No Rest for The Weary| Crystal Gems X Reader

Chapter 24: Flip the Switch

"Boring," Y/n chuckled, "I just kind of walked up and down the arcade for like five hours,"

"You didn't play any games?" Amethyst asked

"I couldn't, I'm supposed to be watching the place. Hard to pay attention if your playing Beat Meat Mania," Y/n chuckled

"Come on, man. You didn't get an breaks?" Amethyst pouted

"Well, I got a 30 minute lunch break," Y/n told, "And... I had a 15 minute break once,"

"Sounds rough," Amethyst groaned

"Eh, it could've been worse," Y/n shrugged, "I mean, I got payed fifty dollars for doing nothing in a certain spot,"

"Translate fifty dollars something I'd understand," Amethyst leaned forward a bit

"Like 4 large pizzas and a soda," Y/n told

"Dude, you're rich!" Amethyst cheered

"Debatable," Y/n laughed, "So, what's going on here?"

"Nothing, really," Amethyst shrugged, "I mean, we've been listening to Pearl panicking about you for a few hours,"

"I haven't been panicking!" Pearl defended

"No... You were panicking," Steven said

"Steven!" Pearl gasped, "Garnet, I wasn't panicking was I?"

"You were," Garnet told

"Well, I appreciate you caring about me," Y/n laughed, "Any missions?"

"Nope, nothing since Monday," Amethyst told, "It's been quiet... Well, quiet on the mission front. Like I said. Pearl. Was. Squawking."

"Now you're just being rude," Pearl pouted

"Alright, alright. I'll stop," Amethyst laughed

"So... Anything exciting happen at work?" Steven asked

"Someone messed with the security cameras, so I fixed them," Y/n said, "Well... Fixed is a bit of an exaggeration. I just got the power back on,"

"There're cameras?" Steven frowned, "Never noticed them,"

"Really? They're pretty big for security cameras," Y/n stated, "Eh, I guess if you're not looking for them you don't see 'em,"

"See anything interesting on those things?" Amethyst asked

"I guess, there was some... illegal stuff going down," Y/n told

"Heh, Y/n making another take down," Amethyst laughed, "Up top!"

"All I did was turn on the power," Y/n chuckled as they highfived Amethyst

"Hey, no one else did it," Amethyst reasoned

"I guess you're right," Y/n laughed, "So, why don't we do something?"

"Sounds like a good idea to me," Amethyst said as she hopped off the counter.

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"Y/n, you have a visitor," Pearl called up to Y/n who was playing video games with Steven in his loft

"Huh?... But this isn't my house?" Y/n frowned as they paused the game and went downstairs to see Mr. Smiley at the door with large bags, "Mr. Smiley?"

"Y/n! Just the kid I wanted to see," Mr. Smiley laughed, "I got everything you said you needed. A laptop with a DVD drive and DVDs,"

"Oh, that's great! I can do that for you right now, if you'd like," Y/n told

"Here, I don't know how to work this stuff," Mr. Smiley said, "You can get it to me tomorrow, yeah?"

"Yep, can do-" Y/n said as they looked in the bag, "Mr. Smiley... This is a brand new laptop,"

"Yeah, I figured that you could use it since you're helping me out and all that," Mr. Smiley said

"You want me to give it back to you, right?" Y/n asked forcefully

"Nah, keep it. I got it for you," Mr. Smiley told

"Mr. Smiley, this is like eighty hours worth of work right here, I can't accept this," Y/n shook their head

"Listen, you're saving me tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees and years in court. I think I can spare eight hundred dollars for you," Mr. Smiley told

"Are... Are you sure? This is awfully generous," Y/n said

"I'm sure, have a nice day, Y/n. See you tomorrow!" Mr. Smiley waved

"...Well then," Y/n frowned as they looked down at the laptop box with a large pack of DVDs, "I feel like I should be happy, but I'm mostly in shock right now,"

"What's wrong with getting a nice reward once in a while?" Amethyst shrugged

"I literally just flipped two switches," Y/n reminded, "Two, it doesn't take a hero to do that,"

"Well, sometimes simple things are the best solutions," Pearl added, "Let people be thankful, Y/n. You'll be much happier if you do,"

"Let's set it up!" Steven cheered as he cleared the table, "Come on! I wanna see it!"

"Alright, alright," Y/n laughed as the pulled it out of the bag, "I'm coming,"

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