[grian/ex friendship,maybe ship if you squint]

Ex sat on the statue of hermity, thinking about his faults, his brother and all of his past mistakes.
It was weighing him down like a brick.

He never meant to do any harm! he just wanted to have fun... to prank them... to make... friends.
So when a new hermit arrived and started a war , he couldn't help but hate him. 'Why did Xisuma forgive him so easily?' he thought sourly, 'he isn't his brother. I'm his brother. He should forgive me'
Ex wanted to cry, but the villain doesn't have the right to emotions- right? right?

His thoughts were interrupted by a shout from the very person he least wanted to talk to.

"Hey! X- I- Suma!"

EX froze— 'it couldn't be...'

But, It was, It really was. Tears started pouring.

"X? Are you okay?"

He couldn't stand that name.

"DONT CALL ME THAT!" Ex shouted, spooking our poor lil' Grian.
"IM NOT MY BROTHER!"

"I'm s- sorry... I didn't know X had a brother... I know what it's like to have people confuse you with someone else repeatedly..." The red sweatered hermit looked down at his feet, reminiscing High school, and the dark times they were, sam, Taurtis, they were all distant memories now.

Ex looked similar, "Just sit down! The sky looks beautiful from here." he barked out, utterly surprised with his own words.

Grian then sat down next to the twin.

And that's how they stayed, they just sat on the statue of hermity, watching the sky go dark, in a comfortable silence, being there for together, being enough to comfort each other.

They watched the sun set, and the moon rise, they watched the light of the stars set in behind his base.

It was simply beautiful.

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Grian stood up, and energetically hugged ex. At first the hug was stiff and awkward but eventually The helmet wearing hermit eased their nerves and melted into it.

Grian then pulled away, and with a final smile, he jumped off of the statue of hermity, which startled EX who then ran over and peered over the edge--

Where he saw grian tug on the string of a firework and blast up and away.

He didn't know why, but a part of him was disappointed at the fact that they had to part ways, 'he was kinda nice... kinda like a friend...' He quickly shook those thoughts off and headed back home.

A silent promise in between the two was left hanging in the air, as if telling each other to meet again.

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As the night grew darker, Grian arrived at his large base, he let out a breath that he didn't even know he was holding-- Did he even get the guy's name? What if they don't go back tomorrow? the feeling of loneliness quickly washed over him, leaving him a stressed mess.

'Did I get all the concrete to build sahara?'

'Do I even have the right materials?'

'what if i'm not helpful with sahara?'

These thoughts kept him up all night, he ended up barely sleeping even an hour. He'd been reduced to a tired, stressed and touch starved hermit.

So he couldn't have imagined that his day would get worse.

That same day he had a major argument with Iskall, Mumbo just had to sit in the middle, he couldn't stop the argument from escalating no mater how hard he tried.

Iskall was stressed and having a bad day, the weakest breeze could push him over the edge, sadly that breeze had Grian written all over it.

You see, Grian had accidentally broken some of the redstone while building.

And that was the final straw.

They ended up having a major argument, about virtually nothing.

Let's just say that Grian was the one that needed a good cry that night.

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Grian sat on the statue  of hermity, waiting for his mystery friend.

EX found Grian just-- sitting there, staring at nothing, looking like he was having an internal battle-- no. war.

All he could do was sit next to him and hope that he would calm down as the sun set, the moon rose and the stars shone.

He had no such luck, he was still nervous about hugs, but if he had to.

The evil side quickly pulled the other into a tight embrace, ignoring the fact that his shirt was getting soaked with the other's tears.

Once Grian stopped crying, he loosened the embrace, and simply just stayed like that for a while.

"What...Happened?"

Grian flashed a smile, which would have been convincing if it weren't for the tears on his face, and the sadness and guilt in his eyes.

"It's nothing don't worry! hey! mystery man! what's your name anyways?" he asked back, trying to switch the subject.

"Call me EX, and, don't try to change the subject! I'm not stupid!"

They both chuckled at their stupid banter, it was then that Ex realized how deep in he was.

Their expressions quickly sobered.

"I- I had a bad argument with Iskall today..."

Ex nodded, willing to listen.

"What if he doesn't want to be my friend anymore? What if he hates me?--"

Grian's breathing went haywire.

"Listen here." Answered Ex firmly,"if he doesn't want to be your friend, which he probably will, then he's an idiot. Giving up someone as accepting and wonderful as you."

Grian started sobbing once again,but this time his tears weren't entirely sad.

They were more hesitant to part ways this time.

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And just like that, their friendship grew and grew, to the point that they were seeing each other at least once a  day.

Nothing was more special to them than their meetings at the evening, looking at the sun set and the moon rise.

But ex couldn't stop Grian from finding out.

He knew he would have to tell him sooner or later.

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"Has any one seen EX? I have a feeling he's up to something."

"No,haven't seen him in months."

X furrowed his brow, what could his brother possibly be planning?

"Why are you looking for him?" asked Grian, gathering the attention o the room.

"You don't know do you?"

Grian shook his head.

"He's basically my evil twin brother, even tried destroying the server."

Grian rose a brow at this, his reaction surprising the hermits, as grian usually wasn't this subdued, he was usually bouncing all over the place.

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Ex knew the other knew his secret once he saw the look on his face.

it was fun while it lasted.

"look. I don't care about your past mistakes. Even if they were with malicious intent. You've still changed. You are my friend EX. Your mistakes don't define you!"

WORDS: 1126

AN

I just wanted to make some kind ex and  grian friendship, cause I can't find enough of these :P hope it's ok enough -.-