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Mumbo - Oneshot - Flower Pot

Contains: Fluff. A Lot Of Fluff.
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Since travelling to the new world you've spent a lot of time on your own.
After everything that happened before you and Mumbo agreed to make your own starter bases for now.

It was hard at first, staying a little further away from the man you love, but it had lit quite the fire.

Basing away from Mumbo for the first time in 3 seasons was strange, you found yourself missing him.
It cemented that you really do love him.

Grian, knowing this, had been keeping you up to date on your partners happenings. Something the mischief maker was very good at.
It didn't take him long to find out some information which you would be able to use.

Mumbo had decided to become the richest hermit.
If there's one thing you know it's that Mumbo hasn't always made the most profitable shops.
Some not profitable at all.
And by some you mean most.

So, your plan was set.
Since then you've been back and fourth to his vault a number of times.
Getting in wasn't hard, you've lived with this man for long enough.
You've been leaving diamonds in his chests at random.

Your shop was doing well so far, you'd made a handful of diamonds.
But your main source came from mining.
Hours and hours of it. But you needed the resources for your build and your shop, the diamonds had just come as a bonus.

You open your valuables chest, cringing at the mess inside.
Without a sorting system you'd created quite the chest monster.
With a shake of your head you grab a stack of diamonds, stuffing them in your pocket.

You make your way towards spawn, careful to look for his name as you approach from behind The Entity.
Nothing.
"Good. Wish me luck." You say to The Entity, giving a little pat and smiling as its heartbeat gets slightly louder.

You sneak toward the entrance to Mumbo's vault, checking for his name once again before pressing the buttons in sequence.
The vault door opens, much louder than you hoped, but there's no sign of the man you love.
So you enter his small starter base, waiting for the door to close behind you before moving any further.

The inside of the vault hasn't changed much since you were last inside.
Mumbo always relied on you to help with interior decoration, so with you gone it's down to bare structure for the most part.
The decor he did have wasn't much, a few item frames, a map, an empty flower pot.

You wander further in, imagining all the ways you'd spruce the place up. Literally and figuratively.
It would look nice with some spruce, everyone loves it.
Some leaves, maybe a few pictures.
Many many flowers. (Something Mumbo wasn't fond of at first but grew to love.)

There's a lot you could do with the space.
But you're not here to do that. You're here to give Mumbo a stack of diamonds that he just.. misplaced in a chest in the back.

Then you spot the one.
It's not a chest but a barrel, placed in the wall as decoration behind a double chest.
It's perfect.

You go and open it up, placing the stack of diamonds in a random space as well as a couple odd bits you had on you.
That should serve him nicely.

You hear the piston doors open.
Panic.
It fills you up from head to toe.
You check your pockets for your emergency invisibility potion.
It's not there.

You stand still, seeing Mumbo turn the corner, eyes focused on the book he has his nose in.
You can feel your heart pounding in your chest, every breath seems just too loud as he walks closer without even knowing you're there.

Then his eyes snap up.
The shock is evident in his face and you can feel your entire body tense up under his gaze.
You've missed him.
It feels like forever since he last looked at you.

"Y/n?" He asks.
You say nothing, paralysed by love and fear.
You shouldn't be in here after all.

Mumbo stares at you for a while, the silence is deafening but with a comfort you've missed.
You take him in as he is, his hair slightly messy, suit clean but his collar isn't sitting flat nor is his tie straight.

He places his book on top of a crafting table and walks toward you.
His hands cup your face, eyes soft as he takes in that you're really there.

"I've missed you so much." He whispers, dropping his hands down to pull you in for a hug.
"I've missed you too." You reply, just as hushed as him.

After a long hug he pulls himself away from you, "why are you here?" He means no harm with the question, it's genuine and full of love.

"I.. I've been hiding diamonds for you to find." His eyes widen.
"You've been putting the diamonds in my chests? Y/n-"

"I couldn't be here to support your goals, I didn't know if you wanted me around."
"Of course I want you around, being without you has been lonely. I love you, I miss you. I miss having you around. I even went and got some of these."

He pulls out a small bunch of your favourite flowers, somehow still in good condition despite being in his inventory.
You feel yourself melt at the thought of him displaying your favourite flowers in his base for him to see.

He smiles softly, walking over to place the flowers in what will be their home, the empty pot you spotted earlier.

"I don't know if you've thought about it much, but if you want to.. come live with me again?" The hope is his voice is vast.
Just like the hope you've had in your heart.

"I will." You smile, happy to know you'll be back with him soon enough, together as a pair, as you're meant to be.
Just like the addition of the flowers to the flower pot.

Alone the two of you are very different, different skills, different purposes.
But when the two of you are together you work perfectly, complimenting each other and adding something you both need to each others lives.
You the flowers to his empty pot.