"Connie, come quick. Code Rainbow." Steven squealed happily into the telephone. Code Rainbow, obviously named after Rainbow Dash, is Steven's way of saying My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is going to air in twenty minutes.
"Code Rainbow, Steven?" Connie asked, not entirely familiar with Steven's mannerisms.
Steven sighed, his rolling eyes piercing through the telephone. "My Little Pony, Connie." Steven wished he didn't have to explain these things to Connie. By now she should be aware of what he's talking about, considering they've watched the first four seasons of the show together.
"Oh." Connie laughed. "Okay, well I'll be over soon. Just need to get my homework done." Truthfully Connie didn't have any homework, she just needed time to come up with an elaborate lie of why she's going to see Steven.
"Well hurry or you'll miss it." Steven yelled into the telephone. Whenever Connie shows up late, he has to explain what happened in the episode, which takes away time they spend actually watching it.
Garnet, Pearl, and Amethyst entered the crystal fortress through the warp pad. "Steven! You'll never guess what we found!" Pearl sang cheerfully. Amethyst rolled her eyes. What they found, was a portal to the multiverse. A round rift in space-time that grants access to all of the known universes.
"It's not that exciting Steven." Amethyst said, after being the first gem to go into the portal. The universe she managed to enter, was completely and utterly terrifying.
Steven pondered the trip for a moment, before remembering why he needs to stay. "Um, on second thought I'm just going to stay here and... eat breakfast!" Steven lied, needing desperately to watch his favorite show. He can't tell the gems without risking being made fun of for watching a show meant for little girls.
Pearl audibly facepalmed. "It's 3:30 Steven." Amethyst laughed. Steven remembered he already ate breakfast a few hours ago... and lunch. Coming up with a good lie on the spot is very hard to do.
"Yeah, it's Steven. Let him make some waffles and gorge himself until his balls explode!" Amethyst guffawed. Steven had an interesting visual of his balls exploding, and covered his eyes to shroud the imaginary horror.
"Amethyst! That's not funny!" Pearl yelled, tired of Amethyst's disgusting sense of humor. Steven's balls exploding is not something that should be funny.
"Let her stay here with Steven. She'll be a detriment to our mission." Garnet chimed in. Always the quiet one, she is the most resourceful when she speaks. Amethyst had already seen the portal, and wouldn't want to go back again.
"Fine! We'll eat waffles together, right Steven?" Amethyst looked to Steven with wild eyes. The rest of the crystal gems went off into the warp stream.
"That's not a euphemism is it?" Steven squealed, afraid of what Amethyst might be implying. Amethyst laughed.
"Nah. We'll have a good time." Amethyst said happily as she waved off the others, even though they had already left. "Have fun exploring you're dumb multiverse." She laughed and rolled her eyes.
"Multiverse?" Steven gasped. Multiple universes? The thought of maybe getting a chance to explore Equestria went through Steven's mind. He quickly came down though, and realized that it's only a fevered dream.
"Yeah we found a portal that leads to all known universes while warping through subspace." Amethyst giggled. All known universes? Now Steven knew he had a shot. He was going to do whatever he can to get back in that portal.
"You said it wasn't that cool." Steven pouted. Amethyst's antics got the best of Steven. Now he knew that the portal was at least twenty percent cooler than Amethyst said.
"Oh, it's alright Steven, Pearl was probably going to take us to the land of moon rocks or something." Amethyst told Steven. Pearl wanted to study the multiverse for scientific reasons, fun of any kind was not to be had.
The door opened behind Steven. Connie walked in and Steven's eyes glued onto her before blushing and looking away. "Connie, you made it!" He gasped. He was legitimately concerned that Connie wasn't going to make it until the end. She is awfully serious about her homework.
"Yeah." Connie blushed. "I couldn't say no to a Code Rainbow." Connie winked. Knowing Amethyst was in the room, she had to make sure she wasn't aware of their plans.
"Oh yeah." Steven laughed. Happy that Connie is finally getting it. He's been trying to be more secretive, now using various code names for their secret plans.
"What's a Code Rainbow Steven?" Amethyst asked curiously. Amethyst didn't have the slightest clue, and she wanted to find out
Steven's eyes lit up nervously. "Um... it means we need Rainbow sprinkles, for the waffles." Steven quickly pushed Amethyst out the door. "Which means you have to buy some." Steven shut the door, then opened it again. "...For the waffles." Amethyst shrugged and left to get some sprinkles.
"Are Steven and Connie...?" Amethyst asked herself. Maybe Code Rainbow is Steven's way of saying they're making love. "No. They wouldn't." She ran quickly to the store, grabbing a bag of condoms without having the time or money to pay for them. She gasped, running quickly back to the temple.
Steven scrambled hurriedly to turn on the TV. "We have to hurry. I think we made Amethyst suspicious." Amethyst was suspicious, but of something far worse than watching a kids show.
"No... Amethyst seemed fine..." Connie said, before being interrupted by a nervous Amethyst charging through the door with a mysterious baggie.
"Steven!" Amethyst panted heavily from running back to the temple. "Use a condom!" She threw the bag on the ground at a surprisingly fully clothed Steven. Amethyst anxiously blushed and turned away.
"What's a condom?" Steven asked scratching his head. Steven really had no idea what Amethyst was talking about. But he was curious to know what a condom was. He tried reaching for the bag,
"Um...." Amethyst turned bright red. "It's a vegetable. But don't eat it. I need to take it back." She grabbed the bag and threw it out the window. Good cover, she thought. Steven couldn't be interested in a vegetable.
"Okay?" Steven asked before turning to the TV behind him broadcasting his favorite show. He hoped Amethyst would leave again, and not pay attention to what him and Connie were watching
"Is that?" Amethyst turned to see the TV before laughing uncontrollably. "My Little Pony?" She had seen a glimpse of the show one time. Pearl was flipping through the channels, and stopped on the show after mistaking Rarity for the evil White Diamond.
"No!" Steven blushed. "Yes! Don't look at me." Steven was ashamed, humiliated, and nearly soiled himself in embarrassment.
Amethyst comforted Steven. "Don't worry, Steven, a lot of men like the show. Humans go through an awkward phase where they start being attracted to certain things." After Pearl asked many people in beach city questions about the show, when she was convinced it was evil, she found out that many grown men liked the show in a sexual manner.
Connie quickly became uncomfortable and pushed Amethyst out of the house. "Okay... Amethyst, go bring the vegetables back... I assure you Steven and I are not doing anything gross." Connie, being aware of what sex was, knew what Amethyst was getting at. She did not want her corrupting the innocent Steven.
Amethyst laughed. "Okay." The door shut quickly, locking her outside. It's her house, why do Steven and Connie think they can kick her out whenever? She kicked a rock in frustration.
"Whew." Connie sighed in relief. "That was close." She was afraid they wouldn't get to watch the show, and that Amethyst would never leave.
"Alright." Steven smiled. "Let's watch it." They already missed two minutes of the show, but Steven didn't care. He secretly taped every episode and hid them all under his bed.
Steven sat down with his bottomless popcorn and shared it with Connie. They quickly became closer as they smiled and laughed with the show. "Who's your favorite?" Steven asked. Connie blushed.
"Fluttershy. What's yours?" Fluttershy's shyness appealed to her quite a bit. While Connie loved Twilight's scholarly attitude, she felt like Fluttershy was a bit more relaxed and laid back.
"Rainbow Dash. Because she reminds me of Amethyst. Except cooler." Steven smiled. Connie laughed. Amethyst had a rough and tumble attitude much like Rainbow Dash. If they knew each other they'd probably be really good friends.
"Fluttershy is a lot like me you know. She's always worried about what other ponies think. Kind of like me." Connie sighed. Fluttershy's anxious demeanor sometimes made Connie burst into tears. She felt she related strongly to her fear.
"Even though everybody already loves her." Steven smiled again. All of the ponies love Fluttershy, they want what's best for her and would never intentionally humiliate her. He felt the same way towards Connie.
"Yeah." Connie smiled back and kissed Steven on the cheek. Steven blushed heavily. He didn't know how to respond. Was this a sign of what's to come? Can they be more than friends?
"Wow." Steven said dreamily. He was happy now, he knew he liked Connie. Now he knows she likes her back.
"Was that okay?" Connie asked, feeling the need to ask permission for her advances.
"Yeah." Steven laughed. The warp pad reverberated to signal the arrival of the crystal gems. "Oh no." Steven stood up, his outstretched arms covering the television. He breathed heavily, his face dripping with sweat.
"Steven. Last chance to come with us." Pearl said slyly. "Um... what is that?" She said pointing to the TV. She saw the outer edges of the television, and was suspicious of it being so determinately blocked by Steven.
"Aw, come on guys I'm watching my favorite show." Steven whined. If he had a chance to go with them back to the portal, he couldn't pass it up, but he felt bad about having to leave Connie after she'd just kissed him.
"Where's Amethyst?" Pearl asks, curiously looking around the temple. Amethyst was nowhere to be found, having left earlier after being kicked out by Connie.
"She should be back any minute." Steven said, before Amethyst came back, with rainbow sprinkles dropping from the hole in her bag. She knew the original reason for Code Rainbow was a lie, but rainbow sprinkles sounded really good.
"Steven, can I come in now? I got the sprinkles." Amethyst gasped. "Aw man, some of them spilled on the ground." She glued her face to the floor and licked them up in a very unsanitary manner.
"I got to go... Pearl and Garnet really want me to see something." Steven said blankly. He was determined to go to the multiverse portal, and it wasn't to study moon rocks.
"Fine. I'll go." Amethyst sighed. She wasn't going to leave Steven hanging, plus the thought of being alone with Connie seemed very boring.
"Connie. Keep taping the show I'll be back any minute." Steven said. "Here I go." The warp pad hummed musically, sending him and the crystal gems off through the warp stream.
"Alright." Connie waved, long after Steven was gone. "I'll be here. Alone." She sighed, facing the TV.