So basically just some brotherly bonding.
Based on my AU Concept
I was bored (as per usual)
In this, Grian is 26 and Mumbo is 23. I could be wrong but that's what my research told me so google doesn't lie I guess *shrug*

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A three year old Grian sat in the hospital waiting room, swinging his legs back and forth. His father sat next to him, looking back at the room his wife went into not long ago.

The young boy looked up at his dad, confused. He was only three, so all he knew was his mother was ill and needed help from doctors.

"What's Wrong With mummy, dad?" Jordan, his father, looked at his son. "Nothing, Grian. She'll be fine!"

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A doctor walked out of the room, beaming. "Your mother is fine, young one!" She turned to Jordan. "And as for your new baby, he's also fine, although premature."
Jordan nodded gratefully. "You May see them now."

Jordan took Grian's small hand, gently guiding his son into the room where his mother lay. Her black hair was slightly tousled, and she looked tired, but otherwise she was fine. A bundle of blankets was in her arms.

"He's beautiful..." Jordan looked over, seeing the baby boy, sniffling slightly as he squirmed. "Small thing..." Caroline said. (AN: Caroline is their mother here and Jordan's their father, random names don't ask.)

"He'll soon grow." Jordan replied, smiling. Grian, Being not tall enough to see, went into his toes, jumping a bit. Jordan spotted this, and hoisted up his eldest. Grian giggled.

"Grian. This is your baby brother, Mumbo." Jordan said. Grian watched as the baby opened his eyes, Black like his mother's, with small flecks of colour. Mumbo spotted him, and cooed. "I want you to promise you'll be the best brother you can to him, okay Grian?" Caroline looked into the young boy's blue eyes.

"I promise!" Grian smiled, looking again at his smaller brother.

"I promise to protect you from every bad thing there is in this world, like dragons! And zombies! And endermen!"

Caroline and Jordan laughed at their eldest's small rant as he continued to list mobs.

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14 months later
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"C'mon Mumbo! Just say 'Brother'!" Grian slowly grew more frustrated at his brother, who sat, staring up at him with mild curiousity. He babbled mindlessly. Grian groaned out loud. "At least say 'Grian'!"

"Grian, your brothers only a year old." Caroline laughed as Grian pouted. "It's not difficult! Look, Mumbo, I can do it, watch me! 'Guh-Ree-An!' Easy!" Grian made a big show of saying his name, emphasising each syllable. Mumbo found this funny and laughed.

"I give up!" Grian threw his arms into the air in defeat, standing up. He stormed into the doorway. "Gwian!" He paused, before running back to his baby brother. "You did it! You said my name! Did you see him, mum! He said my name!"

Caroline laughed, as Jordan walked in. The parents watched as Grian fussed over Mumbo, who kept repeating, "Gwian! Gwian!"

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"Grian... where are we going?"

Mumbo was 4, Grian was 7. "We're going to see my new friends!" Grian pulled his brother along slightly, as Mumbo ran to keep up. "Grian, be careful with your brother!" Caroline called from behind.

"Sorry!" Grian slowed his pace down, waiting for Mumbo before carrying on, at a calmer speed this time. They approached two boys, around Grian's age. "Sam! Taurtis!"

Sam's rabbit ears twitched as he turned around, Taurtis doing the same. "Grian!" Sam called, waving. Taurtis looked at Mumbo. "Who's that?" Mumbo hid behind Grian. "That's my brother, Mumbo. He's shy."

"Nice To meet you Mumbo! I'm Taurtis and that's Sam!" Mumbo stepped out slightly, nodding. His eyes showed slight anxiety, but he grew more comfortable. "Race you guys to that tree!" Sam took off, Taurtis following, Grian and Mumbo behind.

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Now 13, Mumbo sat reading a book about redstone. He was so interested that he didn't see the person walking in front of him.

He gasped as the book was yanked out of his hands. Quickly standing up, he tried to grab it back from the girl, who kept him at bay with one hand, using the other to read. "How do you get this stuff, nerd?"

"Hey, Emma! Pass it to me!" Her brown haired friend shouted, as Emma laughed and threw her the book. "H-hey... my brother gave me that!" Mumbo tried to reason, but to no avail. The brown haired girl then threw it to a boy with ginger hair. This continued until the boy tripped Mumbo as he tried to grab the book.

The trio simply laughed, as Mumbo curled onto his side on the floor. The boy laughed, and drew his foot back, kicking him in the side. Mumbo let out a sob, before the tears fell.

"Aww, he's crying..." The trio laughed, as the boy was ready to continue, a voice shouted.

"What the hell are you doing to my brother?!"

The 13 year olds looked up to see Grian, who to the 13 year olds, was a scary sight. He towered over them, and his expression gave away how pissed he truly was. Emma stuttered, before dropping the book and running, her friends following.

Grian growled, before rushing over to Mumbo, who sat up during the intervention. He looked over at the book, which was a bit torn, although mainly safe. "Thanks, Grian..." Grian pulled his brother up before getting engulfed in a hug.

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"Mumbo, you've been invited to HermitCraft! You have to go!"

Mumbo sighed. "I'm not sure... I don't want to leave you, or mum, or dad..." "But if it's what you want, you have to go!" Caroline smiled. She wasn't going to let how she truly felt about this ruin Mumbo's happiness.

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His bags were packed, and his family stood. He was about to join the HermitCraft server and leave his family behind.

Mumbo gave his parents one last hug. He remembered what Grian told him;
'Don't cry. Because if you cry, then mum will cry, and then you won't want to go anymore, and you know how dad gets...'

So Mumbo swore he wouldn't cry. He wouldn't cry about leaving, he'd see them again. "Have a great time and stay out of trouble." Jordan patted his youngest son's shoulder. "Be careful and stay safe, do what your good at." Caroline felt tears well up, but hugged her son again.

Grian didn't speak. Neither did Mumbo. The two siblings just hugged eachother. "I'll see you guys soon..." Mumbo turned around, walking away.

'I won't cry, I won't cry, I won't cry...'

Hearing Grian shout 'I love you!' triggered all his emotions as soon as he was out of sight. He went through the portal, tears streaming down his face while smiling.

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"You excited to meet the new guy?" Iskall dragged Mumbo to the portal. They weren't given any information on this new hermit, just that he was joining. "I mean, sort of, but your dragging me the whole way..."

"Sorry, sorry, I'll just..." The swede blushed, letting go of Mumbo's hand. Mumbo went pink, but said nothing. "He should be here any moment now..." Xisuma, who was waiting for around 5 minutes before them, spoke up.

All the Hermits were waiting, Jevin was sitting down talking to Wels, while Tango and Impulse were having a discussion. False, Stress and Cleo were having a conversation about girl stuff, and everyone else seemed to be doing their own thing.

The portal glowed, before a figure appeared in the vortex. It stepped out, falling face first on the ground as it stumbled through. Mumbo was reminded of his own entrance into the server, where he fell into Iskall, which was, well, interesting.

The man in a red sweater sat up.

Wait...

"Grian?!"

Grian shot Up, looking at Mumbo, before grinning as Mumbo tacked him in a hug. "Little bro!" Everyone went silent.

"Darn you older brother..."

"You guys are related? You don't look alike?" Iskall pointed out, X dug his elbow into his side. "Ow..." Grian gave them a weird look. "No, Mumbo just takes after our mother, I take after our father..."

Iskall muttered an 'Oh...' before he and Mumbo just gave eachother blank looks. Grian smirked. "So Who's this, Mumbo, your boyfriend?"

Mumbo went red and panicked. "Nope! No, time to stop!" Mumbo hissed, covering Grian's mouth. Iskall laughed, although slightly pink. "I think we're gonna be good friends, Mumbo's older brother!"

"I'm never gonna live this down that I'm the younger brother am I?"

"Nope! Come on, Grian, I wanna hear all of the embarrassing stories!"

"Sure! I have many!"

"GRIAN NO!"

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My god 1448 words

This took too long

I spent like 3 hours on this I was determined to make this and post it tonight

Hope you liked it, just some stupid thing I thought of lmao

See ya guys