𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕: 𝟑,𝟓𝟑𝟎

grian / mumbo
Grian was awoken by the sounds of his doorbell. He was hiding under the covers of his blankets, not wanting to get up because of how lazy he was. Eventually the doorbell sound just made him lose it, chucking the blanket on the floor out of annoyance. It took Grian a while to get to his base entrance before he could see who was waiting for him.

Shuffling to the entrance, Grian took a peek at who was there.

"I can wait here all day if you fancy that." Mumbo's voice echoed from the entrance door. Grian immediately opened it, seeing Mumbo in the same suit. Usual Mumbo, but the only thing that was different is that he was holding a bouquet of flowers and the friendship spoon.

"Mumbo, your kidding! That friendship spoon again!" Grian whined, giving Mumbo a long deserved hug. He was like a kitten, waiting for attention. "Huh, why did you came in so late?"

"Gri! Be grateful that I stopped working on my other projects to be with you tonight." Mumbo sighed, drying off his suit from the drenched rain.

Regardless if Mumbo was late or not, Grian was grateful that his boyfriend was feeling a lot better. Grian was constantly spamming Mumbo for updates, he was anxious when Mumbo wasn't feeling good in some way. Now that he was here, slightly feeling better apart from the stuffy nose and tired voice, Grian could finally get some time with him.

Grian lead Mumbo to his completely messy bedroom, tissues were on the floor and Grian's two cats were sleeping on the unwashed pillows. Mumbo expected this, Grian was being whiny about not having Mumbo to be here to help him clean up the mess.

"My word, what happened here?!" Mumbo blurred out, the slight tone of shocked British accent. He was quick to notice as well that Grian had takeout food left on the floor which probably would've expired by now.

"Uh," Grian began to blush, grabbing the flowers and placing them by the coffee table. "I just really, really, really-"

"Miss you?"

The red sweater boy froze. "Yes, Mumbo. It's the anniversary of when I joined this server, that's why there are tissues everywhere." Grian didn't make any eye contact of Mumbo, looking down at the takeaway box.

Mumbo began to wonder too, it has been a year since Xisuma had found Grian lying down near the portal. Grian was a vulnerable one, his wings disappeared and no hermit knew what it all meant. Mumbo and Xisuma only knew what was it, why Grian started to mumble about two people in his past life, Sam and Taurtis.

The first few weeks were hard, Grian barely knew anyone from the server. He only made friends with Mumbo because Mumbo simply wanted Grian to feel welcomed. Now he's almost made connections with most of the hermits, Xisuma was shocked by how he was able to adapt to this change. Hermitcraft was meant for those who knew what they were doing, knew how to survive and adapt.

It's so strange now, for Mumbo. From a person he had never met in his entire life to becoming his actual boyfriend, it was different. Sure, Mumbo did have a relationship in the past but something about Grian changed the way he viewed love.

"I apologise Mumbo, I do feel like I don't belong with the hermits. Felt like, you went away with another person and you left me here in this world..." Grian's voice broke, saying that entirely was painful.

Mumbo shook his head, kneeling down to hug his boyfriend. This was the first time in a long time the two had this sort of hug. A comforting one to be exact, and Grian's tears began to wetten Mumbo's suit. The mustached man carried Grian up to his bed, warming him with the blanket. Even though Grian was embarrassed to ask Mumbo for a kiss, Mumbo does it anyway.

His kisses made Grian feel better, hiccuping from the amount of crying he did. Mumbo giggled, brushing Gri's soft hair.

Finally, Mumbo gave his response to what Grian said. "Don't ever say that Grian, you are enough for us. Nobody can ever replace you, Gri."

iskall / stress

After Iskall was finished with his super smelter farms, he wanted to head back to his base. He had been frustrated over the amount of attempts of making his farm work. What he doesn't realise is that upon him and his mushroom island, Stress was also flying around to check on him. Not face to face, Stress had way too much pressure on herself thinking about how Iskall would feel if he saw her watching him become pissed at super smelters.

Stress meanwhile is in her castle, writing down documents for her next projects when the server gets another reset from Xisuma. Yawning, Stress thought it would be a good idea to casually walk out of her castle to take another walk. She was getting bored using her elytra anyway.

Upon walking outside, she finds a note written on her enderchest. Her eyes glittered when she saw the message. It read,

My lovely Stress,

Please meet me at Hermitville. Yes, it's far I'm really sorry but...

Do it for your Iskall? Pretty please?

Totally not from Iskall.

"Iskall..." Stress said out loud, her face was beaming out of happiness. He remembered, this was the anniversary of this world.

Stress quickly got out her firework rockets and headed off to the nether hub and then to Hermitville. And a few trips to the nether and more nosy moments when she saw Wels and Jevin walking together, Stress was in Hermitville.

Iskall caught notice, rushing in to see her. He wasn't wasting any more time, apparently.

"Stress! Hurry, I have to show you this!" Iskall exaggerated.

Stress was beginning to get overwhelmed, he was usually like this but not as hyperactive as now! "Oh, Iskall! It's so nice to see you."

Iskall didn't reply though, too eager to show Stress what he wanted to show her for a long time. Grabbing her hand, Iskall dashed towards the forest. The ice queen almost shrieked, this was unexpected of him. Towards the forest and into another natural structure which turned out to be a secret room.

In order to enter, there was a layer of snow and underneath was a trapdoor, no hermit could be able to spot it so easily. Iskall found the hidden spot, opening the secret room, where Stress and Iskall both climbed down together using scaffolding.

Once they got down there, it was highly decorated. At first, Stress thought it was built by either Grian or Scar, but this was all Iskall's work. This wasn't however, a functioning base to Stress' disappointment. Iskall still showed her around, it was empty.

"Wait, what are you supposed to do with all this space?" Stress questioned, raising an eyebrow.

Iskall then pulled a feather off on one of his pockets. "Stress, I knew that you have moved on but I wanted to do something that would make your day."

"But Iskall, you already make my day brighter. Since this season, maybe there's a big spark between us that never happened like last time." Stress replied, playing with her hair.

The Swedish man sighed, holding Stress' shoulders with both of his hands. "Do you promise not to freak out about this?"

Stress nodded with agreement, nervous about the various things Iskall would probably do next.

"As long as you don't do anything stupid."

Iskall wheezed.

"I won't, princess. Trust me on this."

Stress and Iskall went into one of the rooms, a machine powered by command blocks and redstone. Stress was confused, Xisuma must've helped him doing this.

Oh my god, what if Iskall is actually Evil X! Stress suddenly thought to herself. No! That can't be! There's no way, how did he got the guts to ask Xisuma for command blocks!

But all her thoughts began to fade away when she heard the whimper of a chicken. Stress' eyes widen, as Iskall opened the machine. It cluttered, hopping around like a hopeless animal would do. She spun around, resting on top of Stress' head.

Sally was revived, her favourite chicken despite it technically being Poultry Man's chicken, Iskall and Stress would take their time to take care of her. Stress was obviously happy, pretty much in tears.

But that made her realise something, this was another one of Iskall's signs right? Only this time...

"Stress, will you be my loving and enduring girlfriend?" Iskall finally asked, holding Sally like their own baby. After months, Sally was revived and Stress could see why Iskall did this.

There wasn't any reason to give a long response either. It's just a simple...

"Yes, Iskall. I do want to be your girlfriend."

ren / doc

A typical sunny day, Ren was casually reading a book and catching up from Stress' local gossip (they both love to gossip a lot, it was a guilty pleasure between them) when a large crash was heard from outside. Irritated, Ren went outside his dojo to see what was causing the mess.

Look who you know, it was Doc accidentally experiencing too much kinetic energy and ended up crashing on a tree. Ren shuddered, Doc was stuck on one of the branches. He quickly helped Doc get out easily, his elytra was already about to break

"Be careful next time, dude!" Ren nagged, Doc was irresponsible so it was no wonder why Ren was his perfect partner choice.

"I can't help it, Ren." Doc replied back, cleaning up his lab coat. "Only here because I wanted to see you."

Ren nudged Doc, giving him a flirty look. "You want to go to my dojo then, Doc?" He looked down at Doc's muscular body, he was known for making some of the hermits swoon over.

"Anywhere but the fucking dojo, please." Doc snorted, sounding much more intimidating.

Ren pulled his hands up out of hesitance. "Okay, okay fine! Maybe, near your base?"

Doc smirked. "We can do it in bed, if you want."

"WHAT?!"

"I-I mean! I was joking too! Listen, I've been kinda feeling clingy around you, I don't want that dumbass red sweater boy around yo-"

"Doc, I don't even like him!" Ren huffled, turning away from him with crossed arms like they were little children.

Oh great, on the anniversary of this season I made Ren pissed off. Doc thought to himself, turning away from his lover as well. What to do... what to do...

An idea sparked in Doc's mind. The former scientist, went through his shulker box. He knew it was somewhere, in case well... Ren was feeling down. As he went through it, Ren sat down by his dojo. He was still turned away from Doc, regretting getting angry at him over something stupid.

Ren knows that Doc didn't shut him down when he told him he was a werewolf. Luckily, he was used to controlling it and it didn't happen every so often. But when it did, it was impossible to even stop it from happening. Ren would go insane over it, destroying every building like an angry ravager. He didn't like being a werewolf, most of the hermits do think it's a cool ability to have, none of them don't really get the feel of what it's like being controlled.

Anyway, Ren was curled up in a ball. Doc was probably going to leave anyway, he wasn't bothered to apologise. As Ren placed his head down, there was a tap on his shoulder. Looking up, he sees no one.

Tilting his head, Ren got up and begin to search for Doc. First of all, he knew it was Doc. Quite obvious, Doc wanted to cheer Ren up from being sad.

So this is your way of making me feel better, hm? Ren snickered, sprinting along to see where was Doc. He wasn't in any of the rooms, in fact he wasn't in the dojo. At least that's what Ren is thinking. About to give up, Ren went outside his dojo. Only to be surprised by Doc.

But here was the other twist.

Doc was wearing wolf ears, complete with wolf paws and a tail.

Ren was speechless from what he just saw. Was his own boyfriend a furry? Probably not, but still. Doc even straight up admitted that he would still date Ren if he somehow came out as a furry.

"How do you like my new form, Rennie?" Doc gushed in a more high pitched voice.

"I'm just... flustered you got the guts to do that in front of me?" Ren laughed in a soft tone, his face noticeably turning red.

Doc smiled, giving a kiss on Ren's cheek. "Don't give two shits, as long as I made you smile that what matters to me. You are the love of my life, after all you piece of shit."

And so it did made Ren smile, Doc's love for Ren was too much to describe despite the two being different species and having distant personalities. Was this the season where Ren realised that being with Doc was the best thing that ever happened to him?

Ren took another glance at Doc, giving him another kiss on the cheek. Although they have kissed multiple times, this still felt like a first kiss.

"Maybe romance is truly real here." Ren said to himself, before heading with Doc to his base.

wels / jevin

Wels wiped his sweat away, too focused on working on the interior of his new castle build. He was aware that today was the 1st anniversary of this season, but god his mind was just on this one build. The knight wasn't too keen on stopping anytime soon either, working day and night and taking the usual naps and sipping on black coffee.

Realising that he hasn't read any of his messages, he decided to check on them. Out of shock, most of them were from Python. Python hasn't been on the server for a while, having been busy with other things in his worlds. So when he got the messages that were from Python himself, he was certainly pleased to have him back for the anniversary.

But those messages weren't about him coming back, much to Wels' surprise. It was more about... Jevin?

pythongb: wels

pythongb: i know i know i haven't been on this server for ages (because busy lol) but please meet me at my base

pythongb: it's been going on for a year and i think you should know this by now but

pythongb: jevin... uh he has a crush on you

Wels was suspicious, it was either a joke or Python was just finding ways to get his attention. His slime mutant best friend has a crush on him? Yes, Wels is a knight and at least one of the hermits are going to talk about how attractive he is. But, his totally platonic best friend having a crush on him?

He couldn't believe it, he has to stop what he was doing before Python could go banging on his base door which would end up being caught on fire just to see what was the fuss about. Wels groaned, he was lucky that he knew where Python's base was and its coordinates.

When Wels got to Python's base, he was caught by surprise once again to see him back. It was rare to see him here nowadays, always on his other world and attempting to build houses and other designs he can come up with.

"Isn't it Wels? Bud, there's so much you need to know." Python walked up to the knight, rubbing his hands out of excitement.

Wels sat down on the cobblestone staircase, sighing. "At least I know now that Jevin's got a crush on me."

"Hush, he does hun!" Python continued forward, drinking up a glass of milk. "I believe he had a crush on you for almost three years?"

Wels almost choked on his own saliva. "THREE YEARS?!"

Python nodded, finishing up his glass of flavourless milk. "Either way, he's a fucking thot for you."

"Language!" Wels reminded, nudging Python's shoulder, which in effect made Python giggle even more.

"Wels, admit it. You've been crushing on him for a long time, haven't you?" Python teased, poking one of Wels' cheeks in order to embarrass him more.

Wels turned into a dark shade of red. "I told you, I'm not in love!"

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not!"

"You are!"

"No, Python! I'm not!"

The creeper mutant giggled, noticing how Wels was slightly getting redder. It was either that he doesn't want to admit it, or that he's just pissed off he didn't get to finish his build.

Wels just had it for Python. "Fine! I do like him!"

Python clapped his hands, pulling Wels up. "Now that's slow burn!"

"What?"

"You know, like fanfiction? I keep hearing that from our fellow viewers, maybe it's got something to do with this."

The two stayed quiet, not knowing what else to say after that.

Wels was going crazy. Jevin was cute, he can admit that for a fact even though his voice sounded like he wanted people dead. Voice aside though, Wels couldn't blame himself. He was his best friend, best friends do fall in love.

"Fine," Wels spoke in a confident voice. "I'll speak to him tonight."

In just a few minutes, Jevin was able to respond quickly to Wels' "urgent" texts about wanting to talk to him. Wels is a lucky knight, as Jevin wasn't doing anything particularly important, casually dropping in and seeing what he had missed.

While waiting for Jevin to arrive, Python was already giving out advice to Wels as himself has also dated quite a few people in the past.

"All you have to do is stay calm, that's like the rule of confessing," Python advised, brushing Wels' hair with Cleo's spare hairbrush. "Jevin's also a nervous slime, so please do make him feel special tonight."

Wels took note of this, Jevin never told anyone about how nervous he usually gets. Especially in the aftermath of the war, Jevin wouldn't stop waking up in a cold sweat, having been constantly thinking about what he's done.

They're both lucky to have each other as comfort, even if they were both separated during the war and even Biffa couldn't do anything but watch them crumble.

It's been six months since the G Team won, Wels still wanted to make up for what he has done to hurt Jevin's feelings even if he was forced to by Doc.

Wels' train of thought stopped when he heard the sound of knocking from the front door of his castle build. Python was alerted, but gave a nod to Wels.

"Good luck, don't mess it up."

Wels opened the castle's door, to find Jevin standing from a distance. He was wearing a completely different outfit, dark blue jacket and some jeans. Wels smiled and proceeded to lead him inside the castle.

"You must have been working hard on building this..." Jevin noted, his hands on the pockets of his jeans. "God, I missed you so much."

Jevin went up the stairs with Wels, ignoring the fact that Python was there casually having a cup of tea. Once they got on top of the castle, Jevin was amazed by how much it took Wels to build this. You can almost see the districts from above this tower, it was almost carved into a fairy tale.

Wels' heart raised. He was going to risk it, wasn't he? Saying nothing until the end, which is telling how he really feels about being in love with a slime mutant.

"Jevin..."

Jevin looked at Wels, he sure was one hell of a handsome man as what Stress would describe to him.

"I never got to properly give you an apology for what I did during the war..." Wels mumbled, leaning closer towards Jevin but not to close. "We were close, we are still close but ever since that war, I really regretted being with Doc's side."

The slime nodded, his eyes starting to get watery. This was the season's anniversary, why are they still thinking about the war?

"I've been wanting to tell you this for a long time, even before the prank wars." Jevin recalled. "Season four actually, we actually became much closer in that season."

"You've helped me a lot, you are my hero in fact. Because of that war, my feelings have changed so much..."

Wels' heart never beaten so fast before, dramatic as it sounded. What if this went bad? Like any other realistic relationship?

"Dude, I think I might have fall-"

Wels took this chance and gave Jevin a kiss. He didn't think twice about it, probably the first time (apart from joining Team STAR) Wels wasn't going to think about it before doing it.

Because Wels does love Jevin, in a way that felt like it wasn't best friends anymore.

So Wels, being a knight in shining armour kept it simple.

"I think I have fallen for you."