This is platonic btw, title stolen from a comment on Joel's ep 5 or 6 I'll find the name of them if i remember <3
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The hot, tall, sexy, handsome man is what Joel would call himself and etho never would openly say it but he agree somewhat but then again he'd call bdubs the same just not the tall part.
Etho still being semi-obbseded with Beans (joel) often found himself taking bits from the other hermits base it could be a single block of cobblestone but he'd take it and replace it with a dirt block much to the others confusion on finding dirt in his neatly organised chests that he was proud of.
At first, Joel blamed one of his fellow mountaineers or to narrow it down more Grian or Scar Joel considered them the most annoying idiots to do this especially grian to neatly organised chests that the Fisher never had for long.
Scar? Just because Scar would do something like this for fun no good reason he's just Scar, he'd cause chaos because A someone like cub, grian or mumbo told him to or B for fun.
Never once had the new hermit suspected the cosplayer. But the ones etho was neighbours with? Knew everything and both had cheeky chats of it with a cup of tea behind ethos back pearl having cold water in her tea because 'I didn't know hot water made tea taste nicer'.
After a while soon grian being the sneaky gremlin he was found out about ethos endeavors which grian at first doubting it cause etho never did anything like that or got caught by anyone.
Everytime grian would hear Joel freaking out over finding dirt in one of his chests he'd have a small laugh to himself while fishing for a mending book.
Soon Joel began asking his fellow mountaineers if they had seen anyone sneaking into his base and come out with a stack or single block or items all said no, grian was no snitch.
Joel being fed up with this stayed up watching his chests one night, a warm cup of coffee to help keep him awake In his hands while he sat down behind a wall in his storage room that he had spent hours sorting and building.
But tonight, no one came much to Joel's annoyance so he went out and killed some horses because it was 'relaxing' more so Joel being the weird British man he was.
When Joel returned and looked in his chest he seen two dirt blocks. This theif was too good at this.
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A few days later with a pile of dirt thrown in some room Joel would never use, Joel seen Etho and tango going around funny enough Etho had a dirt block in his grubby hands as Joel would call them.
After a while of thinking while sitting somewhere looking down onto the beautiful street he had made, It clicked etho had to be the one steeling his blocks but giving dirt back his evidence? He didn't need any he was Smallishbeans the sometimes cult maker anything he said someone would belive!
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Seeing etho again this time the cosplayer was alone Joel deicided to go over and hand etho a dirt block. It's safe to say etho went a barley noticeable shade of red of being caught but thankfully not in the act.
Joel went back to his base with a smug look, Thinking that'd stop that sneaky cosplayer. It's safe to say it didn't the dirt blocks doubled again with a sign this time.
-You accidentally gave me one here's three extra :) -Etho-
Joel looked annoyed and when the sun came to rest and the moon came up Beans went to ethos base and put six dirt blocks in ethos base leaving a sign
-You ACCIDENTALLY gave me four here's two extra!-
Joel was happy he'd gotten etho back for now, until 8 dirt blocks were in his base with a sign the same as last time.
The two kept doing this till two and a half stacks, it was the highlight of boths night.
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I felt like some non-romantic fluff and what better than smalletho? Also you can leave suggestions for chapters on any chapter if I continue this idk abt ships wait and see
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