FGHJKJHGFGHJ THIS ACTUALLY TOOK SO SCUDDING LONG Y'ALL HAVE NO IDEA-

This was requested by shortfilmstv ! I GREATLY apologize for how long this took!!

I don't actually watch Pixl or Zloy- only the Recap- so uh- personalities went yeet.

AU where the Hermits are vloggers and they vlog their real life but it's still Minecraft...? If that makes sense...?

Warning is feeling useless.

WC: ~1100

Enjoy!

The Hermitcraft Recap.

One of the most well-known fan products of the Hermitcraft server.

Run by two people- PixlRiffs and ZloyXP.

Within the Hermitcraft community, their names were known almost as well as the names of the Hermits themselves.

They worked together on a small server, separate from their usual ones.

And they worked rather well together.

"ZLOY WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO-"

Mostly.

Zloy snickered as Pixl burst through the door. He wasn't holding his laptop or anything- he didn't need to show Zloy what he did, as Zloy already knew.

The audio file for the Hermitcraft Recap, usually opened to hear Pix's voice.

This time, the other had edited the files together, only to play it, and find his voice had been corrupted into a feminine-American-but-still-with-hints-of-Pix's-voice monstrosity. 

"I don't know," Zloy teased. "What did I do?"

"You know exactly what you did!" Pix huffed. 

"Eh, you sound exactly the same," Zloy snarked. 

"Tell me you saved a copy of the file," Pixl grumbled.

"It's just audio recording!" Zloy joked. "Not that hard, Pix. You can rerecord."

"Zloy!"

"Just kidding, of course I saved a copy," Zloy snorted, tapping away and quickly sending the real file to Pixl. Pix muttered something under his breath, it was either "thank you", or something a lot ruder.

As Pix was uploading the video to their shared channel, he realized that some of Zloy's words were echoing around in his head.

'Just audio recording'

Pixl swallowed back the thought and continued writing the description of the video.

Is that really what he thinks?

His hands slowed on the keyboard.

I mean... he's not wrong.

I really don't do much for this...

It's just... me reading off lines.

And Zloy seems to do everything else.

Why does Zloy put up with me?

He has a great voice, why doesn't he just read the lines?

He'd be better off without me anyways.

Right?

Pix posted the video and got up, guilt swimming in his stomach. He swallowed thickly, assuring himself it was all in his head.

Guilt isn't that easy to get rid of.

Zloy doesn't need me.

If I left the Recap, he'd be better off.

Pix hesitated at the thought, suddenly considering it.

He could manage the Recap alone, I'm just a dead weight.

I love doing the Recap... but I'm useless to it.

Pix took a deep breath, then picked up a sticky note and pen.

Then wrote a goodbye note to Zloy.

Zloy walked into the recording studio after checking to see if the video was up (it was).

Glancing around for Pixl, he spotted a sticky note lying plainly in view, just asking to be read.

Zloy picked it up, his eyes scanning through the paper.

Zloy,
I've made up my mind.
I've decided to leave the Recap.
I've left the server.
Please don't follow me.
-PixlRiffs

At first, Zloy simply snickered at the message.

"He signs a note to his best friend with his full name?" Zloy chuckled. 

Then the message really clicked.

Zloy reread the note, a sudden panic growing inside of him.

"Pix, you idiot," Zloy spat. "Wh- why would you-" the zombie gave up on coherent speech and dropped the note, pulling out his communicator to server-jump.

"Where would he hide?" Zloy muttered to himself. "His singleplayer server?" Zloy sighed to himself, then pulled up the IP address of the server. Pix always said it was singleplayer, but occasionally Zloy would pop on to chat when the Brit wasn't recording. Zloy never did or changed anything, simply visited.

'Don't follow me'

Zloy rolled his eyes. That's practically begging to be followed.

He hit a button on his communicator, then fell into the void that opened beneath his feet.

One thought stayed prominent in his head.

I am not returning to this server without him.

Pixl wasn't sure if he was an idiot or not.

Scratch that, he wasn't sure how much of an idiot he was.

Leaving the Recap was a good idea- right?

The tiny, selfish part of him said 'no'.

The part of him that wanted to see Zloy said 'no'.

Pix groaned and buried his face in his hands. Admittedly, it was a bit far-fetched that the thoughts about Zloy would leave him alone, but he had certainly been hoping for it.

Pix ran a hand through his brown hair, sighing softly. He'd definitely start putting even more time in his survival series, now that he wasn't part of the Recap. Maybe I just need some time to get used to not working on the Recap-

"PIX!!"

The man whipped around at his name, eyes wide. Before he knew what was happening, Zloy had crashed into him, hugging him with what felt like spine-crushing strength. 

He came for me.

Why did he come find me?!

"You," Zloy hissed. "Are the biggest idiot ever."

"I- wh-" Pixl stuttered. "But- I left- why- I said not to follow me-"

"I never follow rules anyway," Zloy snickered. "I don't know what you were expecting."

"Well..." Pix trailed off, sighing softly.

"Anyway," Zloy continued. "What were you thinking?!"

"That..." the other bit his lip, internally debating whether or not to voice his thoughts. "It doesn't matter."

"Pix..." Zloy's voice held a warning tone.

"I just felt useless," Pixl mumbled. "To the Recap."

"So you left?!" Zloy cried. "You just left because you felt useless?!"

"It felt smart at the time!!" Pix grumbled.

"Not so smart now, huh?" Zloy murmured, brushing a strand of hair out of Pix's face. "And by the way, you're not useless."

"All I do is read lines!" he protested.

"And help research the videos," Zloy snorted. "And write a lot of the script. And-"

"Well yeah," Pix cut him off. "But I mean-"

"Not. Useless," Zloy persisted. "And I am not going back to the Recap server without you." Pixl sighed again.

"I don't see why-"

"Because you're an essential part of the Recap and I love you!"

Pix's jaw dropped and he stared at Zloy, cheeks slowly heating up. Zloy seemed, shockingly, unfazed, and he simply glared at Pixl with the same aggression as before.

"Wh- I- you-" Pix stuttered. 

"Did I stutter?" Zloy snorted before pecking Pix's blushing cheek. "Now are you coming back to the Recap or not?"

"I... do you actually-" Pix's words were cut off by Zloy kissing him again, but this time on the lips. 

"That enough of an answer for you?" Zloy asked as he pulled away. 

Pix smiled softly, sudden warmth building up inside of him.

"Yeah," he replied, taking one of Zloy's hands and squeezing it.

"Now let's get your featherbrained self back to the Recap server," Zloy grumbled, untangling himself from Pix but keeping their hands intertwined. 

"Are- are we a thing- then?" Pix internally cursed himself for sounding like such an idiot. I mean, nothing new there.

"I'd like that," Zloy offered, grinning at Pix, who smiled back.

"I'd like that too,"

HAHA THIS WAS RUSHED AND LAZY ENDING AND HONESTLY I'M NOT PROUD SO UH- SORRY 'BOUT THE QUALITY OF THIS- HAHA LET'S JUST YEET THIS ONE OUT THERE-

-Storm