Hermitcraft Oneshots

Untitled Part 5

The sun was just starting to set, but in the jungle, only lone beams of sunlight shone through the thick canopy of leaves. That was fine with Mumbo and Grian, though. The pair of best friends didn't mind night hikes. And with BDubs on the server, they knew it wouldn't be dark for too long. 

Sure enough, only about a minute later, the sky reverted back to sunshine and the forest was bright once again. Mumbo sighed, the forest truly had been beautiful at night, but his old friend would never recognize that. 

"He'll never change, will he?" Grian asked, even though they both knew the answer. Mumbo laughed and nodded in agreement. 

"Well, day hikes are fun too, you can enjoy the natural scenery more," Mumbo replied, always seeing the brightside.

"Natural scenery? This isn't natural, Scar made it," Grian told his friend.

"He made this? This is amazing! I mean I thought it looked better than normal generation, but I couldn't imagine one person being so talented with terraforming!" Mumbo exclaimed. He felt a bit guilty for not recognizing one of his oldest friend's building styles. He should come by and visit Scar more often.

Grian chuckled. "If you think this is impressive, you should really see his village."

"Okay!" I agreed. 

"Oh, okay, if you want to," Grian responded. I guess he thought Mumbo wouldn't want to go, but the man was actually mesmerized by the other builder's style. The attention to detail and intention of every block placed was so impressive. 

Grian led mumbo through the jungle, heading towards Scar's village. Once they entered the general area, Mumbo was at a loss for words. He inspected everything and was shocked at the level of creativity the wizard had managed to place into this build.

"Why do I even try, Grian?" Mumbo asked. Grian turned around, concerned for his friend's confidence, but Mumbo wasn't done. "Like look at this mushroom. This mini mushroom is better than everything I've built. And the pathway is so twisting and perfect and he even had gravity incorporated into his bridges, and the giant bugs-- amazing." Mumbo continued for a while, before noticing Grian had stopped listening to him, and was instead focused on something over his shoulder. 

Mumbo spun around, and came face to face with a bearded hermit, mouth wide open.

"Uh, how long have you been standing there?' Mumbo asked, hoping he hadn't been around for too long. Scar didn't answer, though. He still looked like he was processing. 

"Five minutes," Grian supplied from behind them. Mumbo blushed scarlet red.

"You're very talented," He finally said lamely. Luckily, Scar had gotten his voice back by now.

"Thank you! Uh, you seem very interested in the build, any chance you want a tour?" Scar asked. Mumbo nodded emphatically.

So, for the next two hours, that is what the trio did. Mumbo was holding on to every word that came out of Scar's mouth, while Grian trailed behind, having already seen the build numerous times. The tour would have probably taken about twenty minutes, but due to Mumbo's constant questions and comments, it instead lasted about two hours. Finally, they were back where they started, Mumbo starstruck, Scar awkward, and Grian ready to gouge his eyes out with boredom. Mumbo began to open his mouth.

"Mumbo if you ask to take the tour again, I will punch you," Grian muttered, and Mumbo closed his mouth, the words taken from him. The already awkward moment was now accompanied with silence.

"Well, you guys could come over for the night; we could watch a movie or have dinner or something," Scar offered. "Doc told me he was planning on trapping BDubs, so we might actually have a night."

"Sounds fun to me!" Grian replied, and Mumbo agreed.

Apparently it wasn't too fun for Grian, as he was passed out on the couch within an hour, snoring lightly. It was just Scar and Mumbo awake, both staring at the relatively boring movie playing on the screen. But then Scar paused it. Mumbo sent him a questioning glance.

"What, you said earlier, to Grian..." Scar started. Mumbo flushed red thinking about his earlier behavior.

"Yeah, sorry if that made you uncomfortable, man, you're just really impressive-"

"No, it's not that. I just want you to know that you're amazing too. You kept putting yourself down but you are amazing in your own way. Never forget that," Scar said, his voice getting quieter with each sentence. Mumbo stared at him, wondering how a man could be so talented, humble, and  kind at the same time.

"Thank you, Scar," Mumbo said, taking his hands. "Thank you."

And that night in the jungle, under the glistening stars, two hermits talked all night, and discovered feelings they didn't know they had. And it was perfect.

I don't know how to end things I'm sorry.

Okay but Mumbo fangirling over Scar in his recent episode is literally me.