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The scent of burnt cocoa seeds drifts into the air as a groan escapes Judelow's lips, his grip loosening on the rubber spatula and placing it on the rim of the pot.
3rd failed attempt. Something as simple as making chocolate can't possibly be this hard.
…
Okay it is that hard, to the point he finally caved and searched up a step-by-step guide in the form of a video.
And it was helpful. The video said to use milk to get a better consistency, so the trapper did just that, and it did end up with a better result.
Stirring the liquid for a few more minutes, he adds a pinch of salt and lets that slowly dissolve before he finishes up.
Judelow, making chocolate for the first time, successfully at that too.
With a steady hold, he tips the pot to pour in the new chocolate mixture into heart-shaped molds. Once it was filled, he lightly taps the tray on the counter then places the whole thing in the fridge.
Finally, he was done. With a sigh, he turned around and leaned against the counter as he had nothing else to do - he could just wait for the chocolates to harden while thinking of ideas for traps.
He honestly never really planned to make chocolates in the first place, if you ask him. It was a spontaneous decision when he remembered what it was today.
Valentine's Day.
Of course, it was a day that shouldn't have meant anything to him. It never really held any meaning to him from the start, especially on the Strength SMP where everything is competitive and no space for love.
That is, until a certain blonde decided to change that.
Sharpness, who's currently the server's strongest swordmaster, is his lover right now.
Judelow thought it wouldn't be a massive change in his life, saying that yes, he does really love his princess but, there's no way his life could just have a sudden 360 degrees change, right?
Oh, he was very much wrong.
Sharpness can deem him to be too sleep deprived and the next second? Judelow will be either picked up and carried to the bed or be subjected to his whining about going to bed or whatever plan that forms in that head of his.
Creating blueprints were usually quiet and lonely, Judelow never minded that. Now, there's always a presence sitting next to him or behind him. That same presence belongs to Sharpness. Despite his lower body temperature, it still does feel nice and warm to have the swordmaster next to him.
There were many other changes to his life now ever since he welcomed Sharpness into it and his heart. And it's not like any of them bothered him either.
The trapper's train of thoughts soon got cut short by footsteps approaching the staircase. Curious, he gets off the counter he was leaning against and strains his ears to hear them better.
It doesn't take long to guess who it was.
Judelow's face breaks out into a small grin as he casually walks over to where a staircase was connected to the kitchen, peeking his head out to see the exact figure of a blonde haired man.
“Yo Sharpnes-”
Though, his eyes were quickly filled with surprise that soon morphed into concern when he was met with a completely different sight.
Sharpness’ armor had cracks and his entire body was practically covered in dried blood. His sword loosely hung from his waist and his expression was sour.
He seemed to have heard the call because his gaze had lifted up from the ground now after stopping in his tracks, the emerald green look in his eyes immediately softening back into the pale green when he saw it was just the trapper.
“Dude, you look like you went through shit. ”
Judelow speaks, his index finger stretching out then points towards the most obvious spots of cracks and wear across Sharpness’ armor. His eyebrows were slightly furrowed too due to concern.
The other responds with a shrug of his shoulders as he begins to walk ahead, heading towards the couch before he finally says:
“Got jumped by the Pirates. ”
Judelow wanted to press for more information than that, but the way Sharpness just passed by him, shoulders tense, made him rethink otherwise.
Alright, maybe later.
The trapper followed along as the swordmaster sat down on the couch, his armor already beginning to come off piece by piece. Judelow places his arms on the back of his couch as he watches, his eyes immediately catches on the several new scars etched across the swordmaster’s arms and waist which could be seen through the torn black fabric of his bodysuit, some seemed to be at least cut on the surface, others seemed deeper than it looked.
Those definitely seem like they hurt.
The trapper doesn't say a word for now and simply lets the swordmaster do his thing for now, and then he watches him splash a healing pot beneath his feet.
For a moment, Judelow thought Sharpness might tend to the deeper scars next but, nope, he instead takes out his ender chest to probably start sharpening his sword after the battle.
“Hey, you know you'll still bleed out, dumbass. ”
The trapper points out, still staring at a certain deep cut at the side of the swordmaster's waist.
“I just splashed a health pot, it'll heal on its own. ”
Lord, of course Sharpness is as oblivious as ever.
With a heavy sigh, Judelow gets off the couch and turns around to leave until an idea pops into his mind. A wide grin quickly forms on his face as he soon went to retrieve the things he needed for it.
It doesn't take long for him to return with a cloth, a bottle of saline and bandages, placing them on the table in front of the couch then going back to grab more things. Sharpness sees the new items and is confused, but chooses to not question it for now.
The trapper opens the fridge and checks on the tray of chocolates, noticing how they were pretty much set, he takes the tray out and places it on the counter. Grabbing a bowl, he plucks out each chocolate into the bowl then picks it up and brings it over to where Sharpness was.
“You know, for a swordmaster, I thought you'll be more adapted at taking care of yourself. ”
Judelow says as he sets the bowl of chocolates down on the table and plops down right next to Sharpness, who only gave him a confused yet curious look, his hand still in the middle of the motion of sharpening his sword.
Without a word, Judelow forcefully takes the sword out of Sharpness’ grip, which the other responds with a protest.
“You can continue it later! Right now, you still have scars that are literally begging to be treated right now. ”
Sharpness rolls his eyes till they notice the bowl of chocolates on the table. For a moment, those pale green eyes lit up with excitement and astonishment, to which Judelow only smirks.
“Eat the chocolates up, I made them, you know. ”
“I didn't take you as a person who knows how to cook. “
Judelow lets out a light chuckle at that as he motions to Sharpness to take off his bodysuit, which the other was reluctant at first before he eventually complies, placing the fabric on the armrest next to him right after.
“I'm wounded, princess! How could you possibly say that?”
A sigh escapes Sharpness as he listens to Judelow's response. The swordmaster contemplated on protesting about the care but he was still tired from the earlier fight and besides, he was being offered chocolate too, so..
Sharpness doesn't question the name ‘princess’, it's been a name Jude has been calling him since in order to get a rise out of him. Now that they're actually dating, it's been getting more frequent.
Letting the trapper do his thing, he reached out to the bowl and took one piece of chocolate - tossing the delicacy into his mouth and chewing on it before he was surprised at how it was actually pretty good.
“Damn. ”
Sharpness muttered, to which Judelow softly laughed when he heard it. Using the cloth damp with saline, Judelow began gently pressing at the area surrounding the wound on the side of Sharpness’ waist.
The swordmaster, at first, hissed at the contact and slight sting of pain, before he slowly relaxes and lets the trapper do his thing, which the other happily does.
The room soon falls into a comfortable silence as Sharpness munches on the chocolates while Judelow cares for the other's wounds, pouring saline on the cloth then moving to another wound to disinfect and clean the area.
Once that was finally done, Judelow moved to grab the bandages and began wrapping around Sharpness’ waist first, making sure the wraps are secure and loose enough to not suffocate the other - tucking the last piece in another wrap after.
“Are you ticklish? ”
The trapper suddenly asks. The swordmaster contemplates on the question for a second before he responds.
“Kinda? Why, though? ”
Judelow only responds with an amused grin, and Sharpness understands that as in a ‘he'll just have to see next time’ thing.
Sighing, the swordmaster just goes back to enjoying the chocolates while the trapper finishes up patching the other. Once he did, he admired his handiwork for a moment before leaning in and suddenly giving a quick kiss on Sharpness’ cheek.
“Happy Valentine's Day, princess. ”
Sharpness was caught off guard and just blinked, blinked again before his face flushed scarlet.
Judelow reaches out to the bowl to grab a chocolate too before he is quickly stopped by Sharpness, whose hand was wrapped around his wrist. Looking over to the man next to him, he was surprised to see two poppies held out towards him.
“.. Happy Valentine's Day, bunny. ”
.. Ah.
Judelow stares at the flowers for a moment before his own cheeks turn red, a soft giggle eventually escapes him too as he says:
“Oh my god, you are so adorable. “
Before tackling the swordmaster down and locking their lips together to kiss.