On afternoons like this one, there is a nice breeze that blows through the air. And because of how Etho had designed his base, he got to experience that by just walking down the vast corridors of random things that if you look close enough: have a use.

He was taking a short break from working on ~~his next evil plan~~ redstone, however the thought of having to do it alone was stressing him out as it usually did. Of course, he decided to bring in his backup. Beef.

Every time Etho was alone and wanted someone to be there with him, he would call on Beef. No one knew why that was his preference but then again, no one knew hardly anything about Etho in     the first place.

Except for Beef.

You see, Etho isn't the type to just open up about everything. He will usually bottle it up and keep it to himself. But Beef was....different let's say, in Ethos eyes. He could trust Beef with his life and so, he told him everything. And I mean everything. From personal matters to just feeling a little upset. And Beef would always be there by his side to help him.

Cause they cared about each other.

Now this was clearly not just 'friendship' caring, nonono. Just they didn't know that. You see, there was another reason Etho liked having Beef by his side. Cause he liked him, and I mean liked as in: wants to hold hands and talk all night kinda like, Cuddle each other to sleep kinda like, kiss under the stray light of the moon kinda like- you get the idea.

Etho was head over heals for Beef so what did he do? Message him of course.

<Ethoslab> Hey Beef, I'm kinda bored if you wanna come over and help.

<VintageBeef> Oh, sure! I would love to! See you in about 10 minutes.

And that was it. The communicator put down and now was to wait for him to come. Etho usually had something to do but this time he was especially nervous for some reason he couldn't quite place his finger on. 10 minutes went by pretty quickly as he hears the faint sound of firework rockets in the distance causing him to be more alert about the time.

He got up to greet Beef as he flew down into the peculiar corridors Etho had constructed. Etho immediately smiled, though hidden by his mask, and ran upto Beef pulling him into a warm embrace. The older chuckled and returned the hug, ruffling Ethos hair a bit as he spoke in a pretty deep morning voice, "Damn you missed me a lot didn't you-"

Etho started to go red as he squeaked out a small, "Maybe-" before smiling to himself and slipping outta the hug. "You should come see what I'm working on! It's really cool" Beef smiled and followed Etho as he skipped up to the dye farm he was trying to fix from earlier.

"It needs a bit of work but I'm sure I can figure it out" The builder raised an eyebrow as the other started fiddling with some redstone and yawning a couple times, this raised the question, "Etho when was the last time you slept?"

The restoner stopped and thought for a second before shrugging and throwing down some redstone in a neat line. The older walked over and took the components out of Ethos hands, putting them in a nearby chest and looking at the masked face with a mixture of disappointment and tiredness visible through it.

"You, young man, need some sleep so come on" The builder held out a hand for Etho to grab, causing his head to whirl. Was Beef actually going to hold his hand? And take him to his bed? This is- omg-
Of course, Etho didn't hesitate in taking Beefs hand in his own and being lead to him bedroom. As they walked the same question whizzed through Ethos head, What if he likes me back? And it refused to leave. Even once they had got to the bedroom and Beef had sat down, pulling the other down to sit on his lap, did the question stay in his mind.

Etho sighed and lay back onto Beef's chest, knowing full well he wasn't gonna be allowed to move for a while so he may as well get comfy. He put his arms around the others neck and smiled as Beef ran his fingers through the tired bois hair gently and muttering sweet words into the air. 

As the younger hermit yawned again, Beef smiled and lay back against the wall. The smaller curled up, snuggling into Beefs side and yawning again. Just before he drifted into a rather long slumber he let out the words "i love you" to be returned by a 'love you too' and a kiss on the forehead before falling asleep.

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