requested by @Atlas73

A small bell rang above a door, jingling happily. Three people stepped in, glancing around.

A short brunet stood behind the counter opposite to them in green overalls and a yellow and orange-ish brown striped shirt. Their face lit up upon seeing the newcomers. "Hi, guys!"

"Hey, Tubbo," Dream said, gently placing Patches on the counter, watching the teen coo and pet her. "Is Bad here yet?"

"Yep! He's over in the corner talking to... whoever that is, I don't know," they said, giggling lightly, pointing to near the porch.

Beside Dream, George put down his kitten, keeping a close eye on her as she played with Sapnap's cat.

"Tubbo! Keep your bees away from me!" Tommy yelled, running to hide behind his friend. Following, very slowly, behind him, were Tubbo's bees, covered in pollen. "I swear to god, I'm gonna fucking stab 'em if they come near me," he muttered.

"W- What did they do?!"

"They're gonna sting me, idiot!" he cried out, throwing his hands up in the air.

Dream sighed, grateful that they all decided it'd be a good time to take a break from the SMP, and visit one of the cat cafés. Tubbo and Niki worked part-time here, so he had hoped that the pastries would be discounted. (It wasn't, Bad scolded him about even thinking about scamming them.)

Bad was still talking to some other people when the trio arrived at their table. Rat and another dog were snuggling on the floor, which was a really funny sight, considering one of them was much, much larger than the other.

"Hey, muffins!" Bad greeted, noticing his friends.

"Hey, Bad. Hello..?" George said, sending a questioning glance at the two other people sitting across from Bad.

"Mumbo," the man in the suit explained. "And Grian." He gestured to the red-clad man clinging to Mumbo, with two cats crawling all over him.

"Hi!" Grian chirped, fluttering his pale lilac wings behind him. "I'm gonna go see Scar, 'kay Mumbo?" And with that, he scooped up his cats, running off to see a cowboy-looking man with multiple scars on his face.

Dream was actually surprised by that. He wore a mask because of his own scars, but this person was sporting his scars as though they weren't there. A newfound respect bubbled up for Scar. Maybe now's a good time to not wear my mask... It wasn't like people hadn't seen Dream's face before, but he still got nervous. He took it off, resting the carved mask on the table, smelling nectar from the flowers surrounding them.

George smiled at him.

"So, where are you from?" Dream asked Mumbo, starting up a conversation.

"Hermitcraft," he answered, taking a sip of his tea. "Yeah, we just finished another war, and decided to take a break." So that was why the café seemed so full today, now that Dream noticed.

Tubbo walked out from behind the counter with a coffee in hand towards two armour wearing men, one wearing red, and the other mimicking a bee.

Tubbo started talking all about caring for bees with Xisuma, totally missing the bored look Xanathus gave them.

"Oh, that'd be so cool to have a base completely based off of bees! I would as well, but it'd probably be blown up after a week," they gushed, stars in their eyes at the idea. "I love bees."

Across the room, Grian stole Jellie away from Scar, and was watching her play with Maui and Pearl, and was also talking to Phil.

The two winged beings talked about their past lives, both living in the End with the other Watchers.

Outside on the porch, Wilbur and Niki were sharing a giant ice cream float, trying to push away Wil's cat, who tried to lick some of the ice cream that melted onto the table.

The sun started to set, skyscrapers casting giant shadows throughout the Hub.

Both groups started to head towards the Server Portal in the center of the world, heading back to their home worlds.

Grian gave Phil one last hug; Phil promising to come talk to him to help him cope with his past, and both groups headed to their homes.

now you know why i don't write fluff ;-;

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