My Diggy Diggy One Shots

Why I Left

*Time set somewhere later on in the Dirt Quest, Sips never was taken to Mars becuase they never had the big space race. I'm trying to write something not-Sjips or angsty, so hopefully something good will soon be coming your way*

TW: Holy crap the feels while I was writing this were big. I started crying, and had to stop writing at one point. So be prepared.

It’s been months since I’ve seen Sjin. The last time I saw him I left him standing alone in the rain. I fired him, then took his farm hand from him. I didn’t even say goodbye. I’ve asked Lewis about him a few times, but he doesn’t say much. He has made it obvious that Sjin doesn’t want to see me though.

“What are we doing today, Sips?” Lewis and Turps stand in front of me, waiting for me to tell them what to do.

“Uh, what do we need to do?” I ask. Lewis usually knows what’s going on.

“Turps, if you could go mining that would be great. Sips, I don’t have anything for you to do right now, so you can just hang out.”

I nod and we set off. Turps disappears down the staircase to hell, Lewis starts digging around in the factory, and I am just standing in the middle of the compound staring at our crops. That’s where I go when I’m upset. I go stand in the middle of the little farm we have, and it’s almost like Sjin is there with me, calming me down.

So that’s what I go and do, harvesting and replanting the crops. I hear someone call my name and look around for Sjin. But he is nowhere to be found. Instead, Lewis is standing at the edge of the farm frowning at me.

“What?” Lewis doesn’t say anything for a few seconds.

“Can you go dig up some more mud balls for me?” I nod and grab a shovel out of my bag.

After I have a few stacks of mud balls Lewis comes over. I give him what I have and he nods in thanks. “Everything alright Sips?”

“Yea, just really tired.” I shrug and continue digging.

“He misses you, you know.” I freeze mid-dig and turn around.

“What?” I drop my shovel and walk over to Lewis. “What did you just say?”

Lewis looks at the ground. “He talks about you a lot. I tell him about you.” He looks up at me and smiles sadly. He turns and walks into the factory. I watch him go, staring at the door long after it has shut.

“I’m okay. It’s okay.” I whisper to myself. Heading over to the farm I lay down on the small walkway and fold my hands over my stomach.

I open my eyes to find the sun low in the sky and my two workers standing over me. “Uh, hey Sips.” I rub my eyes and sit up.

“Don’t sleep here, it’s not really comfortable.” My everything aches, and I almost fall over when I try standing up.

“Uh, Turps and I were talking and maybe it would be a good idea if we pushed back our work days? You seem to need a few days to catch up on sleep.” I need a few days with Sjin, but that ship has sailed long ago.

“Lewis, can we talk alone for a minute please?” I start walking away, going inside the factory into my office-that -is-actually- just-where-my -bed-is.

“What is it, friend?” I take a deep breath and prepare for the worst.

“I want to talk to Sjin. If you could talk him into it. . .” I trail off.

“I will bring the idea up to him, but I don’t promise anything.” I grin. It’s a start.

“Thank you.” Lewis nods and walks away. I lay in bed thinking about all the great times Sjin and I had together.