Prompt: you wake up and suddenly realize that you can no longer hear. You panic before someone finds you and comforts you, helping you through it

Xisuma woke up but kept his eyes closed, just laying in bed for a few extra minutes.

Feeling the warm, soft sheets and blankets around him, his fluffy pillow, the comfortably warm air with a gentle breeze to it as it came through an open window.

Confusion as he realized he could hear no birds chirping.

He could usually hear the birds outside.

Why not now? They were almost always singing something.

Snapping his eyes open, Xisuma sat up and threw off the covers but froze when he realized...

He hadn't heard the telltale sound of the blankets flopping onto the bed after he pulled them back.

He hadn't heard a single noise since he woke up.

Not the sound of his own breathing.

Not the sweet chirping of the birds outside.

Not the rustling of the fabric around him as he moved.

Nothing.

Absolutely no sound whatsoever.

The Voidling's eyes widened, his hands moving to cup his ears.

No sound of his fingers brushing by his usually sensitive ears.

Not that he heard of course.

Snapping his fingers, rubbing his fingers together, clapping, nothing Xisuma did could he hear.

And that scared him

Xisuma had said in the past that he would rather go blind than deaf. That he couldn't bear to loose music, and would rather loose the ability to see and build than loose the ability to hear the songs he loved.

But now he had lost one of the most important things to him.

The admin of Hermitcraft began to hyperventilate, his stress levels only rising as he struggled in vain to hear any sound at all.

"No no no no!" Xisuma had no idea he was talking at first, the soundless vibrations in his chest and throat feeling strange and foreign. But he was speaking. Mostly just "no" over and over again, with the occasional "This can't be happening" and "goodness me what do I do".

Xisuma gripped the front of his shirt in an attempt to ground himself, only somewhat succeeding in putting off the inevitable panic attack that was beginning to take hold.

Shakily grabbing his communicator, X messaged the one person he could think of. The first person he had told about his fear of becoming deaf, his fear of loosing music and sound.

[Messages to: Keralis1]

<Xisuma>: Keralis?

<Keralis1>: what's up shashwam?

<Xisuma>: plwase comet o my base

<Xisuma>: somrthing happene dand im havi g a panic attack i thimk

<Keralis1>: on my way, hang on

Xisuma threw aside his communicator, not caring as to where it went as he gripped his chest and tried to calm himself down. Mentally going through a checklist of what he could see, feel, and smell.

It was in vain.

The Admin went into a full blown panic attack, his body shaking as he curled up on his bed with his hands over his head.

Xisuma didn't even notice when Keralis opened the door to his bedroom, the builder gasping and running over.

"Shashwammy! What happened?" Keralis' words fell, literally, on deaf ears as Xisuma rocked back and forth.

Deciding then and there that what was happening wasn't good, Keralis carefully got on the bed and gently hugged Xisuma. What he didn't expect was for the Admin to seemingly come to life, grabbing onto him with a fierce grip while babbling near incoherent things.

Keralis rubbed X's back, doing his best to calm him down with comforting touch. Once the brunnette Admin had calmed down, Keralis tried again to talk to Xisuma.

"Shashwam what happened?" His voice was soft and light, the slight rumbling in his chest the only clue that X got that Keralis was talking.

Xisuma pulled himself out of Keralis' arms with hesitation, carefully taking deep breaths.

"Can' hear.. any'hing. No' you, no' 'he birds.." X was already starting to slur his words, the t's nearly dropping out of existence. Without being able to hear his voice he didn't know if he was speaking correctly. But he could tell that he at least got the message across, as Keralis' face fell as he looked Xisuma dead in the eyes.

Without a word, Keralis hugged his friend again, tightly but comfortably he did his best to comfort Xisuma.

Keralis was worried about his friend, he knew that Xisuma had a fear of going deaf and now that his fear had become a reality, the wide eyed builder knew that Xisuma would not be in any state to see the other Hermits.

"It's gonna be okay, it's gonna be okay. I promise, it will be okay." He knew that the brunette couldn't hear him but Keralis hoped that he felt the vibrations from him speaking would somewhat comfort the server's admin.

Keralis watched as Xisuma slowly calmed down, his shaking shifting into occasional tremors and his crying stopping. The Voidling sat up after a few more minutes, wiping his eyes as he took a shaky breath.

"I prayed thi' wouldn' happ'n.." Xisuma whispered, looking down at the bed in between the two Hermits. Keralis grabbed his friend's hand, prompting Xisuma to look up at the builder's eyes.

"It's going to be okay, Shashwam. I promise." Keralis smiled as he spoke, making sure to enunciate his words and hope that Xisuma was able to read his lips to a reasonable degree. Keralis then got an idea, pulling out his communicator and opening Xisuma and his private chat. The Admin saw what he was doing and quickly found his communicator.

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[Private messages: Keralis1 and Xisuma]

<Keralis1>: it's going to be alright, don't worry

<Keralis1>: we'll figure out a way to get around this

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Xisuma smiled at Keralis and quickly typed a message back.

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<Xisuma>: Thank you Keralis. I don't know what I would do if you weren't my friend

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The tall builder grinned, putting down his communicator and hugging Xisuma comfortably tight.

"We will get through this, Shashwam. Don't you worry."

The two hugged, Keralis gently rubbing Xisuma's back to continue comforting the Voidling.

"Don't you worry at all."

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