TW: None, 

Title: ~Saplings and Mushrooms~

"Come on, Rythian! Don't be a party pooper!" I say. We are at Sips' house, even though he is nowhere to be seen, for some dirt promotion somethingorother. I thought it would be nice, and barely got Rythian to come along. And now he is just sitting in the corner of the room glaring at people.

"Zoey, I told you I didn't want to come to this." He says, his mask making it hard to hear what he is saying. I stand next to him for a little while longer, looking around the room for someone to talk to.

Xephos is trying to get Lalna to stop drinking so much, a few people are dancing, Nilesy is trying to sell people his portable pool, and Djh3max along with his two friends, sitting on the couch looking very bored.

While looking around I notice someone new walk in. I point to the man with blonde hair and ask Rythian. "That is the forest sprite, Martyn." (What exactly is Martyn?)

I walk over to him and introduce myself. "Hi! I'm Zoey, what's your name?"

He stares at me for a second before replying. "I'm Martyn. Nice to meet you, Zoey." We spend most of the night chattering, until Sips makes a re-appearance.

"Hey everybody and welcome to Sipsco!" He yells. We all mumble in agreement. "Alright ya big jabronis. This party is lame, and that isn't how we do things here at Sipsco. We here like to have Big Fun. So you all are going to play spin the bottle and like it."

He gets a mixed response to that, mostly people groaning. "Everyone in a circle. Come on Sjin, ya big bastard." He pulls Sjin into the center of the room and sits down. 

I go and sit next to Rythian, who is mumbling under his breath. "What?" I ask, but we are interupted by a bunch of "Ooo"s.

"Go on, Xephos! You gotta kiss him!" Xephos leans over hesitantly but Lalna has other plans, pretty much shoving his tongue straight down Xephos' throat. 

"Alright, Blondie, your turn." Martyn doesn't look happy but spins the bottle anyway. Martyn finds my eye while it is spinning and I give him a reassuring smile. 

He smiles back but it vanishes when he glances down at the now unmoving bottle. I look as well and feel a blush rise to my cheeks. 

"Ah shit! We got sapling boy and mushroom girl! How cute." Sips says, snickering.

Martyn comes over to me and looks at me questioningly. I nod and then he leans in and fireworks go off.

When he pulls back, which is way too soon, I see his face bright red and assume mine isn't far behind. 

After the party Martyn walks me home. Rythian left a while ago, after being forced to kiss Lomaida he stormed out.

Once we reach Blackrock, he stops and looks at me. "I- uh. .  . I really had fun tonight." 

I smile. "Yeah, I did too."

"Uh, Zoey?" I nod. "Uh. . .do you think uh- maybe--"

I cut him off with a kiss, and warmth fills my body. I wrap my arms around his neck and his find my waist. When we break apart for air I smile at him. "Who knew mushrooms and saplings went so well together?"