((Requested by Luna_girl_XD Can I just say- Why the fuck does everyone want a part two for every single one-shot in this book?? Lord almighty, I don't even consider my writing that good- Enjoy!))

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Grian couldn't help but sigh with content as he swung his hand with Mumbo's. The adventurous boy jumps gleefully on a fallen log, still holding Mumbo's hand, before hopping off. 

"I'm glad you took the time off of your busy schedule to take a walk with me," Grian said, looking up at Mumbo with brilliant ocean eyes as a smile writes along his lips. Mumbo casts a smile of his own down at Grian to reflect how delighted he is.

"Anytime, Grian. Walking with you alone is always refreshing," Mumbo looks forward again. Grian begins to step on little stumps from rotting jungle trees, hopping from one to another because of his wild, parkour imagination. Mumbo lets go of Grian hand as they begin to near a giant patch of bamboo.

The jungle is heavily dense, so Mumbo is going to stick close to his boyfriend as much as he can whenever their hands don't interlock. The last thing he needs right now is one of them getting lost, and then unable to fly out due to the vast density of tree vines and branches. 

Mumbo makes sure to retain a keen eye on Grian as they begin to weave around the thick bamboo forest. The boy only giggles as he chops the bottom of some of the giant stalks to watch it tumble down.

Promptly, something whizzes past Mumbo's head, right in front of his eyes. A bottle smashes on the bamboo stalk pressing next to him, which allowed a grey weakness potion to splatter everywhere including on himself. Grian yelps from behind him as something else abruptly flies right over his head.

The bamboo made it hard for both of the Hermits to move around quickly. Any form of sudden movement would result in them slamming into a nearby stalk. Mumbo can make out a figure, one wearing a black hat and purple robes, an ordinary witch mob.

"Come on!" Grian whines. He just wanted a peaceful day with no mobs attacking them. Mumbo pulls out a diamond sword while being attentive about how quick he does it. The Hermit beside him just pulls out a diamond ax to begin chopping the stalks down.

Despite Grian trying to chop the bamboo down, the witch proceeds to toss usual potions. Mumbo makes an effort to prowl towards the obnoxious mob, but the witch tingles between the bamboo smoothly. He couldn't catch up with the damn witch no matter how many bamboo stalks Grian takes down.

Mumbo resorts to using a bow and arrow. Most of his aims are unsuccessful because of his horrible PvP skills and most of the striking arrows would pierce into the bamboo. The ones that manage to hit the witch become pointless because the mob would just drink a healing potion right afterward.

The mob continues to dash around while snickering. It was driving both Hermits up the wall since they have never encountered such an annoying witch. Grian didn't realize how close the witch was nearing before it was too late.

Mumbo watches as a lavender ombre potion crashes in the back of Grian's head. The raven's boyfriend collapses on the soft padding of the luxuriant grass. He rushes over to Grian to check for consciousness, but another potion flies past his head again.

He sighs heavily because Grian's limp body isn't moving or even twitching slightly, but he is still breathing which is a sign of life. A small grumble falls past Mumbo's lips as he begins to chase after the witch to finally get rid of it. 

It took a few, long, tormenting minutes to finally catch the witch off guard and killing the stupid mob to watch it disappear into smoke and experience points (In other words, XP orbs). Mumbo looks around to notice that the balmy day is still sweeping with sunshine so he has no rush of getting home.

But he wants to bring Grian back to his hobbit-hole so he can make sure Grian doesn't die. Even though characters can respawn, the general notion of death is still excruciating and it's better to get healed manually than respawn back to full health.

Mumbo advances towards Grian and grabs his small body. He makes sure to pick up Grian's dropped ax as well before making his way back to his starter base.

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Grian doesn't know how long he has been out for, or even knows how he got knocked out in the first place, but he did and the past cannot change. The last thing he can remember is fighting a witch with Mumbo, taking on the role to chop down bamboo stalks one after another. 

He can recall the searing pain of glass suddenly striking the back of his head before the world turned into darkness. All control of his body vanished as he tumbled before quickly waking up in Mumbo's lovely hobbit abode. 

His head felt sore as it faintly throbbed, specifically near the back. The glass shards have probably forced blood to seep out, and he made that assumption when he pressed his fingers along the back of his hair to find several bandages.

As his hand ventures around his head to pinpoint the exact locations of the injury, he felt something fuzzy laying on his head. He became aware that it is attached to him and it accidentally twitched when his hand skimmed over the top.

Grian's blue eyes widen in surprise since his full senses are coming back to life. He can feel an added weight along his tailbone as well which began to make panic settle within his chest. The boy jumps off of Mumbo's white bed and looks at the glass window that displays the outdoors.

He can see his reflection fairly well and when his brain began to register the extra details on himself, he nearly freaked out. A golden tail, reflecting the same shade of his forest fluff hair, is swinging while attached to his lower back. Adorable cat-like ears, stained with the exact golden color as well, are planted on top of his head.

"What do people call these things... Neko? Is that what they are called? That sounds right," he mutters to himself as he twists and turns to try to see the new features from all angles. His ears keep occasionally twitching but his hearing has definitely sharpened, as well as his balance due to the tail. "What in the hell...?"

The squeak of a trap door apprises Grian and causes him to squeal in surprise. Mumbo was about to climb the rest of his ladder that is centered in his base when realizing that Grian is standing in front of his round window. 

They sit in silence, Mumbo blinking his eyes with a gaze that is hard to decrypt. Grian's newfound tail swishes in anxiety when suddenly Grian straightens his posture fully.

"Like what you see?" asks Grian, sticking his tongue out. He will admit that the extra attributes to his physique are odd, but he sort of digs it, not gonna lie. It was just really weird for these details to suddenly attach to his body, but he figures it has to do with the potion.

Mumbo can notice the indistinct, miniature purple swirls that are spiraling from Grian's body. It was the same lavender color as the potion that crashed in the back of Grian's head.

"You look adorable-" Mumbo couldn't control himself as he blurts the compliment. He didn't seem to catch himself or realize that he said that since he felt too focused on Grian.

"Why, thank you Mumbo!" Grian giggles and twirls around. "This is so weird. I can hear a cow from here!" Grian's left ear flickers. He drew his eyes at the window to look at his reflection again but he realized that the sun is setting.

Mumbo finally crawls out of the trapdoor entrance and closes it. He places jungle leaves and wood inside of his wall of chests because of all the grinding he did for his giant base. He was placing his large supply of natural jungle resources until he felt something wrap around his thigh.

When Mumbo looks down to investigate, he sees Grian's new honey color tail as Grian smiles up at him. A burning sensation sprawls along Mumbo's cheeks before he turns his head away to bring his focus back to storing the items away.

"Cuddle with me, please? Today was supposed to be relaxing but then that witch came along. I wanna at least spend the rest of today with you, pretty please Mumbo?" asks Grian. Mumbo looks down at Grian, finding a strangely adorable pouting face on Grian. It only drove his blush to worsen.

"Fine," Mumbo stubbornly gives in since Grian did have a point. He sets the last stack of jungle resources inside of his overflowing storage and closes the wooden lid finally. Grian cheers and scrambles onto Mumbo's bed.

Mumbo follows Grian and climbs into bed with him. His taller frame hugs Grian tightly as Grian places his head on Mumbo's signature tie, giggling more. The raven was curious about Grian's new physical characteristics. 

He raises his hand to begin stroking the back of Grian's ear. 

"Ah!" Grian cheeps at the sudden sensation, like pleasure but not in a sexual way. Mumbo retreats his hand back with an apologetic smile.

"My bad, I was just wondering what would happen..." Mumbo chuckles in simple embarrassment. Grian looks up at Mumbo, his tail swinging a little bit more aggressively.

"I didn't say to stop..." murmurs the boy as he begins to dig his nose in Mumbo's clothes in shyness. "It feels pleasant, as weird as that is..."

"Oh," Mumbo raises his hand again to scratch behind Grian's golden ear once more. A smile crawls on Grian's expression as his tail begins to sway more slowly. This is so strange...

Now, Mumbo doesn't want to be fully certain, but he believes he can hear Grian purring. His suspicions weren't confirmed until a few minutes later when the purring grew louder. Grian's eyes are closed, a smile of content still printed on his lips, as Mumbo continues to scratch behind both ears.

When the purring progressively got louder, Grian finally snaps his eyelids open in pure mortification. He never thought animal instincts and elements would course in his body, especially those that belong to a cat or ocelot. So to find himself purring as his boyfriend listens is truly humiliating in his perspective.

He tries to tame down the instincts within but it was incredibly hard. Mumbo smiles at Grian, kissing the top of his head, right in between his ears. The cat-like ears on Grian's head fall flat on his head. 

Gosh, this reminds Grian of a popular She-ra character because of the feline tail and ears.

"I'm sure whatever potion or experiment that witch did will wear off soon," Mumbo reassures to Grian. His hands trail around Grian's ears more and continue to scratch it. The only response Grian gave was a small grumble as he curled closely next to Mumbo.

"Yea... But even if this does stay permanently, highly doubt, but if it doooesssss- would you mind?" Grian tingles his fingers in the wrinkles of Mumbo's clothes after gripping it.

Mumbo gives a bundle of pepper kisses, leaving some on Grian's fluffy ears which he found are relatively sensitive shortly after.

"No... I don't mind it at all."