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Pika entered Stormz's room wanting to ask about something. But he heard something so he stayed in the doorframe listening.
"Mugm are you fucking serious?!" Stormz said frustration clear in his voice.
"What~? You've been talking about that boy for like two months now. It's time to at least get to know him." Mugm responded serious yet trying to hide his smirk.
"I- I... I don't know. It's weird yk?" Stormz stammered clearly not knowing what to say or how to defend himself.
"Well I don't care if it's weird, you need to talk to him or I swear I'm gonna bring you there myself. Because if I hear one more thing about him without you talking to him I'm gonna jump off a building.
Pika you can come out I saw you from the start. What do you think about this situation?" Mugm looked directly at Pika who trembled a little at the anger and annoyance in his gaze.
"I- I don't even know what is happening. So I can't really say but if it's enough to make Mugm angry and snap, I guess it's better if you do go talk to that person." Pika said, trying to sound confident.
"But I can't, he doesn't even know me!"
"Well if you go there and talk to him he will." Mugm argued back.
"Fine. If it makes you stop talking about this in front of others I will go and talk to him." Stormz snapped, annoyed by this conversation.
The two were quiet just staring at each other, Pika watching silently the feeling of intruding in his gut. Pika felt like he should just disappear out the door.
"Are you going to go or do I need to kick you out?" Mugm said finally.
"Omg fine! Everything needs to happen right after the thing or you're just gonna get angry and fucking yell or some shit." Stormz spat, slamming the door behind him.
Pika stood silent but after a while decided it would be better if he went somewhere else and forgot about this whole situation.
"I'm- I have to do something. Bye." Pika mumbled uncomfortable.
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Stormz took off leaving Mugm and his bickering in his bunker.
Why did he have to do this?! It wasn't any of his concern to care now was it? He deep down knew Mugm was right but he would never be caught admitting that.
Now how will I go about actually talking to him like I've had a few conversations in my head but like I've never talked to him directly. Hmm.... I don't know. I don't know what to do or how to come up to him or talk to him. Fuck. I'm fucked. I'm so goddam fucked.
I need to focus. I'm almost there fuck.
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Dumb saw someone land in the docks. He was curious about who it was so he crept closer.
The other had netherite armor, a crown, white hair but what intrigued him the most were the beautiful black wings on his back. The feathers were a little torn. That didn't matter, they still looked beautiful, angelic and majestic.
Dumb decided to talk to this stranger, so he made his way towards him.
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Stormz landed nervous and stressed to find no one there. Maybe he was gone doing something else. He could fly off and tell Mugm no one was there. But luck wasn't on his side today.
"Hello! What are you doing here? Looking for something to buy? Or perhaps wanting to join the pirates?" Dumb said enthusiastically.
"I- Well... I found this place interesting so I decided to explore." Stormz stumbled on his words trying to make a good excuse.
"Sure.. I wouldn't be surprised if you came to see me with how much you fucked up what you said." Dumb teased not knowing how true his sentence was.
"What if I am? Huh? What would you do then?" Stormz responded, sounding calmer than he was.
"I'll take you to see my town and.. oh right.. I don't have people anymore." Dumb replied, sadness evident in his voice.
"I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you find new people to join you, unfortunately I can't be one of them because I already am in a team." Stormz said feeling guilty. He was one of the reasons why Dumb didn't have any people. He was glad he put his shield in his shulker box. If Dumb saw it he wouldn't be happy.
"We should not talk about them. I don't want any more sadness in this place. It should be fun here." Dumb mumbled, forcing himself to smile.
"I- Sure.. What do you usually do here?" Stormz asked like he didn't know.
"Nothing much, just hang around waiting for people. But I'm sometimes near my garden. I have all kinds of flowers there and I have my favorite flowers there. Can you guess what my favorite flowers are?" Dumb sounded so happy all of a sudden, like he didn't just talk about his people dying and him being lonely.
"Let me think...
Wither roses?"
"Nop- How.. how did you know?" Dumb asked cautiously. Maybe trusting a stranger wasn't a good idea.
"Lucky guess. Also your clothes are black so I assume it's your favorite color and the only black flowers are wither roses." Stormz sounded more certain than he was. How did he manage to slip up that bad. He must be very nervous.
"Sure... So why are you here? I know it's not because you want to join nor buy something." Dumb definitely didn't trust Stormz. "Hell I don't even know your name."
"I'm just here to see- look at this place. And the name is Stormz." Stormz bowed a little as if to direct Dumb's attention on that and not the slip up he made yet again.
"Look at this place?! You said that before. But people don't just 'look at this place'. What is your intention? What do you want?! Do you want to kill me or something? Cause I will not make that easier for you." Dumb snapped clearly not satisfied with the constant excuses the other was giving him.
"Kill you?! No. Never. I would never kill you. Why would I do that?" Stormz stammered. Another slip yet again, what is it now? 3?
"You would never? Why? Do you need to capture me and bring me somewhere alive?" Dumb said anger and distrust radiating off of him.
"No! I just- I just- I just came to see you because I find you cute." Stormz blurted out.
*Shit. I said it l. I fucking said it. Fuck.*
"You.. find me cute?" Dumb responded confused. Why did that make him feel something in his stomach?
"Yeah I do.." Well the cat's out of the back.
"..."
Long silence passed between the two. Both of them didn't know what to say or do. Until.
Dumb suddenly came closer grabbing Stormz's chin and bringing their lips together.
It was quick and sudden Dumb pulling apart seconds after.
Stormz stood there confused and flustered his cheeks as red as a tomato.
"What was that for?" He blurted out.
"Fun. Oh btw you look cute when flustered." And with that Dumb equipped his elytra and flew off leaving Stormz standing there eyes wide staring at nothing.
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Stormz landed in his base looking around to find Mugm laying on the couch.
"So? How'd go?" Mugm said not bothered at all.
"I-... He kissed me? I kinda confessed that I find him cute and he just kissed me?" Stormz was confused. Like a lot.
"So that means he likes you. That's a bummer. Oh well, what can you do." Stormz knows Mugm is just joking around, it doesn't help though.
"Haha, very funny. What should I do? I don't know what that means or what to do." Stormz was panicking. His breathing quicker than normal.
"Take him on a date. It's the best thing to do with your situation." Mugm said like it wasn't a big deal. For him it wasn't but for Stormz?
"Are you fucking serious?! I can't do that." Stormz snapped, annoyed.
"Well you will have to do it at some point but okay just talk to him more, get to know him more, just meet him more. That's the best advice I have." Mugm tried his best but he only knows so much. He never dated anyone. Never had a romantic relationship with anyone. How can he help if he doesn't know how to?
"I guess but how. I don't even know what to call this. Like I guess we kissed but we don't know each other." Mugm looked at him a look of 'are you kidding me' on his face. "Fine I know him but not in the way to have a relationship with him. And he doesn't know anything about me. Only my name. He doesn't even know I'm vanguard number 3. I don't know what he will do if he finds out." Stormz was spiraling dumping it all onto Mugm.
"I know. But it won't change if you don't do something to change it. You need to think it over and I know you're tired. Just go to sleep. You'll think of something tomorrow." Mugm said worry in his voice.
"Okay. You're probably right. Good night Mugm." Stormz sounded defeated and tired.
When he got to his door he opened it to see a note taped to his window. He took it, surprised to see something on his window. Nobody knew where he lived besides vanguard but they wouldn't do that. Who was it then? He opened the note curiously.
The note read:
You never told me your favorite flower.
-Dumb 8D