donut and check on Lars, probably help around New Homeworld, maybe call Connie later." He answered, turning to face his gem friend. "You want to come?"

A smile drifted across Spinel's face as she heard the offer. She nodded, catching up to his side and walking in step with him. She paused, letting out a small cough that grew in her throat.