Hermitcraft angst and :(

Red Knuckles

I really like this one. blood warning/self harm warning. Enjoy!

The Hermitcraft public gym was a frequent stop for many of the hermits. It was one of the first things they built at the beginning of the season. Xisuma went there every single day.

He always went very early in the morning or late at night so that no one else would be there. He liked to be alone with his thoughts.

He always did the same thing when he went there. Run on the treadmill for an hour, and then practice on the punching bag for 30 minutes. He was a bit of a gym nut.

Rarely, his gym sessions only overlapped with another person. Mumbo was the only person he rarely saw. When he did, they silently acknowledged each other, and carried on with their workout.

Xisuma had just had a rough day. None of his redstone had worked, his TnT duper blew up and no one had talked to him for the whole day. X was a person who keeps all his emotions inside. He knew what effect other's emotions have on him, and he didn't want to put that pressure on his friends.

When X went to the gym, it was late at night and no one else was there. He was angry and sad. At the gym was the time he usually let his emotions out. He wrapped up his hands and got the punching bag out. With every punch, he felt angrier and angrier. When he stopped for breath, he looked at his hands and saw that they were covered in blood. On the floor, a pool of blood was growing. He went over to the cleaning closet to clean the mess up before anyone saw it.

Suddenly, Mumbo Jumbo walked in and saw Xisuma, cloth in hand, wiping up blood on the floor while it poured down his hand. Mumbo rushed over, not saying anything, and took the cloth from him. X looked at him with a faintly pained and blank expression. He was very pale and had shallow breathing. He led Xisuma to a wall where he sat him down and began to carefully unwrap his hands. X flinched as he got down to the lower layers, where it pulled up some raw, jagged, blood soaked skin.

Once he was done, Mumbo looked up at Xisuma. His brown hair was drenched in sweat and blood, probably from running his hands through his hair, making it look an unusual red. His face was covered in the sticky red substance from wiping his face with the cut hands. Mumbo grabbed a roll of fresh bandages and proceeded to wrap up his hands.once he was done, he left X there and started to clean up the blood spill. It looked like a whole jug of cherry cool-aid with black food colouring had been spilt all over the floor. He wiped it up quickly and the returned to Xisuma. He helped him stand up and walked him back to the hobbit hole. He sat him down on the ground in his Storage room, while he searched for a bed. X just stared blankly at a wall, void of all emotion besides a small hint of pain and sadness.

Mumbo found a bed and placed it beside his red bed which was already there. He got out a bucket of water and a small scrap of fabric. He gingerly wiped down Xisuma's face and rinsed out his hair. He then carefully helped the shaken admin into the bed. He quickly fell asleep. Mumbo watched him for a while, wondering what could have happened. He laid down beside the broken man and fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, he was woken by soft crying beside him. X was still asleep but he was sobbing. Mumbo turned and gave him a big hug, which seemed to calm him. The two slept peacefully for the rest of the night.

In the morning when Xisuma woke up, Mumbo wasn't there. He stood very carefully, wobbling a bit. He felt light headed. Probably from all the blood loss, he thought. He looked down at his hands and realized that his bandages had been changed again. He stumbled out of the hobbit hole and made his way to Mumbo's mega base. As he walked over to the stairs, he realized he was now in a comfy red hoodie instead of his work-out clothes. He walked over to the small blast chamber, almost passing out after he got there, and started searching for Mumby. He found him searching for food in random chest spread underneath the contraption. He turned around, a little shocked to see Xisuma and said "X! You shouldn't be out of bed! You need to rest. I'll help you walk back. He shoved some bread and soup into his inventory and put Xisuma's arm over his shoulder. The pair slowly sauntered back to the hobbit hole where X, tired from his small adventure, laid back down on the bed. He gave him a bowl of soup and helped him slowly sip from it.

Suddenly, Xisuma got an overwhelming feeling of sadness and remorse. He burst out crying, making Mumbo run over and pull him into a strong hug. The pair stayed like that for a while, X taking in breath between broken sobs.

Eventually, Xisuma calmed down enough to talk.

"I'm sorry about all this, Mumbo." He said shakily. "I just sometimes need someplace to let out my emotions." Mumbo looked at him and said with kind eyes,

"If you ever need a place to let out your emotions again, come to me and we can talk it out." He pulled him into a tight hug, and then they went to sit down together. "Just don't beat up a sand bag next time!" Mumbo said with a giggle.

They talked for hours, and then X left. He felt better now that he had an emotional foundation to lean on. He silently thanked Mumbo and flew away.  

Thanks for reading! I will try my best to post maybe twice a week!

-the Lolfoxgamer <3