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You are My Universe (MysteriousD/DaddysLittleSkank)

Tula returned to the table with a slice of cake for everyone who wanted it. "You must keep yourselves very busy then." She said with a smile as she sat down.

"Italians and Greeks are actually pretty similar." Chris Sr said. "And there's a lot of crossover with the food. Moussaka is essentially Greek lasagna, Italians have a version of Pita bread, both heavily use olives and olive oil, and anisette and ouzo are pretty much the same thing."
 
"Well, it's been pretty quiet around here recently, but that's all right," Steven commented before he passed around the slices of cake around for everyone before having his own right in front of him. Greg just nodded in agreement with everything that Chris Sr said about the similarities of their culture.

"For the lost part, we have just been defending the city from potential threats while researching how to help our friends," Garnet explained to the family. "Yeah, it's been pretty chill for a while now," Amethyst noted.
 
"Everyone does need a break every once in awhile." Tula said.

"Not for the next three days," Rai chuckled, "Steven and I are babysitting Mason while the newly weds are on their honeymoon."

"It was so sweet of you kids to pay for your brother's honeymoon." Tula said appearing to be proud of her grandchildren.
 
"Yeah, though we're not sure how long it will last," Steven confessed to her while shrugging his shoulder. "Yeah, but I'm sure we'll do a good job taking care of Mason," he added with a smile. "And I'll come by every now and then to lend a hand," Greg added with a smile.

"And we'll help too whenever we can," Amethyst added before she continued to wolf down on her cake.
 
"Dennis already said that Barb will take him if he gets too much for us, but I doubt that'll happen." Rai said

"You've handled worse." Tula joked. "Remember when you ended up watching the quads?"

"Unfortunately yes. I was literally chasing four toddlers around trying to stop them from destroying everything." Rai shook her head before looking at her watch. "We should hurry up though we have to pick mason up in twenty minutes."
 
"Oh man, that sounds crazy," Steven said as he couldn't help but laugh at picturing young Rai trying to keep track of 4 toddlers around the area. "Thank you for having us over for a wonderful dinner," Steven and Greg ended up saying at the same time. "We had a wonderful time," Garnet added with a smile.

"Yeah, sorry we didn't talk much, but we're kinda private that way," Amethyst confessed to the grandparents and such.
 
"It's our pleasure," Tula said also smiling, "maybe next time we won't have the other grandparents."

Rai hugged her grandparents and dad before leaving with everyone and once they were all in the van, Rai pulled some envelopes out of her bag. "Before we actually leave, I have something for... most of you. Sorry Peridot and Lapis, I didn't know you were coming until yesterday."

"It's fine." Lapis said.

"I got food so I'm happy." Peridot replied.

Rai handed an envelope to Steven, Greg, Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. "Just heads up, I got some tissues in my purse if you need them."

"I doubt we'll need tissues for something in an envelope, Raiden." Pearl opening her's. Inside was a card and when Pearl opened her's, she looked shocked. "How did you do this?"

"Dennis is really good at photoshop. I gave him pics and he worked his magic." Rai said.

"This is so sweet!" Pearl said as she hugged Rai.

When Garnet and Amethyst opened their envelopes they would find a fairly recent photos of themselves with Rose photoshopped into them. Steven's picture was of him as a baby being held by Rose and Greg's was a picture of him and Rose holding Steven as a toddler.
 
Greg had gotten in the van, but before he could start it, he saw Rai pull out some envelopes. "What is it?" Greg said as he got his and Steven's envelopes before giving Steven's to him. Both of them opened it up at the same time and the sight filled them with plenty of emotion to say the least.

Steven saw his baby picture having been modified so she was there. Rose Quartz, his mother. Steven had long since come to terms regarding the relationship with his mother, but it was still an emotional subject at times. He looked at the picture and smiled. He felt many different things, but what he could identify was gratitude. He turned to Rai and held her tightly, even giving her a kiss to show just how much the whole thing it meant to him.

Greg also felt the same, in terms of gratitude. "Thanks Rai," he said with a smile as he wiped away the tears, When Steven finished giving her the hug and the kiss, Greg hugged her.
 
Rai hugged them both, saying, "I thought you guys might need cheering up after dinner, so I figured this would be perfect."

Dennis had photoshopped a picture of their mother holding Rai, something that hadn't happened in real life due to Molly's death and Rai's being in an incubator. This was something that had weighed heavily on Rai as the other quints had pictures of their mother holding them but the most Rai had was a picture of Molly reaching her hand in Rai's incubator and Rai holding Molly's finger, so the picture meant a lot to her, despite it not being real.
 
Amythest smiled before she joined in the group hug and even Garnet joined in in hugging Rai along with Steven and Greg. "That's really awesome, the surprise," Amethyst told Rai with a big smile. "We should do definitely frame them up and put them in the house," Greg told them before he aprted so he could drive them to where they needed to go.

"So where is Mason staying right now?" he asks.
 
"Mason is at Dennis and Sadie's apartment," Rai said, "and I'm gonna need help because there's gonna be a lot of stuff."

"How much could he need?" Pearl asked.

"Well, it's three days worth of clothes, diapers, toiletries, snacks, and milk along with his stroller, car seat, pack and play, and toys." Rai said. "Luckily he's starting to eat more things, so we're only gonna need six bottles."
 
"Well, I'll help carry the stuff in the van and I know what it's like," Greg told ehr as he was driving her to the Beach City Complex, the set of apartments build in Beach City a few years ago. While among the taller buildings there, it still fit in perfectly with the rest of Beach City.

"Steven had practice in babysitting babies before," Greg said, recalling Steven doing babyitting around the area to help earn some money. "The both of you will do fine," he told them.

"What food does he like?" Steven asked Rai.
 
"One major difference is that you probably gave Steven formula, the two bottles Mason drinks everyday is still Sadie's breast milk. I tease her for it saying that kid's gonna be in high school still drinking that stuff, but she's insisting that he keeps drinking it until he's two." Rai explained. "Other than that he like mac n cheese, turkey, cheerios, and most fruits."

"Breast milk?" Pearl asked.

"It's like cow milk but instead of coming from cow's udders, it comes from human boobs." Rai explained. "Some women keep breasting until the kid makes a decision to stop which honestly I find weird, and others choose not to at all."

"Does it hurt?" Pearl asked, getting weirded.

"It can," Rai said, "but it mostly just takes a lot of dedication, which is why a lot of women have pumps and then put it in a bottle. What's even weirder is women who nurse other women's babies."

"That happens?" Pearl asked again.

"Yup. In fact Rosemary's mom had just finished nursing her twins when my mom had us quints and she nursed all five of us after our mom died." Rai chuckled. "Then almost immediately after she finished nursing us she found out she was pregnant for Rosemary."
 
"Yeah, didn't know anyone that could help with that," Greg said, chuckling. He and Steven couldn't help but smirk at Peark asking about breast milk and such. Even with all the time Gems have spended on here, they still have plenty of moments of weirdness with humanity.

"Well, we have plenty of fruit thanks to Lapis and Peridot and the others we already have," Steven told Rai as they saw they were approaching the apartment. "Guess you'll be staying over too, Rai?" he asked her.
 
"Of coarse," Rai said with a laugh, "Dennis would have a panic attack if I just left Mason with you."

Once they'd reached the building, Rai got out and lead the way to Dennis and Sadie's apartment, where she rang the doorbell. Dennis answered the door, saying, "Come on in, Sadie is just changing Mason' diaper." The apartment was pretty simply furnished, not too fancy but it looked welcoming enough. Off to the side of the door there was a pile of thing for Mason.
 
Steven laughed along with Rai before they ended arriving at the apartment. Steven and the others followed Rai to the apartment and they all waved hi to Dennis and Sadie. "Well, this looks easy enough to carry," Greg commented as he carried a couple of the bags while Amethyst transformed into the Purple Puma form do carry the rest of the stuff easier.

"Are you excited about your honeymoon?" Steven asked them with a big smile
 
A few seconds after they arrived, Mason came running (well more of toddling faster than more) out of his room wearing his diaper and a t-shirt followed shortly by Sadie. "He didn't want to wear pants and I fought him enough to wear a shirt."

Mason ran to Rai and was picked. "There's my favoritest nephew." Rai said.

"About as excited as I can be knowing this is gonna longest I've been away from him." Sadie said

"Chill, I've watched him enough that I can handle him for three days. Right Mason? Are you ready to have fun with Theia Rai and Theios Steven?" Rai said before Mason starting pulling her nose. "I'll take that as a yes."
 
Steven just chuckled when he saw Mason come over and be embraced by Rai while smiling. "Wow, he's growing alot," Greg said as he affectionately rubbed Mason's head. "Don't worry, Sadie. We'll take care of him," Steven reassured Sadie with a smile.

He then chuckled when he saw Mason grab Rai's nose. "Has he had anything to eat yet?" Steven asked Mason.
 
"He's already had dinner and taken a bath, all he needs is his nighttime bottle an hour before bed and he'll be good until morning." Sadie explained.

"He should winding down pretty soon." Dennis said looking at his watch. "And he usually sleeps nine or ten hours, and he'll need a nap-"

"Around three or three thirty." Rai said. "I know Dennis. I've been his babysitter since he was born."

"Yes but you've only ever watched him for a few hours, not a few days." Dennis was clearly concerned.

"Are you afraid I'm going to give him back to you with gauged ears and a couple of tattoos?" Rai joked.

"Now I am!" Dennis looked even more concerned.
 
Steven kept note of what was said regarding what Mason will be needing, nodding to tell them he understood. "Well, at least as long as we keep an eye on hm and make sure he gets his sleep, it should be good," Steven noted to the both of them.

Steven couldn't help but chuckle at Dennis' worry. "Don't worry. Dad says he'll stop by every so often to make sure that we're all right and lending help," Steven told them. Greg just nodded. He did raise Steven primarily for the most part and he found he was good with kids.
 
Dennis took Mason from Rai and hugged him, saying, "You be good for your aunt. I love you." He kissed him on the cheek before putting him down.

Sadie hugged Mason too, "I'm gonna miss you." Mason started trying to push away from Sadie.

"I think he's trying to tell you he's ready to leave." Rai said picking him up.
 
Steven took the time to hug both Dennis and Sadie. "Have fun, you two! Stay same and watching your spending," he advised in a friendly manner as the rest of the stuff was put away. "We should get going," Steven told Rai with a smile.

"What do you gonna do, pearl? Hang out with Diego for the rest of the evening?" Amethyst asked Pearl.
 
Rai gave both of them a hug too, jokingly saying, "Just don't come back expecting #2, okay?"

Dennis glared at his sister and simply said, "No."

Rai left holding Mason on her hip, purposely placing on the side where her hair was super short so he'd have a charmer time grabbing it.

"Most likely." Pearl said.

"Ew, Pearl gonna get her some." Rai teased.

"Raiden!" Pearl said sternly
 
Steven couldn't help but chuckle at what Rai said in temrs of Dennis and Sadie returning with a second babyb. Though he wondered if they would.

"Aw come on, Rai. I don't know if Pearl could get some," Amethyst said back, teasing at Pearl's uppityness when it came to this sort of stuff. Steven did his best not to think about that sort of stuff when it came to the gems.

"Let's head back, guys," Steven told the Gems as Greg had put the last of the baby stuff in the truck.
 
"I'm sure she could but it'd be all like super prim and proper like," Rai said before doing her best impression of Pearl, "We shall now engage in coitus. That's good, you're doing great."

This caused Pearl to blush deeply before shouting. "Will you two stop?"
 
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