AN- This is my little homage to Hermitcraft that I wrote before moving to Germany. Not all pairings are in a romantic relationship. For example: False and Cleo – I don't ship them but I just wanted to make sure every hermit was included.

Zedaph POV-

There're many things to love about the Hermitcraft server. I don't think I'd be able to pick out the best. Watching the builds and the shops populate the server is never boring. Each shenanigan brings another layer of enjoyment to the already exciting place I call home. From head games and having my head chopped off while just trying to shop to the mayoral campaigns. Even now, sitting on the top of the nether portal platform, I can see the Hermiton Herald where the old head game's platform was. I can admire the diamond throne and stare at the maps of the candidates. The tag 2: electric boogaloo diamond pile sits silently on the purple mycelium.

The other hermits were sprawled around the shopping district, enjoying a small picnic that Stress and Doc had set up, sponsored by Five Goats of course. I sat, chewing on a simple steak sandwich as my legs dangle over the stone, the nether portal drowning out their laughter.

"Hey Zed."

I glance up into the brown eyes of Impulse. He was standing just beside the bubblevator, holding his own sandwich in a waterproof bag. I smile at him as he sits beside me, his damp hair flopping into his eyes and dripping onto his tee-shirt, turning the green creeper face a darker shade.

"You looked lonely up here and I figured I could join you."

The fact is, I had been feeling lonely. Even since I moved into the cave of contraptions and Tango and Impulse started dating, I hadn't seen anyone much. Sure, I was invited to every server wide gathering like this one, but I didn't feel confident in going to talk to anyone. And Tango and Impulse spent most of their time together, don't get me wrong, I think they are the cutest couple, but I miss our ZIT pranks and all-round shenanigans.

Impulse was slowly munching his sandwich, watching me sadly. I just smile, "thanks, I think I could use it right now."

Impulse nods but doesn't ask further. I continue to watch the hermits as they eat their dinner then spread out around the cowmercial district. We are soon joined on the nether portal platform by Tango who greets us then sits beside Impulse who promptly lays his head on the demon hybrid's shoulder. I watch them for a minute before excusing myself, saying that I want to go on a walk.

I glide down to the cobble path and quickly study the surrounding area. I glance back up to Impulse and Tango who were sharing a sweet kiss in the fading light. I feel my heart fill with joy at their apparent happiness. They were my best friends and I truly wanted the best for them.

The first thing I notice as I glance around is False and Cleo sparring on Grian's barge. Now that I wasn't sitting by the annoyingly loud nether portal, I could hear the clanging of sword on shield. I watch for a moment, marvelling at the skill of False as she skipped around, almost dancing, on the planks of the floating barge. A sweating and exhausted Cleo was more unsure but whenever she would make a mistake, False would stop and gently show her how to parry or thrust correctly.

I made a mental note to ask False for some PvP lessons while my eyes find themselves staring at a very red Mumbo Jumbo sitting on the steps of the quart shop. His suit was slipping off his shoulders as Iskall pulled on the sleeves. I laugh at the position of Iskall as he was lying nearly upside down on Mumbo's lap, still munching on a cookie as he worked to remove Mumbo's suit jacket. I'm guess Iskall just wanted to make Mumbo blush, he also says Mumbo's hot when he's flustered.

I'm distracted away from the couple as I hear a couple giggles behind me. I spin to see Doc pulling away from giving his girlfriend, Stress, a simple kiss. She was grinning and I smiled lightly as they walked pasted me, hand in hand.

My eyes follow the creeper hybrid and original ice queen as they walk past Stress's glass shop and I see a very excited slime in the distance dragging around a knight. Intrigued I followed Stress and Doc. As I lean of the white concrete of Stress's shop, I watch Jevin and Wels. I can barely make out their words but it appears that Jevin is showing Wels, who only recently returned, around the shopping area. I smile as Jevin begins to drag Wels towards the iron shop but Wels stops him, pulling on the slimes hand so that Jevin spins, tumbling into Wels' out stretched arm. Wels quickly plants a kiss on Jevin's lips and Jevin literally melts, his slime body pooling into a happy mess and Wels stands there, his gloved hands on his hips.

I turn and walk back towards the front of Stress's shop when I hear a bit of bargaining happening in Hypno's diamond shop. I peek my head in to see Hypno trying to sell some extra items to TFC, who was just trying to pick up a cheep mending book. TFC and Hypno seem to be enjoy the light banter so I grin at them. Hypno grinning back when he sees me and TFC waves at me after turning to look at who Hypno was smiling at.

Satisfied with the greetings, I return to my walk but I'm immediately stopped by an excited, "Zedaph!" from above me. I look around before finally seeing Xisuma waving at me from atop the elytra store. I jump and fire a couple rockets, spinning around the shop before attempting to land, I trip and begin falling towards the ground before my elytra reopened and I could fire a rocket to come for another try.

Comfortably standing on the top of Jevin's pixel art elytra, I greet Xisuma. He's running his fingers through the hair of a sleep Keralis who has wrapped his arms around the admin, resting his head on X's lap.

"How are you doing X?" I quickly sit down beside him as I find myself getting a little bit of vertigo from the shifting of the thin shop front.

X waits for me to settle, "I'm doing just fantastic! We haven't had many issues to deal with lately," he then proceeds to pull out a wooden plank and give it a quick knock. I just shake my head at him.

"Hey!" he protests at my attitude, "never too safe."

"You're right," I shrug, "was there a reason you brought me up here?"

"Just wanted to say hi and see how you're doing. You've been quiet lately."

I look down at the ground far below me, "Oh yah, I've been doing good." I look back up at him, "I guess I just haven't had much to say."

"Lonely?" X can apparently read me like a book so I nod once, "don't forget Zed, we are all family so never be afraid to come hang out with any of us."

That little bit of reassurance made me feel better and I stay with X for a moment longer before gliding away. I land in an open space just beside the Spitz where Ren and Bdubs were rolling around, wrestling each other. Both men were covered in dirt and mycelium but they both apparently didn't care. I plopped myself beside Cub who was half watching the wrestling hermits and half focused on some plans for his mega base. He mutters a hello, still focused on his paper.

I enjoy the feel of the soft ground and watch the wrestling and giggling hermits. At one point, Bdubs had thrown Ren over his body so that Bdubs was on top of the dog hybrid. The one on top planted a quick kiss on Ren's lips, forcing a giggle from the hermit on the ground. In a flash, Ren was on top, his tail wagging excitedly as he kisses Bdubs this time.

Bored of sitting, I stand and walk towards the front of the Spitz, a light skip in my step from what X had said. As I round the corner, I freeze in mild shock to see Etho pinning Beef to the wall. Matilda let out a light bray and Etho looks up and waves at me. Beef is clearly very distracted as he aims to pull Etho back to whatever they were doing.

Walking towards the town hall now, I hear more voices coming from the bar Etho an Tango had made. Making my way into the dimly lit area, I see xB and Joe leaning on the bar counter chatting about any and everything. They invite me to join and I grab a chair from the poker table to listen. I'm instantly lost. They're political, philosophical, and poetic speech is mesmerizing but too much for my brain. As xB and Joe begin arguing the use of diamonds in the shopping district I slip away.

Unsurprised, I soon find myself face to face with Grian and Scar. They are sitting in the flower garden of the town hall and chatting about future builds and plans. I go and sit beside them on a small bench. They ask me about my contraptions and I ask about their base plans, the most basic of small talk, and I begin to feel a little uncomfortable with their overly cheery attitude. I bid them a quick farewell as I continue my walk, admiring the new shops, such as Bdubs' rebuilt redstone shop, and the older ones, such as the honey shop.

By this point in the day the sun was nearly completely set, so I set off to the edge of the mooshroom island to watch it. The Grumbot sits just in my peripheral vision as I stand, hugging myself against the quickly cooling air. I feel a hand rest on my arm as Impulse and Tango come up beside me. I smile at them and turn to see rest of the hermits, coming to join me and watch the sunset.

Etho had an arm around Beef while Bdubs and Ren had collapsed to the ground beside them, panting and covering in brown and purple. Scar was leaning on Grian's chest as Cub stood beside them, still occasionally glancing at his papers. X was holding a very tired Keralis as False and Cleo fawned over a diamond on Stress' finger, Doc standing happily beside. TFC, Hypno, xB, and Joe were walking towards us, chatting. Mumbo's face had returned to its normal, slightly pale, tone as Iskall held his hand. Wels was trying to drag Jevin, who had returned to his normal form, towards our group, clearly laughing at the slime.

There're so many things to love about the Hermitcraft server, but as I scan over my friends and our family, I know that my favourite part isn't the builds. It's not the crazy server wide games we play, encouraging each other to kill on another.

It's our friendshipthat makes Hermitcraft so amazing. It's the ability for us to work together tocreate amazing builds and adventures. It's our community.