Gem fluff :D

Don't know who requested it so dearly sorry

and sorry for taking so long, lack of motivation! Enjoy though! :D

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"Are you girls ready?"

     Gem was getting the kitchen ready for the night, they were going to be baking then handing things out to the hermits.

"Yep! We got everything for cookies, bread, pies, cakes.. Am I missing something?"

     Stress muttered the last part under her breath, trying to remember if she forgot anything.

"And cupcakes Stress"

      Cleo gently patted the shorters head, Stress giggling in return.

Gem clapped her hands three times to get all the girls attention, which yes they all looked at her. 

"Crumpets as well, you know Grian loves crumpets, and donuts for Cub, Now c'mon, lets get working!"

     They all scuttled around the kitchen, about to start some tea.

***

"So I heard about all the commotion about Ren becoming the king and Grian going loco about it, Scars a bit over his own head as well, doing everything Ren says"

     Cleo chuckled as she kneaded the dough with her knuckles, a low anger hiding just beneath the surface of her usual calmness.

"So has Impulse, I've never seen him get so bad like that before, but it's just fun and games, has anyone checked up on Doc? I know how close he and Ren are, well, were."

Pearl didn't take her eyes off of the batter she was stirring together quickly so it wouldn't stick to the sides of the bowl. Gem glanced over at them from the fruits she was cutting carefully, trying to avoid her fingers from the fast movements of the knife heading up and down.

"Doc isn't in the best state, you know what happened that one season when everyone kept picking sides.? Also remember when he built that huge thing? He has himself holed up on the project, he worked non-stop until Ren went over to actually get him to drink water and sleep, Ren even got him to eat something! Ren was one of the only people who would actually visit him but now he can't go out of the castle without someone wanting his head cut off, and you know how bad that feels while respawning, a bed just makes it less uncomfortable, I know everyone isn't in the best state, but I have an idea. Maybe instead of going house to house we should set a little spot up in the middle, things have been kinda hard after.. Y'know.. Maybe it'll lighten the mood for everybody"

Gem sighed and went back to cutting up fruit for the idea she previously had, hadn't told anyone at the kitchen counter. (Yay smoothies :D)

"That does sound like a good idea! Maybe we could even bring different types of flowers and plants, I'd say roses for Doc and Grian, lilies for.. Well we can plan that out later of course! I know Scar loves Lilacs! Kinda suits him as well, they look nice and are really sweet!"

Stress piped up to add to the conversation.

"And for some odd reason Wels loves ferns, no clue why. They don't even have a smell and they're just green"

Cleo snickered as False elbowed her side.

"Maybe because they remind him of you know who, they haven't even seen each other in ages! It's quite easy to tell when they do see each other because Wels is covered in smoke, it's hard to stay away from your brother when you can only see him once every six months to a year apart."

False sighed and started packing the things up for the picnic at spawn.

"Just so you know some people aren't gonna be happy with one another, no clue how we're gonna get Doc out of his 'den'. I'm gonna message Xisuma, he can send the invitations out, he should be here anyway to manage drinks."

***

Xisuma carried the four crates of drinks ahead of the girls before carefully setting the big boxes down on the lime-green grass. Stress was carrying multiple boxes with a variety of sweets such as candy, cookies, cupcakes and more. The others had the rest of the pastries.

"I already sent out the invitations to everyones messages, hopefully most of them come, not sure if everyone will be able to make it"

Xisuma chuckled and turned his back to them, False and Stress giving each other the same look, knowing exactly what he was talking about.

"Well that's okay, we can always do this again sometime if it doesn't go as planned!"

Gem patted his shoulder, glancing over at Stress and False, giving them a reassuring smile.

"Well I guess we now wait to see who shows up!"

***

Well the plan didn't fail to say the least. It certainly worked. Now they just had to see if anyone would start arguing, there was already some tension in the air, Pearl was sitting next to Grian, his eye twitching whenever he made eye contact with Bdubs, Scar, or Ren. He was always so close to Scar but now he was just sitting away from the man. Hels was slowly brightening up the mood, getting others to laugh with his silly jokes that normally wouldn't do anything. He often joked around when he or others were stressed, it did relieve some tension. Only Void knows if this will go south or not.

***

Grian had sat down beside Ren and was leaning against his arm, laughing loudly like a psychopath. Some of the others were laughing at how funny his laugh sounded and some were dying laughing just how Grian was. Wels and Xisuma were leaning against one of the trees, quietly talking to one another, they didn't seem in the best mood. At least they were happy enough everyone else was getting along.

Scar grabbed a cookie and took a small bit out of it as Grian started to suffocate from the lack of air. Cub panicked and gently patted his back.

"Okay that's enough Grian, breathe!"

Grian took a deep breath, letting out small giggles here and there and Cub smacked him on the back of the head. Scar just kinda sat there as Ren scooted over to give Grian some room. Overall it was going well, well, somewhat. Everyone was talking except Wels and Xisuma. They usually kept to themselves and each other in larger public places.

"We can't allow them on the server. You know how dangerous they are."

Xisuma sighed and looked away from Wels.

"When's the last time he was let out? You treat him like a dog, Suma. This would do them both some good if you just-"

Wels started, just started. Until Xisuma cut him off of course.

"I said no. and that's final."

Xisuma glared at him with tears in his eyes, trying to draw as little attention as possible. He didn't get upset easily but his brother was a touchy subject. Wels could only sighed and keep to himself.

"Can we talk about this in private? Or we're doing it now."

Wels huffed and looked into Xisuma's visor, their eyes meeting one another as another voice spoke up from the tree line.

"Whatd I miss?"

Everyone looked over at Xisuma's brother, Ex. No one knew what to do, Xisuma didn't move, his hands gripping onto his pants. This was sure to go downhill wasn't it? Hels appeared behind Ex not too long after Ex's unexpected visit. Ex rose his hands up and slowly walked up to Xisuma before slowly sitting down next to him. Hel did the same thing with Wels and as soon as Hels sat down Wels engulfed him into a bear hug, not saying anything but a quiet 'hi'. Xisuma didn't know what to do and he didn't even know what to feel. How are you supposed to feel when somehow your brother escaped from the place you put him, again? He tried everything to keep him in the void, but maybe he changed, there was a small bit of hope, it certainly looked like he changed; clothes as well. Ex kept his space from Xisuma and he made sure he could see his hands at all times. He didn't wanna get kicked out so early, they were definitely gonna have a long talk at his base, he'll probably get yelled at, or maybe not, maybe if he tried to act better he could make his brother feel safe around him again, and maybe he could start hanging out with the hermits again if he could gain their trust again.

***

Gem sighed in relief as she, and a few others, well, most of the Hermits, helped clean up the area. Wels and Hels had run off after a lecture from Xisuma and he and Ex were heading home to do who knows what, hope Xisuma isn't too hard on him. Most all the sweets and pastries have been eaten and the leftovers went to Cub, Ren, Scar, definitely not Grian(He can and will go on a lot of sugar rushes on purpose to keep people up.), and some to Xisuma. This all went well, maybe they should do this every 3 months, so Wels can see his brother more often and so all the hermits can feel more like a family, that sounds nice doesn't it?

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