Corrupted Heart - Steven Universe x Reader

Chapter 9

"Everyone would be staring at the loner girl sulking in the corner", I confessed, gripping onto my arms and embracing myself, shamefully. Steven tilted his head slightly to the side.

"Well... no one's staring right now", I heard him mutter to me. I glance up to face him, noticing he was gawking right at me. "Steven, you're staring", I frowned, narrowing my eyebrows. Steven glanced away in remorse, as he showed a flustered expression.

"Oh...yeah. Oh, one sec", he stuttered, as I noticed a faint, opaque tint of red slightly concealing his face while he hesitated to avert his gaze from you. Steven reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone, intuitively sticking out his tongue. I squinted my eyes slightly with curiosity, wondering what he was doing. He tapped on it, scrolling through a playlist before pressing the 'Play Button'.

He gently sticks his phone into the sand coast as an upbeat melody began to play. Steven got up and stepped a few steps away from me. He used his arm to shield his eyes.

"So, what I was trying to say was...", he offered his other available hand to me, as his blush somewhat disappeared. At least, that's what he thought. I could still see a vague colour on his face, that was hidden under his arm. "Come dance with me".

I scoffed, shaking my head. "W-What? No way!", I sputtered, glancing at him with wide eyes. I felt my heart begin to slightly speed up with every second that passed by, making me plant my hand on my chest to steady it. "Aw, come on", Steven contended, not withdrawing his arm from his face.

I continued to reject his offer, while he continued to plead for me to accept. It's not like I didn't want to dance with Steven, I just didn't want to dance in general. "Please...?", he uttered, causing me to halt my prepared counter. "I really want to dance with you".

I bashfully glanced up at him, before quickly averting my gaze away. If I thought Steven's blush was bad, it was nothing compared to mine. I felt every drop of blood in my body rush to my cheeks, and I had no clue why my emotions were making such a big deal out of this as I began debating on what I about what I should do.

In the end, I let out an exhalation before side glancing Steven. "If I step on your feet, don't say I didn't warn you", I said, tentatively.

I hesitated slightly, before stretching up and gripping onto Steven's hand. He lifted his arm off his face, glancing down at my hand inside his grasp. He smiled at the sight of it as if he was holding the whole planet in the palm of his hand. He suddenly tugged me towards him, causing me to squeal out in awe. Once I was standing in front of him, he gripped onto my other hand, holding both in front of him.

Then we danced.

I glanced down at our feet moving in sync with the beat of the music, just to be sure I didn't unexpectedly step on Steven. I couldn't help but chortle at the situation I was pulled into. "This is so dumb", I scoffed, however, found myself snickering soon after. Steven mirrored what I did, watching our feet move back and forth.

"I don't think it is", he grinned at me. Steven suddenly lifted my arm up with his and twirled me around. When I came to face him, he began doing a little jig on his own. I broke into small chuckles as I attempted to perform my own solo too. Steven paused for a moment, watching my 'attempt ' of dancing.

He couldn't help but blush for the third time. He thought my effort was adorable. Of course, he would never say that to my face, he could only imagine how much I'd yell at him. Even though I thought I was just making a fool of myself, through Steven's eyes, I was his ideal muse. While dancing around with a carefree attitude, we somehow ended up crashing into each other. Steven began to fall backwards, bracing himself for impact before he felt a pair of firm hands wrapped themselves around his body.