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“So.. how exactly does it work?” Jude asks, staring at the potion in his hands. The color seems to be a hue of pink and red. “Well.. I haven't exactly tested it yet, but, it's supposed to make you obsessed with the first person you see.” Parker replies, looking at the potion as well.
“Huh.. Where did you even get this?” Jude shakes the potion bottle gently, not enough to slip (the top is covered), just to see if there would be a reaction. “Basically Godis was playing around with potions and discovered this.. Somehow.” Jude finally looks over at Parker.
“Eh.. I'll keep this in the shelves for now. I don't think we'd ever need to use it.” Jude heads over to his trading hall, “How long does this thing even last?” He asks Parker, heading to his small ‘brewing’ room. “Uh.. Not sure. Like i said, untested.”
Jude nods to himself, placing the potion on one of the shelves. He turns back to Parker. “Well.. you wanna go make those caca explosives now?” Jude said, almost with a sigh. “Yep! Cmon!” Parker exclaims happily, already heading out.
Jude finally let's out a sigh. Why is Parker like this..?
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Sharpness heads over to Jude's base, needing to use the villagers because yes, despite him having a base, old habits die hard. Sharpness runs straight to the trading hall, pulling out his emeralds to trade.
After a bit, he decided to walk around aimlessly, before spotting the potion. Usually, Jude labels his potions. This one is.. suspicially unlabed. And what potion in Minecraft is pink? With pure curiosity, Sharpness grabs it.
It's definitely not a potion that he knows about. But it looks interesting enough to steal, so that's exactly what he did. Did he have a reason to steal it? No. Did he do it anyway? Yep. Sharpness almost giggled to himself, running away with the potion.
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“Uh.. Jude?” Parker calls out, Jude turns his head to him. They just returned from making the caca explosives. “Where's the potion?” Jude raises an eyebrow. “Didn't i leave it in there?” Tai—who was down here for whatever reason, speaks up.
“Well i saw Sharpness come in here earlier.” Jude looks back at him. Almost irratited, but mostly concerned. “And you didn't tell me?” Tai shrugs, whilst Parker is a little worried now. “There's no way he took it, right?” Jude looks back at Parker, and sighs.
“Only one way to find out...”
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They've been searching for ungodly amount of hours for Sharpness. No sign of him anywhere, and despite them trying to message Sharpness, he doesn't reply. “Uugghhh- where is he?!” Tai is starting to crash out. Parker looks off in the distance. “No idea..”
Jude, despite trying to hide it, is visibly worried now. And maybe—a little scared. He pulls out his communicator, still no response from Sharpness. Eventually, he decided to try Twirps, Sharpness' ‘teammate’.
> You whisper to Twirps: Yo do you know where Sharp is
> You whisper to Twirps: I'm not trying to kill him i swear
> Twirps whispers to you: I'm with him rn why??
Oh fuck.
Without another word to Parker or Tai, Jude grabs his elytra and flew to Twirps' base. Parker flinched in pure confusion. “Welp.. there goes a man finding his man.” Tai claims. Parker smirks at that.
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Jude lands on Twirps' base, finding him and Sharpness right there, a little tipsy. “SHARPNESS!” Jude called out. Freezing in fear once seeing the empty potion bottle in his hands. “You- Did he actually drink that?!” Jude turns to Twirps, actually panicking now.
“Yeah.. Told him he shouldn't, but he did anyway.” Twirps sighs. “Fuckfuckfuck- Sharp-” Before Jude could finish, Sharpness suddenly collapses. Twirps flinched a bit at that. “The hell?” He says out of reflex. Jude quickly drops to his knees, trying to wake Sharpness up.
“What- what does that potion contain?” Twirps finally realises how serious this really is. “I-I'll explain later..” Jude mumbles, opening his communicator to update Parker.
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Sharpness lifts his eyes, hazy, unable to think correctly. Yet for some reason, even in this unstable state, all he could think about is Jude, like a repeating memory in his head. Sharpness shifts on the bed, finally realizing he's in Jude's base.
Sharpness groans a bit as he wakes up, trying to recall everything that happened. But yet, no matter what he does, he can't seem to stop thinking about that stupid bunny. That stupid—most precious bunny. Sharpness' head throbs, unable to control himself correctly.
But no matter how weak his state is, his mind is still on the same guy. His appearance, his voice, their memories together, everything. It all suddenly looks so loveable. And suddenly everyone else doesn't matter. Everyone else is a threat.
“Sharpness? Oh. You're awake, great.” A little sarcasm in the word ‘great’. Sharpness turns his head, finding Jude standing there awkwardly. “You feeling okay?” Jude asks, looking for any sign that Sharpness might be going insane (which he is).
“I'm doing just fine, Judey.” The voice a little hoarse, yet a smile is formed. Not his, just a smile. Jude is a little unsettled by the smile, but doesn't back down. “..Nice.” He mutters back, stepping a bit closer to Sharpness.
Jude raises his hand, cupping Sharpness' cheek and lifting his head, looking into his eyes, Jude notices that the potion has taken effect already. “..How pretty you are.” Sharpness mumbles, nuzzling into his hand. Jude freezes for a moment, that simple compliment seem to unlock something inside him.
Yet, he shouldn't feel this way. This isn't Sharpness after all. “..Thanks, Sharp.” He replies anyway, much more concerned for the boy in front of him now. Sharpness smiles even wider, closing his eyes as well. Jude hesitates.
“You should rest.” Jude pulls away, but before he could move any further, Sharpness grabs his wrist “But you're staying with me, right?” Jude's breath hintches, suddenly a butterfly seems to crowd his stomach. “..Y-Yeah.” Sharpness' smile returns, pulling him closer.
Jude sighs, eventually falling into the bed with him. Sharpness wasted no time, clinging and wrapping his arms around Jude like a koala. Jude awkwardly returns the clingyness.
But this isn't right. Sharpness first saw Twirps after drinking that potion, so why is he obsessed with him and not Twirps? Jude decided to push away the thoughts for now, because despite how wrong this is, it still feels good.
But this isn't Sharpness.
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“Sharpness- get off. I'm trying to—”
“Nothing is more important than us, Judey, you know that!” Sharpness clings closer. Jude has been trying to leave his base for 5 minutes now, but Sharpness is clinging onto him tight. And between him and Sharpness, Sharpness is pretty much stronger.
“I know.. But i need to go.” Jude tries to reason with him. “But why? Why do you need to go—you have me right here. Isn't that enough for you?” Jude hesitates, there's alot of things he can counter, but Sharpness' sad voice is not one of them. “Sharpness, please.”
He tries to beg his way out, eventually, after about 15 minutes of struggling, Sharpness let's go. “Fine. Have it your way. But you better be back soon.” Jude sighs in relief. “I will..” Without another goodbye, Jude quickly heads off, finally free from Sharpness' grasp.
He runs straight to Godis' base, where Parker and Godis is already waiting. Once he reaches them, Parker gives a small frown at how exhausted he looks (from being clinged on all day).
“You good?” Jude just nods. “Yeah..” A short reply, Jude instantly lock eyes with Godis. “Alright, any idea on how to help Sharpness? Because he's already clinging onto me badly.”
> godispasen whispers to you: Well not yet
> godispasen whispers to you: Wait, you?
> godispasen whispers to you: Shouldn't he be obsessed with Twirps since he's the first person he saw?
Parker peeks over Jude's communicator to read the messages. Jude looks up from it, facing Godis. “Yeah.. That's one thing i'm confused about. I don't get why he's.. loving me.” Parker looks up at him. “It's almost like you want it.” Parker teases, attempting to lift the mood.
“Shut the fuck up, Parker.” Jude hisses back, not the right time to be talking about SharpLow. Godis smiles a bit, respecting Parker's small attempt.
> godispasen whispers to you: Well.. i'll be looking over my potions book
> godispasen whispers to you: See if i can find a cure
> godispasen whispers to you: But then again, i'm not sure how long that potion lasts
> godispasen whispers to you: So it could be minutes, or years
“God no, please not years. Normal Sharpness is already a pain in the ass to deal with.” Parker chuckles, “Agreed.” Jude looks over at the enterance of his base, a little worried for Sharpness. “Seriously though, will you be okay with him, Jude?” Parker's voice a bit more serious now.
“Yeah.. I'll be fine.” Jude rubs the back of his neck, rabbit ears flopping to sides. Godis nods, hoping Jude the best whilst handling Sharpness. He should get working on the cure, if there is one.
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“Judeeyy~” Sharpness' voice breaks the silence. Jude looks over at the silhouette entering his base. “Hi, Sharp.” Sharpness instantly clings onto him, nuzzling into his shoulder. “Can i ask you something?” Jude, again, hesitates. “Go on.”
“Who's your favorite PVPer?”
That question again. Last time, Sharpness asked this as an excuse to kill Jude. Now, he's asking it again, but with a different intention. Jude looks away, unsure of how to answer. “Uh.. No one.” Jude decides to go for the safest answer.
“Well, can i be your favorite?” Sharpness' eyes glimmer slightly. Jude almost cracked a smile at how adorable he looked, completely forgetting that this isn't Sharpness. “..Yeah.” Sharpness smile's wider, hugging him a bit tighter, Jude is basically being squashed.
“Good! I didn't want anyone else to be your favorite.” Jude chuckles nervously, trying to not sound uncomfortable with those words. “Uh huh..?” He mutters, hugging Sharpness back.
It felt good to be held by him, his body is cold, like always. Sharpness' body has always been this cold, usually he needs someone as his personal heater. And he mainly uses Jude for that. Jude never minded being used for heat, but right now it just felt wrong and off-placed.
Because this isn't Sharpness.
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It's been a few days now. Godis still haven't been able to find a cure, Sharpness is getting even more clinger, sometimes not even letting Jude use the freaking bathroom.
Jude is getting tired of this, because everyone needs some alone time at some point, and Sharpness doesn't give any of that. He's clingy, and fucking jealous. The potion seems to strike Sharpness' jealousy issues alot.
Because...
Jude shifts a bit on the block he's sitting on, listening to DoomedCow and Parker bicker about some trap design. Jude is laughing at every dumb defense one of them makes, it's casual interaction to him, but to Sharpness? Not so.
Sharpness heads over to them, and basically kidnaps Jude by grabbing him and pulling him away from the two. DoomedCow was just frozen in confusion, but Parker sighs, worried for Jude.
Once they were far enough, and alone, Sharpness wraps his arms around Jude's waist. Dropping his own head on Jude's shoulder.
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“Sharpness.” Jude's voice breaks through Sharpness' inner monologue. “Hmmm?” Sharpness hums in reply, his voice dropping sweet and angelic to some, but not Jude, not right now at least. “..I'm right here.” Jude whispers to him. Sharpness nods in return.
“I know.” Jude shifts his head a bit, burrying it in Sharpness' hair. “Do you?” Jude replies back, but Sharpness doesn't reply. Just radio silence.
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Sharpness has been killing everyone who even talks to Jude now. Parker? Insulted. DoomedCow? Humiliated. Tai? Spawn camped. It was almost as if Sharpness when on a murder rampage for no reason, except there was a reason.
Jude noticed this, obviously.. But no matter how much he tries to stop Sharpness, he never succeeds. Sharpness is basically becoming a killing machine to anyone getting close to Jude, or even stands a bit to close to him which is insane.
He's getting sick of this. He does care about Sharpness, he really does, but the obsession over him is just something he can't handle. Sharpness never seems to run out of energy, following him everywhere, always having a topic to talk about whenever things get awkward, and overprotective as hell.
This is fine. It was fine. The whole server eventually knew about Sharpness being.. obsessive, and decided to stay away from them for until everything is back to normal. Which, to be fair, is the better choice.
Sharpness is tho, still a manace. No matter how much everyone tries to avoid Jude, a simple glance at him somehow got Sharpness to spike up. Jude is getting tired of this. Not because he hates Sharpness.
But because this isn't Sharpness.
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“Bunny?” Sharpness calls out, watching as Jude take off his jacket. The room is dim, light only from the small night light on his bedside table. Sharpness has been so clingy that he started to sleep in Jude's bed.
“Mm?” Jude replies with a hum, hanging his jacket. Too tired to change into proper sleeping clothes, so he simply just grabs the edge of the blanket, getting on the bed.
“...Nevermind.” Sharpness mumbles, watching as Jude lay down. “You can't just call for me and say ‘nevermind’.” Sharpness smiles a bit. “I just did.” Jude rolls his eyes, already feeling Sharpness' hands on him. “I know you just did. Tell me what you wanted to say.”
Sharpness wraps his arms around his waist, pulling him impossibly close. Jude doesn't seem to mind, he's learnt to expect these touches, only thing that he's greatful for is that Sharpness doesn't force it on him. “Волим те.” Sharpness mutters onto his neck.
“What?” Jude replies, mildly confused. “Волим те.” Sharpness repeats, louder this time. “Yeah, i heard you. But what does it mean?” Jude slowly returns his clinginess, only for Sharpness to shuffle closer.
“I love you.”
“...”
He knew this wasn't real. But god he'd hoped for it to be. And no matter how unstable Sharpness was at that moment, saying those words without a second thought whilst the potion took effect,
“I love you too.”
But this will never be Sharpness.
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Again.
Sharpness has been saying those three words non-stop ever since he found out Jude didn't mind it. Everyone heard it being repeated everyday like a spell.
Jude wasn't embarassed, not right now at least. Parker still sometimes tease him to attempt to lift the mood but that never seems to work. Jude also noticed how Sharpness barely logged off, staying on the server for hours and waiting if Jude was off.
It's strange having someone wait for him to log on. Yet it still felt a little good, like he has a reason, a person, to run back to.
But then again, this isn't Sharpness.
Jude logs on, already preparing for whatever bullshit Sharpness has planned for the day. Instantly, once he loads in, Sharpness jumps straight into his arms, like he's been waiting for hours for him.
“Judey!” He greets happily, arms around him tight. Jude only responded with a hum, already expecting this to happen. “I've waited for you for hours! Guess what i did?” Jude's smile turns a little crooked, uh oh.
“What did you do?” Jude asks hesitantly. “I stopped being teammates with Twirps. Oh—and i also spawn camped Flowtives since he was being rude to you yesterday.” Sharpness said with a full smile.
“You.. know he wasn't actually being rude, right? We were just joking around.” Sharpness' smile turns a little awkward, but still there. “I.. Don't care? What he said was pretty mean to me.” Jude sighs, Sharpness keeps doing this. It's almost like that potion took every single one of his ability to take a joke.
And think.. But then again he never really thinks back then so that's out of the ‘things the potion effected’ list. “Sharpness, please. He's just my friend.” And with those simple words, Sharpness' smile turns into a frown. “You have me.”
“I know—I know i have you, but i want friends. I don't want to be a pathetic friendless loser.” Sharpness rolls his eyes at that. “Who told you that it's pathetic to be friendless? Besides, like i said, you have me! I am everything that you could ever need.” Jude pushes himself away from Sharpness' grasp.
“You're not everything.” Jude's eyes doze off, unable to look at Sharpness directly. “Yes i am. I can change from any shape and sizes, just tell me what you want from me.” Jude shifts a little furthur away, uncomfortable but still, not backing down.
“...I don't need you to change.” He mumbles, still avoiding Sharpness' eyes. But Sharpness looks straight at him, dead in his eyes, and attempts to grab him by his shoulders. “But i would.” Jude flinched, pushing Sharpness away.
“Just—stop this. Okay? Leave Flowtives alone. Leave everyone in this god forsakened server alone for one day.” Sharpness seems to still be stunned by the fact that Jude refused his touch, that normally never happens, even back then.
“But-” Jude cuts him off with a glare, one that tells him that everything he said was final. “Fine.” Sharpness turns around, looking at the gates of Jude's base, yet he pauses, not leaving yet.
“Would you love me if i was me?”
The question threw Jude off guard. “You're aware?” He mutters, but loud enough to be heard. “Aware of what?” Like it was a slip-through, Sharpness gave him a confused face, as if he never had asked that deep ass question.
“N-Nothing just.. go.” Jude brushes it off, perhaps he's just imagining things or maybe he's becoming schizophrenic from all that lack of sleep. Sharpness stares at him for a while, before leaving the base.
Jude stood there, frozen. Repeating the same question over and over again in his head. Did that question mean something? Is Sharpness aware of the fact that he's acting like this? Or did the potion just never worked and he's using it as an excuse to be insane?
But then again, this isn't Sharpness.
At least, that's what we know.
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Parker has been worrying about Jude for a while now. No, not Sharpness. Jude. Handling a mentally obsessed person isn't exactly an easy job, and the fact that the ‘mentally obsessed person’ is Sharpness makes everything so much worse.
> godispasen whispers to you: Parker
> godispasen whispers to you: Are you there?
Parker has been zoning out, looking at his communicator until Godis suddenly messaged him. Without a second thought, Parker replies, hoping that it's good news.
> You whisper to godispasen: I am
> You whisper to godispasen: Any good news?
> godispasen whispers to you: Great news actually
> godispasen whispers to you: I found the cure for it
> godispasen whispers to you: Tho i don't really know how to use a syringe
> You whisper to godispasen: A syringe?
> You whisper to godispasen: Is that necessary?
> godispasen whispers to you: Well how else would he take it?
> godispasen whispers to you: We obviously can't force him to take it
> You whisper to godispasen: True
> You whisper to godispasen: Have you told Jude?
> godispasen whispers to you: Nope
> godispasen whispers to you: Planning too
> You whisper to godispasen: Well you could put it in his drink or something
> You whisper to godispasen: And Jude can make him take it
> You whisper to godispasen: Incase you forgot he's obsessed with Jude
> godispasen whispers to you: I'll hand him the cure
> godispasen whispers to you: Thank you Parker
> You whisper to godispasen: Tell me how it goes
Crossing his fingers and hoping that it works. But it probably will since you know.. Sharpness is a little.. slow.
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“Sharpness.” Jude calls Sharpness over, who was looking at the fish in the small aquarium (if you can even call it that, he's like three fishes only) in Jude's base. Sharpness looks over, noticing the cup he's holding.
“What's that?” Curious Sharpness asks, walking over to see what it is. “Tea. Drink it.” Sharpness looks back at Jude. “Tea? Seriously? I don't need tea, i'm not sick.” Despite being effected by potions, he is still stubborn as hell.
“What's wrong with drinking tea for no reason?” Sharpness pauses for a moment. Well.. there isn't anything wrong with it. It's just weird that Jude suddenly asked him to drink tea of all things. “I don't like tea.” Total lie, by the way.
“Yes you do—just drink it, Sharpness, please. For me.” Sharpness hesitates, but if Jude really wants him too, he will. Who could ever refuse him? He's his everything after all!
Sharpness slowly grabs the cup from Jude's hands, lingering for a while before taking a small sip. “All of it.” Jude reminds him, Sharpness almost groaned but did as told. The tea tasted weird, really weird.
“..Are you sure this is tea, Judey?” Sharpness asks, skeptical and a little overthinking because what the fuck did he just drank. “..Go to sleep, Sharp.” Sharpness looks up at him, even more confused now. “What?”
“You aren't Sharpness.”
Before Sharpness could respond, his mind grew hazy, and soon enough, he falls straight into Jude's arms.
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“What the fuck..”
Sharpness mutters. God- his head hurts like shit. Did he get hit by a truck? Holy fuck. Sharpness almost rolled off the bed because of how much it hurted. Jude placed a steady arm on his side, helping him stable his body.
“Jude..?” Sharpness mumbles, recognizing his touch. Sharpness finally looks up at him. “What the fuck happened..? Why does my head hurt so much..?” Jude just sighs.
“Do you remember what happened?” Jude asks, staring at him dead in the eyes. “What..?” More confused now. It felt like he had a really really long sleep by how jelly his body is. “No.. I don't. I only remember drinking some potion like.. earlier.”
“Earlier? Sharpness, that was weeks ago. It's December 15th.” Sharpness' eyes flared up. December 15? Holy shit, did he just time travel? “December 15?!” Sharpness yelled out, sitting up now in pure panic.
“Calm down. Everything is fine.” Jude attempts to soothe him. “Everything is not fine, Jude! I drank some potion and basically time traveled! What even was that potion?” Sharpness shakes Jude's shoulders, trying to get him to understand how not okay this is.
“It's.. a sleep potion, you could say.” Sharpness stops the shaking, more concerned for himself now. “For that long?” Jude nods, Sharpness just froze, stunned that he's even still alive after everything.
But without another word, Sharpness pulls Jude into a hug. Relief that he made it, because for the love of god, he is not ready to die. Not yet. Jude smiles, finally smiles, and hugs him back just as full as relief.
“You stayed for that long with me?” Sharpness mutters, tears forming in his eyes. Yet, Jude only nods, too tired to even speak at this point. Sharpness notices instantly, he feels bad for all the pain he must've put Jude into.
Sharpness pushes him down on the bed, getting a blanket to cover him. “You should rest. I'll watch over you, Judey.” The nickname didn't seem so mocking anymore, Jude only nodded before drifiting off almost instantly. Sharpness smiles, curling up next to him because he's not ready to start the day without him after what could've possibly happened.
This is Sharpness.