A/N: Thanks for all the reviews guys! Glad you liked the first one-shot so much! Especially considering it's been a while since I've written anything, heh.

So, originally I was going to write this yesterday, but I was extremely tired after work so I put this off until today. Therefore, this Halloween special is a day late. Oh well. Yes, I said Halloween special, I'm putting off the picnic one-shot I have in mind for a while as there are other one-shots I want to write more. I'll eventually get around to it though, no worries.

Actually, now that I think about it, most of these one-shots are going to be platonic... I have very few ideas for romantic ones. Give me some ideas on that front, would you guys? I got one already I saw - they try to keep their relationship secret, but it doesn't work or something like that. I got a good idea for that one, it would be an AU where gems still inhabit the Earth, but they are strictly forbidden from getting into relationships with humans. If I write it, I'll expand on it more.

Quick review responses:

I don't care: I'll write a one-shot covering how they got together down the road. I'm still thinking on it, but the premise is that it just kind of happened.

Fixedflower80: I could, but unfortunately, like I mentioned, I don't have that many romantic ideas in mind. I have a few, but that's about it.

Guest: Planned on making one about that.

Miles: Yeah, it seems like very few people want to write any. There's really only one Stevidot centered fic out there right now on this site, and it's platonic. It's Don't Even Bother. It's very cute though, I highly recommend it.

Guest #2: Yeah but they'll argue that Greg was an adult and it was fine. He was still an infant compared to Rose if you ask me, ha.

Okay, on to the late Halloween one-shot! This one may be a bit short, but oh well. Oh, and I know holidays that are based on religion don't exist in Steven's world, but oh well. Steven will explain why they do Halloween though. Well, they don't call it that anymore, heh.

I Didn't Sign Up For This! Oh Wait, Yes I Did...

Category: Platonic

Peridot regrettably trudged behind Steven as they walked down the street to their next destination. She curled her lip a bit as a group of passing teenagers snickered under their breath at the sight of the green gem.

How did she let herself get talked into doing this again? Oh yeah...

-One Hour Ago-

"So what exactly is this... "TickorTrimming"thing, and why are you dressed in such an odd fashion?"

Steven let out a laugh as he adjusted the metallic-looking dog ears on his head in front of his bathroom mirror.

"Trick or Treating, Peridot, and it's this thing we do every year around the end of October. We dress up in costumes and go door-to-door saying "trick or treat" to get free candy! Some people even throw costume parties with various activities."

Peridot got an intrigued look on her face at this, but she was still a bit confused at the whole thing.

"But what is the point of it all?"

"To have fun! From what my dad told me, they used to call it Halloween, and it was based on some old rituals or practices or something from thousands of years ago. We don't really have a name for it anymore though, it's just something that we do every year out of tradtion I think."

Peridot gave a hum of interest at the information and crossed her arms as she watched Steven put on the rest of his costume piece by piece, until the last bit, the helicopter attached to straps, went on.

"So, what are you supposed to be anyway?"

Steven turned around and threw out his hands; the little tail of his suit swinging with his motions.

"I'm Dogcopter! You remember who Dogcopter is, right?"

Oh Peridot remembered who (more like what) Dogcopter was. He was that little robotic animal in those "movers" or whatever they were called that Steven had forced her to watch a few months ago. She really did not understand why Steven was so obsessed with them, they were not entertaining in the least. Well, to her anyway.

"Steven! Are you ready to go?" Pearl called from the living room.

"Yeah, I'll be out in a moment, Pearl," Steven called back. Just as he was about to open the door to the bathroom, Peridot quickly, but gently, grabbed his wrist to stop him.

"Steven, wait!"

Said half-gem halted his motions and turned to Peridot with a questioning look as she dropped his wrist.

"I... I... I want to do this Trick or Treat thing with you! J-just as an experiment," she stated as she looked down at the ground with her eyes closed, expecting to be refused. Peridot heard him gasp and looked up, only to see a look of pure happiness on her friend's face.

"Peridot, this is great! Now I won't have to go alone this year! Connie was supposed to go with me, but she and her parents are out of town for the week."

The green gem just barely stopped herself from sneering at the mention of the human girl's name. She respected Connie's abilities with a sword, but that fact that she spent so much time around Steven made her incredibly angry to the point where she threw a temper tantrum in secret over it. Steven was her friend, not that human runt's! The only reason Peridot kept any of this to herself was that she knew it would upset Steven if he knew she was so possessive over him.

She snapped back to attention as the object of her thoughts continued talking.

"We don't have a costume for you, though. Maybe we can improvise since you can't shapeshift yet."

Peridot grimaced at that tidbit of information. She had been trying to shapeshift for weeks, but the ability just would not manifest in her for some reason. The only reason she kept trying was because Steven kept encouraging her to try. He had been practicing along with her, but he was making more progress by a long shot. It was pretty disheartening.

"No need to worry about it, Steven, I just want to tag along to satiate my curiosity over this strange human ritual."

"But you can't go Trick or Treating without a costume! We have to think of something!"

Peridot watched as Steven put his hand to his chin in thought, and was about to call the whole thing off when he suddenly slammed a fist into the palm of his hand.

"Ah ha! I just remembered something you could wear! Come on," he said, and dragged Peridot by the hand out of the bathroom. As they came out, they heard a conversation going on between the three Crystal Gems.

"Aw come on, why can't I go?" Amethyst questioned with a pout.

"You know why you can't go, Amethyst," Garnet stated bluntly.

"It was one time, it won't happen again, I promise!" The purple gem retaliated.

"You ate all the candy from every house in Beach City, Amethyst! You upset every human in this city because of it! You're not allowed to go Trick or Treating with Steven anymore and that's final!" Pearl snapped, at her wits end with the small warrior.

Peridot watched as Amethyst crossed her arms and turn away with a huff. She had seen Steven cringe out of the corner of her eye when Pearl had started talking.

Pearl suddenly turned towards the both of them.

"Oh good, you're ready," she said.

"Not yet, Pearl. Peridot wants to come Trick or Treating with me so I need to find her a costume," Steven responded.

"Oh so the nerd can go, but I can't?" Amethyst complained while throwing out her hands.

"Peridot won't cause any problems, Amethyst, of course she can go," Garnet cooly said.

Peridot and Steven watched as Amethyst growled and stomped off into her room in the temple.

"Oookaaayyy... Anyway, come on, we need to get you your costume," Steven said and continued pulling Peridot along by the hand and they were quickly ascending the stairs to his room. Soon they were in front of his closet and Steven started rummaging around in it as Peridot waited behind him with her arms crossed.

"Where is it? I know it's in here... Ah ha, found it!"

Peridot's eyes widened when the young gem hybrid turned around with the "costume" in question. She almost wanted to back away in both fear and disgust when he held it out to her.

"It's not exactly a costume, but it will work for now."

-Present-

Bunny pajamas. Fluffy, pink, bunny pajamas that had belonged to his dad. She had been laughed at, called "cute" and "adorable" by multiple old ladies, had her cheeks pinched by said old ladies, and in general was having a miserable time.

Peridot just wanted to go home, but Steven was having fun, so she held her tongue and managed to put up with it.

Suddenly, she was stopped by two hands on her shoulders. Steven's hands.

"Hey, are you alright?" He asked in a soft tone of voice.

"Fine, fine, I'm just perfect and having the time of my life right now," Peridot responded through gritted teeth with a cheery tone.

Steven looked at her in concern though. She instantly knew he saw right through her.

"It's okay, we can go home if you're not having fun, Peridot, I don't mind."

"But you're having fun, I don't want to ruin it."

Steven just shook his head.

"I'm not having fun if you're not, Peridot. And it's okay if you're not, really. I don't want you to be miserable at my expense."

Peridot still looked unsure though. She wanted him to have fun and ignore her, but she really was feeling miserable right now.

"Come on, let's go home and do something you will enjoy, huh?"

Steven smiled and grabbed her hand as they turned around to head home.

Peridot smiled for the first time that night as she and Steven walked hand-in-hand down the sidewalk.

A/N: Well that certainly turned out longer than I thought. Ah well, it was cute nonetheless. Hope you enjoyed it!