𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏/𝒎𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒐, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒓𝒑𝒇 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔
𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕: 𝟏,𝟗𝟕𝟔

grian: hi mumby! <3

mumbojumbo: hey :)

grian: what's up?

mumbojumbo: oh nothing much

mumbojumbo: what are you doing here on discord at 3am?

grian: I don't know, what about you?

mumbojumbo: just, a lot of complicated stuff

mumbojumbo: my girlfriend and I had a mutual breakup so that was fun :/

grian: oh

grian: sorry about that :(

mumbojumbo: it's fine i guess

Grian stopped typing on the keyboard, his eyebangs about to fall off from his messed up sleep schedule. He wanted to log back into the game but it made him too dizzy, Grian guessed that he was just not getting enough rest after not listening to Xisuma's advice on sleeping earlier.

Mumbo was strangely up though, he would usually sleep around midnight because of maintaining his life with his girlfriend but now that she was gone, he was staying up more often. And yet, Mumbo wouldn't care less. As much as he hated it, he would eventually and unfortunately have to move on from it altogether.

However there was one thing Mumbo wasn't sure if this was fact or whatnot, if the rumours that have floated around the hermits about Grian having a crush on him were true. As if Xisuma's real face or the salmon ghost mystery wasn't more intense than it was.

Even Iskall had the guts to discuss to Grian how oddly different he was when he was with Mumbo or talking to him for the most part. Flashback to another tuesday, Iskall and Grian are watching the sunset and eating the leftovers of steak Ren cooked for them.

Iskall giggled, taking a bite out of the overcooked steak. "Dude, imagine if we ate like this in the real world?"

Grian nodded his head, but not understanding what Iskall meant. "It's steak, it's really good."

"Say Grian..." Iskall moved a bit closer, not too close but as close as a close friend would get. "We can act like teenagers and discuss our crushes."

And that laugh Iskall makes, it almost catches Grian off guard. "U-Uh, but Iskall..." Grian was stressed out that Iskall was about to say something about him and Mumbo. "Didn't you know that me and Taurtis had some complic-"

"No, not Taurtis!" Iskall spat, his heart clenched as he remembers Taurtis and Grian's complex relationship. "I meant you and Mumbo, right?"

Grian's face turned to a tomato red, throwing the steak at Iskall out of embarrassment. "ISKALL! I told you so many times, I'm not talking about it!"

Too late, Iskall was already giggling like a high school girl would do when she saw her crush. Back to present day, both Grian and Mumbo became aware that one of them liked the other. But it was obvious who was the one that had a crush on his male best friend.

Mumbo shrugged it off, not thinking too hard about the fact that Grian was making an attempt to at least, go on a date with the angel he adored the most.

To put it simply, Grian was the walking sunshine that needed Mumbo's moonlight shimmers in order to feel like himself, a dumb metaphor put together by the one and only Grian himself.

"I'm such a nuisance to him." Grian said to himself, frowning at Mumbo's sudden active status switched to do not disturb.

"Well, I guess I have to waste my shitty time on more pointless stuff." Grian usually never swore but for some reason, it was just today. All he wants right now is for Mumbo to reply back and not for Grian to sound like an idiot and double text.

After a few minutes of idling, another message popped up. Grian hoped it was Mumbo. But to his surprise, it wasn't. It was from Joe though. Joe was always harsh on Grian, why did he bother to text him randomly?

joehills: Hey, I saw your tweets last night. I had a suspicion that you're pretty much in love with Mumbo as what Iskall had told me?

Fuck. Grian slowly got up of his armchair and buried himself with the Batman pillow he bought for his office. How did Joe knew about all of this? Oh right, Iskall and Stress probably were the ones that assumed all of this. And tweets, what tweets were Joe referring to?

grian: okay but what tweets are you talking about...?

joehills: ...

joehills: Grian, are you stupid? You drunk tweeted about how much you love Mumbo and i think all of us hermits saw it a few hours again. And even my own daughter even thinks your small crush on Mumbo is cute.

Joe proceeded to send in links, which let to tweets of Grian having a mental breakdown over Mumbo. Although he doesn't remember, he does know that he occasionally was like this. Having meltdowns about Mumbo wherever or not it was privately with close hermits or suddenly tweeting a random tweet about how Mumbo's hair smelled nice.

The first tweet was normal, it seemed as if Grian was simply talking about how he was feeling down but didn't want to talk to anyone.

@grianmc: Feel like garbage today. I don't know if it's the weather or me being annoying but I don't want to talk about it :/ There's no Hermitcraft video for today so apologises to that.

Grian's neutral expression disappeared though, as he saw more of his tweets. Luckily, this was from his other personal account where people won't likely see his personal info and where only his close friends would see this (including some of the hermits, he's unsure why most of them knew though).

@sadpokemonlover: I miss oliver so much, he's been gone for a while and he's now fighting with his gf i hate being in love :((

His heart dropped, so Mumbo did told him about how he had multiple fights with his girlfriend. Maybe it just happened to be today that Grian remembered. He was drunk after all, which was irresponsible in his opinion.

Just as Grian was about to close up all his tabs for today and instead sleep on the couch of his office, the Discord notification sound alarmed him.

mumbojumbo: I'm sorry for acting cold there

mumbojumbo: i had to move some stuff out for my gf, i pretty much feel like absolutely shit no offence lol

Sighing, Grian typed in a message for Mumbo. He had a gut feeling for asking him this at now the middle of 4am pitch darkness but, for the sake of love he did it anyways.

grian: no it's okay ! <3

grian: go on the hermitcraft server, i'll cheer you up.

And meanwhile, Mumbo was oddly looking at his computer screen, what was Grian going to do now. Logging on back into the server, it feels like another home. It feels different, even if it was just a video game. Waking up, Mumbo spotted Grian waiting for him. As usual, since the hermits were all out, it was only them two (and maybe a lurking Iskall, at least that's what Grian would expect).

Grian waves towards Mumbo. It was nighttime at the server, so they had to be careful of the mobs that would attack them.

"Mumbo, quick!" Grian used his fireworks to fly towards his base, Mumbo was so proud at the fact that he was getting so used to using his elytra and when you got the hang of it, you get in return some of the most breathtaking scenery.

Quickly, Mumbo follows Grian as well. They both flew together, it was breathless for a reality like this. Grian wasn't flying to his base however, he was heading towards his tall house that reached the sky's limits. Although, Mumbo finds his one to be better because it was more interesting than Scar's, Iskall's and Grian's one.

There was no talking whatsoever as well, Mumbo felt like he let Grian down. But tries to shake it off and flies towards what seemed to be the miniature home that was as tall as it could get. And here was Grian, sitting on the ledge of the house's roof, the makeshift chimney still putting out light. Stars were everywhere, Mumbo was thankful because there were no mobs to disturb them as well.

"You always made me happy, Mumbo..." Grian trailed off, but looking down out of shyness. "I'm sorry that you have to go through this."

Mumbo chuckled, like an old British man. "You apologised so many times, of course Gri." He pinched the cheeks of his best friend, making Grian turn a light shade of red. "I forgive you no matter what..."

Grian's head laid down beside Mumbo's shoulder, the two watched as the stars move from one place to another. "If this server ever gets deleted or Hermitcraft ever separates, will we still remember each other?"

Mumbo stared at Grian, it was the first time Mumbo had heard this question. Even when the old members were around, nobody really asked those type of questions because it was obvious, not many of them were close. Now, it was like Grian appeared and everyone were interacting and getting wasted on countless calls.

But for Mumbo to witness losing his best friend? Let alone the person that loved him the most? Goodness sakes, he broke up with his girlfriend and this is one of the first thoughts Mumbo put about?

"Mumby, the stars are moving again!"

Shooting stars, there were so many of them. Floating in the sky and gradually going down to the ice land, looks like Stress have to deal with those mysterious comets destroying the ice land. Grian's face lit up.

To Mumbo, it was beautiful having Grian around. The more he sees Grian every time he joins the server, he feels so much more alive. From the pranks Grian made, the stupid song he sang, the fact that Mumbo went undercover to protect Grian from Doc and how much Grian loved Mumbo as a person both in game and real life. Never has a person loved him so much as Grian does.

"Oh, it's the shooting star!" Grian exclaimed, he nudges Mumbo slightly. He leaned and pointed at the comet, it was much brighter than the others that Mumbo noticed. And it was surprisingly beautiful to watch. "Make a wish, make a wish!"

According to generations, it's said that the brightest star is the one wish that will come true. And while some people want to believe it or not, if you were the one that believes this myth, that wish will come true. Mumbo had promised to always have hope even when things won't work out.

Mumbo opened his eyes, the comet was gone. In a flash, there was just pitch darkness and few stars that illuminated the area. Grian turned around to Mumbo, he can tell by their heartbeats that they had wished for a similar fate.

"What did you wish for?" Grian asked, his hand now able to hold Mumbo's.

There wasn't an instinct where Mumbo thought of doing this, but it was today that this happened. His lips leaning towards Grian's. Mumbo holds Grian's cheeks, cupping them like his own world he wants to protect. Grian opened his eyes, Mumbo pulled away smiling before leaning back again. There was no regret between them, Grian refused to stop in fact.

His stomach are filled with butterflies, kissing his own best friend. Mumbo had never seen Grian so in love, his eyes were glittering out of affection. This was all he wanted, someone loving like his Mumbo. So suddenly the two don't feel that awkwardness, that embarrassment. The two's positions turned into a hug. Finally, the two pulled away from their first kiss. Mumbo realised that this wasn't a dream, that this was reality. He kissed Grian, his soulmate.

So Mumbo just simply answered with a smile,

"I wish for you, Grian."