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“Why did I decide to trust you?!!” Jude yelled through the noises happening around him, Sharpness had just betrayed him for an easy kill. Just how dumb was he?! Trusting the most traitorous man in Strength SMP?! What had gotten in his head when he accepted such request to team up?
“Yea.. Why did you?” Sharpness spoke with coldness in his voice, the once gentle tone he used with Jude was gone. It kind of broke something in Jude, something he didn’t know quite yet.
“Honestly, I thought you were smarter than this, Jude. The greatest trapper of Strength SMP… Trapped in his own trap because he decided to trust me.” Sharpness smiled at the end of his sentence, almost as if he was making fun of Jude for being so stupid.
Sharp kept his sword pointing at Jude, puncturing his stomach which made Jude yell out in agony. Sharpness kept his face neutral as he watched blood slowly pour down his sword, the blood of his own teammate. He stared at Jude’s ears as he kept impelling the sword deeper onto the bunny’s abdomen, they were twitching like crazy. Blood was beginning to build up in Jude’s throat, slowly spilling from his closed mouth.
“S-Sharpness… Why would you do this..?!” Jude questioned the PVPer, the betrayal hurt Jude deeply. He really didn’t expect for Sharp to actually pull the lever and let Jude fall into his own trap, so he could have a simple kill. Yet, it wasn’t the betrayal that hurt the most. It was the fact that Sharp was acting normal throughout their whole time together as teammates.
They made a great team, but that just wasn’t enough for Sharpness apparently.
And it hurt Jude, why wouldn’t it?
Maybe he had just been too trusting, gullible even…
“You’re so hopeless Jude.” Sharpness scoffed whilst rolling his eyes, “Like a hopeless little rabbit.” He gave a tight smile before adjusting his sword to move deeper onto Jude abdomen, making Jude yelp as he threw up even more blood.
“Why…” Jude muttered as he held onto the wall.
“Why would you think… I’M THAT STUPID?!” Jude yelled as he kicked the sword out of his abdomen, catching Sharpness by shock. Jude immediately changes onto a diamond chest plate, making the sensors inside the wall of the 1 by 1 catch the sound of switching armor. A trap then opens below Sharpness, making him fall all the way to his death.
“Huh…?! JUDE-“ Sharpness voices echoed as he fell to a 1 by 1 trap, arrows pointing straight at him. The arrows began to shoot at Sharp and didn’t stop until he was dead.
“FUCK…” Jude cried out loud as he broke free from his own trap, he let the tears he had been holding ever since Sharpness pulled that lever run down his face. Jude lets himself fall to the ground, blood immediately pooling down below him.
“WHY DID I FALL FOR YOU..?..!” The bunny cried out as he let his wound bleed, it wasn’t his top priority at the moment.
He hated how easy he trusted the PVPer.
Why hadn’t he learned? Sharpness isn’t anyone’s friend. He never was, and never will be.
Though, his thoughts were soon interrupted by more blood coming out of his mouth. A bigger wave, though, this time the blood contain some petals..
The bunny’s eyes widen as he stared at the fresh bloody covered petals.
Jude wasn’t stupid. He knew what this was.
Hanahaki Disease: The disease of unreturned love.
“No… No there’s simply no way… No..” Jude shakes his head, quickly wiping off his tears, “No… Oh god, please… Don’t let it be true…” Jude’s breathing got heavier as the realization he had been trying so hard to ignore, came crashing down onto him…
He was in love with Sharpness, even if he didn’t realize it before. Everything made sense now.
Out of everyone? Sharpness? How? Why? And where?
How did he start liking him? Why did he like him? Where did it happen?
Those 3 questions struck Jude’s mind, they had him in a chokehold.
But there was one thing that Jude was sure he was certain of… Sharpness did not like him back.
So why even try to get close to Sharp?
Jude knew he was much better off dying, even if it meant no respawn.
—
It had been a couple of days, 3 to be exact, ever since Jude found out about his disease. He hadn’t told anyone, not even Parker. He decided to not say a word to anyone, it would be better for everyone.
He at least wanted to be remembered as the greatest trapper of Strength SMP.
In his eyes, that’s what he was to everyone.
Not a person.
Not a fighter.
Just a trapper.
He just wished he something more than a trapper. A person people actually saw as one of their own, not as someone who would betray them at any chance.
—
It had been a little over a week since the betrayal between him and Sharp, Jude had never felt such pain from a single betrayal before. All because of Sharpness.
Jude tried his best hiding his disease, he did not want anyone finding out about it. He didn’t need their pitying attention, he was better off alone. Yet, the disease was not going to make hiding easy.
He in fact got worse overtime, it started off small. Small petals every time he coughed, which was not often. No one noticed those small petals, who would? No one checked up on the trapper because he ‘never needed to be checked upon.’
Yet, Jude kept making traps and trolling people in the Strength SMP. It was the only thing he could do to distract his mind. Though, it also made others think Jude was completely fine after the betrayal.
Even Parker was convinced that Jude was fine, since he seemed to be always smiling. Always his cocky self, always building.
Jude just didn’t want people to find out.
In reality, he was heartbroken. He cried himself to sleep every single night, just because of one guy.
His sleep schedule got worse as well, he would wake up at random times. 12 PM, 5 AM, 6 PM, or even 3 AM. His sleep schedule was pretty much fucked, did he care enough to fix it? No, why would it matter? He was going to be gone by then.
—
The disease progressed with time, the petals got larger as well as the amount of blood he coughed up. It actually started to hurt, yet he never asked for help. He would stay in his base, not responding to anyone.
He sat on the floor, with bloody petals on his hands. He stared at them for a long moment, to contemplate everything that led him to this exact moment. He hated the feelings he felt, why couldn’t he just brush it off?
Why did Sharpness have to be so important to him?
Jude didn’t understand, he dropped the petals onto the floor as he hugged himself. Maybe this self-hug would make him feel loved for once.
Is this what he wants? Love?
Everyone deserves to be loved in their life, so why couldn’t it be him? Why did love touch everyone’s hearts except for the person he wanted to have the same feelings towards him?
Is he just a trapper? Why couldn’t he be someone that people looked up to? Why was he the villain?
Sure, he understood why people avoided him. Maybe being a trapper isn’t for the weak.
Jude held his head up a bit, his breathing was rough. Another wave of bloody petals exited through his mouth, Jude was left holding onto the floor for dear life.
It was painful, it felt like his lungs were working overtime just to make sure Jude kept breathing. Yet, the petals and the blood were making it nearly impossible.
“Am I impossible.. to love…?” Jude mumbles to himself, half dazed from throwing up so much blood. Every time he threw up the petals, half of his body energy went with it.
It made him weaker, he could barely make his traps without being sloppy. Tai and Parker definitely noticed how Jude’s traps weren’t as efficient anymore as before.
Tai and Parker slowly got concerned for Jude, the trapper had almost never failed to make an effective trap. He had almost always caught any player inside a trap, yet now, he was failing to even make a proper trap.
They tried to talk to Jude about it, he just ignored them without even responding. He was acting weird, maybe the betrayal did do something to him…
Though it was better to not question it, they didn’t want to get trapped by Jude.
—
One afternoon, Jude was out of his base getting materials for new traps. After he’s done getting everything he needs, he starts making his way back home.
Though, on his way back home… he notices Sharp, great…
Not just Sharp, Dol9hin and Nufuli fighting him. Jude stared as they tried to fight Sharp in a 1v2. He couldn’t leave Sharpness to fend for himself, he still remembered the training that Sharp gave him when they were still a team..
Maybe he could help him…
Without thinking it twice, Jude grabbed his sword and golden apples along side some splash potions of healing from his inventory. He had everything ready, so he jumped into the fight.
“Jude..?!” Dol9hin questioned, she was confused. Didn’t Sharp betray him? Why was he helping him?
But then, she chuckled, “Defending your traitorous boyfriend, I see..” Dol9hin scoffed at the sight of Jude joining to fighting her and Nufuli.
Even as she tried to focus on the fight in hand, Dolp9hin couldn’t help but notice that Jude was skinnier than before. Much skinnier, had he been eating? He was wearing his bottom mask more often, yet this time it wasn’t covered. Maybe it had fallen off while he jumped into the fight? She didn’t know, but the amount of weight he had lost was concerning. She wanted to question him about it, but this was a fight. Not a therapy session.
“Shut it…” Jude defended Sharpness while healed up, he couldn’t believe what he was doing.
Sharpness was taken aback and shocked to even see Jude defend him, even after the deep betrayal. Though, he didn’t have enough time to think. He needed to get healed up and get back into his fighting spirit. He splashed some instant healing potions on himself, ate a golden apple, grabbed his shield and sword before jumping back into the now 2v2.
The fight was intense, Jude almost died twice. Yet, the fight didn’t seem to be wavering at all. It wasn’t until Sharpness finally killed off Dol9hin that the fight finally ended, Nufuli ended up running away after his teammate was killed.
Both fighters were tired, they took a bit to catch their breath.
Jude didn’t even dare look at Sharpness after the fight ended. He didn’t even feel the pain on his chest from a slash he had failed to block during the fight. Blood was flowing down his body, yet he didn’t feel a thing due to the adrenaline.
“Why did you help me? I literally betrayed you? Did it not hurt enough?” Sharpness questioned the trapper, he didn’t get an answer as he expected.
“Judelow.” The blonde approached the shorter male, “Why did you help me?”
“I don’t know.” Was the only answer the fighter got, not a deep explanation, just a plain ‘Idk.’
He did know, he’s just too ashamed to admit the truth.
“There must’ve been a reason! Come on Jude! You don’t just help people!” Sharpness was starting to get annoyed at how mysterious Jude was being, what did this guy think? That he was going to be on his knees apologizing after the betrayal? No!
But it seemed like Jude didn’t want to talk to him, he hasn’t turned to look at him once.
Jude could feel the petals on his throat slowly stop, it was as if being close to Sharpness in any way… slowed down his disease. He could breathe better, like he was free… Jude took a deep breath, his hand simultaneously reaching his chest. Not noticing that he was touching blood.
He wasn’t even listening to what Sharp was yapping about, he was just glad to hear his voice again.
“JUDE.” Sharp grabbed both of Jude’s shoulders and started to shake them, “Why aren’t you answering?!”
It wasn’t until he looked down to Jude’s chest, a massive wound was spilling blood onto the grass, “You’re bleeding, dumbass.” The fighter didn’t dare make an expression, he didn’t want to seem worried about the trapper. He just grabbed a splash potion from his pocket and splashed it on Jude, healing his wound instantly.
Just not his disease.
“Thanks…” Jude finally answers, not even worrying about the slash.
”Thanks to you as well…” Sharpness looks away, “I would’ve for sure died if you hadn’t came… They caught me off guard..” The fighter explained, whilst not looking Jude in the eye. It was so embarrassing that his own ex-teammate had to come and rescue him.
“Yea…” Jude sighed, backing away from the fighter, “I guess that’s all, see you around Sharp.” Jude turned and began to walk away from the blonde.
Had Jude always looked so dead? He was pale and skinnier than usual… No.. He was just overreacting, right?
But… wouldn’t it be better to ask?
Sharpness was about to stop him, yet he forced himself not to. He watched as Jude faded into the distance, god he hated this feeling. He hated worrying.
Sharpness inhaled before turning away to go the opposite direction.
Jude was acting strange… really strange. Hopefully he didn’t have to worry about it.
—
Jude’s disease seemed to slow down, even though he still threw up bloody petals, it was much less. He could actually construct his traps much better, since now he could breathe.
He still didn’t calm down, he knew that the disease was working behind the scenes. Hanahaki disease would start to corrupt his game code, until it was completely destroyed. He knew it would be painful, extremely, yet he couldn’t do a damn thing about it. If the disease didn’t take him out first, the corrupt game code would. No respawn, no goodbyes. All was expected for Jude.
He had no one to blame but himself, if he hadn’t trapped so many people… Maybe, just maybe, he would’ve been able to find at least one person he trusted.
Too late for that now.
—
Jude was gathering materials along with Parker so they could build more traps around the server. Jude was coughing every now and then, little splatters of blood coming out along with the coughs. Jude hoped that Parker didn’t notice, unlucky for him, Parker did.
“Jude.. You alright man? You’ve been coughing more often…” Parker pointed out the obvious, stopping his mine for red stone. He stared at Jude, waiting for an answer. He never got one, not even a glance.
Parker’s mind was filled with red flags, this was not normal Jude.
He started to think what could’ve possibly happened for Jude to be such a way…
Then Parker immediately thought of something, “Judelow… Are you sick?!” He grabbed the bunny’s shoulder and forced him to look into his eyes.
“You look horrible.” Parker pointed out, Jude raised an eyebrow.
“What the hell are you talking about?” Jude ran his hand through his hair, he was exhausted after a long day.
“Have you been sleeping at all?!” Parker questioned the trapper.
“.. No?” Jude didn’t even have time to react before he was smacked on the back of the head, by Parker out of all people, “What the fuck?!!” Jude held his head in slight pain, staring back at Parker.
“So you haven’t slept at all?” Parker asked, taking a deep breath. He needed to remain calm, he just had to try not to punch Jude in the face.
“No..” Jude then felt Parker smack him again, accidentally hitting his bunny ears as well.
“Parkerrrrrrr…. Don’t do that…” Jude groaned as he lowered his sensitive ears, caressing them softly.
“Sorry… but Jude, come on. This is why you’re sick..” He sighed, grabbing some golden carrots to give to Jude.
“No thanks… I’m not really hungry.” Jude responds, slowly letting his arms fall off to his sides. Parker looked at Jude up and down, as if he was judging. The bunny kept a straight face for as long as he could, until he felt some petals coming up his throat.
Jude tried to hold it in, he really did, but by the time he realized he couldn’t… He had already thrown up a small amount of petals mixed with blood. The sudden sensation made him fall on the ground. Parker immediately pulled back, clearly caught off guard.
“JUDE..!” Parker immediately kneeled down in front of the trapper. The Enderman wasn’t stupid, he knew what the bunny had, Hanahaki, “Jude… oh my god…” He helped his friend clean up, gently rubbing his back to comfort him.
Jude didn’t dare make eye contact with Parker, he just couldn’t face his friend. It wasn’t until Parker hugged him.
“Jude, you know you can trust me, I’m not going to say anything if you don’t want me to. I know what you have, but it doesn’t hurt to try and confess your feelings. Just please, tell me who it is so I can help you..” The Enderman kept cleaning up the bunny’s bloody mouth whilst still holding onto the hug.
The silence was deafening, but it didn’t matter. Parker had all the time for Jude, he wasn’t going to leave his friend during such a vulnerable moment.
Jude took a deep breath in, but not before coughing a bit more of blood, “Doesn’t matter, he isn’t going to love me back anyway…”
There was a slight pause until Parker sighed loudly, “Oh my god… it’s Sharpness… isn’t it?…” He looked at Jude, already knowing the answer to his question. No wonder why Jude didn’t want to confess, Sharpness had done nothing but betray the trapper countless times.
Parker knew how much of a bad idea this plan was, but it didn’t hurt to try. So the Enderman took a deep breath, and turned to look at the trapper.
“Jude… Can you try and confess your feelings? Me and you are so close and… I just… don’t want to imagine..” The Enderman’s breath hitched at the end of his sentence, he didn’t want to begin to imagine all of that.
“Parker…” Jude stared at his best friend, he knew how much his death would hurt him. What did he have to lose?
The bunny sighed, putting his hands over his face.
“Alright… I will try and do it tomorrow…” Jude finally answered, turning to look at Parker with a slight smile on his face. The Enderman immediately wrapped his arms around the trapper, tightly holding onto him.
“Thank you…” Parker smiled softly, Jude then rested his head against Parker’s shoulders.
—
The next morning, Jude and Parker were getting some materials for future traps. It was meant to distract Jude from overthinking about confessing his feeling to Sharp, it wasn’t until they both heard a massive explosion coming from spawn.
Parker and Jude immediately rushed out of the nearby cave, it didn’t take them long to see Jude’s base fucking destroyed. It was barely recognizable, even from up close.
“…” Jude stayed silent as he began walking down the barely recognizable stairs, only to see Sharpness standing in the middle of the room with TNT. He was beginning to build a wither.
Jude’s heart was beating fast, not from how beautiful Sharpness looked, it was from how angry he was. Parker could feel the anger radiating from Jude, the clenching of the trapper’s fist didn’t make it any easier to hide either. It didn’t take long for Tai and other members to start arriving to the scene, it seemed like this fight was going to be good.
“Conexion.” Jude spoke, anger clearly rising from the tone of his voice. Jude’s ears twitched, his magenta eyes glitching due to his rising temper. Parker tried placing a hand over Jude’s shoulder only to get his arm pushed back with excessive force. It shocked both Parker and Tai since Jude had never behaved in such a way.
The name made Sharp flinch slightly, Jude had never used his name like an insult. He made it sound as if Sharp’s username was cursed. The fighter took a deep breath before turning to face Judelow.
“Low.” Sharp tried to sound intimidating, though his tone sounded more pissed than intimidating.
“Why the fuck did you blow up my base?!!” Jude goes up to Sharp and pushes him.
“I hate this base, that’s why. Trappers seem to be getting too comfortable in this server.” Sharp eyes Jude up and down, judging him. Jude’s eyes flicker from magenta to black, as if he was powering off. In reality, he was losing his mind. He was trying to maintain control.
Jude could feel the pressure inside of his lungs building up, he knew the petals had grown. He could feel the sharp vines wrapping around his lungs, they were showing no mercy. They had no reason to stop, and they wouldn’t until their victim fell dead.
He swallowed the petals forcefully, he wouldn’t allow Sharpness to see him in such a pathetic way.
“G-Guys, let’s talk this out…! Come on!” Parker muttered nervously, trying to push the two away from each other. Sharpness just pushes Parker away, only riles Jude up even more. The anger only worsened his condition even more, Parker noticed.
“YOU LITERALLY USE THIS BASE MORE THAN ME! Don’t you FUCKING DARE lay another finger on Parker you single celled organism.” Jude sapped in Sharpness’ face, his ears twitching even more. Sharpness pushes Jude away from him, getting pissed by the second.
“I hate this base as much as I hate you, even more than the stupid base!” Sharp then picked up the withered skeleton head and placed it in the middle of the soul sand, the wither spawn in no time. Sharpness then spawned another wither whilst everyone was distracted by the first, Jude barely had any time to react to yet another betrayal.
If you could even call it that.
Everyone was too busy to even notice Sharpness take his leave, but Jude wasn’t. He was still pissed, he could feel the flowers coming up. The vines were so sharp that they felt like needles against his lungs and throat, those words…
“I hate you”
They kept repeating on Jude’s head over and over again, he didn’t even hear his name being called. Not until everything went black, something must’ve hit him.
—
Jude woke up in his destroyed base, Parker was next to him, no one else. Jude didn’t even fully open his eyes before his teammate hugged him tightly, the trapper was confused but he didn’t have the energy to even talk at this moment in time. All he wanted was to sleep.
“Jude… You were vomiting petals while you were unconscious… T-they have grown bigger and you have started to wither…” Parker explained, holding his friend even tighter. There wasn’t a reaction from Jude yet.
The bunny looked down at his hand, black veins started to form around his hand, the black skin fusing into his normal skin. Did it even matter? The trapper then threw up a larger petal than before, along with smaller ones. The blood made him sick.
“I’m not confessing to Sharp…” The trapper muttered, he wasn’t explaining further, he didn’t need to. Parker wanted to change his mind, force him to confess. But he knew Jude was right, Sharp literally blew up his base and stated that he despised Jude. Why even try?
“Understood…” Parker helped Jude up.
He couldn’t stop Jude even if he wanted it, no matter how much he cared for him.
—
The trapper had began isolating himself, he hadn’t rebuilt his base at all. He hadn’t stepped foot in it ever since of the wither incident. His disease had gotten much worse, it had progressed into full on flowers. Hurting more each day, his throat was bleeding non-stop.
Today was one of the rare days where Jude wasn’t building traps at all, he was just sitting down near a cherry blossom biome. He wasn’t trying to fight anyone, but in this server it was basically impossible.
Right when Jude was enjoying his peace, Tai decided to show up. Tai caught the trapper off guard, he didn’t have anything ready.
“Tai.. what the hell…” Jude whispered, his voice rougher than before. The vines had fucked up his voice, the withering didn’t make it better. It had gone up all the way to his neck, it was attacking his vocal cords. Yet, he didn’t care, at this point he didn’t even care if he died.
“What happened Jude? You sick? Sick little baby?” Tai teased the bunny as he laughed, completely attacking him non-stop. Jude stumbled down and Tai took the chance to strike the side of his stomach, the trapper coughed up a concerning amount of blood. Tai didn’t pay attention to it, he just connected the blood to the wound.
“Your ‘teammate’ can’t save you now, can he?” Tai chuckled, stabbing Jude straight in the chest. The trapper spat out more blood, no petals surprisingly. He pushed Tai off him with his leg, making him land on the ground. Jude runs underground, finding a cave small enough for him to hide for a bit. He takes the chance and hides, he was bleeding profusely.
He kept coughing up more blood, some petals and full flowers escaped from his throat this time. He picked up his communicator, finding Sharp’s user.
You whisper to Conexion: sharp help please
You whisper to Conexion: pls help
You whisper to Conexion: SHARP PLS HELP ME
Jude never received a response, he didn’t expect one either. Yet, a part of him, deep down wished that Sharp had replied.
You whisper to Conexion: tai is killing me help me pls
You whisper to Conexion: I’m sorry
You whisper to Conexion: pls [-3790, 84, 7505]
Jude still held out hope, but when Sharp didn’t answer, he threw up more fully bloomed flowers. He threw his communicator on the ground, the dark hid the flower. No need to worry about that.
The trapper was just waiting for Tai to find him, his ears drooped all the way down. He just waited for his fate, eventually it did come. It wasn’t as gentle as he hoped it would be, why would it be? He was such a hopeless bunny.
JudeLow was slain by _Tai
Jude spawned in his destroyed base once again, he didn’t care about anything. Not his strength or stuff, he just wanted to be left alone. He just grabbed a book and quill, one of the few things that had survived the 2 withers and the explosion.
He left his base and began to walk to god knows where.
—
It had been exactly 3 hours, he was far enough from spawn. Maybe he could finally die in peace in this snowy plains biome. He settled down inside a cave, sitting in a corner. His body was fine for now, but soon he would be freezing.
He began writing a note, or rather notes.
2 hours passed in a nick of time, his hands were trembling, his whole body was. It was freezing in this biome, no shit. Jude set the book aside, lying down on the cold stone.
He could feel his code getting more and more corrupted by the second, soon enough, he will be nothing but a story to tell. The withering had taken a massive toll on him the past few hours, the disease was worse.
He felt as if his lungs were getting holes poked into them, he knew it was just the stupid vines. He couldn’t take a single breath without coughing 15 fully bloomed, blood covered flowers. The withering made it 10 times more painful as he coughed as well.
But… he had a good life… right?
Who was he kidding, he did not have a good life…
Will he ever achieve that dream?
That dream of living a nice and peaceful life? With friends and a lover?
Was it even worth asking for such a thing?
Was falling in love worth it? Was the disease worth it?
For any other person, it wasn’t. For him? If it means getting to see Sharpness at least once more… then yes, yes it was.
If it was his choice, he would get Hanahaki Disease over and over again just for Sharp.
No matter the pain, no matter the countless betrayals, or their complicated relationship.
He would go through that without a second thought.
Jude coughed even more flowers, this time peonies. They were beautiful, not just because they were Sharpness’ favorite flowers, it was also since they were gorgeous.
Jude smiled at that thought, he didn’t even notice his heart beginning to beat faster. Not at the thought, it was because death was near.
Jude then kept throwing up blood, it didn’t seem he was going to stop.
His magenta eyes began to flicker as his body spasms started. His body began to convulse, he couldn’t even concentrate on the pain. His mind kept drifting off, memories appeared before him.
—
“Parker, the Redstone needs to be the opposite way…” He chuckled before turning to look at Parker who was now banging his head against the stone wall.
“I’m done, genuinely… WE HAVE SPENT 3 HOURS ON THIS TRAPPPPEEE…” Parker then hugged Jude tightly, crying against his shoulder from frustration.
“Come on big guy, we can do this.” He patted his back, Parker only nodded.
—
“Did you understand that?” He questioned the fighter in front of him.
“No…” Jude sighed as he began explaining the trap again, “Come on Sharp, you are the best PvPer. You should have some space for basic info for traps at least!”
“You explain it weird…” Sharpness complained, only to be met with an eye roll.
“Dramatic. Pay attention! I will explain it again.” He rubbed his face, his ears twitching a bit.
“Put your ears down! They are distracting me…” Sharpness complained once again.
”Complain one more time and I will shove those complaints up where the sun doesn’t shine.” Jude flicks Sharp’s forehead.
“Rude…” The fighter muttered, crossing his arms.
—
“Tai that’s cheating.” He rolled his eyes, grabbing his mace back from Tai.
“Not my problem you’re so ass in PvP.” Tai smirked as he leaned against the wall, “You’re getting somewhere, I guess.” He added with a slight smile.
“Shut it..” Jude rolls his eyes again, putting his mace away.
—
“RAAAWR!” Loppezz tried to scare Jude, thinking he was distracted.
“Loppezz! Wanna see something cool?” He then faced Loppezz, raising his mace.
—
“JUDE J-J-J-JUDE” Sharpness raised his sword to try and attack Jude, only to get hit by the trapper’s mace.
Jude busted out laughing, he had just trapped Sharp again! In the stupidest way possible!
—
“YOU LITERALLY USE THIS BASE MORE THAN ME!” He yelled, getting right in front of the fighter.
“I HATE THIS BASE!” The fighter then pushed the trapper, taking out his sword.
—
“Your boyfriend ain’t here to help you on this one.” Dol9hin smiled as she looked down at Jude, who was barely breathing.
“He isn’t… my boyfriend…” He coughed up blood, the petals barely visible due to the amount of blood covering them.
“Oh really?” She chuckled, fixing the pearls on her hair, “Everyone in the server thinks otherwise, Low.” Dol9hin then swung her axe right at Jude’s heart.
—
“Sucks your boyfriend betrayed you. Easy strength.” Tai smiled before raising his sword and slashing Jude’s chest, killing him instantly. Damaging his heart even more in the process.
—
“You literally can't fight without a block of obsidian or a pressure plate.” Sharpness mocked the trapper for practically being useless at PvP.
“…” He didn’t make any remarks to what Sharp had pointed out. It was true, why should he deny it?
—
“It’s literally insane! Sharp literally turned his back on you! Even saying he wants to clear the server from trappers!” Flowtives rambled non-stop about how shocking the whole situation was, as if Jude didn’t already know.
“I know…” He mumbled, his response was barely loud enough for Flow to even hear.
—
“It’s not done yet…” He sighs , his voice quieter than usual, “It’s supposed to be a soft tone on repeat, but I just can’t figure it out…”
“To me, it sounds soft and sweet. It is perfect the way it is Jude… I love the sound, the melody, and the hard work you put to it.” Honey smiled at him, a genuine one. Jude looked at her, really looked at her. He then hugged her without hesitation, he just needed a hug. He needed someone to tell him he was doing good.
“Thank you…” Jude whispered, resting his head against her shoulder. Honey just embraced the hug, letting Jude sit there in silence for as long as he wanted to.
—
“I’m back!” He announces to Honey, who was worried sick. Jude had been gone for 6 hours, 39 minutes, and 20 seconds.
“Where in the universe were you!?” Honey exhales the breath she’s been holding for 3 hours.
“I might’ve gotten distracted and I saw caves… I got you a bunch of diamond! My apology!” Jude smiles, completely proud of himself. Honey sighs as she drags Jude to get checked out.
“Hey!” Jude complained as he tried to escape, failing.
—
“You’re a life saver, you know? I completely forgot to pack food!” Jude laughed slightly, “How did you know?” He asked as he bit the golden carrot Honey had gifted him.
“Motherly instinct.” Honey said, proud of herself for getting it right, Jude rolled his eyes.
“You’re not my mom.” Jude scoffed as he kept eating the golden carrot.
“Whatever helps you sleep at night..
..Jude?… You alright?… JUDE!”
Honeydewmelen called out to Jude, she didn’t even know if he was even alive. His eyes were flickering, they were losing light by the second. She tried to make him stop having spasms, her tries were useless. She couldn’t even help him take a breath.
Jude could barely recognize Honey’s voice, she sounded so muffled. He didn’t know what she was even saying, he couldn’t feel anything. The withering had caught up to his brain, it was killing him from the inside. The disease had reached his heart, attacking it with all the power it has.
At least someone would be holding him in his final moments, his ego didn’t matter, neither did his pride at this moment. He just wanted to be held by someone.
He was so wrong, he was incorrect the whole time!… Honey cared for him, Parker cared for him. But Honey.. was like a mother to him, took care of him and comforted him.
She cared about him, and he was glad he was able to experience such a rare opportunity that most don’t even get to know how it feels.
She is that someone who is at least pretending to care for him.
“JUDE ANSWER ME!” She screamed in his ear, his body was extremely cold and bloody. He had no armor, nothing in his inventory. Her hands were covered in blood and petals, she was breathing heavily. She held him close to her chest, really close, trying to warm up his body.
“WHY ARE YOU SO LIGHT?..! JUDE! PLEASE!” She begged for an answer, tears rolling down her face and onto the bunny’s cold cheek.
Jude wanted to hold her hand, to express his gratitude. Yet, he couldn’t move a muscle, but he felt a warm feeling.. His body felt so nice and warm, just for a moment. He didn’t even notice when everything went black.
“JUDE PLEASE WAKE UP!” She checked his hands, cold to the touch. Tears filled up her eyes immediately, she knew what Jude had. She tried to find a pulse, there was none. Why did he stay quiet? Why was he so closed off?!
Why did he not tell her he had Hanahaki Disease? Why did he let himself die?…
His ears had gone limp, his magenta eyes fading into blackness. His spasms stopped as well as the blood that had once been rushing out of his mouth. Honey tried to shake him awake, yet her tries failed.
“Jude…” She sobbed as she held him tightly. Cleaning his bloody mouth, somewhat.
She took out her communicator with shaky hands, she slowly pressed her fingers against the keyboard. She had to re-write her message a couple of times, she quietly sobbed as she did so.
<Honeydewmelen> I found him
<Honeydewmelen> He’s gone