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Mumbo had just gotten back from a little trip of exploration around the server. He'd gone all the way to the world limit and hung around there before eventually coming back.
When he got back to his base, his avian best friend, Grian, ran across the bridge connecting their bases to greet him. "Mumbo, you're back!", the red parrot winged man exclaimed in delight.
"Oh hey, Grian! How's everything?", the moustached man asked as his best friend tackled him with a hug, the taller barely able to keep from falling over.
The two sat down outside Mumbo's vault base to talk.
"Everything's been great, Mumbo. We just got back from Limited Life. I teamed with Tim and Joel this time and Timmy was the first one out again after trying to push a TNT minecart to the ground to explode someone and regain time and Joel went reckless mode and he ended up dying so since both the other Bad Boys died, I decided to team with Pearl and Big B who called themselves the Nosy Neighbors and then-" Mumbo interrupted his best friend.
"That's great and all, Grian, but did you tell Scar?"
The avian's wings straightened rigidly behind his back as he tried to lie through his teeth. "Yeah, I definitely did that-"
"Grian..." "Yeah?" "Remember how I said I'd give you a time limit to tell Scar that you liked him?" The blonde hesitated for a second before responding.
"Well yes, but-", Grian was cut off by the man next to him. "And remember how that time limit was initially supposed to be after Double Life, but like the good best friend I am, I let you push it back til after Limited Life?" The redstoner was not about to give up on this.
He gulped before responding. "Y-yeah-"
Before he could continue, the moustached man next to him continued. "And remember the consequences of not meeting the time limit of this bet?"
The blonde's eyes widened with fear as he remembered the consequences. Mumbo had bet Grian that he couldn't tell Scar he liked him by the time they got back from Double Life. The consequence was that if he didn't tell Scar, that Mumbo had full right to go tell Scar for him.
When he got back, Grian had basically pleaded with his best friend that he needed more time, so it was pushed back to after Limited Life.
"But Mumbo-", he responded a bit panicked. The tall, black haired man beside him stood firm in his decision. "No buts. I've given you plenty of time, now I'm going tell him you like him and I'm taking matters into my own hands."
The blonde was starting to shake and panickedly tried to grab his best friend's sleeve to stop him. "Mumbo no-!", but the well dressed man had already flown away, leaving his best friend in shock to fumble with his rockets and try to fly after him, dropping them in the process...
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Meanwhile, at Scar's base, Mumbo lands right near where Scar is working on something and addresses him.
"Scar, we need to talk." The brunette looked up from what he was working on and flashed his signature crooked smile. "Oh hey, Mumbo! Just the man I was looking for. Do you think you can give me some pointers on how to fix my storage system?"
The moustached man stumbled a bit on his words. "Well yes, but that's not why I'm- that's not what- sure, what do you need help with?"
The brunette chuckled a bit. "We can talk while we work, I just really need to get my storage system fixed. The cleaning lady scolded me last time she was here and I don't want another scolding from Pearl so I'm trying to clean up Scarland", he said, leading the other man inside the building where he had most of his storage.
"Wow, mate, it's...really cluttered in here-", the taller man said in surprise. "Yeah...it gets like that...anyways, Mumbo, what'd you wanna talk about?", he asked as they got to work fixing the redstone and cleaning up.
"Scar," the moustached man started, "Grian really likes you. Like, REALLY likes you. A lot. And he hasn't wanted to tell you cuz he's been too scared you won't like him back."
Without looking up, the brunette's green eyes danced with a slight tone of mischief.
"Oh, I know", he responded casually. This took the moustached man slightly aback.
"Wait, you know?", he asked in a surprised tone.
"Yeah," Scar answered, now looking up from his work. "I've known since Double Life. Joel and Etho told me that he was just trying to make me jealous with the whole Big B thing to see if I liked him back, but I just figured I'd wait and respect G's feelings until he was comfortable enough to tell me himself. It's taken a while though, so I was planning on trying to ask him out myself next week if he still hadn't said anything."
The moustached man lightly tapped his chin with the wrench he was using to help Scar with his storage system contemplatively, getting a bit of redstone on his chin in the process.
"Oh...I see..."
They continued working for awhile and after it was done and fixed, Scar asked "Hey, Mumbo, thanks for helping. Is there anything I can do for you? A box of free Scarland treats? A Scarland VIP pass maybe?"
"Nah, it's no problem, mate, just let me know if you need any more help with your storage system."
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The two exited the maintenance doors as an out of breath avian came zooming in and landed on the sidewalk right near where they had just emerged.
"Thanks, Mumbo! Goodbyeeeee!", the brunette exclaimed, waving to his friend.
"Bye, Scar!", the other called back, flying away and leaving Grian and Scar to discuss amongst themselves. His work here was done.
The brunette turned to the blonde, smiling crookedly. "Oh hey, Grian! What's up?"
Grian lifted his brown eyes to meet the other's dazzling green. Out of breath the only thing he was able to muster was "What'd Mumbo tell you?"
The brunette, knowing exactly what the other was asking, but deciding to cause a bit of mischief first before they got to the point answered, "Oh we talked about lots of things. He told me how to fix my storage system, he helped me with the redstone, he told me you had a crush on me, I asked if he wanted to take any Scarland snacks like some churros or something as a thank you for helping, we-"
The blonde cut him off, surprised and finally having caught his breath. "Wait wait go back. He- he said what-?", the avian said panicking a bit.
How would he brush it off if Scar didn't like him back now? Their friendship could be ruined. He'd never be able to look him in the eyes again...his gorgeous, shimmering, green eyes...no, Grian, focus!
He looked up at the brunette nervously. "He told me you had a crush on me", the brunette responded.
"O-oh. You know, Scar, it's perfectly fine if you don't like me back, I'd just like if we could stay friends cuz even if I do like you, I really value you as a friend and I don't think I'd know what to do if we couldn't hang out anymore if some silly crush were to ruin our friendship and-"
The blonde was cut off by a rough, yet gentle hand putting a finger to his lips.
This made him blush slightly pink. "Gri...", the brunette responded, looking into his eyes and slowly removing his finger from shushing the blonde in front of him. "I like you too."
The blonde looked up at the brunette who was now blushing a slight reddish shade as his own cheeks turned a deeper pink.
"You...you do-?", he asked in a state of shock and awe. "Mmhm. It was love at first sight. I've liked you since the day we first met in season 6." "W-wait- really?", the blonde was surprised...in a good way.
The brunette nodded. "What about you? When did my devilish charms win you over?", he asked mischievously giving the other a playful wink.
Both were still blushing profusely as the avian answered with ruffled wings.
"Near the end of season 7. You were starting to build Aquatown and the Mycelium war was wrapping up and I realized I had a thing for the Mayor who was in opposition to my side of the war."
"I look good in a monocle and suit, huh?", the brunette teased.
They stood quietly for a second before Scar broke the silence. "Hey, Grian?" "Y-yeah, Scar?" The brunette took a deep breath before asking.
"Can I kiss you?"
The sun had started to set in Scarland and the scene was quite romantic.
The blonde nodded, blushing an even deeper pink as the brunette reached a rough, scarred hand and gently placed it on the other's cheek leaning down slightly.
He leaned close and their lips met softly in a chaste kiss as the blonde wrapped his arms around the brunette's neck, wings fluttering slightly to keep himself at the same level as the other before pulling away from the kiss after what felt like hours.
"So uh...", the brunette said quietly, "wanna maybe...go out later this week?"
The blonde smiled up at him as the sun almost completely set behind the horizon. "I'd like that...", he responded.
A message appeared in chat that said "BDoubleO100 went to bed. Sweet Dreams!" as the sun appeared back on the other side of the sky, making it day again.
"Well uh...I gotta go, but talk later?", the avian said.
"Yeah, see you later, Gri!", the brunette waved as the avian took off in the direction of the Soup Group's bases.
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When he arrived at Pearl's, he saw Mumbo talking to Pearl and Gem.
Gem was helping Pearl with terraforming and Impulse was nowhere in sight, presumably over at Tango's base hanging out with him while he worked on Decked Out.
"Yeah, it was fun seeing Etho react to me absolutely wrecking him at PVP", Gem was conversing with Pearl and Mumbo and basically filling in the tall, moustached redstoner with what happened during Limited Life.
The moth hybrid looked up, noticing their friend who had just gotten there. "Hey, Gribba, need something?", Pearl asked.
"I- we-", he was still blushing bright pink with both his wings and his ear feathers ruffled as he tried to collect his thoughts about what had just happened.
"Are you alright, Grian?", the red-headed elf-satyr hybrid asked.
"Scar...Scar kissed me. And he asked me to go out with him later this week and just- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
The Australian moth hybrid set down her things.
"That's wonderful, Grian, I'm glad you finally told him.", she said with a hug.
"Yeah, that's great!! You guys are basically meant for each other, I hope it works out for both of you!!", Gem exclaimed.
Mumbo smirked from where he was sitting.
"Told you telling him wasn't a bad idea, Grian", he teased his best friend.
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Meanwhile, in the shopping district, Scar had found Cub and BDubs.
Scar was still blushing pretty hard.
Cub smiled at his honorary brother. Back in the days of Convex, they'd taken a sort of oath that connected them as brothers and through that connection, Cub had heard the full flood of emotions.
Mischievous. Happy. Excited. Extatic. In love. He could take a wild guess as to why Scar was blushing so hard and it'd be right.
BDubs however was curious as to why his best friend was blushing.
"Oh hey, Scar, what're you- heyyyyyy why're you blushing?"
The brunette sheepishly put a hand on the back of his neck as the shorter man eagerly awaited his answer. He loved gossip.
"Well uh- I finally told Grian that I like him, BDubs. And I asked him to go out with me later this week."
"Oh my God, Scar! That's great!!", BDubs exclaimed excitedly. "Yeah and I kissed him...his lips were really soft...", Scar said absentmindedly brushing a thumb against his lips where Grian's had met his own.
"YOU KISSED HIM?! THAT'S AWESOME, SCAR!", the shorter man exclaimed. He'd been trying to matchmake the two since early season 7.
The vex hybrid beside him smiled and all he said was. "Finally."