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The ending of a season was always a nightmare for Welsknight. No matter how hard he tried every time to ground himself, his mind always reverted back to Season 6, when he woke up alone for weeks on end until Cub found him. Grounding techniques were not working, and his anchor, Xisuma, was busy preparing for the major shift happening within the next week.
He found himself sitting on top of his castle’s roof for the fourth time this week, unable to find himself something busy to occupy himself with. Being awake during all hours of the day allowed him to finish everything he needed to do, but now having to keep himself awake until after the start of Season 11. Luckily for him, he grew fond of the stars and the moon (that is fortunately, not big) which kept him entertained long enough until the sun grew and the streets became chattering again.
A pair of elytra flew past him, a breeze tousling his already messy blonde hair, something he allowed to breath from his helmet when alone. Soon enough, he heard a familiar voice walking closer to him before it settled next to where he sat, putting an arm around his shoulder.
“Hello, Wels.”
Wels leaned his head against the voice’s shoulder, letting out a deep sigh before acknowledging them.
“Hi, ‘Suma. I’ve missed you.” he said, looking up to see the other man’s own version of a helmet. Getting up from his position on Xisuma’s shoulder to sit in front of him, he carefully slotted one of his hands inside his lover’s mask, and another in the front, taking off the helmet with careful ease. Resting the object next to his own helmet, he looked back to take a good look at the void shaded eyes before leaning in to give a small kiss on the nose.
Xisuma reached out and pulled the other closer to his chest, letting Wels rest the side of his head on his chest. The knight moved around to get more comfortable in the admin’s arms, before finally letting go of the tension that was built up by the stress and lack of sleep. “I’ve missed you too. I think there’s a bigger issue besides your yearning for me though. When was the last time you slept?”
He ran his fingers through Wels’s hair, looking deep into the dark eyebags that the moonlight was shining on. The contrast of dark circles compared to the pale skin of Wels spoke volumes that told him using his admin panels to check would tell the same thing.
“...maybe last week? Or two? I lost count. I’ve been busy, trying to finish up my builds before the end of the server, you know. Don’t want to leave anything unfinished. You already know how I sleep, especially during this time.”
He mumbled the last sentence into Xisuma’s chest, shuffling his body into the cold armor and burying his face into the chestplate. The cold air of night also gave him a bit of a shiver, but the arms around him (and the general presence of his boyfriend) cancelled everything out.
With a gentle sigh, Xisuma held him in the nightly silence for a while before speaking up. “You can always come to me during these times, you know that right? You’re never a bother to me. I’m never too busy for you, you’re my Wels for Hels sake.”
Lightly grabbing the knight’s chin, he moved Wels’s face to make eye contact with him before bending his head down to give a kiss on the forehead with a sorrowful smile. “I know, it’s just- sometimes everything is a bit too much and I just shut down, and I feel bad going to you-”, he babbled before being silenced by another kiss, however this time at his mouth.
“Never feel bad going to me, love. Just because I need to do admin work because of the season ending doesn’t mean you have to distance yourself from me,” Xisuma replied while keeping eye contact with Wels, “we can work together through this, you don’t have to be alone in this.”
Unable to process what to say, Wels gave a small whine of acknowledgement before burying his head back into Xisuma’s chest after he had to let go of his eye contact. “C’mon, let’s go inside. You’re freezing and so am I, and I’m sure you’ll like to be somewhere cozier with me. My base or yours?”
“Mine. Stay?”
“Of course, I’ll stay, silly.”
Using the climb way entrance with practiced ease, they found themselves quickly back onto a more comfortable surface without armor blocking each other’s touch. Laying down on Wels’s (no longer) neatly made bed, Wels found himself a comfortable pillow made out of Xisuma’s arm being the material. After days of not sleeping or getting any rest in general, it was very tempting for Wels to fall straight into a deep slumber.
“It’s ok to go to sleep if you’re tired, Wels. I’ll still be here when you wake up, especially being trapped by your head on my arm,” Xisuma said with a small chuckle, planting little kisses on the knight’s forehead. With his free hand, he awkwardly placed the blanket to cover the both of them, moving Wels close to his chest as he felt him curl up to his body warmth. Soon enough, he felt the knight’s breathing get heavier before he started hearing little purrs of sleepiness coming out of his lover. He felt himself getting tired after his long day, he found himself tumbling into a spiral of sleep right after making sure Wels was officially asleep.