The next morning, Mumbo woke up very early. Just before the sun started to rise.

He left Grian, actually sleeping for once, and he looked so peaceful. Mumbo stepped outside onto a balcony, sitting down on the floor of it to enjoy the sunrise.

Slowly as the sun rose, Mumbo smiled at how pretty it was.

The world was quiet. No one else was awake; no one else was watching the sun rise.

Deep breaths.

Happiness.

Peace.

Just for a little while.

The sun had completely risen. Mumbo headed inside to see Grian smiling at him; something he hadn't seen in a while.

"Good morning Gri~ how'd you sleep, love?"

"It's the best sleep I've had in months! I actually feel refreshed and happy for once." Grian ran up to the moustached man and hugged him tightly. Mumbo, in return, kissed him softly on his head.

"That's wonderful to hear! I'm so happy we know what's been going on, sad to see no more creations though."

"It's not like I can't create them during the day!"

"Yes, but it was kind of cool to wake up to. You never knew what was coming next! But, that's not as important as your health and sleep patterns."

*Crash*

"LET ME GO!"

"Stop, now!!"

Mumbo and Grian turned their attention outside. One of their back windows had been broken. Elise was being restrained by Bdubs, Scar, and Keralis. Xisuma was yelling at her.

"I JUST WANT TO TALK TO THEM! LET ME GO!"

"We can't do that! There's no guarantee you won't hurt them! If you want to talk to them, we need to be around and you need to talk to us first!"

"No, this is private! Fuck off, leave me be and let me talk to them!"

"HEY!" Grian yelled, causing everyone to stop and turn to him. Including Mumbo. "That's enough. Scar, Bdubs, Keralis, let her go."

Grian talked with an extremely angry and serious tone. He didn't tell anymore, but everyone knew he wasn't messing around.

You didn't want to mess with Grian when he was angry.

"We will talk to Elise. Elise, listen. Xisuma, Scar, Bdubs, and Keralis are all going to stay around so we can scream if you dare even think of trying anything, though they will not be within enough distance to listen to anything we say. So long as you don't tell at us, no one will hear." He looked at Mumbo.

Everyone was a little bit scared.

It was extremely rare to see this side of Grian.

There was only one other time it happened, and that was two years ago when Grian just needed a moment alone.

Xisuma and the others spread around, not close enough to hear any conversations.

Mumbo and Grian headed down to Elise.

"What do you want?"

"You. I want you to realize that we were supposed to be something. That he doesn't matter. That he doesn't belong with you. I want you to look at me the way you look at him. Smile that same dumb smile. Laugh the same way you do with him. But not for him, forget about him and be with me."

"I don't know how many times I'm going to have to tell you this. I am gay. I like men, not women, and Mumbo is my boyfriend. I wouldn't trade him for the world."

"Grian, you idiot. Just listen to yourself talk! You can't really love a man when you're a man. It just doesn't work!"

"Elise, you don't know a thing about what love is."

"I know I love you."

"No, clearly, you don't. Because if you really did, you would've accepted me, never hurt me, and known that I'm happy. You would've left me be, and you would be happy for me too. You don't know the first thing about loving someone other than yourself."

"Blah blah blah. Boring shit that really doesn't mean anything isn't going to help you! I don't think you understand what love is supposed to be!"

"I KNOW ITS NOT WHAT YOU FUCKING SHOWED ME. You put me through pain, hurt, torture, sleepless nights, scars, things that will never go away! You put me through so many awful things! AND Mumbo! So maybe I really don't know what love is supposed to be. But I sure as hell know that you don't know a thing about it."

"Grian i-"

"No. This ends once and for all. You're done here, we're done talking. I've had it with your fucking bullshit. That's enough."

Elise was silent. She had nothing left to say anymore.

Well, actually, she did.

"Grian, just know that I'm really sorry. I shouldn't have taken it so far, and I definitely went way too crazy with things. I really am sorry. And to you too mumbo. For anything. Goodbye to the both of you." And with that, Elise walked up to xisuma, who knew exactly what to do.

She knew what was coming.

Xisuma pulled out the sword, ready to hit.

"Wait..."

Everyone turned to look at Grian.

What was all this confusion??

They all wanted Elise gone. Why was Grian stopping them now? It didn't make any sense, he should've been more than happy to finally see her go for good. So why stop them?

"What if we forget everything that's happened, this whole situation, over the past year, and start over again."

"Grian what are you thinking?"

"If she's really sorry, she deserves a second chance! I get that she's hurt me. Mentally and physically. Shes done damage she can't undo. So maybe we can't forget it. But we can try to move past it and start again."

"We don't have to do this..." Mumbo looked at Grian. "Grian, please..."

"She, just like anyone else, deserves a second chance. Don't bother arguing me, you won't win and you all know it."

That was true. Grian was very good at getting what he wanted. Not that he often tried to, but he had no problem doing it.

"Fine."

"But she will continue to be under extreme watch. Elise, you make the wrong move, and you'd better be prepared to leave."

"I understand, and again, I'm really sorry to all of you for everything I've done."

Grian turned and slowly gave her a hug.

He hadn't particularly felt bad for her. And part of him wished a terrible fate for her with a burning passion.

But most of him was happy to give her another chance.

"There's two new people you should meet! They've just joined this year, you'll love them!"

"Oh sounds fun!!"

Mumbo and Grian took her around, touring her around the world and introduced her to Gem and Pearl, who were absolutely delighted to have another girl.

The sun was near setting, and Elise went off back to her base.

It was a quiet night.

Everyone was sleeping.

Except for Grian. What a shock.

But Grian wasn't stressed anymore. He wasn't worried, he felt most all his problems were gone. Or really, all of them.

He was happy. He felt peace.

Elise wasn't a problem anymore, he and mumbo were still together, and he wasn't having anymore sleep problems.

Everything felt normal again.

SUP IM BACK

IM SORRY ITS BEEN SO LONG

I been busy :/

Not that it was a bad time or anything, but I miss doing this a little more regularly!

And sadly, things are supposed to get even a little more busy for me.

I'm supposed to start working soon, and school is starting again in two weeks. I'm on my last year of high school and then I'm done! I'll be sending in my college applications in a short while.

I don't know how much longer I'll be "regularly" updating this book.

It's been amazing writing! And I love it! But it won't be an all the time thing either.

Not that it generally was, but I haven't updated as often lately as I was before.

BUT

I DO HAVE HAPPY THINGS TO SAY

WE

HAVE

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10

THOUSAND

READDSSSSSSSSSS

AHHHHHHHHHH

soooooo for this celebration I'm thinking of a few different things!!!

1. Q&A - get to know me a little more, ask me questions about my writing, etc.

2. Possibly a new story oc, but, made by one of my readers! - a character you create to be a part of my story! Regularly mentioned, and to become a main character.

3. Probably a very special chapter for this story :3 not sure exactly what that'll mean yet, but I'll figure something out!

If you have any other ideas for a celebration let me know in DMS or comments :)

ALSO!

One more thing!

I'm writing a new book 🙃

Now... Hear me out...

A new hermitcraft ship: never been done before! (From what I know)

It's brand new!

Introducing...

Eskall!

(Etho x Iskall)

Okay, maybe it sounds a little different.

But season 8 has given inspirations!

They're building a base together this season

And I just think it's adorable how they leave little signs for each other!

And Iskall has made a way to make up for Etho's spending problem-

I don't know.

If it's not your cup of tea, that's okay!

It's a very slow WIP, currently only one chapter is up. Hopefully it'll be two soon.

So, if this new ship peaks your interest at all, go read the story!

You can either do this by going to my page and looking at my other stories, or search it up!

It's called "Musical Notes (Iskall x Etho)"

As always, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I love you alllllll

Thanks so much for over 10k reads!

Have a wonderful morning/afternoon/evening/night!!!