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It was a cold, rainy day on the hermitcraft server, no one was building, exploring or making any progress on shops, everyone was talking about the rain on the communicators, the thing is...
Joel was outside in the cold, really far away from his base. He had fallen down a ravine and landed on his own communicator.
When he had got out there were holes in his clothes, bruises on his skin, and cuts everywhere, he pushed through the pain though.
He had to stay strong.
The wind was picking up now, and it was getting progressively colder by the second.
That was when Joel realized where he was.
Ethos base was close by.
Maybe he could stay there once the storm blew over.
He waddled over to ethos base and knocked on the door.
That's when etho opened the door, he wasn't wearing his mask, Joel must've woken him up.
"Oh my goodness Joel! What are you doing out here?!" Etho said pulling the shivering man inside, etho had a very worried look on his face as he examined the shorter man.
Joel was shaking and had bags under his eyes.
He didn't look to good...
Etho grabbed Joel's hand and led him to the couch, sitting him down
"Th-thanks- eef-o" Joel said through sniffles
"My pleasure, hang on a sec-" etho said hurrying over to a closet, where he pulled out a blanket, the taller man walked back into the living room and placed the blanket on Joel, who immediately snuggled up, but he was still slightly shivering.
Etho went to the kitchen to make Joel some soup, that always works.
"So Joel, why were you out there? And for how long exactly...?" Etho said, he sounded way more worried than he should've been
"Uh s-since the s-storm started I think" Joel said
"What!? It's been three hours Joel!" Etho said walking back in with a nice hot bowl of soup for Joel
"I'm f-fine really...and thanks" Joel said, he didn't want to admit it but he was red, and it wasn't from the cold.
Etho sat down next to Joel, rubbing his back as Joel ate, making sure that the brunette was okay.
"And what happened to your clothes?" Etho asked
"I feel down a ravine" Joel said not wanting to look at etho.
"You WHAT" etho said, unknowingly scooting closer to Joel
"It's no big deal, really" Joel said, finishing up his soup, Etho got up and went back into the kitchen. He came back with bandaids, and other first aid things.
"Etho you don't have t-" Joel was cut off by etho
"I'm going to take care of you Joel, I'm not taking 'no' for an answer" Etho said, getting a wet rag and dabbing where the cut was on joels face, Joel winced in pain a little bit
"Sorry-" etho apologized
"It's okay" Joel said
Etho grabbed a bandaid and put it on the small brunettes face where the cut had been.
"You need to be more careful, if anything had happen to you i- I don't know what I would have done" etho said, wrapping joels arm in a bandage
"You're so obsessed eefo" Joel said
"Theres the Joel I know" etho said, letting a small laugh escape his mouth.
After a while of cleaning Joel up, etho sat next to Joel.
Joel noticed etho was slowly drifting off to sleep
"...sorry if I woke you up" Joel said
"It's completely fine, who knows what would've happened if I didn't answer the door" etho said, stretching
Joel still felt back for waking etho up.
The brunette sat up just a little bit to the point where he could reach etho, and pulled him in, making etho lay on him.
Etho didn't even fight back, he just let it happen.
Etho was now layed on the small brunette, as Joel hugged him, etho almost immediately fell asleep, after he did, Joel did, and they both layed there for the rest of the night, both pleased with their choices.