Eyyy, another oneshot! It's been awhile since I've made a normal one! This one was requested by the all knowing, amazing sibling of mine by the name of King_is_here! Xey legit just said "Happy, then one of them dies. But not actually dead, and then they're all happy again." Joy.

Ship: Architechs, a little bit of Taurian

Words: 683 without the POV switch or A/Ns

Type: Angst/ Hurt/comfort

Trigger Warning: S@m, Swearing, Sad Grian, Death, Panic attack...? (Aka, Faerie doesn't know how to write panic attacks-)

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      Grian was sad to be leaving, he and his partners had just finished having a wonderful date together, just them. He loved his partners so much, they made him feel whole, happy.

      "See you two tomorrow!" His boyfriend, Mumbo said, leaning over and giving him a kiss on the cheek. 

      "Hey! What about me?" His other partner, Iskall pouted.

      "Alright alright!" Mumbo gave a laugh and gave Iskall a peck as well. "Love both of you!"

     "We love you too" 

      And with that, all three set off in the directions of their bases for a good nights sleep. Well.... Hopefully..... Grian was a bit worried about trying to go to sleep, for the past few nights he'd been getting horrible nightmares about a certain part of his past and wasn't exactly enjoying reliving the worst moments of his life on repeat. Oh well.

      Entering his hobbit hole, he kicked off his shoes and lay down on his fluffy bed, pulling his covers over his shoulders. Let's just hope tonight is better. He closed his eyes and waited for darkness to take him.....

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      "Oh Greee-onnn...... Come here~" A voice sung through the silent halls, only to be interrupted by the sharp clack of footsteps. "I know you're theerreeee..... You can't hide from me..."

      Grian back farther into the corner, he knew he didn't have much longer before he inevitably found him.... 

      "Greeeeeee-onnnnnnnn, I'm coming to find you~ You can't hideeee!" The footsteps grew louder.

      Grian put his hands to his mouth to try to muffle the whimpers that were sneaking out of his lips. He missed Taurtis.... Oh god, Taurtis! Tears rolled down his face as he remembered what had happened earlier, it had just meant to be joke.... But he didn't think so... He was pissed. Real pissed. And Taurtis... Oh god... 

       "Grian....?"

All Grian could think about at that moment was the knife that had been shoved through his best friend's chest. His best friend. Gone.

      "Grian."

      The footsteps were close now, they were almost on top of him. This was it.... This was the end...

      "GRIAN!"

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      Grian gasped as the jerked awake, smacking straight into someone's forehead.

     "Ouch!" Grian opened his eyes to see Mumbo rubbing his forehead and wincing. Oh god. Oh nonono. Please no.... PLEASE! DON'T HURT ME! "Hey! Gri, you're alright! Calm down!"

        But Grian couldn't hear him. All he could hear was him. And he wasn't happy.

     "P-please... Get away.... GET AWAY!! GET AWAY FROM ME!!" Grian was now sobbing uncontrollably, unable to see anything but those cursed bloodstained walls. 

Mumbo POV (I think this is my first POV switch-):

      Mumbo was unsure of what to do, he had just walked in on his friend having a horrible nightmare, then once he woke him up, started screaming for him to get away. He was horribly worried for his boyfriend, why was he so scared...?

      "Hey Gri, what's wrong?" He tried speaking more calmly, reaching over to cup his boyfriend's cheek, only for it to be smack away.

       "GET AWA- Wait. Nonono, I'm so sorry Sam! Please don't hurt me- I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!" Grian's eye lit up in panic and he curled in on himself even more, he started to mutter unintelligibly.

    Who. The. Fuck. Does that stupid yowamushi think he is!? And WHY THE FUCK DOES HE THINK HE CAN HURT GRIAN? 

      "Hey, look at me. It's alright, Sam isn't here. It's just me, Mumbo." Mumbo whispered, trying to be quiet, not to stress Grian anymore than he already has. "It's going to be okay, you're safe...."

       Suddenly, Grian leaped forward and latched onto Mumbo, keeping him stuck in a tight grasp, unable to move. Not that he was planning on moving anytime soon..... Mumbo gave a small smile as he combed Grian's hair gently while the smaller hermit slowly calmed and eventually fell asleep in his arms.

      Oh Gri.... Mumbo opened his inventory to retrieve a pair of black, blue and red headphones, placing them over his boyfriend's ears. He always used to do this back.... Then... I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you then... But at least you're safe now. 

       Away from him.

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      Sooooo, I only wrote the first half- Aka, the happy and then death part. The next part should come out soon! And I know what you're thinking King. "I meant to kill one of the Architechs-" Well.... You'll see... :) Anyways, eat some water, drink some food and as always:

      Ladies, gentlemen, theydies and gentletheys, have a FAEtastic day! -Faerie