Closer Than You Think-(Grumbo) (songfic)

Rose Hill

Grian decided it was time. He had talked with Mumbo and Iskall beforehand, which gave him the strength to finally tell Mumbo the truth. He grabbed his communicator and asked Mumbo to meet up.

"Hey Mumbo!" texted Grian, his hands suddenly shaking.

"Hey Grian," texted Mumbo. At this rate, his heart started racing once again. Is this the time he's finally telling me? 

"Can we meet up at the hill with all of the flowers on it?" texted Grian in reply. He hoped Mumbo didn't think he was being very suspicious right now.

"Yeah sure," Mumbo texted back, trying to play it cool. Grian dropped his communicator on the bed and grabbed a guitar he had borrowed the day before. He had learned how to play the guitar in secret, revealing his hidden talent only to Ren, the guy who had one.

"Are you sure you're gonna be able to do this, Grian?" Ren had asked the day before.

"It's gonna go horribly wrong or horribly right. And I'm hoping it's gonna go horribly right," he replied. 

He finally arrived at the hill with all of the flowers on top of it, and he sat down, pulling the guitar out its case and practicing it, hiding it away when Mumbo finally came.

Oh boy, the time is for the big reveal! he thought.

"So, hey Mumbo. I asked you to meet up here because," Grian stopped himself in his tracks, thinking about it before continuing. "There's a special someone I love, and he's sitting right next to me right now. And I know it sounds completely idiotic, and-" 

Mumbo's heart beat a mile a minute, he was blushing as red as a tomato, and with his adrenaline kicking in, he thought it would be no better time than ever.

He cut off Grian by the lips, pulling him into a soft kiss with his hands around the back of Grian's head.

Grian was not expecting this, he thought he would be rejected. But he decided to embrace it, after all, he was crushing over him, and what is better than kissing your crush you've been swooning over for the last few months?

"You really had to go in for the kiss, did you?" Grian asked once their kiss was over. 

"Yup," Mumbo answered casually, as if a 1000 pound/kilogram weight was taken off his stomach. 

"Well, I guess we're lovebirds now, because," Grian started, pulling towards him the guitar he was hiding. 

"You know how to play guitar?" Mumbo asked.

"Yeah, and I also wrote a song for you," Grian replied. Mumbo's face hinted he was the same way too. "Did you write one too?"

"Yeah, I got a sample of what you were singing back when you were crashing at my place for the night," Mumbo replied.

"Well, here goes nothing," Grian said, strumming the strings of Ren's guitar.