Hermitcraft angst and :(

Sleepless in Casa (bthb)

Heyo! Totes not ded. This one was actually a request from @Momdouble0 . I enjoyed writing this, sorry its short. I got a bunch more ideas, but feel free to leave suggestions. Ill write anything except nsfw. Anyway, ENJOY! (Shameless Windwaker au plug goes here)

Xb sighed as he sat on top of the floating base, the pains of a migraine shooting through his temples. The stars were glittering and the moon was full; the night was beautiful. But not to Xb. he's seen it so many times, that the beauty had worn off. At the beginning of season seven, he had spent many sleepless nights working on his base, slaving away at finding the perfect location. Eventually, missing sleep became a regular routine. Xb sighed as he stared up at the stars. His eyelids drooped, but he knew too well that even if he tried, he wouldn't be able to sleep. Dark circles forever plaited his eyes, a constant hanging reminder of how far he was from other hermits. He always saw hermits in chat telling each other to sleep, or to take care of themselves, but no one ever bothered to visit Xb.

Staring out at his arena, he felt the tears of loneliness slowly leek from his eyes, dropping into his lap silently. He was so tired. He just wanted to sleep. He laid down on the hard stone, shutting his eyes and willing as hard as he could for sleep. All he could focus on was the back of his eyelids, the moon shining through them. Even after laying there for an hour, Xb still couldn't sleep. He opened his eyes to the sun peaking over the horizon, signaling the start of another day. He glided down from his perch and stumbled as he landed. He went through his portal, stumbling through the nether towards the shopping district. He stumbled, his eyelids drooping. His inability to sleep was finally catching up with him. He wobbled, and collapsed. He laid there, too tired to even twitch, but unable to sleep. He laid there for days, no hermit finding his limp body, until Keralis wandered over. He was one of the only ones who would ever visit Xb, but he was often busy with his ship yard.

"Xb!" Keralis shouted. He ran to his friend's sleepless form, kneeling on the squishy netherrack. He softly shook his prone form. His eyelids fluttered open, not sleeping, but barely holding on to consciousness. Keralis studied his friend, running his finger lightly over the dark shadows. Xb looked pale, almost dead, and Keralis was terrified. "Xb, when was the last time you slept?"

"I don't 'member." Xb slurred. Keralis picked up the other hermit, placing Xb's arm over his shoulder and wrapping his hand around his waist.

"Come on sweet face," Keralis said, carrying most of Xb's weight. "We need to get you back to your base."

Keralis gently lowered Xb into a bed in one of the Casa houses, tucking him in swiftly.

"Please sleep, sweet face. If not for you, for me. I'm worried about you."
"I can't 'ralis, I'm an 'somniac." Xb said, tears streaming from his face. He hated making people worry about him; that's also hwy he never told any other hermit.

"Please. Just try." Keralis squeezes into the bed with Xb, wrapping him up in a warm hug. Xb felt shocked, yet content when he felt himself slowly sinking into a deep sleep.

He just really needed a hug.

I need a hug

- The Lolfoxgamer